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Stout-Middleton Collection (Mss 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stout-Middleton Collection (Mss 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 297. Album from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, kept by Samuel S. Templeton, 1836-1838; diary of Marguerita Middleton, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1896-1899; diary of Margaret L. Herdman Stout, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1896-1901; information related to the Stout and Middleton families.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2115. Sundry Warren County, Kentucky court records collected by Warren County Circuit Court judge, Robert Coleman. Includes a will, indenture, manusmission papers, bonds, etc. List of documents is included in the finding aid.
Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2077. Genealogical notes and correspondence relating to the Procter, Carson and Dinwiddie families. Includes a certified copy of the will of Evan Shelby, father of Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky.
Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2090. Photocopies of news clippings and photographs related to Kentucky authors, Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles. Manuscript note from Pansy Phillips to Pat Hodges; photos taken on a barge related to research for Mrs. Giles's book 'Run Me a River' (1964); and photocopies of Mr. and Mrs. Giles's wills, 1970 & 1985.
Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2049. Account book of William Makel Miller, Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky, showing accounts rendered. Loose items found in book include a handwritten copy of Miller's will dated 10 March 1886. Also includes photocopy of a photograph of Miller and his wife from (Hartford, Kentucky) "Times-News," 19 August 1999.
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.
Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2029. Will (1847) and codicils (1850, 1854, 1856) of Henry Powell Broadnax, Russellville, Kentucky, with depositions of two witnesses attesting to the will's authenticity.
Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.
Oxley, Lawson Jefferson, 1882-1955 (Sc 1978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oxley, Lawson Jefferson, 1882-1955 (Sc 1978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1978. Draft will of Lawson J. Oxley, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky.
Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2276. Materials relating to the Hawes family of Daviess County, Kentucky. Includes wills, Bible and cemetery records, and biographical data. Also includes a speech by Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky, and recollections of Maria (Southgate) Hawes, who followed her husband, James Morrison Hawes, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas during his service in the Confederate Army (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1859. Correspondence and documents related to the Union army service of William E. Hobson during the Civil War, including requests for leaves of absence (one to return to his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky to assist in prosecuting local “rebel scoundrels”), recommendations for his promotion to Brigadier General, and his military discharge certificate; deeds related to land owned by William’s great-uncle Jonathan Hobson; will of Jonathan Hobson freeing his slaves; and receipts for the purchase of materials for the construction of William’s father Atwood G. Hobson’s home, …
Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 - Collector (Sc 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 - Collector (Sc 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 98. A collection of papers of related families consisting mainly of tax receipts, 1791-1846, of Andrew Hodges; receipts, 1839-1875, and militia notices, 1847, chiefly for Andrew Kellis; will of Robert Reynolds, 1814, all of Warren County, Kentucky; and agreement and receipts to teach school in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1842, 1846. Also miscellaneous items and research notes.