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Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1125. Nine-page reminiscence written by Genevieve Geary, of Muhlenberg County, titled, “School Teaching in the 1940s in One- and Two-Room Schools with Emergency Certificate”.
Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1046. Letter, 9 September 1952, to Analee Briggs, a teacher at Rich Pond School, Warren County, Kentucky, from her former student, Wilma Mae Green, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Green praises Miss Briggs’ positive influence on her and offers to send any needed items to her former school.
Smith, Travis Edwin, B. 1898 (Sc 2734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Travis Edwin, B. 1898 (Sc 2734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2734. Three documents related to the history of education in Kentucky which were prepared by Travis Edwin Smith for his doctoral dissertation. One document concentrates on teacher education, one on education law in Kentucky, and the last document is an overview titled “Education in Kentucky.” The documents concentrate on sources to be used in the dissertation.
Penn, Anna Ruth (Sc 1013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Penn, Anna Ruth (Sc 1013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1013. Receipt signed by school teacher (Anna) Ruth Penn, Gracy, Kentucky, and given to M.S. Hopson, a member of the School Board of Trustees, for payment. She requested payment of $4.50 for three months’ tuition. Penn was the mother of noted author, Robert Penn Warren. Also associated data.
Hill, Jesse Murray, 1891-1961 (Sc 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, Jesse Murray, 1891-1961 (Sc 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 954. Teacher’s certificate issued for the period 1909-1911, to J.M. Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky. Included are grades he earned in various subjects.
Wells, George M., Sr., 1887-1956 (Sc 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wells, George M., Sr., 1887-1956 (Sc 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 994. Teacher’s certificates issued to George M. Wells by Metcalfe County, Kentucky, for two years in 1907, and one issued by Monroe County, Kentucky, for four years in 1909; Wells’ grade card from Loyola University Medical School, 1914-1915; and obituaries of Wells (2).
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 871. Correspondence (53) and postcards (23), 1915-1916, written chiefly to “Esther,” Woodburn, Kentucky by “Mary,” Bowling Green, Kentucky, about local and family news, and which reflect a lesbian relationship. Includes a letter to Esther and "Lassie" from Mary and some letters written to Esther from Lassie.
Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 916. Record book, 1917-1918, of attendance and grades kept by Muhlenberg County elementary school teacher Dudley Whitmer. Includes monthly and term summaries.
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elbert Eugene Iii, B. 1959 & Rebecca J. (Cook) Foust - Collectors (Sc 2654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and illustration of stock certificate (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2654. Two Kentucky teaching certificates issued to Elbert Cook [Sr.] in 1914 & 1919; letter appointing Cook a rural mail carrier, 1920; stock certificate indicating that Cook had purchased three shares in the Bowling Green Savings and Building Association, 1932; certificate awarding a Postmastership to Maggie Elizabeth Cook at Trammel, Kentucky, 1946; and several photographs.
Caldwell, R. E. (Sc 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caldwell, R. E. (Sc 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 807. Contract, 2 July 1894, between R. E. Caldwell and trustees John A. Caldwell and M. M. Jones to teach school in Graves County, Kentucky.