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Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 733. Journal, 1878-1880, of Mattie (Spangler) Gentry, Covington, Kentucky, chronicling her attendance at Lexington’s Hamilton Female College and at boarding school in Orléans, France; also her journal, 1889-1898, recording her life as a music teacher and her courtship and marriage. Includes photographs and a letter to Mattie in France from the president of Hamilton College (Click on "Additional Files" for typescript).

Ua37/32 Faculty Personal Papers J. Lewie Harman, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of J. Lewie Harman, president of the Bowling Green Business University.

Shelton Family Papers (Mss 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 527. Letters and compositions written by Butler County, Kentucky native Curran Ralph Shelton, while a student at Glasgow Normal School. Also includes a diary in which he records family, church, and local community happenings in 1891. Also includes several small diaries kept by Curran’s wife John Annie during the Great Depression.

Richmond, Emeline Holden, 1807-1893 (Sc 1298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1298. Typescripted diary of Emeline Holden Richmond, Newark, New Jersey, kept from 14 August through 10 October 1826 during her journey to Mississippi, where she planned to serve as a teacher of Indian children and Presbyterian missionary. Includes family and biographical data and information about the mission.

Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 438. World War II diary kept by Edgar Bryant Stansbury, 1942, as well as articles by Stansbury, his thesis about industrial arts in Kentucky high schools, a scrapbook about his sports participation at Western Kentucky University, and several other items related to his experiences in World War II.

Redmon, Chester Calvin, 1921-2012 (Mss 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 417. Items chiefly relating to the high schools that Chester Calvin Redmon served at as principal. This includes information about Hopkinsville (Kentucky) High School class reunions, Louisville Male High School, and Vine Grove (Kentucky) High School. Also includes diaries and miscellaneous material relating to Chester Calvin Redmon’s life.

Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 275. Record book of William H. Gough, the first sheriff of Meade County, Kentucky, containing notes of court cases and jury lists. Includes notes and diary entries relating to his activities at Mount Merino Seminary in Breckinridge County, and lists of students, 1841-1842.

Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 225. Diary, 1912, of Thwing, professor of mathematics and member of the Athletic Board of Manual Training High School, Louisville, and later at Male High School, Louisville. He comments about the weather and his activities at home, church, and school, as well as about the night class he is teaching at the Y.M.C.A. Includes a copy of his obituary and other biographical information.

Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

Martin, Anna Katherine (Flege), 1902-1976 (Sc 1841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1841. Diary kept from 1 January 1923 to 14 August 1923 by Anna Katherine Flege, Grant County, Kentucky. She relates details of her life as a teacher in the one-room Round Top School. She also comments about the weather, her family and home life, and her participation in community social and religious activities.

Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 83. Diaries, 1889-1895, correspondence, 1885-1955, photographs, and related items of Fannie Morton Bryan, a Russellville debutante and school teacher. Includes Logan Female College records, 1860-1869, and Russellville Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1863-1889.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Diaries written by former English professor Gordon Wilson to WKU president Kelly Thompson reminiscing over old times at Western Kentucky University.

• 4:30 PM, 3/22/1964
• A Common Cultural Background, 3/12/1964
• A Widening Influence, 3/4/1964
• Again & Again, 3/19/1964
• An Unending Process, 3/12/1964
• Curriculum, Curricula, 3/1/1964
• If?, 3/9/1964
• Learning in the One-Roomed Country School, 3/2/1964
• Loses & Gains, 3/11/1964
• Our Big, Big Group, 3/18/1964
• Our Small World, 3/2/1964
• Preparation of Our Faculty, 3/24/1964
• Programs, 3/19/1964
• Recognition of Research, 3/6/1964
• Second Wind, 3/1/1964
• Simplicity & Sophistication, 3/28/1964
• So Young & Yet So Old, 3/3/1964
• Some Evidences of Culture, 3/4/1964
• Some Lost History, 3/28/1964 …

Diary For 01 01 To 03 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 28 To 06 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 06 28 To 09 27, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 09 28 To 12 31, 1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 30 To 06 22, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 01 01 To 03 29, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Poultry, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information under the headings of Egg Record, Hen Expenses, and Poultry Account for the year 1927.

Financial Records, Jul. To Dec., 1927-1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information about cash received and cash paid during the months of July to December for the years of 1927 and 1928.

Diary For 06 23 To 09 29, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, Jan. To Jun., 1927-1928, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes information about cash received and cash paid during the months of January through June for the years of 1927 and 1928.

Diary For 09 30 To 12 31, 1927, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 01 01 To 03 27, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 28 To 06 21, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 06 22 To 09 22, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Financial Records, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine. This section includes financial records under the headings of Egg Record, Hens, Cost of Grain, and Poultry for 1926. Additional financial records for Cash Received and Cash Paid Out were included at the bottoms of pages in the 1925 portions of the diary. Those records are available under Submissions for 1925.

Diary For 09 23 To 12 31, 1926, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 06 23 To 09 25, 1925, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.

Diary For 03 24 To 06 22, 1925, Willis Carter

Willis Carter Diaries

Pages from a diary kept by Willis Carter, a resident of West Pembroke, Maine.