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Mohr, James Franklin, 1840-1897 (Sc 2676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2676. Letter, 24 December 1861, to his brother from James Mohr, encamped with the Union Army near the Green River fifteen miles from Mammoth Cave. He remarks on the rain and cold, the destruction by Confederates of a bridge over the river, a recent skirmish, his visit to a cave, and his expected arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the new year. Includes data on Mohr’s regiment, the Fifth U. S. Artillery, Battery H.

Lyle, James Edward, 1876-1944 (Sc 2677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2677. Typewritten letter of James E. Lyle to his wife Lena Lyle, written on the death of her mother, Margrett White. Includes a postscript from her father.

Blakey, Margoline (Pace), 1910-1999 (Sc 869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 869. Paper written by Margoline (Pace) Blakey titled “Alice Hegan Rice.”

Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 876. Barren County, Kentucky, Quarter Sessions Order Book, 1799-1802.

Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 868. Letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough to Sarah Gilbert Garris, Library Science instructor at Western Kentucky State College, 1953-1954, during his military service in
California and Japan. Includes a vivid description of a visit in a middle class Japanese family’s home and additional details about his experiences written in 1992.

Murrell, Mary, 1891-1921 (Sc 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 871. Correspondence (53) and postcards (23), 1915-1916, written chiefly to “Esther,” Woodburn, Kentucky by “Mary,” Bowling Green, Kentucky, about local and family news, and which reflect a lesbian relationship. Includes a letter to Esther and "Lassie" from Mary and some letters written to Esther from Lassie.

Wheeler, Beatrice Irene (Isenberg), 1915-2004 (Sc 867), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 867. Two skits by Beatrice Irene (Isenberg) Wheeler, written in 1988 and 1989, based on her childhood experiences in Northtown, a very small Hart County, Kentucky community. Written for a presentation at College Street Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tennessee. One play describes a country school and the other documents a worship service.

Emerson, James William, 1920-1978 (Sc 872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 872. Diary of James William Emerson, Covington, Kentucky, while he was enlisted in the United States Navy. He enlisted in 1941 and served as a machinist’s mate on the USS Stevenson. The diary dates from 1943-1944 and details his round trip journey from Cape Henry, Virginia to French Morocco. Other items include rank insignias (3), training certificate, discharge papers, newspaper clipping, biographical information, etc.

Allen, Edward (Sc 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 870. Letter, 21 October 1865, written to “Mon Ami" by Edward Allen, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, advising that he is sending her a lady’s tool chest which he crafted from woods from the rocky cliffs of Kentucky, “the dark and bloody ground” of tradition.

Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 752. Clippings of "Ravelings" column from "Harland (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise" and "Corbin (Kentucky) Daily Tribune" with collected mountain superstitions, customs, and folkways.

Leeds, Steven, B. 1968 (Sc 864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 864. Letter, 24 May 1996, written by Steven Leeds, Lantana, Florida, to Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, detailing the finding of Indian burial sites in Bracken County, Kentucky, and giving other data about the burial sites. May be viewed by administrative permission only.

Cadiz Railroad Company - Cadiz, Kentucky (Mss 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 354. Business records of the Cadiz Railroad Company, Cadiz, Kentucky. Includes correspondence and memoranda, directors minutes, annual reports, passenger, freight, and mail reports, invoices, receipts, loss and damage claim records, and industry and government publications.

Meredith, Nette Arterberry, 1900-1985 (Sc 2673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2673. Paper titled "An Old Kentucky Home" about the home of E.D. Garrison in Allen County, Kentucky. The paper describes the design and construction of the home and its furnishings, and includes photographs.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Stukenborg, Sarah. New Student Government Association Resolution Would Give Students Right to Evaluate Teaching Assistants – Faculty Evaluations
• Stukenborg, Sarah. New Group Forms to Voice Opinions About Abortion & Women’s Rights – Hilltoppers for Life, Pro-Life Movement
• Boyd, Kayla. Campus Group Offers Friendship to People with Disabilities – Best Buddies
• Burton, Kristina. Q Is for Queerability – Kristen Guin, Gays, Lesbians, Disabled Persons, Autism
• Grogg, Mitchell. WKU Making Efforts to Increase Retention of Black Male Students – Diversity Programs
• French, Jackson. The School of Teacher Education Will Send Professors …

Land - Lotteries (Sc 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 663. Printed lottery ticket, numbered and signed by William McClain, issued in the “great land sale” in Henderson County, Kentucky, approved by an act of the legislature on 5 February 1868. The drawing took place on 7 July 1870.

