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Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2798. Letter of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky attorney Douglas Keen, 28 October 1929, setting out his qualifications, deploring political “mud-slinging” against him, and seeking support in his electoral campaign as the Republican nominee for County Attorney.
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1250. Welcoming message, April 1918, from King George V, sent to Thomas Asbury Napier Scottsville, Kentucky. Napier’s son, Linus Pitts Napier, was among the U.S. soldiers who had arrived in Great Britain to assist the English in the war effort.
Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1228. Letters of recommendation of various individuals given by the following Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky: Bethel, 1836, 1861; Bethlehem, 1851; Liberty, 1852; and by Rocky Spring in Warren County, Kentucky, 1852.
Benedict, Harrison, 1813-1900 (Sc 2789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Benedict, Harrison, 1813-1900 (Sc 2789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2789. Letter, 30 March 1862 of Harrison Benedict, Scottsville, Kentucky, to his cousin David Selby in Jamestown, Kentucky. He reports on military activity in the area, including Confederate searches of his and his mother’s homes, the theft of guns, horses and wagons, and the destruction of bridges. He includes his wife Emily T. Benedict as a signatory to the letter.
Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 483. Tax records for Allen County, Kentucky for 1821, 1824 and 1831, showing taxpayer’s name, categories of taxable property, assessed value, and militia district captain.
Mayhew, Cornelius Harmon, 1872-1963 (Sc 2768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayhew, Cornelius Harmon, 1872-1963 (Sc 2768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2768. Certificate certifying the election of Cornelius H. Mayhew as justice of the peace for the 6th District in Allen County, Kentucky, 1925. Also includes a group photo featuring the sheriff of Allen County, A. Lee Williams (center with hat), and Mayhew (back row, far left).
Harmon, Arlis Odell, 1905-1992 (Mss 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harmon, Arlis Odell, 1905-1992 (Mss 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 153. Poems, 1934-1991, obituaries, 1964-1990, written by Arlis Odell Harmon, a gospel song writer and enthusiast, of Allen County, Kentucky. Includes correspondence about gospel music, genealogical data, photos, etc.
Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 466. Minutes, including lists of both white and African American members, of Hopewell Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky.
Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 979. Thesis titled, “The Oral Folk History Surrounding the Life of William Bernard ‘Big Six’ Henderson,” written by Peggy Bradley Boaz for Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies Program, 1976. Also associated newspaper clippings, 1978, 1987 (2).
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 871. Correspondence (53) and postcards (23), 1915-1916, written chiefly to “Esther,” Woodburn, Kentucky by “Mary,” Bowling Green, Kentucky, about local and family news, and which reflect a lesbian relationship. Includes a letter to Esther and "Lassie" from Mary and some letters written to Esther from Lassie.
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2673. Paper titled "An Old Kentucky Home" about the home of E.D. Garrison in Allen County, Kentucky. The paper describes the design and construction of the home and its furnishings, and includes photographs.
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and illustration of stock certificate (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2654. Two Kentucky teaching certificates issued to Elbert Cook [Sr.] in 1914 & 1919; letter appointing Cook a rural mail carrier, 1920; stock certificate indicating that Cook had purchased three shares in the Bowling Green Savings and Building Association, 1932; certificate awarding a Postmastership to Maggie Elizabeth Cook at Trammel, Kentucky, 1946; and several photographs.
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 567. Letter, 1 March 1935, from William Logan Porter, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, to Cyrus Edwards, Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, concerning historical matters, especially the route of the old Lexington and Nashville Road through Allen and Barren Counties.