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Miller, Melissa, B. 1984 (Sc 3411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Melissa, B. 1984 (Sc 3411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3411. “The Autobiography of Melissa Miller,” written by Melissa Miller as a Mother’s Day gift and illustrated with drawings and photographs. The seven-year-old author writes of her birth in Mexico, infancy, school, family, and favorite things.
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3320. Invitation to a children’s party on 19 October 1912 sent to Ruth Smith, postmarked Johnston City, Illinois; also letter, 18 August 1922, to Ruth in Sebree, Kentucky, regarding graduation ceremonies for Webster County schools. The letter includes the program for the ceremony on 30 August 1922 and recommends attire for graduates.
Mcdaniel, Robert Estle, Jr., B. 1965 (Sc 3169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdaniel, Robert Estle, Jr., B. 1965 (Sc 3169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3169. Typewritten Christmas list from the mid-1970s of Robert "Bob" McDaniel, Danville, Kentucky.
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 482. Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Mildred (Potter) Lissauer of Bowling Green and Louisville, Kentucky and of her family, especially her mother, Martha (Woods) Potter and her aunt, Elizabeth Moseley Woods.
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 965. Paper (22 p.) titled “My Early Life [,] 1921-1939” written by Wilbur Morgan Westray, Sr. Westray recounts life as he experienced it growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. Also includes associated genealogical data.
Suydam, Louise Twyman, 1915-1991 (Sc 833), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Suydam, Louise Twyman, 1915-1991 (Sc 833), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 833. Chiefly correspondence between Louise Twyman Suydam, Fort Pierce, Florida, and WKU Kentucky Building faculty concerning Suydam’s memories of Bowling Green during the 1920s, and biographical information about the Wright family. Includes a typescript copy of Suydam’s reminiscence, "The Best of Times?”
Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 431. Sundry items from Lillian Iona Tynes’s childhood and adolescence in Russellville, Kentucky, including greeting and holiday cards, correspondence, diaries, report cards, programs from school functions, news clippings, church programs, and more.
Muller, Fannie (Sc 1681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muller, Fannie (Sc 1681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1681. Humorous letter, 4 February 1866, from Fannie Muller to her grandmother in Poughkeepsie, New York. She comments on her activities and her plans for a future visit from her grandmother.
Hooks, Malinda (Cunningham), 1853-1948 (Sc 1440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hooks, Malinda (Cunningham), 1853-1948 (Sc 1440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1440. "Recollections and Thoughts", 1930, written for her family by Malinda Hooks, Trigg County, Kentucky. She writes of her childhood, family, and the Civil War. Includes her poetry and two unidentified photographs.