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Farmers Bank - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Farmers Bank - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 441. Letter press book of Farmers Bank, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, recording certificates of protest. Includes loose certificates found in the letter book.


Rigsby, Clinton, 1882-1970 (Sc 2643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Rigsby, Clinton, 1882-1970 (Sc 2643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2643. Personal and business correspondence as well as financial records kept by Clinton Rigsby, a farmer, salesman, and accountant of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes informationabout the strawberry industry in Warren County as well as the Mrs. A.H. Taylor & Company, a dressmaking establishment of Bowling Green.


Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Wood, James Willis, 1841-1940 (Sc 750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 750. Business papers of James Willis Wood, farmer of Dunmor, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, including 49 tax and other receipts, and two land agreements.


Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.


Maddox Brothers Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Maddox Brothers Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2586. Letter, 1920, from Maddox Brothers Tobacco company, Mayfield, Kentucky, soliciting orders for tobacco.


Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2570. Merchant’s account book, which includes accounts for merchandise due from early residents of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky such as Benjamin Hampton, Jacob Skiles, George Moore, Robert Lucas and Solomon P. Sharp.


Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 410. Materials relating to Duncan Hines and the marketing of the “Duncan Hines” brand of food products. Includes obituary notices for Duncan Hines, ice cream franchise agreement, stock certificate books for related companies, and a study on marketing the brand to consumers, especially women.


J. H. Bell Tobacco Company - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

J. H. Bell Tobacco Company - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 702. Account book of the J. H. Bell Tobacco Company, Owensboro, Kentucky, which lists amounts paid to employees.


Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Richardson, Samuel Bainbridge, 1803-1864 (Sc 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 707. Account book, 1848-1859, of a physician at Louisville Kentucky, which contains records, accounts and occupations of patients; a letter regarding debts owed to the doctor, 1855; a photographic negative of one page of the account book, 1850; and a newspaper article about the account book, 1951.


Valentine & Shower - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Valentine & Shower - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 706. Two account books, 1851-1855, of tailors Valentine and Shower, at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky. Also included is a letter from John L. Shower asking about auctioning a surplus of goods in Gallatin, Tennessee.


B. Douglass And Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

B. Douglass And Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 497. Business letter, Louisville, Kentucky to customer of B. Douglass & Co., a mercantile agency, asking for information which will help the agency serve the merchants more efficiently.


Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 478. Photocopy of account book of John Hines, a general merchant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The original account book covered from 1828 to 1835, but was so fragile only a portion was
photocopied.


Henry, Jefferson, 1849-1927 (Sc 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Henry, Jefferson, 1849-1927 (Sc 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 440. Letter, from Jefferson Henry, Greensburg, Kentucky, to friend John, (place unknown), asking for the name of a company that employs James Dowdy.


Clark, W. M. (Sc 2554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clark, W. M. (Sc 2554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2554. W. M. Clark's record book detailing his purchases and finances, including daily entries of purchases made and items sold. Items listed include hay, gasoline, animals, and food.


Lindeman, E. G. (Sc 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Lindeman, E. G. (Sc 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collecction 610. Letter written to Bethel Oakley, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, from E.G. Lindeman, giving information as requested about the Green River Chair Company of Livermore, Kentucky, of which Lindeman was treasurer.


Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837 (Sc 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837 (Sc 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 456. Original letters (3) of Joseph Anderson, and original and holographic copies of letters, notes, etc. (11) written by William Meredith, Philadelphia, to Anderson, Washington, D.C. Anderson’s correspondence with Meredith pertains to a debt owed by Anderson since 1790. Anderson was a Tennessee Senator and first Comptroller of the Treasury.


Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 429. Statement and cover letter, 1871, to Richard Durbin, Big Reedy, Kentucky from Benedict Joseph Webb, assignee of J.C. Webb & Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Also, circular letter, 1872, from J.C. Webb announcing the opening of his wholesale and retail business in books and stationery.


Warren County, Kentucky - Receipts (Sc 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Warren County, Kentucky - Receipts (Sc 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 415. Miscellaneous receipts from Warren County, Kentucky: carding business, 1855-56, dry goods store receipt and inventory, 1860, 1872, grocery, 1871, and freight business, 1868-1869. Also memo to county attorney asking that pistol be returned to the lawful owner, 1875.


Lewis, John, 1747-1825 (Sc 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Lewis, John, 1747-1825 (Sc 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 6. Letter written by J[ohn] Lewis of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to his son, Gabriel Lewis, Georgetown, Kentucky, discussing business matters relating to the settlement of debts, Kentucky lands purchased by the Lewis’ and prices of flour, cotton and sugar.


Cumberland County, Kentucky - Account Books And Papers (Mss 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Cumberland County, Kentucky - Account Books And Papers (Mss 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 409. Account books and business papers for several businesses in Marrowbone, Cumberland County, Kentucky, including Bank of Marrowbone, 1902-1966, Norris & Gray general store, 1870-1874, and Pace & Davis Undertakers, 1895-1920. Also includes photocopies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws for the Bank of Marrowbone.


Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 271. Account book, 1859-1862, of general merchants at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky.


Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 272. Account book, 1860-1861, of a general merchant at Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.


Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 273. Account books, 1859-1861, of a tobacco dealer of Barren County, Kentucky.


Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 275. Record book of William H. Gough, the first sheriff of Meade County, Kentucky, containing notes of court cases and jury lists. Includes notes and diary entries relating to his activities at Mount Merino Seminary in Breckinridge County, and lists of students, 1841-1842.


Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 274. Record book of dry goods purchases in account with J. B. Dyer, a merchant at Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky.


Louisville And Nashville Railroad Company - Ledger (Mss 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Louisville And Nashville Railroad Company - Ledger (Mss 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 399. Large leather bound ledger book containing information about road repairs and construction projects on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad line, chiefly in Tennessee and Kentucky. The ledger includes tools and materials used in these projects, a brief accountof the work, and information about employees used during the projects.


Winlock, Joseph F. (Sc 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Winlock, Joseph F. (Sc 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 269. Account book of Dr. Joseph F. Winlock, physician of Greensburg, Kentucky, containing accounts of patients, some ailment cures and a small notebook probably carried by the doctor with entries to be copied into account book.


Smith, Zachariah Frederick, 1827-1911 (Sc 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Smith, Zachariah Frederick, 1827-1911 (Sc 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection. Letter book of a wholesale grocer in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes transactions of Lehman & Grafulla, merchants, and “Notes of Lehman, Rabold & Co.”


Stubbins & Lucas Pork House - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Stubbins & Lucas Pork House - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 265. Account book of R. S. Griffith, clerk to Stubbins & Lucas pork merchants, at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes accounts of sales to river steamboats.


Fairleigh, William, 1797-1865 (Sc 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Fairleigh, William, 1797-1865 (Sc 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 264. Account book, 1830-1835, of William Fairleigh, a general merchant at Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky. Also contains a list of fines collected as first clerk of Meade County and Circuit Courts.