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Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 342. Family correspondence of Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson, attorney, judge, and governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931. Includes correspondence of Sampson, his wife, daughter and their families, and miscellaneous papers.

Gilliam, William D. (Sc 2386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2386. "The Public Career of Robert Perkins Letcher," by William D. Gilliam, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1941.

Mccalister, Virginia May (Sc 2365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2365. "The Political Career of Ollie M. James" by Virginia M. McCalister, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1933.

Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 2363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2363. "John Rowan" by Frances Richards, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1930.

Minton, John Dean, 1921-2008 (Sc 2373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2373. "The Political Prosecution and Trials of Caleb Powers" by John Dean Minton, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947.

Sumpter, Ward Cullin, 1902-1977 (Sc 2318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2318. Chemistry notebook of Ward Cullin Sumpter, probably kept about 1930 while he was a doctoral student at Yale University. Includes other miscellaneous documents: a tribute to a church's departing pastor, a draft petition in support of an anti-cigarette law, and a poem relating to the 1928 presidential election.

Interview With Stan Willis, Richard Hughey

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 135 minutes

Oral history interview of Stan Willis by Richard Hughey

Mr. Willis begins by recounting his early years in Chicago with his family and his gang activity in high school. He briefly describes his years in the Air Force and his work as a bus driver before enrolling at Crane College. Willis describes his activism work from his college years in detail, creating the Black History Club and later running for and winning student body president, during which time he helped organize strikes against injustices around the country. He mentions how he had a hand in naming the …

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.

Young, Edward Green, 1857-1948 (Mss 309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 309. Materials related to Edward Green Young's service as a delegate from Warren County to the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1916 to 1920. Also family correspondence and items concerning his farming operations.

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.