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Dorris, Riley Wilson, 1923-1960 (Sc 1196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1196. Letters from Riley W. Dorris, serving on board the USS Harry E. Hubbard, to his sister Eva Wilkerson, Nashville, Tennessee, which describe his military experiences in the Korean War.

Peter's Creek Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 487. Minutes, membership lists, constitution and rules of decorum for Peter’s Creek Baptist Church in Barren County, Kentucky. This material was typescripted by Eva Coe Peden, Glasgow, Kentucky, and bound into two volumes.

Griffin, Elizabeth Bridges (Sanders), 1919-2007 (Sc 1195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1195. Letter, 1976, written by Elizabeth "Bunch" (Mrs. Gus M.) Griffin, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains comments about cartoonist Henry Martin. Includes a 25th wedding anniversary song booklet with cover illustrated by Martin, and a Courier-Journal article, 20 September 1973, about Martin.

Weir, Nancy A., B. 1821? (Sc 2782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2782. Letter, 11 August 1865, of Nancy A. Wier, Webster County, Kentucky, to the postmaster of Danville, Virginia, asking for assistance in reestablishing contact with her family in the area, particularly her father and siblings. She names family members and describes the death of her husband while a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois.

King, Elijah (Sc 2781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scanned images (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2781. Declaration filed in the Circuit Court, Henderson County, Kentucky, 26 May 1818 awarding Elijah King damages for breach of a covenant to pay $75 or the equivalent in livestock, deliverable at the "red banks" (i.e. Henderson, Kentucky).

The Enchanter's Spell: J.R.R. Tolkien's Mythopoetic Response To Modernism, Adam D. Gorelick

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

J.R.R. Tolkien was not only an author of fantasy but also a philologist who theorized about myth. Theorists have employed various methods of analyzing myth, and this thesis integrates several analyses, including Tolkien’s. I address the roles of doctrine, ritual, cross-cultural patterns, mythic expressions in literature, the literary effect of myth, evolution of language and consciousness, and individual invention over inheritance and diffusion. Beyond Tolkien’s English and Catholic background, I argue for eclectic influence on Tolkien, including resonance with Buddhism.

Tolkien views mythopoeia, literary mythmaking, in terms of sub-creation, human invention in the image of God as creator. Key mythopoetic …

Dotson, Allene Dooley (Sc 2780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2780. Paper titled "History of the Bowling Green Female Academy" written by Allene Dooley Dotson for a history class at Western Kentucky University.

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 24, November 11, 2013, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Chanticleer, 2013-11-11, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 12, November 11, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Braly, William D. (Sc 1188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1188. Letter written by William D. Braly, stationed near Tullahoma, Tennessee, to Miss A.E. Abernathy. He mentions that his regiment is guarding a bridge near Tullahoma, but he is chiefly concerned about not receiving a letter from her despite writing to her about a year earlier.

Cornell, Eddie Mae, 1902-2002 (Sc 1187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1187. Grades received (mutilated item), evidently necessary to earn an eighth grade certificate, by Eddie Mae Cornell, Nelson County, Kentucky; and certificate issued to her by Nelson County after she successfully passed the examination as prescribed by the State Board of Education.

Manar, Edna Earl (Moore), 1887-1972 (Sc 1189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1189. Biographical sketch of Fred McCormick Manar written by his wife Edna Moore Manar, and an autobiographical sketch of Mrs. Manar. Both were natives of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mr. Manar worked for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Mrs. Manar was a homemaker.

Christopherson, Kathryn Kendall (Donley) "Katy," 1921-2017 (Sc 1190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1190. Annotated results of a survey conducted by Katy Christopherson, Louisville, Kentucky, about state quilt documentation projects in the United States.

22 De Noviembre De 1963, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.

An Archaeological And Historical Search For German Ethnicity At The Janis-Ziegler Site ( 23 Sg 272 ), Lisa Marie Dretske

Theses and Dissertations

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri is a small town south of St. Louis, settled by the French and home to the Janis-Ziegler site (23SG272). However, the German Ziegler family along with other German families resided in the town beginning in the early nineteenth century. The Ziegler family used the Janis-Ziegler site as a home and a tobacco shop. Beginning in 2006, archaeological investigations went underway on the Janis-Ziegler site. The purpose of this research is to figure out to what degree the Ziegler family showed their ethnicity while living at the Janis-Ziegler house. The second purpose of the research is to figure …

Bullying, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Did anyone notice that October was National Bullying Prevention Month? Apparently the Miami Dolphins did not get the memo.

November 8, 2013 Meeting Minutes, Shawnee State University

Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the November 8, 2013 Board of Trustees meeting.

Richard D. Dunphy: The Measure Of Honor, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

On September 20, 2013, I had the pleasure of attending a town hall meeting at Gettysburg College featuring three members of Congressional Medal of Honor Society (CMOHS). Each had served our country with bravery and valor, each had gone above and beyond the call of duty, and each had earned the same medal as the man whose life I have been exploring for the past several months. [excerpt]

The Joint Archives Of Holland Celebrates 25 Years Of Service, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

This year marks the twenty-fifth year since the founding of the Joint Archives of Holland (JAH) as a cooperative program at Hope College. Since then, the staff, comprised of dozens of students, dedicated volunteers, a secretary, and professionally trained archivists, have collected, processed, preserved and given access to thousands of feet of archival resources to countless researchers around the world. Prior to the 1988 founding of the JAH, over three decades of archival work by volunteers and part-time staff had been done at Hope College, Western Theological Seminary, the Netherlands Museum and City of Holland, to pave the way for …