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Elrod, Cecil Murray, 1923-2002 (Mss 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elrod, Cecil Murray, 1923-2002 (Mss 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 352. Material related to Cecil Murray Elrod, chiefly about his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-21. Includes notes on planes and guns discussed during training, aviators flight log books, and other military papers. Also includes information about reunions of the Valley High School (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Class of 1943.
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2402. Letters of Louis Arnold Rich, a U. S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife and in-laws during his military training and while hospitalized for a long illness that resulted in his death on 3 August 1944. He writes of his medical condition and mentions other soldiers from home. Includes letters from his wife, Martha, to her parents and grandmother discussing his medical treatment. Also includes an unidentified soldier’s letter and a child’s letter to her father.
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2400. Two letters from William M. "Mack" Muncy to Eliza Ranson, written from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky while serving with the 159th Depot Brigade. He writes of drills, vaccinations and social activities. He also refers to desertion and suicide among his comrades and to the treatment of conscientious objectors by the military.
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 341. Correspondence of the Wise family of Ohio County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes letters of Levi Franklin Wise, serving with Union forces in Bowling Green, Kentucky 1864. A few letters have been typescripted. Click on "Additional Files" to see several of the typescripts.
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2396. Letter, 12 January 1968, from Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn to Dr. Thomas H. Baird in Bowling Green, Kentucky, nominating him for appointment as Medical Advisor, Local Selective Service Board No. 95, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes envelope with postage due stamp.
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2368. "The Military Career of Don Carlos Buell During the Civil War," by Robert Lee Sanders, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1937. Includes a biographical sketch of the author.
Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2382. Correspondence, deeds, and sundry other items of the Faught family of Ohio County, Kentucky, chiefly Marion F. and Alice M. Faught. Includes Civil War military discharge for Bagges M. Faught, 17th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. Also includes a baby diary for Juanita Chloris Faught.
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2349. Letters (5) of Lewis Gray Bowker, written from Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky while serving in Company F of the 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Includes biographical data, an image of Bowker, service records, and a letter sent to a family friend reporting on Bowker's death.
Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2354. Partial account book of James Monroe Forgy, Morgantown, Kentucky, recording his work as pension agent for Civil War veterans. Includes some miscellaneous personal accounts. Also includes biographical data.
Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2336. Materials relating to the pension applications of Charles Gatliff and, later, his widow. Includes his descriptions of his Revolutionary War military experiences.
Stevens Family Papers (Sc 2310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stevens Family Papers (Sc 2310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2310. Sundry papers, including letters written by Albert L. Stevens from a military hospital in Russellville, Kentucky, to his brother William J. Stevens during the Civil War (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans and typescripts). The bulk of the collection consists of deeds and indentures of various Stevens family members, particularly William J., Robert W., and William W. Stevens of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Also includes fifty Bowling Green, Kentucky city operational licenses for the Broadway Roller Mills, 1923-1974.
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2299. Chiefly incoming letters which concern an estate settlement for Abraham Smith and family news. Civil War-era letters written by William Riley Smith (Click on "Additional Files" below) contain comments about the war and contain expressions of his attitudes toward African Americans. Also includes a church letter of transfer for Furman Smith and his wife and a small amount of genealogical information about the Smith family.
Smith Family Papers (Sc 2302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith Family Papers (Sc 2302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2302. Chiefly letters from Barnett Smith, Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory and Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, Alabama to his mother in Hadley, Warren County, Kentucky, 1898. He describes his military training and ponders being shipped to Cuba. Also includes (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans) an 1865 letter from Union soldier James W. Howard of Butler County, Kentucky, Howard’s discharge certificate, an 1863 slavery bill of sale, and an 1873 receipt for a coffin.
Sprowl, Wilson (Sc 2308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sprowl, Wilson (Sc 2308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2308. Brief World War I letters from Wilson Sprowl to family members in Monroe County, Kentucky while he was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky and Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan. Also, a welcoming letter from King George V to American troops, and a billet for a bunk on the U.S.S. Florida that includes instructions for troop conduct.
