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Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2879. Photocopy of decision of Kentucky Court of Appeals in Danaher v. Hopkins, rendered on 24 October 2014. The court rules on an appeal from the Warren Circuit Court regarding custody of the child of the parties in the case.
Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS 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.
Mcclure, James (Lg 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclure, James (Lg 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 141. Typescript copy of a land grant, 1 June 1835, by which William Carroll, Governor of Tennessee, granted to James McClure, 3900 acres in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 140. Typescript copy of a land grant, 2 July 1808, by which John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee, granted to Charles Meriwether, assignee of John Gray Blount and Thomas Blount, 117 acres in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
Rascoe Family Papers (Sc 2878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rascoe Family Papers (Sc 2878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2878. News clippings and holographic genealogical record related to how the Rascoe family was related to Daniel Boone. Also includes a photograph of the Rascoe boys and a friend with a basketball in front of the barn on the Rascoe homeplace in Daviess County, Kentucky.
Merriwether, James H. (Lg 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Merriwether, James H. (Lg 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 138. Typescript copy of a land grant, 1 November 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to James Merriwether 480 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
Johnson, David T. (Lg 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, David T. (Lg 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 139. Typescript copy of a land grant, 20 January 1851, by which Millard Fillmore, President of the United States of America, granted to David T. Johnson, assignee of Nathaniel L. Ragland, 160 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 521. Scrapbooks (2) documenting the life and times of journalist George Morrow Mayo and his fashion designer wife Muriel L. Van Norden. Scrapbooks contain a historical narrative, articles written by Mr. Mayo, as well as photographs and other ephemera such as postcards, small maps, etc. Also includes news clippings, photos of Mayo’s Family and an autographed copy of his book Los Angeles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 193)
Merriwether, James H. (Lg 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Merriwether, James H. (Lg 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 137. Typescript copy of a land grant, November 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to James H. Merriwether 160 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
Lindquist, Olga A. (Sc 2877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lindquist, Olga A. (Sc 2877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2877. Letter, 26 July 1955, of Olga A. Lindquist, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, to Frances Richards, English teacher at Western Kentucky University. She reviews recent favorable publicity for Berea College, refers to Richards’s recent visit, and encloses a brochure announcing publication of Elisabeth S. Peck’s book, Berea’s First Century 1855-1955.
Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1262. Paper, “The Fairy Belle,” written by Melissa Ebelhar for a WKU history class. She discusses the service of her grandfather, Lucian D. Keller, Owensboro, Kentucky, as a waist gunner in the 392nd Air Force Division in Europe during World War II.
Bailey, William Shreve, 1806-1886 (Sc 2876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bailey, William Shreve, 1806-1886 (Sc 2876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2876. Letter, 20 August 1860, of William Shreve Bailey, Newport, Kentucky, to Mrs. E. J. Hotchkiss. Bailey, the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Free South, thanks her for her subscription, reports that he has resumed publication (a mob damaged his press the previous year) despite threats against him, and regrets that fellow abolitionist Cassius M. Clay “turned against” him “in a fright.” Bailey’s letterhead advises correspondents to address him at Covington because of the enmity of the pro-slavery postmaster at Newport.
Architecture On Trial: The Porters And The Pest House, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Architecture On Trial: The Porters And The Pest House, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
When young Amelia Porter contracted smallpox in September 1902, a legal battle ensued between her parents, who wanted her cared for at home, and Bowling Green, Kentucky physician and State Board of Health secretary Dr. Joseph N. McCormack, who demanded that the family be quarantined in the local "pest house" until determined not to be contagious. The lawsuit raised issues of medical expertise, individual rights vs. public safety, the adequacy of Bowling Green's quarantine hospital, and the personality and tactics of McCormack, whose crusades for public health legislation had earned him many enemies.
Landmark Report (Vol. 32, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report (Vol. 32, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report
Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.
"Future City In The Heroic Past: Rome, Romans, And Roman Landscapes In Aeneid 6–8", Eric Kondratieff
"Future City In The Heroic Past: Rome, Romans, And Roman Landscapes In Aeneid 6–8", Eric Kondratieff
History Faculty Publications
From the Intro: “Arms and the Man I sing…” So Vergil begins his epic tale of Aeneas, who overcomes tremendous obstacles to find and establish a new home for his wandering band of Trojan refugees. Were it metrically possible, Vergil could have begun with “Cities and the Man I sing,” for Aeneas’ quest for a new home involves encounters with cities of all types: ancient and new, great and small, real and unreal. These include Dido’s Carthaginian boomtown (1.419–494), Helenus’ humble neo-Troy (3.349–353) and Latinus’ lofty citadel (7.149–192). Of course, central to his quest is the destiny of Rome, whose …
Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Land Grant 133. Original land grant, 25 November 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Dillingham Dotson, assignee of Ephraim Thompson, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 134. Original land grant, 3 December 1828, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Ephraim Thompson 100 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.
May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 132. Copy of land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to William May 700 acres in Nelson County, Virginia.
Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 131. Original land grant, 24 November 1852, by which Lazarus W. Powell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Hiram Rowe, assignee of Jonathan Rowe, 50 acres in Pike County, Kentucky.
Jarvis, George P., B. 1843? (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jarvis, George P., B. 1843? (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2874. Letter, 18 February 1862, of George P. Jarvis to L.R. Jarvis and friends in Athens County, Ohio, written while he was serving with the 3rd Ohio Infantry. He describes in detail the advance of his and other regiments on Bowling Green, Kentucky, their engagements with Confederate forces, and the destruction wrought by the Confederates during their retreat. Writing from one of the “principal houses” in town, Jarvis praises the taking of Bowling Green, calling it “one of the strongholds of this state” and the “Gibraltar …
Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2875. Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.
Sebastian, Benjamin, 1741-1832 (Mss 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sebastian, Benjamin, 1741-1832 (Mss 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 523. Letters and papers of Benjamin Sebastian, associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, relating to his involvement in the Spanish Conspiracy and his response to a congressional investigation of his conduct that led to his resignation from the Court.
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.
Frazer, James (Lg 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazer, James (Lg 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 128. Partial land grant, 21 ? 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of Richard Raper 13 acres in Warren County.
Long, G. P. (Lg 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Long, G. P. (Lg 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Findng aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 129. Original land grant, 1 May 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to G. P. Long 26 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2873. Letter, 15 January 1811, of Richard Mentor Johnson to General James Wilkinson, Washington, D.C. He discusses a congressional investigation into Wilkinson’s conduct and wishes for his acquittal, speculates about the tobacco trade and the fate of Florida on the eve of the War of 1812, asks for news of St. Louis, where a nephew lives, and complains about his health, particularly his asthma.
Frazer, James (Lg 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazer, James (Lg 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 127. Partial land grant, 1 November 1811, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Frazer, assignee of William Stewart, assignee of John James, 45 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985 (Sc 2872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2872. Two letters of Harry L. Jackson, Bratenahl, Ohio, to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding selection of an artist to create murals for Bowling Green’s Hobson House. He also discusses his health treatments at Hot Springs, Virginia, and mourns the death of his cousin Mary Neal. Includes a clipping about his retirement.
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2880. “Mammoth Dome of The Mammoth Cave National Park, Plus My Ramblings,” by Frank Henry Green, a guide at Mammoth Cave National Park. The manuscript includes color llustrations,a chronology of major events relating to Mammoth Cave, and a discussion of the Mammoth Dome and other aspects of the cave.