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Operation Iraqi Freedom (Sc 1382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Sc 1382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1382. E-mail report on President George W. Bush's visit to U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thanksgiving Day as related by an army officer in attendance.
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Mss 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Mss 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 119. Correspondence, project information, and small drawings of Edward Austin Duckett, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native and architect, who spent his professional career in Chicago, Illinois, working for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Also includes Duckett genealogy, a satirical booklet, and 1998 interviews (cassette tapes - 2) done with Duckett.
Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1377. World War II letters, 1942-1943 (5), written stateside and from Europe by the three Aspley brothers Charles, Billy and Robert, to parents and friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly discussing everyday camp life. Also includes related newspaper clippings.
Shelton, Martha Beth (Sc 1375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelton, Martha Beth (Sc 1375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1375. Paper written by Martha B. Shelton of Greenville, Kentucky, giving the history of the town by recording the various owners of Greenville's houses and buildings.
Todd County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 1372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Todd County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 1372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1372. Letters, 1887-1923, written to Sherrod and Williams family members, Todd County, Kentucky, mainly containing family news. The 1913 letter focuses on tobacco selling and Night Riders' activities in Henderson County, Kentucky.
Guthrie Family (Mss 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie Family (Mss 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Autograph books of two female and one male member of the Guthrie and related families of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Includes some family data.
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1373. Letters written by Dero G. Downing as a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1942, and as a Navy officer, 1944-1945, to his parents, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Dunbar, West Virginia. Discusses events as a member of the WKU basketball team that played in the NCAA tournament. Includes some news of his naval life.
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1364. Letter, 22 February 1862, written by U.S. Army surgeon William H. Githens, Birds Point, Missouri, to his wife describing conditions, especially in Cairo, Illinois, and mentioning the activity at Forts Holt and Payne across the river in Kentucky. He includes a sketch of these fortifications.
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 148. Letters, legal papers, articles, and data on the Goodnight family, Franklin, Kentucky, and journal, 1868-1880 (102 p.) of Cumberland Presbyterian minister Thomas Mitchell Goodnight. Also includes letters from William Jennings Bryan, J. G. Carlisle, and William Goebel. A scan of Thomas Mitchell Goodknight's journal (Folder 7) has been scanned and is attached as an "Additional File"; click on the link at the bottom of this page.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 101. Photographs of celebrities that Morningstar, formerly of Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably used for promotional purposes. He was a booking agent for many notables who performed on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits in the early twentieth century.
Tucker, Mildred Carpenter, 1894-1994 (Mss 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tucker, Mildred Carpenter, 1894-1994 (Mss 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 145. Materials removed from a scrapbook kept by Tucker, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, while a student at Hamilton College in Lexington, Kentucky, for the 1915-1916 school year. Includes notes about the college, printed items, photos, mementos, etc. Also includes related data.
Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 146. Chiefly family and courtship correspondence between James Helm, Butler County, Kentucky, and Virginia Lucas, Warren County, Kentucky. Their 1879 marriage rites were the first ones to be performed in Mammoth Cave. Includes associated items.
Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 114. Correspondence, business papers, and speeches of Monroe County, Kentucky native Pearl Eagle (Carter) Pace. Includes materials concerning Republican National Committee and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; civic, religious, political and professional organizations in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. Also includes some Cumberland County, Kentucky records.
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1379. Letters, 2003, including a summary of his activities, written to Roland and Mary Frances Willock, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Peloquin is serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and describes military life and conflicts as an army engineer.
Coke, William Gaston, 1895-1977 - Collector (Mss 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coke, William Gaston, 1895-1977 - Collector (Mss 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 143. Shaker journal, 1891-1893 (184p.) kept by James Carr, South Union, Kentucky, giving daily activities within the Shaker community. Includes hymnals, 1836-1856 (9), compiled by Shaker society members. A name index is available.
Herdman, Guy Hess, 1875-1947 (Mss 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Herdman, Guy Hess, 1875-1947 (Mss 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 68. Personal and business papers, 1905-1935 (293 items), of Herdman, an attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and assistant attorney general of Kentucky, 1936-1947, and legal papers, 1884-1934 (867), from his practice in Bowling Green which relate chiefly to civil and commercial matters in Warren County, Kentucky.
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 128. Correspondence, papers, financial records, minutes, essays written by children, etc., of the Child Evangelism Fellowship, Warren County, Kentucky, which was part of an international religious organization.
Daniels, Doris Augusta, 1912-1998 (Mss 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Daniels, Doris Augusta, 1912-1998 (Mss 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 124. Correspondence, reminiscences, documents, and photos of Doris Augusta Daniels, a native of Scottsville, Kentucky. She served as a Red Cross recreational worker from 1942 to 1974, seeing service in New Guinea during World War II, post-war Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Children Of The Confederacy (Mss 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Children Of The Confederacy (Mss 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 150. Collection contains applications for the Children of the Confederacy Society. The applications, 1920-1963, include some genealogical data related to the applicant.
Wilcher, Joda, 1905-1971 (Mss 155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilcher, Joda, 1905-1971 (Mss 155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 155. Chiefly business papers of Joda Wilcher, Bradfordsville, Kentucky, pertaining to his work as an agent that bought trees, especially walnut trees, for various lumber companies. Also a few family items, including his memorial book and other items relating to his funeral.
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1385. Letter written from Atlanta, Georgia, by Thomas L. Bonjour, while serving with the 96th Illinois Regiment, to his father Frederick in Galena County, Illinois. He recounts some data about the Battle of Atlanta as well as personal concerns.
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1400. Letters, 1965-1968, written by U.S. Air Force pilot Jerry Wayne Blankenship to his parents Vestal and Verda Blankenship of Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes military life stateside as well as his Vietnamese experiences. Includes photos of Blankenship.
Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1370. Hospital fee statements received by Arthur Carraco, Carrollton, Kentucky, after treatment at the Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky.
Casselberry, Anita B. (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Casselberry, Anita B. (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1378. Journal, 1925, 79p., kept by Anita B. Casselberry, evidently from Cleveland, Ohio, while serving a few weeks as a public health nurse under the direction of Alice Lloyd in Knott County, Kentucky. Also associated letter, 1960-1965?, newspaper clippings, 1940-1941 (2), and photos, 1925 (2).
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1386. World War II diary, kept by Odie Floyd Rogers, Jr. (1921-1957) Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, who was a member of a flight crew that evidently was stationed in Sicily. They bombed chiefly Italian targets. Rogers completed 66 missions.