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Guthrie, Charles Snow, 1922-2000 (Mss 668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie, Charles Snow, 1922-2000 (Mss 668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 668. Research, correspondence and manuscripts of WKU English faculty member Charles Snow Guthrie regarding the history of Freemasonry in Kentucky. Includes some business records relating to Guthrie’s farm in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Halbert, William Clarence, 1856-1931 (Sc 3310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halbert, William Clarence, 1856-1931 (Sc 3310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3310. Certificate, 22 March 1900, of the appointment on 5 December 1899 of William C. Halbert as 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry, Kentucky State Guard. Signed by Governor William S. Taylor, who requested that a militia company be raised in anticipation of violence following the contested gubernatorial election of 1899.
Kentucky Mothers Association (Mss 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Mothers Association (Mss 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 546. Records of the Kentucky Mothers Association, including board meeting minutes, correspondence, financial information, membership lists, reports, newsletters, publicity material, and information about programming and events. Also includes training material from the American Mothers, Inc. A PowerPoint presentation documenting the results of a strategic planning process for American Mothers Inc. can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files."
Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Denhardt, Henry Herman, 1876-1937 (Mss 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 533. Correspondence, military orders, and instructional materials relating to Henry Herman Denhardt’s World War I service as a field artillery officer and postwar training as an officer in the Kentucky National Guard. Includes a few personal and political items relating to Denhardt’s campaign for Governor of Kentucky.
Women's Monumental Fund (Sc 2694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Women's Monumental Fund (Sc 2694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2694. Certificate of The Women’s Monumental Fund Fund (no recipient named) acknowledging a contribution for the erection of a monument in Frankfort, Kentucky honoring Governor William J. Goebel. The monument was dedicated in 1910.
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 445. Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959. Includes genealogical and autobiographical material as well as extensive research data and writing on the ornithology of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky, on folklore and linguistics, and on the ornithology and folkways of the Mammoth Cave region of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 775. Photocopies of Kentucky state militia captaincy commission of Daniel Williams, which was signed by Governor Christopher Greenup, 1805; and broadside informing slave owners to enroll their slaves in Greensburg, Kentucky, 1863.
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 519. Business papers of John M. Galloway, lawyer and judge of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include petition for election to enable county to purchase railroad stock, 1889; 1890 stock certificates and a 1901 deposition related to Warren Deposit Bank; Peter Perkins’ will, 1891; judgeship certificate, 1903; newspaper clippings and photos kept by Mrs. Galloway, 1873-1930.
Goodman, John Jacob, 1784-1880 (Sc 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodman, John Jacob, 1784-1880 (Sc 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 483. Certificate of (John) Jacob Goodman’s appointment as Postmaster at Hughes, Monroe County, Kentucky. Signed by W. T. Barry, Postmaster General.
United Daughters Of The Confederacy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
United Daughters Of The Confederacy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 481. Charter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Bowling Green Chapter No.194 with a list of the charter members and signed by Katie Cabell Currie, President, and Mrs. John P. Hickman, Secretary.
Carpenter, Samuel, 1824-1900 (Sc 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter, Samuel, 1824-1900 (Sc 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 480. Certificate of appointment for Samuel Carpenter as Circuit Judge of the 13th Kentucky Judicial District in place of John W. Helm, who refused to serve. Signed by William Owsley, Governor of Kentucky. Endorsed on back by J. Wood Wilson, Justice of the Peace, Nelson County.
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 479. Certificate of appointment for Walter Thomas as Coroner of Warren County, 1812, and certificate of appointment as Justice of the Peace in Warren County, 1814. Both certificates are signed by Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky.
Crisp, John J., B. 1839? (Sc 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crisp, John J., B. 1839? (Sc 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 416. Certificate, 5 August 1869, confirming voter registration of J.J. Crisp, issued by the Commissioner of Registration for Warren County, Tennessee.
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 217. Appointment of Reuben Leach as Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County, Kentucky signed by Governor Charles Scott 15 July 1811. The seal of the state of Kentucky is affixed.
Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 216. Appointment of Charles F. Burton as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky signed by Governor John Breathitt, 18 November 1833. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 215. Appointment of William Guthrie as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Thomas Metcalfe, 13 November 1831? Kentucky state seal is affixed.
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 212. Notary public commission of Gabriel Tandy, Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor John Adair and Secretary of State Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 8 November 1821. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 213. Appointment of Thomas Freeman as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Christopher Greenup and Secretary of State John Rowan, 6 December 1804.
Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 214. Appointment of James Harlan as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Joseph Desha, 28 June 1827. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Sublett, William (Sc 2315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sublett, William (Sc 2315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2315. Certificate confirming William Sublett's appointment as a justice of the peace in Warren County, Kentucky, "occasioned by the death of John Heard." Signed by Governor William Owsley, Secretary of State Ben Hardin, and Assistant Secretary of State S.A. Mitchell.
Logan County, Kentucky - Election Certificates (Sc 2177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Election Certificates (Sc 2177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2177. Two election certificates from different precincts in Logan County, Kentucky, verifying tallied votes for election of state and local officials held on 9 May 1903. The totals are filled in and the certificates are signed by election officials.
Temple Collection (Mss 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple Collection (Mss 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 55. Correspondence, 1931-1970 (33 items), chiefly of William Montgomery Temple, originally of Bowling Green, Kentucky, an autograph collector; his collection of papers of Kentucky governors, 1805-1951 (50); other autograph letters, 1715-1941 (17); and articles about Bowling Green, etc., (23).