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Reading, William (Lg 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reading, William (Lg 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 18. Original land grant, 5 August 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Reading, assignee of John Reading, 123 acres in Logan County.
Page, Leonard, 1762-1836 (Sc 1191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Page, Leonard, 1762-1836 (Sc 1191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1191. Receipts and sundry papers related to the estate of Leonard Page of Logan County, Kentucky.
Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 478. Account books and journals of James William Street, recording his activities and local events, primarily in Henderson and Lyon counties in Kentucky. He also records the 1908-1909 activities of the Night Riders in the region.
Logan County, Kentucky - Caves (Sc 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Caves (Sc 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1104. Two letters written 24 August 1964 by Rosa R. Head, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green. Head gives a firsthand description of Cook’s Cave in Logan County. Her parents owned the farm on which the cave was located and she grew up there.
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1099. Letter, 8 April 1932, of Velma Gertrude Vick, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky, to “My dear Mrs. Smith.” She encloses some Fairfax family genealogical data and information related to Logan County artist Roberta McLean, who specialized in painting family coats of arms. Also, three newspaper clippings.
Borders, Jeff (Sc 1048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Borders, Jeff (Sc 1048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1048. Paper, “Spring Storm 1998,” written by Jeff Borders for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a severe storm that occurred on 16 April 1998 while he was recuperating from surgery at his home in Logan County, Kentucky.
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2732. Bound volume of news clippings typescripted by Velma Vick about the history of Russellville and Logan County, Kentucky. The articles came from a scrapbook compiled by the Russellville Daughters of the American Revolution chapter.
Quirey, Aaron Winston, 1896-1965 (Sc 1014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Quirey, Aaron Winston, 1896-1965 (Sc 1014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1014. Bureau of Mines’ first aid training certificate; letters concerning World War I pension and disability claim; Mammoth Cave and Fort Knox civil service employment of Aaron Winston Quirey, Sturgis, Kentucky, 1926-1961 (20); teacher’s certificate of William A. Proctor (maternal grandfather), Logan County, 1884; newspaper clippings and associated items.
Burnam Family Papers (Sc 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burnam Family Papers (Sc 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 953. Letters, chiefly from John Q. Burnam, 1804-1891, to his son, James H. Burnam, 1840-1906, and wife Victoria Burnam in Fayetteville, Tennessee, discussing family genealogy. Also contains information about John’s connection with Freemasonry, and an advertisement pamphlet for an unusual gun used to attach signs to buildings.
Lewis, Harriet Ellen "Ella" (Ivey), 1837-1926 (Sc 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Harriet Ellen "Ella" (Ivey), 1837-1926 (Sc 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of original letter and typescript of letter (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 961. Letter written by Harriet Ellen “Ella” (Ivey) Lewis, Russellville, Kentucky, to Lida Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, expressing gratitude for Obenchain’s complimentary remarks in McCall’s Magazine about her sister, Virginia Mason Ivey’s, needlework. Also included are material relating to Ivey’s needlework, Ivey family data, and a holiday greeting note from Fannie Morton Bryan, Russellville, Kentucky.
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 965. Paper (22 p.) titled “My Early Life [,] 1921-1939” written by Wilbur Morgan Westray, Sr. Westray recounts life as he experienced it growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. Also includes associated genealogical data.
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 918. Photocopies of the Civil War enlistment, promotion, and discharge papers of Henry Peyton Bledsoe, Logan County, Kentucky. He was a member of Company E, 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
Horse Theft - Insurance Policies (Sc 919), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Horse Theft - Insurance Policies (Sc 919), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 919. Horse theft insurance policy issued to James M. Matlock, Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky by The Kentucky Insurance Company, Louisville. Descriptions of the two horses insured is noted.
Sutton Family (Sc 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sutton Family (Sc 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 973. A page from the Bible of the Sutton family, Logan County, Kentucky, listing births and deaths.
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 105. Miscellaneous papers collected by Ethel Roark, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes a World War II letter; personal letters (4); Knights of Pythias certificate; general store ledger with a 1929 inventory; 1954 letter promoting legal alcohol sales in Simpson County; and 1965 farm diary.
Matlock Family Papers (Mss 450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Matlock Family Papers (Mss 450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 450. Personal papers, mostly tax receipts and deeds, of the Matlock family of Logan County, Kentucky. Includes some genealogical data and a journal of a trip to London kept by an Englishwoman whose relation to the family is unknown.
Helm, Harold Holmes, 1900-1985 (Sc 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Harold Holmes, 1900-1985 (Sc 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 658. Certificate of attendance awarded by Auburn Seminary, Auburn, Kentucky, to Harold Holmes Helm for not being absent or tardy during the quarter ending 4 June 1909.
Lost River Cave - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lost River Cave - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 846. Correspondence, news clippings, and research notes made by Raymond L. Cravens related to Jesse James and Lost River Cave, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes other promotional materials related to the cave.
Hines, Thomas Collier "Tommy," Jr., - Collector (Sc 2661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Thomas Collier "Tommy," Jr., - Collector (Sc 2661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2661. County and railroad tax receipts of Merritt Bennett, Logan County, Kentucky (1873-1885), a letter to Margaret Y. Calvert, Bowling Green, Kentucky (1901), and one-page histories of the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, Kentucky and the Auburn Missionary Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 823. Record book of the Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, Logan County, Kentucky, 1886-1888. Volume includes Adairville Lodge Number 301 of the Independent Order of the Good Templar minutes, November 1884 to September 1885 and related records.
Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 789. Letter written to a doctor by George Motier Bibb, Logan County, Kentucky, 26 August 1810, describing some Logan County, Kentucky farm land and buildings.