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2005

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Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2005

Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 144. Full name index and subject listing (252 p.) of miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court records. Originals are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.

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Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2005

Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1420. Letter written by Union soldier John (no last name), Camp Paint Creek, Kentucky, to his wife (no place noted), graphically describing marching from Winchester, Kentucky, to present camp. He mentions that Kentucky has the dirtiest soldiers he has ever seen.

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Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.

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Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1423. Letter, 10 March 1862, written by Amos Downing from Belmont, Missouri, to his brother Philip Downing, Portland, Maine, relating his military experiences since leaving Virginia on February 16. Has especially good comments about activities at Columbus, Kentucky.

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Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 158. Account book (472 p.) of Robinson's Flowers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The floral shop was owned by Novice C. Robinson, and the account book includes customer's name, type of floral arrangment as well as the price.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 157. Travel journals (2) kept by Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy during his trip to the Orient (1908-1909), starting at San Francisco. He describes the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Japan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), etc. Includes passenger list of the S.S. Mongolia.

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Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1447. Letter written by Ruby Bailey, Houston, Texas, to friend Alice (Ray) Pounds, Troy, Texas, describing how her life has been affected by her husband's service in World War II.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1409. Register kept of Methodist Episcopal Church, South circuit that included Ohio County churches in Centertown, Ceralvo, Cromwell, Equality, Hopewell, McHenry, Point Pleasant, Providence, Rockport, and Taylor Town; and a McLean County church in Island. Mostly membership lists, but also includes names of ministers, baptisms, and marriages.

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Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1441. Address book, 1909, kept by Crume, Bardstown, Kentucky, which evidently was his "little black book," containing addresses of young ladies, especially from Louisville and the central Kentucky area. Also, a humorous letter written to soldier "Joe," an "unfortunate married draftee," in Korea (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1445. An account book, 1795-1800, evidently kept by someone in central/south central Kentucky. Entries pertain to land, children attending school, work done on a farm, settling of accounts, etc.

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Braber, Thomas C. (Sc 1437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Braber, Thomas C. (Sc 1437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1434. World War II poem written by U.S. soldier Thomas C. Braber about the Omaha Beach battle (6 June 1944) on the European battlefront. Also photo of Braber and his salvage group on Omaha Beach and related data.

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Kavanaugh, Franklin James, 1934-2016 (Sc 1444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Kavanaugh, Franklin James, 1934-2016 (Sc 1444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1444. Dr. Frank J. Kavanaugh writes, at the request of a Kentucky cousin, about his Washington, D.C. associations, chiefly with presidential wives. He comments about the presidents, too, especially the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. Kavanaugh was with the George Washington University Medical Center. Also associated items.

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Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 - Collector (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 - Collector (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1446. Greenwood United Baptist Church of Christ Sunday School record book, 1891-1899, of Warren County, Kentucky. Pearl's husband, Charles Potter Walton was a Methodist minister. Also photographs of Pearl and Charles and associated data.

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Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 135. Miscellany of Warren County, Kentucky and Bowling Green, Kentucky official record books. Includes tax lists, books of surveyors, commissioners, minutes, dockets, etc. Also includes a 1931 engineer's report on Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1418. Baby book kept for Kathryn Ann Duncan, daughter of Claude W. Duncan, Jr. and Kathryn (Ham) Duncan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes some newspaper clippings.

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Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1415. Bible records of the Eades family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which give birth, marriage and death information. Includes typescript with related data.

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Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1413. Letter, 28 June 1864, written by Oscar Wood from Decatur, Alabama, to Mary Hanley, Cairo, Illinois. Wood writes of being stationed at Paducah, Kentucky with the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry in March, when Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest attempted to engage them in battle.

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Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1411. Letter, 4 December 1845, of Henry Elbridge, Maysville, Kentucky, to his cousin E.G. Harel, Wadsworth, Ohio. He writes of his poor health and family matters, but also relates an interesting story about a young enslaved woman and how she was reared as a member of her owner's family.

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Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1443. Autograph book, 1953-1954, of Richardson, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1412. Letter, 7 December, written by Elizabeth Atkinson, Smithfield, Virginia, to her son. She discusses the health of her husband and describes military activity in the vicinity, including theft and looting by Union soldiers, but expresses her desire to reside at home. She describes the effects of the war on local trade in food and livestock, expresses her fear that Richmond will be captured, and gives news of friends and family members. She also refers to the arrest of a “nephew,” possibly of her brother General Robert …

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Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1408. Partial minute book of Panther Creek Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, Ohio County, Kentucky. The congregation was composed of both white and black members and names are listed. It was originally known as the Panther Creek and Yelvington Baptist Church. Photocopy and typescript section of original books.

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Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1448. Letter, 15 February 1910, written by Allen W. Ellis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to E.M. McNamee, LaGrange, Tennessee, relating that he has had several puppies freeze to death recently. He expresses regret that McNamee lost his puppies and hopes he has better success with breeding his dogs in the future.

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Bowling, James B., 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bowling, James B., 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1438. Letter written by James B. Bowling of Logan County, Kentucky, to his son Robert, who was attending school in Danville, Kentucky. He outlines how his son should strive to be successful personally as well as a contributor to society.

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Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.

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