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Mcreynolds, John Vernon (Sc 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Mcreynolds, John Vernon (Sc 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 533. Excerpts from McReynolds family history written by Benjamin McReynolds, Methodist minister and school teacher, Butler County, Kentucky. Also, additions to the history by John Vernon McReynolds, Lewisburg, Logan County, Kentucky.


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2594. Miscellaneous letters to Margie May Helm and family members. Includes notecards and a postcard with Shaker themes. Also includes a letter to Jane Helm from a friend regarding rooming together in college, and a speech by Margie May Helm on the early history of the Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church.


Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Frances J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.


Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 - Collector (Sc 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 - Collector (Sc 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 490. Butler County tax receipts, 1887, 1890 (2); Presbyterial treasurer’s receipts of Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Logan Presbytery, 1899, 1901 (2); and postcard relating that Kentucky Synod will meet in Madisonville instead of Greenville due to an epidemic in Greenville, 17 September 1900.


Burchfield, Alonzo R., 1854-1927 (Sc 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Burchfield, Alonzo R., 1854-1927 (Sc 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 436. Teacher’s certificate, 19 August 1880, Butler County, Kentucky, for second grade, second class, and two certificates for membership in the Woodbury Lodge, Butler County, 28 March 1896.


Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2553. Marjorie Johnson’s autograph book containing messages, reminiscences, and signatures from friends, acquaintances, and classmates from Rochester High School. Includes a few news clippings and a short list of teachers from Rochester High School, 1926-1929.


Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.


Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 547. Manuscript book of recollections concerning Porter family written by John M. Porter in 1872; clippings pertaining chiefly to Porter, 1870(?)-1884; certificate of his attendance and his ribbon from The Morgan Encampment, 1883; photo of Porter, lawyer and Commonwealth’s Attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Butler County, Kentucky - Tax Book (Mss 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Butler County, Kentucky - Tax Book (Mss 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 394. Tax book, 1884-1886, for Butler County, Kentucky, containing taxpayers’ names, town and nearest neighbor (in some cases), assessed value of land and personal property, and tax paid.


Rochester Graded Common School - Butler County, Kentucky (Sc 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Rochester Graded Common School - Butler County, Kentucky (Sc 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 292. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Graded Common School, Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky, 1915-1934, at which time the Rochester district was combined with the Butler County school system. Includes miscellaneous items pertaining to the school and the merger.


Minute Books - Sunday Schools (Sc 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Minute Books - Sunday Schools (Sc 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 350. Book of the recording secretaries for Salem Baptist Sunday School, 1856-1857, and for Lebanon Baptist Sunday School, 1859-1862, both of Butler County, Kentucky.


Hay, Vincent Smiley, 1808-1863 (Sc 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Hay, Vincent Smiley, 1808-1863 (Sc 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 352. Agreement to teach school, 1829; Civil War letter written from camp near Corinth, Mississippi, 1862; manuscript book which contains record of John F. Hines’ estate of which Hay was administrator, 1859 – noted is commissioner’s fee for selling slave, 1861, and writings of Rebecca Hay Gray on various subjects—spiritualism, religion, friendship, etc., and recipes, 1876-1881.