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Harrell, Robert (Lg 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 167. Original land grant, 11 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Harrell 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Mobberly, Charles (Lg 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 166. Original land grant, 20 December 1831, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Mobberly 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Walker, John (Lg 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 164. Copy of a land grant, 15 December 1820, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the heirs and representatives of John Walker 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky. (surveyed Dec. 7, 1783).

Mitchell, Moses (Lg 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 165. Original land grant, 4 June 1829, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Moses Mitchell 25 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Lucas, Samuel (Lg 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 161. Original land grant, 14 December 1804, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel Lucas 200 acres on Little Muddy Creek, Kentucky.

Parker, Alexander (Lg 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 159. Copy of a land grant, 23 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Alexander Parker 1500 acres on Big Barren River, Kentucky.

Lain, Joseph (Lg 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 162. Original land grant, 6 May 1821, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Joseph Lain 50 acres in Green County, Kentucky.

Cox, Samuel (Lg 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 168. Original land grant, 30 May 1798, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel Cox, 120 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Walker, John (Lg 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 163. Copy of a land grant, 1820, December 15, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the heirs and representatives of John Walker 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky. (surveyed Dec. 10, 1783).

Elmore, Donald Ray, B. 1938 (Sc 2891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of memoir (click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 2891. Biographical memoir, well illustrated, of Donald R. Elmore, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native, describing his family, childhood, career in the U.S. Army, which included tours in Germany and Vietnam, and post-military life in California. A DVD contains images of Elmore’s drawings, craft work, military photographs, and miscellaneous biographical data on his jobs, travels, etc.

Ruter, Charles Melton (Sc 2893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2893. Correspondence chiefly related to Charles Melton Ruter's induction into various national, state and local sports halls of fame. Also includes biographical information about his lifelong involvement in sports and work as a sports official.

The Grizzly, February 26, 2015, Rachel Brown, Brian Thomas, William Diciurcio, Jordan Scharaga, Maddie Mathay, Maxwell Bicking, Caitlin Tillson, Blaise Laramee, Phoebe French, Becky Honor, Hunter Gellman, Jonathan Vander Lugt

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

"We're Just Saying Ursinus" Discusses Diversity on Campus • Alumni Invited to Classes • Composting Initiative in Lower Fails to Take Hold • Stereotypes in U.S. Colleges • Math Department Struggles • Satirical Blog Gains Campus Popularity • Professor Releases Poetry Book • New Officer Joins Safety • Opinion: The Gray Area in Fifty Shades; Ursinus Has a Responsibility to Ban Yik Yak • Wrestling Prepares for Regional Meet • Bears "Two" Much to Handle

Bourne, Silvanus (Lg 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 352. Original land grant, 1823 October 30, by which James Monroe, President of the United States of America, granted Silvanus Bourne, assignee of Gabriel Coil, assignee of A.L. Langham, assignee of Benjamin W. Ladd, assignee of Nathaniel G. Morris, 18 acres on Deer Creek in Ohio.

Payne, Selden H., 1841-1926 (Sc 2890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2890. Letter of Selden H. Payne, 18 January 1863, written from Camp Nelson, Kentucky to his sister Mary Hills in Eagleville, Ohio. He describes the troops, Confederate prisoners and wounded of the camp and recounts his travels, including nights spent at the Louisville depot, a “Negro prison” in Lexington, and the court house in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He also describes the injury and death of a comrade at the Louisville depot after he fell under the troop rail car, originally used to transport hogs.

Kentucky Lottery (Sc 2889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2889. Commemorative issue of Kentucky’s First Lottery Ticket, affixed to certificate signed by the Kentucky State Treasurer. Includes cover letter from State Treasurer and mailing envelope.

Union County, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2888. Portion of a letter, 25 December 1865, written from Morganfield, Kentucky, by a Presbyterian clergyman to his father. After a two-year lapse in communication, he updates his father on his teaching duties at a male academy and his preaching at two churches. He also mourns social ills such as crime and intemperance, and contrasts the irreligion of the North with the growth of evangelical churches in the South.

Brite, Henry Dearing, 1906-1976 (Mss 532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Collections 532. Letters, programs, invitations, photographs and other political and social mementoes of Elizabeth Brite and her husband Henry, collected primarily during their years in Washington, D.C. when Elizabeth was secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s press secretary, Jonathan W. Daniels.

Link Racial Past To The Present, Jill Ogline Titus

Civil War Institute Faculty Publications

Americans have been putting a great deal of energy into commemorating the 50th anniversary of some of the key moments of the civil rights movement. This burst of memorialization has inspired one new museum in Atlanta and the redesign of another in Memphis. The Smithsonian and Library of Congress are launching a new oral-history initiative, and films like Selma bring the movement to life for those who rarely read a history book or visit a museum.

This year brings more anniversaries: the Selma-to-Montgomery March, the passage of the Voting Rights Act, and the Watts rebellion. And the commemorative stakes are …

Time For A New Revisionism, Charles Tesconi

Education's Histories

Charles Tesconi provides a multilogue response to Donald Warren's "Waging War on Education: American Indian Versions."

The Grizzly, February 19, 2015, Rachel Brown, Bryce Pinkerton, Phoebe French, Jordan Scharaga, William Diciurcio, Briana Keane, Ayesha Contractor, Blaise Laramee, Christopher Santoro, Christine Palazzolo, Caitlin Tillson

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

College Hopes to Expand • Ursinus Celebrates Black History Month • Tensions in North Hall Grow • Influenza Poses its Yearly Threat to Ursinus Students • Art Department Will Sojourn to D.C. • Sing-Along Hits Home • Pre-Med UC Alum Joins Montco Police Force • Opinion: Stress Management Should be Required; Pinnacle of the Booty in Today's Society • Richie Schulz Leading Men's Track • Taking the Plunge