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Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3584. Handwritten request, undated, written in humorously elaborate language to a young lady asking to accompany her to church.
Delong, John Berkley "Jack," 1894-1981 (Sc 3502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Delong, John Berkley "Jack," 1894-1981 (Sc 3502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Small Collection 3502. Letters written by John B. DeLong, Kentucky, to his wife Katherine, Alabama and Kentucky. In these sentimental letters John discusses searching for a job. He also includes details about daily life such as meals and his health. He relays how much he misses Katherine, their home life, and their dog “Pal.” Also included is a single letter from Merit O’Neal, a Louisville attorney, expressing his regrets for being unable to provide tickets to the Kentucky Derby.
Watson, Reba Inell (Mcwherter), 1921-2015 (Sc 3499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watson, Reba Inell (Mcwherter), 1921-2015 (Sc 3499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3499. Reminiscence of Reba Inell Watson from her birth in Monroe County, Kentucky in 1921 to the death of her husband Robert in 1987. Her memories include school years in Summer Shade, Kentucky, family events, and her work for the post surgeon at Fort Myer, Virginia.
Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tichenor Collection (Mss 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 678. Correspondence, papers and photographs of the Tichenor family of McLean County, Kentucky, and related families, especially Cherry, Short, and Hutchison. Much relates to the home front during World War II during the Navy service of high school teacher Thomas Cherry Tichenor.
Eagles, Annabelle Deane, 1873-1967 (Sc 3495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eagles, Annabelle Deane, 1873-1967 (Sc 3495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3495. Family letters to Annabelle (Mrs. Hawes B.) Eagles, Owensboro, Kentucky. Her widowed mother describes her sewing, household decorating, illness outbreaks, and the activities of mutual friends. Her husband writes to her while she is in Michigan, Illinois, New Jersey, and Buena Vista Springs in Logan County, Kentucky. He also writes to her from Dawson Springs, Kentucky and from hospital in Louisville. Annabelle’s sister-in-law writes from East Orange, New Jersey, with family news and urges her to visit; she also quizzes Annabelle about her bowel ailment in order to secure recommendations for treatment. …
Mcconnell, Harry Claude, 1879-1973 (Sc 3490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcconnell, Harry Claude, 1879-1973 (Sc 3490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3490. Letters of H. C. McConnell, proprietor of Valley View Stock Farm, Princeton, Kentucky, to his wife Sudie in St. Louis, Missouri. A letter of 14 November 1915[?] refers to family and their young daughter Josephine, and evaluates photographs made by Sudie; a letter of 3 March[?] 1919 mentions several family members, the prevalence of influenza in Cadiz, Kentucky, his work on another “plant bed,” and the weights of their two children.
Moss Family - Bible Records (Sc 3484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss Family - Bible Records (Sc 3484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3484. Genealogical pages related to the Moss family and several related families: Burnett, Layne, Matthews, and Rountree, removed from the Moss family Bible, 1828-1966; undated illuminated drawings executed by J. P. Gibbs and an undated solicitation for students in which he guaranteed “great improvement” or “no charge will be made.”
Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 677. Chiefly courtship letters written by Edward Daniel Covington while teaching high school industrial arts classes at St. Petersburg High School in Florida to his girlfriend and future wife, Evelyn Reynolds, Cave City, Kentucky. The 1933 letters mention the financial effects of the Great Depression and the difficulty of paying teachers.
Cherry, Laura B. (Render), 1881-1942 (Sc 3480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cherry, Laura B. (Render), 1881-1942 (Sc 3480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3480. Letter written by Laura B. Cherry, Indianapolis, Indiana, to John Marion Stahl, Jr., Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which she states her desire “to make your life happy and sweet.” It includes a facsimile of a $7 postal money order from Cherry to Stahl. In April 1915, Cherry sent a promissory note for thirty dollars to be drawn on Bowling Green’s American National Bank. She did not sign the note, so also included is a short letter to Stahl from J. Whit Potter, President of the American National Bank advising Stahl that the …
Slinker, Florra C., 1863-1945 (Sc 3474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slinker, Florra C., 1863-1945 (Sc 3474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Autograph album kept by Florra Slinker of Barren County, Kentucky, with entries dating from 1881 to 1902. Besides poems and autographs, the album contains recipes ranging from how to tan skins to how to bake a white cake. It also contains some prescriptions and remedies as well as some genealogical information on the Clark, Reynolds, and Covington families.