Warren County, Kentucky - World War Ii Servicemen (Mss 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - World War Ii Servicemen (Mss 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 326. Data and newspaper clippings on U.S. military personnel from Warren County, collected during their service in World War II. The seventy pages of names includes women and African Americans.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hatfield-Gaines Family, 1834-1981 (Mss 2275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2275. Chiefy receipts, deeds, wills, and other legal and financial documents of the Hatfield and Gaines families of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes some Civil War-era correspondence of the Hatfield family.
Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alvis, Elizabeth Duncan (Stark), 1876-1959 (Mss 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 320. Correspondence, genealogical notes, scrapbook, and photos chiefly related to the Stark family of Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky, especially Confederate veteran John William Stark. Includes a narrative of John William Stark's Civil War service written by his daughter, and World War I discharge certificate of Richard C. Stark (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Harris, James Russell, B. 1950 (Sc 2274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, James Russell, B. 1950 (Sc 2274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2274. "The Private War of Samuel Starling," a paper by James Russell Harris detailing Starling's experiences serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. The paper is based primarily upon a collection of Starling's letters to his daughters housed at the Kentucky Library & Museum (MSS 38)
Walters, Jacob "Jack" Bradford, 1891-1924 (Sc 2268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walters, Jacob "Jack" Bradford, 1891-1924 (Sc 2268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2268. Letter, 1 May 1918, from Jacob "Jack" Walters to Grace Tichenor in Frankfort, Kentucky. On his way to military training in South Carolina, Walters consoles her on their separation and expresses support for the war.
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2251. Letters (31) from Cain to James M. Davis, written mostly during the Civil War from her home and school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and from Illinois. A strong Confederate sympathizer, Cain responds to Davis’s support of the Union, criticizes President Abraham Lincoln, and opines freely on love, courtship and marriage. She also writes of mutual friends, family, and social and religious activities. Includes 3 additional letters to Davis from his father, sister, and a friend who writes of an opportunity to manage a store. Also includes …
Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2257. Portion of a deposition provided by Nathaniel Francis Cheairs in a claims case related to damages done to the property of Larkin F. Baker when a Civil War fortification known as Baker's Hill was constructed by Confederate forces on his property at Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1861. The original of this document is in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Courts-Martial And Courts Of Inquiry (Sc 2265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Courts-Martial And Courts Of Inquiry (Sc 2265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2265. Civil War General Orders no. 269 (printed) related to courts-martial of Kentuckians or those engaged in events that occurred in Kentucky.
Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2233. Biographical sketches of Revolutionary War soldiers with connections to Logan County, Kentucky. Compiled by Daughters of the American Revolution, Committee on Revolutionary Soldiers in Logan County, Kentucky, May Belle Morton, Chairman. Includes introductory note on land grants to soldiers after the war.
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2212. Lawrence Otto Toomey's memoir titled "Duty in the Medical Corps Reserves, May 11, 1942-January 30, 1966," dealing chiefly with his service in the Pacific during World War II. Also includes a copy of his obituary.
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2191. Letter, 14 May 1918 from Lloyd H. Wagoner, Walbridge, Ohio, to his parents, written from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He writes of his travel to camp, his inoculation and processing for military service, and of seeing “flying machines,” probably at Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, while en route.
Geralds, Bettie Mae (Miller), 1897-1992 (Sc 2182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geralds, Bettie Mae (Miller), 1897-1992 (Sc 2182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") of letters written to Bettie Mae Geralds in Louisville, Kentucky, from family members and friends in Kentucky as well as in Omaha, Nebraska, and Bloomington and Evansville, Indiana. Topics include family news, fruit and vegetable canning, and difficulties finding work. Geralds’ son writes of his prosecution at Fort Knox for an offense committed while on military duty. Includes a 1967 letter from a Navy serviceman in Texas.
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2153. Miscellaneous materials, primarily deeds and recording clerks' certificates, relating to the Mayes family of Barren County, Kentucky and associated families. Includes Memorial Day gravesite photo and 1903 school program. Also includes Civil War soldier's letter written from Davidson County, Tennessee, 16 March 1862 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).