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Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 2598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 2598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2598. Letters from artist Joseph Dudley Downing, France, to Elinor Green (later Hunter), who worked for the United States State Department in Bern, Switzerland. They discuss their shared interest in art and discuss upcoming visits. Also includes letters from Joseph’s brother, Dero Downing, to Green discussing the possibility of donating artwork to Western Kentucky University.
Egan, Charlotte P. (Grider), 1920-2014 (Sc 2569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Egan, Charlotte P. (Grider), 1920-2014 (Sc 2569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2569. Letter of Charlotte (Grider) Egan, Sellersburg, Indiana, to Sue Lynn McDaniel and Sandra Staebell, WKU Special Collections Library and Kentucky Museum. She thanks them for publishing an article on her late sister, Dorothy Grider, in Landmark Report (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and comments on the recognition due her sister for her work as a commercial artist.
Elkin, Gwendolyn, 1916-2009 (Sc 2596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elkin, Gwendolyn, 1916-2009 (Sc 2596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2596. Holographic paper titled “Joel Tanner Hart” by Gwendolyn Elkin, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Biographical paper highlights Hart’s life, career and techniques as an sculptor.
Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 576. Letter from Paul Albert Plaschke, Louisville, Kentucky, to Henry Hardin Cherry, President of Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating that Plaschke is sending a painting-- “Capitol Hill, Frankfort, Kentucky”–for the Kentucky Building.
Changsha: Photographs By Rian Dundon, Rian Dundon
Changsha: Photographs By Rian Dundon, Rian Dundon
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Rian Dundon, whose photographs have previously appeared at China Beat, will soon be releasing a new book of photography on China, Changsha. Dundon’s book will feature a forward written by friend of the blog Gail Hershatter and includes his photos of and essays on the Hunan province city of Changsha. For more information, and to pre-order a copy of the book, see the book’s website (pre-sales of the book are part of a crowd-funding campaign raising funds for its first run with the publisher, Emphas.is). Below is a special teaser of Changsha material that Dundon has prepared for China Beat …
Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.