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Jones, John Rutherford, 1837-1907 (Sc 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, John Rutherford, 1837-1907 (Sc 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 171. Civil War discharge papers of John Rutherford Jones, Butler County, Kentucky, from Kentucky regiments of the Union Army, 1862, 1865. Includes promissory note, 1869, assigned to Jones.
Wilkerson, William D., 1831-1893 (Sc 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilkerson, William D., 1831-1893 (Sc 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 170. Kentucky militia commission certifcate, 1851, inspirational essay, 1852, and oath of allegiance, 1863, of William D. Wilkerson, Simpson County, Kentucky; receipts issued at Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, for prisoner William Gladish, 1864; and a remedy for cancer.
Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 167. Civil War disability exemption certificate of Felix Crady, LaRue County, Kentucky, 1864; Simpson County, Kentucky deed, 1868; statement of Nazareth College, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1868; and an agreement concerning construction of the foundation for Franklin Female College, Franklin, Kentucky.
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 217. Appointment of Reuben Leach as Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County, Kentucky signed by Governor Charles Scott 15 July 1811. The seal of the state of Kentucky is affixed.
Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 501. Certificates of proficiency from the Franklin Female College, 1874 (4), of Maud McCutchen and autograph album of Maud Blair which she had while a student at the college, 1886-1888.
Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 216. Appointment of Charles F. Burton as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky signed by Governor John Breathitt, 18 November 1833. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 213. Appointment of Thomas Freeman as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Christopher Greenup and Secretary of State John Rowan, 6 December 1804.
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 212. Notary public commission of Gabriel Tandy, Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor John Adair and Secretary of State Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 8 November 1821. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 215. Appointment of William Guthrie as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Thomas Metcalfe, 13 November 1831? Kentucky state seal is affixed.
Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 214. Appointment of James Harlan as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Joseph Desha, 28 June 1827. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 165. Materials related to education and teaching career of Harry Edgar Thompson. Includes commencement invitation and program of Southern Normal School, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1888; letters of recommendation, 1888-1893; Kentucky and Texas teaching certificates, 1885-1891; clippings; photographs; and autobiographical note, 1958, of Thompson, later a chiropractor in McPherson, Kansas.
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 204. Photograph of marriage bond issued to John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton, 6 May 1823, in Adair County, Kentucky. John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens were the parents of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. Also included is a letter from Ruth Burdette to Elizabeth Coombs, 2 September 1951, related to the bond photograph.
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
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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.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 159. Deed of division among heirs of Thomas L. Sloss involving lands in Simpson County and Warren County, Kentucky, 1845; writ of execution to Logan County, Kentucky sheriff, 1868; power of attorney regarding administration of estate of Edward E. Sloss.
Reynolds Family Papers (Sc 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds Family Papers (Sc 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 154. Legal documents relating to the Reynolds and Wolford families of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in Virginia, including land lease, 1777; deeds of trust, 1842; agreements, 1843-1844; deed, 1844; power of attorney, 1853; and promissory notes, 1855. Also includes deed to land in Texas, 1876.
Wright, George H. (Sc 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wright, George H. (Sc 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 196. Oath of allegiance to the United States taken 12 June 1865 by Confederate soldier George H. Wright of McLean County, Kentucky, upon his release from the Union prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware.
Helm, John, 1741-1825 (Sc 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, John, 1741-1825 (Sc 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 199. Copy of John Helm's appointment as an ensign in the Bedford County, Virginia militia. Signed, 17 November 1775, in Williamsburg, Virginia by members of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.
Puckett, William - Collector (Sc 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Puckett, William - Collector (Sc 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 151. Deeds for land in Hart County, Kentucky, 1852, 1859 (2), and notary public commission of Thomas W. Cobb for Green and Hart Counites, signed by Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1890. An image of the commission can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
Baker, Samuel, 1812-1888 (Sc 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, Samuel, 1812-1888 (Sc 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 195. Letters and certificates of Samuel Baker, a Baptist minister who came to America from England in 1834, eventually holding pastorates in Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, Indiana, and Illinois . He was instrumental in establishing Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky, and Bethel Female College in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The materials from the 18th century and early 19th century are facsimiles.
Mcclanahan Family Papers (Sc 194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclanahan Family Papers (Sc 194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 194. Photocopies of legal papers such as deeds, surveys, land grants, slavery bills of sale, and other miscellaneous documents related to the McClanahan family of Simpson County, Kentucky.
Drake Family Papers, 1804-1861 (Sc 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake Family Papers, 1804-1861 (Sc 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 192. Chiefly letters to Albrittain Drake and his wife, Ruth (Collins) Drake, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Most of the letters are from Drake and Collins family members, primarily their sons, James Perry, a land agent in Indiana, and Benjamin Michael, a Methodist minister in Mississippi. Also includes biographical and genealogical information related to the two families.
Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Union Army discharge issued to John R. Wiley of Hamilton County, Ohio, and powers of attorney given by his sisters to Leroy F. Dudley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, pertaining to the settlement of Wiley's estate. A typescript of Wiley's obituary is included.