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Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994 (Sc 3667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994 (Sc 3667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3667. Letter, 8 August 1960, of Vice President Richard M. Nixon to Gertrude (Mrs. James R.) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He thanks her for her work on the Committee on Resolutions at the 1960 Republican National Convention, praises the party’s platform, and declares his intention to campaign in all fifty states.
Jones, Thomas Laurens, 1819-1887 (Sc 3080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Thomas Laurens, 1819-1887 (Sc 3080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3080. Papers of Thomas L. Jones of Campbell County, Kentucky, a state representative and member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Letters to him praise two of his speeches concerning the U.S. Centennial and the 1876 amnesty bill restoring citizenship to ex-Confederates. Fellow Democratic Party members write with invitations to various functions, to encourage him in seeking the gubernatorial nomination, and to discuss political matters. Friend Thomas B. Chaplin relates his fortunes in South Carolina during and after the Civil War (Click on "Additional Files" below). Includes a few letters and telegrams to wife …
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2873. Letter, 15 January 1811, of Richard Mentor Johnson to General James Wilkinson, Washington, D.C. He discusses a congressional investigation into Wilkinson’s conduct and wishes for his acquittal, speculates about the tobacco trade and the fate of Florida on the eve of the War of 1812, asks for news of St. Louis, where a nephew lives, and complains about his health, particularly his asthma.
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.
Barry, William Taylor, 1784-1835 (Sc 2584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barry, William Taylor, 1784-1835 (Sc 2584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2584. Typescript copies of correspondence of William Taylor Barry, Lexington, Kentucky, with colleagues, family, and political leaders. Includes a photocopied article with excerpts from Barry’s correspondence.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 412. Criminal and Equity Court, and Circuit Court records of Warren County, Kentucky relating to the prosecution of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers for conspiracy, treason, theft and property destruction in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War.
Cassell, J. Frank, 1872-1925 (Sc 2559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cassell, J. Frank, 1872-1925 (Sc 2559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2559. Letter, 20 June 1921, from Frank Cassell, Chairman, Louisville, Kentucky Legislative District, to Pearl Smith (Mrs. Stuart A.), Louisville, informing her of her selection as a delegate to the Democratic nominating convention to be held on 22 June 1921.
Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2557. Form letter, 24 March 1903, from Josh T. Griffith, Clerk of the Daviess County (Kentucky) Court, setting out his credentials and seeking support for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer.
Mccreary, James Bennett, 1838-1918 (Sc 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccreary, James Bennett, 1838-1918 (Sc 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 445. Appointment of Henry Thomas Hagerman of Eddyville, Kentucky as a delegate to the Southern Sociological Congress, Nashville, Tennessee. Signed by Governor James Bennett McCreary.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
Jonson, Jeptha Crawford, 1833-1912 (Sc 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jonson, Jeptha Crawford, 1833-1912 (Sc 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 503. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Jeptha Crawford Jonson of McLean County.
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.
Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 504. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Robert Rodes of Warren County. Also includes a typescript of the album’s contents.
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 381. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 402. Will, 1798; slavery bill of sale, 1810; militia commission, 1820; letters concerning Slaughter estate settlement, 1835-1843 (9); Mexican War claim, 1849; letters of recommendations for judicial appointments, 1853-1879 (7); Civil War notes and letters, 1861-1864 (4); and miscellaneous items. Selected items have been typescripted.
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904 (Sc 2521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904 (Sc 2521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2521. Letter, 17 July 1888, from William Campbell Preston Breckinridge to an unknown correspondent. He advises of his intention to seek reelection to Congress and asks friends in his district for support.
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2520. Letter from Johnson N. Camden, U.S. Senator (Democrat) from Kentucky, in Washington, D.C. to Ciceroe Coleman, Lexington, Kentucky, asking for support in the upcoming election. Camden filled a vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley
Brown, Eugene Scott, 1846-1892 - Letters To (Sc 2519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Eugene Scott, 1846-1892 - Letters To (Sc 2519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2519. Letters of a political nature addressed to Eugene Scott Brown, a prominent attorney and Republican from Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Several contain precinct election results for Allen and contiguous counties.
