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Spainhoward, William C., B. 1948 (Sc 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 960. Letter, 6 June 1970, of William C. Spainhoward, Henderson County, Kentucky, from Vietnam to his mother, detailing the treatment given to Vietnamese children during the Vietnamese Conflict; and notes on his interview by Barbara Smith, 1995, and Vietnam photos. Also notes on Smith’s 1995 interview with James T. Smith, Warren County, Kentucky, about his service in Europe during World War II, etc.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Stukenborg, Sarah. Presidential Candidates Debate Issues – Student Government Association
• French, Jackson. Largest Fundraising Campaigns Occur During Gary Ransdell’s Presidency – College Heights Foundation
• Marnon, Christian. WKU Men Walk a Mile to Protest Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence – Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• Watson, Paul. Can You Duet? Talent Show Raises Money for Charity – Sigma Kappa
• Prochazka, Tyler. Omega Phi Alpha to Host St. Baldrick’s for Fourth Year
• Jacobs, Alex. Candidate Cain Alvey: A Man After the Student Body’s Own Heart – Student Government Association, Elections
• Grogg, Mitchell. Radio …

Hoskinson, Virginia Adeline (Smith), 1892-1956 (Sc 2691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2691. Handwritten memo, undated, of Virginia Hoskinson, Glendale, Kentucky, doing business as Mrs. Stanley P. Hoskinson, breeder of Bourbon Red Turkeys and Golden Wyandotte and Buff Leghorn Chickens. She quotes a price for a particular turkey and describes the quality and pricing of other stock.

Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2689. Letter, 28 September 1864, of Joseph Rogers Underwood, Bowling Green, Kentucky, directing his son John to take certain actions in relation to his landholdings in Hickman and Ballard counties in Kentucky. He provides details on the lands, his local agents, and the transactions desired.

King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 (Mss 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 110. Correspondence, 1994-1997 (31); lists of Confederate soldiers in Bowling Green, Kentucky; and research materials, 1861-1997 (46); used by King in writing his book Confederate Dead at Bowling Green, Kentucky and Vicinity, 1997.

Schenck, William T. Y., 1844-1904 (Sc 2690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of letter (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2690. Letter, 22 March 1866, to a newspaper editor from Captain William Schenck, encamped near Bowling Green, Kentucky with the 119th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry. He denies the editor’s claim that an outbreak of smallpox in the town was attributable to “careless Negro soldiers” and describes the measures taken to control the disease among his troops.

Skiles, Henry Hamilton, 1832-1889 (Sc 2688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2688. Correspondence and other professional papers of Henry Hamilton Skiles, an attorney of Warren County, Kentucky, relating mainly to Civil War claims, courts martial, and applications for release of prisoners of war. Other letters relate to an impressment of a slave to work on the fortifications at Bowling Green, Kentucky, a slave’s travel in Kentucky with a Michigan regiment, and compensation claims for the loss of slaves in Warren County, Kentucky.

Folklorist In The Parks - Natural Bridge State Resort Park (Fa 605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 605. Project conducted in Powell, Wolfe and Lee Counties and Natural Bridge State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include fieldnotes, promotional materials, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.

Ellis, Birdie Read, 1879-1958 (Sc 970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 970. Original collection of invoices, estimates and contractors’ statements related to the construction of Birdie Read Ellis’ house at 1349 State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 968. Partial letter, 1862, written by Abyram P. Staats, a private in the 74th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, while stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He recounts how he shot his thumb off and the miseries of camp life. Discharge certificate, 1863, and photo included.

Westray, Wilbur Morgan, Sr., 1921-2000 (Sc 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 965. Paper (22 p.) titled “My Early Life [,] 1921-1939” written by Wilbur Morgan Westray, Sr. Westray recounts life as he experienced it growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. Also includes associated genealogical data.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Harrison, Taylor. Gary Ransdell to Push WKU’s Need for Tuition Increase with Council on Postsecondary Education
• Aulbach, Lucas. Seeing Double – Basketball
• Grogg, Mitchell. Shamrock Shootout Raises Money for Family & Children’s Charities – Kappa Delta
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Student Government Association Prepares for Upcoming Election Debate
• Matchen, Quiche. International Justice Mission Stands for 27 Hours Against Sex Trafficking – Human Trafficking
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Voting
• Students Should Vote for Those Who Represent Them – Student Government Association, Elections
• People Poll: Do You Think the Student Government Association Makes …

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Railroads (Sc 969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 969. Letter, 16 November 1946, of John E. Tilford, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding her interest in the new passenger train, The Humming Bird, exhibited at Bowling Green. Includes quotes praising the train, and Tilford's obituary.

Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2684. Letters of Thomas H. Wells, 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, to his sister Eliza J. Wells in Mogadore, Ohio. He writes from Camp Wickliffe in Larue County, Kentucky, of changes in military structure, of the local landscape, and of being hospitalized with the mumps. He also writes from Louisville, Kentucky, of his clerical work at headquarters, his patriotism, and the possibility of a military draft in Ohio.

Schultz, Hattie Neil (Scates) Coraine, 1878-1966 (Sc 917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 917. Two items of correspondence by William Coraine, South Union, Logan County, Kentucky; 1897 certificate of Hattie’s marriage to Coraine; Coraine’s 1903 funeral card; 1905 certificate of Hattie’s marriage to August Schultz; photograph of Hattie and William Coraine; genealogical information and miscellaneous items.

Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 918. Photocopies of the Civil War enlistment, promotion, and discharge papers of Henry Peyton Bledsoe, Logan County, Kentucky. He was a member of Company E, 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.

Hardin, John A., B. 1948 (Sc 972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 972. Paper titled “African American Education in Kentucky: An Overview,” presented at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in observance of Black History Month by history professor John Hardin.

Third District, Kentucky Branch Of The National Congress Of Parents And Teachers - Minutes (Sc 2687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts 2687. Minutes of the Third District, Kentucky Branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Minutes were kept in a notebook in chronological order.

Horse Theft - Insurance Policies (Sc 919), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 919. Horse theft insurance policy issued to James M. Matlock, Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky by The Kentucky Insurance Company, Louisville. Descriptions of the two horses insured is noted.

43rd Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Aulbach, Lucas. Former WKU Players Take Part in Pro Day – Football
• Grogg, Mitchell. Gary Ransdell: Budget Challenges Face WU Next Year
• French, Jackson. Newly Proposed South Campus Food Court May Be Student Run – Dining Services
• Koch, Cameron. Theatre & Dance and Sociology Students Work with Juvenile Delinquents
• Burnside, Ella. Students Speak Out Through The Vagina Monologues – Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• Crumbie, Trey. T Is for Tuba – Pep Band, Matt McCay, Music
• Parker, Jacob. Student Creates Peace Mural with 60 Elementary Schoolers – Megan McDonald, Hartstern …

Sutton Family (Sc 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 973. A page from the Bible of the Sutton family, Logan County, Kentucky, listing births and deaths.

Giesy, Henry Hensel, 1836-1864 (Sc 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 975. Civil War letters, 1862-1863 (3), written by Henry H. Giesy of Company F, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, discussing military actions, especially battles at Shiloh, Tennessee and in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area, during the Civil War. Giesy was a brigadier general for the Union. Includes related research data.

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 971. Photocopies of letters (2), written to Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents, chiefly concerning naval life in South America, 1944, and including comments about bombing devastation and V-E Day celebrations in Europe.

Geeslin, Robert H. (Sc 974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 974. Report titled “Caves of the Warren County, Kentucky area,” submitted by Robert H. Geeslin to the Cave Research Foundation, 1965? Includes holographic maps.

Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2686. Letter of Jesse Stuart, 16 April 1960, to Elizabeth Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University (then Western Kentucky State College). He recalls his first meeting with the college’s late president, Paul L. Garrett, and praises Garrett’s personal qualities and the breadth of his reading.

Bruce, Horatio Washington, 1830-1903 (Sc 2685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2685. Handbill of H. W. Bruce announcing his candidacy to represent the 7th Congressional District of Kentucky in the Congress of the Confederate States, and outlining his objectives if elected. Includes an endorsement from the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier, 2 January 1862.

Meador, Isabel (Sarver), 1832-1912 (Sc 2683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2683. Letter, 31 January 1874, of Isabel Meador, Bristow, Warren County, Kentucky, to her son A. G. Meador, Union City, Tennessee (redirected to Bowling Green, Kentucky). She writes of health problems and visitors, and asks his assistance in drawing up a note for a relative who wishes to borrow money from her on the security of land near the family home.

Mckay, Silas Harland, 1807-1884 (Sc 2682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2682. Promissory note dated 23 April 1857 of S. H. McKay of Warren County, Kentucky to Samuel Worthington for $1655 in payment for land. A credit notation of $1000 was made on the note in 1859 by Joseph Rogers Underwood. Also includes a survey sketch of the land.

Folklorist In The Parks - Kenlake State Resort Park (Fa 604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 604. Project conducted in Marshall County and Kenlake State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include a project summary, programming information, biographical sketches, a directory of folk artists/performers, public relations materials, audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists, as well as illustrative material. The interview with Glen Gough (Box 2 Folder 12) can be accessed by clicking on the "Additional File" below.