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Stout-Middleton Collection (Mss 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Stout-Middleton Collection (Mss 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 297. Album from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, kept by Samuel S. Templeton, 1836-1838; diary of Marguerita Middleton, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1896-1899; diary of Margaret L. Herdman Stout, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1896-1901; information related to the Stout and Middleton families.


Brown, Carol P. - Collector (Sc 2105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Brown, Carol P. - Collector (Sc 2105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and print (attached as an additional file) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2105. Collaborative set of three signed poems by Jim Wayne Miller and an Ivan Schieferdecker art print titled "Late Fall" (numbered 77/100 and signed), along with the typescript of another signed poem by Miller. Also includes a promotional piece for the set.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 2094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 2094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2094. Letters from Cale Young Rice to Henry Watterson, 1906-1917 (11), chiefly thank you notes and letters asking for the support of the 'Courier-Journal' for various causes; to Benjamin W. Huebsch, 1918 and response 1919 (2), about publishing some of his poems; and letter to William Orton Tewson, 1926 (1) in which he discusses literary criticism.


Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 219. This collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Moore, Mulligan, Brown and Johns families, who are interrelated. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters and events occurring in Trigg County, Kentucky and Allen County, Kentucky.


Taylor Family Papers (Sc 1929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Taylor Family Papers (Sc 1929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1929. Correspondence, poems, song lyrics, recipes, accounts, clippings, and miscellaneous records relating to the Taylor family of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes letters of a Kentucky soldier writing of battle in east Tennessee during the Civil War, 1864 (Click on "Additional Files" for scans).


Strange, Leonetta Kay, B. 1952 (Sc 1471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Strange, Leonetta Kay, B. 1952 (Sc 1471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1471. Handwritten poem by Leonetta K. Strange titled "No Matter How Long."


Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 2046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 2046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2046. Undated Christmas poem written by Nelle Gooch Travelstead for her grandson Coleman Travelstead; explanatory letter 30 June 2008 from Coleman Travelstead to Jonathan Jeffrey.


Shaw, Mary Mosby (Sc 2041), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Shaw, Mary Mosby (Sc 2041), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2041. Composition book of Mary Mosby Shaw, Glasgow, Kentucky, containing children's poems. An additional file contains one of the poems from the composition book titled "Old Santa's Wife."


Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 261. Correspondence, chiefly genealogical related; family files; research materials about Grayson County, Kentucky schools, churches, businesses, history, and personalities. Also includes items related to Witten's long career as a teacher in Grayson County schools.


White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

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


Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 110. Letters, 1897-1939 (16 items), written to James Tandy Ellis, poet, humorist, columnist, and lecturer of Ghent, Kentucky. Also includes Ellis' poems and writings, 1891 (5); printed items; clippings; commissions as Assistant Adjutant and Adjutant General of Kentucky; and miscellaneous items.