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Dunlap, Henry (Lg 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Dunlap, Henry (Lg 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scanned image for Manuscripts Land Grant #463. Land grant, 13 December 1811, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Henry Dunlap 100 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.


Kentucky - Poetry (Sc 3271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Kentucky - Poetry (Sc 3271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3271. "We 'Haint So Bad," a humorous poem by an unknown author that makes use of stereotypes about being a Kentuckian.


Thompson Family Papers (Sc 3270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Thompson Family Papers (Sc 3270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3270. Correspondence and papers of the Thomson family, Fayette County, Kentucky, and related families. Most concerns the estate of Patrick Henry Thomson of Hurricane Hall near Lexington and its devolution to his widow Julia and their children and grandchildren. Includes data relating to Patrick's interest in lands in Texas once owned by Alamo defender Patrick Henry Herndon. Also includes a copy of the National Register of Historic Places nomination for Hurricane Hall.


Baxter, Ruth Vivian, B. 1908? (Sc 3269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Baxter, Ruth Vivian, B. 1908? (Sc 3269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3269. My Him Book, an illustrated memory album designed by Elisa E. Edwards (published in 1924) and given to Ruth Vivian Baxter, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1930. Ruth names and records comments about her life "loves," including childhood friends, school crushes, movie stars, musicians, and her husband; notes on their wedding include a list of gifts.


Pendleton Family - Account Books (Mss 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Pendleton Family - Account Books (Mss 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 649. Five account books for a grist mill and saw mill located in East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, as well as logging operations. The account books list wages paid for daily work as well as for piece work (handles). Employees were sometimes paid in cash, but most of the wages were paid in flour, mill, or other general store goods. Some of the accounts are for customers, not employees.


Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Washington County, Kentucky - Merchants (Mss 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 648. Account books for three general stores in Springfield, Kentucky. Two stores are identified: Cunningham & Nall Store and William Blackwell Store.


Thomson, Patrick Henry, 1819-1901 (Sc 3266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Thomson, Patrick Henry, 1819-1901 (Sc 3266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3266. Farm journal kept by Patrick Henry Thomson of Hurricane Hall, Fayette County, Kentucky. He records daily temperatures and farm operations, and makes occasional mention of his and wife Julia's activities. A loose item dated 10 November 1852 gives him notice of a meeting in regards to the recent fire at the county courthouse.


Donerail, Kentucky Grange No. 44 (Sc 3267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Donerail, Kentucky Grange No. 44 (Sc 3267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3267. Minute book of Donerail Grange No. 44, Fayette County, Kentucky. Includes rolls of members as of 1 January 1875.


To Liberty, Honor, And…Cufflinks?: The Grand Army Of The Republic, Savannah Labbe 2018 Gettysburg College

To Liberty, Honor, And…Cufflinks?: The Grand Army Of The Republic, Savannah Labbe

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Borne of the Civil War, one fraternal organization quickly assumed such great authority that it re-shaped cultural prescriptions of manhood, dictated the northern public’s memory of the war, and even influenced presidential elections. This organization, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), was formed in Illinois in 1866 by veteran Benjamin Franklin Stephenson and its number of posts in the United States quickly increased. In order to be a member, one simply had to be a Union veteran. By the 1890s, there were 7,000 GAR posts around the country; approximately 1.3 million men, half of all Union veterans, were group …


The Grizzly, October 4, 2018, Kim Corona, Madison Rodak, Shelsea Deravil, Johnny Myers, Jenna Severa, Sam Rosenthal, Reagan Ketchum, Courtney A. DuChene 2018 Ursinus College

The Grizzly, October 4, 2018, Kim Corona, Madison Rodak, Shelsea Deravil, Johnny Myers, Jenna Severa, Sam Rosenthal, Reagan Ketchum, Courtney A. Duchene

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

"We Ought to Listen": Professors Gather with Students to Watch Kavanaugh-Ford Hearings • Where's the Money?: Students Reflect on Their Unpaid and Paid Summer Internship Experiences • How Students Feel About Tuition Increases (Badly): Paying for School can be Stressful • Where Does Your Tuition Go? • Students Investing Real Money • Opinions: A Look Back at the 2008 Financial Crisis; Real Cost of Applying to Medical Schools; Division I Athletes Should Not be Paid • Hunter Tabbed for Associate AD


Duncan, George Anna, B. 1935 - Letters To (Sc 3265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Duncan, George Anna, B. 1935 - Letters To (Sc 3265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3265. Two letters sent to George Anna Duncan, Bowling Green, Kentucky: one from Reuben Crispell, acting secretary to New York governor Thomas Dewey, thanking her for a congratulatory note sent to the governor, and the other from musician and radio personality, Donald Dame, encouraging her to follow her ambition to become a musician.


