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Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 295. Letters written to Dorthie A. Hall, student and editor of the "College Heights Herald" at Western Kentucky Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II. The male correspondents are all former students from Western, and they describe military life in their specific locations around the world. They all express devotion to Western and ask for details and comment about the school, sports teams, and the Bowling Green community.
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 219. This collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Moore, Mulligan, Brown and Johns families, who are interrelated. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters and events occurring in Trigg County, Kentucky and Allen County, Kentucky.
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.
Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1956. Leather bound notebook, 1812-1819, letters and receipts of Lawrence family members in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri; includes genealogical information; also estate records for Levi Lawrence who died in Warren County, Kentucky in 1957.
Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as research material related to books and articles published by Stickles, a native of Indiana and a history professor at Western Kentucky University from 1908 to 1954. His most popular book was "Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight."
First Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Columbarium (Sc 1931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
First Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Columbarium (Sc 1931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1931. Records related to the inurnments of ashes at the columbarium owned by the Presbyterian Church.
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 255. Correspondence, research notes, slides, and photographs related to Vernon White's interests: covered bridges, hominy holes, archaeology, and grave covers, chiefly in Kentucky. Also includes drafts of his books and information about the White family of White Mills, Hardin County, Kentucky as well as information about White's participation in World War II. To view a selection of illustrative material from the White Collection go to this website: http://www.wku.edu/library/dlsc/vernonwhite.php
Armitage Family Collection, 1892-1994 (Sc 1881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Armitage Family Collection, 1892-1994 (Sc 1881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1881. Marriage license of Harold V. Armitage and Ella G. Barker, Fresno, California, 1892; telegrams and letter related to his mother's death in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1911; his Railway Express retirement papers, 1936-1938; diary kept by his sister Mary Armitage during her European tour, 1931.
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 210. Correspondence between Ernest Eugene "Gene" Wheeler and his fiance and future wife, Alma Blancett of Calhoun, Kentucky. The correspondence begins while Wheeler was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and continues when he enters the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed on D-Day. Also contains Alma's 1945 diary.
Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1840. Letters from Alice Hegan Rice (4), Cale Young Rice (13) and Laban Lacy Rice (1) to Ruth Potts Spence, who met the Rices at Camp Nakanawa in Mayland, Tennessee and maintained a friendship with the couple. The letters discuss writing, current events, family matters, and grief.
Wilson, Mayme C., 1877-1895 (Sc 1828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Mayme C., 1877-1895 (Sc 1828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1828. "Resolutions of Respect" upon the death of Mayme Wilson; also, a copy of her obituary.