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Taylor, Amy Yvonne (Doyen) (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 73. Interviews with tobacco auctioneers conducted by Amy Taylor for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Silva, Ann (Fa 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 53. “A History of the Logan County Tobacco Festival” Paper written about an annual festival celebrating tobacco culture held in Russellville, Kentucky. Paper was written for a history class at Western Kentucky University.

Craig, James Harvey, 1842-1929 (Sc 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 240. Photocopy of autobiography written by James H. Craig, possibly in 1917. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, although he was an Arkansas resident for several years. The autobiography contains much Craig family data. In addition, there is a photocopy of Craig's essay denouncing the evils of alcohol, possibly to be delivered as a speech

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Cooper, Thomas Poe, 1881-1958 (Sc 2488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2488. Letter from Thomas Cooper, Dean and Director, Agricultural Extension Division, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, University of Kentucky, to Emma L. Barnes, Carlisle, Kentucky. He confirms her appointment to the University’s Agricultural Extension Division as an Assistant Home Demonstration Agent in Nicholas County at an annual salary of $2,700.

Mabry, John, Sr., 1764-1845 (Sc 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 652. Journal (40 pages) kept by John Mabry, Sr., Trigg County, Kentucky, which contains records of the Mabry, Mitchell, and Smith families, farming activities, land transactions, death, his will, and associated data.

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Union Of The American Society Of Equity (Mss 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 270. Minute books, account books and organizational papers of the Muhlenberg Union of the American Society of Equity, a farmers collective bargaining organization. Also includes constitution and by-laws, stationery, and other printed ephemera associated with the organization. The Muhlenberg Union was organized on 28 July 1905.

Macy, Jethro (Sc 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 223. Copy of portion of a diary kept by Macy from 8 November 1847 to 2 November 1848 chiefly while residing with the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky. He engaged in carpentry work and tending cattle before moving to Newburgh, Indiana, 25 July 1848. Includes 1961 letter related to the diary.

Trevathan, Ben Lomond, 1894-1967 (Sc 2445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2445. Letter of Ben Lomond Trevathan, cashier of the Bank of Marshall County, Benton, Kentucky, to members of the Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association. The letter refers to the bank’s financing of a proposed warehouse and its lending practices to growers, and solicits growers’ patronage.

Milligan, R. A., B. 1849 (Sc 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 137. Diary kept by R. A. Milligan, superintendent of the East family farm of the Shaker Society at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The diary records acreage cultivated, crop yields, planting and harvesting times, and general farm work. Includes some weather observations.

Ewan, A. Early (Sc 2427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2427. Letter from A. Early Ewan, Warren County, Kentucky county agriculture extension agent, to members of the Warren County Corn-Hog Production Control Association relating information about contracts to limit production of the commodities mentioned.

Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 388. Papers: "Bob Fleming: A Life History" written by Scott Elrod and "An Incomplete Life History of One Kentucky Sharecropper" written by Kevin Ming for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Manning, Allen, 1864-1950 (Sc 1762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1762. Journal of farm work done by Allen Manning and his co-workers for Mrs. Underwood of Warren County, Kentucky. He makes note of the weather and its effect on the crops.

Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1720. Correspondence related to Marion Conner Ford's position as director of the Ogden Department of Science at Western Kenktucky State Teachers College and his involvement with the College's farms.

Winstead, Joe Everett, 1938-2019 - Collector (Sc 1690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1690. Correspondence between Western Kentucky University students and members of Kentucky's congressional delegation related to air pollution and its potential effects on the state's agricultural economy.

Independent Strawberry Growers' Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1640. Minutes, membership lists, financial reports and sundry forms from the Independent Strawberry Growers Association, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes picking card with agreement to pick for season on back. Two related photographs from the Kentucky Library & Museum Collection are included as additional files.

Barker, S. & D. W. Middleton - Farm Ledger, 1872-1885 (Sc 1522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1522. Farm ledger kept by S. Barker and Daniel Wilcoxson Middleton of Warren County, Kentucky. The farm was located approximately five miles east of Bowling Green on the Louisville Road (Highway 31-W). Records expenses and wages for farm laborers.

Sericulture Letter (Sc 1490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1490. Letter written in 1839 by Fox & Still of Dover, Kentucky, in Mason County, to Mr. Adam Beatty in Frankfort regarding sericulture in Kentucky. Beatty wrote extensively about Kentucky agriculture. The letter discusses the processes involved in sericulture and particularly the feeding of silkworms.

Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.

Butram, Almon V., 1910-1993 (Mss 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 109. Includes correspondence, legal and financial papers of Almon V. Butram, who operated a farm in northern Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Robert Howard Fleming conducted by Kevin Ming on 11 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning the lifeways of tenant farmers in Logan County, Kentucky.

Interview With Robert Howard "Bob" Fleming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Robert Howard Fleming conducted by Scott Elrod and Kevin Ming on 2 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning the lifeways of tenant farmers in Logan County, Kentucky.

A Modified Scheme For The Isolation And Enumeration Of Bacteria In Municipal Sewage Sludge, Kelly Ball

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Because of the potential health hazards associated with the use of sludge for agricultural purposes, Dudley et al (1980) published a scheme for the routine analysis of bacteria in municipal sewage sludge. In this study, the Dudley et al scheme (1980) was modified by updating some of the procedures. Aerobically digested sludge generated by the Bowling Green Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was analyzed using the modified scheme. Sludge samples were collected once every two months over a one-year period from October 1989 to August 1990.

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Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.

Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.

Interview With Langdon Thomas Dyer (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Langdon Thomas Dyer conducted by Shaunn Maree Lybarger on 8 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Langdon Dyer's gardening and marketing of produce at the Bowling Green farmers' market. Also includes biographical information about his service as an Army Air Corps pilot in World War II.

Interview With Margie Autry Hawks (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Margie Autry Hawks conducted by Elizabeth Allen Hester on 28 September 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family/personal history of Margie Hawks and her occupation as flea market seller and subsistence farmer.

Interview With Bill Thompson (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Bill Thompson conducted by Scott Minor Belcher in 1984. From folk studies student project concerning Thompson reminiscences about his youth in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.