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Johnson, John T., 1820-1875 (Sc 3699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, John T., 1820-1875 (Sc 3699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3699. Case file for T. T. Melburn v. John T. Johnson, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky, filed 26 May 1870. Petitioner Melburn, a carpenter and stair builder of Bowling Green, Kentucky, sought an accounting for transactions during his 1869-1870 partnership with Johnson, also a carpenter, of Woodburn, Kentucky, claiming that Johnson had misappropriated assets of the firm and had committed an act of insolvency by transferring land to a relative. The inquiry, conducted by Warner Underwood as Register in Bankruptcy, included depositions from …
Dale, Kristin M. (Sc 3700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dale, Kristin M. (Sc 3700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3700. “The History of the Mystery House at 420 East Avenue,” by Kristin Dale, a paper exploring the ownership, design, occupants, and historical context of this Bowling Green, Kentucky structure, originally built as the “Welch Apartments.”
Calendar Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calendar Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 757. Minutes, 1889-1984, of the Calendar Club, a men’s literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes two programs commemorating the Club’s fiftieth and seventy-fifth anniversaries (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).
Pate Family Correspondence (Sc 3697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pate Family Correspondence (Sc 3697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescripts of selected letters (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3697. Correspondence of the Pate family of Cloverport and “Brooks Bottom” in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and of their relatives in the Ramsey and Brackin families (Ohio County), Butler family (Sumner County, Tennessee) and Benton family (Louisville, Kentucky). George L. Pate writes daughter Mary Jane (Pate) Ramsey of conflict with his son Samuel; of his grief over the death of another son in infancy; of the accidental shooting of a young man by his bride-to-be in 1863; and, in 1864, of an attack on …
Whittle, Charles Edward, Jr., 1931-2012 (Sc 3698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whittle, Charles Edward, Jr., 1931-2012 (Sc 3698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3698. Well-illustrated biographical volume on the life, career and family of Charles E. Whittle, Jr., a Brownsville, Kentucky native who served as a physics professor at Western Kentucky University and at Centre College, and as a senior scientist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Sc 3696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Sc 3696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3696. Two letters written by servicemen during the Korean War to Bess Warden and her daughter Betty Ann of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robert H. Dickerson writes his aunt Bess on 11 May 1952 describing a Mother’s Day service and remembering his late mother; he also refers to family news from home. John Fraunfelter writes sadly to Betty Ann on 5 July 1952 of the recent loss of most of his company in defending a hill, and mourns the deaths of fellow soldiers who were soon scheduled to …
Whittle, Joseph Merle, B. 1933 (Mss 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whittle, Joseph Merle, B. 1933 (Mss 756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 756. Correspondence and papers of Joseph M. Whittle, a Grayson County attorney who served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky from 1986-1993.
Taylor Family Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Family Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3268. Collection of genealogical and historic research on four Taylor family houses located in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes data on original owners and residents, deeds, and photographs.
Thurman, Frederick Anthony "Tony," B. 1966 (Sc 3695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thurman, Frederick Anthony "Tony," B. 1966 (Sc 3695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3695. Correspondence, clippings and other material relating to the childhood of Tony Thurman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and principally to his involvement in the Boy Scouts, his awards, merit badges and other certifications, and his achievement of Eagle Scout status. Also includes a childhood letter to President Gerald Ford, items related to Thurman’s BB gun shooting competitions, and a Christmas greeting on a phonograph record.
Birthdays (Sc 3694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Birthdays (Sc 3694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3694. Embossed note paper bearing a handwritten quotation about the meaning of birthdays, dated 23 November 1884.
James Parks Wilson Family Collection (Mss 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James Parks Wilson Family Collection (Mss 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 755. Primarily genealogical research on the descendants of James Parks Wilson of Hart County, Kentucky. Includes biographical data and papers regarding the military service of his grandson, James Admiral Wilson.
Bewley, Stanley Clyde, 1915-1979 (Sc 3693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bewley, Stanley Clyde, 1915-1979 (Sc 3693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3693. V-mail letter, 28 March 1945, from Army private Stanley Bewley to his sister Mrs. Glen Cole, Austin, Kentucky. He reports on his arrival in Belgium and his homesickness, and asks to be sent some soap and pipe tobacco.
Wolford, Hulda Belle (Murray), 1885-1959 (Sc 3692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wolford, Hulda Belle (Murray), 1885-1959 (Sc 3692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3692. Two letters, 5 April 1931, of Hulda (Murray) Wolford, Indianapolis, Indiana, to her sister Mallie and niece Louise; letter, 21 June 1945, to Hulda from Louise in Belle Plaine, Kansas. The letters relate personal news and the activities of family and friends. Typescripts of the letters include annotations with family information.
Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peckham, L. H. (Sc 3690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3690. Letter, 23 May 1862, to “Anson” from L. H. Peckham, in camp at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He describes the massing of Union troops in the area in anticipation of a march on Richmond, and the construction of railroad, plank and pontoon bridges. He also remarks on the recent visit of President Lincoln, whose “smiling countenance was met with many cheers by our Troops here, but with dismay by the citizens.”
Hitchcock, William, 1843-1913 (Sc 3689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hitchcock, William, 1843-1913 (Sc 3689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3689. Letters of William Hitchcock, Sharon (Potter County), Pennsylvania to his wife during his service with the 136th New York Infantry. He writes primarily from North Carolina of victories at Fort Fisher and Fort Anderson, including the arrival of several African Americans seeking shelter at Fort Fisher. Includes an 1864 family letter fearing the military draft, and a letter from an Army surgeon to Hitchcock’s wife regarding his recovery from typhoid.
