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Omer, Charles Henry, 1865-1937 (Mss 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Omer, Charles Henry, 1865-1937 (Mss 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 436. Personal journals of Charles Henry Omer of Union County, Kentucky. In this daily record Omer records information about his farming, family and church activities, the weather, as well as prices for food, timber and farm supplies.
Hardin Family Papers (Sc 2626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardin Family Papers (Sc 2626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2626. Deeds, chiefly related to the W. O. Hardin farm in Meade County, Kentucky, and estate papers for W.O. Hardin; genealogical information for the Chandler, Hendrick, Campbell and Strother families; letters from Albert B. “Happy” Chandler to his Cousin Norman Henry Hardin related to family affairs; and letters (2) sent to William L. and Ann Lewis, Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky, in the 1840s by P.H. and Ann D.L. Hodges of Bloomfield, County, Kentucky.
Mansfield, Marietta, 1917-2003 (Mss 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mansfield, Marietta, 1917-2003 (Mss 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 426. Correspondence and genealogical research collected by Marietta Mansfield, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, and a Methodist minister that served various churches in Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the Mansfield and Osborn(e) families of Kentucky and West Virginia. Includes letters written by Mansfield while serving as a missionary in India during the 1950s.
Mcreynolds, John Vernon (Sc 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcreynolds, John Vernon (Sc 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 533. Excerpts from McReynolds family history written by Benjamin McReynolds, Methodist minister and school teacher, Butler County, Kentucky. Also, additions to the history by John Vernon McReynolds, Lewisburg, Logan County, Kentucky.
Rowan Family Letters (Sc 745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan Family Letters (Sc 745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 745. Letters of the Rowan family, Bardstown, Kentucky, which include letter co-signed by John Rowan, concerning a Naval Academy appointment, 1828; letter to Rebecca Rowan about her son William passing his bar exam, 1859; letter to Rebecca from son John, 1862; letter from S. R. Rowan to brother John, 1861. Includes a Rowan family genealogical chart.
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 744. Letter, 3 September 1837, from Jesse Kennedy, Bourbon County, Kentucky, to brother-in-law George Waugh of Cabell County, Virginia, after the death of Kennedy’s first wife. He writes of his children, servants, and other relatives. Kennedy was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Davis Family Papers (Sc 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis Family Papers (Sc 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 489. Letters (4) written to T.P. or Leagralda (Mercer) Davis, Buras, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, containing family news and Mercer family genealogical sheet.
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).
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 473. Typed copies of letters written by Nathaniel Hardy of Louisville to his sister, Caroline Weston of Massachusetts, which relate family news and personal views about slavery, temperance and steamboat travel. Also, letter written by Caroline Sherrill to J.E. Hardy pertaining to these early letters and containing some family history written by a descendant in 1938.
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.
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 444. Letters from William Alexander Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Clifton Rodes, Louisville, Kentucky, enclosing prospectus of book about genealogy (Van Meter family) which Obenchain thinks will interest him, 17 August, and regarding Rodes’ order of the book and copies of some Van Meter family records, 22 August.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 35, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 35, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Database Fold3 History And Genealogy Archives Plus, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Database Fold3 History And Genealogy Archives Plus, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the database Fold3 history and genealogy archives plus.
Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and one scanned page (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 632. Ciphering book kept by William B. Clark of Christian County, Kentucky, 25 August 1813 to 22 August 1814, and intermittently by others to 1819. Other entries include business accounts of Clark, a blacksmith, and family genealogy. The book was bound
with sheets from the Western Eagle, a newspaper printed in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and dated 12 February 1813. It was removed and added to the Special Collections Library. A loose item found in the book, 1834-1846, contains accounts of Clark.
Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and sample of correspondence for Manuscripts Small Collection 633. Correspondence of John Wakefield Muir, Bardstown, Kentucky, and Mary (Taylor) Moore, Librarian of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains much information about
the history of Bardstown and Nelson County.
Clay, Thomas Hart, 1843-1907 (Sc 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Thomas Hart, 1843-1907 (Sc 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 643. Typed copy of letter to W. W. Hines from Thomas Hart Clay, Lexington, Kentucky, relating desired information about the children of Henry Clay, who was the grandfather of Thomas Hart Clay.
