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Military History

Western Kentucky University

2011

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Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2011

Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 8. Correspondence and diaries of Deel Carl Perguson, Jr., Horse Branch (Ohio County), Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. Of interest are his letters written while serving in World War II in the United States, North Africa, and Italy, and his later memoirs of this period. Also of interest are diaries of his years as a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1939-1943. The collection also includes his recollections of growing up in Horse Branch in the 1920s and 1930s.


Huddleston, William A., 1833-1863 & Joseph Duley, 1836-1919 (Sc 2539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Huddleston, William A., 1833-1863 & Joseph Duley, 1836-1919 (Sc 2539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2539. Letter from William A. Huddleston and Joseph Duley to their in-laws, Squire and Sarah Raney, and letter from William A. Huddleston to his wife Lucinda. Written from Tennessee while the men were serving in the Union army, the letters describe Confederate movements, a battle at Sweeten’s Cove, the death of a comrade and the hardships of military life. Includes information on the Huddleston, Raney and Duley families.


Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 821. Facsimiles of two letters to Magoffin while he was governor of Kentucky. John E. Records, a Falmouth Democrat, writes of his reaction to the newly-founded Republican Party in his 31 March 1860 letter. Major General Leonidas Polk writes from Columbus 9 September 1861, telling of the occupation of this Mississippi River town by Confederate troops. Also, photocopies of census records.


Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 114. Chiefly letters written by William Harris to his wife, Louranah Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he details his experiences as a California Gold Rush adventurer, 1850-1852 (9 items); other letters describe Texas in 1855 and Civil War activities at Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. Also Bowling Green Home Telephone Company stock certificate, 1913.


Long, Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western, 1835-1909 (Mss 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Long, Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western, 1835-1909 (Mss 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 361. “‘Betwixt,’ or A Story of the War, by a Kentucky Woman,” an unpublished memoir (290 pp.) by Bowling Green native Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western Long of her experiences during the Civil War. The daughter of a Unionist family, Juliette married a supporter of the South who served in the Confederate Army.


Morgan, Joseph Underwood, 1835-1892 (Sc 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Morgan, Joseph Underwood, 1835-1892 (Sc 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 145. Correspondence of Joseph Underwood Morgan, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes to Maria D. Noel (whom he would marry in 1866) of their families, mutual friends, and his social activities. While serving in the Confederate Army, he writes of military life, including the derailment of his troop train, and of the restrictions placed on him while aprisoner at Rock Island, Illinois. A final letter discusses their intentions to marry.