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Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 437. Correspondence of Ruth and Helen E. Robinson, chiefly with cousins and other family members. Most of the letters are incoming Christmas cards filled with family information.


Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 61. Manuscript poem entitled “The Censer Bowl” written by Simon Bolivar Buckner.


Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 435. Correspondence, autograph albums, travel accounts and other miscellaneous material of Franklin, Kentucky native Gilbertine Moore. Moore owned a seed inspection business in Franklin and was interested in the arts, nature, and writing.


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.


Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.


Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 519. Business papers of John M. Galloway, lawyer and judge of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include petition for election to enable county to purchase railroad stock, 1889; 1890 stock certificates and a 1901 deposition related to Warren Deposit Bank; Peter Perkins’ will, 1891; judgeship certificate, 1903; newspaper clippings and photos kept by Mrs. Galloway, 1873-1930.


Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 429. Interviews conducted by Loretta (Martin) Murrey, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, with poet Joy Bale Boone. Includes transcriptions, summaries, and cassette tapes (32). The interviews emphasize biographical information and descriptions of Boone's influence as a poet and literary activist.


Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2625. Narrative poem by Richard Alexander Bate, Louisville, Kentucky, written to honor the life and career of Revolutionary War sailor Commodore Richard Taylor.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 515. Letter, 17 January 1926, from Cale Young Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mrs. Grayot? giving permission to reprint some of his poetry in the magazine "The Club Woman." Also includes some of his comments concerning poetry.


Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 431. Sundry items from Lillian Iona Tynes’s childhood and adolescence in Russellville, Kentucky, including greeting and holiday cards, correspondence, diaries, report cards, programs from school functions, news clippings, church programs, and more.


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.


Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2577. Typescript copies of a few letters from Attie Riggs Brooks, Utica, Kentucky, to Gayle R. Carver, Greenville, Kentucky, enclosing typescript copies of several poems and articles as well as a short biography.


Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.


Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2603. Chiefly typescript copies of letters from William Shakespeare Hays, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jess and Sue Barkley, Greenville, Kentucky, and a few selected poems. Poems include "Insured", "Sunday Morning", "Eli's Thanksgiving", etc. Also included is general biographical information about Hays.


Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 710. Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig Party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 484. An autographed letter to Mr. Blodgett stating that he never saves his manuscripts, 6 March 1917, and a poem entitled “Silence,” 1 November.


Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2546. Laura Elizabeth Richardson’s notebook containing holographic notes about the history of quilting. Notebook includes hand executed quilt pattern images in ink, poems, definitions of quilting terms, and textile descriptions. Includes notes about the provenance of Richardson’s quilt collectionand her furniture.


Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2544. Reminiscences of Esther (Lamastus) Smith of her family and childhood on a farm in Butler County, Kentucky. Smith provides family information and covers topics such as livestock raising, school games, spinning wool, transportation, telephone service, hair styles and other aspects of rural life. Includes poems, presumably by Smith.


Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 578. Photocopies of a letter written by Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, author, from Dallas, Texas, to Otto Rothert, author, Louisville, Kentucky, which contains literary and family information; an article written by Mrs. Obenchain and published in McCall’s Magazine; and some biographical notes.


Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 550. Letter, 19 March 1949, to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from poet David Morton, Deerfield, Massachusetts, concerning his visit to Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green. Also, a printed copy of one of his poems as requested. Morton was originally from Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.


Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 553. Booklet compiled by Perry Canby Ellis, chiefly about George Rogers Clark, which contains pictures and original poetry by Ellis and also contains some information about poet Henry C. Blount as well as biographical information about Ellis.


Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914 (Sc 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914 (Sc 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 531. Letter from poet Madison Julius Cawein, Louisville, Kentucky, to Fred H. Day, Boston, Massachusetts, a publisher, relative to several of Cawein’s books of poetry and to a book by novelist and poet Alice Brown.


Gillette, Mary Gurley (Sc 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Gillette, Mary Gurley (Sc 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 508. Album of poetry extracts and some essays compiled by owner, possibly in 1832. Contains notes from subsequent owners of the album.


Washington, William Armstead, 1800-1883 (Sc 506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Washington, William Armstead, 1800-1883 (Sc 506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 506. Memory album containing poetry written by William Armstead Washington, Logan County, Kentucky, some of which was written for his sisters, Sarah Virginia and Louisa Fairfax. Also, a poem written by J.A.C. Boyer which he dedicated to Sarah V. Washington, and holographic notes (2) are included.


Stockdale, Elizabeth Ann, 1821-1840 (Sc 507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Stockdale, Elizabeth Ann, 1821-1840 (Sc 507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 507. Autograph album of Elizabeth Ann Stockdale, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, which contains essays as well as poems. Includes a poem written in 1869 for Miss Stockdale’s mother after Elizabeth Stockdale’s death. Also, a loose holographic copy of one of the album’s poems.


Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Strange Collection (Mss 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 42. Correspondence, 1864-1878 (8); journal, 1852-1883; scrapbooks (2); Manuscript: “House of Madison and McDowell in Kentucky,” 1888; family genealogical data; slave records; etc., of Agatha (Rochester) Strange, 1832-1896, a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.


Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans of selected folders (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 404. Collected loose poems of Joseph E. Bolton, a native of Cadiz, Kentucky and a Western Kentucky University graduate. Bolton published two books of poetry in his lifetime. A posthumous collection, The Last Nostalgia, was edited by Don Justice and published in 1999. The bulk of the collection relates to Justice’s research notes and correspondence regarding publication of The Last Nostalgia.


Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 392. Letters written by John R. Johnson and Andrew Wilson Johnson to their parents in Wooster, Ohio, during the brothers’ military service in World War I and Andrew’s attendance at Ohio State University.


The End Of Her, Kerry Alexander Apr 2012

The End Of Her, Kerry Alexander

English Honors Projects

The End of Her is a collection of poetry that centers on ideas of celebrity, nostalgia, pain and healing, and collective memory. The poems depict the lives and times of tragic women: from Eve to Amy Winehouse. The project touches on both the real and the imagined in examining what it means to be famously tragic, as well as what it means to be a spectator of demise. Interwoven autobiographical pieces reveal the relationship between individual memory and shared history, as the collection positions personal accounts of love and loss in conversation with some of the world’s best-known stories.