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2009

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Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 294. Two letter press books containing outgoing letters from the firm, E. A. Porter & Bros. of Bowling Green, Kentucky. These letters deal almost exclusively with the manufacture and marketing of a piece of agricultural equipment called the "corn cob crusher." A small amount of correspondence also documents Mr. Porter's personal agricultural pursuits.


Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 279. Account books and other financial records related to Jenkins-Ryan Tobacco Company of Adairville, Kentucky. Also includes financial records associated with the farms and businesses operated by Thomas Henry Baird, Jr., as well as the 1941 monthly financial reports and a label from Scott Tobacco Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Annis, Lena Grey, 1897-1996 - Collection (Mss 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Annis, Lena Grey, 1897-1996 - Collection (Mss 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 275. Letters sent to Lena Grey Annis from family members and friends, chiefly related to farm and family life in Butler County, Kentucky in the mid-to-late-twentieth century.


Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2044. Letter, 10 September 1861, from James Greer in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, to A. H. Patch, Louisville, Kentucky. Greer reports unfavorably on his trial of a mower for harvesting crops.


Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.


Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1976. Letter from Sugar Creek Creamery Company, Louisville, Kentucky, soliciting cream for manufacture of Sugar Creek butter.


Wyatt, Albert F., 1861-1943 (Sc 1959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Wyatt, Albert F., 1861-1943 (Sc 1959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1959. Letter, 14 April 1908, from A. F. Wyatt, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to H. R. Cowles, Statesville, North Carolina regarding the availability of horses for sale.


Nuttle, Jason And Victoria Conaster (Fa 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Nuttle, Jason And Victoria Conaster (Fa 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 426. Interview with Marlene Harrison conducted by Jason Nuttle and Victoria Conaster for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 388. Papers: "Bob Fleming: A Life History" written by Scott Elrod and "An Incomplete Life History of One Kentucky Sharecropper" written by Kevin Ming for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Henning, Jason (Fa 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Henning, Jason (Fa 399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 399. Paper: "Mrs. Lucille Whitson" written by Jason Henning for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.