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Yates, Otis Webster, 1888-1981 (Sc 3234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2018

Yates, Otis Webster, 1888-1981 (Sc 3234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS 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.


Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1769-1845 (Mss 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2017

Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1769-1845 (Mss 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 603. Manuscript books of sermons, religious, medical and other writings created by Benjamin McReynolds, a Butler County, Kentucky Methodist minister. Includes family history and records of schools operated by McReynolds.


Bennett, Edith Lillian, 1931-2013 - Collector (Sc 2906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2015

Bennett, Edith Lillian, 1931-2013 - Collector (Sc 2906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2906. Chiefly letters written by Locke family of Indiana to Sally Barnett of Ohio County, Kentucky. Although they address her as "sister" and "aunt," no relation is apparent. They discuss religious (Methodist) and family matters. Also includes a letter from Samuel Landstreet to H. Stevens and Charlotte Belt in which Landstreet expresses his feelings about emancipation. Finally, an appeasement agreement made between a prominent group of Baptist leaders in 1892, apparently in Louisville.


Union County, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Union County, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2888. Portion of a letter, 25 December 1865, written from Morganfield, Kentucky, by a Presbyterian clergyman to his father. After a two-year lapse in communication, he updates his father on his teaching duties at a male academy and his preaching at two churches. He also mourns social ills such as crime and intemperance, and contrasts the irreligion of the North with the growth of evangelical churches in the South.


Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1527. A historical list of Baptist schools and colleges in Kentucky with a brief description of each institution. Detailed information is provided for Clinton College, Clinton, Kentucky.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 816. Photocopies of letters, 1849-1881 (12); agreement to place children with the Shakers, 1812; school merit awards, n.d. (4); and business receipts, etc., 1810-1879 (15). Also, letters regarding collection, 1984, n.d. (2).


Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Mcintire, Tandie Lewis, 1865-1947 (Mss 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 396. Correspondence to family, friends, and acquaintances of Tandie Lewis McIntire, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Collection contains educational material related to McIntire's career as a teacher in Edmonson County. Also includes tracts and pamphlets related to McIntire's involvement in religious organizations, particularly Baptist entities.


Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Collection 231. Information about Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes material about the community's history, people, churches, schools, and events. Collection contains the original Board of Trustees minutes for Smiths Grove College, 1884-1901.


Ua99/9 Beautiful Bowling Green, Bgbu Jan 1908

Ua99/9 Beautiful Bowling Green, Bgbu

WKU Archives Records

Promotional booklet most likely published by Bowling Green Business University as a recruitment tool. Features prominent citizens, schools, churches and natural resources.