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Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 331. Letters, 1886-1889 (15), telegrams, 1886-1889 (9), and receipts, 1886-1889 (10), which relate to Crump’s activities as an officer in the Kentucky State Guard and to his interest in constructing the proposed Bowling Green and Northern Railroad.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nanch Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele (Z.K.) Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American phyicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nancy Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American physicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Brashear, William Helm, 1855-1942 (Mss 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brashear, William Helm, 1855-1942 (Mss 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 14. Manuscripts of William Helm Brashear's poems, essays, play, and eulogy of Clarence Underwood McElroy. A few letters (6) and many clippings of his published works are included. Also scrapbooks have published poems pasted in them (3). Brashear was from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Estes, Joseph R., 1925-1999 (Sc 2476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Estes, Joseph R., 1925-1999 (Sc 2476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2476. "The Plight of Moral Perversion," a sermon delivered on 11 September 1960 by Dr. Joseph R. Estes, pastor of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky and president of the Warren County Anti-Liquor Association. The sermon was given in anticipation of a 24 September 1960 local option referendum in Bowling Green in which the prohibitionists were defeated.
Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 570. Paper: [Examination of a Speech Titled "Shake Rag Revisited"] written by Lynne Marrs Hammer Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The speech was delivered on 21 October 2004 by Herbert Oldham at the dedication of a historical marker in the neighborhood.
Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2470. Receipts, survey plats, conservation plan, and architectural drawings for renovations done at Walnut Lawn, a historic Bowling Green, Kentucky home on Highway 231 (Morgantown Road).
Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 369. Records of the Delineator Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club for women. Includes constitution, bylaws, minutes, financial records, yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, and summary historical notes prepared for the club's 25th anniversary.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc. (Sc 2468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cutler-Hammer, Inc. (Sc 2468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2468. Correspondence and miscellaneous items related to the "Cutler-Hammer News," an employee newsletter of the Cutler-Hammer Bowling Green plant. Includes a list of potential newsletter topics as well as a list of "Corner Talk" articles written by the plant manager.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 376. Account books, “time books” for railroad employees, conductor’s book, receipt book and other miscellaneous records found in the freight depot at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a Civil War-era “Individual Collection Register” with entries that indicate a Georgia provenance.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2465. Miscellaneous letters to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Scott Tobacco Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott Tobacco Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1240. Correspondence, primarily between W. H. Mason, president of Scott Tobacco Company, and T. H. Baird, Adairville, Kentucky, concerning dividends, indebtedness, capitalization and other company matters. Includes correspondence of Baird relating to mail service from Adairville.
Martin, Edward Charles, 1930-2010 (Sc 2459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Edward Charles, 1930-2010 (Sc 2459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2459. Memoir written by Edward Charles Martin, a Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky native, that relates his early life in the Cincinnati area, his service in the National Guard and Air Force, his business ventures in Bowling Green, and his many travel opportunities.
Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 371. Constitution and by-laws, histories, subscriber list, news clippings, photos, and sundry printed promotional pieces used in the campaign to erect a Y.M.C.A. building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This material was found in a tin box in the cornerstone of the building when it was razed in 1985.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.
Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2449. Letter, dated 30 January 1963, from attorney Marshall Funk to Robert W. Dickey related to an school integration lawsuit in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes the political platform and biographical information for Raymond McClard's 1973 state Senate race.
Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 179. Letters (3) written by William Brown, Jr. to his mother in Ohio, describing stagecoach travel from Louisville to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the local people and conditions, and his surveying of the Barren and Green Rivers for possible steamboat navigation.
Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 175. Confederate Civil War diary kept by William P. Davis, of the Enterprise Guards, Company B, 14th Mississippi Infantry, from April-December 1861. The diary covers his company’s tour of duty from Corinth, Mississippi through Tennessee to Kentucky. A major portion concerns Bowling Green, Kentucky and vicinity. Includes a muster roll and guard lists for Company B. Also includes a typescript of the narrative portions of the diary.
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 176. Printed invitation, 15 June 1932, to Miss Sarah Leat for a July 4th ball at B. Vance's Hotel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and newspaper clipping, 1929, concerning the invitation. Also holographic copy of lyrics of "Old Folks at Home."
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 2446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 2446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2447. Pages from scrapbook kept by Cora Eliza Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing clippings and programs relating primarily to local parties, dances, and weddings.
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 350. Items related to the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as well as Rotary International. The minutes, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, reports, clippings, and photographs highlight the organization's many years of service projects and civic involvement.
Stephens Family Papers (Sc 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephens Family Papers (Sc 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 221. Chiefly business and legal papers of William S. Stephens and his sons, Brown County, Ohio and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes tax receipt, deed, and bill for gunsmith supplies from Brown County. Also, receipts for household goods, freight, and peddlers’ license from Butler County. Includes 1828 letter written by Stephens to his wife describing his voyage from England to America and 1842 letter to Stephens from his father-in-law giving news of the family remaining in England and the prices of gun making supplies.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Mckenzie, George Anna (Duncan), B. 1935 (Sc 2442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckenzie, George Anna (Duncan), B. 1935 (Sc 2442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2442. Reminiscences of George Anna (Duncan) McKenzie from her early childhood in Bowling Green, Kentucky to 2010. Includes information about her parents and husband and her work in catering and fashion merchandising. Eventually she and her husband returned to Bowling Green and restored an old family home and operated it as a bed and breakfast.
Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2441. Letter from Levi W. Baer, serving with an Indiana regiment in the Union Army, to his cousin Benjamin Kenaga. Baer writes of his regiment’s expected movements, his anticipation of action at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of conditions in his regiment, including the lack of food.
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2342. Account book of Sam Sing, proprietor of a Chinese laundry in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The book records types of garments and linens cleaned, and includes a price list printed in the 1880s.
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 129. Revolutionary War pension papers of Nicholas Carter, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1837; letter of James Carothers written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his wife Rebecca in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania describing the construction of the bridge over Barren River (College Street Bridge), 1838 and accompanying 1938 letter; Civil War envelopes; and Jefferson County land abstract, 1877.