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Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 524. Correspondence and papers of the Tolle family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes data on the Tolle, Snoddy and Bransford families, William Daniel Tolle’s history of Barren County, and materials relating to his work as a veteran’s pension claims agent.
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.
Daniels, Herbert, 1836-1899 (Mss 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Daniels, Herbert, 1836-1899 (Mss 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 500. Letters of Herbert Daniels, serving with the 7th Rhode Island Infantry, to Salina A. (Brewster) Waterson in Worcester, Massachusetts. He reports on camp life in Kentucky, Maryland and Washington, D.C., gossips about other soldiers, and makes candid references to his sexual relationship with Salina.
Northcott, Henry Clay, 1822-1918 (Mss 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Northcott, Henry Clay, 1822-1918 (Mss 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 519. Papers, primarily letters to Methodist minister Henry Clay Northcott and his daughter Annie Lou “Loulie” (Northcott) Carson. Includes a few items relating to Northcott’s wife Hannah Amanda (Lewis) Northcott and another daughter, Martha Catherine “Kate” (Northcott) Thomas.
Alexander Family Papers (Mss 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander Family Papers (Mss 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only Manuscripts Collection 505. Correspondence, business and estate papers, deeds and miscellaneous records of the Alexander, Fontaine, Lucas, Graham and associated families, principally of Henry County, Virginia; Cumberland, Metcalfe and Warren counties in Kentucky; and Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Includes letters of Martha (Lucas) Graham written from Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Payne, William (Lg 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, William (Lg 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 148. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to William Payne 500 acres in Lincoln County, Virginia.
Preston, John (Lg 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Preston, John (Lg 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 150. Original land grant, 26 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Preston and Balard Smith, assignees of Granville Smith, 490 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 (Lg 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 (Lg 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 146. Photocopy (negative) of a land grant, 4 April 1786, by which Beverly Randolph, Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Patrick Henry, assignee of Peter Sanders, 500 acres in Lincoln County, Virginia.
Myers, Jacob (Lg 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Myers, Jacob (Lg 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 149. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to Jacob Myers 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.
Hynes, Andrew (Lg 115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hynes, Andrew (Lg 115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 115. Copy of a land grant, 1 June 1782, by which Benjamin Harrison, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Andew Hynes 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia for the sum of 160 pounds.
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.
Bouldin, Wylie Fox, 1870-1947 (Sc 1535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bouldin, Wylie Fox, 1870-1947 (Sc 1535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1535. Correspondence, wills, deeds, tax receipts, relating to the Wylie F. Bouldin family of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Also includes deputy clerk Charles D. Allen’s 1850 form book for Warren County Court records.
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lanier Collection (Mss 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of post-World War II pen pal letters and selected images from ciphering book of Collins Lanier from Manuscripts Collection 488. Collection consists chiefly of letters written to Deanna June (Linville) Lanier by friends and her family, particularly her mother Lena (Harris) Linville. Includes some interesting pen pal letters with a German child, 1948 to 1950. Includes genealogical material about the Lanier and Linville families. Also includes early Warren County, Kentucky material from brothers, Byrd Lanier and Collins Lanier, including a little correspondence, bills and notes, receipts, and property records.
Vanbuskirk, Michael Henry, 1840-1905 (Sc 1383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vanbuskirk, Michael Henry, 1840-1905 (Sc 1383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1383. Diary, 1862-1864, kept by Michael H. VanBuskirk, while serving with Co. F, 27th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers. He was taken prisoner in Virginia on 25 May 1862, and released on 13 September 1862. He gives a good description of military life. Also includes an 1862 letter written in rhyme to his parents (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Parker Family Papers (Mss 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parker Family Papers (Mss 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 118. A wide array of materials, chiefly correspondence, of the Liddell and Spencer families of Alabama and the Parker family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Of particular interest are Civil War letters written to Mary E. “Mollie” Liddell, items related to Howard College and Judson Institute in Marion, Alabama, letters to Lorena Parker from a missionary in Ethiopia, and a letter mentioning Texas politics in 1860.
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Lg 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Lg 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 76. Original land grant, 23 March 1789, by which Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted Robert Craddock, 1,000 acres on Gasper River in Virginia. Signed by Beverly Randolph.
Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 54. Original land grant, 2 February 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Jacob Myers, 3,000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.
Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 53. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Vertrees, 400 acres in Jefferson County on Cave Creek.
Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 55. Original land grant, 20 September 1786, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Silas Harding, 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.