James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 400. Photocopy of a letter press book kept by Addison Davis James during the time he was U.S. Marshal for Western Kentucky. James was a physician and a prominent Republican from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Whig Party (Sc 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whig Party (Sc 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 320. Typescript of an open letter from sixteen citizens to the voters of Warren County concerning the issues in the 1844 presidential election and the Whig party platform.
Breckinridge, Katherine B. (Carson), 1853-1921 (Sc 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge, Katherine B. (Carson), 1853-1921 (Sc 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 374. Letter, 9 January 1889, written by Katherine (Mrs. Clifton Rodes) Breckinridge, Washington, D.C., to General Duncan S. Walker, Washington D.C., responding to his request for autograph letters of John and John C. Breckinridge (her husband’s great-grandfather and father, respectively). Includes an autograph of John C. Breckinridge.
Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles, 1838-1918 (Sc 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles, 1838-1918 (Sc 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 373. Letters of Blackburn, 24 July 1884 to “My dear Genl” and 20 February 1889 to General Duncan S. Walker, New York City, regarding personal favors requested; and images (3) of Blackburn, a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Kentucky.
Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 372. Letter, 26 August 1912, of U.S. Representative Oscar W. Underwood, Washington, D.C., to John M. Bogart, New York City, declining an invitation to a dinner honoring Kentucky governor Augustus Wilson because of matters of importance requiring his return to Alabama.
Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 367. Letter to Miss Elizabeth N. Duncan, Denver, Colorado, concerning the availability of tickets to the Democratic Convention. Urey Woodson was Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.
Leslie, Preston Hopkins, 1819-1907 - Relating To (Sc 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Leslie, Preston Hopkins, 1819-1907 - Relating To (Sc 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 254. Photocopies of sketch written about Preston Hopkins Leslie in 1910, and a letter, 16 August 1969, written by Mary (Leslie) Ford, Helena, Montana, to Tim Cantrell, Henderson, Kentucky, related to Cantrell’s interest in writing a book about Preston Hopkins Leslie, Ford’s grandfather. Leslie was governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875, and governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889.
Donaldson, William M. (Sc 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donaldson, William M. (Sc 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 346. Circular letter written by in behalf of Henry E. Youtsey who was imprisoned for his actions in the murder of Governor William Justus Goebel. Signatures on a petition were to be obtained with petition being returned to Mr. Donaldson, Newport, Kentucky.
Wall, William Ketchum, 1786-1853 (Sc 2475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wall, William Ketchum, 1786-1853 (Sc 2475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2475. Two letters from William K. Wall, a lawyer and state legislator, written from Frankfort, Kentucky. He writes of domestic matters, his health and churchgoing, and briefly of legislative affairs in Frankfort, Kentucky, including the prevalence of divorce bills and his successful application to obtain a pardon for a former client. He also comments, at times critically, on several individuals who may be his children.
De Roode, Eugenia (Sc 1909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
De Roode, Eugenia (Sc 1909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1909. Letter, 6 June 1862, from Eugenia De Roode, Nashville, Tennessee to James Overstreet, Hanly (Jessamine County) Kentucky. Formerly a music teacher at "Misses Jacksons' Seminary" in Lexington, Kentucky, De Roode writes of her negative views of Confederates, particularly those from Kentucky and Tennessee. She also makes cogent remarks about the work of Andrew Johnson, Tennessee's military governor.
Hunter, Whiteside Godfrey, 1841-1917 (Sc 1765), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, Whiteside Godfrey, 1841-1917 (Sc 1765), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1765. Letters from Whiteside Godfrey Hunter, former state legislator and U.S. Congressman, to E. Scott Brown, attorney, Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, requesting his support for Republican candidates. He also indicates he has requested Sidney P. Hardcastle be appointed postmaster at Settle, Allen County, Kentucky.