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Owens, Richard (Lg 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 458. Original land grant, 24 July 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Richard Owens, assignee of Peter Tyler, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) of a letter from Manuscripts Small Collection 2940. Letter, 1 August 1864, of “Charlie” to Ellen “Nellie” Sherman. Serving with Company E, 132nd Illinois Volunteers at Paducah, Kentucky, he describes an encounter with Confederate guerrillas during a strenuous scouting mission, the strictness of General Paine, his new commander, toward both citizenry and soldiers, and the execution of “Captain Hess,” a guerrilla leader, for whom “no coffin” was provided. He expresses apprehension over retaliation against men taken prisoner, but also refers to a flag of truce in effect that morning.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Wright, Samantha. Cultural Enhancement Series Kicks Off Next Saturday
• Collins, Emma. Ogden College of Science & Engineering Turns 50
• Mathews, Carly. WKU Police Department Weighs In on Campus Weapon Policy
• Wright, Samantha. The Curious Case of the Crane Unfolding Statue: Missing Statue to Return
• Mayo, Marcel. School of Journalism & Broadcasting Offers Coding Classes – Internet
• Collins, Emma. Student Group Challenges War on Drugs – Students for Sensible Drug Policy, SSDP
• Lawson, Anna. Student Government Association Holds First Meeting
• Profumo, Morgan. Drunk Driving: A Continuing Problem With An Easy …

Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2937. Genealogical data on the Tolle and Snoddy families of Barren County, Kentucky.

Shakers (Sc 2938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2938. Compilation of manuscript and printed Shaker hymns, and instructions for dances to accompany hymns. Some of the hymns were transcribed by Roger Hall.

Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2939. Letters, June-July 1951, of Corporal Joseph J. Grieco to his wife in Milldale, Connecticut. Attending the Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Grieco writes his wife, then pregnant with their second child, of his love for her and their son Joey, and of his longing to be reunited with her. He briefly mentions his pay, radio training, and the availability of entertainment in camp.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Shaffer, Hannah. Hunter Hayes to Perform Homecoming Concert – Entertainment
• Harney, Lashana & Andrew Henderson. Governors Savings Program – Scholarships
• Sullivan, Tommy. Uber Services Arrive in Bowling Green
• Collins, Emma. WKU Receives Record Amount of Donations – Institutional Advancement
• Shaffer, Hannah. Phi Delta Theta Settles Into Their New Home – Fraternities and Sororities
• Mayo, Marcel. Student Government Association Outlines Goals for Semester
• Editorial Cartoon Stay Uber Safe
• Uber Is Here: Ride-Sharing App Promises Safer Late Night Option
• Freeman, Shane. No Escape – Movie Review
• Livesay, Andrew. Karate Kids Photo …

Stahl Family Papers (Mss 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 562. Correspondence, genealogical material and photographs related to the Stahl family and allied families of Warren County and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes information about family members that came from elsewhere and moved elsewhere. Includes manuscripts of a Stahl family history, histories of Providence Knob Baptist Church and a history of churches in the Warren Association of Baptists.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Henderson, Andrew. David Lee Assumes Provost Position – Gordon Emslie
• Call, Allison. Mariah’s Five Months Closed, Reopens – Restaurants
• Shaffer, Hannah. Alumna Named Kelly Autism Program Director – Michelle Elkins
• Pettway, Shantel. Campus for Ogden College of Science & Engineering Nears Completion – Construction, Ogden Hall
• Brown, Monica & Marcel Mayo. Parking & Transportation Services, Dining Services Create New Options
• Profumo, Morgan. Generation Y: Are Smartphones Ruining Us? – Telephones
• Driessnack, Naomi & Tanner Cole. Dear Campus, Love Talisman – Yearbooks
• Davis, Sydney. Get By With A Little Help …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mathews, Carly. Gordon Ford College of Business Creates Additional Student Fees
• Harney, Lashana. Budget Breakdown
• Henderson, Andrew. Honors College & International Center Open for Some Classes
• Wright, Samantha. Housing Issues Affect Students On, Off Campus – Housing & Residence Life
• Wright, Samantha. Hilligan’s Denies Under-Age Students At All Hours
• Editorial Cartoon Gordon Ford College of Business Fees – Piggy Bank
• Extra Fees for Gordon Ford College of Business Students
• Hardin, Scout. Dressing for an A: How to Dress for the Hill
• SoMo Photo Spread – Concerts
• Ares, Nicole. Pi …

Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 561. Personal diaries of Clara (Wright) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, kept during her marriage to food critic Duncan Hines and after his death. Includes some correspondence, travel itineraries, and miscellaneous papers.

