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Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 868. Letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough to Sarah Gilbert Garris, Library Science instructor at Western Kentucky State College, 1953-1954, during his military service in
California and Japan. Includes a vivid description of a visit in a middle class Japanese family’s home and additional details about his experiences written in 1992.

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Leeds, Steven, B. 1968 (Sc 864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Leeds, Steven, B. 1968 (Sc 864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

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Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959.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.

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Westernman, Robert - Collector (Sc 2675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Westernman, Robert - Collector (Sc 2675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2675. Letters relating mostly to political campaigns for U S. president, Kentucky governor, and other offices. Includes letters soliciting support for developing the Abraham Lincoln birthplace farm into a national park. Also includes several letters and documents related to political affairs in Daviess County.

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Robinson, Mollie B., B. 1860 (Sc 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Robinson, Mollie B., B. 1860 (Sc 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of diploma (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 656. Mistress of Science diploma conferred upon Mollie B. Robinson by Cedar Bluff Female College, Woodburn, Kentucky. Mollie was the niece of the college's president, William F. Whitesides.

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Ford, Bess (Sc 2664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Ford, Bess (Sc 2664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2664. Paper titled "Outlaws of Kentucky" by Bess Ford which examines individual outlaws from Kentucky history.

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Futrell, Roger (Sc 2665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Futrell, Roger (Sc 2665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2665. Bound typescript of a reminiscence of Roger Futrell about his invitation and visit to the White House to meet President John F. Kennedy in October, 1961.

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Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 915. Business form letters used by Meek and Milam, the famous fishing reel company of Frankfort, Kentucky. Also, correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the reels and the men who made them.

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Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 877. Letters written by Donald J. Blandford, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, to Representative Richard A. Sanders, Jr., Smiths Grove, Kentucky, during the federal investigation (known as Operation Boptrot) of Kentucky House members and staff.

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Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Stone, Amy Michelle (Hodgkins), B. 1972 (Sc 836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 836. Research paper written by Amy M. Hodgkins Stone entitled “The Assassination of President Kennedy As Witnessed by Dr. Francis Thompson” written for U.S. History class, 27 November 1990.

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Knott, James Proctor, 1830-1911 (Sc 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Knott, James Proctor, 1830-1911 (Sc 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 812. Certificate of remission of a judgment against the Claryville, Grant’s Lick, and Butler Turnpike Company for failure to repair roads, signed on 28 December 1886 by Kentucky Governor James Proctor Knott.

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Gooch, Thomas Claiborne, 1830-1889 (Sc 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Gooch, Thomas Claiborne, 1830-1889 (Sc 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 810. Letter, 1864, written by Thomas Claiborne Gooch, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother William, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes comments about the gold standard, Major General Stephen Gano Burbridge, George B. McClellan’s chances of winning the 1864 presidential election, and Robert E. Lee’s international influence.

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Brown, James Monroe, 1800-1886 (Sc 806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Brown, James Monroe, 1800-1886 (Sc 806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 806. Ciphering book, 1822-1827 (40 p.), of James M. Brown, Butler County, Kentucky, which also contains a few pages of account entries and other various notations, (806a). Photocopy of ciphering book is also included. Also letter, 1989, from donor relating family data.

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Mccreery, Thomas Clay, 1816-1890 (Sc 568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Mccreery, Thomas Clay, 1816-1890 (Sc 568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 568. Two 1868 letters from Thomas Clay McCreery, Washington, D.C. to unknwon recipients, which give the addresses of two former U.S. senators from Kentucky. McCreery was serving as U.S. senator from Kentucky at the time.

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Sand Hill Democratic Club - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Sand Hill Democratic Club - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 809. Notice of meeting called for 14 September 1888 to organize a Democratic club at Sand Hill, Warren County, Kentucky.

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Williams, Camilla Reynolds, 1923-2005 (Sc 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Williams, Camilla Reynolds, 1923-2005 (Sc 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 790. Photocopies of story written by Camilla Reynolds Williams entitled, “Ma Motley’s Robbery Tale,” 1863?, which supposedly occurred in Warren County, Kentucky. She won second place in the 1971 Kentucky Woman’s Club Folklore Contest for this entry. Also Hays family genealogical chart prepared by Joseph S. Hays.

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Turnpikes - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Turnpikes - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 654. Stock certificates of various turnpike companies in Warren County, Kentucky, issued to Warren County.
Includes typescript of 1891 newspaper article describing the state of turnpike construction in the county.

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Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Bibb, George Motier, 1776-1859 (Sc 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 789. Letter written to a doctor by George Motier Bibb, Logan County, Kentucky, 26 August 1810, describing some Logan County, Kentucky farm land and buildings.

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Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 787. Promissory note, signed 1 April 1940, by Emmons O. Pearson, Jr., and stock certificate issued by Bowling Green Industrial Foundation, 13 May 1943, to Pearson (1 share). Also included are newspaper clippings about the Bowling Green Industrial Foundation and its plans
concerning building and highway constructions.

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Pearce, John Ed., 1917-2006 (Sc 786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Pearce, John Ed., 1917-2006 (Sc 786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 786. Photocopy of Louisville Courier-Journal columnist John Ed Pearce’s speech given to the Chamber of
Commerce, Bowling Green, Kentucky on 7 January 1986. He discusses chiefly economic development and public education in Kentucky. Also letter of Pearce
concerning the copy of the speech.

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Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 829. Correspondence between Belmont Forsythe, University City, Missouri, and Harold Joseph Laski, London, England, July-August 1949, including comments on American entrance into World War II; letter from William Ebenstein, Princeton, New Jersey, to Forsythe, 12 September 1949, discussing Laski’s visit to the United States and relevant biographical entries, 1948.

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Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 772. Political letter regarding the possibility of A. C. Reeves running against an opponent named Hayley. The writer (signature missing) suggests a meeting with Henry C. Hines to see local supporters in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 775. Photocopies of Kentucky state militia captaincy commission of Daniel Williams, which was signed by Governor Christopher Greenup, 1805; and broadside informing slave owners to enroll their slaves in Greensburg, Kentucky, 1863.

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