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Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 733. Journal, 1878-1880, of Mattie (Spangler) Gentry, Covington, Kentucky, chronicling her attendance at Lexington’s Hamilton Female College and at boarding school in Orléans, France; also her journal, 1889-1898, recording her life as a music teacher and her courtship and marriage. Includes photographs and a letter to Mattie in France from the president of Hamilton College (Click on "Additional Files" for typescript).
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 721. Letters (Click on "Additional Files" for typescripts) of James A. Dale, Sr., Louisville, Kentucky, written to Barbara “Bobbie” Dearing while stationed at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base at San Diego, California. He describes his military and recreational activities and writes affectionately in anticipation of their future together as husband and wife. Includes a biography of Dale and his family (Click on "Additional Files").
Spiller-Morningstar Letters (Sc 3595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller-Morningstar Letters (Sc 3595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3595. Letters, primarily between Robert E. “Bob” Spiller and Cora Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, covering their courtship and approaching marriage. Cora Jane writes to Bob during his military training at Fort Benning, Georgia and Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky of her activities, European travel, and wedding preparations. Includes a letter from Cora Jane’s mother to Bob, and a letter to the Spillers after their marriage from Bob’s parents.
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3584. Handwritten request, undated, written in humorously elaborate language to a young lady asking to accompany her to church.
Bryan Family Letters (Sc 3583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan Family Letters (Sc 3583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3583. Letters of the Bryan and associated families of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Most are written to Tennessee “Tennie” Bryan and come from friends, relatives, and ardent male admirers. Two correspondents write during their Civil War Confederate service (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripts) and a cousin, Fannie Parkhurst, writes from Vermont. Fannie also writes to her cousin Byron in Illinois about local news and her studies, school teaching, social activities and abhorrence of intemperance; she gossips about local courtships and mentions Byron’s brother Sherman, who she would marry after Byron’s death in Union …
Tackett, Kenneth Wayne, 1930-2016 (Sc 3580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tackett, Kenneth Wayne, 1930-2016 (Sc 3580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3580. Letter, 2012, of Kenneth Tackett to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He asks her for help identifying a “beautiful woman with intriguing brown eyes” they used to see at the public library in Bowling Green. He regrets not having asked her for a date, but only wishes to learn her name to satisfy his curiosity.