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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Ua35/11 Arête May 2011, Honors College May 2011

Ua35/11 Arête May 2011, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2011

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


Hendricks, John, D. 1814 (Sc 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Hendricks, John, D. 1814 (Sc 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 168. Certified transcripts (1856), of Warren (County, Kentucky) Circuit Court records for two lawsuits involving title to land: James Bell v. John Hendrick (1815, commenced 1806) and George M. Bibb v. John Hendrick (1816, commenced 1815 against Hendrick's heirs).


Trevathan, Ben Lomond, 1894-1967 (Sc 2445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Trevathan, Ben Lomond, 1894-1967 (Sc 2445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2445.  Letter of Ben Lomond Trevathan, cashier of the Bank of Marshall County, Benton, Kentucky, to members of the Dark Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association.  The letter refers to the bank’s financing of a proposed warehouse and its lending practices to growers, and solicits growers’ patronage.


Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 167. Civil War disability exemption certificate of Felix Crady, LaRue County, Kentucky, 1864; Simpson County, Kentucky deed, 1868; statement of Nazareth College, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1868; and an agreement concerning construction of the foundation for Franklin Female College, Franklin, Kentucky.


Mckenzie, George Anna (Duncan), B. 1935 (Sc 2442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Mckenzie, George Anna (Duncan), B. 1935 (Sc 2442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2442.  Reminiscences of George Anna (Duncan) McKenzie from her early childhood in Bowling Green, Kentucky to 2010.  Includes information about her parents and husband and her work in catering and fashion merchandising.  Eventually she and her husband returned to Bowling Green and restored an old family home and operated it as a bed and breakfast.


Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 - Collector (Sc 2443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 - Collector (Sc 2443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2443. Letter, 17 October 1863, to Ellen Fort from two Confederate soldiers imprisoned at Camp Douglas, Illinois; correspondence of Nell Bate Baird regarding her membership in the American Federation of Musicians, 1930; and 1936 federal income tax return of H. H. Baird and Nell Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Heckscher, Robert Valantine, 1883-1928 (Sc 2444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Heckscher, Robert Valantine, 1883-1928 (Sc 2444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2444. Letter of English poet Robert Valantine Heckscher, postmarked 5 January 1914, to Curtis H. Page, a professor of English at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He thanks Page for praise of his book of poems, Rose Windows, and contrasts its favorable reception by the public and literary community with that of the general press.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2011

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


Jennings, Oscar Ben, 1907-1996 (Mss 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Jennings, Oscar Ben, 1907-1996 (Mss 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 366.  Personal correspondence, news clippings, estate video, event programs, and sundry materials collected by Oscar Ben Jennings of Henderson, Kentucky.  Several folders of material relate to the 50th reunion of the Barret Manual Training High School class of 1925.  Also includes information about the Henderson Rotary Club.


Stark Family Papers (Sc 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Stark Family Papers (Sc 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 166. Letter from Elizabeth Stark Alvis, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Alfred Leland Crabb, Nashville, Tennessee, with biographical information on her father, John W. Stark, and his descendants. Includes biographical and genealogical material on the Stark family of Allen County, Kentucky and Pike County, Missouri.


Phillips, Clem Benjamin, 1894-1970 (Mss 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Phillips, Clem Benjamin, 1894-1970 (Mss 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 365.  Letters of Clem Benjamin Phillips of St. Peters, Missouri, written during his World War I military training in Kansas and New Jersey and while serving in France.  Includes correspondence of other Phillips family members and relatives.


Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Baer, Levi W., 1839-1905 (Sc 2441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2441. Letter from Levi W. Baer, serving with an Indiana regiment in the Union Army, to his cousin Benjamin Kenaga. Baer writes of his regiment’s expected movements, his anticipation of action at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of conditions in his regiment, including the lack of food.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2011

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


Johnson, Mackenzi (Fa 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Johnson, Mackenzi (Fa 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 514.  Collection consists of short interviews conducted by Mackenzi Johnson with Kenneth Nixon about folk customs and foodways, two of Johnson’s young cousins about children’s rhyming and clap games, an informal interview with Charita Swann, as well as discussions of Native American culture and life with Arigon Starr and Gay Wapecome.  Also includes a performance by Arigon Starr at Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee.  This project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Osborne, Theresa (Fa 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Osborne, Theresa (Fa 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 513.  Material collected by Theresa Osborne about an event called “Country Fair Day” held at the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, Benham, Kentucky, featuring presentations about material culture.  Also includes a paper focusing on local material culture and foodways and a small collection of interviews documenting recollections of Kentucky residents.  This project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 24. Statements and reminiscences of Kentucky residents who participated in or conducted hog butchering in Kentucky. Information was gathered from various informants between 1963-1969. Material is arranged alphabetically by collector, consisting of specific detials about executing hogs, processing and preserving meat, and rendering lard. Includes papers by collectors and photographs. This project was completed by students at Campbellsville College under the guidance of Lynwood Montell.


Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 217. Appointment of Reuben Leach as Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County, Kentucky signed by Governor Charles Scott 15 July 1811. The seal of the state of Kentucky is affixed.


Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Breathitt, John 1786-1834 (Sc 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 216. Appointment of Charles F. Burton as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky signed by Governor John Breathitt, 18 November 1833. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2011

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 218. Document signed by Christopher Greenup, clerk of the Mercer County court, 17 December 1788, to the sheriff of Madison County, related to damages awarded Thomas Upshaw against Patrick Joyes. At this time, Mercer and Madison Counties were part of the District of Kentucky of the Commonwealth of Virginia.


Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 501. Certificates of proficiency from the Franklin Female College, 1874 (4), of Maud McCutchen and autograph album of Maud Blair which she had while a student at the college, 1886-1888.


Barkley, William Alben, 1877-1956 (Sc 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Barkley, William Alben, 1877-1956 (Sc 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 220. Letter, 18 November 1954, from Alben William Barkley, Washington, D.C., to Miss M. E. Dusenberry, Chicago, thanking her for her letter of congratulations upon his election to the U.S. Senate. The letter is signed by Barkley.


Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2440. Letter, 5 January 1872, from Alphonse Duteil, an importer and manufacturer of human hairwork in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. E. Hartung and Company, New York, requesting supplies. Advertisements for various Louisville merchants appear on the reverse.


Browne Family - Account Book, 1872-1948 (Sc 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Browne Family - Account Book, 1872-1948 (Sc 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 211. Account book that lists expenditures for Edmonia, Susie, and James Harvey Browne of Bardstown, 1872-1884; also, for Mary Marshall and Susie Beauchamp, 1882-1884. Book includes the will of Sue Browne Elliott, recipes, and a tuition receipt from the Bardstown Female Academy, 1873. A 1948 letter relates to the Browne family.


Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 (Sc 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 215. Appointment of William Guthrie as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Thomas Metcalfe, 13 November 1831? Kentucky state seal is affixed.


Ua68/5/1 Senior Art Show Catalog, Wku Art Apr 2011

Ua68/5/1 Senior Art Show Catalog, Wku Art

WKU Administration Documents

Exhibition catalog showcasing the work of senior art students in a variety of mediums.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2011

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 (Sc 214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 214. Appointment of James Harlan as Justice of the Peace for Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Joseph Desha, 28 June 1827. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.