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2020

World War II

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Mayflower Hotel - Washington D.C. (Sc 3568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2020

Mayflower Hotel - Washington D.C. (Sc 3568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3568. Instruction card to guests of the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. describing procedures to be followed in the event of a blackout or air raid.


Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3545. Contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and associated documents of the Sumpter family of Bowling Green, Kentucky relating to the acquisition, subdivision and development of the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Includes a 1962 plat map of a subdivision extension, a 1990 plan for a sanitary sewer extension, and a narrative history of the neighborhood. Also includes a Sumpter estate document and a promissory note and deed of the Patillo family.


Duff Collection (Mss 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2020

Duff Collection (Mss 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 692. Correspondence, photos, diaries, and other family related memorabilia from the families of Michael Edward Jelley and his wife Laura Josephine (Duff) Jelley. Most of the material relates to Laura’s family, the Duffs of Jackson, Kentucky, and to Michael and Laura’s immediate family. The bulk of the collection consists of Laura’s diaries, correspondence, recipes, and scrapbook.


Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Collector (Mss 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2020

Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Collector (Mss 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and digital scans for some files for Manuscripts Collection 688. Material collected by Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney, Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. for presentations he prepared about the history of grocery stores locally and nationally and about Operation Tiger, the practice battle for D-Day on Slapton Sands, Devon, England on 28 April 1944 during World War II.