Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 2412),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 2412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2412. Three Christmas cards to Patricia M. Hodges from Elizabeth Ann "Libby" Hancock, Santa Fe, New Mexico, daughter of the author Janice Holt Giles. One includes a letter with family news. Also included is a Christmas card to Hodges from The Giles Society Board of Directors.
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 97. Letters, 1831-1871, mostly incoming from relatives and friends, written chiefly to Caleb N. Bell, Methodist minister of Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain mainly family news and religious comments. Also biographical information.
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 130. Photocopy and typescript of memoir by Jordan Owen, a Virginia native and Church of Christ minister of Green and Hart County, Kentucky, outlining his early life and religious views. Includes a published biographical sketch.
Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2411. Directory of 1957-1958 officers and active members of the Bowling Green-Warren County, [Kentucky] Junior Chamber of Commerce. Includes the "Jaycee Creed" and procedure for nomination of new members.
Mammoth Cave National Park Association (Mss 296),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Mammoth Cave National Park Association (Mss 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 296. Correspondence, financial papers, administrative papers including minutes of annual meetings, reports, maps and other sundry records of the Mammoth Cave National Park Association. The Association was established to obtain options for land purchases in the region and to oversee the day-to-day operation of the cave prior to its being designated a national park in 1941. Afterwards, it operated in more of an advisory/advocacy capacity. A scan of an early MCNPA membership application has been included as an Additional File (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 337. Correspondence between authors and researchers and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding historical and genealogical resources. Correspondents also write about their work and publications.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
2011
Taylor University
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Taylor University
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules
The schedule for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets,
2011
Purdue University
Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Will Largent, Tod Roberts
Purdue University Press Books
From 1941 through 1945, British cadets in the Royal Air Force trained in the United States through the Lend-Lease Act, President Roosevelt’s ingenious plan to help beleaguered Great Britain while maintaining the semblance of neutrality. This book tells the saga of two Florida training fields during this turbulent time. In their own words, British pilots tell of their Florida experiences. Many of them still in their late teens, away from home for the first time, pale and thin from years of rationing, these young men encountered immense challenges and overwhelming generosity during their training in Florida. Now retired, these former …
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2410. Letter, 4 August 1897, from John Sant, secretary and treasurer of The Mansion Pottery Company, Canton, Ohio. He asks to renegotiate two notes owing for the purchase of clayworking machinery, due to retooling expenses and the failure of the machinery to meet production expectations.
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2409. Letter of Louis Arnold Rich, a U.S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife from Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, during a long illness that resulted in his death in 1944. He complains about his surroundings, mentions his reading, and expresses his wish to be reunited with her.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.
Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 355. By-laws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence and other material related to WCCMG, an organization founded to deter development of the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark, located near the rural community of Oakland in Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes information about Oakland, Kentucky. A bibliography of newspaper articles about the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark is included. To access the bibliography click on "Additional File" below.
Report: The Servants Of The Paraclete And Their Work With Clerics Who Sexually Abuse Minors,
2011
University of New Mexico
Report: The Servants Of The Paraclete And Their Work With Clerics Who Sexually Abuse Minors, Hall & Monagle, Llc
Other Hall & Monagle Files
No abstract provided.
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2407),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2407. Letter, 15 June 1861, from Joseph Rogers Underwood to Lieutenant Augustus S. Nicholson explaining an inability to pay monies owed. He blames poor economic conditions and the suspension of state court operations for his failure to collect his own debts, including one dependent upon revenue from visitors' fees at Mammoth Cave.
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2406. Newspaper clippings relating to the 1879 wedding of Anna D. Moody at Mammoth Cave's underground Bridal Altar. Includes image of Mrs. Moody and bill for lodging at the Mammoth Cave Hotel.
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2406. Newspaper clippings relating to the 1879 wedding of Anna D. Moody at Mammoth Cave's underground Bridal Altar. Includes image of Mrs. Moody and bill for lodging at the Mammoth Cave Hotel.
Fisher, H. Lee, B. 1867? (Sc 2408),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Fisher, H. Lee, B. 1867? (Sc 2408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2408. Letters written from Kentucky by H. Lee Fisher to his wife Adah in Vineland, New Jersey and Sioux City, Iowa, while employed on a government survey. He writes from Floyd County of the progress of his work and local conditions (4 June); his wife’s purchase of a cow, and his job prospects (2 September); family matters and prices (24 October); and the hardships of women in Floyd County (25 October). Letters from Johnson County discuss local fruit crops (1 June) and his future plans (24 September), and a letter from Martin County …
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2405. A letter regarding the genealogy of the Hall and Hines families, and a letter to Jane (Hines) Morningstar regarding fundraising for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2405. A letter regarding the genealogy of the Hall and Hines families, and a letter to Jane (Hines) Morningstar regarding fundraising for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra.
Recognizing Environmental Justice In History: Resistance And Agency In The Cross Bronx Expressway And The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike,
2011
Connecticut College
Recognizing Environmental Justice In History: Resistance And Agency In The Cross Bronx Expressway And The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, Sarah Berkley
History Honors Papers
The term environmental justice did not become a part of academic discourse until the 1970s; however, the facts of environmental injustice predate the concept. Minority and low-income communities have historically born a disproportionate burden of the environmental harm associated with economic progress while reaping few of the benefits. The history of the building of the Cross Bronx Expressway from 1948 to 1972 and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968 both involve what today can be labeled an environmental justice struggle in response to environmental injustices. Under the radar of the mainly white environmental movement, African Americans and others made …