Banks And Banking (Sc 664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 664. Notes, 1821-1822, and notice of note due, 1822, issued by the Bank of Kentucky at its Glasgow and Bowling Green branches; stock certificate issued by the Bank of Kentucky, 1850; and stock certificate issued by the Germania Safety Vault and Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1895.

Fletcher And Company - Covington, Kentucky (Sc 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 662. Advertising letter mailed from the office of Fletcher and Company, general lottery agents, Covington, Kentucky, offering 16 tickets on the “Royal Havana or Cuba Plan Lottery” for $10.00.

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 445. Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959. Includes genealogical and autobiographical material as well as extensive research data and writing on the ornithology of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky, on folklore and linguistics, and on the ornithology and folkways of the Mammoth Cave region of Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 665. Facsimile of letter written to Brigadier General Walter Husted Stevens by General Robert E. Lee regarding the reasons for and terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, and thanking him for his service.

Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 602. Materials documenting the Folk Arts in Rural Libraries Project conducted in the central Kentucky. Materials include lists of folk artists, slides documenting folk art festivals, slide inventories and administrative papers.

Hay Family Letters (Sc 1288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1288. Letters of the Hay and Ferguson families, Butler County, Kentucky. Many are written by Rebecca (Hay) Gray to her Texas relatives concerning family matters. Includes data about the correspondents added by the typescripters, Tim K. Ferguson and Dorothy Olinger Range.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 33, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Marnon, Christian. Students Host Gala to Celebrate Vietnamese New Year – International Students
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Wild Wild Western – Rodeo
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon WKU Alerts on Cell Phone
• Glitches Are Excusable, Unsafe Advising Is Not – Earthquakes, Warning Systems
• Stewart, Todd. Athletics Program Did Not Try to Bar Media Access – Football
• People Poll: Do You Think the Emergency Text Alerts WKU Sends Out Are Beneficial?
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Student Government Association Provides Vouchers for Lost IDs
• Matchen, Quiche. Diversity Programs Aim to Help Minority Students Succeed
• Burton, Kristina. …

Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethnicity In The Inner Bluegrass (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Foklife Arhives Project 601. Collection of materials related to Ethnicity, a project documenting ethnic heritage in the inner Bluegrass, sponsored by The Living Arts and Science Center, the Kentucky Folklife Program of the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Lexington Public Library. This collection includes audio and written transcripts of those interviews. Also included are various administrative and program related papers.

Brown, Mark, B. 1976 (Fa 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and photograph for Folklife Archives Project 751. Interview conducted by Mark Brown with luthier Steve Cooley, Louisville, Kentucky. Cooley discusses how he makes and repairs guitars and banjos at the Guitar Emporium in Louisville. He also relates information about playing with Bill Monroe and other musicians in Kentucky.

Shackleford, William (Lg 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 80. Original land grant, 4 April 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Davis, John (Lg 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 77. Copy of land grant, 3 December 1827, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Davis, 100 acres in Cumberland County, Kentucky.

Shackleford, William (Lg 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 79. Original land grant, 5 November 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 150 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Shackleford, William (Lg 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 78. Original land grant, 5 November 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Shackleford, 150 acres in Warren County. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Hunt, Moses (Lg 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 84. Original land grant, 2 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Moses Hunt, assignee of E. M. Covington, who was assignee of William McGinnis, 100 acres in Warren County. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Westerman, Robert Vaughn, B. 1948 - Collector (Sc 2675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2675. Letters, 1908-1979, relating mostly to political campaigns for U S. president, Kentucky governor, and other offices. Includes letters soliciting support for developing the Abraham Lincoln birthplace farm into a national park. Also includes several letters and documents related to political affairs in Daviess County.