Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 519. Business papers of John M. Galloway, lawyer and judge of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include petition for election to enable county to purchase railroad stock, 1889; 1890 stock certificates and a 1901 deposition related to Warren Deposit Bank; Peter Perkins’ will, 1891; judgeship certificate, 1903; newspaper clippings and photos kept by Mrs. Galloway, 1873-1930.
Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 (Sc 2638),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863 (Sc 2638), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2638. Bound typescript copies of letters written by Charles Wilkins Short, Lexington, Kentucky, chiefly to his uncle, William Short, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics include the medical practice and his brother-in-law, Dr. Dudley.
Bush, Brenda Ruth, B. 1954 (Sc 2637),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Bush, Brenda Ruth, B. 1954 (Sc 2637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2637. Items relating to the infancy and childhood of Brenda Bush, principally writing and school assignments, and infant data entered into a magazine published by the H. J. Heinz Company. Also includes World War II discharge papers of Brenda’s father and an address book containing contacts he made during the war.
The Grizzly, October 11, 2012,
2012
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, October 11, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, John Parry, Michael Klazas, Olivia Z. Schultz, Samantha Salomon, Chelsea Callahan, Rachel Brown, Michael D'Amico, Courtney Scott, Austin Fox, Allen Weaver, Keith Miles, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Students Debate Alcohol Rules • UC Conservatives Feel Outnumbered • UC Celebrates LGBT History • Art, Music Festival • Literary Society Welcomes Student Writers • No Bells Ever Resided in Bomberger Bell Tower • R.D. Brooks Karns is a 2nd Lt. in the National Guard • UCTV Returns to Campus After 3-Year Absence • Opinion: We Must Inform Ourselves on Syria; Romney, a Stronger Candidate After Debate • UC Athletics Struggle Throughout Week • Senior Spotlight: Leah Shaw, Soccer • Sports Spotlight: Bryan Ellis, Football
Fear In Illinois: A Father's Grief,
2012
Gettysburg College
Fear In Illinois: A Father's Grief, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Like a prose poem, the passage leaped off of the page of the Lutheran and Missionary as I scanned the newspaper's columns. Sitting in the reading room of the Abdel Ross Wentz Library at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, my heart raced. It's not often that you find new words penned by someone you've been studying for years. [excerpt]
Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 429. Interviews conducted by Loretta (Martin) Murrey, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, with poet Joy Bale Boone. Includes transcriptions, summaries, and cassette tapes (32). The interviews emphasize biographical information and descriptions of Boone's influence as a poet and literary activist.
Mccoy, Thomas N. (Sc 2635),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Mccoy, Thomas N. (Sc 2635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2635. Bound typescript of paper by Thomas N. McCoy, Catlettsburg, Kentucky entitled “Sadie F. Price, 1849-1903,” Kentucky Botanist,” including typescripts of correspondence with Price about botany, and a collection of new clippings concerning Price.
Salyers, Mary Alice, 1910-1998 - Letters To (Mss 430),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Salyers, Mary Alice, 1910-1998 - Letters To (Mss 430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 430. Courtship letters sent to Mary Alice Salyers, Somerset, Kentucky from various suitors, chiefly Charles Duke Payne, a Christian minister and her future husband, Richard Allen Hays.
Hannum Family (Sc 746),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Hannum Family (Sc 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 746. Ciphering book containing problems using the British pound system, which also contains accounts of John Hannum, Jr., and Richard Hannum, and writings of Penelope Hannum, Logan County, Kentucky. Also clippings, chiefly from newspapers of Russellville, Kentucky, 1820-1860.
Rowan Family Letters (Sc 745),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Rowan Family Letters (Sc 745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 745. Letters of the Rowan family, Bardstown, Kentucky, which include letter co-signed by John Rowan, concerning a Naval Academy appointment, 1828; letter to Rebecca Rowan about her son William passing his bar exam, 1859; letter to Rebecca from son John, 1862; letter from S. R. Rowan to brother John, 1861. Includes a Rowan family genealogical chart.
Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 748. Membership book of Aeolian Lodge Number 51 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Bowling Green, Kentucky, retained by William Cullin Sumpter. Information includes name, residence, occupation, and age of each applicant.
Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2625. Narrative poem by Richard Alexander Bate, Louisville, Kentucky, written to honor the life and career of Revolutionary War sailor Commodore Richard Taylor.
Mccormack, Arthur Thomas, 1872-1943 (Sc 749),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Mccormack, Arthur Thomas, 1872-1943 (Sc 749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 749. Correspondence between sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus and Dr. Arthur Thomas McCormack, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding statues of Henry Clay and Ephraim McDowell completed by Niehaus and placed in Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C. The letters also discuss a memorial to Jane Crawford, McDowell's famous patient.
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2624. Paper by Jennie Miller Orr titled "Captain Ed Porter Thompson." Also include a 1987 letter from Frances J. Fletcher, Orr's niece, explaining the paper.
Brown-Hodges Papers (Sc 754),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Brown-Hodges Papers (Sc 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 754. Photocopies of Sumner County, Tennessee, deeds, 1813-1888 (7), and land surveys, 1813, 1875 (2), of the Brown and Hodges families. Also, genealogical information of the Hodges family (1).
Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 (Sc 2623),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 (Sc 2623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2623. Paper by Benjamin Franklin Procter titled, “Dr. Leslie Waggener,” a biography of an English Professor at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky. Also includes a three-page farewell address delivered by Waggener in 1883.
Introduction: Sex, Sexuality, And Gender As Useful Categories In Environmental History,
2012
Santa Clara University
Introduction: Sex, Sexuality, And Gender As Useful Categories In Environmental History, Nancy Unger
History
This book is an effort to explain these kinds of extreme gendered divisions and to offer an enriched understanding of the powerful interplay between environment and sex, sexuality, and gender. The synergy produced by that interplay has been significant throughout American history, but it cannot be adequately understood and appreciated as long as those fields are discussed as discrete entities. The fields of gender and environment are growing, but scholars have seldom joined them together in analysis or heeded historian Carolyn Merchant's call that a gendered perspective be added to conceptual frameworks in environmental history.5 They have not offered a …
Blewett, Benjamin Turner, 1820-1911 (Sc 747),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Blewett, Benjamin Turner, 1820-1911 (Sc 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 747. Letter, 18 April 1857, from Benjamin Turner Blewett, president of Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, to mathematics professor D. W. Hoyt, Brighton, Massachusetts, recruiting him for that position and describing the school and the town. Includes an illustrated school brochure.
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 515. Letter, 17 January 1926, from Cale Young Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mrs. Grayot? giving permission to reprint some of his poetry in the magazine "The Club Woman." Also includes some of his comments concerning poetry.
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 517),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text of diary (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 517. Photocopy of a typescript diary kept by David Barrow, a pioneer Baptist minister, during his trip to Kentucky and the Northwest Territory of Ohio. He visited family members, often preached at religious gatherings, and observed peace negotiations between the United States and various Indian tribes at Fort Greenville. Beginning in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, he traveled through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, the Northwest Territory, Eastern Tennessee, and North Carolina, before returning to his home in Virginia.