Arnow, Harriette Louisa (Simpson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2936. Letter, 6 March 1964, of Harriette Simpson Arnow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to “Mrs. Holland,” in response to a compliment for her novel Hunter’s Horn. Arnow briefly recalls her publications since The Dollmaker and notes “unenthusiastic” reviews in Kentucky of her most recent work. She also mentions an article about her in the previous fall’s Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine [8 December 1963].

Summers, Hollis Spurgeon, 1916-1987 (Sc 2935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2935. Letter, 8 April 1953, of Hollis Summers, Lexington, Kentucky, to Frances Richards, a member of the WKU English faculty, expressing good wishes to her and her students after his recent visit to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Barnes, Emma Lily, 1929-2014 - Letters To, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2934. Letters to Emma Lily Barnes, written to her in Beaver Dam and Carlisle, Kentucky, by future husband Allen Cloud during his military service in Japan, and by classmates at the University of Kentucky. Included are several describing travel in Israel

Community Scholars Program - Caldwell County, Kentucky (Fa 739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 739. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Caldwell County, Kentucky in 2008. The collection exclusively features a project about Amerindian culture completed by participant Melissa Earnest.

Ball, Judy (Fa 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 740. This collection contains information and documentation about the “Church Traditions in Jackson County, Kentucky” project completed by community scholar Judy Ball. The goal of the project was to research, document, and present the traditions of four local churches in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 409. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 October 7, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Thomas E. Wilson, 20 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 411. Photocopy of a land grant, 1843 July 7, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush 15 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscritps Land Grant 410. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 November 25, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Claudius Duvall, assignee of Presley Edwards, assignee of Rossland Jordan, 130 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2933. Clippings from the Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) relating to the history and activities of the Girls Club of Bowling Green. Includes a letter of Elaine (Eakles) Goad outlining her involvement with the Club as a member and Director, and a clipping describing her wedding held at the Club.

Humble, John S., 1886-1945 (Sc 2932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2932. Teacher’s certificates and diplomas of John S. Humble of Simpson County, Kentucky; yearbook excerpts relating to Humble’s teaching in Tennessee and Texas; and local color stories written by Humble.

Wallace, John (Lg 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 418. Original land grant, 2 June 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Wallace assignee of Joshua Armstrong, assignee of Phillip Wells, assignee of Samuel Wells, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Poole, John (Lg 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 403. Original land grant, 1807 November 27, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to John Poole, 250 acres in Henderson County, Kentucky.

Phelps, Julian River, 1801-1856 & Robert W. Raglin (Lg 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 400. Original land grant, 1834 May 9, by which James T. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Julian Phelps and Robert W. Raglin, assignees of Robert Morrison, 200 acres in Butler County, Kentucky.

Covington, Elijah Moorman, 1773-1848 (Lg 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 408. Copy of a land grant, 1807 December 6, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to Elijah M. Covington, assignee of John Biaz, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Cooke, Peyton (Lg 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 405. Original land grant, 1819 June 30 by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Peyton Cooke, assignee of Thomas Elder, 27 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Cooke, Peyton (Lg 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 407. Original land grant, 1826 November 15, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to Peyton Cooke 120 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Poole, John (Lg 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 402. Original land grant, 1807 November 27, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky granted to John Poole, assignee of Stacy Poole, 400 acres in Henderson County, Kentucky.

Rice, David, 1733-1816 (Lg 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 406. Original land grant, 1811 January 28, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to David Rice, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Poole, John (Lg 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 401. Original land grant, 1811 December 7, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Poole, assignee of Nathan D. Anderson, 400 acres in Henderson County, Kentucky.