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Moore, Carlos Wright, 1884-1951 (Mss 156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Moore, Carlos Wright, 1884-1951 (Mss 156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 156. Family and business papers of Warren County, Kentucky farmer Carlos W. Moore and school teacher Mae White, who became his wife. Topics include courtship, farming and school teaching.


Borders, Forest, 1893-1971 (Sc 1173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Borders, Forest, 1893-1971 (Sc 1173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1173. Miscellaneous materials from Forest Borders, including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and advertising related to his Borders Pure Milk Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes a soil conservation plan with maps for his Warren County farm.


Devine, Lillian K., 1895-1990 (Mss 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Devine, Lillian K., 1895-1990 (Mss 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 463. Farm ledgers for the Devine family farm in Grass Township, Spencer County, Indiana, as well as personal daily dairies of Lillian K. Devine, 1960-1981.


Hoskinson, Virginia Adeline (Smith), 1892-1956 (Sc 2691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Hoskinson, Virginia Adeline (Smith), 1892-1956 (Sc 2691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2691. Handwritten memo, undated, of Virginia Hoskinson, Glendale, Kentucky, doing business as Mrs. Stanley P. Hoskinson, breeder of Bourbon Red Turkeys and Golden Wyandotte and Buff Leghorn Chickens. She quotes a price for a particular turkey and describes the quality and pricing of other stock.


Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Roark, Ethel Elizabeth (Stagner), 1913-1992 (Mss 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 105. Miscellaneous papers collected by Ethel Roark, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes a World War II letter; personal letters (4); Knights of Pythias certificate; general store ledger with a 1929 inventory; 1954 letter promoting legal alcohol sales in Simpson County; and 1965 farm diary.


Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 789. Letter written to a doctor by George Motier Bibb, Logan County, Kentucky, 26 August 1810, describing some Logan County, Kentucky farm land and buildings.