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Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 651. Letters and papers of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and related members of the Rumsey and Miller families. Well-to-do merchants and farmers, the Weirs were leading supporters of the Union during the Civil War, providing advocacy, financial support, and military service. Includes full-text scans of a letter from the brother of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey defending his legacy as an innovator; James Weir's journal; James Weir's will; the annotated recollections of Edward Weir, Sr.; and two letters from former Weir slaves recolonized in Liberia (Click on "Additional files" below).
Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Sc 2788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Sc 2788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2788. Typed research notes on notecards relating to reservoir development on the Green River in Kentucky.
Joiner, William C., 1933-2009 (Mss 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Green River - Locks And Dams (Sc 1009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green River - Locks And Dams (Sc 1009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1009. Survey for tract of land at southern end of Lock and Dam Number 5 on Green River at Glenmore in Warren County, Kentucky.
Orrahood, M. David, 1923-2000 (Sc 2657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orrahood, M. David, 1923-2000 (Sc 2657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2657. Paper by M. David Orrahood titled “History of Green River Country” in Kentucky. Paper deals chiefly with the history of transportation and commerce along the Green River in south central Kentucky.
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 755. Letter, 29 May 1965, from U. S. Representative William H. Natcher, Washington, D.C. to Charles M. Stewart, Barren River Development League, regarding a feasibility study of restoring Lock and Dam #4 (Woodbury) on the Green River.
Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 (Sc 2125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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
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
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.