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Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (click of "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2510. Letter of C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger Alexander, written from Gallatin, Tennessee, to her granddaughter Lelia, presumably in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She mentions local social activities and refers to a recent fire in Bowling Green.
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 236. Photocopies and typescript of 2 March 1862 letter written by Mrs. Josephine (Wells) Covington, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her father, Judge Robert William Wells of Missouri. She relates happenings in Bowling Green during its occupation and later evacuation by Confederate troops (18 September 1861-14 February 1862). Also includes information about Mrs. Covington and the Covington family. The original 2 March 1862 letter is housed at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Mss 89), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Mss 89), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 89. Pattern pieces for articles of women’s clothing, primarily jackets or shirtwaists, used in Taylor’s Bowling Green, Kentucky dressmaking business. The pieces are made of paper and in some cases carry penciled notations of names, presumably of the client(s) for whom the garment was being made.
Browning Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Browning Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and photograph (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Collection 301. Constitutions, minutes, club histories, membership and program materials of the Browning Club, a women's literary club founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1895.
Davis, Martha Anne, 1936-2010 (Mss 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Martha Anne, 1936-2010 (Mss 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 303. Three volumes of autobiographical musings, generally in poetic form, related to the life of Martha Anne Davis, the producer of a comedy show titled "2 Funny" which aired on local access cable television in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1991 to 2001. A title index to the writings is available, as well as one of Davis's business cards.
Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2025. "Women and Work at the Turn of the Century: The Mrs. A. H. Taylor Dressmaking Company," M.A. thesis submitted by Theresa L. Jureka to WKU Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies.
Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2024. "A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination of Her Role in Fashion at the Turn of the Century," M.S. thesis submitted by Janice Faye Walker Centers to WKU Department of Home Economics and Family Living. Includes typescripts of correspondence with descendants of Taylor and her customers.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2019. Minute book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some financial information and related correspondence.
Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 95. Reminiscences of Martha W. Jackson, sister of Mary Frances (Jackson) Grider, 1829-1909, and sister-in-law of Tobias Smith Grider, 1824-1882. An account of affairs in Bowling Green, Kentucky during her lifetime, with emphasis on the Civil War period.
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 1741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 1741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1741. Letter to Cora Eliza Gossom, 12 November 1884, from her mother Mildred (Ballenger) Gossom, Glasgow Junction, Kentucky; photocopy of photograph of Gossom home; obituary for Mary (Mrs. Charles A.) Gossom.
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1722. Diary kept 10 December 1860 to 8 September 1862 by Johanna "Josie" Louisa Underwood, eldest daughter of a prominent pro-Union family in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She vividly records her thoughts and activities about Bowling Green's occupation by Confederate troops, the harassment of her family, strained friendships, and the destruction of her home.
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 1700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 1700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1700. Photocopy of a daily diary kept by Lelia Emmaline Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She discusses shopping excursions downtown, courtship, fashion, and general community events. The handwriting is quite difficult to read.
Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Mss 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Mss 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 174. Includes personal and business correspondence of Margaret Morehead Hobson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to oil and gas exploration in south-central Kentucky. Collection also includes nature notebook containing flora and fauna sketches done by Hobson as a child, Hobson family genealogy, some small artwork done for interior decorating, and information about Riverview at Hobson Grove.
Bennett, Mackie E. (Smith), 1880-1966 (Mss 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bennett, Mackie E. (Smith), 1880-1966 (Mss 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 5. Center Street Elementary School (Bowling Green, Kentucky) grade books and various club records kept by Mackie E. (Smith) Bennett, a Warren County, Kentucky native. Includes a large group of records related to the Sue Young Sewing Circle of Bowling Green's State Street Methodist Church, 1915-1948. Full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) have been made of the material related to the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary (Box 1, Folder 7).
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Organizational records including minutes, yearbooks, financial records, constitution, by-laws, history, correspondence, photos, and newspaper articles related to the Twentieth Century Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club made up of twenty female members.
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1443. Autograph book, 1953-1954, of Richardson, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 38. Correspondence, Civil War military and personal papers, business papers, land records, scrapbooks, account books, clippings, and genealogical records of the Lewis and Starling families of Logan and Christian counties in Kentucky, and associated families.
Order Of The Eastern Star - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Order Of The Eastern Star - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 104. Includes applications and transfer papers (238) for members of the Park City Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also included is a brief, undated history of the chapter, lyrics to an anniversary song, a few yearbooks, and miscellaneous programs.