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Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 403. Letters written by various male friends, many in military service during World War II, to Elizabeth Charlotte Cook while she was in school at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some of the letters are of a courtship nature.

Salyers, Mary Alice, 1910-1998 - Letters To (Mss 430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 430. Courtship letters sent to Mary Alice Salyers, Somerset, Kentucky from various suitors, chiefly Charles Duke Payne, a Christian minister and her future husband, Richard Allen Hays.

Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of diary (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 517. Photocopy of a typescript diary kept by David Barrow, a pioneer Baptist minister, during his trip to Kentucky and the Northwest Territory of Ohio. He visited family members, often preached at religious gatherings, and observed peace negotiations between the United States and various Indian tribes at Fort Greenville. Beginning in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, he traveled through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, the Northwest Territory, Eastern Tennessee, and North Carolina, before returning to his home in Virginia.

Hassman, Drusilla (Hand), 1875-1971 (Mss 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 413. Chiefly courtship letters addressed to Drusilla (Hand) Hassman, Evansville, Indiana from various male admirers. Also correspondence with her husband, Fred Hassman, and letters sent to them as a married couple from friends and family.

Miller, Carl Haskell, 1889-1964 (Sc 2587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2587. Daily diary and journal of Carl Haskell Miller, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. A manager on the Chautauqua circuit, Miller writes in a detailed but lighthearted way of his family, his life at home and of his travels in the United States and Mexico. He also reproduces some of his personal and professional correspondence, and writes of his mother’s death in 1927.

Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 422. Correspondence of Colonel Joe David Moss of Warren County, Kentucky, written mostly during his World War II military service in Europe. Includes material related to Moss’s career as a U.S. Army officer.

Condict Family Letters (Sc 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 21. Letter written by Rebecca Condict, Warrick County, Indiana, to her sister, Mrs. Mary Condict, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1830, advising frequent bathing as a cure for sickness, and a letter written by Uzal Condict from McLennan County, Texas, to his wife Mary, describing his trip to Texas, 1859.

Rowan Family Papers (Mss 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 418. Correspondence and papers of Kentucky lawyer and politician John Rowan, Sr., and relatives in the Rowan, Lytle, Steele, Boone and Buchanan families. Several letters have been typescripted and can be viewed here (click on "Additional Files" below).

Agnes Gough, 1902-1988 (Sc 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of sample item (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 648. Letters to Mary Taylor Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Miss Agnes Gough, an artist and a teacher, originally from Benton, Kentucky, but living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Anchorage, Alaska, when these letters were written.

Royalty, John Miles, 1862-1939 (Sc 597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 597. Letters to John M. Royalty of Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, 1886-1928 (5); Washington County tax receipts, 1909-1938 (21); dog licenses, 1919-1927 (5); The Knights of the Maccabees of the World receipts, 1909-1912 (5); and miscellaneous items.

Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 44. Typed copies of personal and legal papers, 1791-1840 (43) of Charles Meriwether, a pioneer doctor of Christian County, Kentucky; family letters of Caroline Gordon Tate, author and educator, 1938-1947 (18); and family letters of newspaper columnist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (“Dorothy Dix”), 1930-1949 (13).

Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 42. Correspondence, 1864-1878 (8); journal, 1852-1883; scrapbooks (2); Manuscript: “House of Madison and McDowell in Kentucky,” 1888; family genealogical data; slave records; etc., of Agatha (Rochester) Strange, 1832-1896, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2531. Letter written from Kaler, Graves County, Kentucky, by John B. Chamberlain to his daughter. He gives a general description of Kaler and its environs, including its low-lying terrain, local businesses, and railroad access.

Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 277. Autobiographical sketch by Juliette Desport, Nashville, Tennessee, giving the history of the Desport family; information about paintings donated to the Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky; educational pursuits; and travel. Her father, Alphonse, was an artist who resided in Bowling Green from 1893-1905. Includes letters, 1969-1970 (3), of Miss Desport.

Lipscomb, John, D. 1820 (Sc 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 319. Photocopy of journal kept by John Lipscomb of his trip to Nashville and the Cumberland Settlements from southwest Virginia. Part of the journal is in typescript with an explanatory introduction and is entitled “Pease Supe, Milk and Clabber,” and the remainder is a photocopy of the original.

Clark, William, 1770-1838 (Sc 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 315. Portion of diary kept by William Clark when he passed through Kentucky during his trip from St. Louis, Missouri to Washington D.C. He mentions Hopkinsville, Russellville, Bowling Green and other places as he travels through central and east Kentucky and into East Tennessee.

Hays, Daniel J., 1910-1974 (Sc 2501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2501. Letter to his son Victor D. Hays from Dr. Daniel J. Hays. Writing from Rampur, Nepal, Dr. Hays discusses arrangements for a planned meeting of the family in Bangkok, Thailand.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 364. Photocopies of Civil War letters (3), 1862, 1864, n.d. The letters were written from camps in Tennessee and Georgia by soldiers from Illinois. Includes letter relative to above letters, 1971.

Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 382. Correspondence, account books, receipts, sermons, drawings, and diaries of the Venable family of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, chiefly John Wesley Venable, Sr. and his wife Fannie and son John, Jr. Of particular interest is an 1839-1839 travel journal kept by John, Sr. while in Florida. Also includes John, Sr.’s sermons and sermon preparation material as well as thirty-nine small diaries documenting his career as an Episcopal priest in Versailles and Hopkinsville. Includes one of John, Sr.’s art sketch books.

Buckner Family Papers (Sc 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 257. Letter, 17 November 1847, written by Simon B. Buckner, Mexico, to his cousin Mary E. Leedom, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, relating some of his activities while serving in the Mexican War; his 1878 condolence letter to his cousin in Elizabethtown; letter, 1914, written by Delia (Claiborne) Buckner, Buckner’s second wife, acknowledging expression of sympathy received after his death; six funeral announcements, 1842-1862, chiefly of the Leedom family; two photographs of Buckner and one of his daughter, Lily.

Volkerding Family Papers (Mss 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 385. Letters written chiefly by Herman Frederick Wilhelm Volkerding, of Louisville, Kentucky, to his wife Mary Elizabeth (Hauber) Volkerding while traveling as a salesman for the John T. Barbee distillers. Volkerding pines for home and describes the scenery, hotels, amusements and rail travel in the western United States.

Coolidge, William, Jr. (Sc 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 241. Original and typescript of diary and account book kept by Coolidge, chiefly of his trip from Baltimore to New Orleans and back, 4 November 1822 to 14 May 1823. Homesick for his family, he describes his sometimes tedious, sometimes terrifying travels by stagecoach, steamboat and schooner. He offers unflattering comments about his time in Kentucky.

Craig, James Harvey, 1842-1929 (Sc 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 240. Photocopy of autobiography written by James H. Craig, possibly in 1917. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, although he was an Arkansas resident for several years. The autobiography contains much Craig family data. In addition, there is a photocopy of Craig's essay denouncing the evils of alcohol, possibly to be delivered as a speech

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Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.