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Joiner, William C., 1933-2009 (Mss 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Joiner, William C., 1933-2009 (Mss 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 480. Log books kept by William C. Joiner, 1959-1973, while he was master and pilot of tugboats on the Green and Barren Rivers in Kentucky, his operator’s license, navigation charts, and newspaper clippings.


Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 (Sc 2125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 (Sc 2125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2125. Letter, 14 August 1876, from John Cox Underwood, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Thomas E. Moss, Kentucky State Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, in which he relates information about the condition of the locks and dams on the Green and Barren Rivers.


Farmer, James E. (Sc 1696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Farmer, James E. (Sc 1696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1696. Paper: "River Transportation in Kentucky" written by James E. Farmer for a Western Kentucky State Teachers College class. He writes about the history and economic benefits of Kentucky's rivers.


Hines, James Richard, 1903-1995 (Sc 1706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2008

Hines, James Richard, 1903-1995 (Sc 1706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1706. Statement of James Richard Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to expanded navigation of the Green and Barren Rivers and the potential for regional economic growth.


Davenport, Charles, 1862-1937 (Sc 1590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2008

Davenport, Charles, 1862-1937 (Sc 1590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1590. Letter to the editor (Park City Daily News?) by Charles Davenport, reminiscing about growing up in the Warren County, Kentucky community of Greencastle. Includes photos of James Ford and Thomas L. Stephens, builders of the Greencastle lock and dam on Barren River.