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Making A Statement: The Alabama Memorial At Gettysburg, Matthew D. Laroche

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns working on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.

Every generation has plenty to remember about its time spent shaping the human story. But despite this, some generations are better at writing their stories than others. Or perhaps some generations leave more unfinished work for their descendants to sift through. Either way, the legacy of the Civil War still lays heavy on our shoulders. Here at Gettysburg, in particular, the memory of the …

Interview With Anne Perrin Flynn, Anne Perrin Flynn

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Anne Perrin Flynn, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Ruth Lesesne, Ruth Lesesne

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Ruth Lesesne, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Gwen P. Howell, Gwen P. Howell

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Gwen P. Howell, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Anne Porcher Perrin And Daughter, Anne Perrin Flynn, Anne Porcher Perrin, Anne Perrin Flynn

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Anne Porcher Perrin, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association and South Carolina Mother of the Year Selection Committee, and Anne Perrin Flynn, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Marianna Black Habisreutinger, Marianna Black Habisreutinger

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Marianna Black Habisreutinger, 2011 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Hines, Thomas (Lg 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 373. Facsimile of a land grant, 1780 May 11, by which Thomas Jefferson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Thomas Hines, assignee of James Robinson, 1000 acres in Kentucky County.

Stewart, James (Lg 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 376. Copy of a land grant, 1870 September 29, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Stewart, 200 acres on Big Barren River, Warren County.

Degroot, W. H. (Lg 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 375. Original land grant, 1870 August 18, by which John Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W. H. DeGroot, H. B. Meredith, L. H. Thickstun, and L. Carmichael, 200 acres on the Kentucky River, Perry County, Kentucky.

Clark, James (Lg 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 372. Original land grant, 1842 July 5, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Clark 104 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

Heron, James (Lg 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 374. Copy of a land grant, 1798 November 15, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Heron 886 acres on Drakes Creek.

Tanksley, Edwin Roberts, 1898-1975 (Sc 2927), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2927. Transcript of a recorded interview with Edwin R. Tanksley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, an employee of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from 1925-1960. He recalls his career as a railroad clerk, the skill of his co-workers, the development of railroading in the area, and aspects of Bowling Green such as hotels, entertainment, and visits by political figures. Both the interviewer’s name and the whereabouts of the original recording are unknown.

Cavanah, David (Lg 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 371. Original land grant, 1818 December 31, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to David Cavanah, assignee of Simon Sugg, who was assignee of John M. Flint, 300 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Stone, William Francis, 1826-1879 (Lg 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 368. Land grant, 1842 February 22, by which William N. Trousdale, Governor of the State of Tennessee granted W. F. Stone 40 acres in Marion County, Tennessee.

Lucas, Charles (Lg 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 369. Original land grant, 1837 January 7, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Lucas 50 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Boone, Squire, Jr., 1744-1815 (Lg 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 367. Copy of a land grant, 1785 November 19, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Squire Boone, assignee of Richard Brashear, 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

Once More Unto The Breach: 2015 Pohanka Interns Engage Public History, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Every summer, we feature posts on the blog that provide a behind-the-scenes view of what it’s like to practice history on the frontlines at some of the nation’s leading Civil War sites. Our contributors – Gettysburg College students doing summer internships under the auspices of CWI’s Brian C. Pohanka Internship Program – share their experiences giving tours, talking with visitors, and working with historical artifacts, educational programs, and archival collections. This summer, we’ve asked our Pohanka interns to reflect on an assortment of questions dealing with Civil War monuments and historical memory, broadening interpretation at Civil War battlefield sites, social …

Davidson, Benjamin Gideon, Iii, 1914-1998 (Mss 559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 559. Letters to Benjamin Gideon Davidson “B.G.,” III, Bowling Green, Kentucky, written primarily by female friends when he was a student at Bowling Green High School and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Includes some letters from his mother and miscellaneous papers.

Fowler, John (Lg 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 370. Copy of a land grant, 1793 September 5, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Fowler 1000 acres on Poagues Creek in the district set apart for the officers and men of the Virginia Line.