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Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 13. Interviews conducted by Teresa D. Klimowicz with Esther (Magers) Isbell, a native of Barren Coutny, Kentucky. Special attention is focused on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs while living in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Of Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Of Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 344. Correspondence, membership and financial information of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Bowling Green, Kentucky, formed to promote abstinence from alcohol and enforcement of prohibition laws. Includes some materials from the state and national WCTU.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2397. Correspondence primarily to Jane (Hines) Morningstar of Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her providing of historical and genealogical information. Includes a letter from Detrex Chemical Industries thanking her for her cooperation during a labor controversy.
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 341. Correspondence of the Wise family of Ohio County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes letters of Levi Franklin Wise, serving with Union forces in Bowling Green, Kentucky 1864. A few letters have been typescripted. Click on "Additional Files" to see several of the typescripts.
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2396. Letter, 12 January 1968, from Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn to Dr. Thomas H. Baird in Bowling Green, Kentucky, nominating him for appointment as Medical Advisor, Local Selective Service Board No. 95, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes envelope with postage due stamp.
Mayfield, Edith Evalyn, 1896-1958 (Sc 2377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayfield, Edith Evalyn, 1896-1958 (Sc 2377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2377. “The History of Journalism in Bowling Green, Ky.,” a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1926.
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2368. "The Military Career of Don Carlos Buell During the Civil War," by Robert Lee Sanders, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1937. Includes a biographical sketch of the author.
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.
Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2359. Correspondence, budgets, financial information and miscellaneous historical data relating to Franklin Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Kentucky (formerly College Street Presbyterian Church), compiled by Stella Harris for a 1960 history of the church.
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2349. Letters (5) of Lewis Gray Bowker, written from Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky while serving in Company F of the 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Includes biographical data, an image of Bowker, service records, and a letter sent to a family friend reporting on Bowker's death.
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2330. Letter, 3 October 1866, written by Joseph Rogers Underwood from his home "Ironwood" in Bowling Green, Kentucky to General J. H. Lewis regarding legal matters.
Sumpter, Virginia Carter (Ward), 1866-1933 (Sc 2335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Virginia Carter (Ward), 1866-1933 (Sc 2335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2335. Paper: "[Warren County, Kentucky History]" written by Virginia Carter (Ward) Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a literary club program.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 225. Correspondence, chiefly of the Covington family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, particularly that of Dr. Albert G. and Josephine (Wells) Covington. Also includes reference letters written to Jane (Hines) Morningstar about local history topics, including steamboats and the Hobson House Association.
Stevens Family Papers (Sc 2310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stevens Family Papers (Sc 2310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2310. Sundry papers, including letters written by Albert L. Stevens from a military hospital in Russellville, Kentucky, to his brother William J. Stevens during the Civil War (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans and typescripts). The bulk of the collection consists of deeds and indentures of various Stevens family members, particularly William J., Robert W., and William W. Stevens of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Also includes fifty Bowling Green, Kentucky city operational licenses for the Broadway Roller Mills, 1923-1974.
Sumpter, Ward Cullin, 1902-1977 (Sc 2318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Ward Cullin, 1902-1977 (Sc 2318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2318. Chemistry notebook of Ward Cullin Sumpter, probably kept about 1930 while he was a doctoral student at Yale University. Includes other miscellaneous documents: a tribute to a church's departing pastor, a draft petition in support of an anti-cigarette law, and a poem relating to the 1928 presidential election.
Stith, Mary Emma, 1892-1979 (Sc 2312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stith, Mary Emma, 1892-1979 (Sc 2312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2312. Photocopy of household furnishings inventory done by Mary Emma Stith when she resided at 533 East Main Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2314. Paper: "Professor Franz Joseph Strahm" written by Arthur Carlton White, Jr. for an "American Music" class at Western Kentucky University.
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.
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 2282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, James M., 1851-1935 (Sc 2282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2282. Brief history of the Bowling Green Christian Church, 1845-1912, written by James M. Simmons, chairman of the Board of Elders. The narrative focuses on the church's acquisition of property.
Dickerson, Rosa Belle (Praigg), 1843-1902 (Mss 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickerson, Rosa Belle (Praigg), 1843-1902 (Mss 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 327. Stories, poems and lyrics written by Rosa Belle (Praigg) Dickerson, a native of Boyle County, Kentucky and resident of Warren County, Kentucky for magazines and newspapers under her name and the pen name "Violet Woods" or "Violette Woods." Includes unpublished material, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, and speeches she delivered at her college graduation.
Walker, Dorian (Fa 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Dorian (Fa 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 165. "Beauty of the Southland": Interviews with former railroad employees, local historians, and a Louisville & Nashville Railroad historian for a film on the impact of the railroad station and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad on Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a visual/audio script.
Oates, William Alfred, 1878-1918 (Sc 2296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oates, William Alfred, 1878-1918 (Sc 2296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2296. Letters (44) from William Alfred Oates to his wife Alva Oates, written from Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Mississippi before and after their marriage. Oates writes of his affection for her, their future, her enrollment in school in Bowling Green, and his itinerary as a traveling salesman. Includes letters (21) to Alva Oates from friends and family after her husband's sudden death from peritonitis.
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 2295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 2295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2295. Diary of Johanna Louisa "Josie" Underwood, the daughter of a prominent Bowling Green, Kentucky family. She records her experiences while living in Scotland, where her father was serving as consul, from 1862 to 1864. She also describes her travel through several European countries and her return to the United States in 1864, when the family spent a year in San Francisco. She writes observantly about places and people, news of the Civil War, and family events. The diary includes a few early entries by her mother and summaries of family members's whereabouts …
Porter, Otho Dandrith, 1867-1936 (Sc 2292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Otho Dandrith, 1867-1936 (Sc 2292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Main Street Oral History Project (Fa 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Main Street Oral History Project (Fa 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 527. Collection consists of taped interviews (7) with individuals about their memories of what downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky was like when they were young.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Mss 89), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Mss 89), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 89. Pattern pieces for articles of women’s clothing, primarily jackets or shirtwaists, used in Taylor’s Bowling Green, Kentucky dressmaking business. The pieces are made of paper and in some cases carry penciled notations of names, presumably of the client(s) for whom the garment was being made.
Stone, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2313. Paper: "The Gerard Undertaking Establishment, 1870-1910," written by Sue Lynn Stone for a "State and Local History" class at Western Kentucky University. Discusses the Gerard business located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes illustrations of building facade and basic floor plans as well as photographs of the facility.
Helm, Cyrus T., 1828-1868 (Sc 2271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Cyrus T., 1828-1868 (Sc 2271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2271. Account book for a dry goods operation, April 1849; record book for Bowling Green, Kentucky's Police Court, 1859-1864.