Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 979. Thesis titled, “The Oral Folk History Surrounding the Life of William Bernard ‘Big Six’ Henderson,” written by Peggy Bradley Boaz for Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies Program, 1976. Also associated newspaper clippings, 1978, 1987 (2).
Kinney, Grover, 1885-1963 (Sc 976),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Kinney, Grover, 1885-1963 (Sc 976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 976. Letters to and receipts of Lewis County, Kentucky farmer, Grover Kinney.
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 977. Telegrams, 1945 (5), discharge papers, 1945-1948 (3), broadside, newspaper clipping. and photographs (2), pertaining to Muhlenberg County native Marvin Ellis Morphew’s World War II service, especially as a German prisoner of war.
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2681. Charges and specifications preferred under a general court martial of William H. Herbert, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, for acts of disrespect to an officer, disobedience of orders, and mutiny committed at Fort College Hill near Bowling Green, Kentucky on 10 November 1863.
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 978. Paper written by Francis Vincent Gardler for a Western Kentucky University history class based on an interview with Lowell Hayes Harrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The paper focuses on Harrison’s World War II experiences.
Vail, Carmen, B. 1959? (Sc 986),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Vail, Carmen, B. 1959? (Sc 986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 986. Project titled “Welcome to Woolco,” done by Carmen Vail for a Distributive Education class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Woolco was a retail store located in Bowling Green’s Greenwood Mall for a number of years.
Taylor, Lee Arnold, 1893-1961 (Sc 984),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Taylor, Lee Arnold, 1893-1961 (Sc 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 984. Business contract regarding a tombstone for Joel H. Gregory, 1913, and papers, March 1919 of Lee Arnold Taylor, Henderson County, Kentucky, regarding military leave.
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 983. Letter written from France by Cooper Ray Smith to his sister Mackie Bennett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing his trip to France, the end of World War I, and inquiring about events in Bowling Green.
Page, Evelyn Ellis (Pulliam), 1845-1928 (Sc 982),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Page, Evelyn Ellis (Pulliam), 1845-1928 (Sc 982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 982. Affectionate letters from her sons to Evelyn Page of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1905, 1913; letter regarding son Foster Page’s religious conversion; letter discussing rural life; and invitation to an egg fair, 1895.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 988),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 988. Wills of Janice (Holt) and Henry Giles, Knifley (Adair County), Kentucky, including rights to Janice's books, royalties, papers, etc.
Skaggs, William C. - Collector (Sc 981),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Skaggs, William C. - Collector (Sc 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 981. Receipts, marriage records, and notes collected by William C. Skaggs of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Loving, John, 1770-1827 (Sc 985),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Loving, John, 1770-1827 (Sc 985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 985. Letter written by John Loving, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother Samuel, Lovingston, Virginia, encouraging Samuel and relatives to emigrate to his region which he calls “the flower of the western country.” Loving also discusses the raising of cattle and the financial gain therefrom. Also family data.
Montjoy, John L. "Pete," 1914-1937 (Sc 990),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Montjoy, John L. "Pete," 1914-1937 (Sc 990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 990. Form letter, 24 August 1936, distributed by the Montjoy Fair Trial Committee of Covington, Kentucky, regarding the case of John “Pete” Montjoy. The Committee claims that his trial was “farcical” and requests that the public urge Governor Chandler to commute the death sentence by hanging. Includes excerpt from George C. Wright, Racial Violence in Kentucky 1865-1940 concerning the trial.
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 989. Certificate, 1 December 1915, investing William Taylor Runner with authority as a 2nd Lieutenant, Co. A, 3rd Infantry, Kentucky National Guard, effective 23 February 1914. Signed by Governor James B. McCreary.
Ketcham, Jennie B. (Brown) (Sc 987),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Ketcham, Jennie B. (Brown) (Sc 987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 987. Autograph album of Jennie B. (Brown) Ketcham, probably of New London, Ohio. There are also entries of friends and family from Bridgeport, Connecticut, and New York City.
Crump, Mary Norton (Underwood) Poyntz, 1857-1920 (Sc 980),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Crump, Mary Norton (Underwood) Poyntz, 1857-1920 (Sc 980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 980. Letter written by Mary Norton (Underwood) Poyntz Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to a Miss Symmes, regarding Bowling Green’s participation in the planned Kentucky Room at the 1893 World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) in Chicago.
Hill, Waller B., 1857-1942 (Sc 687),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Hill, Waller B., 1857-1942 (Sc 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 687. Copy of the 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. Waller B. Hill, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, asked various Bowling Green citizens to read it and inscribe their impressions on pages he had added to the front of the book.
Deutschland Unsere Mutter, Columbia Our Bride: German-America In The Progressive Era,
2013
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Deutschland Unsere Mutter, Columbia Our Bride: German-America In The Progressive Era, Taylor Holmes
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee
In many histories of American involvement in the First World War, the anti-German hysteria that exploded in the United States is often trivially attributed to the reality that America had declared war on Germany and the consequent propaganda the war effort generated. This, however, overlooks the significant presence of anti-German sentiment prior both to the outbreak of the First World War and American entry into the war. Precedent to and coincident with U.S. military intervention in Europe was the domestic cultural struggle between an ascendant and dominantly Anglo-American Progressive ideology and a cultural pluralism that German-American ethnic pride embodied. The …
Gasper River Bible Society (Sc 700),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Gasper River Bible Society (Sc 700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 700. Minutes of the 18th annual meeting of the Gasper River Bible Society of the Baptist Church, held at Salem meeting house, Butler County, Kentucky in August 1856.
Crump, Benedict Beverly, 1802-1854 (Sc 696),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Crump, Benedict Beverly, 1802-1854 (Sc 696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 696. Photocopy of letter, 19 February 1828, of Benedict B. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Haiden Trigg Curd, Glasgow, Kentucky, relating to a confidential matter.
