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Simmons, Clayton C. (Sc 2639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simmons, Clayton C. (Sc 2639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2639. Bound typescript copy of a book compiled by Clayton C. Simmons, titled “An Historical Journey Through Barren County, Kentucky.” Topics of interest include Barren County and Edmonson County family histories and general history about the counties.
Moss, John Mckenzie, 1868-1929 (Sc 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss, John Mckenzie, 1868-1929 (Sc 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 518. Papers of John McKenzie Moss, lawyer, judge, and politician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Notice of his contest of election, 3rd Congressional District, 1900; letters to Moss pertaining chiefly to politics, 1902-1903; letter of Moss to lawyer, 1902.
Carter, Nell Bohannon, 1898-1995 (Sc 2585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Nell Bohannon, 1898-1995 (Sc 2585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2585. Teacher’s register and gradebook of Nell Bohannon Carter, believed to be from a Smiths Grove, Kentucky or Barren County, Kentucky school. Includes absence note from the mother of a student.
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Frances J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.
Young Family Papers (Sc 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young Family Papers (Sc 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 475. Receipt for tobacco transportation, 1817, and diary of river trip from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Natchez, Mississippi, March 14 – April 13, 1817; newspaper article about western travels by father and son, 1850 & 1940, August 29, 1940; and genealogy of
George C. Young family, Barren County (original).
Wininger, Charles Richard (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wininger, Charles Richard (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 421. This collection contains War of 1812 correspondence between James and Prudence (Stockton) Hall, as well as World War II correspondence between Charles and Novella (Tillery) Wininger, all of Barren County, Kentucky. Some letters with other correspondents, as well as family photos and genealogical information about the Hall, Stockton, and Wininger families is included.
Tolle Collection (Sc 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle Collection (Sc 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 432. Papers regarding the Patrons of Husbandry, Siloam Grange, Number 1372, Barren County, Kentucky, 1874-1875. Papers include applications and recommendations for membership, chiefly signed or approved by William Daniel Tolle, J. J. Pursley, J. Nichols, and C. G. Ellis.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Legal Papers (Sc 631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 631. Photocopies of legal papers pertaining to lawsuit brought by Sally Boles in which she sought and obtained a divorce from her husband William, who united with the Shakers in 1808 and left her and their three children to join the Shaker settlement at South Union, Kentucky, in 1811. The case was first tried in Logan County, then in Barren County.
Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 630. Photocopy of a survey, 15 December 1785, by which Scott recorded his claim for 2,663 acres on Skeggs Beaver Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, in fulfillment of his Virginia Revolutionary War land grant. Signed by Edmund Rogers. Also photocopy of sketch showing the location of the land.
Boles, Charles Elam, 1887-1982 (Sc 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boles, Charles Elam, 1887-1982 (Sc 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 599. Journal of C.E. Boles containing a record of his farming activities during the summer of 1912 in Barren County, Kentucky. Also C. E. Boles’ account with S. H. Boles during the same time period is recorded.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2540. “Fifty Years in a One-Room School,” an account by Alfred Leland Crabb, Jr. of the teaching career of his grandfather James Wade Crabb in one-room schools, primarily in Butler and Warren counties in Kentucky. Includes data on the Crabb family, a copy of James W. Crabb’s Warren County teaching certificate, a list of Warren County schools, 1908-1919, and an early twentieth-century photo of Plum Springs Schoolhouse, Warren County. Also includes A. L. Crabb, Sr.’s account of a student’s last day at Plum Springs Schoolhouse.
Goodman Family Papers (Sc 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodman Family Papers (Sc 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 401. Business papers of Revolutionary soldier, John Jacob Goodman, Sr., and Jr., and John I. Crisp, Monroe County, Kentucky. Deeds—Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1782, Monroe County, 1822-1873 (7); and Allen County, Kentucky, 1882; survey – Barren County, Kentucky, 1799; receipts – tax, Civil War, postmaster, etc., 1818-1863 (24); and miscellaneous papers.
Rodes Family Deeds (Sc 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes Family Deeds (Sc 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 399. Deeds, Barren County, Kentucky, 1812, 1837, and Hardin County, Kentucky, 1838.
Dickinson, W. H. (Sc 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickinson, W. H. (Sc 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 263. Receipt book of W. H. Dickinson, Sheriff of Barren County, Kentucky.
Vance, Marion, 1922-1979 (Sc 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vance, Marion, 1922-1979 (Sc 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 361. A short story titled “Little Noah” written by Marion Vance, a lawyer of Glasgow, Kentucky.
Lane Collection (Sc 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lane Collection (Sc 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 233. Papers of Joseph and Charles W. Lane and their family, Green County, Kentucky. Includes deeds from Barren and Green Counties, 1818-1832; Green County survey, 1866; Charles Lane’s Civil War discharge, 1864; Green County tax receipts, 1875 and 1882; an early plan of the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky; and miscellaneous letters from family and friends
Bush Family Papers (Sc 2495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush Family Papers (Sc 2495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2495. Correspondence, pedigree charts and sundry other items relating to the Bush family genealogy, particularly members from Barren County, Kentucky.
Martin, Elbridge G. (Sc 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Elbridge G. (Sc 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 336. Legal papers – deeds mortgages, etc., of the Pulliam Family of Allen County, Kentucky, 1845-1851 (4) and of Mr. Martin of Allen and Barren Counties, 1875-1882 (3), and business papers, 1888-1893 (10), receipts, 1874-1893 (11), and small account books, 1880-1888 (9).