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Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 166. Project titled “African American education in south central Kentucky, 1920-1960.” Interviews with twenty-nine African Americans regarding their experiences as students and teachers in fourteen Kentucky counties.
Nelson, James S. (Fa 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nelson, James S. (Fa 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 161. This collection contains a master’s thesis entitled “Hillbilly Music and Early Live Radio Programming In Bowling Green and Glasgow, Kentucky: Country Music as a Local Phenomenon,” written by James Nelson in January 1994 for the department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University. Also included is a cassette tape of old-time music from south central Kentucky entitled “Railroad Through the Smoky Mountains,” by Jim Bowles, as well as an obituary for Jonell F. Simunick.
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 42. Correspondence, 1864-1878 (8); journal, 1852-1883; scrapbooks (2); Manuscript: “House of Madison and McDowell in Kentucky,” 1888; family genealogical data; slave records; etc., of Agatha (Rochester) Strange, 1832-1896, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Underwood, Henry Lewis, 1848-1925 (Mss 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Henry Lewis, 1848-1925 (Mss 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 72. Photocopies of correspondence, diary, legal papers, speeches, poems, photographs, and newspaper clippings of the Underwood family of Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly concerning Henry Lewis Underwood.
Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 223. Three recipe books collected by Rosalyn Marie (Gourley) Stamps; eight yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous items from the Mabel Thomas Garden Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 196. Letters sent to Stone and his mother, Nelle Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II from friends in armed service around the world. Includes letters, holiday greeting cards, telegrams, V-mail and postcards. Almost all correspondents were members of a local fraternal club known as the Senators which was composed of graduates of Bowling Green High School.
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1663. Items from the Bradley and Gerard families, chiefly concerning their Bowling Green, Kentucky undertaking business. Includes information related to the funeral service of Martha "Mattie" Jane (Buchanan) Gerard.
Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1661. Correspondence between Edwina Chandler Jones and Betty Boyd Lyne, chiefly related to their families and mutual friends, Jones's travel and church activities, and her move from Bowling Green to Lakewood Manor Baptist Retirement Home in Richmond, Virginia.
Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1662. Copy of letter to Florence Alford, Bowling Green, from Larry H. Embry, Bowling Green, related to his illness. Also, her written account of the 1991 fire at Bowling Green's First Baptist Church where she was a member.
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 222. Correspondence of the Pearson family, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly letters from Carroll Pearson to his wife Patricia while he is in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The collection also contains letters sent to Carroll from his parents and letters sent to Patricia from her parents and friends.
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Sermon notes, letters, genealogical and biographical information, and news clippings; letters related to his courtship and marriage. Includes two collections of poetry.
We Shared In Its History: 1123 State Street, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel
We Shared In Its History: 1123 State Street, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
Author writes of her personal experiences growing up in an historic house in downtown Bowling Green, Ky. Built in 1844, this house served as a private residence, an overnight guest house, the headquarters for Johnnie Massey Clay, President of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church's Women's Missionary Society, and apartments for senior adults, small families and young professionals. Over the years, what was originally a two room over two room Greek-revival townhouse built in the popular Flemish bond brick pattern had at least four additions and was renovated for creative reuses.
Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
This press association report written by K. B. Grahn, the editor of the Greenup Independent, gives a overview of Bowling Green in 1879 with discussion of the courthouse, churches, College Hill, Water Works, Gas Works, Newspapers, banks, Police, Jail, Colleges, Fairview Cemetery, Fair Grounds, Lost River Mill, land values with crops, Bowling Green Manufacturing Company, Limestone Works, Bowling Green [Axe] Handle Works, Kentucky Stave and Heading Factory, Sash Factory, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Trunk Line, locks, Green and Barren River Navigation Company, Livery stables, hotels, and Barren River.