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Smith, Patrick Cavanaugh, 1886-1973 (Mss 758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Patrick Cavanaugh, 1886-1973 (Mss 758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 758. Art work in pencil and ink by Louisville, Kentucky commercial artist Patrick C. Smith. Includes Christmas greetings drawn by Smith for friends.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 3705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 3705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3705. “Enid Yandell: Kentucky Sculptor,” a speech delivered at the Filson Historical Society, December 1983, by Nancy Baird [also the author of an article subsequently published as “Enid Yandell: Kentucky Sculptor,” Filson History Quarterly v. 62 (1988)].
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 3639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 3639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3639. Postcard advertising the spring opening, 10 February 1915, of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, inviting patrons to inspect fabrics and designs and offering samples by mail.
Artists - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Artists - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3574. Interviews with Margie Helm, Elizabeth Coombs, and Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, on their knowledge of local artists, particularly women.
Christopherson, Kathryn Kendall (Donley) "Katy," 1921-2017 (Mss 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christopherson, Kathryn Kendall (Donley) "Katy," 1921-2017 (Mss 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 672. Correspondence, articles, interviews, photographs, and printed matter relating to the work of Katy Christopherson, Louisville, Kentucky, as a maker, curator, judge, lecturer and writer on quilts and quilting. Includes material relating to her involvement with the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and the Louisville Nimble Thimbles, Inc.
Woolfolk, Miriam Lamy, B. 1926 (Sc 3343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woolfolk, Miriam Lamy, B. 1926 (Sc 3343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3343. “Notes, Sketches of Kentucky’s Covered Bridges” by Miriam Woolfolk, a booklet compiling data on sixteen covered bridges in Kentucky accompanied by sketches of each, and a poem by the author. Includes a brochure, “Covered Bridges: A Vanishing Species,” offering programs by the author on covered bridges and other topics.
Claycomb, Marilou (Irwin), B. 1936 (Sc 3314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Claycomb, Marilou (Irwin), B. 1936 (Sc 3314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3314. Collection of four Home Worker Handbooks detailing work done by Marilou (Irwin) Claycomb for Eleanor Beard, Inc. of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Irwin did contract quilting from June 1959 until August 1966. Each of the four U.S. Department of Labor #FO-75 booklets list the date issued, number, style, article, rate, date returned, number completed, hours worked, wages and date of payment of her public contract work.
Rawlins, Arline Mclean (Perkins), 1899-1962 (Mss 647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rawlins, Arline Mclean (Perkins), 1899-1962 (Mss 647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 647. Material about the hooked rug designs created and executed by Arline McLean (Perkins) Rawlins of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes correspondence, published and unpublished articles, and photographs
Field Packing Company - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Field Packing Company - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3207. Preliminary package designs, in color, for Pizza Dogs and Pizza Loaf, two food products of the Field Packing Company, Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes letters from the design firm, and grocery store display cards for Pizza Dogs and for Field’s Fresh Ham Sausage.
Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1380. “Woven Evidence?: Western Shaker Connections with Native Americans,” a paper written by Susanna Pyatt in April 2018 for a WKU folk studies class.
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3127. Pencil sketch of the Warren County, Kentucky, home of Nathaniel and Mary Lucas, executed by an English visitor in the winter of 1883.
Bruton, Mary Virginia (Guess), 1907-1978 (Sc 3119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bruton, Mary Virginia (Guess), 1907-1978 (Sc 3119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3119. Photos (3) and a reminiscence about chenille bedspreads sold by the Bruton family at their Hart County, Kentucky, Pine Ridge Gift Shop. Besides bedspreads, the shop sold locally made baskets, chalk figurines, cider,and Mammoth Cave souvenirs. Scans of the photographs are stored in the Photo Archives.
Garrison, Kathryn (Topmiller), 1917-2012 (Sc 3117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrison, Kathryn (Topmiller), 1917-2012 (Sc 3117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3117. Two letters of Kathryn Garrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her godchild “Betsy,” regarding hats made by Wilhelmina Howard, a Bowling Green milliner who was Betsy’s grandmother and Kathryn’s cousin.
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 (Mss 544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 (Mss 544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 544. Materials related to the construction of the Godey Quilt by Mildred Lissauer, Louisville, Kentucky in 1934. Includes graphic items gleaned from newspaper, magazines, and other paper ephemera, correspondence with the seamstress responsible for much of the sewing on the quilt, research correspondence of Sandra Statebell related to the quilt and an article that she wrote about it. News clippings and magazine articles about Lissauer’s penchant for interior decorating.