Perry Collection (Mss 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perry Collection (Mss 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 676. Letters, papers, photographs and scrapbooks of the Perry family, principally Gideon Babcock Perry, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Hopkinsville, Kentucky and his children, Reverend Henry G. Perry, Chicago, Illinois, and Emily B. Perry, Hopkinsville.
Clarkson, Mona (Wimp), 1849-1910 (Sc 3458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarkson, Mona (Wimp), 1849-1910 (Sc 3458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3458. Letter, 2 May 1895, of Mona Clarkson, Big Spring, Kentucky, to her daughter Lady E. Clarkson. She offers encouragement to her daughter, who is taking voice lessons in Louisville, Kentucky, and urges her to protect her health. She discusses the sewing activities of several female friends and offers wardrobe planning advice. She also encloses a letter from a male friend of Lady’s regarding his return of a book.
Smith, Sudie H., 1892-1973 - Letters To (Sc 3454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Sudie H., 1892-1973 - Letters To (Sc 3454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3454. Letter, 14 December 1912, from a beau named Claude at Princeton, Kentucky, to Miss Sudie Smith, Cerulean, Kentucky in which he discusses their friendship and correspondence and a recent illness he has experienced. On Princeton Hotel stationery.
Stewart, Robert Lee, 1873-1963 (Sc 3415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, Robert Lee, 1873-1963 (Sc 3415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3415. Letters, 30 May 1956 and 15 May 1957, to Mary Ellen Richards, Franklin, Kentucky, from Lee Stewart, Morehead, Kentucky. He encloses poems and song lyrics relating to Kentucky history, and comments on the Rowan County, Kentucky centennial celebrations. He also encloses his newspaper article about a Fayette County, Kentucky judge, legislator and poet.
Miller, Melissa, B. 1984 (Sc 3411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Melissa, B. 1984 (Sc 3411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3411. “The Autobiography of Melissa Miller,” written by Melissa Miller as a Mother’s Day gift and illustrated with drawings and photographs. The seven-year-old author writes of her birth in Mexico, infancy, school, family, and favorite things.
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks (Sc 3383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks (Sc 3383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3383. Correspondence, news clippings, documents, photos, certificates, and other ephemera related to the Kentucky state Elks and the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lodge (#320). Much of this revolves around leadership roles played by William P. Stamps, Jr. of Bowling Green. Also includes constitution and by-laws as well as minutes of the Bowling Green auxiliary, 1986-1987.
Bryan, Mary Louise, 1894-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan, Mary Louise, 1894-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3349. Undated letter to Mary Bryan, Paducah, Kentucky, from a disappointed suitor. He describes arriving at her home to find her already departed for other amusements, and his distress at her possible preference for riding in a car rather than his “tiresome old buggy.” Embarrassed and hurt, he nevertheless declares his affection and denies any intention to offend her. Includes a photo postcard to Mary showing a social gathering.
Hill, Ruth Elizabeth (Phillips), 1894-1980 (Sc 3340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hill, Ruth Elizabeth (Phillips), 1894-1980 (Sc 3340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3340. Typescript, with handwritten notations, of a speech by Ruth Hill, Bowling Green, Kentucky, entitled “Some of ‘My Favorite Things.’” First given at the Chautauqua Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club, in 1965 and thereafter to several women’s clubs, the speech reviews Mrs. Hill’s appreciation for theater, scientific progress, and other aspects of life that “shut out the winds of pessimism and depression.”
