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"Hicks In Washington" (Sc 1811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
"Hicks In Washington" (Sc 1811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1811. Reminiscence of a young woman's experiences in Washington, D.C. during World War I. Note: The text contains a racial slur.
Green River Research Collection (Mss 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green River Research Collection (Mss 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 77. Chiefly photocopies of research materials relating to the Green River (Kentucky) and its tributaries. This data, gathered during 1984-1986, supported a Kentucky Museum grant proposal for a future exhibit focusing on the Green River Valley.
Caveny, Lynn (Daniel), B. 1964 (Sc 1760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caveny, Lynn (Daniel), B. 1964 (Sc 1760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1760. Copies of e-mails from Lynn Daniel Caveny and Dennis Caveny relating to their missionary service in Uganda.
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.
Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1623. In her unpublished account, "Memories," Louise (Brown) Hale describes rural life in the Daviess County, Kentucky, community of Whitesville between the world wars. She recalls family and community members, farm and home chores, her marriage, and her eventual move to California. Also includes two New Years letters to her grandchildren.
Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1753. Diary kept by Elsie (Rex) Foster, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1 January 1937 to 28 June 1937 in which she records daily activities, particularly of her baby son Gordon Bryan Foster.
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1751. Letter, 21 June 1839, from Elizabeth Davis, Lexington, Kentucky to her cousin Judeth Brown, Madison, Indiana describing daily family activities. Also, letter, 7 February 1848, from A. Duvall, Georgetown, Kentucky to Reverend Robert S. Bell, Winchester, Virginia related to a court case concerning land and slaves.
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1722. Diary kept 10 December 1860 to 8 September 1862 by Johanna "Josie" Louisa Underwood, eldest daughter of a prominent pro-Union family in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She vividly records her thoughts and activities about Bowling Green's occupation by Confederate troops, the harassment of her family, strained friendships, and the destruction of her home.
Temple Collection (Mss 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Collection (Mss 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 55. Correspondence, 1931-1970 (33 items), chiefly of William Montgomery Temple, originally of Bowling Green, Kentucky, an autograph collector; his collection of papers of Kentucky governors, 1805-1951 (50); other autograph letters, 1715-1941 (17); and articles about Bowling Green, etc., (23).
Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1709. Paper: "The Early History of Bowling Green," presented by Johanna Louisa "Josie" Nazro at a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Mcreynolds Family Papers (Mss 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcreynolds Family Papers (Mss 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 56. Correspondence of Susannah and Thomas Phillips, and Mary J. (Phillips) McReynolds of Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky; McReynolds papers; manuscript booklets and autograph album; correspondence of Mary T. Moore and J.C. McReynolds relating to the collection; and biographical material.
Wilson, Fredonia Francis, 1821-1850 (Sc 1679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Fredonia Francis, 1821-1850 (Sc 1679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1679. Letter, 9 March 1846, from Fredonia F. Wilson, Campbell County, Virginia, to her uncle Dr. Thomas T. Watson, Empire Iron Works, Trigg County, Kentucky. She provides information about family members and urges him to come to Virginia for a visit.
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1650. Detailed memory book created about the life of Jefferson Davis Bailey, who lived most of his life in Owensboro, Kentucky. The book was compiled by his daughter, Brenda (Bailey) Little, Hartford, Kentucky.
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 208. Collection includes two memoirs related to the boyhood of Samuel Allen Griffin in Sumner County, Tennessee and his railroad career: "A Country Boy" and "My 50 Years Service with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company." Also, a magazine article about Griffin.
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1636. Letter, 21 July 1876, from George Deering, Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister-in-law Alice in Russellville, Arkansas. He comments on the health and social activities of friends and family and on the unusually hot weather.
Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 204. Two of McAfee's handwritten journals from 1803-1807 and typescripts of the same. Also, his "The Life and Times of Robert B. McAfee and His Family and Connections, 1845", published in the "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" in 1927 is included.
Antrim, John (Sc 1589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Antrim, John (Sc 1589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1589. Letter, 20 June 1848, from John Antrim, Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky to Elizabeth Gage, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, commenting on his dry goods job and the community's social activities.
Knott Collection (Mss 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knott Collection (Mss 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Taliaferro Collection (Mss 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taliaferro Collection (Mss 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 51. Copy of diary kept by Betsy Taliaferro (1800-1850) from 20 March 1838 to 8 April 1839, concerning her trip from Harrisonburg, Louisiana, to New Orleans to Versailles, Kentucky, her native home, by steamboat and stagecoach. Includes correspondence, notes, clippings, etc. of researcher Mary T. Moore regarding the diary.
Duncan, Matilda Jane "Mattie" (Backus), 1896-1986 (Sc 1585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Matilda Jane "Mattie" (Backus), 1896-1986 (Sc 1585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1585. Duncan's brief remembrances of people, businesses and educational institutions in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She made these comments while looking at a copy of "Do You Remember When?", a small pictorial history of Bowling Green, published in 1970.
Thigpen, Lorna Moore (Sc 1581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thigpen, Lorna Moore (Sc 1581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1581. Transcription of a taped interview with Gale Hudnall, Riverside, Warren County, Kentucky conducted as part of the oral history project "Riverside Remembrances." Hudnall discusses his family and the social life and history of Riverside and Richardsville, Kentucky. Interview conducted by Lorna Moore Thigpen.
Garrott, June Rose, B. 1932 (Sc 1329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrott, June Rose, B. 1932 (Sc 1329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1329. Newsletter, 1987, from Garrott, Beijing, China, to Sara Tyler, Bowling Green, Kentucky, reporting on her work in China. In 1961 she accompanied her medical missionary husband, Hobson Sinclair, to China, but through the years she taught English to Chinese students. Also associated data, 1961-1987 (3).