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Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1364. Letter, 22 February 1862, written by U.S. Army surgeon William H. Githens, Birds Point, Missouri, to his wife describing conditions, especially in Cairo, Illinois, and mentioning the activity at Forts Holt and Payne across the river in Kentucky. He includes a sketch of these fortifications.
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 148. Letters, legal papers, articles, and data on the Goodnight family, Franklin, Kentucky, and journal, 1868-1880 (102 p.) of Cumberland Presbyterian minister Thomas Mitchell Goodnight. Also includes letters from William Jennings Bryan, J. G. Carlisle, and William Goebel. A scan of Thomas Mitchell Goodknight's journal (Folder 7) has been scanned and is attached as an "Additional File"; click on the link at the bottom of this page.
Voice Of The People (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Voice Of The People (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of student papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 83. The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky. A Western Kentucky University Folk Studies project directed by Dr. Lynwood Montell, involving 9 students and 26 informants. Several of the interview transcriptions are available by downloading (Click "Download" button on the right) the finding aid and clicking on the hyperlinks in the text.
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1385. Letter written from Atlanta, Georgia, by Thomas L. Bonjour, while serving with the 96th Illinois Regiment, to his father Frederick in Galena County, Illinois. He recounts some data about the Battle of Atlanta as well as personal concerns.