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Owens, Nellie, 1912-2007 (Sc 3051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2016

Owens, Nellie, 1912-2007 (Sc 3051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3051. W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) sewing notebook of Nellie Owens, Louisville, Kentucky, containing fabric swatches and sewing samples.


Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2015

Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 533. Correspondence, military orders, and instructional materials relating to Henry Herman Denhardt’s World War I service as a field artillery officer and postwar training as an officer in the Kentucky National Guard. Includes a few personal and political items relating to Denhardt’s campaign for Governor of Kentucky.


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.


Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (Click on additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1294. Letter, 11 February 1937, written by Edna J. Grauman, Louisville, Kentucky, to Margie Helm, Western Kentucky University librarian, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the Ohio River flood in Louisville and especially its effect on the Louisville Public Library, where she was employed.


Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.


Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 342. Family correspondence of Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson, attorney, judge, and governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931. Includes correspondence of Sampson, his wife, daughter and their families, and miscellaneous papers.


Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1453. Materials concerning lotteries held to establish and operate a free public library in Louisville, Kentucky. Also, related items.