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Family Records Of The Morehead [Family], Department Of Library Special Collections

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Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. Ii, No. 4, Southern Normal School

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Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed. The paper has been scanned for searching, but is not 100% full-text searchable. Name index available at: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlsc/ua/bgbu-a.htm

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. Ii, No. 2, Southern Normal School

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Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed. The paper has been scanned for searching, but is not 100% full-text searchable. Name index available at: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlsc/ua/bgbu-a.htm

Writings And News Clippings Related To The Spanish-American War Collected By Edward Richard Vance (Mss 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for complete collection information and full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for material related to the Spanish-American War from the collection of Edward Richard Vance (1833-1902), Warren County, Kentucky native and career U.S. Army officer. Retired at the time of the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Vance followed the conflict with interest. He collected clippings and wrote short essays about current developments, including the treatment of Cuban civilians in detention camps, Cuban soldiers, and the poor treatment of African-American soldiers returning home after the war.

Letters Written By Frank Morehead Thomas To His Family While He Served As A Chaplain During The Spanish-American War (Mss 31 B3 F1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Letters written by Frank Morehead Thomas to his family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, while he served as chaplain during the Spanish American War, 1898-1899. To see full-text scans of the letters click on "Additional Files" below.

Notecards Containing Service Record Information For Spanish-American War Soldiers From Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 349 B17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Notecards with military service related information compiled by Elizabeth Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, for soldiers who served in the Spanish-American War, specifically Company B of the Third Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. Company B was raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The cards are arranged alphabetically.

Ua1a Park City Daily News Articles, Park City Daily News

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Pages 9 and 10 of the Park City Daily News, July 1896 issue. Articles:

• The Beautiful Potter College - Potter College for Young Ladies
• A College for Young Men - Ogden College
• Practical Education - Southern Normal School & Bowling Green Business College

Ua3/1/4 Speeches & Ideas Book, Henry Cherry

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Notebook created by Henry Cherry entitled Talks Made at Morning Exercises. It contains handwritten speeches, clippings of sermons, poetry, cartoons and illustrations. Many pages were blank, those pages were not digitized. Page numbers match pdf file.

• A Dream Dreamed Over 37
• A Proposition from Epictetus 58
• A Railroad Man’s Prayer 2
• A Scientific Demonstration 54
• A Valuable Reminder, Ram’s Horn, nd 90
• A Vision, np, nd 37
• A Wasted Life 55
• An Important Question, Ram’s Horn, nd 86
• Bab’s Liberal Sermon – Worship in Church & In Green Fields Compared, np, 7/30/1896 7
• Baptist & Reflector, Vol. X, No. 9, …

General Laws For The Government Of The Town Of Horse Cave, Hart County, Ky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Booklet describing the laws and governance of the town of Horse Cave, KY in Hart County, 8 pages, published by Record Book and Job Print of Horse Cave, KY; John Altsheler, Chairman and J. M. Perkins, Clerk.

Ua96/2 Scrapbook, Southern Normal School

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Scrapbook 6 1/2" x 8" in Composition notebook with 1890 label on spine. Inscription: Specimens of stationery used by the Southern Normal School and Business College while H.H. Cherry had charge of the commercial Dept.

Also contains samples of documents and publications from other schools:

• Bellewood Female Seminary & Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School (Anchorage, Ky.)
• Canada Business College (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
• Cedar Rapids Business College (Cedar Rapids, Ia.)
• Central Business College Central University (Richmond, Ky.)
• Hellmuth College (London, Ontario, Canada)
• National Normal University (Lebanon, Oh.)
• Northern Indiana Commercial College (Valparaiso, Ind.)

The South Western Medical Gazette A Monthly Journal Of Medicine And Surgery, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Medical journal published in Louisville, KY with Kentucky physicians as contributors, they include Dr. J. N. McCormack, Dr. R. M. Alexander and others. Article topics include: Epilepsy, Retinoscopy, hypnotism, dysentery, artificial vagina, inverted uterus, grafting with the skin of a frog, furunciles, genito-urinary organs, morphia mania, iodol, syphilis, rabies, phthisis, paralysis, uterine fibroids, etc. Advertisements for medical supplies, Crab Orchard Water from Lincoln County, KY, Nelson County Sour Mash Whisky, Kentucky School of Medicine, and other ads

Bowling Green Gaines & Collier's City And Business Directory, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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This directory is arranged alphabetically giving lists of names and addresses. These were published annually and include an individual's address, occupation, and spouse's name.

Ua95/2 Advertisement, Glasgow Normal School

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Advertisement printed in the April 28, 1884 edition of the Louisville Courier-Journal for the Glasgow Normal School. Proprietors Mell and Williams promise a "new and novel programme" for the summer term.

Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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This press association report written by K. B. Grahn, the editor of the Greenup Independent, gives a overview of Bowling Green in 1879 with discussion of the courthouse, churches, College Hill, Water Works, Gas Works, Newspapers, banks, Police, Jail, Colleges, Fairview Cemetery, Fair Grounds, Lost River Mill, land values with crops, Bowling Green Manufacturing Company, Limestone Works, Bowling Green [Axe] Handle Works, Kentucky Stave and Heading Factory, Sash Factory, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Trunk Line, locks, Green and Barren River Navigation Company, Livery stables, hotels, and Barren River.

Ua96/3 Southern Normal School - Class Lists, Southern Normal School

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Class lists for Southern Normal School and early Bowling Green Business University 1876-1910. These lists are incomplete and are part of UA96 Southern Normal School Records. Check KenCat for extant corresponding class portraits.

American Medical Weekly (Vol. Iv, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Also known as Gaillard's medical journal, edited by Gaillard, Edwin Samuel, 1827-1885, The American Medical Weekly, was a Louisville, Kentucky medical journal. Includes articles on the treatment and cure of naevi, a new form of pessary, a school of medicine for women and many advertisements.

Scottville Argus (Scottsville, Kentucky), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Copies of the Scott[s]ville Argus: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Apr. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 12 (Jun. 19, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 14 (Jul. 3, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 19 (Aug. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 21 (Aug. 21, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 27 (Oct. 2, 1875)

Minutes Of The City Of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1850-1868 (Part 3)., Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Blakey Scrapbook With Obituary Information, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Scrapbook compiled by Churchill Blakey of Russellville, Kentucky with clippings from the Russellville Herald, poems, county courts, Baptists, religion, San Francisco, education, politics, churches, gossip, cemeteries, some of the names included are Bowden, James, Comfort, Barnett, Morton, Whitsit, Fuqua, Turpin, Whitsett, Wilson, and Broadus

Kentucky State Medical Society, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Steam, Passenger And Packet Boats On The Green And Barren Rivers, Department Of Library Special Collections

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On The Mode Of Collecting And Preserving Objects Of Natural History With A View To The Formation Of A Cabinet, Or To Their Transportation, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Earthquake The Ground Rose, Department Of Library Special Collections

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Includes information: The Ground Rose: an account by John J. Audubon with article about the 1825 earthquake in the Barrens of KY, from the Magazine of American History article, An Earthquake in Kentucky, Article from the Panoplist and Missionary Magazine, April 1812, Letter from Underwood Collection, 1812, from the Park City Daily News, 1925 story about the effects of the earthquake in Bowling Green, KY, and other state locations, The Journal of Spelean History, 1990, Effects of the New Madrid Earthquake (1811-1812) Damage to the Mammoth Cave Saltpeter Works, Kentucky