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Coke Family Papers (Mss 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coke Family Papers (Mss 737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 737. Correspondence and papers of the Coke family of Logan County, Kentucky and related families, principally the Guthrie and McCutchen families. Includes materials on the historic family homestead, McCutchen Meadows, near Auburn, Kentucky. Also includes J. Guthrie Coke's letters to his wife Carrie, January-February 1914, written in the form of journals describing his experiences as a state legislator in Frankfort, Kentucky (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Lucas, Mary Melton - Collector (Sc 3635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas, Mary Melton - Collector (Sc 3635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3635. Items related to research for the book That Perfect Feeling in the Air: The Life of Victor Herbert Strahm, a biography of the highly decorated veteran of both world wars, co-authored by Mary M. Lucas, Gilbert T. Calhoun and Jonathan Jeffrey and published by Landmark Association (Bowling Green, Ky.) in 2017. Consists of correspondence; a compact disc with the manuscript and various notes; notes of a telephone conversation with the widow of Strahm’s stepson; text of programs on Strahm given by Lucas and Calhoun; Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame Class of …
Belz, Elmore F., 1892-1918 (Sc 3496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Belz, Elmore F., 1892-1918 (Sc 3496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3496. Letters to his family, 1918, and related personal papers of Elmore F. Belz, Dayton, Kentucky, created while he was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He describes his military training, diet and leisure, and comments on the prevalence of influenza in the area. When he falls ill, he writes of his hospital stay in letters dated two days before his death on 7 October 1918. Includes a letter to Belz’s parents from his battery commander praising his qualities as a soldier; also includes a camp song sheet, memorial certificate, and …
Peete Family Papers (Sc 3626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peete Family Papers (Sc 3626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3626. Letters, 4 and 20 August 1923, and a letter fragment from Weldon Peete, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his parents describing his automobile trip through New York and Canada; also U.S. Army discharge certificate and enlistment record, 19 November 1918, for Weldon’s uncle Charles S. Peete.