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Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 81. Incoming family and courtship letters of Dee Taylor of Butler and Warren Counties, 1880-1888 (38), and her daughter, Dixie Dee Taylor of Warren County, 1903-1913 (48). Also letters and receipt received by other family members and a Warren County rent bond, [1883?].
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1854-1948 - Letters To (Sc 1499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1854-1948 - Letters To (Sc 1499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1499. Courtship letters written by John W. Stipes and Mell F. Broeffle to Miss S.L. Dean of Polkville, Kentucky. Contains a reference letter for John W. Stipes written by William H. Hall, an engineer for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Hobson, George Atwood, 1864-1958 - Letters To (Sc 1493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, George Atwood, 1864-1958 - Letters To (Sc 1493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1493. Letters from Anna Perkins to her future husband, George Atwood Hobson, and one letter after their marriage (1942). Also included are customized Christmas cards sent to the Hobsons from the Mustion and Scott families. A paper about horses and horse racing in Kentucky by George Anna (Hobson) Duncan is included.
Bryant, A. J. (Sc 1487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, A. J. (Sc 1487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1487. Correspondence between A.J. Bryant, while in Louisville, Kentucky, and his fiance and later wife, Martha Stewart, of Union Star, Kentucky. The letters concern courtship and everyday matters. Mr. Bryant is a carpenter working on building projects in Louisville; he obviously has gone to find temporary work because of the lack of projects in his home county.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.
Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1477. Letters from Titus B. Tubb to his girlfriend, Ashli Marie Miller, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. The letters deal with courtship, religion, and Tubb's experiences in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War.
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 164. Correspondence of George Matthew Love and Nora (Sullivan) Love of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and their children: Ruel, Margaret, and George Marshall Love, Sr. The bulk of the letters date from 1922 to 1949 and contain information about the family and local happenings in Bowling Green.
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.