United States History Commons^™

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 210. Letter, 23 June 1866, from Simon Bolivar Buckner, New Orleans, to E. J. Mathews, New York, in reply to Mathews' request for an autograph.

Portland's Goose Hollow, Tracy J. Prince

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations

One of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods, Goose Hollow is steps from downtown and beloved for its quirky character, historic homes, spectacular views, and walkability. Over a century ago, the actual “hollow” was dramatically altered when the meandering Tanner Creek, in a deep gulch with several trestle bridge crossings, was diverted underground and infilled. The creek’s presence is still felt in the ravine carved through the Tualatin Mountains (spanned by the Vista Bridge) and in the neighborhood’s identity. This book provides definitive answers to how Goose Hollow got its name and how Tanner Creek Gulch was filled. Stories are also told of …

Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 163. Account book, 1874-1877, for students of Bethel Female College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; undated list of Bethel Female College students; and letters, 1882, to Jacob Ward Rust, president of the college.

Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934 (Sc 2433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2433. Memorandum, 1 September 1917, to Brigade Commander of 1st Brigade, Kentucky Infantry from Otto Holstein, Captain, Signal Corps, and Provost Marshall of Lexington, Kentucky, reporting on an altercation between military police officers and African Americans. Includes a newspaper clipping about the incident.

Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2342.  Account book of Sam Sing, proprietor of a Chinese laundry in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  The book records types of garments and linens cleaned, and includes a price list printed in the 1880s.

Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.

Nelson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1788-1798 (Sc 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 201. Photographs of two bonds, 1788 and 1792, for the administration of the estate of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln; photograph of executors' bond, 1798, for the settlement of the estate of John Fitch. John Rowan is one of the executors of the Fitch estate.

Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 204. Photograph of marriage bond issued to John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton, 6 May 1823, in Adair County, Kentucky. John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens were the parents of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. Also included is a letter from Ruth Burdette to Elizabeth Coombs, 2 September 1951, related to the bond photograph.

Breckinridge Coal And Oil Company (Sc 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 205. Photograph of a ledger page from the Breckenridge Coal and Oil Company, Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, April 1852, showing the quantity of coal oil obtained from a ton of coal.

Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2431.  Sermon notes, liturgies, and teaching outlines compiled by Angus Neal Gordon, a Presbyterian minister, who served as Pastor of The Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1952 to 1964.  Of particular interest is a written statement given by Gordon after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 203.  Photocopy of a contract for a subscription school drawn up 7 November 1800 by David Barrow, a Baptist preacher and teacher in Montgomery County, Kentucky.  The document specifies the length of the school term, compensation for the schoolmaster , and rules of conduct.  Also includes a list of the subscribers.

Governor Wise's War: My Misconception (Part 1), John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I worked in the living history branch at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park for three years, wearing old timey clothing and talking to visitors about the meanings of John Brown. Harpers Ferry is where I began to understand what the concept of interpretation means, and how it is such a radically different concept from academic history. [excerpt]

Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 (Sc 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Letter, 8 July 1898, from Cassius Marcellus Clay, White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky to Colyer Meriwether, advising him that he was sending a copy of the first volume of his autobiography to him, and commenting about the "vendetta" being waged against him by his divorced wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay.

Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 126. Logan County, Kentucky land entries of Ninian Edwards, 1809, Jefferson County, Kentucky; legal brief concerning a lawsuit brought against the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky, 1829-1830.

Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 129. Revolutionary War pension papers of Nicholas Carter, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1837; letter of James Carothers written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his wife Rebecca in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania describing the construction of the bridge over Barren River (College Street Bridge), 1838 and accompanying 1938 letter; Civil War envelopes; and Jefferson County land abstract, 1877.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Businesses (Sc 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 128. Pages cut from an account book or books which list various individuals and firms of Bowling Green, Kentucky, with accompanying index.

Thatcher, Maurice Hudson, 1870-1973 (Sc 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 162. Letters, Christmas greetings, and poems of Maurice Hudson Thatcher, U. S. Congressman and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Includes a letter with genealogical information, a chronological history of the Mammoth Cave National Park Association from 1924-1926, a short speech, birthday greetings from President Richard M. Nixon, and an obituary article on Thatcher.

South Kingstown’S Own: A Biographical Sketch Of Isaac Peace Rodman Brigadier General, Robert E. Gough

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

No abstract provided.

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011, The John Muir Center

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Page 1 transcription missing

PAGE 2 LEGACY Exploring John Muir' Through Photography and Film :::.':: i: :::: in Catherine Tatge & Claudia Hanna On April 13, around 150 gathered in Pacific's Janet Leigh Theatre for a special program celebrating Muir and his legacy. Photographer Scot Miller of Fort Worth discussed the many backcountry trips he took retracing Muir's route that led to his book, My First Summer in the Sierra, published in 1911. The centennial edition, published by Houghton-Mifflin, Muir's original press, features Miller's photographs in the Sierra. Miller also shared a video of his trips in the Sierra with …

Walking The Tightrope: The United States’ Policy In Vietnam, 1952-1954, Erin Flynn

Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity

This thesis demonstrates how the Truman and Eisenhower administrations sought to avoid direct intervention in Indochina and halt the spread of communism at the same time. This purpose is achieved through careful analysis of primary and secondary sources, with a particular focus on the primary documentation found in Foreign Relations of the United States: 1952-1954. Through examination of these day-by-day recordings and memos, the futility of pursuing the two conflicting aims becomes clear.