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Gilliam Candy Company - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 3387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gilliam Candy Company - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 3387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3387. Letters of Cleve Gilliam of the Gilliam Candy Company, “Manufacturers of ‘Blue Grass’ Brand Candies,” Paducah, Kentucky, to Edwin Larrance, Indianapolis, Indiana, whose health problems are inhibiting his work as the company’s Indiana sales representative. Gilliam complains of the decline in business and of the further difficulty of maintaining profits while supplying free sample boxes of candy. The final letter praises Larrance but terminates the company’s arrangement with him.
Houchens Industries - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchens Industries - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3333. Two historical sketches of Houchens Industries, an operator of grocery and convenience stores founded in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1917. One is compiled by Ruel Houchens and is current to 1988; the other is by an unknown author and is current to 1989.
Standard Oil Company Of Kentucky (Sc 3331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Standard Oil Company Of Kentucky (Sc 3331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3331. Receipts, promotional material, and a photograph of a sign documenting the operation of the Standard Oil Company service station at the corner of College and Seventh streets in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes a paper by Michael Mathews for a museum internship in which he examined the items in the collection. Because of the deteriorated condition of many of the originals, they could not be kept without causing damage to other material. A month of inventory sheets were kept from December 1922 to show a typical month’s operation for the station.
Southard Collection, 1924-1994 (Mss 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southard Collection, 1924-1994 (Mss 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 650. Financial records and some personal correspondence of Robert “Bob” Southard who ran an itinerant movie theater in a tent, 1931-1959, in south central Kentucky. Also includes research and promotional material for an exhibit titled “Breathless Moments: Green River Valley Picture Shows,” which showed at several public libraries in south central Kentucky.
Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3317. Letter, 25 July 1869, of Charles B. Child, written on letterhead of the Office of the Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company (Northern Division), Maysville, Kentucky. He refers to an earlier report to an investor and details the current cost of construction work on the railroad, including his careful pricing of materials and rolling stock. In particular, he sets out the prices for a contract to construct 33 miles of track to Carlisle, Kentucky.
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations, Wku Archives
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by student organizations.
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2018-19 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2018-19 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
Statistical analysis of the 2018-19 women's golf team season.
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 656. Collection of daybooks with daily entries of financial transactions for the Reynolds Brothers Store in Cave City, Kentucky. Books include daily sales at the store and include the purchaser’s name, items purchased and their prices.
Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3272. Undated solicitation letter (ca. 1933) from Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Louisville, Kentucky, for its Daily Infant Laundry Service. Includes a booklet for recording infant weight and height and providing diet guidelines for the first twelve months. The letter bears the National Recovery Administration’s “blue eagle” symbol.
Pendleton Family - Account Books (Mss 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pendleton Family - Account Books (Mss 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 649. Five account books for a grist mill and saw mill located in East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, as well as logging operations. The account books list wages paid for daily work as well as for piece work (handles). Employees were sometimes paid in cash, but most of the wages were paid in flour, mill, or other general store goods. Some of the accounts are for customers, not employees.
Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 648. Account books for three general stores in Springfield, Kentucky. Two stores are identified: Cunningham & Nall Store and William Blackwell Store.
Ua19/16/1 2018-19 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 2018-19 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
WKU track and field media guide for 2018-19 season.
Ratliff, Charles, 1854-1940 (Sc 3236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ratliff, Charles, 1854-1940 (Sc 3236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3236. Letter, 30 July 1889, of Charles Ratliff, Princeton, Kentucky, on his letterhead as a dealer in building material, hardware, saddlery, roofing, etc., advising of the sale of his quarry property and assuring the recipient that the new owners will promptly supply stone.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Wood, George Twyman, 1796-1876 (Mss 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, George Twyman, 1796-1876 (Mss 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 630. Correspondence and land records related to George T. Wood’s management of property in Hart County, Kentucky, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, which resulted from the settlement of Stephen Girard’s estate. At the time of his death Girard was one of the wealthiest men in America.
Mclean, Eli, 1793-1870 And John Mclean, 1796-1862 (Sc 3192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mclean, Eli, 1793-1870 And John Mclean, 1796-1862 (Sc 3192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3192. Papers of Eli and John McLean, members of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky: a bill to Eli for medicinal supplies; an order to Eli for carpet; a letter to John asking forbearance on payment of a note due; and a letter to Eli regarding the purchase of a sow.
Whyte, Samuel G., 1774-1833 - Letter To (Sc 3191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whyte, Samuel G., 1774-1833 - Letter To (Sc 3191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3191. Letters to Samuel G. Whyte, a member of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, from James A. Pearce, Louisville, Kentucky. Pearce discusses debts due to Whyte and urges Whyte to satisfy debts he owes to Pearce. He also refers to having his brother-in-law William Clark, an estate legatee, sign a deed of release for lands sold to Whyte.
Lexington And Georgetown Turnpike Company (Sc 3185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lexington And Georgetown Turnpike Company (Sc 3185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3185. Financial records, including receipts, invoices, statements, treasure’s reports and sundry other records related to the Lexington and Georgetown Turnpike Company which maintained a toll road between those two cities in Kentucky. Incudes information about rock supplied, toll house maintenance, labor, supplies purchased, and services rendered in order to maintain the road.
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Personal papers of Nina Hammer, Bowling Green Business University Registrar 1938-1963; WKU Registrar 1963-1969.
Ua19/16/1 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
2018-19 women's basketball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2017-18 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2017-18 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
Statistical analysis of the 2017-18 women's golf team season.
African American Funeral Home Records - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African American Funeral Home Records - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 626. Records of the Kuykendall-Abel-Boyd and Abel Brothers funeral home businesses, operated by African Americans in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Records include names of deceased, funeral dates and expenses, and in some cases family information, cause of death and place of interment. The records were photocopied from originals in the possession of Gatewood and Sons Funeral Chapel, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The Incredible Inventions Of Intuitive Ai: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Dylan Duckworth
The Incredible Inventions Of Intuitive Ai: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Dylan Duckworth
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Teaching Assistant [Career Paper], Madelynn Williams
Teaching Assistant [Career Paper], Madelynn Williams
Undergraduate Research Award
No abstract provided.
Helm Store Collection - Hardin County, Kentucky (Mss 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm Store Collection - Hardin County, Kentucky (Mss 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 65. Journal of sales from 1814 to 1816 of the Helm & Green store and an 1828 account book of the John B. Helm & Company, Hardin County, Kentucky. An 1842 promissory note and constable’s summons pertaining to a debt are also included.
Ua19/16/1 2017-18 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 2017-18 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
WKU track and field media guide for 2017-18 season.
Ua1f Wku Spirit & Symbols, Wku Archives
Ua1f Wku Spirit & Symbols, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Records
Bibliography of sources related to WKU Spirit, symbols, mascots, logos and school colors.
Ua37/5 Faculty Personal Papers E.A. Diddle, Wku Archives
Ua37/5 Faculty Personal Papers E.A. Diddle, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Artificial collection of records created by and about E.A. Diddle during his tenure as athletic director and coach at Western Kentucky University from 1922-1964. It consists mainly of scrapbooks of clippings regarding Hilltopper basketball. William Jenkins' interviews regarding Diddle used in preparation of his book Man with the Red Towel are also included.
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2016-17 Season Statistics, Wku Athletics Media Relations
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2016-17 Season Statistics, Wku Athletics Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
Statistical analysis of the 2016-17 women's golf team season.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 64), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 64), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 64. Ledger volume containing fulling mill records, (1814-1815), accounts (1843-1844), and journal (1909-1911) of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky.