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Reed, Sheryl Diane (Ct 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reed, Sheryl Diane (Ct 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2044. Interview with Mary Julia Neal conducted by Sheryl D. Reed on 28 April 1992 in which Neal discusses her work at the Kentucky Building at WKU and her Shaker research and publications.
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Ct 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Ct 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2043. Recording of a presentation made by Mary Julia Neal titled “Reflections of a Former Director” in which Neal discusses her role as the Director of the Kentucky Building from 1964 to 1972. She discusses the condition of the building and collections when she came and some of the collections she helped acquire. This presentation was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Kentucky Building, which opened in 1939. Kentucky Museum Education Curator Dianne Watkins provides an introduction.
Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program (Sc 3386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program (Sc 3386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3386. Materials relating to the Kentucky Historical Society’s Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program, consisting mostly of correspondence of WKU President Kelly Thompson, a member of the Committee to Edit Inscriptions, and WKU faculty member Frances Richards, who consult with the state and Warren County chairmen concerning the content of proposed markers. Includes a 1963 report and other statistical data for the 1960s.
Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3348. Letter, 5 March 1958, of author Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Urbana, Illinois, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards. Owing to a previous engagement, she declines an invitation to WKU’s Leiper English Club dinner.
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text scan of memoirs and photographs and digital files of interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below to access) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3329. Memoirs, sundry papers, and oral histories of Joseph Malchus Ray, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, who went on to teach at universities in Texas, Alabama and Maryland. He ended his career as president of the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, but stayed on afterwards as the H.Y. Benedict Professor of Political Science at UTEP. The memoirs discuss in detail his professional and personal life and the values that shaped …
Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to the Civil War. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong on Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Civil War history and in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians or those who passed through Kentucky and surrounding states during the war.
Campbell, Christopher Coe (Sc 3330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, Christopher Coe (Sc 3330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3330. Summary of Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Internship performed by Christopher Coe Campbell in the Spring 2018 semester at Library Special Collections, Western Kentucky University. Includes interview with Jewell Keen about Douglas Keen of Scottsville and typescript of the same.