Reynolds, Barbara Ann, 1942-2005 (Sc 3338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, Barbara Ann, 1942-2005 (Sc 3338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3338. “The Southern Gentleman,” a paper by WKU student Barbara Reynolds describing her youthful encounter with Judge John B. Rodes of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 3319. Letter, 27 February 1909, of Alice E. Cunningham, Louisville, Kentucky, to her cousin Earle Cunningham. The letter is addressed to Georgia, but Earle appears to be in Florida. Alice teases him with a description of a “Southern beauty” visiting her home and asks him to write with news of his “numerous love affairs” with Southern girls. She also describes attending a church social “overrun” with seminary students attracted by the food, a Martha Washington Tea held by her Young Ladies Society, and a show at Louisville’s …
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3318. Letters to the Scott family of Ashland, Kentucky, chiefly to Sarah Asenath Scott from Fred Osborne, written from Clinchco, Virginia prior to their marriage. Fred refers to his work and health, their marriage plans, and a pending legal case. Other letters to Sarah are from childhood friends and classmates and friends of her mother. Includes a family letter to Sarah’s mother, and letters to her father from his sister and her children in Knoxville, Tennessee, which refer to farming operations and hopes for an improved economy under the new president, Franklin Roosevelt.
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3320. Invitation to a children’s party on 19 October 1912 sent to Ruth Smith, postmarked Johnston City, Illinois; also letter, 18 August 1922, to Ruth in Sebree, Kentucky, regarding graduation ceremonies for Webster County schools. The letter includes the program for the ceremony on 30 August 1922 and recommends attire for graduates.
Ligon, Lucy Ann (Parker) Robbins, 1833-1891 - Letters To (Sc 3278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ligon, Lucy Ann (Parker) Robbins, 1833-1891 - Letters To (Sc 3278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3278. Letters to Lucy Ann Robbins Ligon, the daughter of Fulton County, Kentucky judge Josiah Parker and his wife Lucy A. Parker, written while she lived in Crittenden County, Arkansas with her late husband’s brother, and in Hickman, Kentucky after her remarriage. Lucy’s parents relay news of her siblings and of pre-Civil War Hickman, and at the outbreak of war dramatically describe the division of loyalties, the townspeople’s fear and uncertainty as invasion threatens from the North, the enlistment of local men, two destructive fires, economic conditions, …
Vaughn, Gene H. - Letters To (Sc 3274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vaughn, Gene H. - Letters To (Sc 3274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3274. Condolence letters from 12th Street Church of Christ, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Congressman William H. Natcher upon the death of Vaughn’s father, Eldon Howard Vaughn in September 1983.
Baxter, Ruth Vivian, B. 1908? (Sc 3269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baxter, Ruth Vivian, B. 1908? (Sc 3269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3269. My Him Book, an illustrated memory album designed by Elisa E. Edwards (published in 1924) and given to Ruth Vivian Baxter, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1930. Ruth names and records comments about her life "loves," including childhood friends, school crushes, movie stars, musicians, and her husband; notes on their wedding include a list of gifts.
Mcdaniel, Robert Estle, Jr., B. 1965 (Sc 3169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdaniel, Robert Estle, Jr., B. 1965 (Sc 3169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3169. Typewritten Christmas list from the mid-1970s of Robert "Bob" McDaniel, Danville, Kentucky.
Pierian Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pierian Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 610. Minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, and miscellaneous records of the Pierian Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Ashby, J. S. (Sc 3062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashby, J. S. (Sc 3062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3062. Letter, 9 February 1843, of J. S. Ashby, Daviess County, Kentucky, to James M. Howard, Wayne County, Illinois. He replies to Howard’s request for money with a description of poor local economic conditions, including low prices for crops and horses, difficulty collecting debts, and even lack of money to pay for marriage licenses. He expresses his wish to marry and relates an anecdote about three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter, the last referring to bachelors.
Nocquet, Emilie, 1826?-1883 (Sc 3020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nocquet, Emilie, 1826?-1883 (Sc 3020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3020. Letters of Emilie Nocquet, Chicago, Illinois, to Catherine Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky. On 19 September 1865, she writes of her family in New Albany, Indiana, her husband’s business, and her affection for Catherine’s young daughter. On 22 February 1866, she relates further news of her family and husband, and wonders if Catherine has another baby; in light of her delicate health, she suggests that Catherine send her husband “trav[e]ling” and offers to help “give him a good whip[p]ing.”
Crase, Donny G., 1930-2005 (Sc 3046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crase, Donny G., 1930-2005 (Sc 3046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3046. Letters written to Donny Gene Crase chiefly from his girlfriend and future wife, Cinda Sparkman, and his parents in Letcher County, Kentucky. The letters discuss family matters and local happenings.