Muir, John Wakefield, Sr., 1909-1991 (Sc 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muir, John Wakefield, Sr., 1909-1991 (Sc 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 551. Paper written by John Wakefield Muir, Sr. about his ancestor Dr. William Muir, and an account by Muir of the visit he and his wife made to Kilmarnock and Ayrshire, Scotland in June 1972.
Kirk, Arthur Dale, 1886-1944 (Sc 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kirk, Arthur Dale, 1886-1944 (Sc 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 534. Photocopy of Arthur Dale Kirk's holographic manuscript entitled "Weaver & Elizabeth Barnes and Their Folks."
Muir, Jasper W., 1823-1907 - Relating To (Sc 537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muir, Jasper W., 1823-1907 - Relating To (Sc 537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 537. Compilation of writings related to Jasper W. Muir, prominent attorney and banker of Bardstown, Kentucky. Includes a paper written by friend John Michael Cooney, and one by his grandson John Wakefield Muir. Also, an 1896 newspaper article about Muir.
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 547. Manuscript book of recollections concerning Porter family written by John M. Porter in 1872; clippings pertaining chiefly to Porter, 1870(?)-1884; certificate of his attendance and his ribbon from The Morgan Encampment, 1883; photo of Porter, lawyer and Commonwealth’s Attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 529. Typed manuscript titled "Charles Morgan, Early Kentucky Land Agent," written by Simon Dewitt Settle of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Rouse, Helen Elizabeth (Garvin), D. 1981 (Sc 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rouse, Helen Elizabeth (Garvin), D. 1981 (Sc 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 546. Letter to Margie Helm, Librarian, Kentucky Library, from Helen E. (Garvin) Rouse, concerning records from the minutes of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, that relate to the Garvin and Irvin families and an accompanying statement related to the two families.
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 526. Samuel Clark, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was Captain of Co. B, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish –American War. Papers include muster roll, roll call book, Clark’s discharge and pension papers, photo of Clark in uniform, Clark family genealogy, and miscellaneous items.
Thomas, Edison Hugh, B. 1912 (Sc 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Edison Hugh, B. 1912 (Sc 536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 536. Typescript copy with holographic corrections of "The Thomas and Bridges Story, 1540-1840" by Edison Hugh Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky. Includes information about the origin of the Thomas and Bridges families.
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 465. Compilation of Hines family genealogical data, 1795-1911; reminiscences of early Kentucky and Warren County history; Civil War participation of Hines family and John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate cause.
Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 44. Typed copies of personal and legal papers, 1791-1840 (43) of Charles Meriwether, a pioneer doctor of Christian County, Kentucky; family letters of Caroline Gordon Tate, author and educator, 1938-1947 (18); and family letters of newspaper columnist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (“Dorothy Dix”), 1930-1949 (13).
Skaggs Family Bible Records (Sc 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Skaggs Family Bible Records (Sc 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) typescript (clip on "Additional File" below) for Small Collection 392. Removed from Skaggs family Bible. Records of James Skaggs, 1789-1861, and his wife, Dorothy Dunham Skaggs, b. 1789, married 1810.
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 393. Manuscript excerpts from diary which was used as proof of marriage by Polly Grundy Seay in her application for a pension. Samuel Seay was a Revolutionary soldier who immigrated to Kentucky in 1793 and lived in the counties of Washington and Graves. Evidently, he later lived in Amelia County, Virginia.
Rice, David, 1733-1816 (Sc 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, David, 1733-1816 (Sc 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 400. Legal papers – bond for land and deed to land in Warren County, Kentucky, 1813 (2); will of David Rice, 1816; deed, Warren County, 1818, made by sons; and papers concerning Warren County Circuit Court Case (Equity Court Case #924) instigated by Martin Mitchell, Warren County, against some of the Rice heirs, 1832-1833 (6). Letters to Mary Leiper Moore, librarian, Kentucky Library, about Rice and his descendants, 1938-1947 (5).