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Cultural History

2008

Social life and customs

Western Kentucky University

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Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1650. Detailed memory book created about the life of Jefferson Davis Bailey, who lived most of his life in Owensboro, Kentucky. The book was compiled by his daughter, Brenda (Bailey) Little, Hartford, Kentucky.


Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 208. Collection includes two memoirs related to the boyhood of Samuel Allen Griffin in Sumner County, Tennessee and his railroad career: "A Country Boy" and "My 50 Years Service with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company." Also, a magazine article about Griffin.


Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1636. Letter, 21 July 1876, from George Deering, Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister-in-law Alice in Russellville, Arkansas. He comments on the health and social activities of friends and family and on the unusually hot weather.