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Speed, John Orville, 1871-1970 (Sc 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Speed, John Orville, 1871-1970 (Sc 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 933. Two poems; excerpt from Who’s Who in Poetry that included one of John Orville Speed’s poems; 1970 newspaper clipping about Speed, all found in an autographed copy of his 1962 book Anecdotes and Tall Tale in Rhyme. Speed was originally from Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, and was called the “Pennyrile Poet Laureate.”


Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 684. Holograph poem entitled "Look With Love," by David Morton, a native of Elkton, Kentucky.


Dockery, Admiral Porter, 1885-1968 (Sc 2658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Dockery, Admiral Porter, 1885-1968 (Sc 2658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2658. Compilation of Dockery’s poetry titled “Verse of a Traveling Showman” edited by Eldon Doyle Dockery.


Dean, Harry Moseley, 1884-1958 (Sc 2659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Dean, Harry Moseley, 1884-1958 (Sc 2659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2659. A volume of Harry Moseley Dean's poetry compiled by Gayle R. Carver.


Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 61. Manuscript poem entitled “The Censer Bowl” written by Simon Bolivar Buckner.


Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 429. Interviews conducted by Loretta (Martin) Murrey, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, with poet Joy Bale Boone. Includes transcriptions, summaries, and cassette tapes (32). The interviews emphasize biographical information and descriptions of Boone's influence as a poet and literary activist.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 515. Letter, 17 January 1926, from Cale Young Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mrs. Grayot? giving permission to reprint some of his poetry in the magazine "The Club Woman." Also includes some of his comments concerning poetry.


Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.


Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2577. Typescript copies of a few letters from Attie Riggs Brooks, Utica, Kentucky, to Gayle R. Carver, Greenville, Kentucky, enclosing typescript copies of several poems and articles as well as a short biography.


Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2603. Chiefly typescript copies of letters from William Shakespeare Hays, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jess and Sue Barkley, Greenville, Kentucky, and a few selected poems. Poems include "Insured", "Sunday Morning", "Eli's Thanksgiving", etc. Also included is general biographical information about Hays.


Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 710. Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig Party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 484. An autographed letter to Mr. Blodgett stating that he never saves his manuscripts, 6 March 1917, and a poem entitled “Silence,” 1 November.


Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2546. Laura Elizabeth Richardson’s notebook containing holographic notes about the history of quilting. Notebook includes hand executed quilt pattern images in ink, poems, definitions of quilting terms, and textile descriptions. Includes notes about the provenance of Richardson’s quilt collectionand her furniture.


Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 550. Letter, 19 March 1949, to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from poet David Morton, Deerfield, Massachusetts, concerning his visit to Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green. Also, a printed copy of one of his poems as requested. Morton was originally from Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.


Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 578. Photocopies of a letter written by Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, author, from Dallas, Texas, to Otto Rothert, author, Louisville, Kentucky, which contains literary and family information; an article written by Mrs. Obenchain and published in McCall’s Magazine; and some biographical notes.


Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914 (Sc 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914 (Sc 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 531. Letter from poet Madison Julius Cawein, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred H. Day, Boston, Massachusetts, a publisher, relative to several of Cawein’s books of poetry and to a book by novelist and poet Alice Brown.


Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans of selected folders (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 404. Collected loose poems of Joseph E. Bolton, a native of Cadiz, Kentucky and a Western Kentucky University graduate. Bolton published two books of poetry in his lifetime. A posthumous collection, The Last Nostalgia, was edited by Don Justice and published in 1999. The bulk of the collection relates to Justice’s research notes and correspondence regarding publication of The Last Nostalgia.


Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 284. Typed manuscript of "A Wind Harp,' a compilation of published and unpublished poems by Eliza Calvert Hall [pseudonym of Lida Calvert Obenchain].


Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (Mss 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2011

Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (Mss 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 374. Administrative papers, board minutes, correspondence, project files, and publications of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society, a state-wide membership organization of quilters that promotes better understanding of historic quilts and the design and construction of new quilts. Major projects include a collection of oral histories with Kentucky quilters and a survey of historic quilts from Kentucky.


Brashear, William Helm, 1855-1942 (Mss 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2011

Brashear, William Helm, 1855-1942 (Mss 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 14. Manuscripts of William Helm Brashear's poems, essays, play, and eulogy of Clarence Underwood McElroy. A few letters (6) and many clippings of his published works are included. Also scrapbooks have published poems pasted in them (3). Brashear was from Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Adcock, James Pringle, 1856-1951 (Mss 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Adcock, James Pringle, 1856-1951 (Mss 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 11. Originals of poems entitled "Frost-bitten Epigrams" written by James Pringle Adcock of Livingston County, Kentucky during the years 1939-1946. Also correspondence, 1932-1953, related to the collection.


Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 373. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publications and associated material relating to the literary career of Anne Pence Davis, a poet, reviewer, novelist, and author of juvenile fiction who grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky and lived in Wichita Falls, Texas after her marriage.


Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 (Sc 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 (Sc 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 164. “Love’s Calendar,” handwritten poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Atlantic Monthly, of which Aldrich would later become editor, published the poem under the title “Snow” in its March 1866 issue.


Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.


Bere, Jenny Rose, D. 1987 (Sc 2371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Bere, Jenny Rose, D. 1987 (Sc 2371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2371. "Cale Young Rice[:] A Study of His Life and Work" by Jenny Rose Bere, "a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts," University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1939.


Chaney, Thomas Peyton (Sc 2395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Chaney, Thomas Peyton (Sc 2395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2395. "An Analysis of the Poetry of Robert Penn Warren for Oral Interpretation," a thesis presented "in partial fulfillment of the requirements [for the] degree of Master of Arts," Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1966.


Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 329. Correspondence of Max B. Nahm relating mainly to his involvement with the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the Kentucky National Park Commission in the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes some Association and Commission minutes. Also includes some of Nahm's speeches, writings, personal photographs, and material relating to the Nahm family.


Burt, John D., B. 1955 (Mss 325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2010

Burt, John D., B. 1955 (Mss 325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 325. Proof copy of a book titled "Democracy and Poetry: Robert Penn Warren and the Fate of Inwardness." (365 p.) This manuscript was adapted and later published as "Robert Penn Warren and American Idealism."


Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Mss 317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2010

Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Mss 317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 317. Professional correspondence, short stories, book and story manuscripts, author's notes, reviews, and primary and secondary research materials relating to the literary career of Emanie Louise Nahm Philips, a Bowling Green native. Includes some photographs, notices and reviews relating to her work as an artist, family biographical material, and personal correspondence.


Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2275. Chiefy receipts, deeds, wills, and other legal and financial documents of the Hatfield and Gaines families of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes some Civil War-era correspondence of the Hatfield family.