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Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2309. Diary kept by Confederate Henry N. Steele, a second lieutenant serving in the Warren Light Artillery, Warren County, Mississippi, from 17 August 1861 to 31 December 1861. Brief entries discuss troop movements and skirmishes in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and especially southcentral Kentucky. He makes more in-depth comments about a skirmish at Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky on 17 December 1861.
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 255. Correspondence, research notes, slides, and photographs related to Vernon White's interests: covered bridges, hominy holes, archaeology, and grave covers, chiefly in Kentucky. Also includes drafts of his books and information about the White family of White Mills, Hardin County, Kentucky as well as information about White's participation in World War II. To view a selection of illustrative material from the White Collection go to this website: http://www.wku.edu/library/dlsc/vernonwhite.php
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 210. Correspondence between Ernest Eugene "Gene" Wheeler and his fiance and future wife, Alma Blancett of Calhoun, Kentucky. The correspondence begins while Wheeler was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and continues when he enters the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed on D-Day. Also contains Alma's 1945 diary.
Claggett, David Mckee, 1835-1869 (Sc 1827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Claggett, David Mckee, 1835-1869 (Sc 1827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1827. Typescript of Civil War diary kept by David McKee Claggett from 1 October 1861 to 1 January 1865. Collection also includes associated research data.