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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perry, Emily Bailey, 1844-1923 (Sc 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 513. Album containing autographs of Civil War Confederate soldiers. It was found on a Southern battlefield and was presented to Emily Perry of Hopkinsville, Kentucky by a friend in 1866. Includes autographs of Kentucky soldiers, some having served with John Hunt Morgan.
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.
Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave Hotel - Registers (Mss 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and images (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 66. Original, bound folio hotel registers and bound typescript copies of the same for the Mammoth Cave Hotel, located near the famed subterranean tourist attraction in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Entries include the name and hometown of the visitor as well as the date. One wag signed in as Abraham Lincoln on 30 May 1863.
Eads, Harvey Lauderdale, 1807-1892 (Sc 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eads, Harvey Lauderdale, 1807-1892 (Sc 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 741. Holograph inscription by Harvey Lauderdale Eads to Thomas C. Calvert, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in a copy of Condition of Society; and Its Only Hope, In Obeying the Everlasting Gospel, as Now Developing Among Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (Union Village, Ohio, 1847).
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.
Peers, Benjamin Orr, 1800-1842 (Sc 2618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peers, Benjamin Orr, 1800-1842 (Sc 2618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2618. Typescript copy of letter, 20 December 1833, from Transylvania University president Benjamin O. Peers, Lexington, Kentucky, to the Board of Trustees regarding additional appointments to the University.
Smith, T. E. (Sc 2622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, T. E. (Sc 2622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2622. Paper written by T. E. Smith titled, "Benjamin O. Peers: Pioneer in Public Education" for a class at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2621. Civil War diary kept by L. J. Sanders of the 30th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Diary includes details about the war, casualties, and the weather. Of particular interest are comments about the Battle of Vicksburg.
Warren County, Kentucky - Maps (Sc 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Maps (Sc 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 732. Original holographic maps of the towns of Jeffersonville, 1805? and Bowling Green, 1807, in Warren County, Kentucky. Also holographic copies of early plans of Bowling Green, n.d., and of an order which designates prison bounds for the county, 1814.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 731. Letter concerning a debt owed to the Shakers, 1839; indenture binding Eli McLean to teach the spinning trade to Eliza Janes, age 12, 1842; and letters pertaining to the Shakers' seed trade, 1861, 1878.
Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 730. Copies of a letter written by Benjamin Seth Youngs, South Union, Kentucky to the Ministry, New Lebanon, New York, concerning the design and construction of buildings at South Union.
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 738. Photocopies of letter, 1791, written to Edmund Rogers by his brother, John, concerning continental land warrants; and of letter, 1813, written to Rogers, Barren County, Kentucky, by his brother, Thomas, from Mountford, regarding Henry Underwood’s trip to Ohio to bring Joseph Rogers Underwood home after he was wounded in the War of 1812.
Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 742. Typescript of 1941 letter written by Hattie McMillan (Williams) Sandidge, Burkesville, Kentucky, to school friend Bessie McMillan (whose father, J. P. McMillan, was president of Alexander College in Burkesville), reminiscing and relating information about Burkesville and mutual friends.
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 744. Letter, 3 September 1837, from Jesse Kennedy, Bourbon County, Kentucky, to brother-in-law George Waugh of Cabell County, Virginia, after the death of Kennedy’s first wife. He writes of his children, servants, and other relatives. Kennedy was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2612. Typescript copy of speech by Edwin Porch Morrow, Somerset, Kentucky, presented at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, about the history of Kentucky according to its geography and memorable figures. Also includes a speech about grief and death.
Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) . for Manuscripts Small Collection 34. Letter written by Sy Johnson, Mount Pinia, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to John H. White, Warren County, Kentucky concerning the hiring of slaves.
Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.
Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2619. Paper written for a Kentucky literature class titled "Shadrach Penn." This paper details the life of journlist Shadrach Penn, Lexington, Kentucky.
Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2616. Typescript copies of "A Brief Sketch of Rafinesque and the Transylvania Botanic Garden" and the "Journal of Samuel Constantine Ranfiesque," by Maud (Ward) Lafferty, Lexington, Kentucky.
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2633. Original typescript of a Sarah "Sadie" Frances Price bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2611. Typescript copy of “Volume II: Their Superfluous Highnesses,” by Royal Ornan Shreve. This document is from Chapter IX, titled “Richard M. Johnson,” Detailing the Life, Political and Military, of a Former United States Vice-President.
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.
O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of selected items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 735. Shipping records book evidently kept by R. R. O’Hara and Son or Gracey & O’Hara, commission merchants, Eddyville, Kentucky, and two advertisements of the firms. The bills of lading concern goods shipped from Eddyville and include information as to shipper, destination, name of steamboat carrying goods, etc.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.
Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2610. Bound typescript volume of papers accumulated by Harry Innes. Papers include inventories, orders, bonds, wills, land documents, correspondence, etc. Original housed in the Library of Congress.
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2634. Typescript copy of [supposed] journal of Edmund Rogers, cousin of George Rogers Clark, written for him by his daughter Edmonia Thomas (Rogers) Beauchamp; also includes
typescript of an 1892 newspaper article about Edmund Rogers.