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Stout-Middleton Collection (Mss 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

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.


Mcneel, John (Sc 2121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Mcneel, John (Sc 2121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2121. Bond of John McNeel, given to Justices of the County Court of Warren County, Kentucky for performance of his agreement to donate 200 acres of land in consideration of the county seat being fixed thereon.


Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2107. Sexton's book for the cemetery, recording interments of both whites and African Americans from 1860-1863. Most entries state name, date of death, sex, age at death, and cause of death. A typescript is included, together with notes on the genealogy of the book owner's family.


Andress, Bruce K. (Fa 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Andress, Bruce K. (Fa 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 472. Project conducted by Andress concerning Wayman Hayes, a Bowling Green, Kentucky toymaker. Project includes some toys made by Hayes, patterns for the toys, as well as information about marketing them.


Smith, Mona Gayle (Fa 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Smith, Mona Gayle (Fa 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 473. Folk studies project in which Smith collected information about carpenter Charles Browning of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes paper material related to his work as well as wood samples.


Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 294. Two letter press books containing outgoing letters from the firm, E. A. Porter & Bros. of Bowling Green, Kentucky. These letters deal almost exclusively with the manufacture and marketing of a piece of agricultural equipment called the "corn cob crusher." A small amount of correspondence also documents Mr. Porter's personal agricultural pursuits.


Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2097. Diary kept by Mary H. Thompson, a physician's daughter living near Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky, from February to November 1902. She writes of social events, home life, teaching school, church attendance, family and friends.


White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 298. Records of the White Stone Quarry Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky consisting of meeting minutes and membership lists.


Chapman-Hagerman Families (Sc 2082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Chapman-Hagerman Families (Sc 2082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2082. Deeds and a power of attorney relating primarily to divisions of land in Warren County, Kentucky among heirs of the Chapman and Hagerman families. Includes a deed of land in Simpson County from Skiles family heirs.


Howell Family - Bible Records, 1789-1936 (Sc 2060), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Howell Family - Bible Records, 1789-1936 (Sc 2060), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2060. Genealogical records removed from three family Bibles. The information includes births, deaths and marriages related to the Howell family chiefly of Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes a marriage certificate for Charlie Howell and Maud Howell married on 31 December 1912.


Warren County, Kentucky - Birth Returns (Sc 2055), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Birth Returns (Sc 2055), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2055. "Physicians or Attendant's Certificate" of birth for three births in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes name of father and mother, place of birth, sex and race of child, and physician's signature.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 285. Ordinances passed by the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky during the years 1914 to 1944. Includes list of ordinances; all the ordinances are not included with the collection. Also includes copies of various deeds and easements granted to the City of Bowling Green from 1885 to 1958.


Reese, Jacob And Elijah M. Covington, 1773-1848 (Lg 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Reese, Jacob And Elijah M. Covington, 1773-1848 (Lg 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 424. Original land grant, 29 July 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky , granted to Jacob Reese and Elijah M. Covington 400 acres in Warren County. Identified as a "copy attest."


Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137. This collection contains the extant Equity Court cases for Warren County, Kentucky, from Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). The cases are arranged in numerical order. Information in this finding aid includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. To search this document, download it and then use the "Find" function. When searching for a name, it is suggested that you search only the surname. Please remember to search for variant spellings, as there are many in these early records.


Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2037. Letter from Baldwin, written in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife Louisa in Philadelphia. He writes of his travel in Kentucky and includes a description of Lost River Cave and grist mill.


Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2035. Copies of "The Postal Bulletin," issued to employees of the U.S. Postal Service, and notes made by Miss Luvicia Graham Sherry, the postmaster at Alvaton, Kentucky, on various rules and procedures, including those relating to wartime.


Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.


Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 423. Original land grant, 10 September 1802, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Gabriel Maupin 1,200 acres in [Warren County], Kentucky. Identified as "a copy attest."


Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

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.


Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

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.


Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2017. Stray court records, including wills, deeds, peace warrants, teacher's contract, and other miscellaneous documents from Warren County, Kentucky. Chiefly concerning the Isbell family of said county.


Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2007. Narratives written by Thomas Henry Baird, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, describing hunting trips to Mozambique and northern New Mexico, and fishing trips to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario, Canada.


Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1956. Leather bound notebook, 1812-1819, letters and receipts of Lawrence family members in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri; includes genealogical information; also estate records for Levi Lawrence who died in Warren County, Kentucky in 1957.


Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 1693. Enrollment and attendance book kept by teacher Mollie Sherry for the July-December, 1912 term at Riverside School in Warren County, Kentucky.


Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 272. Records of Mount Pleasant Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings, membership and financial records, and Sunday School records.


Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as research material related to books and articles published by Stickles, a native of Indiana and a history professor at Western Kentucky University from 1908 to 1954. His most popular book was "Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight."


Berea Christian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Berea Christian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 270. Membership registers of Berea Christian Church, 1854 to 1895 (see scans under "Additional Files" below). Photocopy of deed to first church property included.


Barren River Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Barren River Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 269. Photocopy of the record book of Barren River Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, and a predecessor, Union Chapel Church, consisting primarily of business meeting minutes covering 1840-1968, and membership lists.


Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1963. Account book listing taxpayer, amount of tax owed, and date paid for the Bristow, Kentucky area; includes a "colored" section.