Gold, Clarence Oldham, 1861-1920 (Sc 2845),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Gold, Clarence Oldham, 1861-1920 (Sc 2845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2845. Letter, 31 July 1889, of tobacco broker Clarence O. Gold, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to his wife in New Providence, Tennessee. He declares his love, reports that he has rented a home, and urges her and their children to join him. The letter alludes to a separation caused by his drinking and other misconduct, and to the maligning influence of others who are urging his wife to leave him.
Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939 (Sc 2844),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939 (Sc 2844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2844. Letter, 16 May 1884, of journalist and humorist Opie P. Read, written from Little Rock, Arkansas, to an unnamed addressee. Read accepts an offer to exchange magazines (probably his Arkansas Traveler) for a publication called the Voice, congratulates the addressee on a story published in Chicago’s The Current, and acknowledges knowing his name although they have never met.
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 495),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 495. Letters written by Mary Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Clara Gregory and Mildred (Gregory) Pugh, Nashville, Tennessee, related to a rental property owned by Clara Gregory at 720 State Street in Bowling Green. The newsy letters contain information about maintenance to the property and remarks about current events in Bowling Green as well as comments about national affairs.
A Brief History Of Public Health In Alexandria And Alexandria's Health Department,
2014
University of Mary Washington
A Brief History Of Public Health In Alexandria And Alexandria's Health Department, Krystyn R. Moon
History and American Studies Articles
One of the central tenets of public health is the belief that the practice of medicine serves the broader community; however, the specific meaning of the phrase “public health” is a historically contingent one. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, the public included only white, bourgeois men who met in coffee houses and other such establishments to discuss politics, business ventures, and popular culture. Over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the “public” included white working class men, the poor, women, and people of color. Eventually, politicians and medical doctors recognized that children should be included as part …
Wiley, Benjamin (Lg 104),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Wiley, Benjamin (Lg 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 104. Original land grant, 5 February 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Benjamin Wiley, assignee of Francis Barner, assignee of Davies Brown, Jr., who was assignee of William Likins, 200 acres in Warren County.
Lafferty, Samuel (Lg 114),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Lafferty, Samuel (Lg 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 114. Original land grant, 27 January 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel Lafferty, assignee of Samuel Bents, 200 acres in Cumberland County.
Whitsitt, John (Lg 105),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Whitsitt, John (Lg 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 105. Original land grant, 22 January 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Whitsitt, assignee of Polly Davidson, 300 acres in Warren County.
Viney, Abraham (Lg 106),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Viney, Abraham (Lg 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 106. Original land grant, 5 June 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Abraham Viney, assignee of James Wilcox, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Hinch, John (Lg 147),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Hinch, John (Lg 147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 147. Original land grant, 13 September 1813, by which Richard Hickman, Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Hinch, assignee of Henry Gorin, assignee of Samuel Cox, 80 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Lee, Edmund F. (Lg 156),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Lee, Edmund F. (Lg 156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 156. Copy of land grant, 21 March 1808, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edmund F. Lee, 2000 acres on Gasper River, Kentucky.
Bratton, William (Lg 103),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Bratton, William (Lg 103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 103. Original land grant, 11 April 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Bratton, assignee of Henry Lyons, 200 acres in Warren County.
Harrald, Robert (Lg 101),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Harrald, Robert (Lg 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 101. Original land grant,10 January 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Harrald, assignee of Michael Oneal, 33 acres in Warren County.
Thompson, George (Lg 107),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Thompson, George (Lg 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 107. Copy of land grant, 9 February 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Thompson, assignee of Elijah M. Covington, who was assignee of William Knight, 160 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Gatewood, Fullington (Lg 110),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Gatewood, Fullington (Lg 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Findind aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 110. Original land grant, 23 May 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Fullington Gatewood, assignee of John Bobbett, assignee of William Shackleford, assignee of Ephraim Hubbard, Jr., 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Land grant reinforced by a Bowling Green newspaper.
Porter, Nathaniel, 1797-1871 (Lg 113),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Porter, Nathaniel, 1797-1871 (Lg 113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 113. Original land grant, 16 November 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Nathaniel Porter 25 acres in Butler County.
Lucas, Robert Wilkins, 1786-1845 (Lg 112),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Lucas, Robert Wilkins, 1786-1845 (Lg 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 112. Original land grant, 8 April 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert W. Lucas, assignee of James Dunlap, 200 acres in Warren County.
Skiles, Jacob, 1765-1816 (Lg 111),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Skiles, Jacob, 1765-1816 (Lg 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 111. Original land grant, 9 January 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jacob Skiles, assignee of Samuel Elridge, 115 acres in Warren County.
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 145),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 145. Typescript copy of a land grant, 14, August 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Dr. Charles Meriwether, assignee of John W. Baker, assignee of Charles Meriwether, assignee of Azariah Davis, assignee of John Gibson, 400 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 144),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Meriwether, Charles (Lg 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 144. Typescript copy of a land grant, 14 August 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Meriwether, assignee of Azariah Davis, assignee of Hugh McWilliams, 32 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.
Preston, John (Lg 150),
2014
Western Kentucky University
Preston, John (Lg 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 150. Original land grant, 26 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Preston and Balard Smith, assignees of Granville Smith, 490 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.
