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2024

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Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 763. Personal papers of the Moses family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of related Covington and Williams family members. Includes some materials relating to the Southern Queen Hotel, operated by the families to serve African American guests from 1945-1975.


Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3723. Petition signed by property owners and residents in the vicinity of the 100 block of State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky, opposing the proposed rezoning of land at 130-134 State Street from a light industrial to a heavy industrial district for use as an auto body and repair shop.


Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3721. Minute book of the Royal Knights, a men’s auxiliary club for the State Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3720. Miscellaneous material relating to the George Washington Carver Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky, founded by Ashula P. Williams and her daughter Dolores (Williams) Moses to serve local children. Includes children’s activity plans; meeting agendas and budgets; and workshop invitations.


Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 762. Minute books of the Ladies Art Club, an African-American women’s club in Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose objectives included social and charitable activities and annual exhibits of sewing work.


Minton Family Papers (Mss 761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Minton Family Papers (Mss 761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 761. Primarily personal correspondence of John Dean Minton, a Trigg County, Kentucky native who served as fifth president of Western Kentucky University, his father John Ernest Minton and brother Layton Wilson Minton.


Edmonson County, Kentucky - Records (Mss 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Edmonson County, Kentucky - Records (Mss 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 760. Primarily nineteenth-century records of Edmonson County, Kentucky, particularly the county court. Includes the county court order book beginning in 1825, the year of the county’s creation, militia lists, deed lists, and fee books. Also includes genealogical and historical data on the Houchin family.