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Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1550. Graduate Western Kentucky University geography paper by Edward J. Smith in which he examines the history of the buildings in the 100 block of Main Street and the 800 block of Adams Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 189. Appointment books and financial records relating to Graham's Bowling Green, Kentucky dental practice in the 1930s. Includes information about his education, Kiwanis club activities, and copies of family photographs.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 31. Manuscripts, letters, writings, etc., of the Thomas family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, including sermons and speeches of Frank Morehead Thomas, Methodist minister (1868-1921); and poems, essays and newspaper articles written by his mother, Elizabeth (Wright) Thomas (1842-1931). Full-text scans are available (Click on "Additional Files" below) for the Spanish-American War letters that Frank Thomas sent home to his family.
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Selected items from the collection can be viewed in full text by clicking on the "Additional Files" links below.
Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 26. Correspondence and legal papers, 1894-1941, of B.F. Procter, 1848-1944, a Bowling Green lawyer; and correspondence, 1899-1932, speeches, diaries, and Stockton genealogy of Lila Pendleton Procter, 1850-1932. Correspondence, sermons, 1866-1889, journal, and notebook of J.M. Pendleton, 1811-1891, a minister of the First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, from 1837-1857. Includes a 1932 affidavit detailing the history of Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 24. "Recollections of Bowling Green, Kentucky", written by Elise Dulaney in 1961 with emphasis on the Covington, Dulaney, and Wells families, various individuals, Christ Episcopal Church, and local schools. Also cemetery deed, 1881; Warren County tax receipt, 1882; letters, 1953-1962 (6); and miscellaneous items.
Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1544. Hines's diary records information about his daily activities and social events in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1895. It also includes information about weather and Hines' living expenses.
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1547. Report, dated 14 November 2007, that documents payments made on behalf of the Bowling Green Rotary Club to community members in Kasigau, Kenya, so they could attend school. Includes receipts and thank you letters from students.
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1539. Note from Corinne C. McCormack, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking Lida Calvert Obenchain (pen name "Eliza Calvert Hall") for the donation of her book, "A Book of Hand Woven Coverlets" to the Woman's Library, and Obenchain's reply.
Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Mss 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 (Mss 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 174. Includes personal and business correspondence of Margaret Morehead Hobson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to oil and gas exploration in south-central Kentucky. Collection also includes nature notebook containing flora and fauna sketches done by Hobson as a child, Hobson family genealogy, some small artwork done for interior decorating, and information about Riverview at Hobson Grove.
Bennett, Mackie E. (Smith), 1880-1966 (Mss 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bennett, Mackie E. (Smith), 1880-1966 (Mss 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 5. Center Street Elementary School (Bowling Green, Kentucky) grade books and various club records kept by Mackie E. (Smith) Bennett, a Warren County, Kentucky native. Includes a large group of records related to the Sue Young Sewing Circle of Bowling Green's State Street Methodist Church, 1915-1948. Full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) have been made of the material related to the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary (Box 1, Folder 7).
Kerr, William Bugg, 1894-1993 (Sc 1317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kerr, William Bugg, 1894-1993 (Sc 1317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1317. William Bugg Kerr, a Bowling Green, Kentucky educator, businessman and farmer, records his philosophy and his reminiscences, for his family, in his paper titled "The High Road."
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1313. Letter written by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., to clergyman H.F. McChesney, Bowling Green, Kentucky, commenting on the newly enacted Social Security Act and asking for data about his community's needs.
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dunbar, Elijah, 1821-1911 (Sc 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1335. Letter written by Elijah Dunbar from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother in Canton, Massachusetts. Evidently he and an associate were traveling piano salesmen. Dunbar vividly describes the terrible road conditions between Bowling Green and Elkton, Kentucky.
Douglas, Albert Ray, 1916-2009 (Mss 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Douglas, Albert Ray, 1916-2009 (Mss 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 185. Correspondence, clippings, programs, and directories collected by Douglas and his wife, Grace Fields Douglas, related to the Bowling Green High School classes of 1934 and 1935 and their respective 50th reunions in 1984 and 1985. Also included is a 1928 autograph album kept by Mr. Douglas.
Moore, Charles Minor, 1859-1940 (Sc 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Charles Minor, 1859-1940 (Sc 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1387. Reminiscences of C. Minor Moore, who came to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1879 or 1880 to work for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He describes the town and lists many railroad employees.
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1346. Chiefly letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough, Jr., to his Bowling Green, Kentucky parents, while serving in the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army in California and Japan. Also associated family data.
Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 81. Incoming family and courtship letters of Dee Taylor of Butler and Warren Counties, 1880-1888 (38), and her daughter, Dixie Dee Taylor of Warren County, 1903-1913 (48). Also letters and receipt received by other family members and a Warren County rent bond, [1883?].
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Organizational records including minutes, yearbooks, financial records, constitution, by-laws, history, correspondence, photos, and newspaper articles related to the Twentieth Century Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club made up of twenty female members.
Denton, David Alan, 1915-1977 (Sc 1500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Denton, David Alan, 1915-1977 (Sc 1500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1500. Contract and bills concerning a house built by contractor Alan Denton at 1011 Park Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Edna Enochs Booker.
Dulaney, Clara (Covington), 1854-1933 - Letter To (Sc 1496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney, Clara (Covington), 1854-1933 - Letter To (Sc 1496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1496. Letter written by M.E.P. to Clara (Covington) Dulaney, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the opening of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green on 7 December 1913.
Harris, Frances T. (Sc 1494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, Frances T. (Sc 1494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1494. Paper entitled "Some Old Southern Gentlemen of Bowling Green, [Kentucky]", written by Frances T. Harris for a WKU English class. Inlcudes brief biographies of several prominent men of Bowling Green.
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 138. Vietnam War letters written by Robert Michael Bradley to his parents Sue and Henry Bradley, Jr., of Bowling Green, Kentucky documenting his tour in Vietnam, July 6, 1968-July 5, 1969. Includes information about 1st Cavalry Division, Agent Orange, MIA/POW's, veterans issues, and Gerard-Gerard funeral home, 1860-1950.
Thomas, Richard Curd Pope, 1872-1939 (Sc 1486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Richard Curd Pope, 1872-1939 (Sc 1486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1486. Speeches made throughout Kentucky by Richard Curd Pope Thomas at various fraternal, civic, educational, and religious events. Also includes several poems written by John A. Logan. A patriotic speech given during the Spanish-American War is available as a full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Hall (Sc 1482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Hall (Sc 1482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1482. Specifications, receipts and notes related to the construction of Bowling Green City Hall, 1907-1908.
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 164. Correspondence of George Matthew Love and Nora (Sullivan) Love of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and their children: Ruel, Margaret, and George Marshall Love, Sr. The bulk of the letters date from 1922 to 1949 and contain information about the family and local happenings in Bowling Green.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1481. Receipt, 1860, for tuition paid by Joseph D. Duncan for his two daughters (Drucilla A. Duncan and Eliza Cornelia Duncan) to attend school at Percival B. Hawkins's school in Bowling Green, Kentucky.