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Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green Collection (Mss 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 49. Correspondence of the Green family, Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky, including business papers and account books, and correspondence for several generations of the Robert Wilmot Scott family, originally of Frankfort, Kentucky.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 54. Original wills, made mostly in Warren County, Kentucky from 1798-1881, but including wills made elsewhere. Also includes some legal documents relating to wills. A name index is included in the finding aid. The is only a small portion of the original wills filed at the Warren County courthouse form 1798 to 1915.
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 241. Correspondence; financial and legal papers; genealogy and other material related to the Temple family of Warren County, Kentucky, particularly that of Adalaska L. and Mary Camilla (Miller) Temple and their daughter Ruth Hines Temple. Over 400 pieces of artwork on paper by the latter are found in the collection, including pencil, as well as, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other graphic and creative design work.
Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 329. Correspondence of Max B. Nahm relating mainly to his involvement with the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the Kentucky National Park Commission in the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes some Association and Commission minutes. Also includes some of Nahm's speeches, writings, personal photographs, and material relating to the Nahm family.
Mcchord, William Caldwell, 1850-1928 (Sc 2323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcchord, William Caldwell, 1850-1928 (Sc 2323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2323. Paper by William Caldwell McChord titled "Memoirs of William Caldwell McChord, Springfield, Kentucky." The paper details McChord's upbringing, education, experience in the Civil War, and legal and political career in Washington County, Kentucky. Includes an account of the claim that Washington County was Abraham Lincoln's true birthplace. Also includes genealogical information on the McChords and related families.
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Furman A., 1834-1918 - Collector (Sc 2299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2299. Chiefly incoming letters which concern an estate settlement for Abraham Smith and family news. Civil War-era letters written by William Riley Smith (Click on "Additional Files" below) contain comments about the war and contain expressions of his attitudes toward African Americans. Also includes a church letter of transfer for Furman Smith and his wife and a small amount of genealogical information about the Smith family.
Johnson & Hardin, Attorneys (Sc 2321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson & Hardin, Attorneys (Sc 2321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2321. Memorandum, 22 June 1866, of Johnson & Hardin, Attorneys, explaining the procedure for bringing an indictment against three men for "outrages committed on persons of color" in Nelson County, Kentucky.
Warren County, Kentucky - World War Ii Servicemen (Mss 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - World War Ii Servicemen (Mss 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 326. Data and newspaper clippings on U.S. military personnel from Warren County, collected during their service in World War II. The seventy pages of names includes women and African Americans.
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Mss 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 323. Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.
Porter, Ora Frances, 1880-1970 (Sc 2291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Ora Frances, 1880-1970 (Sc 2291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2291. Letter, 6 November 1966, from Ora Frances Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her nephew Robert Earl Whitney and his wife Verla; correspondence with Verla Whitney relating to Porter after her death; undated photo of Porter; 1968 letter to the editor of the "Daily News" from Margie Helm reviewing Porter's career as a registered nurse; two books from Porter's library.
Porter, Otho Dandrith, 1867-1936 (Sc 2292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Otho Dandrith, 1867-1936 (Sc 2292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2292. Receipt for $1.00 to Banks Lovell signed by Otho Dandrith Porter, an African-American physician in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2235. Listing of those members of the African American community buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1940-1978. Section and lot numbers for the graves are given, but death dates are given only occasionally.
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 316. Session books of the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes session minutes and membership lists. An index of all members from 1819-1888 includes members of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1866-1884.
Thornton, Theresa Boyd (Sc 2210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornton, Theresa Boyd (Sc 2210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2210. Paper: "A Church of Their Own", a history of Cecilia Memorial Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes a photograph of the church and notes from Thornton's interviews.
Shady Grove Baptist Church - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 2217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shady Grove Baptist Church - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 2217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2217. Compilation of membership data in minute book of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes member's name, date of admission and dismissal, and miscellaneous information. Both white and African American members are listed.
Sandy Creek Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sandy Creek Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 313. Minute books of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of church meetings and lists of both white and African-American members.
Munfordville Presbyterian Church - Munfordville, Kentucky (Sc 2197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Munfordville Presbyterian Church - Munfordville, Kentucky (Sc 2197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2197. Minute book of Munfordville Presbyterian Church, Hart County, Kentucky. Includes meeting minutes and membership lists of whites and African Americans.
Seventy Six Baptist Church - Cumberland County, Kentucky (Mss 310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seventy Six Baptist Church - Cumberland County, Kentucky (Mss 310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 310. Record books of Seventy Six Baptist Church (originally Cumberland County), Kentucky. Includes constituion, principles of union, rules of decorum, minutes of church meetings, and membership lists of whites and African Americans.
Stony Point United Baptist Church - Clinton County, Kentucky (Sc 2190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stony Point United Baptist Church - Clinton County, Kentucky (Sc 2190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Record book of Stony Point United Baptist Church, Clinton County, Kentucky. Includes declaration of faith and rules of order, meeting minutes 1884-1899, lists of white and African American members 1871-1923, pledge lists 1919 and 1942, and correspondence from 1955.
Smiths Grove Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smiths Grove Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 967. Record Books 2 and 3 of Smiths Grove Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes for 1849-1885 (Book 2) and 1885-1934 (Book 3). Also includes constitution, rules of decorum, lists of pastors and members, and historical sketches prepared in 1924 and 1985.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church - Daviess County, Kentucky (Mss 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church - Daviess County, Kentucky (Mss 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 299. Minute books of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Daviess County. Includes minutes of meetings, 1838-1959, membership lists, and histories of the church.
Liberty Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Liberty Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 688. Minute book of Liberty Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes rules of decorum, minutes of meetings, and lists of white and African American members.
Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mount Tabor Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2162. Minute book of Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes articles of faith, minutes of meetings, and lists of white and African American members.
Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Sc 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Sc 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans of representative pages from minutes book as well as other documents (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 612. Record book of Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and lists of white and African American members. A typescript of the record book includes a short historical note and a list of pastors from 1805-1932.
Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Statenfield Sabbath School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Minute book of Statenfield Sabbath School, Barren County, Kentucky, from 1892-1898. Includes minutes of meetings and a list of pupils. Also includes a 1990 newspaper clipping about restoration efforts for Statenfield Black Baptist Church.
Beaver Dam Baptist Church - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beaver Dam Baptist Church - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 620. Record book of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Rhoda, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists of whites and African Americans. Meetings frequently concern disciplinary actions against members.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 1175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1175. Minute book of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings from 1804-1854 and members register of whites and African Americans. Also included is an 1863 letter describing the condition of the church.
Cane Springs Baptist Church Of Christ - Madison County, Kentucky (Sc 2157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cane Springs Baptist Church Of Christ - Madison County, Kentucky (Sc 2157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2157. Typescript of the minute books of Cane Springs Baptist Church of Christ, Madison County, Kentucky. Includes church covenant, meeting minutes 1838-1881 (pp. 10-49), 1803-1841 (pp. 50-96), 1883-1896 (pp. 97-112), and membership lists.
Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2155. Minute book of the Mount Tabor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes membership registers.