Gibson, Otis Edward, 1930-1959 (Sc 528),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Gibson, Otis Edward, 1930-1959 (Sc 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 528. Letters and postcards from Gibson to his parents, Guy Lyons Gibson and Ruellma (Dowell) Gibson, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, while he was stationed in Europe with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He describes his ocean crossing and relates his impressions of post-war Germany and England.
Yeager, Lyn Allison (Antrobus), 1915-2012 (Sc 522),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Yeager, Lyn Allison (Antrobus), 1915-2012 (Sc 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 522. Typescript copy of a paper entitled "Illinois and Alabama Meet in Kentucky" written by Lyn Allison Yeager while a resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Ginther Collection (Sc 464),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Ginther Collection (Sc 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 464. Photocopies of typescripted letters written by brothers William A. and Joseph Ginther to their father, George Ginther, brother David, and sister of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while serving in the Union Army with the Department of the Potomac.
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 465. Compilation of Hines family genealogical data, 1795-1911; reminiscences of early Kentucky and Warren County history; Civil War participation of Hines family and John Hunt Morgan in the Confederate cause.
Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 426. Letters from Richmond, Virginia, July 1862, and near Gordonsville, Georgia, 21 April 1864, from Grant D. Heard to his father in Covington, Georgia. He laments the hardships of war, describes a meeting to censure the Governor of Georgia for his policies, and outlines the procedure for sending provisions. Heard served in the 53rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.
"Sewing A Safety Net: Scarborough's Maritime Community, 1747-1765",
2012
Eastern Illinois University
"Sewing A Safety Net: Scarborough's Maritime Community, 1747-1765", Charles Foy
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
From 1747 to 1765 Scarborough created a safety net to keep its maritime dependents from becoming impoverished. A web of kinship connections that permitted sailors to move between land and sea as well as between maritime roles as they aged; the employment of maritime servants; the extensive hiring of elderly seamen; the use of the Seamen’s Sixpence after legislative reform in 1747 to develop locally operated seamen’s hospitals for the benefit of sailors and their families; and strong community support of the hospitals worked together to provide a social safety net that was, by eighteenth century standards, robust and effective.
Prater?, Emily (Sc 427),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Prater?, Emily (Sc 427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 427. Union military pass issued to Emily Prater? in Bowling Green, Kentucky, by order of C. Maxwell.
Hope, James (Sc 428),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Hope, James (Sc 428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 428. Union military pass issued in Franklin, Kentucky, to the James Hope family, enabling them to pass through the lines at will. Signed by J.H. Grider.
Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2541. Letter of James A. Enscore, written to his family while serving with the 56th Illinois Regiment encamped near the Memphis Railroad in Tennessee. James mentions his recovery from illness and the arrival of his brother George, and asks for letters from family members. Both James and George were lost on the steamer General Lyon when it caught fire during a storm off Cape Hatteras on 31 March 1865.
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2534),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2534. “An Aviation Heritage Park Salute to Those Warren County Veterans Who Lost Their Lives in Aerial Combat or Aviation Related Activities,” by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. Contains biographical and service information on Warren County, Kentucky veterans who suffered aviation-related deaths from 1919-1969.
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2536. List compiled by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. of Warren County, Kentucky, World War II veterans interred in foreign cemeteries or recognized on “monuments to the missing,” based on records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. List provides name, rank, cemetery name and location.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Songs (Sc 418),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Songs (Sc 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 418. Holographic copy of the words of a Confederate song entitled “The Southern Wagon.” The song was composed during the Civil War as a parody of the song “Wait for the Wagon.” Author is unknown.
Gardenhire, Erasmus Lee, Sr., 1815-1899 (Sc 419),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Gardenhire, Erasmus Lee, Sr., 1815-1899 (Sc 419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 419. Letter written by Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, Sr., Burkesville, Kentucky, to Dr. J.D. Hale, Nashville, Tennessee, requesting his aid in securing the restoration of his citizenship forfeited during the Civil War. On the reverse side, Hale addressed a note to the President [Johnson] requesting a pardon for Gardenhire.
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 420. Notice, Greensburg, Kentucky, to the African-American men of the 4th Congressional District, asking for recruits with bounties being offered, and stating that if they do not volunteer, they will be drafted. Signed by E.M. Angel, Deputy Provost Marshal, 4th Congressional District.
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909 (Sc 417),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909 (Sc 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 417. Papers relating to Henry Clark Corbin's commission as a captain in the U.S. Army.
Kavanaugh, Benjamin T., 1805-1888 (Sc 2542),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Kavanaugh, Benjamin T., 1805-1888 (Sc 2542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2542. Loyalty oaths of Benjamin T. Kavanaugh, taken before the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri (1865) and the Register of Harris County, Texas (1868).
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 381. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small collection 385. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 393. Manuscript excerpts from diary which was used as proof of marriage by Polly Grundy Seay in her application for a pension. Samuel Seay was a Revolutionary soldier who immigrated to Kentucky in 1793 and lived in the counties of Washington and Graves. Evidently, he later lived in Amelia County, Virginia.
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 397. Affidavit, 1815, Warren County, Kentucky, stating that George Frazer has three horses in his possession that are not his; Frazer’s will, 1828; Warren County deeds, 1819, 1841 (2); and Warren County survey, 1846. Also, letter relating to a disallowed Civil War claim of Thomas A. Frazer, 1894.
