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Woman's Club Of Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woman's Club Of Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 456. Records of the Woman’s Club of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. Includes minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, financial records, clippings, and materials relating to the Club’s social, educational and civic activities.
Capwell, Franklin Wall, 1823-1889 (Sc 3232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Capwell, Franklin Wall, 1823-1889 (Sc 3232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3232. Letter, 10 January 1845, of teacher Franklin W. Capwell to his parents in Wyoming County, New York. Writing from Mortonsville, Kentucky, he describes the circumstances of his decision to teach at a seminary there, listing his subjects and fees. He finds Southern women unsuitable for their lack of education, but declares that their wealth makes them good marriage prospects for other Northern men. He also comments on the reliance on slaves for ordinary labor, the defense of slavery by ministers, and the fear of slave …