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Rodes Collection (Mss 427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Rodes Collection (Mss 427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 427. Correspondence, photographs, and business and personal papers, primarily of Robert Rodes, Sr. of Danville, Kentucky, and John Barret Rodes of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robert Rodes's correspondence includes letters outlining his fear of an invasion of Bowling Green by Confederate forces, 1861 (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripts). Also includes material related to Rodes ancestors and descendants, as well as to members of the Grider, Hines, Helm, Loving and associated families.


Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 63. Union Army discharge issued to John Thomas Clark of Logan County, Kentucky. Issued on 7 May 1865 in New Albany, Indiana.


Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.


Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 798. Letters, 18 and 24 May 1863, of George Henry Weeks, a Union soldier from the 103rd Ohio Regiment, to his mother and sisters while camped near Somerset, Kentucky and the Cumberland River. Weeks includes details on duty, guerrilla activities, a slave’s plight, and his chaplain.


Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 62. Union Army discharge, 1865, and 1884 certificate for restoration and increase in pension issued to Miles A. Taylor, Caneyville, Kentucky.


Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 60. Union Army discharge, 1865, and pension certificate of Josiah S. Hendricks, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1899-1930. Also biographical notes as related by his daughter, Miss Alma Hendricks, 1959.


Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 59. Letter, 22 December 1864, written by Joseph Fuquay, Madisonville, Kentucky, to "Delia" (possibly his niece Delia Ruby), commenting on General H.B. Lyon’s raid of Madisonville, 1864, and letter, 9 February 1865, written by S.T. Morrow, Hopkins County, Kentucky, to Brother Bushard Winstead and others regarding religion.


Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 57. Letter written by A.W. Randolph, while serving with the 6th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his parents in Kentucky describing the Battle of Chickamauga and mentioning General Breckinridge, General Ben Hardin Helm, Lieutenant Colonel Hewitt, and the heroism of Chaplain Pickett of the 2nd Kentucky. He also mentions seeing family friends in Mississippi.


Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Frazier, Thomas Alexander, 1835-1913 (Sc 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 58. Draft notice for one year issued in Owensboro, Kentucky, for Thomas A. Frazier, Hopkins County, Kentucky and signed by Captain J.R. Grissom, Provost Marshal for the 2nd District of Kentucky; also envelope bearing a Confederate flag.


Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 55. Letter, 12 July 1863, of Robert A. Hope, written at Camp Beaver, Kentucky, to relatives and friends in Kentucky after his capture at Gladesville, Virginia by Union forces. He details his capture, remarks on his courteous treatment by officers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, and asks that some changes of clothes be sent to him.


Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.


Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 607. Photocopies of Civil War papers of James Willis Wood of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which include his enlistment papers, letters, 1864 (9 items), written while in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and his discharge papers, 1864.


Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Stahl Family Papers (Sc 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 602. Civil War letters, 1861-1865 (5 items), pertaining to activities in Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas Territory; letters of the Stahl family of Warren County, Kentucky, 1861-1863 (2); Warren County tax receipts, 1865-1898 (10); deeds and legal papers pertaining to the Stahl family place, 1863-1954 (17); and letters concerning the collection, 1973 (2).


Hines Family Papers (Sc 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Hines Family Papers (Sc 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 523. Incoming letters, 1879-1899, to Edward Ludlow Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Civil War experiences of said Hines and James M. Hines as recorded by Edward Ludlow Hines; and reminiscences of Green River by John P. Hines, Bowling Green, as dictated to his wife in 1942.


Mccoy, Thomas N. (Sc 2635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Mccoy, Thomas N. (Sc 2635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2635. Bound typescript of paper by Thomas N. McCoy, Catlettsburg, Kentucky entitled “Sadie F. Price, 1849-1903,” Kentucky Botanist,” including typescripts of correspondence with Price about botany, and a collection of new clippings concerning Price.


Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 (Sc 2623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 (Sc 2623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2623. Paper by Benjamin Franklin Procter titled, “Dr. Leslie Waggener,” a biography of an English Professor at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky. Also includes a three-page farewell address delivered by Waggener in 1883.


Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2624. Paper by Jennie Miller Orr titled "Captain Ed Porter Thompson." Also include a 1987 letter from Frances J. Fletcher, Orr's niece, explaining the paper.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.


Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 513. Album containing autographs of Civil War Confederate soldiers. It was found on a Southern battlefield and was presented to Emily Perry of Hopkinsville, Kentucky by a friend in 1866. Includes autographs of Kentucky soldiers, some having served with John Hunt Morgan.


Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.


Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 731. Letter concerning a debt owed to the Shakers, 1839; indenture binding Eli McLean to teach the spinning trade to Eliza Janes, age 12, 1842; and letters pertaining to the Shakers' seed trade, 1861, 1878.


Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.


Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2621. Civil War diary kept by L. J. Sanders of the 30th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Diary includes details about the war, casualties, and the weather. Of particular interest are comments about the Battle of Vicksburg.


Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.


Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.


Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of 19th Century materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 715. Copies of letters written by John and Jane Atkinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends and relatives in England, 1866-1879 (4 items), which contain family news, information about Bowling Green during the Civil War, description of their return trip from England, 1873, correspondence concerning these letters, 1960-1961 (12), and a photograph.


Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.


Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2589. Typescript copy (prepared in 1911) of Marcus Bearden DeWitt’s pocket memorandum book from March-June 1863 and May 1865. A chaplain with the 8th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A), DeWitt chronicles conditions during the Civil War, including camp life, travel, family visits, and religion. Also includes “A Sketch of My Life," a short autobiography written by DeWitt, and a memorial written by one of his children.