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New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1806. Register, 1879 to 1977, of the New Liberty Methodist Church located in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Register includes lists of members, pastors and baptisms. Information prior to 1879 has been copied into the book. A separate hand-written list of pastors is included.
Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1818. Letter, 22 August 1828, from Tate, Green County, Kentucky to John Brigham, Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York City. On behalf of the newly-formed Green County Bible Society, Tate inquires about the purchase of Bibles from Brigham's organization.
Sanders, Nolan (Sc 1798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Nolan (Sc 1798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1798. Paper: "South Union: Their Business and Life in the 1870s" written by Nolan Sanders for a Western Kentucky University history class.
Hutchings, Noah J., B. 1840 (Sc 1766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hutchings, Noah J., B. 1840 (Sc 1766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1766. Noah J. Hutchings's membership agreement with the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky, 18 February 1867; poems written by Hutchings; unsigned poem, "To Nancy Clark," about a Shaker sister; typescript of 20 May 1866 letter to Hutchings from Noah Anderson Hutchings; letter from Harold E. Hutchings, 21 November 1982, related to Noah J. Hutchings, his grandfather.
Caveny, Lynn (Daniel), B. 1964 (Sc 1760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caveny, Lynn (Daniel), B. 1964 (Sc 1760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1760. Copies of e-mails from Lynn Daniel Caveny and Dennis Caveny relating to their missionary service in Uganda.
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1737. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly membership lists. Also includes subscription lists for church maintenance and repair.
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1738. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly lists of members who agreed to pay a portion of the preacher's salary. Also, subscription lists to fund special services and missions.
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Mss 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Mss 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Correspondence, speeches, and writings of Shaker scholar and English professor, Mary Julia Neal, a native of Auburn, Kentucky. Neal served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1964 to 1972. Includes photos and correspondence with twentieth century eastern Shakers.
Rocky Spring Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rocky Spring Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1689. Letter of dismissal in good standing of Elisabeth Hendrick from United Baptist Church of Christ at Rocky Spring, Warren County, Kentucky, 14 August 1852.
Allen County, Kentucky - Churches - Baptist, 1851-1861 (Sc 1688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen County, Kentucky - Churches - Baptist, 1851-1861 (Sc 1688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1688. Four letters of dismissal in good standing for members from three Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky. Three of the letters are signed by minister Mordecai F. Ham.
First Christian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
First Christian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1683. Dedication service program, 11 May 1913, for a new building for Bowling Green's First Christian church and a brief biography of former pastor A. C. Hanes.
Old Blue Spring Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Old Blue Spring Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 149. Church registers, 1931-1944 (4 registers), of Old Blue Spring [Baptist] Church, Barren County, Kentucky. Includes minute book of youth missionary group, 1958-1960 (20 p.)
Burgess, James Marshall, 1861-1941 (Sc 1675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burgess, James Marshall, 1861-1941 (Sc 1675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1675. Items related to the life and long career of Baptist minister James Marshall Burgess of Blandville, Ballard County, Kentucky. Includes his account book, 1898-1901; sermon outlines; genealogical data; news clippings; and the memorial record from his outdoor funeral.
State Street Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
State Street Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 75. Business record book of the State Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1932-1942. Includes monthly financial reports and minutes.
Mt. Zion Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mt. Zion Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 79. Record book, 11 October 1852 to 8 September 1954 (63 p.) of Mt. Zion Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky.
Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 76. Photocopy of minute books, 1838-1883, 1908-1925, 1925-1953, 1953-1964 (4) of the Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church of Harreldsville, Butler County, Kentucky. Prior to 1844 the church was known as the United Baptist Church of Christ at Concord and was located near Quality in Butler County, Kentucky.
Caney Fork Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caney Fork Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 70. Minute book of the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church, Butler County, Kentucky, 1821-2008. A typescript of the records for 1821-1945 can be viewed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
First Baptist Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Mss 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
First Baptist Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Mss 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 74. Photocopies of original church minute books (1833; 1879-1981), membership roster (1948-1969), constitution and by-laws (1978) of the First Baptist Church, Franklin, Kentucky.
Bethany Church Of Christ - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 1674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethany Church Of Christ - Simpson County, Kentucky (Sc 1674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1674. Centennial booklet compiled to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Bethany Church of Christ in Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes history of the church, information about pastors and membership list.
Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 207. Typescript of the record book of Concord Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky, consisting primarily of brief business meeting entries and membership lists.
Venable, John Wesley, 1823-1908 (Sc 1638), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Venable, John Wesley, 1823-1908 (Sc 1638), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1638. Handwritten sermon "Knowledge of Holy Scripture the Best Wisdom," delivered by John Wesley Venable at Grace Episcopal Church, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1892.
New Union Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Union Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 78. Photocopies of minutes, membership records, and Ladies Missionary and Aid Society records of New Union Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky.
Lewisburg United Methodist Church - Lewisburg, Kentucky (Mss 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewisburg United Methodist Church - Lewisburg, Kentucky (Mss 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 94. Quarterly conference records of Lewisburg, Kentucky Methodist Episcopal, South Circuit, which includes churches in Logan and Muhlenberg Counties, 1885-1941. Relates to Beechland Methodist Church, Concord Methodist Church, Kennerly’s Chapel Methodist Church, Lewisburg United Methodist Church, Sand Spring Methodist Church, and Union Grove Methodist Church. Includes additional data about churches in the conference; church roll books, 1875-1949; and Woman's Missionary Society minutes, 1883-1968.
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Givens, John Wesley Tyler, 1870-1967 (Mss 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Sermon notes, letters, genealogical and biographical information, and news clippings; letters related to his courtship and marriage. Includes two collections of poetry.
Dryfork Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 1592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dryfork Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 1592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1592. Typescript of the membership list and minutes of congregational meetings from 30 August 1831 to 17 October 1852, for the Dryfork Cumberland Presbyterian Church located in Sumner County, Tennessee. The papers also contain a "Family Record" in which births, baptisms, marriages, and beginning/ending church membership dates are registered.
Dripping Spring Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dripping Spring Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1588. Photocopies of the records of Dripping Spring Baptist Church, Olmstead (Logan County), Kentucky, 14 December 1850-31 March 1900; includes name indexes. Also included is a 125th anniversary program for the church, which incorporates a brief church history and a drawing of the building.
Northcott Collection (Mss 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Northcott Collection (Mss 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 40. Fifty-three diaries (1859-1918) and other writings of Henry Clay Northcott, 1822-1918, Methodist circuit preacher and farmer of northern Kentucky; correspondence (1870-1883) of his daughter, music teacher Kate N. Thomas, 1850-1889; and her husband, Bruce F. Thomas, 1853?-1882, lawyer of Vanceburg, Kentucky.
New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 178. This collection consists chiefly of membership lists and minutes of the New Friendship Baptist Church of Logan, Kentucky, 1834-1877, 1898-1988. Also included is an 1895 history of the church, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Decorum for the congregation.
Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1563. Genealogy records, 1830, removed from the Joshua Reeder family Bible, includes notes and an affidavit verifying ownership of the Bible.
Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1534. Church register for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church, South, located in southern Logan County, Kentucky, from December 1925 to April 1973. Register includes list of members, marriages, and baptisms. Also includes several news clippings.