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United States History

Western Kentucky University

2014

World War I

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Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 524. Correspondence and papers of the Tolle family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes data on the Tolle, Snoddy and Bransford families, William Daniel Tolle’s history of Barren County, and materials relating to his work as a veteran’s pension claims agent.


Northcott, Henry Clay, 1822-1918 (Mss 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Northcott, Henry Clay, 1822-1918 (Mss 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 519. Papers, primarily letters to Methodist minister Henry Clay Northcott and his daughter Annie Lou “Loulie” (Northcott) Carson. Includes a few items relating to Northcott’s wife Hannah Amanda (Lewis) Northcott and another daughter, Martha Catherine “Kate” (Northcott) Thomas.


Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid 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. Includes a World War I scrapbook created for and about Mildred's brother John (Click on "Additional Files" below).


Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2810. Letter, 30 November 1918, to Berta B. Hughes (Mrs. Charles Z.), Toledo, Ohio, from “Elliot,” a soldier stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. He expresses condolences on the death of her son Lee, refers to the death of another son, Tom, and praises her and both sons, who he describes as close friends.


Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1241. Information related to the death of Ohio County, Kentucky native Emery C. Cohron on 29 May 1918 at the Battle of Cantigny, France. Includes related World War I printed matter.