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Owen, Colvin Jacob (Sc 1270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1270. Research project done by WKU student Colvin Owen, Lexington, Kentucky, relating to the restoration needs of a Bowling Green, Kentucky house at 6487 Louisville Road known as “Rose Villa.”

Turney, Michael (Lg 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 92. Copy of land grant, 3 February 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Michael Turney, 25 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Diddle, John A., 1863-1942 (Sc 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection. General store account book, 1891, kept by John A. Diddle, Gradyville, Adair County, Kentucky. Also loose receipts, 1898-1903 of Diddle and J.J. Hunter that were in book and photos of store, which was also a post office.

Hendricks, John (Lg 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 57. Original land grant, 28 September 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the heirs of John Hendricks 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Bowling Green Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1233. Letters written to Elizabeth Coombs, of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, answering her inquiries about the Bowling Green Academy, a school for African Americans sponsored by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Revivals - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1232. Instructional letter sent to crusade choir members that planned to participate in Celebration ’97, a Ralph Bell/Billy Graham Crusade in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Good, Robert (Lg 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 56. Original land grant, 24 December 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Good, assignee of James Ligget, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Perkins, William (Lg 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 60. Original land grant, 7 October 1812, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Perkins, assignee of Adam Douglass, 50 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Mccombs, Jesse (Lg 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 59. Original land grant, 11 December 1812, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jesse McCombs, assignee of Michael Finley, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky

Mitchell, Asa T. (Lg 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 58. Original land grant, 17 October 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Asa T. Mitchell, assignee of John King, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1229. Legal papers removed from genealogy notebooks compiled by Edwin T. Roberts, including a Mississippi deed, 1867, and documents relating to Richardella Ragland’s estate, partially in Warren County, Kentucky.

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1305. Business papers, 1832-1895, of John Claude Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, including a document written in French, 1832; naturalization certificate, 1861; receipts, 1865, 1873; and promissory note, 1895.

Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1309. Writings by Robert Cron, Roundhill, Kentucky, about the Honaker family and the Warren County, Kentucky community of Naker. Includes a copy of a published article about the family and community, 2001; a Naker postmaster’s certificate, 1936; and photocopy of photograph.

Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Condolence letter to Guy Moody’s parents and manuscript memorial certificate with photograph of Moody, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes photocopies of carved inscriptions on wooden pointer (or cane) that were done by Guy in 1897, and of other memorials written about Moody.

Covington, Wickliffe (Cooper), 1867-1938 (Sc 2803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2803. Letter to “Daisy,” written by Bowling Green, Kentucky artist Wickliffe (Cooper) Covington, making arrangements for Daisy to fire a chocolate pot, plate and other china.

Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1256. Military papers, service record, and letter of John Gilligan, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He joined the Army National Guard in 1939; entered the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1941, serving until 1946; and then served again in the National Guard until 1952.

Fiegel, Kurt H. (Sc 1257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1257. Paper, “Historic and Archival Photographic Documents of the 1869 Bowling Green Water Works Engine/Boiler Room, Repair Shop and Pump House: A Contributing Element of WA-B-3, the Bowling Green Water Works, Warren County, Kentucky” by Kurt H. Fiegel, Frankfort, Kentucky. Includes historical narrative, construction details, maps and photographs. This project documented the structure prior to its demolition.

Crandall, Jean Degrace (Sc 1253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1253. Research materials collected by WKU student intern Jean Degrace Crandall in connection with a proposed Kentucky Museum exhibit on multiculturalism and popular music in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1254. Letter, 10 August 1835, written by Rebecca Washington, Logan County, Kentucky, to her daughter Jane Walker in Arkansas Territory. She vividly describes the cholera epidemic that has devastated the white and African American residents of Russellville and Logan County, and relates family news. Information about the letter is included.

Coke, James Guthrie, 1841-1908 (Sc 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1252. Account book kept by businessman and farmer James Guthrie Coke, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes accounts for farm operations, household expenses and employees.

Salmon, James M., 1834-1904 (Sc 1251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1251. Fee book kept by James M. Salmon while serving as a constable in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, from 1860-1864. Some personal accounts are included, as well as a summons, 1857, and a business note, 1888.

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Jan. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Local Color's Finest Hour: Kentucky Literature At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, Brian Clay Johnson

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This thesis takes into consideration literature created by various authors during the period 1890 to 1910, the turn of the twentieth century. This thesis looks specifically at the works produced during that time period by authors from Kentucky, living in Kentucky, or with strong ties to the state. The texts themselves illustrated these ties, as they all focused on or related to Kentucky at the time.

The data that was gathered for this thesis came directly from the writings themselves. In order to research the appropriate authors and the works they produced, the author read all of the materials discussed …