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Damron, Danny Lee (Sc 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Damron, Danny Lee (Sc 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1133. Letters and a postcard sent from Damron to Becky Spradlin of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Also included is a photo of Damron, a water bottle label with Arabic captions and a riyal bill from Saudi Arabia.

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Goad, Kelly Parker (Sc 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Goad, Kelly Parker (Sc 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1139. Desert Storm letter from Kelly Parker Goad to his aunt, Pansy Page Allison and family, Ooltewah, Tennessee, describing living conditions at Saudi National Guard Compound; and letters from Allison providing biographical information about Goad.

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Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1142. Desert Storm letters from Harper to David Baxter, a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing living conditions in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.

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Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1152. Desert Storm letters (9) written by A. Todd Radford to Mimi Bennett and Ruth E. Ernst, Louisville, Kentucky, and to the Women’s Club of Lyndon, Kentucky, thanking them for materials sent and describing war service in Saudi Arabia.

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Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1150. Desert Storm letters (7) written to Brenda Bush, Frankfort, Kentucky, by David L. Padgett. Also included is data about Padgett and his service in the Persian Gulf War and his subsequent employment.

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Gordon, Tom (Sc 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Gordon, Tom (Sc 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1138. Desert Storm pictorial postcard with message from Tom Gordon to B.J. Senior of LaGrange, Kentucky.

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Mccullough, Crystal - Letters To (Sc 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Mccullough, Crystal - Letters To (Sc 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1148. Desert Storm letters (8) and Christmas card written by three servicemen to Crystal McCullough, Tullahoma Tennessee, and photographs (2) of two of the men. Also included is an outgoing letter from McCullough to an unnamed serviceman and a letter of explanation about the letters (11).

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Rothman, Michael C. (Sc 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Rothman, Michael C. (Sc 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1153. Desert Storm letter written about the U.S.S. Saratoga by Michael C. Rothman to his mother, Betty Gardner, Louisville, Kentucky.

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Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1143. Desert Storm letters (2) from Christopher Hart to Brenda Bush and family, Elizabethtown, Kentucky discussing his training in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.

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Lude, Kirk (Sc 1147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Lude, Kirk (Sc 1147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1147. Desert Storm letters(4) written to Dawn E. Abbott, Bowling Green, Kentucky, by Kirk Lude, relating his war experiences. Also newspaper clippings regarding soldiers.

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Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1154. Desert Storm letters (3) sent to Kentucky state senator Richard "Richie" Sanders, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, by servicemen.

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Shepherd, Katherine A. (Sc 1156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Shepherd, Katherine A. (Sc 1156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1156. Desert Storm letters (14) written by different servicemen to Katherine Shepherd, Campbellsville, Kentucky, who was preparing a presentation for the Campbellsville Junior High School about the service in the Persian Gulf War. Letters answer specific questions asked by Shepherd.

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Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1159. Desert Storm letters (25) by several servicemen to Betty A. Sullivan, Falls of Rough, Kentucky. Also included are examples of newsletters (3) and copies of letters sent by Sullivan to servicemen during the Persian Gulf War.

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Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1123. Postcard about a Bowling Green High School 1934 class meeting, 1937; newsletters (3), from the 87th Depot Repair Squadron, 1945; army ration card, 1945; miscellaneous papers related to Stamps’ release from the army, 1945; and a letter from a Moroccan friend, 1948.

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Headrick, Victor Delano, 1921-2010 (Sc 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Headrick, Victor Delano, 1921-2010 (Sc 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1122. Letter, 26 May 1945, from Headrick, a Monroe County, Kentucky native, to his sister Eva Ream, relating his World War II experiences as a transportation specialist in Europe. Includes genealogical data sheet.

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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1119. Telegrams (7), 1971, to Susan E. Powell, Martin, Tennessee, informing her of her husband's war injuries and his well-being; telegram from husband Lt. William E. Powell, Jr., to Susan; and clipping expressing the couple's thanks to their friends for kindnesses shown them.

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Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1120. Sermon notes and Spanish-American War discharge certificate of Simpson County, Kentucky native, Charles Potter Walton, who served as a Methodist minister in the south central Kentucky area. Several items related to the Spanish-American War can be viewed in full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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Haynes, James Pleasant, 1843-1919 (Mss 477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Haynes, James Pleasant, 1843-1919 (Mss 477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 477. Civil war diaries (1864-1865), service and pension records of James Pleasant Haynes of Warren County, Kentucky, who served with the 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.

