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Ellison, Thomas Sharp, 1797-1876 (Sc 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Ellison, Thomas Sharp, 1797-1876 (Sc 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 457. Photograph of letter, 15 March 1829, from Thomas Ellison, Burkesville, Kentucky, to Edmund Rogers, Mount Hope, Kentucky, which describes a producing oil well at Burkesville, reputedly the first in the United States.


Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Sc 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Sc 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 469. “Early History of Bowling Green,” a compilation of information by Edward Wallace Barr of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


St. Joseph Catholic Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

St. Joseph Catholic Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 468. Typescript paper relating the history of the Catholic Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky written in 1951, guest register used for Centennial Reception, and telegram received from the Vatican noting the occasion, 1959.


Potter College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Potter College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 471. Introduction of speaker, Richmond Pearson Hobson, at Potter College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, by unidentified individual. Also, partial response by Hobson.


Jonson, Jeptha Crawford, 1833-1912 (Sc 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Jonson, Jeptha Crawford, 1833-1912 (Sc 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 503. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Jeptha Crawford Jonson of McLean County.


Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.


Thomas, Elizabeth (Wright), 1842-1931 (Sc 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Thomas, Elizabeth (Wright), 1842-1931 (Sc 505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid,scan of typescript and and scan of selected pages from album (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 505. Autograph album of Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Wright) Thomas of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 459. Letter from Cale Young Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Stuart McKenzie, of Florida, in which Rice discusses some of his own writings. Also printed book reviews (3).


Express Companies (Sc 496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Express Companies (Sc 496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 496. Receipt, 1854, to Wallace Hight, Bloomington, Indiana, from Adams and Company for one package of bank bills ($300), and receipt, 1855, to James P. Luse, Lafayette, Indiana, from American Express Company, for one book.


Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837 (Sc 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837 (Sc 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 456. Original letters (3) of Joseph Anderson, and original and holographic copies of letters, notes, etc. (11) written by William Meredith, Philadelphia, to Anderson, Washington, D.C. Anderson’s correspondence with Meredith pertains to a debt owed by Anderson since 1790. Anderson was a Tennessee Senator and first Comptroller of the Treasury.


Turnley, William H. (Sc 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Turnley, William H. (Sc 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 472. Statement from William H. Turnley, Elephant Tobacco Warehouse, Clarksville, Tennessee, to Joe Hatcher, Trenton, Kentucky, for tobacco sold for Hatcher. Turnley notes reason for selling some of the tobacco and for holding the rest until later.


Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 504. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Robert Rodes of Warren County. Also includes a typescript of the album’s contents.


Clack, Ellen (Stone), 1907-1973 (Sc 2543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clack, Ellen (Stone), 1907-1973 (Sc 2543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2543. Letter, 13 May 1946, from Ellen Clack (Mrs. Roy Clack), Arlington, Texas, to Paul W. Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She provides information about her family and the family of her uncle, James Clay Stone.


Dawson, Ella Mai (Randolph), 1892-1991 (Mss 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Dawson, Ella Mai (Randolph), 1892-1991 (Mss 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 397. Family correspondence, church materials, greeting cards and other personal papers of Ella Mai (Randolph) Dawson, a native of Logan County, Kentucky and resident of Clarksville, Tennessee. Includes voter registration and urban renewal materials relating to African Americans.


Durrett, Reuben Thomas, 1824-1913 (Sc 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Durrett, Reuben Thomas, 1824-1913 (Sc 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 383. Photocopy of letter from Reuben Thomas Durrett, Louisville, Kentucky to Lyman C. Draper, Madison, Wisconsin, relative: to death date of Hancock Lee, Versailles, 1820, to Draper’s mailing of Governor Isaac Shelby’s papers to Durrett so that they could be used for writing a paper on Shelby for the Filson Club, and permission from the owner of the papers for their use.


Shelby, Edmund P., 1833-1917 (Sc 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Shelby, Edmund P., 1833-1917 (Sc 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 382. Photostat of a letter written by Edmund P. Shelby, Lexington, Kentucky, to Richard Jouett Menefee, concerning disposition of original paintings done by Menefee’s grandfather, Matthew Harris Jouett, of Governor Isaac Shelby. Menefee was especially interested in locating Jouett’s works.


Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Heard, Grant Davis, 1841-1910 (Sc 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 426. Letters from Richmond, Virginia, July 1862, and near Gordonsville, Georgia, 21 April 1864, from Grant D. Heard to his father in Covington, Georgia. He laments the hardships of war, describes a meeting to censure the Governor of Georgia for his policies, and outlines the procedure for sending provisions. Heard served in the 53rd Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.


Stayton, George Cowden, 1847-1931 - Letters To (Sc 2538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Stayton, George Cowden, 1847-1931 - Letters To (Sc 2538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2538. Letters (2) to George C. Stayton, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding business matters; also letters (3) from his sister Sarah Stayton, Scottsville, Kentucky, regarding the making of a dress and various weddings and courtships.


Prater?, Emily (Sc 427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Prater?, Emily (Sc 427), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 427. Union military pass issued to Emily Prater? in Bowling Green, Kentucky, by order of C. Maxwell.


Hope, James (Sc 428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Hope, James (Sc 428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 428. Union military pass issued in Franklin, Kentucky, to the James Hope family, enabling them to pass through the lines at will. Signed by J.H. Grider.


Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 429. Statement and cover letter, 1871, to Richard Durbin, Big Reedy, Kentucky from Benedict Joseph Webb, assignee of J.C. Webb & Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Also, circular letter, 1872, from J.C. Webb announcing the opening of his wholesale and retail business in books and stationery.


Teachers And Teaching - Certification (Sc 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Teachers And Teaching - Certification (Sc 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 423. Teacher's certificates for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, issued to Nancy Jane Wood and Jane Hunt.


Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Enscore, James Albert, D. 1865 (Sc 2541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2541. Letter of James A. Enscore, written to his family while serving with the 56th Illinois Regiment encamped near the Memphis Railroad in Tennessee. James mentions his recovery from illness and the arrival of his brother George, and asks for letters from family members. Both James and George were lost on the steamer General Lyon when it caught fire during a storm off Cape Hatteras on 31 March 1865.


Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2534. “An Aviation Heritage Park Salute to Those Warren County Veterans Who Lost Their Lives in Aerial Combat or Aviation Related Activities,” by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. Contains biographical and service information on Warren County, Kentucky veterans who suffered aviation-related deaths from 1919-1969.


Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Compiler (Sc 2536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2536. List compiled by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. of Warren County, Kentucky, World War II veterans interred in foreign cemeteries or recognized on “monuments to the missing,” based on records of the American Battle Monuments Commission. List provides name, rank, cemetery name and location.


Robert Kerr And Company - Great Britain (Sc 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Robert Kerr And Company - Great Britain (Sc 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 424. Business letter from Robert Kerr and Company, Liverpool, England, written on a ledger sheet, and addressed to Harbert A. Powell, Henderson, Kentucky, regarding tobacco shipments. Also, statement of Powell’s account is given.


Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Meriwether Family Papers (Mss 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 44. Typed copies of personal and legal papers, 1791-1840 (43) of Charles Meriwether, a pioneer doctor of Christian County, Kentucky; family letters of Caroline Gordon Tate, author and educator, 1938-1947 (18); and family letters of newspaper columnist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (“Dorothy Dix”), 1930-1949 (13).


Durbin, Richard, B. 1811 (Sc 414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Durbin, Richard, B. 1811 (Sc 414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 414. License obtained by Richard Durbin, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to have a tavern in his house.


Tobacco (Sc 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Tobacco (Sc 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 422. Printed circular letter from Campbell, McKee and Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, 4 January 1860, regarding tobacco, etc., on the New Orleans market; market circular, New Orleans, 26 May 1860; and circular letter from Pickett Tobacco Warehouse, Spratt, Bourn and Company, Louisville, Kentucky, December 1858, regarding an exhibition of tobacco for premiums.


Rollins, John W., 1800-1869 (Sc 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Rollins, John W., 1800-1869 (Sc 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 413. Letter from John W. Rollins, Rumsey, Kentucky, to Doctor Sterman about hiring a Negro boy (slave) from him to teach the trades of wool carding, millwright, and machine work.