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Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1245. A collection of materials relating to research on the Felts Log House undertaken by Betsy Tyrie and Colin Stephen. The documentation seeks to interpret the social aspects of the log house as well as architectural changes made to the structure over the course of nearly 150 years. The report also provides insight into the house’s history, its construction, and its eventual relocation to WKU’s campus in the late 1970s. Recorded audio interviews, black and white and color photographs, newspaper articles, and a brief personal essay are also included in the collection.
Yates, Otis Webster, 1888-1981 (Sc 3234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Yates, Otis Webster, 1888-1981 (Sc 3234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3234. Letter, 30 November 1922, to “Levy” from O. W. Yates, Dean of Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky. He describes his work teaching the Bible and Greek to ministerial students, his pastorate, and his house and family, and asks about seeing Levy when he visits North Carolina at Christmas.
Sears, Tommie Paula (Fa 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sears, Tommie Paula (Fa 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1198. Student paper titled “One Room Schools of Yesterday” in which Tommie Paula Sears interviews Hattie Blake, a former student, and eventual instructor, at a one-room schoolhouse in Lewisburg, Kentucky. In her interview with Sears, Blake mentions various one-room schoolhouses throughout the region and offers insight into how a typical academic day was structured. Blake also details her own experiences as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. The paper includes projector slides of the informant and the Tunstill schoolhouse, as well as a 1958 …
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 374. Student oral history project titled “The Effects of Logan County School Consolidations on the Students of Lewisburg and the Community” in which Heather-Kristen Brooks conducts research on the centralization of five county schools in 1983. Brooks’ two informants touch on issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms. Collection contains one paper, two indexes and transcripts, and two cassette tapes.
Helm, Harold Holmes, 1900-1985 (Sc 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Harold Holmes, 1900-1985 (Sc 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 658. Certificate of attendance awarded by Auburn Seminary, Auburn, Kentucky, to Harold Holmes Helm for not being absent or tardy during the quarter ending 4 June 1909.
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 166. Project titled “African American education in south central Kentucky, 1920-1960.” Interviews with twenty-nine African Americans regarding their experiences as students and teachers in fourteen Kentucky counties.
Auburn Seminary - Auburn, Kentucky (Sc 314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Auburn Seminary - Auburn, Kentucky (Sc 314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 314. Shares of stock, 1885 (2); letters concerning Auburn Seminary, Auburn, Kentucky, 1900-1968 (3); teacher’s contract, 1907; 1956 histories of seminary (2); and letters and article about the Auburn Seminary Alumni Association, 1963-1966 (3).
Auburn High School Board Of Managers (Sc 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Auburn High School Board Of Managers (Sc 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 286. Minutes of the meetings of the Auburn High School Board of Managers, Logan County Kentucky, 1874-1884. Includes list of tuition paid, lease, 1883 school board election results, and miscellaneous loose items.
Baker, L. Alleyne, 1858-1916 (Sc 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, L. Alleyne, 1858-1916 (Sc 234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 234. Two letters written to L. Alleyne Baker, a school teacher In Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky. An 1898 letter, from a cousin, contains family news; a 1907 letter pertains to educational matters. Also includes an undated essay by a female high school student entitled, “Woman’s Sphere.”
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2258. Postcard to Martha Cheek, Lexington, Kentucky, related to a 1948 luncheon of alumnae of Logan College, Russellville, Kentucky; typed compilation of Logan College alumnae, 1953.
Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2093. Correspondence and sundry notes related to the teaching careers of Thomas E. and Lillian Fitz-Hugh, Covington, Kentucky. Also includes family correspondence related to settlement of the John Fitzhugh estate and the sale of his Logan County, Kentucky farm.
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 182. Matriculation book (414 p.) for Bethel College, 1854-1918. Bethel, a Baptist school located in Russellville, Kentucky, started as a high school, evolved into a four-year college, and finally became a junior college.
Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1789. Register of the Russellville Institute, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky listing names of students, a conduct report for each, and tuition payment. Also birth, death, and marriage records of the Goucher family.
Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 83. Diaries, 1889-1895, correspondence, 1885-1955, photographs, and related items of Fannie Morton Bryan, a Russellville debutante and school teacher. Includes Logan Female College records, 1860-1869, and Russellville Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1863-1889.
Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1438. Letter, 14 November 1839, written by James B. Bowling of Logan County, Kentucky, to his son Robert, who was attending school in Danville, Kentucky. He outlines how his son should strive to be successful personally as well as a contributor to society.
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1910-1911 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1910-1911 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1910-1911.
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1909-1910 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1909-1910 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1909-1910.
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1908-1909 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1908-1909 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1908-1909.
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1907-1908 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1907-1908 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1907-1908.
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1906-1907 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1906-1907 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1906-1907.
Bethel College, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Bethel College, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Bethel College opened as a high school on January 3, 1854, and quickly moved to become a college in September 1856.
13th Annual Register And Announcement Logan Female College, Kentucky Library Research Collections
13th Annual Register And Announcement Logan Female College, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Scanned images of the catalog for Logan Female College in Russellville, KY; it was founded in 1846 and closed in 1931 due to financial problems.