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Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 521. Scrapbooks (2) documenting the life and times of journalist George Morrow Mayo and his fashion designer wife Muriel L. Van Norden. Scrapbooks contain a historical narrative, articles written by Mr. Mayo, as well as photographs and other ephemera such as postcards, small maps, etc. Also includes news clippings, photos of Mayo’s Family and an autographed copy of his book Los Angeles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 193)
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.
Larkins Family Letters (Sc 2868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Larkins Family Letters (Sc 2868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2868. Letter, 11 April 1859, of Carroll Larkins, Trigg County, Kentucky, to his future wife Verona Mary Bard in Greenville, Kentucky, discussing his upcoming visit; also letter, 6 December 1863, of Josephine (Brandon) Larkins to her husband (Carroll’s brother) Samuel Larkins, then serving as a state representative in Frankfort, Kentucky, with family news and greetings from home. Includes data about the correspondents.
Martin Family Papers (Mss 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin Family Papers (Mss 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 511. Invitations sent to and correspondence of Emma Johnson (Irvan) Martin. Most of the social invitations pre-date her marriage to Joseph Marshall Martin in 1875. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters. The collection also contains genealogical information about the Martin, Tibbs, Bard, and Willson families and photographs of the same.
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of post-World War II pen pal letters and selected images from ciphering book of Collins Lanier from Manuscripts Collection 488. Collection consists chiefly of letters written to Deanna June (Linville) Lanier by friends and her family, particularly her mother Lena (Harris) Linville. Includes some interesting pen pal letters with a German child, 1948 to 1950. Includes genealogical material about the Lanier and Linville families. Also includes early Warren County, Kentucky material from brothers, Byrd Lanier and Collins Lanier, including a little correspondence, bills and notes, receipts, and property records.
Read Family Papers (Sc 1350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Read Family Papers (Sc 1350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1350. Letters and business papers chiefly of the Read family, Shelby County, Kentucky, 1856-1890; also Presley George business papers, 1840-1855; letter (1877) and article (1989) of Columbus, Kansas financier Robert A. Long; and autograph album of John E. Tyler, 1887-1890.
Parker Family Papers (Mss 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parker Family Papers (Mss 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 118. A wide array of materials, chiefly correspondence, of the Liddell and Spencer families of Alabama and the Parker family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Of particular interest are Civil War letters written to Mary E. “Mollie” Liddell, items related to Howard College and Judson Institute in Marion, Alabama, letters to Lorena Parker from a missionary in Ethiopia, and a letter mentioning Texas politics in 1860.