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St. Mary's Catholic Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 1105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1105. Unpublished history (30p.) of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Franklin, Kentucky, written by Father John A. Lyons, Louisville. Lyons’ accompanying letter relates information about his paper.

Brown, Phil (Mrs.) - Letter To (Sc 2759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2759. Letter, 24 September 1927, to Mrs. Phil Brown, Kansas City, Missouri, describing a trip to Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The unnamed writer describes visiting sites associated with Annie Fellows Johnston’s Little Colonel series and conversing with residents familiar with its characters. Includes photographs of the approach road to “The Locust,” home of the “Little Colonel,” and the Pewee Valley railroad station.

Wiltse, Jason S., 1843-1874 (Sc 2760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2760. Diary of Jason S. Wiltse, kept while serving as a corporal with the 23rd Michigan Infantry. He describes the countryside, weather and conditions during his tour of duty in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and notes the names of his correspondents. He also describes the battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee, and refers (p. 68) to having been in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Christmas Day 1862. Includes a photograph of Wiltse in uniform.

Goodnight, Michael (Lg 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 444. Original land grant, 11 March 1790, by which Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Michael Goodnight, assignee of John Wynn, 200 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky.

Mcneel, Joseph And John Mcneel (Lg 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Land Grant 443. Original land grant, 17 May 1790, by which Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Joseph McNeel and John McNeel, assignees of James Kelly and Mary Ann (McNeel) Kelly, 400 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky.

Deacon, James (Lg 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 442. Original land grant, 21 July 1796, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Deacon 180 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky. Includes a survey of the land dated 4 November 1795.

Davis, James (Lg 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 441. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to James Davis 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky). Includes a survey of the land dated 14 February 1783.

Linn, Benjamin, 1750-1814 (Lg 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 445. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Benjamin Linn, assignee of Gower Severns, 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky).

Stuff White People Like #1863, Joseph Stephen Slowinski

SURGE

There I sat: sun burning my neck, sweat pouring down my face, watching grown men play at death. I’d been meaning for years to get to Gettysburg to see the reenactment, and this past July, I was lucky enough to be there for the 150th anniversary of the battle. And so there I was, sitting in a grandstand in the middle of a farm in rural Pennsylvania, surrounded by fellow white people, watching a Confederate soldier get shot in the back for pretending to desert in the face of the Union cavalry. He flopped to the ground in front of …

Warren County Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2757. Resolutions of the Warren County Court, Warren County, Kentucky, delivered to Mrs. Catherine Payne expressing sympathy on the death of Edmund Payne.

Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text transcription (Click on "Additional Files") of Manuscripts Small Collection 2755. Letter of John Steele, 16 February 1802, written from Bourbon County, Kentucky, to Reverend John Hemphill, Chester County, South Carolina. He describes the behavior of worshippers at the religious revivals in his part of the country, and expresses concern about their departure from orthodox principles of religion.

Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2758. Items related to the teaching career, including salary information, of Chole Howard; includes list of retired teachers in Monroe County, Kentucky (dated 1977) and information about the Mothers' Day program at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church in Monroe County.

Uncle Jeff Oil Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 2756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2756. Statement, 8 February 1921, of activities, assets and liabilities of the Uncle Jeff Oil Company, Nashville, Tennessee, issued in connection with a stock offering; also 1923 letter to a stockholder, and a dividend letter to stockholders outlining the company’s prospects and inviting further stock purchases. Reference is made to the company’s leases in Williamson and Dickson counties in Tennessee and in Warren County, Kentucky.

Blake, Rufus George, 1846-1929 (Sc 1095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1095. Letter, 17 July 1927, by Rufus George Blake, Crossett, Arkansas, to his granddaughter Maxine (Blake) Walker. Relates briefly his and his father Hiram Blake's Civil War experiences, which resulted in Hiram being killed near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes 1997 letter related to earlier document.

Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1094. Documents mainly of Wall family members of Cynthiana (Harrison County), Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. The family correspondence includes three Civil War era letters. The financial receipts include one for the cost of an 1841 servant’s coffin.

Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1099. Letter, 8 April 1932, of Velma Gertrude Vick, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky, to “My dear Mrs. Smith.” She encloses some Fairfax family genealogical data and information related to Logan County artist Roberta McLean, who specialized in painting family coats of arms. Also, three newspaper clippings.

Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1097. George Oliver Diamond's autobiography, written for his children and grandchildren and focusing on his experiences as a member of the 559th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II. He received a portion of his military training in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returning to the city after the war to work and raise his family. He saw combat duty during the final months of the war.

Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1098. Four labels used for guitars made and sold by Hascal B. Haile in his shop in Tompkinsville (Monroe County), Kentucky. One label is inscribed to noted guitarist Chet Atkins; the others have not been used. Includes one of Haile’s business cards and a 1998 newspaper article.

Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 466. Minutes, including lists of both white and African American members, of Hopewell Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky.

Child's Play: War, Toys And Avoiding The Trivial, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

This past weekend, I let my two hobbies combine. I spend a good chunk of my spare time doing incessant, weird and wild historical research. If you've read along on the blog for any appreciable time, you know the odd corners I've turned finding peculiar and striking stories both here in Gettysburg and beyond.

But I have another hobby.

I am an Adult Fan of LEGO. [excerpt]