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Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 513. Album containing autographs of Civil War Confederate soldiers. It was found on a Southern battlefield and was presented to Emily Perry of Hopkinsville, Kentucky by a friend in 1866. Includes autographs of Kentucky soldiers, some having served with John Hunt Morgan.
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 42. Correspondence, 1864-1878 (8); journal, 1852-1883; scrapbooks (2); Manuscript: “House of Madison and McDowell in Kentucky,” 1888; family genealogical data; slave records; etc., of Agatha (Rochester) Strange, 1832-1896, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 405. Journal of Nancy Elam Moore, an eldress of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, describing life in the colony during the Civil War, 1861-1863, especially visitation and exploitation by both Union and Confederate forces. Includes a diary of unknown authorship recording daily life at the colony in 1866. The original diary is owned by the Dayton [Ohio] Public Library.
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.