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Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Letters To (Sc 3406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Letters To (Sc 3406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collections 3406. Letters of recommendation for Simpson County, Kentucky teacher Frances Richards (later a WKU faculty member), and associated letters regarding teaching positions. Includes teachers certificates and certificate examination grades for Frances’s sister Mary Ellen Richards. One correspondent, A. H. Hill, writes with familiarity to his “cousins” Frances and Mary Ellen.
Cornette, James Percival, 1908-1986 (Sc 3374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cornette, James Percival, 1908-1986 (Sc 3374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3374. Letter, 5 June 1956, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from James P. Cornette, a former colleague and now president of West Texas State College, expressing his appreciation of a recent visit with her. Also includes a 1962 letter to Richards from WKU alumnus and West Texas State College history professor Lowell H. Harrison enclosing a lengthy clipping about Cornette’s recent “Man of the Year” award, and a 1963 speech of Cornette’s on the occasion of the college’s renaming as West Texas State University.
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 3359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 3359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3359. Letters and cards to WKU faculty member Frances Richards and her parents, and writings of George C. Grise. The WKU graduate, English professor at Austin Peay State University, and author thanks the Richards for gifts, including a loom, and describes his life in the country near Lewisburg, Kentucky. He sends Frances Richards notices regarding the publication of his 1956 book Life With Hezzie and a 1960 writer’s workshop at Austin Peay. Includes an essay about editing WKU’s College Heights Herald newspaper, and a published article about school discipline stories. Also includes clippings …