Ponder, Edna Mae (Friend), 1920-2006 (Sc 2929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ponder, Edna Mae (Friend), 1920-2006 (Sc 2929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and image (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2929. Materials relating to design of the Kentucky Bicentennial Star Quilt by Edna Ponder, Danville, Kentucky. Includes typescript history, quilt pattern, unused pieces and cardboard template, newspaper articles, and photographs. Also includes a coloring book related to Danville history, illustrated by Ponder. The original quilt is in the Kentucky Museum collection at Western Kentucky University.
Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1328. Letters, written by South Union, Kentucky Shaker leaders, to leaders of the Hancock Shaker Society, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, discussing the building of mills and dam, economic conditions, and religious affairs. The original letters are in the Library of Congress.
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Backus, William, 1847-1938 - Relating To (Sc 1101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Backus, William, 1847-1938 - Relating To (Sc 1101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1101. Correspondence, 1974-1975, between Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Roy F. Porter, Lexington, Kentucky, related to Porter’s grandfather William Backus. A stonecutter, Backus did the work on the columns and capstones of the Warren County courthouse and the stone arch on the north side of Fountain Square in downtown Bowling Green.
Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1098. Four labels used for guitars made and sold by Hascal B. Haile in his shop in Tompkinsville (Monroe County), Kentucky. One label is inscribed to noted guitarist Chet Atkins; the others have not been used. Includes one of Haile’s business cards and a 1998 newspaper article.
Beatty, Roger Dean (Sc 1039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beatty, Roger Dean (Sc 1039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1039. Thesis titled “Chester Cornett: A Study of the Effects of Culture Change on a Traditional Craftsman,” by Roger Dean Beatty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1975.
Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2726. Compiled list titled “List of Owners of Kentucky Silver” by Lockwood Barr. Compiler lists name of silversmith at top of page and owners of pieces in the 1950s on the left margin as well as the pieces they owned, i.e. spoon, ladle, etc.
Lewis, Harriet Ellen "Ella" (Ivey), 1837-1926 (Sc 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Harriet Ellen "Ella" (Ivey), 1837-1926 (Sc 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of original letter and typescript of letter (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 961. Letter written by Harriet Ellen “Ella” (Ivey) Lewis, Russellville, Kentucky, to Lida Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, expressing gratitude for Obenchain’s complimentary remarks in McCall’s Magazine about her sister, Virginia Mason Ivey’s, needlework. Also included are material relating to Ivey’s needlework, Ivey family data, and a holiday greeting note from Fannie Morton Bryan, Russellville, Kentucky.
Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project (Sc 912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project (Sc 912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 912. The Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project was part of a national project, coordinated in Warren County by Jonathan Jeffrey. Included are correspondence; completed questionnaires about Warren County sculptures; less detailed listing of other sculptures in state; news release; and newspaper article.
Lewman, Vinnie (Joiner), 1879-1949 (Sc 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewman, Vinnie (Joiner), 1879-1949 (Sc 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 570. Letter, 18 November 1932, from Mrs. Earl Lewman, Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Mrs. McQuown, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding her father, the artist Charles H. Joiner. Includes Mrs. Lewman’s biographical sketch of her father.
Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 581. Illustrated paper by Rachel Hopkin titled “A Reel in a Bottle: The Bottle Art of Chris Wood.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of creating bottle art, or bottle whimsies. Folk artist Chris Wood’s path from observer to artist is detailed and includes his interpretations of the work of several historical and modern artisans within the genre. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.
Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 582. Illustrated paper by Katherine Chappell titled “Fine, Folk, or Functional? The Art of Mark Whitley.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of furniture making and the distinctions between the artistic formation of furniture and mass production. The project details the journey of one craftsman, Mark Whitley of Warren County, Kentucky, from one who makes furniture, into an artist whose work is practical, functional, and enduring. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.
Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 584. Illustrated paper by Shamira A. Faytullayeva titled “A Great Tailor in My Family.” This illustrated project describes the economic benefits of the tailoring skills of a Russian emigrant, Samisiya Faytullayeva. Samisiya’s mother taught her to sew when she was a child, and the skill has provided an income for her family in the years since her husband’s death and their subsequent immigration to the United States. This project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.
Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 277. Autobiographical sketch by Juliette Desport, Nashville, Tennessee, giving the history of the Desport family; information about paintings donated to the Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky; educational pursuits; and travel. Her father, Alphonse, was an artist who resided in Bowling Green from 1893-1905. Includes letters, 1969-1970 (3), of Miss Desport.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.