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Rennick, Robert M., 1932-2010 (Sc 3419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rennick, Robert M., 1932-2010 (Sc 3419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3419. Letters, March 1972, to retired WKU faculty member Frances Richards and her sister Mary Ellen Richards, Franklin, Kentucky, from Robert M. Rennick of the University of Kentucky’s Prestonsburg Community College. Rennick outlines the objectives and methods of a national undertaking to survey all the place names of the United States and his work with a committee to ensure Kentucky’s participation. He requests their help in supervising the research and gathering of data from Simpson County. A second letter thanks Frances for her agreement to participate and asks for a meeting. Rennick’s book, …
Smith, H. (Sc 3200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, H. (Sc 3200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3200. “Illustrations of Modern Geography,” a set of seven hand-drawn and colorized maps of various parts of the globe, stitched into a chapbook with marbled paper covers. The title page indicates that the maps were drawn by H. Smith for his father Mr. Smith atWoodland House, midsummer 1834.
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 3125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 3125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 3125. “Glacier National Park, Montana, United States of America (Part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park): A Few Stories as Told by Frank Henry Green, Season Park Ranger at Avalanche Creek Campground.” The text is liberally illustrated with photos.
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2591. Typescript copy of an address titled “The State Line,” delivered by Senator B.T. Davis, Hickman, Kentucky, before the Kentucky State Bar Association at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The address details information about the borders of Kentucky and the history of the borders and territories in America.
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2531. Letter written from Kaler, Graves County, Kentucky, by John B. Chamberlain to his daughter. He gives a general description of Kaler and its environs, including its low-lying terrain, local businesses, and railroad access.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1880. Diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky of a sabbatical semester spent traveling and researching in southern Africa.