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Ferrell Family Papers (Mss 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferrell Family Papers (Mss 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 60. Correspondence of Thomas V. Ferrell, teacher and businessman, and of his wife, Winnie (58 items), and of their daughter Thelma (94 items), of Somerset, Kentucky; Ferrell family legal papers (7 items); notes of Thelma, who worked for the Somerset Journal for years; and miscellaneous receipts, clippings, etc.
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.
Smith, Mollie (Sc 2515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Mollie (Sc 2515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2515. Letters from Mollie Smith of Randolph, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, to her cousin Callie Hubbard in Auburn, Nebraska, with news of family, weather conditions and social life. Also enclosed are two letters from “Flora” to Callie’s daughters Lucy and Daisy.
Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Walker, Josephine, 1864-1944 (Sc 2498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Josephine, 1864-1944 (Sc 2498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2498. Diary kept by Josephine Walker, Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky from 4 November 1891 to 10 October 1893. She records the weather, visits, illnesses, local births and deaths, and everyday household and farm activities such as food preparation,quilting, sewing, and her piano playing. Local family names mentioned include Traylor, Diddle, Flowers, Atkins and Murrell.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2494. Letter written from Hopkinsville, Kentucky by “Abby L.” to “Annie,” possibly her sister. In addition to various witty observations and gossip, she supplies news on her health and disposition and comments about the family members with whom she is staying.