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Park City Coal Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Park City Coal Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 319. Collection consists of two of the coal company's account books, 1901-1902, and 1909-1910. Entries list the purchases of coal by individuals and businesses as well as company expenses and cash on hand.
Van Winkle, Loretta (Sc 2253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Winkle, Loretta (Sc 2253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2253. Paper: "Josephine Calvert, 1864-1956, Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Loretta Van Winkle for a history class at Western Kentucky University. The paper is a biographical look at Calvert, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, and her family. The paper is based on a collection of family letters in the Kentucky Library & Museum, WKU.
Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2257. Portion of a deposition provided by Nathaniel Francis Cheairs in a claims case related to damages done to the property of Larkin F. Baker when a Civil War fortification known as Baker's Hill was constructed by Confederate forces on his property at Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1861. The original of this document is in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2260. Card, with picture of his home, sent by T.C. Cherry to teacher Kathleen Brashear, prior to the outbreak of World War II. Also, related correspondence and biographical material about Brashear.
T. C. Cherry Elementary School - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
T. C. Cherry Elementary School - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2247. Application to secure historical highway marker for T.C. Cherry Elementary School located at 1001 Liberty Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Prepared by Kate C. Cline. Includes completed application and supporting material.
African American Heritage In Bowling Green And Warren County, Kentucky (Fa 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African American Heritage In Bowling Green And Warren County, Kentucky (Fa 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 509. This collection contains tape recorded interviews conducted by Maxine Ray and Theresa Lee. the interviews deal with the heritage of African Americans in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky. This project was sponsored by a grant from the Kentucky Oral History Commission.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, 1877-1913 (Mss 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, 1877-1913 (Mss 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and copy of a "Death Return" (click on Additional File below) for Manuscripts Collection 293. To view scanned copies of the records, click on the individual folders; they are links to the contents of that particular folder. Physician's death certificates and undertaker's certificates relating to permits for burials wihin the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes information on the deceased's date and cause of death, age, race, marital status, place of birth, residence, and date and place of intended interment. May include other documentation when a death occurred outside Warren County, Kentucky.
Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2228. Correspondence, minutes and programs relating to Cook’s service on the Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital Commission Advisory Board and the board of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc. The materials concern the relocation of the hospital and the organization of the Free Enterprise Fair, an event sponsored jointly by Western Kentucky University and the Bowling Green-Warren County Chamber of Commerce. Includes a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc.
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
That Other Club, 1966-2010 (Sc 2222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
That Other Club, 1966-2010 (Sc 2222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2222. Minutes, brief history by James D. Harris, Jr., and sundry correspondence related to That Other Club, a men's literary club founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1966. Minutes are brief and generally include those in attendance and the program topic.
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Toomey, Lawrence Otto, 1903-1992 (Sc 2212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2212. Lawrence Otto Toomey's memoir titled "Duty in the Medical Corps Reserves, May 11, 1942-January 30, 1966," dealing chiefly with his service in the Pacific during World War II. Also includes a copy of his obituary.
Thornton, Theresa Boyd (Sc 2210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornton, Theresa Boyd (Sc 2210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 2215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 2215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2215. Paper: "Pleasant J. Potter College for Young Ladies" written for a journalism class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College; also a reminscence about Bowling Green's First Christian Church as well as Tyler's obituary.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2206. Correspondence relating to the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, a Bowling Green, Kentucky dressmaking firm. Includes letters from customers and a measurement questionnaire. A letter by an unidentified writer recommends the wages paid by Mrs. Taylor. Includes transcriptions of the letters made by Western Kentucky University student Theresa L. Jureka for her 1983 thesis on Taylor, and one unrelated letter from a father to his son.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2205. Payroll book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, a Bowling Green dressmaking firm, listing names of employees, number of days worked per week, and pay rates. Includes a 1992 letter advising of the death of the donor of the book.
Hunter, Kevin (Sc 2428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, Kevin (Sc 2428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2428. Two papers written by Kevin Hunter in the late-1970s related to the Quigley-Younglove Building, 900 State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The papers were written for history classes at Western Kentucky University. Also includes news clippings about the structure.
Moore, Robert And George Moore (Mss 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Robert And George Moore (Mss 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 318. Documents related to a nineteenth century lawsuit involving members of Bowling Green's prominent Moore family, particularly brothers George and Robert Moore. Information gleaned from Barren County court records by Gladys B. Wilson.
Browning Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Browning Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and photograph (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Collection 301. Constitutions, minutes, club histories, membership and program materials of the Browning Club, a women's literary club founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1895.
Young, Edward Green, 1857-1948 (Mss 309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, Edward Green, 1857-1948 (Mss 309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 309. Materials related to Edward Green Young's service as a delegate from Warren County to the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1916 to 1920. Also family correspondence and items concerning his farming operations.
Kirby, Jacob Quince, Sr., B. 1875 (Sc 2169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kirby, Jacob Quince, Sr., B. 1875 (Sc 2169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2169. Letter from Jacob Quince Kirby, Sr., a former city clerk, to Mary (Taylor) Moore, describing his efforts to transfer old records of the City of Bowling Green to the Kentucky Library. Includes some incidents of Kirby family history.
Lampkin, Clifton Wallace, 1884-1959 (Sc 2173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lampkin, Clifton Wallace, 1884-1959 (Sc 2173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2173. Materials related to Clifton Wallace Lampkin, the mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1953-1959. Includes correspondence, award certificates and appreciations of his philanthropy, a photograph, and a resolution passed on his death by American National Bank and Trust Company. Also includes letters from two post-World War II refugees thanking him for aid packages.
Davis, Martha Anne, 1936-2010 (Mss 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Martha Anne, 1936-2010 (Mss 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 303. Three volumes of autobiographical musings, generally in poetic form, related to the life of Martha Anne Davis, the producer of a comedy show titled "2 Funny" which aired on local access cable television in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1991 to 2001. A title index to the writings is available, as well as one of Davis's business cards.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars - John Hicks Post No. 1682 (Sc 2158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Veterans Of Foreign Wars - John Hicks Post No. 1682 (Sc 2158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2158. Certificate of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States authorizing establishment of John Hicks Post No. 1682 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Certificate lists the names of 44 African Americans constituting the post.
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas Family Papers (Mss 265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and photograph (additional file) for Manuscript Collection 265. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, genealogical material, and photographs of the Lucas family of Warren County, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Nathaniel Lucas (d. 1807 in Warren County), his children, and one of his descendants, Miss Nancy Clyde Lucas.
Bowling Green High School - Reunions, 1960 (Sc 2150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green High School - Reunions, 1960 (Sc 2150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2150. Correspondence related to the 1960 reunion of the Bowling Green High School class of 1940. The letters were chiefly written to one of the organizing committee members, Frances (Robinson) Russell of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of class members.
Morris, Hiram Chesterfield, 1880-1949 (Sc 2124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morris, Hiram Chesterfield, 1880-1949 (Sc 2124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2124. Legal papers, chiefly deeds and mortgages, related to land transfers among the Mitchell, Buckner, and Morris families of Simpson and Warren Counties. Also includes genealogical information concerning the Buckner, Morris, and Hegewald families.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Water-Sewer-Sanitation Commission (Sc 2135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Water-Sewer-Sanitation Commission (Sc 2135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2135. Letter from Allen A. Ball, Commission engineer, to Mayor James H. Topmiller, and minutes of meeting between Commission and contractor to discuss citizen complaints over inconveniences caused by sewer expansion project.
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 242. Letters to John Dudley Cosby, Muhlenberg County, and his family, from other family members in Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi. Includes genealogical data, some of Cosby's personal papers, and his estate inventory.