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Bond Family Papers (Mss 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bond Family Papers (Mss 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 378. Correspondence and records relating primarily to the assets and estates of Oscar Stephen Bond and his wife Mary (Baird) Bond of Louisville, Kentucky. Includes family photos. Also included are historical data and photos relating to Bond Brothers, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky, a manufacturer and supplier of railroad cross ties and and other lumber products.
Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company (Mss 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company (Mss 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 2. Correspondence and papers concerning the planning and building of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad in Allen County, Kentucky. Chief correspondents include Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, William J. McElroy, Preston Hopkins Leslie, John J. Gatewood, Zachary F. Smith, and Woodford H. Dulaney.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.
Authors Correspondence (Mss 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Authors Correspondence (Mss 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 358. Correspondence between authors or poets and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding donations of their works and available library holdings. Correspondents also write about their activities and work in progress.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Hymns (Sc 177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Hymns (Sc 177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 177. Manuscript hymn book and instructional manual used by the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky. Includes copied portions of Isaac N. Youngs' "Rules of Music."
Shaker Death Records (Sc 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shaker Death Records (Sc 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 173. Record of deaths in the Shaker society at Hancock, Massachusetts. Also inlcudes some records of deaths in the society at New Lebanon, New York.
Macy, Jethro (Sc 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Macy, Jethro (Sc 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 223. Copy of portion of a diary kept by Macy from 8 November 1847 to 2 November 1848 chiefly while residing with the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky. He engaged in carpentry work and tending cattle before moving to Newburgh, Indiana, 25 July 1848. Includes 1961 letter related to the diary.
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 126. Logan County, Kentucky land entries of Ninian Edwards, 1809, Jefferson County, Kentucky; legal brief concerning a lawsuit brought against the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky, 1829-1830.
Milligan, R. A., B. 1849 (Sc 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Milligan, R. A., B. 1849 (Sc 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 137. Diary kept by R. A. Milligan, superintendent of the East family farm of the Shaker Society at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The diary records acreage cultivated, crop yields, planting and harvesting times, and general farm work. Includes some weather observations.
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 337. Correspondence between authors and researchers and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding historical and genealogical resources. Correspondents also write about their work and publications.