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Shady Grove Baptist Church - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 2217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2217. Compilation of membership data in minute book of Shady Grove Baptist Church, Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes member's name, date of admission and dismissal, and miscellaneous information. Both white and African American members are listed.

Moore, Robert And George Moore (Mss 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 318. Documents related to a nineteenth century lawsuit involving members of Bowling Green's prominent Moore family, particularly brothers George and Robert Moore. Information gleaned from Barren County court records by Gladys B. Wilson.

Interview With Joyce Braden Harris, Heather Oriana Petrocelli, Parvaneh Abbaspour

Black United Front Oral History Project

Interview with Joyce Braden Harris by Parvaneh Abbaspour and Heather Oriana Petrocelli on March 10, 2010, in Portland, Oregon.

Joyce discusses her work in education.

Sandy Creek Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 313. Minute books of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of church meetings and lists of both white and African-American members.

Davis, Christopher Larry, B. 1980 (Sc 2199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2199. Materials related to Christopher Larry Davis's military service in Afghanistan. Includes letter suggesting supplies to be sent to him as well as printouts of online newsletters and web pages relating to the personnel and acitivties of his unit.

Interview With Pauline Bradford, Tasha Triplett

Black United Front Oral History Project

Interview with Pauline Bradford by Tasha Triplett and Patrice Mays, March 9^th, 2010, at Pauline Bradford’s home in Portland, Oregon.

Pauline discusses her continuing involvement with the Harriet Tubman Club, one of many member clubs of the Oregon and National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. These clubs played important roles both locally and nationally in improving interracial relations and promoting civic engagement and uplift within African American communities.

Hollingsworth, Teresa L. (Fa 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 120. "Mary Julia Neal: A Life-History”: Interviews conducted in 1987 with Mary Julia Neal, former head of the Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and author of works on the Shakers. Includes 1991 letter from Hollingsworth to Neal.

Greenville Presbyterian Church - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Sc 2202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2202. Session book of Greenville Presbyterian Church, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1823-1878. Includes minutes of church meetings and membership lists.

Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) - Rennes, France (Mss 312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 312. Guest book of the American YMCA kept at Rennes, France, February-August 1919. Includes soldiers' names, military units, home towns and remarks. Also includes a 1918 postcard showing typical YMCA "hut."

Painter, Jeromy Lee, B. 1976 (Sc 1998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Two letters, 23 and 26 July 2003, from Jeromy Lee Painter, serving in Iraq with Operation Iraqi Freedom, to Jerry and Annetta Proctor, Bowling Green. He inquires about family and friends and relates some of his experiences as well as his belief in the necessity of America's intervention in Iraq.

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2200. Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes e-mails, newspaper articles, and information on sending supplies to troops.

Shuck, Robert L. (Sc 1995), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1995. Photographs and e-mails related to Robert L. Shuck's tour of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Shuck, an attorney, served as Baghdad Field Office Senior Defense Counsel, defending one of the soldiers implicated in the Abu Ghraib Prison detainee abuse cases. Also includes the recommendation submitted for him to be awarded the Bronze Star.

Interview With Deborah Cochrane, Christopher H. Riser

Black United Front Oral History Project

Interview with Deborah Cochrane by Chris Riser on March 8, 2010, in the Portland Teachers’ Program office on the Portland Community College Cascade Campus.

Deborah describes her experiences working at the Whitney Young Learning Center and being the director of the Portland Teacher's Program.

Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1999. Chiefly e-mail messages from Warren County native Adam Ritter to his parents while stationed in Iraq with an infantry brigade. He describes numerous military actions in which he participated, his impressions of the Iraqi people, and the devastation caused on his base by a suicide bomber.

Padgett, Jay (Sc 1997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1997. Materials relating to the service of Jay Padgett, a Lincoln County, Kentucky native, in the Iraq War. Includes a newsletter written by Padgett, a Louisville "Courier-Journal" profile, and e-mail correspondence.

Jones, Rebecca (Sc 2201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2201. Photographs relating to Jones's service in the Iraq War.

Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2000. E-mail correspondence of Tate while serving with the Coalition Provisional Authority during the Iraq War. Tate emphasizes military life, particularly recreational activities, his interaction with Iraqis, his work with creating economic opportunities for Iraqis after the war, and Iraqi culture and conditions during the war.

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2184. Materials relating to a National Public Radio interview of Patricia A. Hodges, conducted on 31 May 2004. Hodges speaks to host Neal Conan about efforts by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes Hodges’ notes, quotations from some letters and e-mails received to date, and a transcript and audio CD of the interview.

Mizpah Presbyterian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2198. Record book of Mizpah Presbyterian Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings, 1853-1908, membership lists, a 1951 historical sketch by Jennie B. Cole, and 1966 correspondence.

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes press releases, e-mails, notes, and newspaper articles.