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Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 238. Two large volumes separated into fifteen subfolders representing various census schedules for 1850 in Warren County, Kentucky. Information about free and slave populations, deaths, agriculture, and industry in Warren County's two enumeration districts is included.
Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970 (Sc 1785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970 (Sc 1785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1785. Letter, 29 July 1944, from lawyer John Barret Rodes, Bowling Green, Kentucky to his daughter Mary (Rodes) Helm in which he discusses instances of lynching and mob violence in Warren and Logan counties. Includes an explanatory letter from Mary Helm.
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1711. Slave bill of sale to Josiah Newman, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1844; bill of lading for tobacco to be shipped to New Orleans via the Green River, 1847; letter and agreement concerning his freed slaves, 1864 & 1866; tax receipt, 1872.
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1735. Certificate of Nancy and Vilindee? Beason, Logan County, Kentucky, declaring that they had lived together in the past and desired to continue doing so as husband and wife.
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text-scan of paper for Manuscripts Small Collection 1773. Paper written by John E. Jones titled "The Political Status of Negroes in Warren County." Includes quotations from community leaders as well as statistics related to the number of qualified African American voters in each voting precinct.
Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1705. Contract between Frank Garvin and his wife Kate and J.D. Duncan of Warren County, Kentucky in which the Garvins agree to work for Duncan as a farm hand and a cook and house hand, respectively.
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1715. Correspondence of Lennie Young Lancaster related to three organizations: Kentucky Academy of Science, 1937-1940; Kiwanis Club, 1937-1940; Pennyrile Conservation Club, 1937-1939.
Lucas, Marion Brunson, B. 1935 (Sc 1733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas, Marion Brunson, B. 1935 (Sc 1733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1733. Research notes (saved on CD-ROM) used in the compilation of "History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891" (first published in 1992; paperback in 2003). Includes an index with eighteen specialized topics.
Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1673. Application to secure a Kentucky historical marker for Bowling Green, Kentucky native Ernest Hogan (Reuben Crowdus), considered to be the father of ragtime music. Includes 28 supporting letters and a photo of Hogan.
Lafferty, John Aker, 1832-1905 (Sc 1617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lafferty, John Aker, 1832-1905 (Sc 1617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1617. Civil War reminiscences of John Aker Lafferty, Harrison County, Kentucky, recounted in 1905 to his son W.T. Lafferty. John A. Lafferty served with the 1st Kentucky Cavalry and later with the 9th Kentucky Cavalry. W.T. Lafferty adds an account of his family's lives as Confederate sympathizers in Harrison County during the war.
Knott Collection (Mss 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knott Collection (Mss 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 53. Correspondence (business and family), business papers, speeches and drawings of J. Proctor Knott, 1830-1811, lawyer, congressman, and Kentucky governor, of Lebanon; family correspondence and business papers of Sarah (McElroy) Knott, 1833-1915; Civil War diaries and letters of Knott's mother (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripts); letters of the Gibbs, McElroy and Chapman families chiefly of Marion and Warren Counties; clippings and photographs.
Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (Mss 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (Mss 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 1. An account of Ferguson's military trial for murders committed during the Civil War by him and his band of outlaws, held at Nashville, Tennessee. Transcript compiled from official records by Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon.