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Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2402. Letters of Louis Arnold Rich, a U. S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife and in-laws during his military training and while hospitalized for a long illness that resulted in his death on 3 August 1944. He writes of his medical condition and mentions other soldiers from home. Includes letters from his wife, Martha, to her parents and grandmother discussing his medical treatment. Also includes an unidentified soldier’s letter and a child’s letter to her father.
Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2400. Two letters from William M. "Mack" Muncy to Eliza Ranson, written from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky while serving with the 159th Depot Brigade. He writes of drills, vaccinations and social activities. He also refers to desertion and suicide among his comrades and to the treatment of conscientious objectors by the military.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 341. Correspondence of the Wise family of Ohio County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes letters of Levi Franklin Wise, serving with Union forces in Bowling Green, Kentucky 1864. A few letters have been typescripted. Click on "Additional Files" to see several of the typescripts.
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2368. "The Military Career of Don Carlos Buell During the Civil War," by Robert Lee Sanders, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1937. Includes a biographical sketch of the author.
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2349. Letters (5) of Lewis Gray Bowker, written from Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky while serving in Company F of the 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Includes biographical data, an image of Bowker, service records, and a letter sent to a family friend reporting on Bowker's death.
Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2345. Letters, 10 and 26 January 1862, written by William J. Green, Paducah, Kentucky, to his brothers John Henry and Samuel Ford Green, presumably in Illinois, describing military life and maneuvers in western Kentucky. Green was serving in Company B, 2nd Regiment Illinois Cavalry. He describes his tent with a homemade chimney in one letter and makes some disparaging comments about the “Secesh” in Murrary, Kentucky.
Tolle, Donald James, 1918-1993 (Sc 2344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle, Donald James, 1918-1993 (Sc 2344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Typescripted World War II diary of Donald James Tolle, kept 1942-1945 while serving in England, Italy and North Africa with the Army Air Corps, 47th Bombardment Group (Light). Includes diary annotations made in 1988, materials from a 1979 reunion of the Bombardment Group, biographical data on Tolle, his obituary, and a colleague's remarks at his memorial service.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Mss 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Mss 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 330. Letters written to parents, friends, faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University by students during their service in Word War II. Includes some press releases, newspaper articles and photos. Also includes a history and travel log of the USS Stevens.
Smith Family Papers (Sc 2302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith Family Papers (Sc 2302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2302. Chiefly letters from Barnett Smith, Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory and Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, Alabama to his mother in Hadley, Warren County, Kentucky, 1898. He describes his military training and ponders being shipped to Cuba. Also includes (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans) an 1865 letter from Union soldier James W. Howard of Butler County, Kentucky, Howard’s discharge certificate, an 1863 slavery bill of sale, and an 1873 receipt for a coffin.
Sprowl, Wilson (Sc 2308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sprowl, Wilson (Sc 2308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2308. Brief World War I letters from Wilson Sprowl to family members in Monroe County, Kentucky while he was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky and Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan. Also, a welcoming letter from King George V to American troops, and a billet for a bunk on the U.S.S. Florida that includes instructions for troop conduct.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Pearson, Murl Douglas, 1920-1970 (Sc 2285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pearson, Murl Douglas, 1920-1970 (Sc 2285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2285. Letters sent from Murl D. Pearson to his parents, Dewey and Cora Pearson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he relates information about his service in the U.S. Army in World War II. Pearson was working at a desk job in England during the course of these letters.
Bell, Cincinnatus Douglas, 1833-1884 (Mss 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bell, Cincinnatus Douglas, 1833-1884 (Mss 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 234. Letters of Cincinnatus Douglas Bell, written from Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia while serving in Woodward's 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) during the Civil War, and two diaries kept mostly during his service in Tennessee. Also includes other correspondence of Bell, his wife Anne, and members of the Bell family. Several letters extend sympathy on the death of Bell's daughter Minnie.
Newman, Robert Mason, 1910-1988 & Frances Earlene (Holton) Newman, B. 1918 (Sc 2278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Robert Mason, 1910-1988 & Frances Earlene (Holton) Newman, B. 1918 (Sc 2278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2278. Miscellaneous papers, chiefly items related to Robert Mason Newman's retirement from the U.S. Naval Reserves and pre-marriage letters written to Frances Earlene Holton from her friends.
