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Jriles, Benjamin Edward (Sc 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jriles, Benjamin Edward (Sc 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1218. "Christmas 1893," a poem written by Benjamin Edward Jriles, of Henderson County, Kentucky, detailing his adventure of driving a buggy from his home in Cairo, Kentucky to Ridgway, Kentucky, to eat Christmas dinner.
Paul, Linda (Smith) (Sc 1211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Paul, Linda (Smith) (Sc 1211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collecction 1211. “The Life of Jessie Smith,” written by Jessie Marie (Trowbridge) Smith and compiled by Jessie’s granddaughter Linda (Smith) Paul, detailing Jessie’s life including information about traveling round trip in a covered wagon from Missouri to Oklahoma, frontier life, and life in Trask, Missouri.
Newspaper Carriers - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newspaper Carriers - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1176. Letters (2) and Christmas parody from newspaper carrier to customer Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The carrier relates her wedding plans and wishes Handy a Merry Christmas. Later letter details why the couple is quitting the business.
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.
Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1151. Desert Storm letters (26) written by A. Todd Radford to this father Robert Radford and family in Louisville, Kentucky, discussing his war service in Saudi Arabia.
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 1126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 1126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1126. Letter written by Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Santa Claus, 1901.
Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 467. Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous material from several related families: Standrod, Campbell, and Carmichael. Includes a claim made after the Civil War for compensation for an enslaved man who joined the Union Army (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 411. Interviews with Kentuckians conducted by students in American and Kentucky history classes at Western Kentucky University. Typical subjects discussed include childhood, rural life, the Great Depression, civil rights, military service, education and work. Most interviews include a summary paper, transcript (complete or partial) and audiocassette.
Fulton, William Roy, 1895-1997 (Sc 2655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulton, William Roy, 1895-1997 (Sc 2655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2655. Letters of William R. Fulton, 18 August and 25 December 1942, to his nephew Donald Howard, Indianapolis, Indiana. Written from Fort Knox, Kentucky during Fulton’s service as a dentist in the Army, the letters describe his military training, dental practice, and Christmas activities.
Middleton, Amanda (Sc 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Middleton, Amanda (Sc 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 817. Letter, 10 December 1865, of Amanda Middleton of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, a student at the Russellville Female Academy, to Charlie R. Bagby of Smiths Grove. She comments on school life and anticipated Christmas activities while at home during the holidays.