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Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Hill, James Emmett, B. 1926 (Sc 2388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, James Emmett, B. 1926 (Sc 2388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2388. "James Madison Pendleton's Theology of Baptism," by James Emmett Hill, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Theology degree, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1948.
Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2359. Correspondence, budgets, financial information and miscellaneous historical data relating to Franklin Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Kentucky (formerly College Street Presbyterian Church), compiled by Stella Harris for a 1960 history of the church.
Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2357. Photocopy of a document titled "Fondation de Gethsemani 1848." [French] 19 leaves, with 8 copied pages to a leaf. Includes handwritten notations on text.
Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2334. Correspondence, chiefly between brothers, Francis Marion Wade, Russell County, Kentucky, and Cyrenius Wade while the later was attending school in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain comments about the school, the town of Elkton, and courting. Numerous receipts for the brothers as well as the Thomas family of Russell County are also included. The letters were typescripted and annotated by Marion Lee Adams.
Strehl, Oscar, 1889-1956 (Sc 2325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strehl, Oscar, 1889-1956 (Sc 2325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2325. Letter, 11 July 1929, of Reverend Oscar Strehl, written to Mary K. Vogel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Rome, Italy about his activities and travel. The letter also describes the activities of Pope Pius XI, including his expected emergence from the Vatican following recognition of his sovereignty, and his sympathy for the poor.
Cooke, Bess Miller, 1889-1977 (Sc 2305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cooke, Bess Miller, 1889-1977 (Sc 2305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2305. Paper: "The History of Smiths Grove Baptist Church, 1812-1972" by Bess Miller Cooke. Includes typewritten and handwritten drafts.
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 2282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 2282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2282. Brief history of the Bowling Green Christian Church, 1845-1912, written by James M. Simmons, chairman of the Board of Elders. The narrative focuses on the church's acquisition of property.
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 (Sc 2281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 (Sc 2281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2281. Paper (7 pages) by Thomas Newton Moody titled "A Brief Sketch of the Persons or Families Memorialized by Stained Glass Windows at the Franklin Presbyterian Church." The paper provides background information about the windows and brief biographical sketches of the persons memorialized by the windows.
Pierce, Thomas Allen (Sc 2294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pierce, Thomas Allen (Sc 2294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2294. Paper by Thomas Allen Pierce titled "History of Hebron Methodist Church, 1844-1974." Includes a list of pastors and a sketch of the church building.
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaton Family Papers, 1760-1976 (Mss 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Ham, Tobias James, 1847-1935 (Sc 2273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ham, Tobias James, 1847-1935 (Sc 2273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2273. Ledgers (2) containing lecture notes of a religious nature prepared by Tobias James Ham, a native of Allen County, Kentucky. One ledger contains a brief biographcial note about Ham's call and early years in the ministry. Also includes a few associated items related to the family.
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2251. Letters (31) from Cain to James M. Davis, written mostly during the Civil War from her home and school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and from Illinois. A strong Confederate sympathizer, Cain responds to Davis’s support of the Union, criticizes President Abraham Lincoln, and opines freely on love, courtship and marriage. She also writes of mutual friends, family, and social and religious activities. Includes 3 additional letters to Davis from his father, sister, and a friend who writes of an opportunity to manage a store. Also includes …
Rolling Fork United Baptist Church Of Christ - Larue County, Kentucky (Sc 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rolling Fork United Baptist Church Of Christ - Larue County, Kentucky (Sc 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 616. Minute book of Rolling Fork United Baptist Church of Christ, Larue County, Kentucky. Includes principles of union, rules of decorum, minutes of meetings, and lists of pastors, deacons, clerks, and members. Notes on the church's history by Jacob A. Miller appear at the back of the minute book.
Goodson Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 1301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodson Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 1301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1301. Membership lists of Goodson Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. The church was later known as Summer Shade Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Anderson, Rhoda (Sc 2225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Rhoda (Sc 2225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text holographic letter and typescript (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2225. Letter from Rhoda (Oliver) Anderson in Lexington, Kentucky, to her nephew Joseph O. Boggs, Spencer, Indiana. She writes of the pastors and converts involved in a four-day religious revival in the city, gives news of family and friends, and comments on the state gubernatorial election.
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 316. Session books of the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes session minutes and membership lists. An index of all members from 1819-1888 includes members of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1866-1884.
Trinity Episcopal Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trinity Episcopal Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2220. Record book of Trinity Episcopal Church, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes lists of baptisms 1882-1909, confirmations 1876- 1909, marriages 1868-1910, deaths 1877-1908, and parishioners 1886-1896. Also includes annual reports 1885-1902, and miscellaneous financial and statistical information 1889-1903.
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2219. Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes lists of members 1867-1914, baptisms 1861-1917, confirmations 1861-1919, marriages and burials 1864-1919. Also includes lists of Russellville members 1880-1886, baptisms 1873-1885, confirmations 1876-1886, and deaths 1877-1885; and lists of Glasgow members 1880, 1893, confirmations and baptisms 1890-1899. Also includes historical notes and extracts from church convention proceedings 1831-1859 that relate to the Bowling Green church.
Stony Point Methodist Episcopal Church South - Allen County, Kentucky (Sc 2218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stony Point Methodist Episcopal Church South - Allen County, Kentucky (Sc 2218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2218. Church register of Stony Point Methodist Episcopal Church South, Allen County, Kentucky. Includes register of pastors, baptisms and members. Also includes minutes of Church Conference of Chapel Hill, 1924-1925.
Shady Grove Baptist Church - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 2217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shady Grove Baptist Church - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 2217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2217. Compilation of membership data in minute book of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes member's name, date of admission and dismissal, and miscellaneous information. Both white and African American members are listed.
Bryan's Station Baptist Church - Fayette County, Kentucky (Sc 2216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan's Station Baptist Church - Fayette County, Kentucky (Sc 2216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2216. Record book of Bryan's Station Baptist Church, Fayette County, Kentucky. Includes church covenant, rules of government, and minutes of church meetings, 1786-1898, 1901.
Sandy Creek Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sandy Creek Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 313. Minute books of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of church meetings and lists of both white and African-American members.
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1999. Chiefly e-mail messages from Warren County native Adam Ritter to his parents while stationed in Iraq with an infantry brigade. He describes numerous military actions in which he participated, his impressions of the Iraqi people, and the devastation caused on his base by a suicide bomber.
Greenville Presbyterian Church - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Sc 2202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenville Presbyterian Church - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Sc 2202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2202. Session book of Greenville Presbyterian Church, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of church meetings and membership lists.
Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Two letters, 23 and 26 July 2003, from Jeromy Lee Painter, serving in Iraq with Operation Iraqi Freedom, to Jerry and Annetta Proctor, Bowling Green. He inquires about family and friends and relates some of his experiences as well as his belief in the necessity of America's intervention in Iraq.
Mizpah Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mizpah Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2198. Record book of Mizpah Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings, 1853-1908, membership lists, a 1951 historical sketch by Jennie B. Cole, and 1966 correspondence.
Munfordville Presbyterian Church - Munfordville, Kentucky (Sc 2197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Munfordville Presbyterian Church - Munfordville, Kentucky (Sc 2197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2197. Minute book of Munfordville Presbyterian Church, Hart County, Kentucky. Includes meeting minutes and membership lists of whites and African Americans.
New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2196. Minutes of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists.