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Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 1472. Correspondence of Asa E. Young of Barren County, Kentucky and letters to Lillian Bowles of the same county. The letters discuss family matters and agriculture.

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Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.

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Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1477. Letters from Titus B. Tubb to his girlfriend, Ashli Marie Miller, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. The letters deal with courtship, religion, and Tubb's experiences in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War.

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Garland, Robert F. (Sc 1478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Garland, Robert F. (Sc 1478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1478. Letter from Robert F. Garland to Rubin Morris of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he discusses family matters and farming in Wilson County, Tennessee.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.

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Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.

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Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 164. Correspondence of George Matthew Love and Nora (Sullivan) Love of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and their children: Ruel, Margaret, and George Marshall Love, Sr. The bulk of the letters date from 1922 to 1949 and contain information about the family and local happenings in Bowling Green.

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Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 163. Correspondence, clippings, oral interview, personnel records, etc. related to the military career of New Jersey native, Martin B. Schenck, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Helena and on submarines and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1473. Document prepared for Perkins and dated 23 September 1864 in which he provides a substitute, Thomas Esherwood Leslie, for service in the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War.

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Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1479. Letter from W.D. Bogan to his mother, Ella Bogan, Franklin,Kentucky. Includes description of battles he participated in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.Includes transcription.

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Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1474. Debate papers entitled: "Resolved that Columbus was a greater man than Washington," and "Resolved that our forefathers enjoyed life to a greater degree than we do." Author is unknown.

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Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1464. Reminiscence about Linda Skaggs's grandfather, James Henderson Gross, and his work with the Kentucky Rock Asphalt company in the Edmonson County community of Kyrock. Includes photocopies of photographs of the asphalt processing facilities and scenes from the Kyrock vicinty.

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Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1481. Receipt, 1860, for tuition paid by Joseph D. Duncan for his two daughters (Drucilla A. Duncan and Eliza Cornelia Duncan) to attend school at Percival B. Hawkins's school in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.

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Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1463. Handwritten report card for Orr prepared by a teacher, J.O. Edwards, in Grayson County, Texas. The report deals with conduct and attendance rather than academic subjects. The original text is surrounded by five hand drawn leaves which have been filled with quotations.

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Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1476. Account book for James W. Hutchings who practiced medicine in north Logan County, Kentucky. The accounts include name of patient, date visited, service performed and charge for services.

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Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.

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Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1360. Letter, 9 October 1933, written by Oliver Kemp, Lansing, Michigan to Edward Cave, New York City, thanking Cave for his friendship and remarking about his own lack of work because of the Depression.

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Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.

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Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1465. Deed, 1826, conveying 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from William R. and Polly Drake to Isaac Reynolds.

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Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1462. Scraps of a report signed by Banks in which he verifies the authenticity of eight Babylonian tablets and indicates that they contain an inventory of items found in a temple dating from around 2350 B.C. Banks was used as one of the prototypes for the fictional character, Henry W. Jones, Jr., of the popular "Indiana Jones" movies.

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