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Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 432. Minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous records of the Fortnightly Club, a men’s literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Sharp, W. T. (Sc 2627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sharp, W. T. (Sc 2627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2627. Letter of W. T. Sharp, Foster (Bracken County) Kentucky, to an unidentifed young lady. In the company of her sister, Mrs. Tegard, she had recently visited the store of H. S. Pribble & Company, where Sharp worked, and he asks permission to correspond with her.
American Association Of University Women - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
American Association Of University Women - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 727. Letters, 1949-52 (14), written to Sibyl Stonecipher, WKU professor, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from a Displaced
Person in Germnay, Aina Raits, whose family was adopted by the Bowling Green Branch. Letters relating the same, 1949, 1976 (2), and photos of Raits’ family (2).
Moss, John Mckenzie, 1868-1929 (Sc 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss, John Mckenzie, 1868-1929 (Sc 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 518. Papers of John McKenzie Moss, lawyer, judge, and politician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Notice of his contest of election, 3rd Congressional District, 1900; letters to Moss pertaining chiefly to politics, 1902-1903; letter of Moss to lawyer, 1902.
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 748. Membership book of Aeolian Lodge Number 51 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Bowling Green, Kentucky, retained by William Cullin Sumpter. Information includes name, residence, occupation, and age of each applicant.
Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and images (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 66. Original, bound folio hotel registers and bound typescript copies of the same for the Mammoth Cave Hotel, located near the famed subterranean tourist attraction in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Entries include the name and hometown of the visitor as well as the date. One wag signed in as Abraham Lincoln on 30 May 1863.
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky - Petition (Sc 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harrodsburg, Kentucky - Petition (Sc 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 30. Petition, containing signatures of several citizens, for the sinking of a cistern in the public square of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Benjamin T., 1870-1929 (Sc 2591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2591. Typescript copy of an address titled “The State Line,” delivered by Senator B.T. Davis, Hickman, Kentucky, before the Kentucky State Bar Association at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The address details information about the borders of Kentucky and the history of the borders and territories in America.
Board Of Trustees - Bardstown, Kentucky (Sc 2567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Board Of Trustees - Bardstown, Kentucky (Sc 2567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2567. Bound copy of the Board of Trustees record from Bardstown, Kentucky from 1782-1826. Copied from original papers by Sisters of Nazareth, Nazareth, Kentucky.
Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 710. Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig Party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 410. Materials relating to Duncan Hines and the marketing of the “Duncan Hines” brand of food products. Includes obituary notices for Duncan Hines, ice cream franchise agreement, stock certificate books for related companies, and a study on marketing the brand to consumers, especially women.
Cornette, Elmer (Sc 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cornette, Elmer (Sc 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 491. Typed copy of biographical sketches of Albert and Charles Wing of Greenville, Kentucky, written by Elmer Cornette, and a letter to Elizabeth Coombs of the Kentucky Library.
Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2557. Form letter, 24 March 1903, from Josh T. Griffith, Clerk of the Daviess County (Kentucky) Court, setting out his credentials and seeking support for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer.
Carpenter, Samuel, 1824-1900 (Sc 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter, Samuel, 1824-1900 (Sc 480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Goodman, John Jacob, 1784-1880 (Sc 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodman, John Jacob, 1784-1880 (Sc 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Walter (Sc 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 (Sc 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 (Sc 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 443. Legal papers setting the execution date of Jim Buckner, African American, Marion County, Kentucky, as 9 June 1911, and stay of execution by Acting Governor William Hopkinson Cox until 8 July 1911, because of the incompletion of the installation of the electrocution apparatus. Henry Thomas Hagerman, warden of Kentucky Penitentiary, Eddyville, attested to Buckner’s death.
U.S. Circuit Courts - Kentucky District, Bowling Green (Sc 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
U.S. Circuit Courts - Kentucky District, Bowling Green (Sc 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 434. Warrant issued to the marshal to apprehend William Davis, Edmonson County, Kentucky, for engaging in illegal liquor traffic, and subpoena issued for two witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff. Signed by M.T. Roberts, Commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States, Kentucky District.
Tolle Collection (Sc 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tolle Collection (Sc 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 432. Papers regarding the Patrons of Husbandry, Siloam Grange, Number 1372, Barren County, Kentucky, 1874-1875. Papers include applications and recommendations for membership, chiefly signed or approved by William Daniel Tolle, J. J. Pursley, J. Nichols, and C. G. Ellis.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2549. Lists of licenses issued by Warren County, Kentucky for horses and jacks used for breeding purposes, taverns, persons selling playing cards, and coffee houses. Chronological lists include licensee, name of horse/jack, type of license, and fee.
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and representative scans of over 200 items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 609. Papers relating to Martine (Calhoun) Thornberry’s position as postmaster at Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky; papers relating to the duties as postmaster and to keeping the position when a change in political parties occurred in 1954. Also some references to her work as a teacher on Indian reservations, 1927-1938, 1947-1950, and as the first woman from Kentucky to become a Marine officer, 1943-1945, 1954.
Bemis, Alfred Hall, 1883-1956 (Sc 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bemis, Alfred Hall, 1883-1956 (Sc 527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 527. Photocopies of manuscript entitled “Destiny,” which concerns Alfred Hall Bemis’ five years of residency in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and a brochure used by Bemis to advertise his lecture on the life, philosophy and background of the hill people of Kentucky.
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.
Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 504. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Robert Rodes of Warren County. Also includes a typescript of the album’s contents.
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, John B. (Sc 2531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2531. Letter written from Kaler, Graves County, Kentucky, by John B. Chamberlain to his daughter. He gives a general description of Kaler and its environs, including its low-lying terrain, local businesses, and railroad access.
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2520. Letter from Johnson N. Camden, U.S. Senator (Democrat) from Kentucky, in Washington, D.C. to Ciceroe Coleman, Lexington, Kentucky, asking for support in the upcoming election. Camden filled a vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley
James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 400. Photocopy of a letter press book kept by Addison Davis James during the time he was U.S. Marshal for Western Kentucky. James was a physician and a prominent Republican from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.