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Libraries - Woodford County, Kentucky (Sc 3391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Libraries - Woodford County, Kentucky (Sc 3391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3391. Collected research on the history of library services in Woodford County, Kentucky. Includes clippings, correspondence (particularly regarding the merger of the Woodford County Library and the Logan Helm Memorial Library), and historical narratives.


Strickler, Sally Ann (Mcleod) Koenig, 1933-2016 (Mss 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2018

Strickler, Sally Ann (Mcleod) Koenig, 1933-2016 (Mss 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 643. Research materials collected by Sally Ann Strickler related to the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky. This material deals chiefly with women’s roles in the society. Also includes information about the U.S. flag and Strickler’s dissertation on library services in Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited institutions.


Winchel, Beulah Rhea, 1912-2015 (Mss 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2017

Winchel, Beulah Rhea, 1912-2015 (Mss 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 609. Correspondence, photographs, travel materials, genealogy, and other personal papers of Beulah R. Winchel, a Breckinridge County, Kentucky, native and a teacher and librarian who served in Japan, Germany and France with the U.S. Army Special Services and the Department of Defense Dependents Schools.


Mcgregor Collection (Mss 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Mcgregor Collection (Mss 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 566. Correspondence, accounts, and lists of materials relating to the acquisition by the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, of rare books, periodicals and manuscripts with funding provided by the McGregor Plan.


Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (Click on additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1294. Letter, 11 February 1937, written by Edna J. Grauman, Louisville, Kentucky, to Margie Helm, Western Kentucky University librarian, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the Ohio River flood in Louisville and especially its effect on the Louisville Public Library, where she was employed.


Whitfield, Jon A. (Sc 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Whitfield, Jon A. (Sc 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1219. Letter written by Jon A. Whitfield, Brandenburg, Kentucky, to Connie Foster, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in reaction to an article she prepared for Kentucky Libraries. He related his experiences as a librarian at the American Community School in Cobham, Surrey, England, in 1984.


Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 891. Letter, 30 September 1985, written by Thomas Dionysius Clark, Lexington, Kentucky, to Connie Mills, Bowling Green Kentucky, regarding his association with the Historical Records Survey Project in Kentucky, 1935-1936.


Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Sc 882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Sc 882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 882. Page proof of Growing with Bowling Green: A History of the Bowling Green Public Library, 1938-1988, c.1991 and written by Jonathan Jeffrey.


Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 868. Letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough to Sarah Gilbert Garris, Library Science instructor at Western Kentucky State College, 1953-1954, during his military service in
California and Japan. Includes a vivid description of a visit in a middle class Japanese family’s home and additional details about his experiences written in 1992.


Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 584. Correspondence chiefly of Mrs. Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore, Librarian of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, with politicians, principally of Kentucky.


Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 364. Correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs and audiotapes regarding the Kentucky Council on Archives, a statewide professional organization for archivists, records managers, manuscript curators, and others interested in the preservation and use of public records and manuscript collections in Kentucky.


Harrison, Elaine (Maher), 1924-2016 (Sc 2418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Harrison, Elaine (Maher), 1924-2016 (Sc 2418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2418. "Manual for Processing Manuscript Collections in the Manuscript Division, Kentucky Library," a project submitted by Elaine M. Harrison for a library science class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2439. Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous items of Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to public library work in Kentucky and bookmobiles.


Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1453. Materials concerning lotteries held to establish and operate a free public library in Louisville, Kentucky. Also, related items.


Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.


Baker, Jane Stark (Helm), B. 1942 (Sc 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Baker, Jane Stark (Helm), B. 1942 (Sc 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Small Collection 1355. Letter, 19 January 2000, written by Jane S. Baker, Glasgow, Kentucky, in which Baker recalls her aunt Margie Helm, who was an outstanding Western Kentucky University librarian.