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2002

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Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2002

Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of oversized items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 69. Correspondence, business and legal papers, clippings, etc., of John Rowan, Sr., 1773-1843, lawyer, judge, U.S. Representative and Senator, and owner of Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky; and of John Rowan, Jr., 1807-1855, master of Federal Hill and U.S. charge d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1848-1850. Federal Hill is more commonly referred to today as "My Old Kentucky Home."

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Knisley, Clyde Vernon, Jr., 1918-1945 (Mss 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2002

Knisley, Clyde Vernon, Jr., 1918-1945 (Mss 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 84 and full text of selected letters (Click on "Additional Files" below). World War II letters of Greeneville, Tennessee native Clyde Vernon Knisley, Jr. written to his parents, documenting his fighter pilot training and his war experiences, 31 October 1941 to 15 January 1945, and diary kept in New Guinea, 25 February to 13 December 1943. Includes family's notification of his death, his awards, photographs, and related materials.

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Warman, Jean, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2002

Warman, Jean, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 116. Desert Storm letters (33) from several Persian Gulf War service personnel, particularly Warman's son, Ron W. Hamilton, and a pen pal, Samuel Herrera. Includes promotional material and newspaper clippings related to Operation Orange Ribbon, a Cincinnati-based organization that demonstrated support for those serving in the war.

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Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2002

Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1352. Letter, 16 February 1862, written by Union soldier Ira Steele, stationed at Camp Glenbrook, Kentucky, to his brother Oliver Steele. He mentions the Green River; bridge burning; Bowling Green; the sending of some items to New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky; and describes camp life.

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Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2002

Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1353. Bill of sale, Butler County, Kentucky, for Negro Joe, who was sold to William Carson by Robert Thompson and Seth Carson.

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Ku Klux Klan (Sc 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2002

Ku Klux Klan (Sc 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1354. Paper titled "The Kloran, New Order Knights of the Ku Klux Klan...", which was found in an unoccupied Bowling Green, Kentucky house. It lists the procedures to become a member of the order.

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Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 1376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2002

Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 1376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1376. Paper entitled "Growing Up on State Street," in which Sara E. Tyler recalls her childhood days in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In addition to social life and customs, she relates much about the houses in the neighborhood. Also copy of a 2002 published article based on the paper.

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Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1359. Correspondence of Civil War soldier Oliver C. Ellsworth, Marion, Michigan, with family and friends. He served with the 22nd Michigan Infantry in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. Also includes a tintype of Ellsworth.

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Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1357. Letter, 2 January 1966, written by Gordon Wilson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to L. Y. Lancaster, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which Wilson extols their friendship that will soon celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.

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Torreyson, Charles Hail, 1902-1973 (Sc 1340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Torreyson, Charles Hail, 1902-1973 (Sc 1340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1340. World War II letters, 1944-1945, (27) written by Charles Torreyson to his wife Betsy, in Scottsville, Kentucky. He describes life in the Seabees, in Camp Pearcy, Virginia, and in New Guinea.

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Underwood, Henry Morehead, 1893-1960 (Sc 1339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Underwood, Henry Morehead, 1893-1960 (Sc 1339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1339. Letter, 30 October 1936, written by Underwood from the American Embassy in Berlin, Germany, to Henry Bradley, Sr. Underwood details his work as Foreign Buildings Inspector for the U.S. State Department in Europe, northern Africa and Turkey. Includes two unused post cards.

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Gilchrist, Ellen Louise, B. 1935 (Sc 1336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Gilchrist, Ellen Louise, B. 1935 (Sc 1336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Small Collection 1336. Letter written to Kentucky author Ellen L. Gilchrist from Paula Quinn, WKU journalism professor, after a scheduled interview did not materialize. Includes newspaper clipping about Gilchrist's presentation at WKU, and Quinn's explanatory letters, 2001.

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Hines & Porter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Hines & Porter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1334. Lawyers' combined collection record book and docket book kept by the law firm of Hines and Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Richardson, Harry Blair, Sr., 1915-2002 - Letters To (Sc 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Richardson, Harry Blair, Sr., 1915-2002 - Letters To (Sc 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1368. Letters, 1930, written to Missouri native Harry Richardson concerning the initiation rites of the high school fraternity Phi Lambda Epsilon.

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Oakley, Bethel Beulah, 1903-1995 (Sc 1338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Oakley, Bethel Beulah, 1903-1995 (Sc 1338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1338. Business papers, letters (including some written by her elementary students), printed materials, etc., of Bethel B. Oakley, originally from Hopkins County, Kentucky. She taught in Webster County and Owensboro, Kentucky, and at Oakland City College, Oakland City, Indiana.

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Teachers And Teaching - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Teachers And Teaching - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1356. Teacher's class book kept by Frances Hart, for the 1924-1925 school year, evidently as a Hartford [Kentucky] High School faculty member. The book lists classes taught as well as students' names.

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Baker, Jane Stark (Helm), B. 1942 (Sc 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Baker, Jane Stark (Helm), B. 1942 (Sc 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Small Collection 1355. Letter, 19 January 2000, written by Jane S. Baker, Glasgow, Kentucky, in which Baker recalls her aunt Margie Helm, who was an outstanding Western Kentucky University librarian.

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Rau, Ernest, 1874-1962 (Sc 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Rau, Ernest, 1874-1962 (Sc 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1366. Chiefly incoming business papers of Ernest Rau, a Bowling Green, Kentucky doctor, who served in World War I. Includes items relating to his service at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and associated items, 1962, 1974 about Rau.

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First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1388. Annals of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which consist of brief entries about significant activities or events. These records began to be kept at the time of the church's sesquicentennial celebration.

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Byrd, Mary (Sc 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Byrd, Mary (Sc 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1362. Autograph book belonging to Mary Byrd, Fredonia, Kentucky, which has names and addresses of several Fredonia residents. Also has nice printed engravings.

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Taulman, James (Sc 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Taulman, James (Sc 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1358. Letter, postcards, photos, clippings, etc., sent to James Taulman from a Bowling Green, Kentucky childhood pen pal Carolyn Williams.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Justices Of The Peace (Sc 1342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Warren County, Kentucky - Justices Of The Peace (Sc 1342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Small Collection 1342. Notice, 25 February 1808, of the removal of John Bailey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, as Warren County Justice of the Peace by Kentucky governor Christopher Greenup.

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Kentucky - Cavalry - 5th Regiment (Sc 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Kentucky - Cavalry - 5th Regiment (Sc 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1361. Civil War document giving record of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry including its itinerary and officers, etc. Also partial letter pertaining to the document.

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Smith, Robert Lee, 1913-1998 (Sc 1306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Smith, Robert Lee, 1913-1998 (Sc 1306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1306. Letter, 21 March 1945, written by Robert L. Smith, Philippine Islands, to his sister Mrs. Layton Blick, Logan County, Kentucky. Smith mentions the many Japanese that have been slain in the Philippines. Includes V-mail advising of Smith's new address.

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Kerr Memorial Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Kerr Memorial Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and selected full scan documents (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 133. Historical materials about Kerr Memorial Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including list of donors for original building (1891); printed histories; correspondence and commemorative programs from church anniversary celebrations; account book of the church's Young Adult Fellowship (1947-48); and deeds.

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