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Jfk Memory Project At Wku (Mss 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of remembrances (Click on Additional Files), photographs, and oral history interviews for Manuscripts Collection 491. Materials collected during a commemorative project related to a campaign visit John F. Kennedy made to Bowling Green, Kentucky in October 1960 and to his November 1963 assassination. The core of the collection is a set of remembrances that were sent into the Department of Library Special Collections, WKU about both events. Other items include oral history interviews (8), photos (36), contemporary news clippings as well as clippings about the project, a scrapbook of post-assassination clippings, and assorted other ephemera …

Mt. Vernon United Baptist Church Of Christ - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 507. Minutes, financial reports, membership lists, articles of incorporation, deeds, etc. for Mt. Vernon United Baptist Church of Christ in Butler County, Kentucky, now Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church.

Steen Family Papers (Mss 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 502. Correspondence, deeds, receipts, family photographs and business and personal papers of the Steen family, principally Isaac Newton Steen, his son Thomas W. Steen, and Thomas’s family, of Barren and Monroe counties in Kentucky.

Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2852. Letter to Cora Jane Spiller, 29 April 2014, from Ronnie Doyle, Park City, Kentucky, with reminiscences about Ford's Farm and Ford's Farm Cave in Barren County, Kentucky.

Miller, Russell Hale, 1905-1968 (Mss 498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 498 and full text of "Shakertown Revisited" (click on "Additional File" below). Working copies of scripts for two plays, “This Fair Land” and “Shakertown” by Russell Miller, a faculty member of WKU’s Department of Speech and Theater. Also includes working copies of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Herbert Kanzell and “The Boor” by Anton Chekhov, two plays that were staged by Miller.

Wku Libraries: Using Pastperfect To Open Hidden Collections, Nancy Richey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Traditionally, access records for the Department of Special Collections were produced in analog forms which limited their use to in-house researchers.

The author chronicles the library/museum decision to purchase, PastPerfect, collection management software and reviews the product from a librarian’s point of view

Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Administration Documents

WKU History alumni newsletter reporting on activities of the department, faculty, staff and students.

Ua41 University College Connection, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, University College, Western Kentucky University

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Traces Volume 42, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

Landmark Report (Vol. 32, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Landmark Report

Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

Watson, Mary Verda, 1887-1981 (Mss 499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 499. Postcards sent to school teacher Mary Verda Watson of Grayson County, Kentucky, by family, friends and students. Includes Kentucky scenes, as well as holiday and novelty cards.

Kentucky Folklore Society (Mss 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 497. Records of the Kentucky Folklore Society, primarily correspondence of president Janet Gilmore and of Dr. Camilla A. Collins, editor of the Society’s journal, the Kentucky Folklore Record. Also includes some financial and organizational information.

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Mss 496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 496. Indentures, deeds and financial records chiefly of John Hines of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes material related to the settlement of his extensive estate that was executed by his son, Pleasant Hines. Contains many receipts from Bowling Green businesses in the 1870s and an undated plat map of the city showing owners of lots 71-122.

Moore, Robert B., 1860-1937 (Sc 2851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2851. Letter, 13 November 1896, of Robert B. Moore, Bowen, Kentucky, to Frank Powers, Grayson, Kentucky. Moore, a lumber dealer, reports an increase in business. He also describes himself as a “sound money” man who voted for William McKinley in the recent presidential election. Despite anticipating a “hot time,” he reports finding no disturbances at his local polling place.

Beauchamp, Hiram Jett, 1833-1881 - Relating To (Sc 2849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2849. Resolution of sympathy, 5 January 1881, by officers and members of the Bowling Green, Kentucky bar on the death of Hiram J. Beauchamp on 1 January 1881. Includes a sketch of Beauchamp’s life.

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 492. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, audiotapes, film and miscellaneous material relating primarily to the political career of Democrat Frank L. Chelf, who represented Kentucky’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1944-1966. Includes Chelf’s voting record and bills, research and speeches related to his legislative interests.

Bates, James Preston, 1810-1877 - Relating To (Sc 2850), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2850. Resolution of sympathy of a committee of the Bowling Green, Kentucky bar on the death of James P. Bates on 30 November 1877. Includes a sketch of Bates’s life.

Deweese-Pierce Singers (Fa 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 104. Compact disc of gospel music by the DeWeese-Pierce Singers. Includes photocopy of song list from the original cassette recording.

Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2848. Letter, 5 July 1926, of O. A. Roup to Roy Morningstar regarding a meeting with one L.T.Henderson who seeks to start a building trade journal in Louisville, Kentucky; also letter, 1 July 1946, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding membership in the Bowling Green Country Club, dues notice, and her check.

Mcivor, Wilfred J., B. 1897? (Mss 506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 506. Personal patient ledger (1931-1932) of Dr. W.J. McIvor, a physician practicing at Moseley Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky. Includes an unidentified photograph of a woman and the cover of an 1897 book on writing and engrossing.

Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Sc 2847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2847. Historic Farms Certificate Application, Kentucky Historic Resources Abbreviated Survey Form and supporting material, prepared by Jonathan D. Jeffrey to designate the Paschal Howell Farm, Warren County, Kentucky, a centennial farm. This designation is bestowed on farms that have been owned by the same family for one hundred years or more. Includes compact disc with 13 photographs.

Slavery - Kentucky (Mss 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 45. Photocopy of Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves (1941), transcriptions of oral interviews which recount many aspects of being a slave in nineteenth century Kentucky. The interviews were conducted during the 1930s, part of a Federal Writers’ Project funded by the Works Progress Administration project and administered by the Library of Congress.

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Lg 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 447. Original land grant, 5 June 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Hines, assignee of David Young, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Mcgown, Samuel & Gilbert Marshall (Lg 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 453. Original land grant, 6 July 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel McGown and Gilbert Marshall 135 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Taylor, Richard (Lg 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 446. Original land grant, 16 October 1798, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Richard Taylor, assignee of Richard Farrell, assignee of Tarlton Woodson, 500 acres in the Gasper River district in Kentucky. Original land grant, 16 October 1798, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Richard Taylor, assignee of Richard Farrell, assignee of Tarlton Woodson, 500 acres in the Gasper River district in Kentucky.

Marshall, William (Lg 450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 450. Original land grant, 30 November 1838, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Marshall 90 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Marshall, William (Lg 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 456. Original land grant, 30 November 1838, by which James Clark, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Marshall 10 acres in Warren county, Kentucky.

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Lg 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 457. Original land grant, 9 July 1834, by which James T. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Hines 23 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Jackson, Burwell (Lg 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 451. Original land grant, 20 June 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Burwell Jackson 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Lg 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 455. Original land grant, 16 June 1817, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Hines 50 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.