Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 968. Partial letter, 1862, written by Abyram P. Staats, a private in the 74th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, while stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He recounts how he shot his thumb off and the miseries of camp life. Discharge certificate, 1863, and photo included.
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2684. Letters of Thomas H. Wells, 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, to his sister Eliza J. Wells in Mogadore, Ohio. He writes from Camp Wickliffe in Larue County, Kentucky, of changes in military structure, of the local landscape, and of being hospitalized with the mumps. He also writes from Louisville, Kentucky, of his clerical work at headquarters, his patriotism, and the possibility of a military draft in Ohio.
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 918. Photocopies of the Civil War enlistment, promotion, and discharge papers of Henry Peyton Bledsoe, Logan County, Kentucky. He was a member of Company E, 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
Giesy, Henry Hensel, 1836-1864 (Sc 975),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Giesy, Henry Hensel, 1836-1864 (Sc 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 975. Civil War letters, 1862-1863 (3), written by Henry H. Giesy of Company F, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, discussing military actions, especially battles at Shiloh, Tennessee and in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area, during the Civil War. Giesy was a brigadier general for the Union. Includes related research data.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 971),
2013
Western Kentucky University
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 971. Photocopies of letters (2), written to Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents, chiefly concerning naval life in South America, 1944, and including comments about bombing devastation and V-E Day celebrations in Europe.
Bruce, Horatio Washington, 1830-1903 (Sc 2685),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Bruce, Horatio Washington, 1830-1903 (Sc 2685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2685. Handbill of H. W. Bruce announcing his candidacy to represent the 7th Congressional District of Kentucky in the Congress of the Confederate States, and outlining his objectives if elected. Includes an endorsement from the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier, 2 January 1862.
Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other Ww I Ace,
2013
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other Ww I Ace, Alan Roesler
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the fascinating story of Ralph O'Neill, who was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame in 2012. He flew 103 combat missions with the 147th Aero Squadron (a squadron mate of Ernest Love of Prescott); started a functional Mexican Air Force in the 1920s and the New York Rio & Buenos Aires Airline in 1929, which later merged with Pan Am.
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 977. Telegrams, 1945 (5), discharge papers, 1945-1948 (3), broadside, newspaper clipping. and photographs (2), pertaining to Muhlenberg County native Marvin Ellis Morphew’s World War II service, especially as a German prisoner of war.
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2681. Charges and specifications preferred under a general court martial of William H. Herbert, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, for acts of disrespect to an officer, disobedience of orders, and mutiny committed at Fort College Hill near Bowling Green, Kentucky on 10 November 1863.
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 978. Paper written by Francis Vincent Gardler for a Western Kentucky University history class based on an interview with Lowell Hayes Harrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The paper focuses on Harrison’s World War II experiences.
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 983. Letter written from France by Cooper Ray Smith to his sister Mackie Bennett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing his trip to France, the end of World War I, and inquiring about events in Bowling Green.
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 989. Certificate, 1 December 1915, investing William Taylor Runner with authority as a 2nd Lieutenant, Co. A, 3rd Infantry, Kentucky National Guard, effective 23 February 1914. Signed by Governor James B. McCreary.
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863 (Sc 693),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863 (Sc 693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 693. Letter of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 17 August 1861, from First Brigade headquarters near Manassas, Virginia to Governor John Letcher of Virginia. Clarifying a recommendation of promotion he had desired for Major William Baylor, Jackson denies an intention to have Baylor replace the current incumbent in his old regiment as colonel.
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 997. Letter, 11 May 1919, written by William Swan Van Meter, Hardin County, Kentucky, to his mother while stationed in Germany serving with the American Expeditionary Forces. He notes General John J. Pershing’s request that every soldier write his mother that day (Mother’s Day), and describes military life as a soldier awaiting his next orders. Includes a photocopy of a photograph of Van Meter in uniform.
Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford, 1818-1871 (Sc 681),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford, 1818-1871 (Sc 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 681. Letter, 1 January 1864, of Union Army General Jeremiah Tilford Boyle, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, to Captain Alexander C. Semple, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding changes of command in the state.
Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (Sc 2679),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (Sc 2679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2679. Military orders, reports and correspondence of or to Colonel Benjamin Covington Grider, commander of the Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The reports and Grider’s letter to his father detail action during the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Includes a memorial tribute to Grider’s son, Judge Loving Grider, with some family information.
Patterson, Frank Young, 1895-1969 (Sc 901),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Patterson, Frank Young, 1895-1969 (Sc 901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 901. World War I discharge certificate of Frank Young Patterson of Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky.
Cox, Robert Mickle, 1831-1917 (Sc 903),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Cox, Robert Mickle, 1831-1917 (Sc 903), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 903. A journal compiled by Robert M. Cox listing Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky Confederate veterans and those who are deceased; items of the Bowling Green United Confederate Veterans, 1915, 1923; and newspaper clipping of Cox’s obituary.
Lawson, Marjorie C. (Barker), 1905-1991 (Sc 673),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Lawson, Marjorie C. (Barker), 1905-1991 (Sc 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 673. Letter of Mrs. Marjorie (Barker) Lawson, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to Julia Neal, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning her grandfather, John W. Barker, and a photostat of his account of his Civil War service in the Confederate Army.
Book Review: The Wrath Of God: Lope De Aguirre, Revolutionary Of The Americas.,
2013
Singapore Management University
Book Review: The Wrath Of God: Lope De Aguirre, Revolutionary Of The Americas., Jennifer Kate Estava Davis
Research Collection Centre for English Communication
The author of this study takes the reader back to the jungles of the Amazon and to the quest for El Dorado, the legendary city of gold that was at the center of the Spanish conquest in sixteenth-century Latin America. He focuses on Lope de Aguirre, the legendary madman who inspired Werner Herzog's famous 1972 film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God.
