Emerson, James William, 1920-1978 (Sc 872),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Emerson, James William, 1920-1978 (Sc 872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 872. Diary of James William Emerson, Covington, Kentucky, while he was enlisted in the United States Navy. He enlisted in 1941 and served as a machinist’s mate on the USS Stevenson. The diary dates from 1943-1944 and details his round trip journey from Cape Henry, Virginia to French Morocco. Other items include rank insignias (3), training certificate, discharge papers, newspaper clipping, biographical information, etc.
Allen, Edward (Sc 870),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Allen, Edward (Sc 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 870. Letter, 21 October 1865, written to “Mon Ami" by Edward Allen, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, advising that he is sending her a lady’s tool chest which he crafted from woods from the rocky cliffs of Kentucky, “the dark and bloody ground” of tradition.
Contested Nation: Freedman And The Cherokee Nation,
2013
Illinois State University
Contested Nation: Freedman And The Cherokee Nation, Dave Watt
Undergraduate Research - History
The Freedmen are, most simply, those individuals that have been freed from bondage. In the United States this term is often used in reference to legally emancipated slaves and consequently, their descendants. The term “Cherokee Freedmen” refers to those freed slaves who joined with the Cherokee Nation, or, men and women who were formerly held in servitude within the Cherokee Nation. This term has also been given to the descendants of marriages involving freed Africans and Cherokee spouses, thus making the network of people labeled Freedmen an expansive group of people. Totaling roughly 3000 people in the present day, Cherokee …
Leeds, Steven, B. 1968 (Sc 864),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Leeds, Steven, B. 1968 (Sc 864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 864. Letter, 24 May 1996, written by Steven Leeds, Lantana, Florida, to Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, detailing the finding of Indian burial sites in Bracken County, Kentucky, and giving other data about the burial sites. May be viewed by administrative permission only.
Cadiz Railroad Company - Cadiz, Kentucky (Mss 354),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Cadiz Railroad Company - Cadiz, Kentucky (Mss 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 354. Business records of the Cadiz Railroad Company, Cadiz, Kentucky. Includes correspondence and memoranda, directors minutes, annual reports, passenger, freight, and mail reports, invoices, receipts, loss and damage claim records, and industry and government publications.
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2673. Paper titled "An Old Kentucky Home" about the home of E.D. Garrison in Allen County, Kentucky. The paper describes the design and construction of the home and its furnishings, and includes photographs.
Land - Lotteries (Sc 663),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Land - Lotteries (Sc 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 663. Printed lottery ticket, numbered and signed by William McClain, issued in the “great land sale” in Henderson County, Kentucky, approved by an act of the legislature on 5 February 1868. The drawing took place on 7 July 1870.
Banks And Banking (Sc 664),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Banks And Banking (Sc 664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 664. Notes, 1821-1822, and notice of note due, 1822, issued by the Bank of Kentucky at its Glasgow and Bowling Green branches; stock certificate issued by the Bank of Kentucky, 1850; and stock certificate issued by the Germania Safety Vault and Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1895.
Fletcher And Company - Covington, Kentucky (Sc 662),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Fletcher And Company - Covington, Kentucky (Sc 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 662. Advertising letter mailed from the office of Fletcher and Company, general lottery agents, Covington, Kentucky, offering 16 tickets on the “Royal Havana or Cuba Plan Lottery” for $10.00.
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 445. Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959. Includes genealogical and autobiographical material as well as extensive research data and writing on the ornithology of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky, on folklore and linguistics, and on the ornithology and folkways of the Mammoth Cave region of Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 665),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 665. Facsimile of letter written to Brigadier General Walter Husted Stevens by General Robert E. Lee regarding the reasons for and terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, and thanking him for his service.
Presidents' Day In A Land At War,
2013
Gettysburg College
Presidents' Day In A Land At War, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Monday is Presidents' Day, our modern conglomeration of the celebrations of Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdays. Of course, no one but Mary Todd, Tad and some friends were celebrating Lincoln's birthday in 1863. Dying has a way of making special family events into cherished national holidays. Hence Washington, father of the nation who was already cold in the ground, warranted celebration and accolades on his birthday. [excerpt]
The Grizzly, February 14, 2013,
2013
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, February 14, 2013, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Chris Fox, Jillian Goldstein, Rachel Brown, John Parry, Vivek Reddy, Amanda Frekot, Sara Hourwitz, Caroline Sandberg, Alyse Reid, Allen Weaver, Dana Feigenbaum
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Career Fair Filled with Opportunities • Shreiner Parties Shut Down • TLI Reflects on Race in the Classroom • Ursinus Continues Diversity Initiatives • New Stores in Providence Town Center • Film Program Aims to Expand • On Campus Housing Options • On the Ball • Opinion: "Raging Feminist" is a Positive Title; Ursinus Should Keep ESPN in the Budget • Ursinus Considers Axing Pricey ESPN • UC Athlete Profile: Chris Donaldson, Wrestling • Senior Day Spurs Results
Hay Family Letters (Sc 1288),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Hay Family Letters (Sc 1288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1288. Letters of the Hay and Ferguson families, Butler County, Kentucky. Many are written by Rebecca (Hay) Gray to her Texas relatives concerning family matters. Includes data about the correspondents added by the typescripters, Tim K. Ferguson and Dorothy Olinger Range.
Honoring Tuskegee Airmen; Past & Present,
2013
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Honoring Tuskegee Airmen; Past & Present, Larry Jackson
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the remarkable story of the Tuskegee Airmen from several of the original airmen. They are members of the Archer –Ragsdale Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen in Phoenix and will talk about their first mission to Berlin, end with a panel discussion and take questions from the audience. These legends of aviation will make this an evening to remember!
Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty,
2013
Gettysburg College
Two Kosciuszkos: Fighting For Liberty, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I got in trouble down in the District of Columbia before Christmas. I made the mistake of asking friend and fellow blogger Aaron Urbanski why I should care who Thaddeus Kosciuszko was. He went mildly ballistic. Aaron has a soft spot in his heart for the old Polish general, partially because his last name is Urbanski. I can't begrudge him that.
So the name "Kosciuszko" has been rattling violently around in my head since December. Recently it broke free. And it was because of the Civil War, Gettysburg and a Pennsylvanian general that I found out why Thaddeus Kosciuszko might …
Shackleford, William (Lg 80),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Shackleford, William (Lg 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 80. Original land grant, 4 April 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.
Davis, John (Lg 77),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Davis, John (Lg 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 77. Copy of land grant, 3 December 1827, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Davis, 100 acres in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Shackleford, William (Lg 79),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Shackleford, William (Lg 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 79. Original land grant, 5 November 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 150 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.
Shackleford, William (Lg 78),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Shackleford, William (Lg 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 78. Original land grant, 5 November 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 150 acres in Warren County. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.