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Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Carmichael Family Papers (Mss 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 467. Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous material from several related families: Standrod, Campbell, and Carmichael. Includes a claim made after the Civil War for compensation for an enslaved man who joined the Union Army (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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Civil War, 1861-1965 - Pensions (Sc 1102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Civil War, 1861-1965 - Pensions (Sc 1102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1102. Materials related to Civil War pension claim of Thomas J. Winfrey, Russell County, Kentucky, and his widow, Mary (Sharp) Winfrey. Also includes document certifying the death of Corporal Hugh A. Sharp on 18 July 1863 in a hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1090. Commutation money receipt given to Henry J. McLean, Owensboro, Kentucky. McLean, a colonel drafted into the Union army from Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District, paid $300 to receive a discharge from further liability for the draft. Receipt signed by George D. Blakey

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"The Brave Men, Living And Dead, Who Struggled Here": Utah Veterans And The Gettysburg Reunion Of 1913, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D., Ken Nelson Jul 2013

"The Brave Men, Living And Dead, Who Struggled Here": Utah Veterans And The Gettysburg Reunion Of 1913, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D., Ken Nelson

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Gettysburg was the defining battle of the American Civil War as Union and CSA soldiers clashed in Pennsylvania. This Utah Historical Quarterly article from Summer 2013 explains how Union and Confederate veterans of the Civil War, who were living in Utah, traveled to and participated in the 1913 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg (which took place July 1-3, 1863). The article also includes lists of the Utah veterans who attended and additionally notes which veterans participated in the battle of Gettysburg.

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Harris, Downey Lamar, 1875-1956 (Sc 1033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Harris, Downey Lamar, 1875-1956 (Sc 1033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1033. World War I letters written by Downey L. Harris from Camp Lee, Virginia to his family in Franklin, Kentucky, consoling them over the loss of his brother, George DeWitt Harris in France. The letters also contain information about Downey’s work as a physician at Camp Lee during the war.

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Harris, George Dewitt, 1876-1918 (Sc 1032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Harris, George Dewitt, 1876-1918 (Sc 1032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1032. Chiefly letters and documents related to the World War I service of George DeWitt Harris, a Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Includes eight letters written to him by his father, mother, and siblings before his death in France. Also includes four 1899 reference letters from his law professors at the University of Michigan, and a business card from his time as an attorney in St. Louis.

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Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 455. Correspondence, accounts, land surveys, and miscellaneous business and legal papers of Orlando C. Bowles, a Civil War veteran, lawyer, farmer, and timber trader of Pike County, Kentucky. Includes some material relating to the Cecil family of Floyd and Pike counties.

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Godby, Allen Fogle, 1920-2004 (Sc 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Godby, Allen Fogle, 1920-2004 (Sc 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 934. Paper by Allen Fogle Godby titled, “W.W.II – Fifty Years Later” given to a Bowling Green, Kentucky High School assembly. Godby relates world conditions of that time period and records brief data about time spent in the Pacific Theater as a U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant. Godby did not see action on the fighting front.

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Strode, Wendell Kay, B. 1948 (Sc 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Strode, Wendell Kay, B. 1948 (Sc 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 926. Letter, 16 April 1969, to Charles Arterburn, Flippin, Monroe County, Kentucky, thanking him for his letter which Strode received in Japan while recuperating from an injury suffered in Vietnam. He further relates that he will be returning to Vietnam in thirty days. The stationery is imprinted with a military cartoon.

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Barren County, Kentucky - History (Sc 930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Barren County, Kentucky - History (Sc 930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 930. Notes related to the early history of Barren County, Kentucky, and the establishment of the county seat, Glasgow. Also, copy of the record of the organizational meeting of Barren County’s Confederate Aid Society, 8 June 1872. Includes a list of the veterans and citizens who joined that day.

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Hines, Jason P., B. 1969 (Sc 932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Hines, Jason P., B. 1969 (Sc 932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 932. Four letters written by Jason P. Hines, stationed in Saudi Arabia, to his mother Kathleen Riley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating his experiences in Operation Desert Shield, 1990, and Operation Desert Storm, 1991.

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Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (Sc 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (Sc 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 941. Civil War letters (5), by Tennessee Confederate Jefferson Dean, to his wife, Sophia. His regiment was stationed in southeastern Kentucky, then Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He describes his company’s activities in preparation for the Battle of Mill Springs and with Felix Zollicoffer’s forces at Johnson’s Island, where he died. Other items include war records and photographs concerning Dean and Johnson’s Island cemetery.

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