Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 81),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 81. A history of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Paper and interviews with twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 449),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 449. Letter written by David Morton, Amherst, Massachusetts, replying to an admirer, Mr. Goodrum. Morton was an author originally of Elkton, Kentucky.
Allen, James Lane, 1848-1925 (Sc 442),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Allen, James Lane, 1848-1925 (Sc 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files) below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 442. Letters from James Lane Allen, Atlantic City, New Jersey, summer 1906, and New York City, 30 September 1906, to cousin Helen inquiring as to the illness of her father, his uncle John, and expressing sorrow at his death.
Prisons - Administration - Florida (Sc 446),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Prisons - Administration - Florida (Sc 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 446. Letter written by Miss Daniels, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, to the mayor of Lakeland, Florida, inquiring as to the local jail’s conditions after becoming concerned about them by reading a book written by a former prisoner. Also, carbon copy of mayor’s reply, inviting Daniels to visit the jail and stating that the jail’s conditions would compare favorably with those in Kentucky.
Shepherd, Walter, 1852-1933 (Sc 447),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Shepherd, Walter, 1852-1933 (Sc 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 447. Letter from Walter Shepherd, Mount Lebanon, New York, to Roy G. Cooksey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in reply to inquiry. Shepherd is sending materials about the Shakers for Cooksey’s use in preparing a talk on them, and also, he expresses his views on various aspects of Shakerism.
Perry, George Brown, 1854-1936 (Sc 448),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Perry, George Brown, 1854-1936 (Sc 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 448. Letters from George Brown Perry, Waurika, Oklahoma, to H.F. Mount, Bowling Green, Kentucky, giving historical data of Lynnland College, Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, General William Flank Perry, was the first president of the college, 1867-1879, and George was the last president, 1912-1914.
Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 (Sc 443),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 (Sc 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 443. Legal papers setting the execution date of Jim Buckner, African American, Marion County, Kentucky, as 9 June 1911, and stay of execution by Acting Governor William Hopkinson Cox until 8 July 1911, because of the incompletion of the installation of the electrocution apparatus. Henry Thomas Hagerman, warden of Kentucky Penitentiary, Eddyville, attested to Buckner’s death.
Mccreary, James Bennett, 1838-1918 (Sc 445),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Mccreary, James Bennett, 1838-1918 (Sc 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 445. Appointment of Henry Thomas Hagerman of Eddyville, Kentucky as a delegate to the Southern Sociological Congress, Nashville, Tennessee. Signed by Governor James Bennett McCreary.
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 444),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 444. Letters from William Alexander Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Clifton Rodes, Louisville, Kentucky, enclosing prospectus of book about genealogy (Van Meter family) which Obenchain thinks will interest him, 17 August, and regarding Rodes’ order of the book and copies of some Van Meter family records, 22 August.
Wininger, Charles Richard, 1912-2000 (Mss 421),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Wininger, Charles Richard, 1912-2000 (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 421. This collection contains War of 1812 correspondence between James A. Hall and his wife Prudence (Stockton) Hall (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans), as well as World War II correspondence between Charles and Novella (Tillery) Wininger, all of Barren County, Kentucky. Some letters with other correspondents, as well as family photos and genealogical information about the Hall, Stockton, and Wininger families is included.
Ring The Bells: "Happy 149th Birthday, America!",
2012
Gettysburg College
Ring The Bells: "Happy 149th Birthday, America!", John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Friend of the blog and stalwart DC area historian Aaron Urbanski posted a pithy update to his Facebook wall on Monday, a status update which has infected my brain over the past couple days. The idea is so infectious, so amazingly simple yet profound that I'm shamelessly stealing it and blowing it up to epic proportions. [excerpt]
Weber, William (Sc 439),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 439. Letter written by Civil War soldier, William Weber, Bardstown, Kentucky, to his brother, Martin Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. Weber describes time spent in Louisville and their march to Bardstown. Also envelope with Civil War imprint.
Abert, James W., 1820-1897 (Sc 437),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Abert, James W., 1820-1897 (Sc 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 437. Letter written by James W. Abert, Newport, Kentucky, to Randal Hagner, Washington, D.C., concerning an article which Abert wrote and which he is enclosing that pertains to Abert’s school days and to those of some of Hagner’s relatives. (The article is not with the letter.)
Henry, Jefferson, 1849-1927 (Sc 440),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Henry, Jefferson, 1849-1927 (Sc 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 440. Letter, from Jefferson Henry, Greensburg, Kentucky, to friend John, (place unknown), asking for the name of a company that employs James Dowdy.
Moore, Gerald Grattan, 1887-1972 (Sc 438),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Moore, Gerald Grattan, 1887-1972 (Sc 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 438. Letter written by Gerald Grattan Moore, secretary of the Annual Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago, Illinois, to Lee Collins, Cave City, Kentucky, expressing the
Convention’s sympathy for the imprisonment of his son, Floyd, in southcentral Kentucky Cave, and relating that they are praying for his release.
Murphey, G. N. (Sc 441),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Murphey, G. N. (Sc 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 441. Copy of application, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a license to practice medicine in Kentucky.
Burchfield, Alonzo R., 1854-1927 (Sc 436),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Burchfield, Alonzo R., 1854-1927 (Sc 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 436. Teacher’s certificate, 19 August 1880, Butler County, Kentucky, for second grade, second class, and two certificates for membership in the Woodbury Lodge, Butler County, 28 March 1896.
Redmon, Chester Calvin, 1921-2012 (Mss 417),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Redmon, Chester Calvin, 1921-2012 (Mss 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 417. Items chiefly relating to the high schools that Chester Calvin Redmon served at as principal. This includes information about Hopkinsville (Kentucky) High School class reunions, Louisville Male High School, and Vine Grove (Kentucky) High School. Also includes diaries and miscellaneous material relating to Chester Calvin Redmon’s life.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
U.S. Circuit Courts - Kentucky District, Bowling Green (Sc 434),
2012
Western Kentucky University
U.S. Circuit Courts - Kentucky District, Bowling Green (Sc 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 434. Warrant issued to the marshal to apprehend William Davis, Edmonson County, Kentucky, for engaging in illegal liquor traffic, and subpoena issued for two witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff. Signed by M.T. Roberts, Commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States, Kentucky District.
