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Boucher Family Papers (Sc 3071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boucher Family Papers (Sc 3071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3071. Miscellaneous papers and photographs of the Boucher family of Allen County, Kentucky. Includes promissory notes, tax and other receipts, deeds, Civil War military passes and slave indentures.
Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 573. Correspondence and papers of of the Pool, Keel and Beauchamp families of Metcalfe (formerly Barren) County, Kentucky. Includes papers of related families: Mitchell, Clark, Rogers, Cook, Shirley Yates, and others. Civil War letters include a letter from James F. Keel (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescript) describing activity at Nashville, Tennessee in July 1862.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Bank Of The United States (Sc 2963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bank Of The United States (Sc 2963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2963. Deed, 11 May 1827, from the Bank of the United States to William Ray, Louisville, Kentucky, of a tract of land in Louisville. Signed by Nicholas Biddle, President of the Bank of the United States, in the presence of Joseph Watson, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Catherine (Simmons), D. 2008 - Collector (Mss 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 517. Chiefly letters written to James Preston Cherry while he was sick and in a Louisville hospital (1913), in school at the University of Kentucky (1915-1917), and while in military service during World War I (1917-1918). Also includes family information related to the Cherry, Phelps, Simmons and Anderson families.
Drake, Louise (Carson), 1894-1979 (Mss 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, Louise (Carson), 1894-1979 (Mss 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 536. Correspondence, notebooks, family histories, photocopies of wills, deeds, and other genealogical research of Louise (Carson) Drake of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes her roster of Revolutionary War soldiers who died in Kentucky.
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 525. Correspondence, business and farm records, and genealogical data of the Carpenter family of Warren County, Kentucky, primarily Jonathan T. Carpenter, his son Luther M. Carpenter, and Luther’s children. Includes some correspondence and papers of members of the Tucker and Hardcastle families.
Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 522. Correspondence, photographs and papers of members of the Campbell and Garvin families of Warren County, Kentucky. Included are business records of David B. Campbell and letters written to him in 1850 while he prospected for gold in California.
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.
Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 510. Correspondence, business records, account books, and miscellaneous personal papers of members of the Allen, Barner, Savage and Mallory families of Edmonson, Hart and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Alexander Family Papers (Mss 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander Family Papers (Mss 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only Manuscripts Collection 505. Correspondence, business and estate papers, deeds and miscellaneous records of the Alexander, Fontaine, Lucas, Graham and associated families, principally of Henry County, Virginia; Cumberland, Metcalfe and Warren counties in Kentucky; and Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Includes letters of Martha (Lucas) Graham written from Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Steen Family Papers (Mss 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steen Family Papers (Mss 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 502. Correspondence, deeds, receipts, family photographs and business and personal papers of the Steen family, principally Isaac Newton Steen, his son Thomas W. Steen, and Thomas’s family, of Barren and Monroe counties in Kentucky.
Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Mss 496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Mss 496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 496. Indentures, deeds and financial records chiefly of John Hines of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes material related to the settlement of his extensive estate that was executed by his son, Pleasant Hines. Contains many receipts from Bowling Green businesses in the 1870s and an undated plat map of the city showing owners of lots 71-122.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Sc 2847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Sc 2847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2847. Historic Farms Certificate Application, Kentucky Historic Resources Abbreviated Survey Form and supporting material, prepared by Jonathan D. Jeffrey to designate the Paschal Howell Farm, Warren County, Kentucky, a centennial farm. This designation is bestowed on farms that have been owned by the same family for one hundred years or more. Includes compact disc with 13 photographs.
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.
Oates, William C. "Billy" - Collector (Sc 2811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oates, William C. "Billy" - Collector (Sc 2811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2811. Miscellaneous documents relating mainly to real property in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes deeds, sketch of lots in 1300 block of Chestnut Street, and commercial property record for 1039 College Street (the G. D. Milliken Building). Also includes 1987 appraisal report for 250 Franklin Road, Scottsville, Kentucky, a photograph of the collector’s great grandfather Hale, and a handwritten narrative (author unknown) on the birth of the U.S. Democratic Party.
Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1229. Legal papers removed from genealogy notebooks compiled by Edwin T. Roberts, including a Mississippi deed, 1867, and documents relating to Richardella Ragland’s estate, partially in Warren County, Kentucky.
Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2793. Correspondence and research materials relating to the genealogy of the Totty family of Kentucky, and related families Carter and Cosby. Includes military records, birth, marriage, will and deed records, and pedigree charts.
Lehman-Collet Papers (Mss 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lehman-Collet Papers (Mss 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 474. Business and legal papers, primarily of Bowling Green Kentucky businessman George Lehman and his nephew George A. Collet. Includes materials relating to Lehman’s estate and to other Collet family members.
Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 473. Correspondence and scrapbooks of Robert D. Graham, Democratic mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1960-1963 and 1968-1971. The materials mostly document his public career, but some personal papers, including those of his wife Edith, are included.
Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 467. Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous material from several related families: Standrod, Campbell, and Carmichael. Includes a claim made after the Civil War for compensation for an enslaved man who joined the Union Army (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Sutherland And Read Family Papers (Mss 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sutherland And Read Family Papers (Mss 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 468. Correspondence, business, legal and miscellaneous papers of the Sutherland, Read and associated families of Hardin and Nelson counties in Kentucky. Includes records relating to the Sutherland distillery business, estate papers, and court and other records relating to land titles.
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.
Jones, Eugene & Sarah F. J. Jones (Sc 2729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Eugene & Sarah F. J. Jones (Sc 2729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2729. Deed of Eugene Jones and Sarah F. J. Jones to J. E. Jones of lands in Warren County, Kentucky. The deed describes lands that were subsequently conveyed to Western Kentucky University by a later owner. Part of the document has been cut off at the right margin.
Fitch, Henry Dumesnil, 1874-1959 (Sc 2730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fitch, Henry Dumesnil, 1874-1959 (Sc 2730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2730. Copy of deed from Henry D. Fitch and other grantors, being the owners of certain lots at Main and State streets, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The grantors conveyed to each other certain land at the rear of the lots fronting on State Street for use as a private alleyway or passway. Includes survey and explanatory letter of Henry D. Fitch.
Melton Family Papers (Mss 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Melton Family Papers (Mss 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 123. Letters, receipts, legal and financial papers of the Melton family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Also includes data about the Lively, Poole, and Strum families of Henderson County.
Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 455. Correspondence, accounts, land surveys, and miscellaneous business and legal papers of Orlando C. Bowles, a Civil War veteran, lawyer, farmer, and timber trader of Pike County, Kentucky. Includes some material relating to the Cecil family of Floyd and Pike counties.
Carter, Chillon Conway, 1830-1891 (Mss 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Chillon Conway, 1830-1891 (Mss 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts of selected material for Manuscripts Collection 112. Correspondence, chiefly written by Monroe County, Kentucky native Chillon Conway Carter, to his wife, Lucinda E. and his two daughters Nancy G. and Louisa A., during the Civil War. Also includes letters written to Carter by his brother, John B. Carter, who lived in White County, Illinois.
Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802 And Ann (Montgomery) Logan, 1752-1825 (Sc 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802 And Ann (Montgomery) Logan, 1752-1825 (Sc 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 692. Deed, 18 February 1785, from Benjamin Logan and his wife Ann Logan of Lincoln County, Virginia, to Richard Jackman of the same place, for one hundred acres in Lincoln County. In 1792, the county became part of Kentucky.
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 105. Miscellaneous papers collected by Ethel Roark, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes a World War II letter; personal letters (4); Knights of Pythias certificate; general store ledger with a 1929 inventory; 1954 letter promoting legal alcohol sales in Simpson County; and 1965 farm diary.