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Winters, Erastus, 1843-1925 (Sc 1553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Winters, Erastus, 1843-1925 (Sc 1553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1553. Letter, 17 April 1863, from Erastus Winters, serving with the Union Army at Sulphur Fork Trestle, Kentucky (Fort Sands, Hardin County) to his sister Phebe. He briefly describes his military duties and asks her to send a photograph.

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Davis, Christopher Larry, B. 1980 (Sc 1531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Davis, Christopher Larry, B. 1980 (Sc 1531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1531. Correspondence, chiefly e-mails, between Christopher Larry Davis, stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and family and friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (Mss 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (Mss 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 1. An account of Ferguson's military trial for murders committed during the Civil War by him and his band of outlaws, held at Nashville, Tennessee. Transcript compiled from official records by Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon.

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Durham, John G., 1813-1896 (Mss 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Durham, John G., 1813-1896 (Mss 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 9. Correspondence, diaries, receipts books, tax receipts, licenses receipts, church membership certificates, and miscellaneous receipts of John G. Durham, a Baptist minister of Warren County, Kentucky. Also legal papers of Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky. Correspondents include A. Broaddus, Samuel Howard Ford, George W. Robertson, and Orson Holland Morrow.

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Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Sc 1551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Sc 1551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1551. Application of Margaret Hobson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a copy of her obituary.

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Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1550. Graduate Western Kentucky University geography paper by Edward J. Smith in which he examines the history of the buildings in the 100 block of Main Street and the 800 block of Adams Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1549. A typescripted reminiscence about Warren Landrum Tinsley's World War II experiences in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a typescript of a diary kept during his military service , and a typescripted reminiscence about his early church experiences in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 189. Appointment books and financial records relating to Graham's Bowling Green, Kentucky dental practice in the 1930s. Includes information about his education, Kiwanis club activities, and copies of family photographs.

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Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 35. Account books, 1857-1858, of G.W. Edwards and T.W. Cobb, general merchants at East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.

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Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 31. Manuscripts, letters, writings, etc., of the Thomas family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, including sermons and speeches of Frank Morehead Thomas, Methodist minister (1868-1921); and poems, essays and newspaper articles written by his mother, Elizabeth (Wright) Thomas (1842-1931). Full-text scans are available (Click on "Additional Files" below) for the Spanish-American War letters that Frank Thomas sent home to his family.

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Hays, William Shakespeare (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Hays, William Shakespeare (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on "Additional Files" below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled "My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough." This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.

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Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 29. Production ledgers of the mines operated by the McHenry Coal Company. Also includes invoices and account books of the company stores in Ohio County, Kentucky.

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Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.

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Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Selected items from the collection can be viewed in full text by clicking on the "Additional Files" links below.

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Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty afterward (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.

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Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 26. Correspondence and legal papers, 1894-1941, of B.F. Procter, 1848-1944, a Bowling Green lawyer; and correspondence, 1899-1932, speeches, diaries, and Stockton genealogy of Lila Pendleton Procter, 1850-1932. Correspondence, sermons, 1866-1889, journal, and notebook of J.M. Pendleton, 1811-1891, a minister of the First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, from 1837-1857. Includes a 1932 affidavit detailing the history of Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

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 D. 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 a photograph.

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Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1316. Comments written by Causey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the proposed industrial Trimodal Transpark that would be located near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, if approved.

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Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 181. Research material related to the history of Bullitt County, Kentucky. Also includes notebooks concerning drugs, chemical compounds, and jewelry and watch repairs compiled by David W. Crume of Bardstown. Detailed drawings of a timepiece by D.W. Crume and slides of Jesse Hilton Stuart and the sorghum molasses making process are part of the collection. Also includes personal correspondence and items of Charles Thomas Crume, Sr.

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Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 22. Twelve patients' account books of Dr. Martin Van Buren and William T. Edwards, brothers, of Horse Cave, Kentucky, are the nucleus of this collection which also includes several G.A.R. Dept. of Ky. Robert Storie Post #104, Hiseville, items fo Cyrus Edwards, a second cousin, and several Horse Cave items.

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Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 24. "Recollections of Bowling Green, Kentucky", written by Elise Dulaney in 1961 with emphasis on the Covington, Dulaney, and Wells families, various individuals, Christ Episcopal Church, and local schools. Also cemetery deed, 1881; Warren County tax receipt, 1882; letters, 1953-1962 (6); and miscellaneous items.

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Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1547. Report, dated 14 November 2007, that documents payments made on behalf of the Bowling Green Rotary Club to community members in Kasigau, Kenya, so they could attend school. Includes receipts and thank you letters from students.

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Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 1541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 1541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1541. Typescript of Helm's letter to Charles Pressler, Galveston, Texas, 6 May 1936, regarding the stonework done by Charles Ott on the Warren County, Kentucky courthouse.

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Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1544. Hines's diary records information about his daily activities and social events in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1895. It also includes information about weather and Hines' living expenses.

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Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1539. Note from Corinne C. McCormack, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking Lida Calvert Obenchain (pen name "Eliza Calvert Hall") for the donation of her book, "A Book of Hand Woven Coverlets" to the Woman's Library, and Obenchain's reply.

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Gorin, Sandra Kay (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Gorin, Sandra Kay (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 181. Research material for Gorin's book, "Blood Runs in the Barrens", which examines murders that took place in Barren County, Kentucky, from 1817 to 1909. Includes copies of court documents and newspaper clippings.

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Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1537. Motion and judgment, Warren Circuit Court, to incorporate the City of Oakland, Kentucky. Includes a petition listing the names of those requesting the incorporation, a metes and bounds description of the corporate limits, and a sketch map. Also includes correspondence identifying the documents.

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Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 179. Chiefly correspondence related to government service for the Works Progress Administration and as Indian reservation school teacher, and as postmistress at Livermore, Kentucky. Includes materials related to Thornberry's military service and artwork from her Indian students.

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Young, Asher Leon (Mss 19), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Young, Asher Leon (Mss 19), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 19. Genealogical material collected by Asher Leon Young, a Warren County, Kentucky, native. Especially noted are the Phipps, Simpson, and Young families of the Richardsville area of Warren County, Kentucky.

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