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Francis, Anne Elizabeth (Mcfarland), 1919-2000 (Sc 3460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2019

Francis, Anne Elizabeth (Mcfarland), 1919-2000 (Sc 3460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3460. News clippings, photographs, programs, biographical sketch, etc. related to Congressman William H. Natcher of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Sanders, William Willard "Whitey," 1930-2021 (Mss 659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2019

Sanders, William Willard "Whitey," 1930-2021 (Mss 659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 659. Correspondence, articles and miscellaneous material documenting the career of newspaper editorial cartoonist Bill “Whitey” Sanders. Includes letters from readers, public figures and fellow cartoonists, video of programs and appearances, and material related to Sanders’ books and his participation in professional organizations.


Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 (Sc 3259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2018

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 (Sc 3259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3259. Letter, 19 January 1961, from U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy to James Gray of Cardinal Office Supply in Frankfort, Kentucky, thanking him for assistance rendered on behalf of the Democratic ticket during the 1960 election campaign.


Jfk Memory Project At Wku (Mss 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Jfk Memory Project At Wku (Mss 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of remembrances (Click on Additional Files), photographs, and oral history interviews for Manuscripts Collection 491. Materials collected during a commemorative project related to a campaign visit John F. Kennedy made to Bowling Green, Kentucky in October 1960 and to his November 1963 assassination. The core of the collection is a set of remembrances that were sent into the Department of Library Special Collections, WKU about both events. Other items include oral history interviews (8), photos (36), contemporary news clippings as well as clippings about the project, a scrapbook of post-assassination clippings, and assorted other ephemera …


Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 492. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, audiotapes, film and miscellaneous material relating primarily to the political career of Democrat Frank L. Chelf, who represented Kentucky’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1944-1966. Includes Chelf’s voting record and bills, research and speeches related to his legislative interests.


Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Mss 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 473. Correspondence and scrapbooks of Robert D. Graham, Democratic mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1960-1963 and 1968-1971. The materials mostly document his public career, but some personal papers, including those of his wife Edith, are included.


Futrell, Roger (Sc 2665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Futrell, Roger (Sc 2665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2665. Bound typescript of a reminiscence of Roger Futrell about his invitation and visit to the White House to meet President John F. Kennedy in October, 1961.


Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 836. Research paper written by Amy M. Hodgkins Stone entitled “The Assassination of President Kennedy As Witnessed by Dr. Francis Thompson” written for U.S. History class, 27 November 1990.


Glynn, Luanne (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Sc 2245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Glynn, Luanne (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Sc 2245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2245. Letter from Evelyn Lincoln, personal secretary to President John F. Kennedy, to Luanne Aylesworth, Waite Park, Minnesota, in response to a letter from Aylesworth. Enclosed is a White House card with the president's reproduced signature. The envelope is postmarked 11:30 p.m. November 21, 1963, the day before the president's assassination.