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Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3723. Petition signed by property owners and residents in the vicinity of the 100 block of State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky, opposing the proposed rezoning of land at 130-134 State Street from a light industrial to a heavy industrial district for use as an auto body and repair shop.
Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3721. Minute book of the Royal Knights, a men’s auxiliary club for the State Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3720. Miscellaneous material relating to the George Washington Carver Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky, founded by Ashula P. Williams and her daughter Dolores (Williams) Moses to serve local children. Includes children’s activity plans; meeting agendas and budgets; and workshop invitations.
County Of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
County Of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3722. Articles of incorporation and minutes of one meeting of the County of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation, a non-profit corporation acting as agent for Warren County, Kentucky, in the planning and development of new judicial and correctional facilities. Includes a letter to a Louisville, Kentucky architectural firm inviting a proposal for the project.
Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 763. Personal papers of the Moses family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of related Covington and Williams family members. Includes some materials relating to the Southern Queen Hotel, operated by the families to serve African American guests from 1945-1975.
Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 762. Minute books of the Ladies Art Club, an African-American women’s club in Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose objectives included social and charitable activities and annual exhibits of sewing work.
Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3719. Constitution and bylaws of the Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky, as amended from 1990 to 2012. Includes a brochure for this non-profit computer help organization.
Eastwood Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eastwood Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3718. Records of Eastwood Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1963-1966: reports of Treasurer, Sunday School, and Trustees; Visitation and Building Planning Committee reports; and church rolls.
Porter Et Al. V. Mccormack Et Al. - Warren Circuit Court (Sc 3717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter Et Al. V. Mccormack Et Al. - Warren Circuit Court (Sc 3717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3717. Case file for L.R. Porter and Lizzie Porter v J. N. McCormack, John H. Blackburn, Henry James and Tom Potter (Warren County, Kentucky Circuit Court) relating to a restraining order secured by Luther R. Porter of Bowling Green to block the removal of his smallpox-infected daughter and the rest of the family to the local pest house. Includes affidavits of physicians, public health officials and locals familiar with the pest house. The restraining order was subsequently lifted by a Louisville judge. Also includes a 1902 Courier-Journal …
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3713. Photographs, floor plans, and specifications relating to a proposed restoration of the Reservoir Hill Pump House, Bowling Green, Kentucky, as an office for the Landmark Association.
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Sc 3712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3712. Narrative, photographs, and floor plans relating to a proposed restoration of “Potter Castle,” the former home of James Erasmus Potter at 1310 College Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hill, John W., 1836-1928 (Sc 3708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, John W., 1836-1928 (Sc 3708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3708. Letters of John W. Hill, a sergeant in Terry’s Texas Rangers of the Confederate Army, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky and vicinity. Recovering from measles, he recounts the illnesses of some of his comrades, and scouting expeditions in which they experienced a skirmish and stole livestock from Union men. He also describes the battle and casualties at Woodsonville, Kentucky. Includes letters from Hill’s brother Robert (Bob), serving as assistant surgeon with the company, remarking on the fortifications at Bowling Green and the possibility that Union troops would find a “second Manassas” if …
Knapp, Obadiah Mead, 1841-1921 (Sc 3707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knapp, Obadiah Mead, 1841-1921 (Sc 3707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3707. Letters of Connecticut native Obadiah M. Knapp, written during his U.S. Army Civil War service. A steward at the Army’s General Hospital in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he writes of conflict between the hospital surgeon, with whom Knapp wishes to advance his medical studies, and a commanding officer. He also describes the welcome arrival of a chaplain, local prejudices against Northerners and abolitionists, the threat of guerrillas, and the development of hospital facilities in Bowling Green to treat both whites and African Americans. The original letters are held by the University of Texas …