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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.
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Sc 2352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Sc 2352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2352. Paper on Will Rogers, written by Dan Ray Stone for his senior thesis, Bowling Green High School, Bolwing Green, Kentucky, class of 1940. A pen and ink sketch of Rogers by Stone can be accessed by clicking on "Additional File" below.
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.
Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, 1788-1792 (Sc 2355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, 1788-1792 (Sc 2355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2355. Photocopy of the "Journal of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky," covering proceedings held from 28 July 1788 through 18 April 1792.
Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2357. Photocopy of a document titled "Fondation de Gethsemani 1848." [French] 19 leaves, with 8 copied pages to a leaf. Includes handwritten notations on text.
Bardstown, Kentucky - Plat Map (Sc 2358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bardstown, Kentucky - Plat Map (Sc 2358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2358. Plat map of Bardstown, Kentucky, certified as true copy by Benjamin Grayson, Nelson County Clerk. Includes some contemporaneous information about conveyances of the lots. Also includes brief notes by Jack Muir on some of the lots and their owners.
Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2354. Partial account book of James Monroe Forgy, Morgantown, Kentucky, recording his work as pension agent for Civil War veterans. Includes some miscellaneous personal accounts. Also includes biographical data.
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.
Stanley, William, 1832-1921 (Sc 2353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stanley, William, 1832-1921 (Sc 2353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2353. Morning report of Captain William Stanley's Company G, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, a Confederate regiment. The report shows numbers present, absent, and sick, but does not name individual members.
Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 329. Correspondence of Max B. Nahm relating mainly to his involvement with the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the Kentucky National Park Commission in the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes some Association and Commission minutes. Also includes some of Nahm's speeches, writings, personal photographs, and material relating to the Nahm family.
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of first page (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2356. Guest register for Gray's Hotel, Russellville, Kentucky, showing guests' names, city of residence, and room number. The register includes advertisements for local businesses.
Rigsby, James Edward, 1845-1930 (Sc 2351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rigsby, James Edward, 1845-1930 (Sc 2351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2351. Certificate appointing James E. Rigsby as Corporal, Company C, 52nd Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, 1 November 1863; and Rigsby's certificate of discharge from military service, 17 January 1865.
Green, Alice (Dunham), 1882-1977 (Sc 2346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, Alice (Dunham), 1882-1977 (Sc 2346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2346. Alice Dunham Green's transcription and arrangement of the Kentucky folk ballad "Weevily Wheat"; letter, 26 February 1953, from Harry L. Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, to Mary T. Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the song's connection to his family.
Smith, Kerry D., B. 1963 (Sc 2347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Kerry D., B. 1963 (Sc 2347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2347. Paper by Kerry D. Smith in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the History Honors Program at Western Kentucky University: "The Green Family of Falls of Rough."
Dewalt Family (Sc 2350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dewalt Family (Sc 2350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2350. Wills of members of the Dewalt family of Newberry County, South Carolina. Includes a copy of the will of Benjamin Hampton and typescripts.
Ground, Edgar, 1893-1962 (Sc 2348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ground, Edgar, 1893-1962 (Sc 2348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2348. Letter to Maggie Ground, Warren County, Kentucky, from her uncle James Brunson, Fort Logan H. Roots, Arkansas, conveying Christmas greetings. Also includes three short notes written by Walter and Rosa Parker.
Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2345. Letters, 10 and 26 January 1862, written by William J. Green, Paducah, Kentucky, to his brothers John Henry and Samuel Ford Green, presumably in Illinois, describing military life and maneuvers in western Kentucky. Green was serving in Company B, 2nd Regiment Illinois Cavalry. He describes his tent with a homemade chimney in one letter and makes some disparaging comments about the “Secesh” in Murrary, Kentucky.
James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 336. Day books, ledger, and invoice book of James Allison, Jr. and Company, operators of a general store at Russellville in Logan County, Kentucky.
Green County Agricultural And Mechanical Association - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green County Agricultural And Mechanical Association - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 335. Treasurer’s book (1859-1860) and minute book (1859-1867) of the Green County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Greensburg, Kentucky.
Tolle, Donald James, 1918-1993 (Sc 2344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle, Donald James, 1918-1993 (Sc 2344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Typescripted World War II diary of Donald James Tolle, kept 1942-1945 while serving in England, Italy and North Africa with the Army Air Corps, 47th Bombardment Group (Light). Includes diary annotations made in 1988, materials from a 1979 reunion of the Bombardment Group, biographical data on Tolle, his obituary, and a colleague's remarks at his memorial service.
Rose?, Clarence (Sc 2343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rose?, Clarence (Sc 2343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text of Mansucripts Small Collection 2343. Letter of Clarence Rose, writing from Paintsville, Kentucky, to "Mary." He tells her that he has just been released from jail and intends to catch a freight train home and get his job back. For full-text click on "Additional File."
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of Folders 2 and 3 relating to genealogy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 332. Includes correspondence, genealogical materials; wills, deeds and other legal documents of the Settle and DeWitt families; and the memoir of Marcus Bearden DeWitt, a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a Civil War chaplain (Click on "Additional Files" below). Also of interest is information related to the Settle rifle makers of Barren County, Kentucky.
Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2336. Materials relating to the pension applications of Charles Gatliff and, later, his widow. Includes his descriptions of his Revolutionary War military experiences.
American Carriage Company - Cincinnati, Ohio (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
American Carriage Company - Cincinnati, Ohio (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Advertising leaflets and contract price sheet sent to J. O. Lewis, Rockfield, Kentucky, by American Carriage Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes leaflets from American Cart Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also includes two letters (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripts) from “Arthur” in St. Louis, Missouri, to “Alice” in Bowling Green, Kentucky, found with these documents. Arthur writes of family and friends and of visiting the St. Louis World’s Fair.
Smith, Charles F., 1954-1972 (Sc 2341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Charles F., 1954-1972 (Sc 2341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2341. Entry of Charles F. "Chuck" Smith for a Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc. Proficiency Award in Soil, Water and Air Management. Includes a note from Smith's chapter advisor on his death in a traffic accident.
Glasgow, Kentucky - Board Of Trustees Records (Mss 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glasgow, Kentucky - Board Of Trustees Records (Mss 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 333. Record book of the Glasgow, Kentucky Board of Trustees, 1810-1855, and minutes of the Glasgow City Council, 1878-1882.
Underwood Letters, 1820-1859 (Sc 2326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Letters, 1820-1859 (Sc 2326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2326. Letters to John J. Crittenden from Joseph Rogers Underwood and his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, Bowling Green, chiefly related to the political situation in Kentucky and the United States from 1820 to 1859. Also, one letter to Crittenden from J.B. Temple related to a possible 1852 Senatorial contest between Crittenden and Joseph Rogers Underwood.
Van Meter Family (Sc 2332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Meter Family (Sc 2332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2332. Jacob and Martha Van Meter's 1874 obituary and description of their joint funeral (they died two days apart) from the 6 March 1874 edition of the Bowling Green [Kentucky] Republican; synopsis of their funeral sermon; letter, 13 July 1967, from William J. Henry to Julia Neal containing Van Meter genealogy; photos of the portraits of Jacob and Martha Van Meter; funeral notice for Jacob Van Meter.
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.
Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2334. Correspondence, chiefly between brothers, Francis Marion Wade, Russell County, Kentucky, and Cyrenius Wade while the later was attending school in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain comments about the school, the town of Elkton, and courting. Numerous receipts for the brothers as well as the Thomas family of Russell County are also included. The letters were typescripted and annotated by Marion Lee Adams.