Giltner Brothers - Eminence, Kentucky (Sc 3264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives 2018 Western Kentucky University

Giltner Brothers - Eminence, Kentucky (Sc 3264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3264. Certificates and associated correspondence relating to the sale of a Polled Hereford bull, “Plutocrat 5th," to Charles Settle, Springfield, Kentucky, by Giltner Brothers Kentucky Herefords, Eminence, Kentucky. Includes Certificates of Entry for the bull’s pedigree and a letter with information on the Giltner Brothers herd.


Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society 2018 University of Alabama in Huntsville

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


President James Monroe Visits Huntsville, Coy E. Michael 2018 University of Alabama in Huntsville

President James Monroe Visits Huntsville, Coy E. Michael

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


From "Fuller's Folly" To National Natural Landmark: Huntsville's Shelta Cave, Sean C. Halverson, Whitney A. Snow 2018 University of Alabama in Huntsville

From "Fuller's Folly" To National Natural Landmark: Huntsville's Shelta Cave, Sean C. Halverson, Whitney A. Snow

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


A “Self-Made Town”: Semi-Annual Furniture Expositions And The Development Of Civic Identity In Grand Rapids, 1878–1965, Scott St. Louis 2018 Grand Valley State University

A “Self-Made Town”: Semi-Annual Furniture Expositions And The Development Of Civic Identity In Grand Rapids, 1878–1965, Scott St. Louis

Peer Reviewed Articles

In the later decades of the nineteenth century, prominent business figures in the city of Grand Rapids had reason to be both ambitious and optimistic. Striving to pull every last cent of profit out of available resources, they rationalized production workflows and integrated the latest technologies into their factories. They also perceptively discerned that a maturing railroad network connecting Grand Rapids to an emerging Victorian consumer economy would empower the city to achieve new levels of prosperity and fame through an industry on the verge of unprecedented growth: domestic furniture production.

These entrepreneurs acted upon their hopes for the community’s …


Dr. James L. White -- "History Of The Confederate General Hospital Located At Farmville, Va, 1862-1865", Maeve Losen 2018 Longwood University

Dr. James L. White -- "History Of The Confederate General Hospital Located At Farmville, Va, 1862-1865", Maeve Losen

Theses & Honors Papers

Dr. James L. White (1833-1909) was not born and raised in Farmville, Virginia, but he called the town home, nonetheless. Using White’s own accounts, with the aid of medical periodicals, newspapers, and Civil War databases, readers are able to best understand the life of one of Farmville’s former physicians. This biographical sketch, along with accompanying resources, describes not only his professional career as a surgeon and doctor, but his early life, experiences during the American Civil War, and impact on the town of Farmville in the late-nineteenth century and into the early-twentieth century.


Amjambo Africa! (October 2018), Kathreen Harrison 2018 University of Southern Maine

Amjambo Africa! (October 2018), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue...

Calling 911 ..............................Page 3

Ethiopian New Year .......Pages 8 & 9

Kang’omawe School.............Page 11

Traveling by Bus ...................Page 11

Empower the Immigrant Woman..........Page 12

November Elections.............Page 13

Microbusiness Fikiria ...........Page 15


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Traces Volume 46, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections 2018 Western Kentucky University

Traces Volume 46, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.


Global Engagement At The United Nations: Lessons From Ancient Greece For Our Modern Times, Jason M. Schlude 2018 College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University

Global Engagement At The United Nations: Lessons From Ancient Greece For Our Modern Times, Jason M. Schlude

Classics Faculty Publications

The present political moment in America is rife with irony. One example, revealing a battle for America’s soul, involves two speeches recently delivered at the opening of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.


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