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Canon, Ernest Hubert, 1887-1978 (Sc 2109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Canon, Ernest Hubert, 1887-1978 (Sc 2109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2109. Miscellaneous correspondence and certificates related to Ernest Hubert Canon's community, club and church activities. He served for many years as an officer of the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club.
Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2026. Papers of the Hardcastle family of Warren County, Kentucky: World War I discharge certificate for Robert F. Hardcastle; minister's return for the wedding of James Hardcastle and Ethel McPherson; tobacco allotment notice.
Bratcher, John W., 1834-1920 (Sc 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bratcher, John W., 1834-1920 (Sc 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2012. Discharge and pension papers for John W. Bratcher, who served in Company H, 35th Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Infantry during the Civil War.
Field, Robert Willis, B. 1841? (Sc 2016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Field, Robert Willis, B. 1841? (Sc 2016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2016. Discharge and pension papers of Robert Willis Field, a native of Shelby County, Kentucky who served in several units during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Perryville. Includes correspondence to and from his attorneys.
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1970. Medical diplomas and business papers of Otway Watkins Rash, Jr., an Owensboro physician, including deed, U.S. Internal Revenue inventory form for opium and other narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department still registry form, stock certificate, and letters to Mrs. Grace Rash containing family information, especially on her Welsh relatives.
Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1913. Copies of tax and water bill receipts; Gerard's citizenship papers from Warren County, Kentucky; French immigration papers; image of Gerard Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1904. Correspondence, teacher's certificates from the Shelby County, Tennessee public schools, and other materials related to Hines's work and family.
Bristow, James Ernest, 1898-1976 (Sc 1884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bristow, James Ernest, 1898-1976 (Sc 1884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1884. Appointment certificate, honorable discharge certificate with enlistment record, and disability allowance award relating to the World War I service of James Bristow, an Owensboro, Kentucky native.
Temple, Alvis Howard, 1904-1992 (Sc 2207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple, Alvis Howard, 1904-1992 (Sc 2207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2207. Biographical and genealogical material collected by Alvis Howard Temple, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in his efforts to join the Sons of the American Revolution. His SAR application was approved in 1976.
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1859. Correspondence and documents related to the Union army service of William E. Hobson during the Civil War, including requests for leaves of absence (one to return to his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky to assist in prosecuting local “rebel scoundrels”), recommendations for his promotion to Brigadier General, and his military discharge certificate; deeds related to land owned by William’s great-uncle Jonathan Hobson; will of Jonathan Hobson freeing his slaves; and receipts for the purchase of materials for the construction of William’s father Atwood G. Hobson’s home, …
Hines, Josephine (Underwood) - Collector (Sc 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Josephine (Underwood) - Collector (Sc 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 121. Letter to Fanny Rogers, Caroline County, Virginia, from Frances Taylor?, Popes Head, Virginia, which relates everyday happenings, 1798; and certificate appointing Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a colonel on Governor Buckner's staff, 1888.
Gold Rush Period (Sc 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gold Rush Period (Sc 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 106. Letters, receipts, legal papers, etc., which pertain mainly to Kentuckians who went to Alaska and the Yukon Territory in search of gold. The principal person involved was Abram H. Bowman, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky.
Ashcraft Family Papers (Sc 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashcraft Family Papers (Sc 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 93. Deeds, 1843 1870 (4), surveys, 1846, 1867 (2); receipt in connection with a damage award for the “unsoundness of three slaves,” 1841, and other receipts, 1840-1871 (13), chiefly of the Ashcraft family of Meade County, Kentucky; certificates of exemption from military service in favor of a substitute, 1864 (2); and sundry items.
Blaney Family Papers (Sc 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blaney Family Papers (Sc 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 92. Civil War discharge, 1865, pension certificate, 1931, and news clipping, 1933? of Henry C. Blaney, who served in the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. Also genealogical information about the Blaney family, 1919-1963.
Taylor, Richard F. (Sc 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Richard F. (Sc 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and photograph of commission (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 86. Richard F. Taylor's commission received as a member of the Middle Green River Battalion Volunteer Militia, 1865. Also promissory notes, 1875 (3), and blank affidavit regarding voter qualification, ca. 1900.
Hunt, Jane (Sc 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunt, Jane (Sc 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 84. Teacher's certificate of Miss Jane Hunt issued by the Common School Commissioner, Butler County, Kentucky.