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Bennett, Edward Andrew, 1806-1867 (Sc 2652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bennett, Edward Andrew, 1806-1867 (Sc 2652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2652. Letter of Edward A. Bennett, written from Louisville, Kentucky to his wife Judith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He discusses the shipment of their household belongings to Philadelphia, instructs her on the purchase of carpet, and gives news of mutual friends.
Lock, Benjamin (Lg 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lock, Benjamin (Lg 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 4. Original land grant, 3 October 1831, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted Benjamin Lock of Switzerland County, Indiana, 81.56 acres.
Record, Thomas (Lg 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Record, Thomas (Lg 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 1. Original land grant, 7 November 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Record of Dearborn County, Indiana, 40.56 acres.
Thackrey, Joseph (Lg 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thackrey, Joseph (Lg 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 3. Original land grant, 10 August 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Joseph Thackrey of Union County, Indiana, 320 acres.
Somerville, Thomas Wilson (Lg 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Somerville, Thomas Wilson (Lg 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 2. Original land grant, 2 August 1838, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Wilson Somerville of Ripley County, Indiana, 80 acres.
Swinney, William (Lg 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swinney, William (Lg 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 6. Original land grant, 6 November 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted William Swinney of Decatur County, Indiana, 40 acres.
Hunter, George (Lg 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter, George (Lg 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 5. Original land grant, 30 October 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted George Hunter of Hamilton County, Indiana, 160 acres.
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 2653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 2653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2653. Miscellaneous items relating to the childhood of Sarah Richardson: birth announcement clippings, a congratulatory card to her mother, a church school certificate, high school report card, and a letter from a friend.
Murphy, James W. (Sc 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphy, James W. (Sc 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 779. Letter, 26 May 1880, written by James W. Murphy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to C. F. Harrison, New York City, in regard to a shipment of fabric. Murphy was employed by the Bowling Green Manufacturing Company; and in describing his work, he states, “We have no skilled help out here [,] I have to learn them how to do the work.”
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 781. Photocopies of Revolutionary War pension claims, 1828-29 (2), of Robert Edward Craddock, Warren County, Kentucky. Also included are articles about the memorial stone erected for Craddock in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Wilkerson Collection (Sc 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilkerson Collection (Sc 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 783. Recommendation letter written for John N. Holland by officials of the Liberty United Baptist Church of Christ, Macon County, Tennessee, 1881; and photocopy of receipt for 25 cent contribution for the legal defense of protesters who staged a sit-in at Ohio Governor Martin Luther Davey’s office, 1937.
Ritter Daybook (Mss 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ritter Daybook (Mss 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 98. A photocopy of an account book (432 pages), detailing the activities of a boarding house/tavern and large stable in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, owned by Burwell Clark Ritter.
Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 782. Civil War discharge certificate, 18 January 1865, and pension papers, 1912-1924 (3), of Joseph Vineyard Thomas and his widow, Malinda, Warren County, Kentucky. Also letter, 10 January 1986, written by Ardell Corbitt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains genealogical information.
Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 770. World War I letters, 2 August 1918-9 June 1919 (31), written by Sergeant Charles Roy Martin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Fort Houston, Texas; Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and France, to his hometown friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cossey, Duenweg, Missouri. Also included are a photo of Martin in uniform and biographical data.
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 773. Copy of an English workbook entitled Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing (ca. 1933), of which Gordon Wilson was a collaborator. Also letter relating data about the book, 1973.
