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Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 186. Daily diary, 26 October to 4 November 1851, kept by Simon Bolivar Buckner while travelling on military duty from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Atkinson in the Kansas Territory. This record takes the form of ten letters to his wife, Mary, in which he comments on the countryside, the Indians, and the wildlife, vividly describing vast herds of buffalo.

Mcknight, James (Lg 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 435. Original land grant, 20 November 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James McKnight, assignee in part of B. Q. Hewlett, 150 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Owens, Joshua (Lg 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 433. Original land grant, 7 July 1834, by which James T. Morehead, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Joshua Owens, assignee of A. G. Gordon, 50 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Givins, John C. And Y. M. Johnson (Lg 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 431. Original land grant, 3 February 1883, by which Luke P. Blackburn, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John C. Givins and Y. M. Johnson 100 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Browning, Robert (Lg 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 432. Original land grant, 14 October 1859, by which Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Browning 185 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Edmiston, John (Lg 430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 430. Original land grant, 26 April 1842, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Edmiston, assignee of A. Townes, 150 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Simpson County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 102. Deeds for land in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1845-1876, deed of gift for African American woman and child, 1847, and will of E. N. Mitchell, 1872.

Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 185. Photostat of letter 12 January 1843 written by Anderson, Three Forks, [Barren County], Kentucky, to Henry Wingate, Frankfort, Kentucky, describing his stay at Mammoth Cave in hopes of being cured of consumption. He also remarks about traveling conditions. Includes typescript as part of a June 1946 letter from Anderson’s great grandson, Warren County, Kentucky native Lockwood Barr, relating more information about him.

Beshears, Isaac (Lg 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 434. Original land grant, 1 April 1839, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Isaac Beshears 300 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Wiggins, Howard (Sc 2420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2420.  Letter from Howard Wiggins, manager of Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to R. L. Wolfe, Cerulean, Kentucky.  The letter advises that the addresse's proposed electric line has been staked and that he may proceed with house wiring.  A schedule of agreed contractor's rates for the work is included.

Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 21. Interviews conducted by Cindy Royden with Oscar Tittle, Charles and Rosey Woolbright and Ivan H. Key, members of Pentecostal churches in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about their religious beliefs and practices. Includes taped services at Seventh Street Full Gospel Church and First United Pentecostal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Claybrook-Doswell Papers (Sc 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 101. Letters, 1806, and deed of gift for enslaved African American girl, 1814, of the Doswell family of Virginia, and letters, 1816, 1862 and Civil War pass, 1863, of the Claybrook family of Washington County, Kentucky.

The Grizzly, February 17, 2011, Katie Callahan, Allison Nichols, Katie Haldeman, Jessica Long, Lisa Jobe, Briana Brukilacchio, Sarah Bollert, Colin Hart, Jessica Orbon, Kyu Chul Shin, Sara Hourwitz, Shane Eachus, Nick Pane

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Over 45 Businesses Visit Career Fair • Alcohol Incidents on Campus Raise Concern for Administration • Dance Organizations Promise Exciting Spring Performances • UITA to Bring W. J. T. Mitchell to Campus Today • Urbano Cheers and Sings Her Way Through Senior Year • Valentine's Day: Memories of Puppies and Passing Out • "To Write Love on Her Arms" Comes to Ursinus • Internship Profile: Jordan Oliver • Opinions: Like-a-Little Provides a Fun, Flirtatious Environment; Like-a-Little Could be Detrimental to Ursinus; Snow and Ice Cause Problems in Ursinus Parking Lots • UC Baseball Looks to Bounce Back in Season • …

Montgomery: Jeff Davis' Seal Of Solomon, John M. Rudy

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

Set into the marble steps of Alabama's Capitol building is a brass star. Gleaming against the white stone, the star stands at the top of the stairs on the Capitol's west face. The star reads, "Placed by Sophie Bibb Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy on the spot where Jefferson Davis stood when inaugurated President of C.S.A. Feb. 16. 1861." [excerpt]

Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 99. Paper, 1935 (41 p.), entitled "Handwoven Textiles," written by Louise Tate Bousman, Louisville, Kentucky, which is a summary of material gathered for a textile show held at the Kentucky Library & Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. There are photos and samples included and the the paper is indexed. Also letters of Miss Bousman, 1935, 1945, news clipping and printed item related to weaving.

Harrison, Elaine (Maher), 1924-2016 (Sc 2418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2418. "Manual for Processing Manuscript Collections in the Manuscript Division, Kentucky Library," a project submitted by Elaine M. Harrison for a library science class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Scott, William Kennedy, 1788-1879 (Sc 2417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2417.  Letter from Dr. William Kennedy Scott, Buffalo, New York, to his uncle Samuel Younglove, Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  He discusses the completion and printing of family memoirs and comments on current presidential election issues.  Includes Samuel Younglove’s letter to his cousin Timothy Younglove, written and forwarded on the same paper, with proposals on how to complete the memoirs project.

Why It's Interpretive: Bid 'Em In, John M. Rudy

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

Browsing the provocative blog "Jubilo! The Emancipation Century" recently, I came upon a post featuring a curious YouTube video.

So why did Bid 'Em In speak so deeply to me? I think it's because it places you in the shoes of the 15 year old slave woman being auctioned. It's not an intellectual investigation of slavery. It's not an historical narrative written after the fact of a particular event. It's visceral. [excerpt]

Milligan, R. A., B. 1849 (Sc 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 137. Diary kept by R. A. Milligan, superintendent of the East family farm of the Shaker Society at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. The diary records acreage cultivated, crop yields, planting and harvesting times, and general farm work. Includes some weather observations.

Milburn, Blanche, 1901-1973 (Sc 2416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2416. Letter, 12 March 1918, to Blanche Milburn, Greenwood, Indiana from "L. G. B.," serving in the Ordinance Department at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He writes of military life, principally about an unauthorized absence from camp.