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Barren County

2019

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Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2019

Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 677. Chiefly courtship letters written by Edward Daniel Covington while teaching high school industrial arts classes at St. Petersburg High School in Florida to his girlfriend and future wife, Evelyn Reynolds, Cave City, Kentucky. The 1933 letters mention the financial effects of the Great Depression and the difficulty of paying teachers.


Account Books - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Account Books - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 666. Two account books for mercantile establishments in Barren County, Kentucky. One, 1832-1833, contains accounts for what is believed to be a general store. The other, 1902-1903, is believed to be an account book for the South Kentucky Oil Company which was selling items such as coal, kerosene, cement, and other oil field products.