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2016

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Gorham, Fred Jaynes, 1878-1918 (Mss 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

Gorham, Fred Jaynes, 1878-1918 (Mss 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 583. Correspondence and papers of Fred J. Gorham and wife Ethelyn Gorham of Henderson, Kentucky, chiefly regarding Fred’s Spanish-American War and World War I service, his death, and Ethelyn’s receipt of military benefits thereafter. Some family correspondence and data is included.


Ranney Family Papers (Mss 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

Ranney Family Papers (Mss 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 584. Information and photographs about the family of Charles and June (Carnegie) Ranney of Ohio County, Kentucky. Includes information about Charles’s days playing basketball in Ohio County as a youngster, his time as a teacher, and eventually his real estate career. Includes information about June’s interest in crafts, a ledger for a craft store, and photos of quilts and othertextile arts she produced. Genealogical information about the Ranney and Carnegie families is included.


Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73 (Sc 3008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73 (Sc 3008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3008. Treasurer’s ledger listing individual members and their financial transactions with the Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73, i.e. initiation fees, dues, and contributions.


Durston, James Marion, 1920-2011 (Mss 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2016

Durston, James Marion, 1920-2011 (Mss 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 571. Letters of James M. “Brandy” Durston, a Bowling Green, Kentucky chiropractor and later a resident of Southaven, Mississippi, with copious reminiscences of people and places in Bowling Green. Includes material relating primarily to Durston’s church in Memphis, Tennessee.


Runner, Etta Jane, 1894-1971 (Sc 2987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2016

Runner, Etta Jane, 1894-1971 (Sc 2987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2987. Certificates and commendation letters to Etta J. Runner, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for her studies at the Bowling Green Business University and her volunteer work with the American Red Cross and Warren County United Givers Fund; contribution receipt from the Order of the Eastern Star; manuscript sheet music for song “Kentucky,” by Etta J. Runner.


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 552. Personal and professional correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian. Includes ancestral and family correspondence and papers, photographs, and genealogical research on the Helm, Carson, Porter, Blakey and related families.