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Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1825. Documents, news clippings, ephemera, and correspondence related to Edward Vernon Sexton's military service in Word War II.
Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 335. Paper: "Frog Life: A Brief Discussion and Analysis of the Folklife of the Flying Frog Farm," written by Al Levenson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 323. Cassette tape from a partially-damaged reel-to-reel tape (T-7-62-113) of Estes performing two folk songs and a "whooping" at Mammoth Cave, 4 July 1962. Also, a transcription of the material on the cassette and the New World Records compact disc 'I'm On My Journey Home: Vocal Styles and Resources in Folk Music" which contains Estes's performance.
Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1821. Two 1970 letters from John A. Birchett, stationed in Vietnam, to his wife Patti in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes about his love for his wife and his desire to return home soon.
Hill Hardware Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill Hardware Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1822. Business papers that include a balance sheet for the company as of 1 June 1922 and a tentative budget for 1923 that outlines employee responsibilities and salaries.
Meng, Yu (Sc 1823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meng, Yu (Sc 1823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1823. Project documenting the historic Scott Tobacco Company building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Documentation includes photos, slides, and a taped interview with Danny Howell, president of Scott Tobacco. Also includes copy of a Scott Tobacco Company pocket notebook with facts about tobacco and the company's products.
James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1772. Warren County deed, 1842; first bill received by George D. James's grocery store, Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1913; 1928-1931 autograph album and other items related to Brownsville High School; letter from Methodist minister Hoyt Parsley, Kyrock, Edmonson County, 31 October 1941; other miscellaneous items.
Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 235. Letters from Paul S. Becchetti, Jr. to his parents, Paul and "Doris" Becchetti of Poughkeepsie, New York. Majority of the letters written while he was serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1806. Register, 1879 to 1977, of the New Liberty Methodist Church located in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Register includes lists of members, pastors and baptisms. Information prior to 1879 has been copied into the book. A separate hand-written list of pastors is included.
Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1818. Letter, 22 August 1828, from Tate, Green County, Kentucky to John Brigham, Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York City. On behalf of the newly-formed Green County Bible Society, Tate inquires about the purchase of Bibles from Brigham's organization.
Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Mss 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Mss 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 237. One large account book, 1832-1839 (357 p.) kept by the Green family of Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky; portions of the ledger were later used by Green as a scrapbook. Collection also includes genealogy and legal papers related to the Green family, and news clippings.
Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 238. Two large volumes separated into fifteen subfolders representing various census schedules for 1850 in Warren County, Kentucky. Information about free and slave populations, deaths, agriculture, and industry in Warren County's two enumeration districts is included.
Russellville, Kentucky - Postmasters Account Books, 1900-1918 (Mss 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Russellville, Kentucky - Postmasters Account Books, 1900-1918 (Mss 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 236. Nine postmasters account and record books kept by postmasters Jacob Bradley Coffman and Charles Merritt Griffith, Russellville, Kentucky.
Shrewsbury, Ralph Damon, 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shrewsbury, Ralph Damon, 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1815. Letters from Ralph Damon Shrewsbury and his future bride, Aline Lanier, to his mother Grace Snider Shrewsbury of Caneyville, Kentucky, related to their upcoming marriage. Also, reassuring letter from Shrewsbury after he had been reported as missing in action, and news clippings related to his World War II service.
Shrewsbury, Ralph D., 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shrewsbury, Ralph D., 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1815. Letters from Ralph D. Shrewsbury and his future bride, Aline Lanier, to his mother Grace Snider Shrewsbury of Caneyville, Kentucky, related to their upcoming marriage. Also, reassuring letter from Shrewsbury after he had been reported as missing in action, and news clippings related to his World War II service.
Peete, William Weldon, 1866-1937 (Sc 1805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peete, William Weldon, 1866-1937 (Sc 1805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1805. Copies of three letters to Howard Rose, LaCrosse, Virginia from W. Weldon Peete in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Miami, Florida. He writes of his family, his health, the growth of Bowling Green, and his memories of their long friendship.
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 182. Matriculation book (414 p.) for Bethel College, 1854-1918. Bethel, a Baptist school located in Russellville, Kentucky, started as a high school, evolved into a four-year college, and finally became a junior college.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 327. Paper: "Remedies & Cures of Muhlenberg County Folks" written by Rhonda Wood for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Sharp, James Willard, 1921-1975 (Sc 1814), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sharp, James Willard, 1921-1975 (Sc 1814), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1814. World War II letter, 19 January 1943, from James W. Sharp, San Francisco, California to his parents in Utica, Daviess County, Kentucky; includes 1943 letters to his mother from the wives of other servicemen.
Mears, William B., 1818-1901 (Sc 1812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mears, William B., 1818-1901 (Sc 1812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1812. Letter, 28 July 1874, to a Mr. Gupton from William B. Mears, Green County, Kentucky related to a political race and some negative campaigning.
Sanders, Nolan (Sc 1798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Nolan (Sc 1798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1798. Paper: "South Union: Their Business and Life in the 1870s" written by Nolan Sanders for a Western Kentucky University history class.
Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1810. Paper: "Science Hill School: English and Classical School for Girls, Shelbyville, Kentucky" written by Stella Simmons for a Western Kentucky State Teachers College literature class. Includes requirements for admission and graduation taken from the school catalog.
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 1809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 1809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1809. Notes for a political speech delivered by James M. Simmons in Plum Springs, Warren County, Kentucky, 1 November 1884. Also a check from the P.J. Potter Bank written by Simmons and a typescript of his obituary.
Hanes, Pamela Gay (Metcalf), 1945-2005 (Sc 1796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanes, Pamela Gay (Metcalf), 1945-2005 (Sc 1796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1796. Interview 16 November 2005 done by Pamel G. Hanes with Charles M. Anderson, former Vice President for Information Technology at Western Kentucky University. The interview was done for a history class project at Western Kentucky University.
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1779. Letter, 11 October 1904, from author Alice Hegan Rice to the editor of Outlook magazine commenting on books that she enjoyed as a child and young adult.
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 1781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 1781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1781. Paper titled "Bowling Green's Literary History," presented by WKU English teacher Frances Richards to the Samuel Davies Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 8 October 1938.
Houston Family Papers, 1821-1883 (Sc 1764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houston Family Papers, 1821-1883 (Sc 1764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1764. Chiefly the legal papers of the Houston family of Daviess, later McLean County, Kentucky. Includes deeds in Daviess, McLean, and Muhlenberg Counties and slavery bills of sale.
Russellville Gun Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Russellville Gun Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1788. Ledger for the Russellville Gun Club containing the constitution and bylaws; membership list and list of honorary members; lists of scores, April-May 1886, April 27, 1887; and accounts Feb. 1886-June 1887. Also includes typescript of constitution and membership list (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 1787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 1787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1787. Photocopy of will of prominent Kentucky jurist and Congressman John Rowan, written 28 June 1840 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Bank Of Rocky Hill - Rocky Hill Station, Kentucky (Sc 1784), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bank Of Rocky Hill - Rocky Hill Station, Kentucky (Sc 1784), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1784. Stock certificate issued to Vivian Sturgeon on 2 January 1939 for five shares in the Bank of Rocky Hill, Edmonson County, Kentucky.