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Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 636. Correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian, relating principally to her work for the Presbyterian Church. Also includes materials documenting her service on the Inter-Racial Commission of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2902. Miscellaneous church and genealogical data collected by Sandra Gorin. Includes data on the Hines family of Indiana; records of the Indian Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Monroe County, Kentucky, and Joppa Baptist Church, Edmonson County, Kentucky; and correspondence relating to the England family of Monroe County, Kentucky.
Peter's Creek Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peter's Creek Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 487. Minutes, membership lists, constitution and rules of decorum for Peter’s Creek Baptist Church in Barren County, Kentucky. This material was typescripted by Eva Coe Peden, Glasgow, Kentucky, and bound into two volumes.
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2770. Minutes of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Barren County, Kentucky. Also includes “Articles of Faith” and the church “Covenant.” Transcribed by Eva C. Peden. “Book I and II.”
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Frances J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 631. Photocopies of legal papers pertaining to lawsuit brought by Sally Boles in which she sought and obtained a divorce from her husband William, who united with the Shakers in 1808 and left her and their three children to join the Shaker settlement at South Union, Kentucky, in 1811. The case was first tried in Logan County, then in Barren County.
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2219. Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes lists of members 1867-1914, baptisms 1861-1917, confirmations 1861-1919, marriages and burials 1864-1919. Also includes lists of Russellville members 1880-1886, baptisms 1873-1885, confirmations 1876-1886, and deaths 1877-1885; and lists of Glasgow members 1880, 1893, confirmations and baptisms 1890-1899. Also includes historical notes and extracts from church convention proceedings 1831-1859 that relate to the Bowling Green church.
Little Barren United Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Little Barren United Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 451. Minute book of Little Barren United Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes articles of faith, rules of decorum, minutes of meetings and membership lists.
Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2162. Minute book of Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes articles of faith, minutes of meetings, and lists of white and African American members.
Goodhope Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodhope Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Small Collection 760. Record book of Goodhope Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes constitution, articles of faith, minutes of meetings and membership lists.
Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Minute book of Statenfield Sabbath School, Barren County, Kentucky, from 1892-1898. Includes minutes of meetings and a list of pupils. Also includes a 1990 newspaper clipping about restoration efforts for Statenfield Black Baptist Church.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1175. Minute book of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings from 1804-1854 and members register of whites and African Americans. Also included is an 1863 letter describing the condition of the church.
Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 284. Correspondence of the Magruder and Clysdale families of Louisville, Kentucky, London, Ontario and Grand Bend, Ontario. The correspondence covers family matters and the progress of the Magruders' professional work and writing on Protestant theology and social issues. Includes photographs relating to the Clysdales and a related family, the Brighams.
Old Blue Spring Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Old Blue Spring Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 149. Church registers, 1931-1944 (4 registers), of Old Blue Spring [Baptist] Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minute book of youth missionary group, 1958-1960 (20 p.)
Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 207. Typescript of the record book of Concord Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky, consisting primarily of brief business meeting entries and membership lists.
Shakers - South Union, Ky. (Mss 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Ky. (Mss 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 154. Shaker materials related to Jesse McCombs and James Johnson including slavery documents, guardianship documents, legal papers, land papers, grist and fulling mill papers, wills, agreements and receipts.