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Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 742. Manuscript of Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay: The Fictional Memoirs of Gospel Singer, Josephus Hezekiah Carson, by John Edmonds, a memoir based on the Bowling Green, Kentucky native’s life as a gay, African-American gospel singer. Includes a proposal for marketing the book, and several handwritten notes and lyrics. This material contains graphic sexual content.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1673. Application to secure a Kentucky historical marker for Bowling Green, Kentucky native Ernest Hogan (Reuben Crowdus), considered to be the father of ragtime music. Includes 28 supporting letters and a photo of Hogan.
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1312. Thesis entitled "Will S. Hays[:] His Life and Works", written by George Calvin Grise, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for George Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1492. "Folk Music in the Kentucky Barrens," a thesis (268 p.) prepared by Chamberlain at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Discusses folk music traditions and ballads common to south central Kentucky.