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Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1228. Letters of recommendation of various individuals given by the following Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky: Bethel, 1836, 1861; Bethlehem, 1851; Liberty, 1852; and by Rocky Spring in Warren County, Kentucky, 1852.
Uncertainty, Individual Differences, And Paranormal Beliefs, Kelly Mccoy
Uncertainty, Individual Differences, And Paranormal Beliefs, Kelly Mccoy
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The current study examined the relationship between uncertainty and supernatural beliefs, as well as the link between individual personality traits and supernatural beliefs. Participants were placed in four different prime conditions: self uncertainty, other uncertainty, self affirmation, or other affirmation. The current study was created due to the widespread belief in supernatural phenomena in America and its effect on society. Results suggest that uncertainty increases religious beliefs but not paranormal beliefs when the self is threatened. Results also suggest that narcissism and neuroticism have a negative correlation with paranormal beliefs, inconsistent with previous research. The search for meaning in life …
Casebier, Gertrude, 1901-1996 (Sc 2785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Casebier, Gertrude, 1901-1996 (Sc 2785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2785. Two-page essay written by Gertrude Casebier titled "History of Shakertown in Mercer County, Kentucky." Includes brief bibliography.
Newman, George (Sc 1224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, George (Sc 1224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1224. Signed acknowledgement of George Newman (no date, no place), but addressed to James Scrivner, Barren County, Kentucky. Newman admits in a case before the church (unnamed) that he drank liquor and spoke and acted in anger. He asks for forgiveness and to retain fellowship with the church.
Peter's Creek Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peter's Creek Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 487. Minutes, membership lists, constitution and rules of decorum for Peter’s Creek Baptist Church in Barren County, Kentucky. This material was typescripted by Eva Coe Peden, Glasgow, Kentucky, and bound into two volumes.
Harris, Christine Louise, 1914-2011 (Sc 1200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, Christine Louise, 1914-2011 (Sc 1200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1200. World War II letters (5) written to Christine Louise Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and to the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, where Harris was secretary.
Blohm, Amanda (Sc 1129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blohm, Amanda (Sc 1129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1129. Student paper titled “Changes in the Economic Role of Women in Kentucky Shaker Communities” submitted as honors program thesis at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky by Amanda Blohm.
Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1120. Sermon notes and Spanish-American War discharge certificate of Simpson County, Kentucky native, Charles Potter Walton, who served as a Methodist minister in the south central Kentucky area. Several items related to the Spanish-American War can be viewed in full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Goodknight, Thomas Mitchell, 1837-1908 (Sc 2769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodknight, Thomas Mitchell, 1837-1908 (Sc 2769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2769. Thomas Mitchell Goodknight's "Pastor's Journal" of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which includes a short biography, as well as a list of elders and deacons ordained, marriages performed, church members added, etc., during his ministry in Kentucky (particularly the C.P. church at Franklin), Kansas, and Texas. He also discusses his role as a Confederate chaplain during the Civil War.
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2770. Minutes of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Barren County, Kentucky. Also includes “Articles of Faith” and the church “Covenant.” Transcribed by Eva C. Peden. “Book I and II.”
Religion And Higher Education: Concerns And Solutions, Vanessa David, Ethan Sykes
Religion And Higher Education: Concerns And Solutions, Vanessa David, Ethan Sykes
Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)
No abstract provided.
South Union Messenger (Fall 2013), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger (Fall 2013), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger
No abstract provided.
Morgan, Billy Brandon, B. 1929 (Sc 1111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, Billy Brandon, B. 1929 (Sc 1111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1111. Diary kept by Billy Brandon Morgan, Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky, of a mission trip that he and Charles Cavitt took to French West Africa. They represented the Benton Church of Christ eldership as they visited and evaluated the evangelistic work being done there, especially in organizing and operating a Bible Training Center in Benin. Includes report of 2006 trip to the training center.
