Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 731. Letter concerning a debt owed to the Shakers, 1839; indenture binding Eli McLean to teach the spinning trade to Eliza Janes, age 12, 1842; and letters pertaining to the Shakers' seed trade, 1861, 1878.
Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 730. Copies of a letter written by Benjamin Seth Youngs, South Union, Kentucky to the Ministry, New Lebanon, New York, concerning the design and construction of buildings at South Union.
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 738. Photocopies of letter, 1791, written to Edmund Rogers by his brother, John, concerning continental land warrants; and of letter, 1813, written to Rogers, Barren County, Kentucky, by his brother, Thomas, from Mountford, regarding Henry Underwood’s trip to Ohio to bring Joseph Rogers Underwood home after he was wounded in the War of 1812.
Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 742. Typescript of 1941 letter written by Hattie McMillan (Williams) Sandidge, Burkesville, Kentucky, to school friend Bessie McMillan (whose father, J. P. McMillan, was president of Alexander College in Burkesville), reminiscing and relating information about Burkesville and mutual friends.
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 744. Letter, 3 September 1837, from Jesse Kennedy, Bourbon County, Kentucky, to brother-in-law George Waugh of Cabell County, Virginia, after the death of Kennedy’s first wife. He writes of his children, servants, and other relatives. Kennedy was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2612. Typescript copy of speech by Edwin Porch Morrow, Somerset, Kentucky, presented at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, about the history of Kentucky according to its geography and memorable figures. Also includes a speech about grief and death.
Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) . for Manuscripts Small Collection 34. Letter written by Sy Johnson, Mount Pinia, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to John H. White, Warren County, Kentucky concerning the hiring of slaves.
Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.
Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2619. Paper written for a Kentucky literature class titled "Shadrach Penn." This paper details the life of journlist Shadrach Penn, Lexington, Kentucky.
Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2616. Typescript copies of "A Brief Sketch of Rafinesque and the Transylvania Botanic Garden" and the "Journal of Samuel Constantine Ranfiesque," by Maud (Ward) Lafferty, Lexington, Kentucky.
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2633. Original typescript of a Sarah "Sadie" Frances Price bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2611. Typescript copy of “Volume II: Their Superfluous Highnesses,” by Royal Ornan Shreve. This document is from Chapter IX, titled “Richard M. Johnson,” Detailing the Life, Political and Military, of a Former United States Vice-President.
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.
O'Hara Records (Sc 735),
2012
Western Kentucky University
O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of selected items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 735. Shipping records book evidently kept by R. R. O’Hara and Son or Gracey & O’Hara, commission merchants, Eddyville, Kentucky, and two advertisements of the firms. The bills of lading concern goods shipped from Eddyville and include information as to shipper, destination, name of steamboat carrying goods, etc.
Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2610. Bound typescript volume of papers accumulated by Harry Innes. Papers include inventories, orders, bonds, wills, land documents, correspondence, etc. Original housed in the Library of Congress.
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2634. Typescript copy of [supposed] journal of Edmund Rogers, cousin of George Rogers Clark, written for him by his daughter Edmonia Thomas (Rogers) Beauchamp; also includes
typescript of an 1892 newspaper article about Edmund Rogers.
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.