Osborne Family Letters (Sc 3688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Osborne Family Letters (Sc 3688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3688. Letters, 1864, of Frank Osborne, Oneida County, New York, written during his Civil War service. Working in a quartermaster’s office in Hilton Head, South Carolina, he discusses the future with his father and urges him to seek business opportunities during the war; he also refers to his brother Galen’s work in the newspaper business. Includes an 1863 letter from his father to New York Governor Horatio Seymour asking for the discharge of his son “Benjamin Franklin Osborne” after he was mustered into service on a false certificate; and an 1861 letter from …
Pike Tobacco Warehouse - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pike Tobacco Warehouse - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3691. Trade card of James Kelly, with the Pike Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Kentucky.
Martin, Laforest John, 1844-1862 (Sc 3687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Laforest John, 1844-1862 (Sc 3687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3687. Letters, 1861-1862, of LaForest Martin, Oneida County, New York, written to his family while serving with the 26th New York Volunteers. He writes from Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland of his illness; drunkenness and desertion among the troops; and engagements with the Confederates, especially at Antietam. Includes an 1856 family letter; a subscription list of locals pledging to pay Martin's expenses to rejoin his regiment after his illness; and a letter to his father from a friend offering sympathy at the news of Martin’s death at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Some of …
Prouty, Isaac Lothrop, 1831-1904 (Sc 3686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Prouty, Isaac Lothrop, 1831-1904 (Sc 3686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3686. Letters from merchants, 1848-1849, to Isaac Prouty, a boot manufacturer in Spencer, Massachusetts, submitting orders and inquiring about outstanding shipments. Includes an 1871 agreement by Prouty regarding payments on a mortgage of land in Spencer.
John Keating & Company (Sc 3685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
John Keating & Company (Sc 3685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3685. Memorandum of agreement, 12 April 1842, between John Keating, John S. Roulet, and E. M. Keating by their agent John King, and Jeremiah Dietz of Genesee (Potter County, Pennsylvania). King agrees to sell to Dietz 100 acres of land adjoining his father’s, “as soon as he shall have complied with the customary conditions of settlement.” The reverse shows receipts of payment on account, 1844-1853, from Cyrus Cooper, and an assignment by Cooper, 25 February 1864, of his rights under the contract to Nelson Peabody.
Green Store - Falls Of Rough, Kentucky (Mss 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green Store - Falls Of Rough, Kentucky (Mss 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 754. Day book (1831-1832) and ledger (1829-1832) of the Green store, Falls of Rough, Kentucky; a paper analyzing the contents of the volumes; and miscellaneous Green family papers.
Perkins, John Casey, 1918-2010 (Mss 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins, John Casey, 1918-2010 (Mss 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 753. Reports of the operations of the U.S. Army, Third Infantry Division in Italy, Sicily, France and Germany during World War II. Includes reports relating to the service of Lieutenant Colonel John C. Perkins of Bowling Green, Kentucky in the Third Signal Company. Also includes memoranda of surrender written by Nazi SS officer Otto Skorzeny, taken into custody by Perkins in Austria in May 1945 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).
Neely, John W., 1836-1916 (Sc 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neely, John W., 1836-1916 (Sc 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 737. Amnesty oath of John W. Neely, Simpson County, Kentucky, a member of Terry’s Texas Rangers, signed in Fort Bend County, Texas, 1866, and a page from The Dallas Morning News, 16 December 1892, about the Terry’s Texas Rangers' reunion.
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 3684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 3684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3684. Treasury Department and Post Office Department correspondence and appointments relating to William E. Hobson’s service as a Claims Agent, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Third Collection District of Kentucky, and Postmaster at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Elmwood Cemetery - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elmwood Cemetery - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Small Collection 3683. Listing of graves in Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Kentucky. Data consists of name, dates, and in some cases a brief description of the grave monument and/or its maker.
Warren Circuit Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren Circuit Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3682. Images of two seals of the Warren County (Kentucky) Circuit Court, one affixed to documents dated 1825 and 1839, and the other to a document dated 1860, together with a letter from the Court Administrator with historical background. Also includes a paper by an unknown author describing the Warren County Court of Quarter Sessions and a few early indictments.
Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3680. Notes of an interview, 6 December 1986, by WKU professor John H. Spurlock with James Stuart, the brother of author Jesse Stuart. They discuss Jesse Stuart’s columns for the Greenup (Ky.) News and his editorship of the Greenup County Citizen; local and school board politics; and a physical attack on Jesse Stuart following his criticism of the local member of Congress.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1906-1984 (Sc 3681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1906-1984 (Sc 3681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3681. Various items relating to the work of author Jesse Stuart: inscribed poems and articles; a 1975 commencement speech delivered at Ball State University; highlights of the first year of the Jesse Stuart Foundation; and the Jesse Stuart Land Management and Promotion Plan. Also includes (digital format only - click on "Additional Files" below for scans) a card index of magazine and newspaper articles by and concerning Stuart located by scholar John H. Spurlock in repositories at Murray State University, Morehead State University, and Marshall University.
Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3679. Two items relating to the Smith family of Warren County, Kentucky: a letter, 18 November 1852, from Amanda M. F. Withers, Dripping Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to Sarah Hampton in Warren County; having recently moved, she describes her labors setting up housekeeping, gives regards to her friends and Sarah’s family, advises Sarah to be careful in choosing a husband, and asks to be sent some plant cuttings. Also, a codicil to the will of Sarah’s future father-in-law Daniel C. Smith, 1868.
Farmer Family Papers (Mss 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farmer Family Papers (Mss 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 751. Letters and papers of the Farmer family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Includes items from associated families, especially the Yeaman family of Colorado. Also includes some genealogical data.