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Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 535. Interview with J. Lee Robertson conducted by Kenneth Hines and Gil Calhoun in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robertson reminisces about the U.S. Army during World war II and his long association with Western Kentucky University.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 241. Correspondence; financial and legal papers; genealogy and other material related to the Temple family of Warren County, Kentucky, particularly that of Adalaska L. and Mary Camilla (Miller) Temple and their daughter Ruth Hines Temple. Over 400 pieces of artwork on paper by the latter are found in the collection, including pencil, as well as, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other graphic and creative design work.
Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2337. Materials relating to James J. Glenn, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Superintendent of Schools and editor of the Madisonville, Kentucky "Hustler." Includes scrapbook of clippings and biographical notes.
Stewart, J. A. (Sc 2311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, J. A. (Sc 2311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2311. Partial enrollment and grade book kept by teacher [J.A. Stewart] from October 1895 to February 1896. Item found in Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky.
Interview With Alice Triplett (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Alice Triplett (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Alice Triplett conducted by Genie Sullivan for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Triplett discusses her life and times, including information about her life in Ohio County, Kentucky, and her teaching experience. The original tape does not have good sound quality, thus the transcription is spotty.
Smith, Rebecca M. (Sc 2304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Rebecca M. (Sc 2304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2304. Paper by Rebecca M. Smith, “Informational Outline of Simpson County Schools,” written for a Kentucky History class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. The paper includes data on various nineteenth-century educational institutions in the county.
Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Collection 231. Information about Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes material about the community's history, people, churches, schools, and events. Collection contains the original Board of Trustees minutes for Smiths Grove College, 1884-1901.
Warren County, Kentucky - Public Schools (Mss 311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Public Schools (Mss 311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 311. Information collected about schools in Warren County, Kentucky from 1909 to 1928, including photos, physical description of school houses, school populations, school expenses, etc. The school census books (1932 and 1934) contain information about the student population only. Also includes photographs (negatives and proof sheets) that were included with the superintendent's record books, 1909-1928.
Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2260. Card, with picture of his home, sent by T.C. Cherry to teacher Kathleen Brashear, prior to the outbreak of World War II. Also, related correspondence and biographical material about Brashear.
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2258. Postcard to Martha Cheek, Lexington, Kentucky, related to a 1948 luncheon of alumnae of Logan College, Russellville, Kentucky; typed compilation of Logan College alumnae, 1953.
Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 2215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 2215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2215. Paper: "Pleasant J. Potter College for Young Ladies" written for a journalism class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College; also a reminiscence about Bowling Green's First Christian Church as well as Tyler's obituary.
Brown, Anna Murl (Fisher), 1911-1989 (Sc 2164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Anna Murl (Fisher), 1911-1989 (Sc 2164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2164. Letters to Anna Murl Fisher Brown, an Ohio County, Kentucky teacher, from local residents and parents. They approve of her taking her pupils to church and to a funeral without having to make up the time in class, and support her reappointment.
Stephenson, Bertha C., 1885-1977 (Sc 2159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephenson, Bertha C., 1885-1977 (Sc 2159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2159. Letters (some incomplete) to Bertha C. Stephenson, of Milton, Trimble County, Kentucky, from friends, relatives and sweethearts in Kentucky, California and Florida. They write of gifts and photographs exchanged, mutual friends, travel, romances, and Stephenson's upcoming wedding. Includes a handwritten notice from the Board of Health requiring Stephenson and her pupils to be vaccinated in order to conduct school (click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Bowling Green High School - Reunions, 1960 (Sc 2150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green High School - Reunions, 1960 (Sc 2150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2150. Correspondence related to the 1960 reunion of the Bowling Green High School class of 1940. The letters were chiefly written to one of the organizing committee members, Frances (Robinson) Russell of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of class members.