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Garrott, June Rose, B. 1932 (Sc 3670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrott, June Rose, B. 1932 (Sc 3670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3670. Letters and papers of June Rose Garrott, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes family information; letters from Japan, where she taught English; Christmas letters; an account of a trip to China; and a list of her writing and scholarly activities.
Preston, John Bowker, 1851-1925 (Sc 3657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Preston, John Bowker, 1851-1925 (Sc 3657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3657. Reward of Merit for correctness in spelling, awarded to John B. Preston by his teacher. The reverse is inscribed June 14, 1864.
Ashby, Rickie Zayne, B. 1949 (Mss 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashby, Rickie Zayne, B. 1949 (Mss 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 699. Rickie Z. Ashby, a native of Ohio County, amassed this material as he worked on various historical and genealogical research projects. The chief focus of the collection is the vigilante group known as the Possum Hunters, which operated in the first quarter of the twentieth century in various western Kentucky counties, chiefly Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio, and Daviess counties. Secondary emphasis is on other vigilante groups in southcentral Kentucky, including the Night Riders.
Floyd Collection (Mss 689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Floyd Collection (Mss 689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 689. Field books, 1851-1929, containing Warren County, Kentucky surveying notes recorded by John B. Floyd as well as some Warren County land records related to the Floyd family. Educational material from Jesse A. Floyd, Jr. relating to his teaching career in Warren County. A travel journal kept by Hubert and Alleyne Robinson during their trip to the western United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 678. Correspondence, papers and photographs of the Tichenor family of McLean County, Kentucky, and related families, especially Cherry, Short, and Hutchison. Much relates to the home front during World War II during the Navy service of high school teacher Thomas Cherry Tichenor.
American Association Of University Women - Danville, Kentucky (Mss 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
American Association Of University Women - Danville, Kentucky (Mss 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 687. Records of the Danville branch of the American Association of University Women, including minutes, president’s reports, newsletters, historical information, programming materials and other miscellaneous items. Also includes more limited material about the state and regional divisions of the AAUW.
Teachers And Teaching (Sc 3477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Teachers And Teaching (Sc 3477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3477. Letter, postmarked 31 October 1933, from "S. I." to her friend "Annie Laurie." Both women have connections to Bowling Green, Kentucky, but "S.I." is currently teaching in a one-room schoolhouse at a location she references as Sassafras Bushes." She laments her routine existence, the trials of teaching 28 students with dispositions "from bland to ferocious" and "intelligence from imbecility to genius," and their "brilliant answers" on a recent test. She refers to some of her and Annie's mutual friends and expresses her intention to attend "Western" …
Hunt, Richard (Sc 3455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunt, Richard (Sc 3455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3455. Letter, 15 March 1837, of Richard Hunt to his brother David B. Hunt in Brooklyn, New York. Employed by a merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, Richard writes of his economic prospects but laments leaving his friends and family behind, including a young lady. He encourages David’s entry into business and refers to their father, “Deacon Hunt,” and to Samuel, another brother. He also writes of his work at a “colored school” and the eagerness of the students despite a shortage of teachers. Referring to an earlier discussion with his brother about abolishing slavery, …
Young Dairymen, Mammoth Cave Chapter (Mss 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young Dairymen, Mammoth Cave Chapter (Mss 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of scrapbooks (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 662. Scrapbooks (scanned copies only) and newsletters for the Young Dairymen, Mammoth Cave Chapter which was located in south central Kentucky and organized byH. Bland Dorris, Jr. The scrapbooks chiefly contain photographs of the group’s activities. Also included are the Chapter’s newsletters, 1982-1986.
Schools - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 3423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schools - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 3423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3423. Report of a joint meeting to discuss proposals to merge the Independent School District of Franklin, Kentucky and the Simpson County (Kentucky) School District. Matters considered include a joint budget, tax rate, facilities, and costs per pupil. Includes data on high school enrollment for 1939-1940. The report concludes with a decision to reject the merger.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 636. Correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian, relating principally to her work for the Presbyterian Church. Also includes materials documenting her service on the Inter-Racial Commission of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Schools - Relating To (Sc 3188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Schools - Relating To (Sc 3188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3188. Abstract of a federally funded program proposal submitted by Bowling Green (Kentucky) City Schools for the year 1971 titled “Increasing teacher effectiveness in dealing with student behavior.” The program aimed to train teachers at Bowling Green Junior and Senior High Schools in techniques for better understanding the problems of African-American and disadvantaged students and to aid students in developing more positive behavior.
