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Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 331. Letters, 1886-1889 (15), telegrams, 1886-1889 (9), and receipts, 1886-1889 (10), which relate to Crump’s activities as an officer in the Kentucky State Guard and to his interest in constructing the proposed Bowling Green and Northern Railroad.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
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Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 175. Confederate Civil War diary kept by William P. Davis, of the Enterprise Guards, Company B, 14th Mississippi Infantry, from April-December 1861. The diary covers his company’s tour of duty from Corinth, Mississippi through Tennessee to Kentucky. A major portion concerns Bowling Green, Kentucky and vicinity. Includes a muster roll and guard lists for Company B. Also includes a typescript of the narrative portions of the diary.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
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Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2441. Letter from Levi W. Baer, serving with an Indiana regiment in the Union Army, to his cousin Benjamin Kenaga. Baer writes of his regiment’s expected movements, his anticipation of action at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of conditions in his regiment, including the lack of food.
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 129. Revolutionary War pension papers of Nicholas Carter, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1837; letter of James Carothers written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his wife Rebecca in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania describing the construction of the bridge over Barren River (College Street Bridge), 1838 and accompanying 1938 letter; Civil War envelopes; and Jefferson County land abstract, 1877.
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1080. Letter, 19 December 1862, from John W. Cuppy, serving in Bowling Green with an Illinois regiment, to Dr. Samuel Wiley in Earlville, Illinois. Cuppy writes of his illness and describes conditions in Bowling Green, particularly respecting hospitals and patients. He also comments on Confederate sympathies in the city and troop readiness for an attack. Includes a summary of another letter by Cuppy to Wiley dated 19 September 1862 describing his regiment’s activities near Louisville.
Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 114. Chiefly letters written by William Harris to his wife, Louranah Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he details his experiences as a California Gold Rush adventurer, 1850-1852 (9 items); other letters describe Texas in 1855 and Civil War activities at Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. Also Bowling Green Home Telephone Company stock certificate, 1913.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Initial Announcement, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Initial Announcement, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
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Sharp, Solomon Pollux, 1787-1825 (Sc 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sharp, Solomon Pollux, 1787-1825 (Sc 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 190. Notice, 30 January 1821, sent by Sharp to John M. Roberson [sic], paymaster of the 25th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, directing him to settle his accounts with the commanding officers of the regiment at Vance’s Tavern in Bowling Green.
Rose, John W. (Sc 191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rose, John W. (Sc 191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 191. Letter, 6 February 1862, of Confederate soldier John W. Rose, encamped near Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his mother and his cousin?, W. B. Mooningham, near Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tennessee. He relates information about food, food prices, and the fall of Fort Henry. Includes a printed poem, "To the Soldiers and Freemen of the South."
Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 181. Three letters written by James S. McWhirter from Bowling Green, Kentucky, January and February, 1862, to his sister Zellora near Gallatin, Tennessee, relating war activities and personal matters. McWhirter was stationed in Bowling Green with the 24th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers. Also, letter 10 April 1952, from Harry Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning his family relationship with the McWhirters.
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 180. Petition, including typescript, signed by 21 citizens of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 16 October 1864, addressed to Major General Burbridge, requesting that Colonel William Hobson retain command of the Union troops stationed there.