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 1105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 1105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1105. Unpublished history (30p.) of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Franklin, Kentucky, written by Father John A. Lyons, Louisville. Lyons’ accompanying letter relates information about his paper.
Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text transcription (Click on "Additional Files") of Manuscripts Small Collection 2755. Letter of John Steele, 16 February 1802, written from Bourbon County, Kentucky, to Reverend John Hemphill, Chester County, South Carolina. He describes the behavior of worshippers at the religious revivals in his part of the country, and expresses concern about their departure from orthodox principles of religion.
Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1097. George Oliver Diamond writes a brief autobiography for his children and grandchildren, focusing on his experiences as a member of the 559th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II. He received a portion of his military training in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returning to the city after the war to work and raise his family. He saw combat duty during the final months of the war.
Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 466. Minutes, including lists of both white and African American members, of Hopewell Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky.
South Union Messenger (Summer 2013), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger (Summer 2013), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger
No abstract provided.
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 1044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnston, Janet L. (Sc 1044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1044. Paper, “History of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church,” written by Janet L. Johnston. The church is located in the Butler County, Kentucky community of Sharer. Photocopies of early twentieth century session minutes and church register may be found in SC 808.
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 464. Correspondence, programs for special events, (particularly building projects and anniversaries) directories, minutes of annual vestry meetings, lists of church lay leaders, news clippings, etc. from Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 (Sc 2740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 (Sc 2740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2740. Paper titled “History of the Logan Presbyterial Society, 1887-1950” about a female missionary society in the Logan Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in south central Kentucky.
Greensburg Presbyterian Church - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 2742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greensburg Presbyterian Church - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 2742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2742. Script titled “Historical Drama Written for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church” in Greensburg, Kentucky. Also includes a homily by Reverend James E. Evans entitled “Rousing the Saints.”
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2741. Paper titled “The History of the First Baptist Church of Russellville, Kentucky, 1818-1958.”
Haverly, Jessie R. (Sc 2743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Haverly, Jessie R. (Sc 2743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2743. Paper titled "History of Level Green Christian Church" which is about a church in Laurel County, Kentucky. The paper was written by Jessie R. Haverly for a Education class at Eastern Kentucky University.
Bay's Fork Association Of United Baptists - Kentucky (Sc 2735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bay's Fork Association Of United Baptists - Kentucky (Sc 2735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2735. Minutes of the Bay’s Fork Association of United Baptists, 1848-1887 and the Drakes Creek Association of Baptists, 1830-1847. Also includes a historical sketch of the Green River Association of United Baptists.
Woman's Missionary Union - Gasper River (Kentucky) Association (Sc 2731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woman's Missionary Union - Gasper River (Kentucky) Association (Sc 2731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2731. Minutes, programs, financial reports, and administrative papers for the Gasper River (Kentucky) Association’s Woman’s Missionary Union.
Emmett, Winfield Scott (Sc 2723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Emmett, Winfield Scott (Sc 2723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2723. Paper by Winfield Scott Emmett titled "Old Mulkey Meeting House." A brief history of the Monroe County, Kentucky church which includes a list of members "from the first book of Minutes (1787), in possession of Sam Chism."
Duncan, Kate (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Sc 2724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Kate (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Sc 2724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2724. Bound typescript of a book titled “Divided Way: The Story of the Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky.” Inscribed and with original photos.
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scanned copy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2725. Paper titled “Division of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky,” in which Bennett Henderson Young describes how the church split during the turbulent 1860s.
Hardcastle, Mildred Tucker, 1894-1994 (Sc 2722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardcastle, Mildred Tucker, 1894-1994 (Sc 2722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2722. Paper titled “Old Mulkey Meeting House,” about the church located Monroe County. The paper was inspired by the unveiling of a monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in honor of Joseph Gist on 21 October 1934. Hardcastle presented the paper at a meeting of the Samuel Daviess DAR chapter in Bowling Green, Kentucky in October 1934.