King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 - Collector (Sc 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 - Collector (Sc 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 769. Letters, 1981-1984 (10 items); research data, mostly photocopies, 1898-1982 (14); photocopies of Civil War records of John L. Beard, Edward A. Cook, Benjamin Herald, and R. S. Weir, 1861-1864 (4); tombstone rubbings (4); and photographs, 1979-1984 (92), which Stephen L. King amassed as documentation for the project of upgrading the Confederate section of Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 772. Political letter regarding the possibility of A. C. Reeves running against an opponent named Hayley. The writer (signature missing) suggests a meeting with Henry C. Hines to see local supporters in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Kuykendall, William S., 1821-1888 (Sc 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kuykendall, William S., 1821-1888 (Sc 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 774. Account book kept by William S. Kuykendall, Butler County, Kentucky, from 25 May 1852 to 29 November 1853, which records his transactions as a cobbler and includes the names of his customers.
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 778. Log book containing a record of cash receipts and listing of products for the steamboats Evansville and Longfellow, which plied the Green River and its tributaries, from 7 December 1869 to 1 June 1884.
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 777. Log book containing a daily record for the boats, Mammoth Cave and Gillette, which plied Green and Barren Rivers, 1 October 1932 to 13 August 1935. Recorded by Captain James E. Wallace, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 824. Letter, 8 January 1865, from Jonathan Wood, Smithfield, Pennsylvania, to his son, Union soldier Pliny Wood. He writes with sympathy for the soldiers’ hardships, instructs him on saving postage, criticizes the privileges of congressmen, expresses contempt for the treason of Jefferson Davis and the Confederates, and remarks on the suffering of prisoners of war at Andersonville, Georgia; nevertheless, he hopes for reconciliation with ordinary Southerners after their defeat and repentance.
Ground, Frankie, 1930-2020 (Sc 822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ground, Frankie, 1930-2020 (Sc 822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 822. Three autograph albums of Frankie Ground, Warren County, Kentucky, containing signatures of classmates, teachers, friends, and family from Three Forks Schools, 1941-1944 (two separate albums), and North Warren High School, 1949.
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green County, Kentucky - Records (Sc 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 775. Photocopies of Kentucky state militia captaincy commission of Daniel Williams, which was signed by Governor Christopher Greenup, 1805; and broadside informing slave owners to enroll their slaves in Greensburg, Kentucky, 1863.
Valentines (Sc 830), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Valentines (Sc 830), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 830. Original handcut valentine with poetry written in circular fashion to William [Carson?], ca. 1850. Also included is typescript of the text.
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 829. Correspondence between Belmont Forsythe, University City, Missouri, and Harold Joseph Laski, London, England, July-August 1949, including comments on American entrance into World War II; letter from William Ebenstein, Princeton, New Jersey, to Forsythe, 12 September 1949, discussing Laski’s visit to the United States and relevant biographical entries, 1948.
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ragland, Florence, 1861-1949 (Sc 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 827. Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, lot certificate of A. J. Ragland estate, 6 April 1906. Also included is a typescript copy of Florence Ragland’s obituary, 1949.
Williams, Thomas (Sc 776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Thomas (Sc 776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 776. Survey, 2 November 1793, done for John McAdams for 100 acres of land on the Big Barren River, which was awarded by a military warrant and assigned to Thomas Williams.
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard, Camilla Herdman, 1895-1977 - Letters To (Sc 826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 826. Original unsigned letter written to Camilla Herdman Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the 1937 Louisville, Kentucky flood as the female writer experienced it. She expresses her thanks for Gerard’s hospitality in bringing her to Bowling Green to provide for her. Also included are a typed copy of the letter and a photocopy of two photographs showing the flood’s damage (original photographs are housed in the Gerard Photo Collection).
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taliaferro, Lucy, 1844?-1893? (Sc 828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 828. Letter, 19 October 1892, from Lucy Taliaferro, Nashville, Tennessee, to Harriet “Hattie” Taliaferro and Nannie regarding her plans for returning to the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky. Includes biographical data on Harriet Taliaferro compiled by her grandson, Clem L. Pope.
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 906. New Year’s greeting, designed using family members’ photos, of Elizabeth Ann (Moore) Hancock, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Constance Mills, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and data about each family member’s 1993 activities. Mrs. Hancock is the daughter of Kentucky author Janice Holt Giles.