Walters, Jacob "Jack" Bradford, 1891-1924 (Sc 2268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walters, Jacob "Jack" Bradford, 1891-1924 (Sc 2268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2268. Letter, 1 May 1918, from Jacob "Jack" Walters to Grace Tichenor in Frankfort, Kentucky. On his way to military training in South Carolina, Walters consoles her on their separation and expresses support for the war.
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2212. Lawrence Otto Toomey's memoir titled "Duty in the Medical Corps Reserves, May 11, 1942-January 30, 1966," dealing chiefly with his service in the Pacific during World War II. Also includes a copy of his obituary.
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1999. Chiefly e-mail messages from Warren County native Adam Ritter to his parents while stationed in Iraq with an infantry brigade. He describes numerous military actions in which he participated, his impressions of the Iraqi people, and the devastation caused on his base by a suicide bomber.
Padgett, Jay (Sc 1997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Padgett, Jay (Sc 1997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Materials relating to the service of Jay Padgett, a Lincoln County, Kentucky native, in the Iraq War. Includes a newsletter written by Padgett, a Louisville "Courier-Journal" profile, and e-mail correspondence.
Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Two letters, 23 and 26 July 2003, from Jeromy Lee Painter, serving in Iraq with Operation Iraqi Freedom, to Jerry and Annetta Proctor, Bowling Green. He inquires about family and friends and relates some of his experiences as well as his belief in the necessity of America's intervention in Iraq.
Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2000. E-mail correspondence of Tate while serving with the Coalition Provisional Authority during the Iraq War. Tate emphasizes military life, particularly recreational activities, his interaction with Iraqis, his work with creating economic opportunities for Iraqis after the war, and Iraqi culture and conditions during the war.
Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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E-mail letter sent to a school from Randy Boyd, written while serving with the Army National Guard during the Iraq War. he describes his duties, the danger posed by the enemy, and his favorable impression of Iraqi civilians.
Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1996. E-mail correspondence from Sean Ray Taylor, written while serving in Iraq War. He writes of military life and the weather. Includes two photos of Taylor standing with a convoy and in front of Saddam Hussein's palace.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2003. A collection of items, chiefly e-mails and letters, sent from participants in the Iraq War to family and friends in the United States. The items are arranged alphabetically by the sender.
Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1994. E-mails from Kevin Kristen, a U.S. Army soldier serving in Iraq and Kuwait during the Iraq War, to Tim Asher of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He discusses flying missions to protect convoys, Kentuckians in the war, press coverage of the war, and military life.
Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1993. E-mail correspondence between Brian and Jason Humble, serving in the Iraq War, and their father. Brian writes introspectively of military life and his work training medical personnel, and describes a port of call in Bahrain; Jason writes of his responsibility for men under his command. Includes cruise book of Fleet Hospital 15 detailing its 1991 tour during the Persian Gulf War, and copy of a potato chip bag with "Arabic labeling.
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2191. Letter, 14 May 1918 from Lloyd H. Wagoner, Walbridge, Ohio, to his parents, written from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He writes of his travel to camp, his inoculation and processing for military service, and of seeing “flying machines,” probably at Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, while en route.
Over Here, Over There (Fa 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Over Here, Over There (Fa 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 480. Collection contains recorded interviews and transcriptions conducted by David Baxter and Laura Harper Lee. The interviews contain information about the war effort at home and, for those who served, their experiences with the military and their combat experiences specifically.
Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1992. E-mail correspondence between Toby Alexander Hale, a Wisconsin native, and his wife during Hale's U.S. Army service in the Iraq War. They discuss his work training Iraqi soldiers, his study of Arabic, mail delivery, his promotion, and family news. Inlcudes photos of Hale's barracks and surrounding area and biographical details on Hale and his wife.
Buchanan, Robert, B. 1962 (Sc 1988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buchanan, Robert, B. 1962 (Sc 1988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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E-mail correspondence between Robert Buchanan, a retired Air Force captain, and his son Jake during the latter's service in Iraq. They express their feelings about military service, their relationship, and readjustment to family life; Buchanan also provides some personal history. Includes photos of both men and family members.