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Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 524. Correspondence and papers of the Tolle family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes data on the Tolle, Snoddy and Bransford families, William Daniel Tolle’s history of Barren County, and materials relating to his work as a veteran’s pension claims agent.

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Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1262. Paper, “The Fairy Belle,” written by Melissa Ebelhar for a WKU history class. She discusses the service of her grandfather, Lucian D. Keller, Owensboro, Kentucky, as a waist gunner in the 392nd Air Force Division in Europe during World War II.

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Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 735. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Jefferson County, Kentucky during 2012. The collection almost entirely features projects completed by participants of the program.

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Community Scholars Program - Harlan County, Jackson County, And Laurel County, Kentucky (Fa 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Harlan County, Jackson County, And Laurel County, Kentucky (Fa 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 734. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Harlan County, Jackson County, and Laurel County, Kentucky during the fall of 2009. The collection features projects conducted by participants of the various programs.

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Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Land Grant 133. Original land grant, 25 November 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Dillingham Dotson, assignee of Ephraim Thompson, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 131. Original land grant, 24 November 1852, by which Lazarus W. Powell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Hiram Rowe, assignee of Jonathan Rowe, 50 acres in Pike County, Kentucky.

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Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 134. Original land grant, 3 December 1828, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Ephraim Thompson 100 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.

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May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 132. Copy of land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to William May 700 acres in Nelson County, Virginia.

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Jarvis, George P., B. 1843? (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Jarvis, George P., B. 1843? (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2874. Letter, 18 February 1862, of George P. Jarvis to L.R. Jarvis and friends in Athens County, Ohio, written while he was serving with the 3rd Ohio Infantry. He describes in detail the advance of his and other regiments on Bowling Green, Kentucky, their engagements with Confederate forces, and the destruction wrought by the Confederates during their retreat. Writing from one of the “principal houses” in town, Jarvis praises the taking of Bowling Green, calling it “one of the strongholds of this state” and the “Gibraltar …

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Community Scholars Program - Hart County, Kentucky (Fa 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Hart County, Kentucky (Fa 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folkife Archives Project 733. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Hart County, Kentucky during the summer of 2010. The collection features projects by all participants with special focus on the Mammoth Cave project by Del Maria Vaccaro and interviews conducted by Mary Margaret Villines related to Kentucky artist Joseph Dudley "Joe" Downing.

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Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2875. Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.

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Community Scholars Program - Franklin County, Kentucky (Fa 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Franklin County, Kentucky (Fa 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 732. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program workshops held in Franklin County, Kentucky during the winter of 2006 and 2007. The collection features projects by all participants with special focus on those collected by Laurie Wilcox and Mike McCardwell.

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Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.

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Long, G. P. (Lg 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Long, G. P. (Lg 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Findng aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 129. Original land grant, 1 May 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to G. P. Long 26 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.

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Frazer, James (Lg 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Frazer, James (Lg 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 128. Partial land grant, 21 ? 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of Richard Raper 13 acres in Warren County.

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Frazer, James (Lg 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Frazer, James (Lg 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 127. Partial land grant, 1 November 1811, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of John James, 45 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.

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Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2872. Two letters of Harry L. Jackson, Bratenahl, Ohio, to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding selection of an artist to create murals for Bowling Green’s Hobson House. He also discusses his health treatments at Hot Springs, Virginia, and mourns the death of his cousin Mary Neal. Includes a clipping about his retirement.

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Veach, Steely Edwin, 1923-1997 (Sc 1213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Veach, Steely Edwin, 1923-1997 (Sc 1213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1213. Notes, 1941-1952, written to Steely Veach, Alva, Harlan County, Kentucky, thanking him for singing at funerals; letters from ballad musician John Jacob Niles concerning plans to meet in Louisville, 1965; and obituary of Veach, 1997.

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Mcdaniel, William Joseph, 1918-2009 (Mss 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Mcdaniel, William Joseph, 1918-2009 (Mss 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 526. Unpublished manuscript music written by William J. McDaniel, native of Jellico, Tennessee, and Western Kentucky University alumni. Includes symphonic works, a ballet, songs, two chamber operas, small ensemble works, and choral works. Most have a religious theme. Also contains news clippings about McDaniel’s music and correspondence.

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Bowling Green Seminary - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Lg 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bowling Green Seminary - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Lg 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 117. Original land grant, 21 July 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the Bowling Green Seminary 90 acres in Warren County, adjoining land of Martin Grider and William Chapline.

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Bourland, Felix (Lg 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bourland, Felix (Lg 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 123. Original land grant, 15 May 1856, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Felix Bourland 182 1/3 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

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Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 120. Copy of land grant, 4 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Moore 200 acres in Logan County.

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Warren Seminary - Warren County, Kentucky (Lg 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Warren Seminary - Warren County, Kentucky (Lg 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 118. Original land grant, 27 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the Trustees of Warren Seminary 168 acres in Warren County, adjoining land of William Wingfield, Angus McDonald, John Dixon, and John Wingfield.

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Sloss, John (Lg 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sloss, John (Lg 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 125. Original land grant, 4 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of Margaret Stockton, late M. Sloss, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky on both sides of the line dividing Warren and Logan counties in Kentucky.

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Sloss, John (Lg 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sloss, John (Lg 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 126. Partial land grant, 11 November 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss assignee of Armistead Morehead, assignee of Lewis Burwell Miller, 50 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Bourland, Felix (Lg 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bourland, Felix (Lg 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 122. Original land grant, 3 November 1855, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Felix Bourland 17 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

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Pulliam, Thomas A. (Lg 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Pulliam, Thomas A. (Lg 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 121. Original land grant, 13, August 1891, by which Simon Bolivar Buckner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas A. Pulliam 45 acres in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.

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Sloss, John (Lg 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sloss, John (Lg 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 124. Original land grant, 9 February 1809, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of Joseph Sloss, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Mitchell, Moses (Lg 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Mitchell, Moses (Lg 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 116. Original land grant, 6 July 1847, by which William Owsley, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Moses Mitchell 200 acres in Barren County.

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