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Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 772. Political letter regarding the possibility of A. C. Reeves running against an opponent named Hayley. The writer (signature missing) suggests a meeting with Henry C. Hines to see local supporters in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 775. Photocopies of Kentucky state militia captaincy commission of Daniel Williams, which was signed by Governor Christopher Greenup, 1805; and broadside informing slave owners to enroll their slaves in Greensburg, Kentucky, 1863.
Kuykendall, William S., 1821-1888 (Sc 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kuykendall, William S., 1821-1888 (Sc 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 774. Account book kept by William S. Kuykendall, Butler County, Kentucky, from 25 May 1852 to 29 November 1853, which records his transactions as a cobbler and includes the names of his customers.
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 773. Copy of an English workbook entitled Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing (ca. 1933), of which Gordon Wilson was a collaborator. Also letter relating data about the book, 1973.
Williams, Thomas (Sc 776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Thomas (Sc 776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 776. Survey, 2 November 1793, done for John McAdams for 100 acres of land on the Big Barren River, which was awarded by a military warrant and assigned to Thomas Williams.
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 778. Log book containing a record of cash receipts and listing of products for the steamboats Evansville and Longfellow, which plied the Green River and its tributaries, from 7 December 1869 to 1 June 1884.
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 777. Log book containing a daily record for the boats, Mammoth Cave and Gillette, which plied Green and Barren Rivers, 1 October 1932 to 13 August 1935. Recorded by Captain James E. Wallace, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 826. Original unsigned letter written to Camilla Herdman Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the 1937 Louisville, Kentucky flood as the female writer experienced it. She expresses her thanks for Gerard’s hospitality in bringing her to Bowling Green to provide for her. Also included are a typed copy of the letter and a photocopy of two photographs showing the flood’s damage (original photographs are housed in the Gerard Photo Collection).
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 829. Correspondence between Belmont Forsythe, University City, Missouri, and Harold Joseph Laski, London, England, July-August 1949, including comments on American entrance into World War II; letter from William Ebenstein, Princeton, New Jersey, to Forsythe, 12 September 1949, discussing Laski’s visit to the United States and relevant biographical entries, 1948.
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 828. Letter, 19 October 1892, from Lucy Taliaferro, Nashville, Tennessee, to Harriet “Hattie” Taliaferro and Nannie regarding her plans for returning to the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky. Includes biographical data on Harriet Taliaferro compiled by her grandson, Clem L. Pope.
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 827. Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, lot certificate of A. J. Ragland estate, 6 April 1906. Also included is a typescript copy of Florence Ragland’s obituary, 1949.
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 906. New Year’s greeting, designed using family members’ photos, of Elizabeth Ann (Moore) Hancock, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Constance Mills, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and data about each family member’s 1993 activities. Mrs. Hancock is the daughter of Kentucky author Janice Holt Giles.
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875 (Sc 818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875 (Sc 818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 818. Facsimile of proclamation issued by Governor Thomas Elliott Bramlette to the people of Kentucky, to observe 4 May 1865 as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer because of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 (Sc 819), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 (Sc 819), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 819. Facsimile of letter, 22 September 1814, written by Robert Fulton, New York, to Governor Isaac Shelby, Frankfort, Kentucky, requesting militia or volunteers to assist in the removal of the steamboat Vesuvius from a sandbar 200 miles below the mouth of the Ohio River. He also expresses fear of an Indian attack.
Middleton, Amanda (Sc 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Middleton, Amanda (Sc 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 817. Letter, 10 December 1865, of Amanda Middleton of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, a student at the Russellville Female Academy, to Charlie R. Bagby of Smiths Grove. She comments on school life and anticipated Christmas activities while at home during the holidays.