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Underwood, Henry Lewis, 1848-1925 (Mss 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Henry Lewis, 1848-1925 (Mss 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 72. Photocopies of correspondence, diary, legal papers, speeches, poems, photographs, and newspaper clippings of the Underwood family of Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly concerning Henry Lewis Underwood.
Price Family Collection (Mss 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Price Family Collection (Mss 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 226. Chiefly courtship correspondence between Robert Yancy Price, Rockfield, Kentucky and his girlfriend and future wife, Virginia Eva Dalton, Scottsville, Kentucky. Also includes information about Price's death and subsequent letters sent to Virginia by friends and family members.
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 196. Letters sent to Stone and his mother, Nelle Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II from friends in armed service around the world. Includes letters, holiday greeting cards, telegrams, V-mail and postcards. Almost all correspondents were members of a local fraternal club known as the Senators which was composed of graduates of Bowling Green High School.
Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 223. Three recipe books collected by Rosalyn Marie (Gourley) Stamps; eight yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous items from the Mabel Thomas Garden Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Perkins & Young Collection, 1859, 1905-1917 (Mss 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins & Young Collection, 1859, 1905-1917 (Mss 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 220. Account book (359 p.) for the "Old Kinlock" store located on the Portage Railroad in the Delafield community, northwest of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Pages 1-280 contain the records of the store; pages 281-359 include rental agreements and payments made to Young & Perkins for properties in the area.
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1663. Items from the Bradley and Gerard families, chiefly concerning their Bowling Green, Kentucky undertaking business. Includes information related to the funeral service of Martha "Mattie" Jane (Buchanan) Gerard.
Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1661. Correspondence between Edwina Chandler Jones and Betty Boyd Lyne, chiefly related to their families and mutual friends, Jones's travel and church activities, and her move from Bowling Green to Lakewood Manor Baptist Retirement Home in Richmond, Virginia.
Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1662. Copy of letter to Florence Alford, Bowling Green, from Larry H. Embry, Bowling Green, related to his illness. Also, her written account of the 1991 fire at Bowling Green's First Baptist Church where she was a member.
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1650. Detailed memory book created about the life of Jefferson Davis Bailey, who lived most of his life in Owensboro, Kentucky. The book was compiled by his daughter, Brenda (Bailey) Little, Hartford, Kentucky.
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 222. Correspondence of the Pearson family, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly letters from Carroll Pearson to his wife Patricia while he is in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The collection also contains letters sent to Carroll from his parents and letters sent to Patricia from her parents and friends.
Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1639. Letters sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky native Eva Mae Stone by cousins George and Charles Shanks and friend John Mullins who were serving in the armed forces during World War II. Includes photograph of Mullins in uniform standing before the U.S. Capitol.
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 208. Collection includes two memoirs related to the boyhood of Samuel Allen Griffin in Sumner County, Tennessee and his railroad career: "A Country Boy" and "My 50 Years Service with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company." Also, a magazine article about Griffin.
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1636. Letter, 21 July 1876, from George Deering, Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister-in-law Alice in Russellville, Arkansas. He comments on the health and social activities of friends and family and on the unusually hot weather.
Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1635. Copy of a diary kept by Amanda LeeAnn Hardin while a first-grade student at Bristow Elementary School, Warren County, Kentucky. Entries include comments about her pets, her family, and the Persian Gulf War.
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Sermon notes, letters, genealogical and biographical information, and news clippings; letters related to his courtship and marriage. Includes two collections of poetry.