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Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2006

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 73. Correspondence, legal and business papers, speeches and travelogs of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy. Includes papers of law partner, Daniel Webster Wright; Skiles and Underwood families of Warren County; and the Trigg family of Barren County. Also includes some Warren County Court records relating to early town planning and to the county courthouse (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.

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Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1445. An account book, 1795-1800, evidently kept by someone in central/south central Kentucky. Entries pertain to land, children attending school, work done on a farm, settling of accounts, etc.

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Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2003

Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 146. Chiefly family and courtship correspondence between James Helm, Butler County, Kentucky, and Virginia Lucas, Warren County, Kentucky. Their 1879 marriage rites were the first ones to be performed in Mammoth Cave. Includes associated items.

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Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2003

Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 114. Correspondence, business papers, and speeches of Monroe County, Kentucky native Pearl Eagle (Carter) Pace. Includes materials concerning Republican National Committee and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; civic, religious, political and professional organizations in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. Also includes some Cumberland County, Kentucky records.

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Jackson, William Neel, 1899-1993 (Mss 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2001

Jackson, William Neel, 1899-1993 (Mss 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 136. Papers and collected materials of William Neel Jackson, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native. The collection contains his personal and business correspondence and autobiographical materials. Also includes Warren Association of Baptists, 1890-1978 draft, Jackson family genealogy, and Warren County history.

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Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2000

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1318. Journal (111 p.), kept by Elder John Rees Cooper and others, detailing the daily activities at South Union, Kentucky, 1872-1878. Correspondence regarding the journal and its provenance is included. Pagination refers to the original journal.

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Manar, Edna Earl, 1887-1972 (Mss 117) - Collector, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1996

Manar, Edna Earl, 1887-1972 (Mss 117) - Collector, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 117. Letters and genealogical materials related to the Green and Moore families of Simpson and Warren counties, Kentucky. Also includes research notes about Bowling Green's history. Of special interest is a reminiscence recorded by Manar of a meeting between Jesse James and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Moore of Russellville, Kentucky.

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Warren College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1974

Warren College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1406. Minutes and business papers pertaining to Warren College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Louisville Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, organized the college for males. It was in operation from 1859 to 1879, and then was sold to Ogden College. An index accompanies the papers as well as associated data.

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