Estes, Joseph Richard, 1925-1999 (Sc 3160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Estes, Joseph Richard, 1925-1999 (Sc 3160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3160. Letters, 1961-1964, to “Friends in Christ” by Joseph R. Estes, recently the pastor of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, written to update them on his travel, family life and work teaching at the Baptist Theological Seminary, Zurich, Switzerland, and after his return to the United States. A 1994 letter, written for inclusion in the cornerstone of the new Bowling Green church building, reviews his career as its pastor.
American Party - Kentucky (Sc 2972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
American Party - Kentucky (Sc 2972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2972. Founding documents, press releases, forms, and announcements related to the American Party in Kentucky. Includes a sermon denouncing the National Council on Churches.
Rouk, Hazel Elouise (Russ), 1917-2011 (Mss 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rouk, Hazel Elouise (Russ), 1917-2011 (Mss 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 563. Genealogical research (census data, pension papers, correspondence, pedigree charts, Bible records, etc.) and photographs collected by Hazel E. Rouk and her sister Merriel (Russ) Austin on the Russ family of Butler County, Kentucky, and associated families.
Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
Baker, Walter Arnold, 1937-2010 (Mss 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, Walter Arnold, 1937-2010 (Mss 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 539. This small collection contains material related to legislative matters of interest to Kentucky legislator and jurist Walter A. Baker, Glasgow, Kentucky. Also includes files about several trips abroad and family material.
Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2887. “History of the Nursing School at Bowling Green City-County Hospital,” a paper written by Karen Clark for a Western Kentucky University nursing class.
Washer, Gladys Pernie, 1879-1975 (Sc 2854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washer, Gladys Pernie, 1879-1975 (Sc 2854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2854. Reminiscence titled "Sketches of My Childhood To My Grandchildren" in which Gladys P. Washer talks about her childhood in the Three Forks area of Warren County, Kentucky. She discusses farming, recreation, education and schools, and social life and customs. Also includes a news clipping about her from 1965.
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.
Richey, Ish Harden, 1905-1985 (Sc 1485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richey, Ish Harden, 1905-1985 (Sc 1485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1485. Book manuscript titled "Some Philosophical Aspects of Christianity, History, Literature and Education." The material was published by Richey in 1979.
Vertrees, Peter, 1840-1926 (Sc 1282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vertrees, Peter, 1840-1926 (Sc 1282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1282. Autobiography of Peter Vertrees, an African-American native of Edmonson County, Kentucky, who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, 6th Kentucky Cavalry. Afterward, he was an educator and Baptist minister, chiefly in Sumner County, Tennessee. Includes associated biographical data, and the autobiography of his third wife Diora.
Bowling Green Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Odell, John W., B. 1874 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Odell, John W., B. 1874 - Relating To (Sc 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1202. Letter, 26 December 1895, written to Odell, Oaks, Ohio County, Kentucky, by A. W. McDonald describing his efforts to secure students for a school in Ohio County. Also includes Odell’s 1896 teaching contract with the trustees of a school in Haynesville, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Cumberland College Association - Princeton, Kentucky (Sc 2787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cumberland College Association - Princeton, Kentucky (Sc 2787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2787. Minutes for the Cumberland College Association, the governing board that operated Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky. The school was later moved to Lebanon, Tennessee.
Dotson, Allene Dooley (Sc 2780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dotson, Allene Dooley (Sc 2780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2780. Paper titled "History of the Bowling Green Female Academy" written by Allene Dooley Dotson for a history class at Western Kentucky University.
Cornell, Eddie Mae, 1902-2002 (Sc 1187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cornell, Eddie Mae, 1902-2002 (Sc 1187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1187. Grades received (mutilated item), evidently necessary to earn an eighth grade certificate, by Eddie Mae Cornell, Nelson County, Kentucky; and certificate issued to her by Nelson County after she successfully passed the examination as prescribed by the State Board of Education.
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 159. Family correspondence, greeting cards, handicrafts, and newspaper clippings of Mary Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also items from various family members.
Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1087. Two cards of honor awarded to Nettie for good deportment and perfect lessons by the Texas School in Texas, (Washington County), Kentucky. Each card features a colorful pastoral scene on the back.
Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1085. Paper describing the beginning and early years of the Parent-Teacher Association in Bowling Green, Kentucky schools.