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Martin, Robert Green, 1839-1913 (Sc 834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 834. Photocopies of muster roll records, 1863-1865, Grand Army of the Republic reunion badge of Bailey Post Number 67, North Troy, Vermont, n.d., and photo with wife, of Robert Green Martin, Private, Company E, 52nd Regiment Kentucky Infantry.

Potter College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 655. Request for partial payment of a subscription made to Potter College, 1889, and an invitation to Miss Sallie Drake from the faculty of Potter College, 1903.

May, John (Lg 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 9. Original land grant, 1788, June 25, by which Edmund Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted John May ??? acres. Water damaged and chiefly illegible.

Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1837 (Lg 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 11. Original land grant, 28 February 1789, by which Beverley Randolph, Governnor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted Robert Edward Craddock, 590 acres.

Garrott, Mark (Lg 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Legal Grant 10. Original land grant, 12 January 1788, by which Edmund Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted Mark Garrott 1,000 acres on Big Barren River. Also a holographic copy of the original.

Alexander, Fayette W. (Lg 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 15. Original land grant, 15 October 1858, by which James Buchanan, President of the United States of America granted Fayette W. Alexander, assignee of James K. Carder, 120 acres in Missouri.

Lost River Cave - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 846. Correspondence, news clippings, and research notes made by Raymond L. Cravens related to Jesse James and Lost River Cave, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes other promotional materials related to the cave.

Atkins, Andrew Ford, Jr., B. 1968 (Sc 835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 835. Student paper titled, “Winds of War Seen on a 1938 Trip to Europe,” written by Andrew Ford Atkins, Jr., for United States History class taught by Mary Lucas.

Futrell, Roger (Sc 2665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2665. Bound typescript of a reminiscence of Roger Futrell about his invitation and visit to the White House to meet President John F. Kennedy in October, 1961.

Riggs Refining Company - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 442. Chiefly financial records from the Riggs Refining Company of Delafield, Warren County, Kentucky, 1922-1925. Records include check registers, bank statements, receipts, account books, and checkbook stubs

Ua12/2/33 Whips & Chains, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History

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Invitation to first WKU Association for the Study of African American Life & History event entitled Whips & Chains.

Ford, Bess (Sc 2664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2664. Paper titled "Outlaws of Kentucky" by Bess Ford which examines individual outlaws from Kentucky history.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Marnon, Christian. Accreditation Ushers In New Era for Student Health Services
• Burton, Kristina. New Choir Director Splits Time Between WKU, Dallas – Jonathan Palant, Music
• Harrison, Taylor & Anna Anderson. Student Filmmaker Creates Four-Minute Short – Dillon Ward
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Student Government Association Strives to Keep the Bar High With Plans for the Spring Semester
• Boyd, Kayla. O Is for Opportunity: Eating Gluten Free Gives Students a Chance to Feel Better
• Holloway, Kaely. Cultural Enhancement Series Will Bring Multiple Events & Performers
• French, Jackson. Sigma Phi Epsilon Likely to …

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Suydam, Louise Twyman, 1915-1991 (Sc 833), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 833. Chiefly correspondence between Louise Twyman Suydam, Fort Pierce, Florida, and WKU Kentucky Building faculty concerning Suydam’s memories of Bowling Green during the 1920s, and biographical information about the Wright family. Includes a typescript copy of Suydam’s reminiscence, "The Best of Times?”

Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 831), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of original and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 831. Letter, 24 May 1847, from Richard Mentor Johnson to Secretary of the Treasury Robert James Walker regarding the removal of Creek Indian students from Johnson’s school in White Sulphur, Scott County, Kentucky. Also included are notes relating to White Sulphur, Johnson, and Walker.

Hopkins, Larry Jones, 1933-2021 (Sc 832), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 832. Remarks of U.S. Representative Larry Jones Hopkins on the occasion of the christening of the submarine USS Kentucky, and accompanying cover letter.

Ua12/2/33 Black History Month, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History

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Poster announcing events scheduled for Black History Month at WKU.

Lyle, Allene P., 1919-2010 (Sc 2663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2663. Autograph book kept by Allene P. Lyle while a student at College High School, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1933; and a small notebook containing holographic and printed remedies and prescriptions,

Hines, Thomas Collier "Tommy," Jr., - Collector (Sc 2661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2661. County and railroad tax receipts of Merrit Bennett, Logan County, Kentucky (1873-1885), a letter of thanks to Margaret Y. Calvert, Bowling Green, Kentucky (1901), and one-page histories of the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, Kentucky and the Auburn Missionary Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Matchen, Quiche. Helm-Cravens Grand Opening for the Commons Thursday – WKU Libraries
• Holloway, Kaely. Academic Report Seeks to Encourage Healthy Social Environment
• Harrison, Taylor. Students Film Rap Music Video on Campus – Steff Marvin
• Boyd, Kayla. Athletes Build Community Within WKU, Bowling Green – WKU Triathlon Club
• Prochazka, Tyler. Future to Perform at WKU – Concerts
• Parker, Jacob. News Brief: Hardin Planetarium Puts on Winter-Themed Show
• Pait, Ryan. News Brief: Fireside Chats Teach Students Healthy Eating Habits – Student Health Services
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Merger of International Students …

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Mss 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 102. World War II correspondence of William Perry Stamps, Jr., a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which chiefly includes letters (99) to Sallie Hills, Bowling Green, and Laura H. Savard (37), Lakeland, Florida. Stamps was stationed at military bases in Indiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Italy. Also includes letters of George L. Smith, a native of Bowling Green, to Sallie Hills.

Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 - Collector (Sc 2660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2660. Miscellaneous items pertaining to the Preston, Marshall, and Bryant families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes documents relating to James D. Preston’s bonus payment for World War I service, marriage and birth certificates and school records of the Bryant family, a family record with data on Marshall, Preston and Bryant family members, and a funeral guest register for Mrs. Eva Wilson.

Depressions, 1929 (Sc 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 910. Christmas card, 26 December 1933, with long message, written by "Elizabeth" of New York City to her sister (name and address unlisted). Evidently both sisters were originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Elizabeth comments on the Depression and expresses concern about the actions of President Roosevelt and his family.

Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 915. Business form letters used by Meek and Milam, the famous fishing reel company of Frankfort, Kentucky. Also, correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the reels and the men who made them.

Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project (Sc 912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 912. The Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project was part of a national project, coordinated in Warren County by Jonathan Jeffrey. Included are correspondence; completed questionnaires about Warren County sculptures; less detailed listing of other sculptures in state; news release; and newspaper article.

Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 916. Record book, 1917-1918, of attendance and grades kept by Muhlenberg County elementary school teacher Dudley Whitmer. Includes monthly and term summaries.

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 820. Facsimile of an official document, 31 July 1813, issued by Governor Isaac Shelby to the Kentucky militia asking for volunteers for the War of 1812 to fulfill General William Henry Harrison’s request.

Orrahood, M. David, 1923-2000 (Sc 2657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2657. Paper by M. David Orrahood titled “History of Green River Country” in Kentucky. Paper deals chiefly with the history of transportation and commerce along the Green River in south central Kentucky.

Reed, William Langely (Sc 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 859. Paper titled “World War II” and written by William Langely Reed for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990 based on an interview with his grandfather, Leslie E. Reed of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Leslie Reed, an army staff sergeant, installed communication systems at air bases in England and Russia.