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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.
Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1314. Letters written by U.S. Senators Jiml Bunning and Mitch McConnell, Washington, D.C., to constituent Sue Lynn Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her opposition to the appointment of John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General.
Gorin, Sandra Kay (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gorin, Sandra Kay (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 181. Research material for Gorin's book, "Blood Runs in the Barrens", which examines murders that took place in Barren County, Kentucky, from 1817 to 1909. Includes copies of court documents and newspaper clippings.
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 179. Chiefly correspondence related to government service for the Works Progress Administration and as Indian reservation school teacher, and as postmistress at Livermore, Kentucky. Includes materials related to Thornberry's military service and artwork from her Indian students.
Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1537. Motion and judgment, Warren Circuit Court, to incorporate the City of Oakland, Kentucky. Includes a petition listing the names of those requesting the incorporation, a metes and bounds description of the corporate limits, and a sketch map. Also includes correspondence identifying the documents.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1313. Letter written by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., to clergyman H.F. McChesney, Bowling Green, Kentucky, commenting on the newly enacted Social Security Act and asking for data about his community's needs.
Rhea, Thomas Stockdale, 1871-1946 (Sc 1520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rhea, Thomas Stockdale, 1871-1946 (Sc 1520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1520. Letter from "Headquarters of Thomas S. Rhea for Governor" in Bardstown, Kentucky, to constituents in Nelson County addressing the issue of what sales taxes had done for that particular county.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1343. Facsimile of letter, 13 September 1842, written by Henry Clay, "Ashland," Lexington, Kentucky to Jacob Stratton. Clay outlines his views on the principal objectives of the Whig Party.
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1492. "Folk Music in the Kentucky Barrens," a thesis (268 p.) prepared by Chamberlain at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Discusses folk music traditions and ballads common to south central Kentucky.
England, Nannie Rogers (Willett), 1878-1955 (Sc 1469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
England, Nannie Rogers (Willett), 1878-1955 (Sc 1469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Correspondence relating to the appointment of the postmaster in Lebanon, Kentucky. Nannie R. England and John B. Wathen were candidates for the position. The letters indicate the politics involved in postal appointments.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.