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Bond Family Papers (Mss 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bond Family Papers (Mss 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 378. Correspondence and records relating primarily to the assets and estates of Oscar Stephen Bond and his wife Mary (Baird) Bond of Louisville, Kentucky. Includes family photos. Also included are historical data and photos relating to Bond Brothers, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky, a manufacturer and supplier of railroad cross ties and and other lumber products.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.
Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 179. Letters (3) written by William Brown, Jr. to his mother in Ohio, describing stagecoach travel from Louisville to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the local people and conditions, and his surveying of the Barren and Green Rivers for possible steamboat navigation.
Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 225. Diary, 1912, of Thwing, professor of mathematics and member of the Athletic Board of Manual Training High School, Louisville, and later at Male High School, Louisville. He comments about the weather and his activities at home, church, and school, as well as about the night class he is teaching at the Y.M.C.A. Includes a copy of his obituary and other biographical information.
Wilkerson, William D., 1831-1893 (Sc 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilkerson, William D., 1831-1893 (Sc 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 170. Kentucky militia commission certifcate, 1851, inspirational essay, 1852, and oath of allegiance, 1863, of William D. Wilkerson, Simpson County, Kentucky; receipts issued at Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, for prisoner William Gladish, 1864; and a remedy for cancer.
Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2440. Letter, 5 January 1872, from Alphonse Duteil, an importer and manufacturer of human hairwork in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. E. Hartung and Company, New York, requesting supplies. Advertisements for various Louisville merchants appear on the reverse.
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 208. Facsimiles of courtship letters from Alexander Farnsley, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary E. E. Thurman, also of Louisville, and one of her replies. They both comment on the growing sectional feeling and the approaching Civil War. Also includes a 1962 newspaper article related to the letters, written by a Farnsley descendant.
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1080. Letter, 19 December 1862, from John W. Cuppy, serving in Bowling Green with an Illinois regiment, to Dr. Samuel Wiley in Earlville, Illinois. Cuppy writes of his illness and describes conditions in Bowling Green, particularly respecting hospitals and patients. He also comments on Confederate sympathies in the city and troop readiness for an attack. Includes a summary of another letter by Cuppy to Wiley dated 19 September 1862 describing his regiment’s activities near Louisville.
Page, A. A. - Collector (Sc 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Page, A. A. - Collector (Sc 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 149. Papers evidently sent to the County Court Clerk, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Includes a letter from John C. Underwood regarding his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1874; a nominating certificate for John S. Rhea as Democratic candidate for Congress from Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District, 1898; a request for tobacco crop figures, 1898; letters and forms relating to delivery (1888) and printing (1898) of public documents; and statements relating to the free silver controversy, 1898.
Patterson, J. (Sc 2415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Patterson, J. (Sc 2415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2415. Letter from J. Patterson, Louisville, Kentucky. Patterson writes of her children, her hopes to move to Covington or Newport, Kentucky, asks about Terrell's family, and complains of the number, poverty and ignorance of free blacks in Louisville.
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 337. Correspondence between authors and researchers and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding historical and genealogical resources. Correspondents also write about their work and publications.
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2410. Letter, 4 August 1897, from John Sant, secretary and treasurer of The Mansion Pottery Company, Canton, Ohio. He asks to renegotiate two notes owing for the purchase of clayworking machinery, due to retooling expenses and the failure of the machinery to meet production expectations.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.