Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 624. Photocopy of letter written by Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her great-niece, Ellen Hartnett of St. Paul, Minnesota, in which she answers an inquiry about the Civil War and its relationship to the Helm and Blakey families who resided in Kentucky, and an explanatory note about the letter, 1973.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 628. Correspondence of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., of Munfordville, Kentucky, with Mary Leiper Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, while he was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in Alaska and Okinawa.
Ward, Williamson Dixon, 1841-1917 (Sc 627),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Ward, Williamson Dixon, 1841-1917 (Sc 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 627. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Williamson Dixon Ward of Deer Creek, Indiana, who was in the 8th Indiana Cavalry Regiment, Company D. The journal relates his experiences of camp life in Indiana and Kentucky, with the majority of his time being spent in Kentucky – 22 September 1861 to 7 February 1862 and described on pages 8-60.
Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 642. Letter, 28 March 1862, to John M. Stockton, Postmaster, Maysville, Kentucky, from William Nelson, his brother-in-law and a Union General with the Army of the Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee. Nelson directs Stockton to pay a debt for him and also comments on a possible battle with the Confederate army at Corinth, Mississippi.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2550. Holographic letter from Union soldier named “Hank” at Camp Wood, Hart County, Kentucky, written to his brother and sister. Discusses his living conditions and asks about people he knows. Includes a printed image of General George B. McClellan.
Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans including slave items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 603. Chiefly business papers of the Chism family of Monroe County, Kentucky, with most of the papers being those of J. T. Chism (1810-1884). Includes slave items, 1808, 1856 (2); letters pertaining to the pork industry and trade, 1867-1880 (36); doctor’s letters containing medical instructions for patient and prescriptions, 1863-1864 (4); receipts for goods sold to Union forces, 1863-1864 (8); and miscellaneous items.
Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 549. Letter, 7 April 1848, from Ewing M. Robertson, Mexico, to his father, John M. Robertson, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. He advises his father how he wants the money spent that he is sending home; also, how to divide his money if he should not return.
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 560. Bound typescripts of 73 letters, 1861-1877, and an 1887 deed of the Wickersham family, Mercer County, Kentucky. The collection includes 53 Civil war letters, chiefly written to the family by brothers William, Jacob and George Wickersham, who served with Kentucky Union regiments. The majority of these letters are from William who prayed for peace and to be reunited with his family, but he died in 1863. Additionally, there are other family letters from 1863 to 1877.
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 552. Letter written to Miss Florence Schneider, Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably by John Fenwick of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was serving with the American Expeditionary Forces
in France. He gives brief but vivid descriptions of his experiences. Also includes information about Fenwick.
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Porter, John Marion, 1839-1884 (Sc 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 547. Manuscript book of recollections concerning Porter family written by John M. Porter in 1872; clippings pertaining chiefly to Porter, 1870(?)-1884; certificate of his attendance and his ribbon from The Morgan Encampment, 1883; photo of Porter, lawyer and Commonwealth’s Attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Clark, Samuel, 1870-1934 (Sc 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 526. Samuel Clark, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was Captain of Co. B, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish –American War. Papers include muster roll, roll call book, Clark’s discharge and pension papers, photo of Clark in uniform, Clark family genealogy, and miscellaneous items.
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.
