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Cash, James H. (Sc 1776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cash, James H. (Sc 1776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1776. Two letters, 13 & 25 September 1944, from James H. Cash, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky to Margaret Kennedy, Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly describes camp life and writes that he will soon be transferred to Ft. Benning, Georgia and hopes to visit her.
Lewis, Norman Victor, 1917-1999 (Mss 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Norman Victor, 1917-1999 (Mss 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and correspondence address list (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 215. This collection consists almost exclusively of letters sent from Lewis to his girlfriend and subsequent wife, Bettie Gibson (Phelps) Lewis. They include courtship letters, correspondence documenting Lewis's World War II service and military life, and letters containing information about family matters.
Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1704. Two 1910 letters to Lucy Ann Boucher of Settle, Allen County, Kentucky from two admirers. One is in answer to a personal ad.
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1722. Diary kept 10 December 1860 to 8 September 1862 by Johanna "Josie" Louisa Underwood, eldest daughter of a prominent pro-Union family in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She vividly records her thoughts and activities about Bowling Green's occupation by Confederate troops, the harassment of her family, strained friendships, and the destruction of her home.
Napier, Cora Jewell (Claypool) - Collector (Mss 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Napier, Cora Jewell (Claypool) - Collector (Mss 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 228. Courtship letters (8) to Ermine Frazer, Adair County, Kentucky from Edmund Curd, Calloway County, Kentucky, 1833-1835; letters (7) to Ermine (Frazer Page, Barren County from her sisters, 1848-1852; letters (2) from John F. F. Jewell, Louisville to his wife Ann Elizabeth (Page) Jewell.
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 1700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 1700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1700. Photocopy of a daily diary kept by Lelia Emmaline Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She discusses shopping excursions downtown, courtship, fashion, and general community events. The handwriting is quite difficult to read.
Price Family Collection (Mss 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Price Family Collection (Mss 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 226. Chiefly courtship correspondence between Robert Yancy Price, Rockfield, Kentucky and his girlfriend and future wife, Virginia Eva Dalton, Scottsville, Kentucky. Also includes information about Price's death and subsequent letters sent to Virginia by friends and family members.
Howell Collection, 1906-1935 (Mss 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howell Collection, 1906-1935 (Mss 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Postcards received by members of the Howell family, chiefly Charlie Howell, Bowling Green, Kentucky and his future wife Maud Howell, Cassaday, Warren County, Kentucky.
Hines Family Collection (Mss 91), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines Family Collection (Mss 91), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 91. War of 1812 letters, 1814-1815 (3), written by James Hines to his wife, also deeds and will; John Hines papers pertaining to selling and employing slaves, 1823-1840 (3); and correspondence, etc., 1856-1879 (27) of John Henry Hines, from Johnson's Island, an Ohio prisoner of war camp. The Hines family migrated from Virginia to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Various other family items are in the collection.
Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 83. Diaries, 1889-1895, correspondence, 1885-1955, photographs, and related items of Fannie Morton Bryan, a Russellville debutante and school teacher. Includes Logan Female College records, 1860-1869, and Russellville Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1863-1889.
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Sermon notes, letters, genealogical and biographical information, and news clippings; letters related to his courtship and marriage. Includes two collections of poetry.
Gott Collection, 1922-1952 (Sc 1609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gott Collection, 1922-1952 (Sc 1609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1609. Chiefly post-World War II letters from Peggy Purves, London, England, to Warren County native John C. Gott in which she reveals working conditions, food shortages and her feelings for him; other Gott family correspondence included. Also, letter to Purves from a friend in New York, 1946, relating her impressions of the city.
Antrim, John (Sc 1589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Antrim, John (Sc 1589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1589. Letter, 20 June 1848, from John Antrim, Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky to Elizabeth Gage, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, commenting on his dry goods job and the community's social activities.
Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1569. Letter, 24 July 1923, from George L. Horton, Ashland, Kentucky to Clare Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning her upcoming visit to Ashland. Includes a colorful handkerchief printed with the nursery rhyme "Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross" that was enclosed with the letter.
Guthrie, J. J. (Sc 1554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie, J. J. (Sc 1554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1554. Letter from J.J. Guthrie, Paducah, Kentucky, to his cousin, Nannie T. Coleman, Cumberland County, Virginia, relating to courtship, family and friends.
Stagner, Virginia Benton, 1907-2002 (Sc 1555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stagner, Virginia Benton, 1907-2002 (Sc 1555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1555. Letters from Virginia B. Stagner, Richmond, Kentucky, to Erba Heckel, Vinita, Oklahoma, relating to suitors, fashion, bobbed hair, and other aspects of their friendship. Includes an enclosure letter from Stagner's sister Rowena.