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Reid, Patricia (Ennis) - Collector (Mss 347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reid, Patricia (Ennis) - Collector (Mss 347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 347. Genealogical data collected by Patricia (Ennis) Reid on numerous Ohio County, Kentucky families. Includes a copy of "Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky, 1797-1807."
Miller Family Papers (Mss 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller Family Papers (Mss 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 324. Collection consists of a physician's daybook kept by David Griffin Miller, Jr. in Butler County, Kentucky, 1937-1938, and some other material related to Miller's medical career. Also included are numerous photographs from the Miller and Hudson families and a memoir by David Griffin Miller III.
Cloud Family Papers (Mss 351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cloud Family Papers (Mss 351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 351. Correspondence, news clippings, and sundry other material related to the Cloud family of Louisville, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection concerns the estates of Willis J. Cloud and Lillian Lee Cloud.
Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 49. Correspondence of the Green family, Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky, including business papers and account books, and correspondence for several generations of the Robert Wilmot Scott family, originally of Frankfort, Kentucky.
Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 345. Correspondence, legal documents, and sundry material related to the Meador, Richards, and Johnson families chiefly of Simpson County and Logan County, Kentucky. Also includes documents and correspondence from the King and Garrett families of Robertson and Sumner County, Tennessee. The attached 1842 letters are from R. M. Latimer to Caroline Garrett reporting the death and burial of her brother, George King, in Cuba; and to Caroline Garrett from another brother, John, discussing tensions with Mexico.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2397. Correspondence primarily to Jane (Hines) Morningstar of Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her providing of historical and genealogical information. Includes a letter from Detrex Chemical Industries thanking her for her cooperation during a labor controversy.
Newman Family - Bible Records (Sc 2383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman Family - Bible Records (Sc 2383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2383. Pages removed from a Bible, which record marriage, birth and death information for members of the Newman, McInteer, and James families of Warren County, Kentucky.
Lowry Family - Bible Records (Sc 2379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lowry Family - Bible Records (Sc 2379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2379. Pages removed from a Bible, which record birth and death information for members of the Lowry and Rector families of Warren County, Kentucky.
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 241. Correspondence; financial and legal papers; genealogy and other material related to the Temple family of Warren County, Kentucky, particularly that of Adalaska L. and Mary Camilla (Miller) Temple and their daughter Ruth Hines Temple. Over 400 pieces of artwork on paper by the latter are found in the collection, including pencil, as well as, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other graphic and creative design work.
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of Folders 2 and 3 relating to genealogy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 332. Includes correspondence, genealogical materials; wills, deeds and other legal documents of the Settle and DeWitt families; and the memoir of Marcus Bearden DeWitt, a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a Civil War chaplain (Click on "Additional Files" below). Also of interest is information related to the Settle rifle makers of Barren County, Kentucky.
Van Meter Family (Sc 2332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Meter Family (Sc 2332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2332. Jacob and Martha Van Meter's 1874 obituary and description of their joint funeral (they died two days apart) from the 6 March 1874 edition of the Bowling Green [Kentucky] Republican; synopsis of their funeral sermon; letter, 13 July 1967, from William J. Henry to Julia Neal containing Van Meter genealogy; photos of the portraits of Jacob and Martha Van Meter; funeral notice for Jacob Van Meter.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 225. Correspondence, chiefly of the Covington family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, particularly that of Dr. Albert G. and Josephine (Wells) Covington. Also includes reference letters written to Jane (Hines) Morningstar about local history topics, including steamboats and the Hobson House Association.
Mcchord, William Caldwell, 1850-1928 (Sc 2323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcchord, William Caldwell, 1850-1928 (Sc 2323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2323. Paper by William Caldwell McChord titled "Memoirs of William Caldwell McChord, Springfield, Kentucky." The paper details McChord's upbringing, education, experience in the Civil War, and legal and political career in Washington County, Kentucky. Includes an account of the claim that Washington County was Abraham Lincoln's true birthplace. Also includes genealogical information on the McChords and related families.
Underwood Family Papers, 1878-1980 (Sc 2327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Family Papers, 1878-1980 (Sc 2327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2327. Certificate for the 1878 marriage of Mary Underwood and Samuel Poyntz; 1880 letter to Mary Underwood Poyntz, Maysville, Kentucky, from her mother Lucy Underwood, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Underwood family history compiled by Frances Underwood Grider (39 pp.); Lee family genealogy (4 pp.); also includes miscellaneous correspondence and genealogical notes.
