Allen, C. W. (Sc 206),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Allen, C. W. (Sc 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 206. Photocopy of letter, 10 November 1868, written by C.W. and M.E. Allen, Big Coon, Alabama, to their cousin John W. Campbell. They comment on family matters as well as economic and political conditions in Alabama.
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2436. Letter of George Otto Trevelyan to Joseph H. Choate, 18 March 1912, written on the publication in the United States of Trevelyan’s book George the Third and Charles Fox. Trevelyan remarks on the book’s favorable reception in Britain and gives news of his family.
Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 209. Letters, 10 July 1826 and 15 April 1835, from Benjamin Bosworth Smith, an Episcopal clergyman and first bishop of Kentucky, to Reverend and Mrs. T. Edson, Lowell, Massachusetts. The first letter relates to the printing of one of Edson’s sermons. In the second letter, Bosworth expresses his regrets in declining an invitation from the couple.
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 208. Facsimiles of courtship letters from Alexander Farnsley, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary E. E. Thurman, also of Louisville, and one of her replies. They both comment on the growing sectional feeling and the approaching Civil War. Also includes a 1962 newspaper article related to the letters, written by a Farnsley descendant.
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 364. Correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs and audiotapes regarding the Kentucky Council on Archives, a statewide professional organization for archivists, records managers, manuscript curators, and others interested in the preservation and use of public records and manuscript collections in Kentucky.
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 207. Copy of 1 February 1852 letter from Lewis George Richardson, a medical student at the University of Louisville, to his father, Reverend George Richardson, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes of his schooling, the Louisville winter, and his prospects for the future. Also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Richardson written by a grandchild.
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2435. Pre-printed check for a farewell offering, payable to evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and drawn on Kentucky Bank and Trust Company, Madisonville, Kentucky, 17 October 1928.
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2434. Letter, 7 April 1891, of English dramatist Sydney Grundy to Richard M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum Company in Boston, Massachusetts, discussing the royalty payment scale for production of his play "Lady Jess."
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438),
2011
Western Kentucky University
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2438. Souvenir booklet sold at theaters showing the motion picture "Gone With the Wind." Includes illustrations, cast list, major players' credits, and information about the production.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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,
2011
Portland State University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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),
2011
Western Kentucky University
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.
