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The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold Aug 1974

The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.

As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …


Ua3/3 Bowling Green Chamber Of Commerce Speech, Kelly Thompson Jul 1963

Ua3/3 Bowling Green Chamber Of Commerce Speech, Kelly Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Speech given by President Kelly Thompson at a Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce dinner honoring major industries of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


North And South: A Magazine Published For The Northern Farmer, Trucker, Horticulturist, Gardener, Dairyman, Stockman And Poultryman, Describing The Resources Of The South, Kentucky Library Research Collections Oct 1916

North And South: A Magazine Published For The Northern Farmer, Trucker, Horticulturist, Gardener, Dairyman, Stockman And Poultryman, Describing The Resources Of The South, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

This issue spotlights Kentucky with a brief history and photos; shown are Elmendorf cattle, horses, silos and barns, Hampshire sheep, Maple Grove Hog farm, concrete bridge in Woodford County, Central Lincoln road, tobacco, McKee Brothers farm, Falmouth Dairy, Nicholls Dairy, Hemp production, Campbellsville Turkeys, strawberry fields in Bowling Green, Ginseng near Cave City and Sunnyside Dairy.


Ua1b1 The Farmers' Chautauqua & The Greater County Convention, Western Kentucky University Nov 1913

Ua1b1 The Farmers' Chautauqua & The Greater County Convention, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding farmers' chautauquas held in Warren County in the fall of 1913 and the Warren County Convention which was held at Western Kentucky University.


Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office Jan 1908

Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of newspaper photographs highlighting Bowling Green and Kentucky businesses, parks, roads, industry, agriculture and pastimes. The scrapbook is not dated.