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2299. Chiefly incoming letters which concern an estate settlement for Abraham Smith and family news. Civil War-era letters written by William Riley Smith (Click on "Additional Files" below) contain comments about the war and contain expressions of his attitudes toward African Americans. Also includes a church letter of transfer for Furman Smith and his wife and a small amount of genealogical information about the Smith family.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2275. Chiefy receipts, deeds, wills, and other legal and financial documents of the Hatfield and Gaines families of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes some Civil War-era correspondence of the Hatfield family.
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 322. Chiefly personal correspondence, legal and business papers, and news clippings related to the Slaton family of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Includes Civil War-era letters as well as deeds, wills, tax receipts, and other miscellaneous nineteenth century documents.
Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 320. Correspondence, genealogical notes, scrapbook, and photos chiefly related to the Stark family of Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky, especially Confederate veteran John William Stark. Includes a narrative of John William Stark's Civil War service written by his daughter, and World War I discharge certificate of Richard C. Stark (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Garrison, Samuel W., 1762-1833 (Sc 1216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrison, Samuel W., 1762-1833 (Sc 1216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1216. Booklet (20 p.) kept by Samuel W. Garrison, Allen County, Kentucky, which includes family genealogical records, a poem titled "The Choice, etc." as well as a note of advice to his children. Also includes some biographical information assembled by the Archivist related to the Garrison family.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2439. Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous items of Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to public library work in Kentucky and bookmobiles.
Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2235. Listing of those members of the African American community buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1940-1978. Section and lot numbers for the graves are given, but death dates are given only occasionally.
Dempsey, Joetta (Dorris), B. 1945 - Collector (Mss 314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dempsey, Joetta (Dorris), B. 1945 - Collector (Mss 314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 314. Materials collected by Dempsey related to the Kennerly and Simmons families of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Includes news clippings about the history of Dunmor and Penrod, Kentucky; genealogical information about the Kennerly, Penrod, Studebaker families; and photographs of the Kennerly family.
Tolle Family Papers (Sc 2211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle Family Papers (Sc 2211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2211. Genealogical information related to the Tolle family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes copies of Roger Tolle’s 1778 Fauquier County, Virginia will, William Tolle’s journal of his overland trip from Barren County to Clay County, Missouri in 1834, and an 1864 letter from William Mansfield serving with the 21st Kentucky Infantry (Union) to his wife Elizabeth (Tolle) Mansfield.
Werst, Lillie Ann (Lyon), 1903-1976 (Sc 2140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Werst, Lillie Ann (Lyon), 1903-1976 (Sc 2140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of 1918 diary (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2140. Chiefly five diaries kept by Werst from 1918 to 1970. 1918 diary describes her family’s auto trip from Washington state to California to work as agricultural laborers. 1961 diary relates her bus trip from Washington state to Kentucky and back. Also includes letters to Werst from family members related to the care of her son, 1934-1935; account book from an Olympic Peninsula boarding house, 1904-1905.
Welborn, Annie E., B. 1869 (Sc 2160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Welborn, Annie E., B. 1869 (Sc 2160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2160. "The Story of My Life," autobiographical essay by Annie E. Welborn, born in Todd County, Kentucky. She describes her early married life, farming, her children and grandchildren, and a trip to Montana and Washington.
Society At Walker's Chapel - Allen County, Kentucky (Sc 1296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Society At Walker's Chapel - Allen County, Kentucky (Sc 1296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1296. Typescript of the Class Book (membership register) of the Society at Walker's Chapel (now Walker's Chapel United Methodist Church), Allen County, Kentucky. Includes a foreword with historical information, and an index of names.
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and photograph (additional file) for Manuscript Collection 265. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, genealogical material, and photographs of the Lucas family of Warren County, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Nathaniel Lucas (d. 1807 in Warren County), his children, and one of his descendants, Miss Nancy Clyde Lucas.
Avery, James Russell, B. 1921 (Sc 2128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Avery, James Russell, B. 1921 (Sc 2128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2128. "My Story," the autobiography of James Russell Avery, a Hardin County native, prepared as a project of WKU gerontology student Shaylin Gimborys. Includes illustrations and genealogical information on the Avery family.