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Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Collector (Sc 3622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Collector (Sc 3622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3622. Autographs of six authors, collected by WKU English professor Frances Richards.
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 3562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 3562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Autograph album of Lelia E. Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing entries by friends, family, and schoolmates at Bowling Green Female College.
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 3487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 3487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3487. Letter, 26 May 1969, from Governor Louie B. Nunn of Kentucky to orchestra leader Lee Maxfield, Washington, D.C., enclosing a newspaper article autographed by Nunn at Maxfield’s request. The article reports on the gift of a mule to Nunn by the director of an advocacy group for the poor, parodying a recent gift to Nunn and his fellow Republican governors of a thoroughbred colt, and Nunn’s response to the attempt to embarrass him.
Joiner-Rogers Collection (Mss 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Joiner-Rogers Collection (Mss 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 590. Personal and professional papers of Christian County, Kentucky teacher and administrator Erleen (Joiner) Rogers, and novels, poems, skits, epigrams and witticisms written by her father, Robert Tinnon Joiner. Includes a collection of Joiner’s writings titled Nonsense and Wisdom From Flat Lick, Rogers’ family history titled Seven Generations in and From Flat Lick, other family data, and photographs.
Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 573. Correspondence and papers of of the Pool, Keel and Beauchamp families of Metcalfe (formerly Barren) County, Kentucky. Includes papers of related families: Mitchell, Clark, Rogers, Cook, Shirley Yates, and others. Civil War letters include a letter from James F. Keel (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescript) describing activity at Nashville, Tennessee in July 1862.
Fulkerson, Joseph Gerald, 1923-2013 And Josephine (Woodward) Fulkerson, 1926-2016 (Sc 2995), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulkerson, Joseph Gerald, 1923-2013 And Josephine (Woodward) Fulkerson, 1926-2016 (Sc 2995), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2995. Autograph album of Josephine (Woodward) Fulkerson, 1937; and “Memories West Louisville High School 1942-1992,” a souvenir booklet belonging to Joseph G. Fulkerson, with biographical data on the members of his 1942 high school graduating class.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 552. Personal and professional correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian. Includes ancestral and family correspondence and papers, photographs, and genealogical research on the Helm, Carson, Porter, Blakey and related families.
Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
Hutcheson, Clarence W., 1871-1956 (Sc 2897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hutcheson, Clarence W., 1871-1956 (Sc 2897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2897. Autograph album of Clarence Hutcheson, Auburn, Kentucky, presented to him by his teacher, N. M. Price.
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 525. Correspondence, business and farm records, and genealogical data of the Carpenter family of Warren County, Kentucky, primarily Jonathan T. Carpenter, his son Luther M. Carpenter, and Luther’s children. Includes some correspondence and papers of members of the Tucker and Hardcastle families.
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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).
Read Family Papers (Sc 1350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Read Family Papers (Sc 1350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1350. Letters and business papers chiefly of the Read family, Shelby County, Kentucky, 1856-1890; also Presley George business papers, 1840-1855; letter (1877) and article (1989) of Columbus, Kansas financier Robert A. Long; and autograph album of John E. Tyler, 1887-1890.
Whitley, Evelyn Marie, 1925-1998 (Sc 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitley, Evelyn Marie, 1925-1998 (Sc 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1297. Autograph book of Evelyn Marie Whitley, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, 1939-1940; her composition book containing verses for use in autograph books; and scrapbook pages on which she records social activities, 1940-1942.
Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2802. Page from an autograph book, inscribed "Best wishes, Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943."
Autographs - Political (Sc 1234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Autographs - Political (Sc 1234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1234. Autographs of Robert T. Lincoln as U.S. Secretary of War and Frederick T. Frelinghuysen as U.S. Secretary of State.
Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2752. Autograph book of Nancy Arianna “Anna” (Sloss) Watkins, Simpson County, Kentucky, with entries from 1857-1865. Many of the contributors included poems. Also includes locks of hair found in the autograph book.
Hill, Waller B., 1857-1942 (Sc 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, Waller B., 1857-1942 (Sc 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 687. Copy of the 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. Waller B. Hill, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, asked various Bowling Green citizens to read it and inscribe their impressions on pages he had added to the front of the book.
Lyle, Allene P., 1919-2010 (Sc 2663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lyle, Allene P., 1919-2010 (Sc 2663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2663. Autograph book kept by Allene P. Lyle while a student at College High School, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1933; and a small notebook containing holographic and printed remedies and prescriptions,
Ground, Frankie, 1930-2020 (Sc 822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ground, Frankie, 1930-2020 (Sc 822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 822. Three autograph albums of Frankie Ground, Warren County, Kentucky, containing signatures of classmates, teachers, friends, and family from Three Forks Schools, 1941-1944 (two separate albums), and North Warren High School, 1949.
Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 437. Correspondence of Ruth and Helen E. Robinson, chiefly with cousins and other family members. Most of the letters are incoming Christmas cards filled with family information.
Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 511. Autograph album covering the period that Gardner was a student at Southern Normal School and Business College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also, copy of 1962 newspaper interview with the 97 year old Gardner.
Decantillon, Mary E. (Sc 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Decantillon, Mary E. (Sc 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 514. Autograph album of Mary E. DeCantillon of Louisville, Kentucky, which contains essays as well as autographs.
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 479. Certificate of appointment for Walter Thomas as Coroner of Warren County, 1812, and certificate of appointment as Justice of the Peace in Warren County, 1814. Both certificates are signed by Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky.
Autographs (Sc 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Autographs (Sc 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 460. Photostat of signatures of prominent early Kentuckians, found in the records of Nelson County, Kentucky. Names have been dated and clipped from documents and pasted on a single sheet.
Stockdale, Elizabeth Ann, 1821-1840 (Sc 507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stockdale, Elizabeth Ann, 1821-1840 (Sc 507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 507. Autograph album of Elizabeth Ann Stockdale, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, which contains essays as well as poems. Includes a poem written in 1869 for Miss Stockdale’s mother after Elizabeth Stockdale’s death. Also, a loose holographic copy of one of the album’s poems.
Burnam, Mattie, 1865-1924 (Sc 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burnam, Mattie, 1865-1924 (Sc 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 509. Autograph album, 1879-1881, of Miss Burnam of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes sentiments written by Lida Calvert who later published under the name Eliza Calvert Hall.
Potter, Blanche Genevieve (Jamison), 1860-1942 (Sc 512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Potter, Blanche Genevieve (Jamison), 1860-1942 (Sc 512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 512. Autograph album covering the years that Miss Jamison, of Nashville, Tennessee, was a student at Ward Seminary, Nashville, Tennessee. In 1881 Miss Jamison married J. Whit Potter of Bowling Green.
Campbell, May E. (Sc 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, May E. (Sc 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 510. Autograph album of May E. Campbell, Newport, Kentucky, 1883-1885, which contains autographs of Bowling Green, Kentucky friends. Also, a 1972 letter from Florence Cooksey, Madison, Wisconsin, a relative of Miss Campbell.