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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 (Sc 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 213. Appointment of Thomas Freeman as sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor Christopher Greenup and Secretary of State John Rowan, 6 December 1804.
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adair, John, 1757-1840 (Sc 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 212. Notary public commission of Gabriel Tandy, Mercer County, Kentucky, signed by Governor John Adair and Secretary of State Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 8 November 1821. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Smith, Cornelia Stanley (Allen), B. 1839? (Sc 2437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Cornelia Stanley (Allen), B. 1839? (Sc 2437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2437. Letters from various magazine editors, literary agents and publishers in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Rochester, New York and Augusta, Maine to Cornelia Stanley (Allen) Smith, who submitted prose and poetry under the pen name "Clio Stanley."
Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 165. Materials related to education and teaching career of Harry Edgar Thompson. Includes commencement invitation and program of Southern Normal School, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1888; letters of recommendation, 1888-1893; Kentucky and Texas teaching certificates, 1885-1891; clippings; photographs; and autobiographical note, 1958, of Thompson, later a chiropractor in McPherson, Kansas.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 (Sc 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 (Sc 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 164. “Love’s Calendar,” handwritten poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Atlantic Monthly, of which Aldrich would later become editor, published the poem under the title “Snow” in its March 1866 issue.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Allen, C. W. (Sc 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, C. W. (Sc 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 206. Photocopy of letter, 10 November 1868, written by C.W. and M.E. Allen, Big Coon, Alabama, to their cousin John W. Campbell. They comment on family matters as well as economic and political conditions in Alabama.
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2436. Letter of George Otto Trevelyan to Joseph H. Choate, 18 March 1912, written on the publication in the United States of Trevelyan’s book George the Third and Charles Fox. Trevelyan remarks on the book’s favorable reception in Britain and gives news of his family.
Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 209. Letters, 10 July 1826 and 15 April 1835, from Benjamin Bosworth Smith, an Episcopal clergyman and first bishop of Kentucky, to Reverend and Mrs. T. Edson, Lowell, Massachusetts. The first letter relates to the printing of one of Edson’s sermons. In the second letter, Bosworth expresses his regrets in declining an invitation from the couple.
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 208. Facsimiles of courtship letters from Alexander Farnsley, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary E. E. Thurman, also of Louisville, and one of her replies. They both comment on the growing sectional feeling and the approaching Civil War. Also includes a 1962 newspaper article related to the letters, written by a Farnsley descendant.
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 364. Correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs and audiotapes regarding the Kentucky Council on Archives, a statewide professional organization for archivists, records managers, manuscript curators, and others interested in the preservation and use of public records and manuscript collections in Kentucky.
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 207. Copy of 1 February 1852 letter from Lewis George Richardson, a medical student at the University of Louisville, to his father, Reverend George Richardson, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes of his schooling, the Louisville winter, and his prospects for the future. Also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Richardson written by a grandchild.
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2435. Pre-printed check for a farewell offering, payable to evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and drawn on Kentucky Bank and Trust Company, Madisonville, Kentucky, 17 October 1928.
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2434. Letter, 7 April 1891, of English dramatist Sydney Grundy to Richard M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum Company in Boston, Massachusetts, discussing the royalty payment scale for production of his play "Lady Jess."
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2438. Souvenir booklet sold at theaters showing the motion picture "Gone With the Wind." Includes illustrations, cast list, major players' credits, and information about the production.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 210. Letter, 23 June 1866, from Simon Bolivar Buckner, New Orleans, to E. J. Mathews, New York, in reply to Mathews' request for an autograph.
Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 163. Account book, 1874-1877, for students of Bethel Female College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; undated list of Bethel Female College students; and letters, 1882, to Jacob Ward Rust, president of the college.
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934 (Sc 2433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934 (Sc 2433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2433. Memorandum, 1 September 1917, to Brigade Commander of 1st Brigade, Kentucky Infantry from Otto Holstein, Captain, Signal Corps, and Provost Marshall of Lexington, Kentucky, reporting on an altercation between military police officers and African Americans. Includes a newspaper clipping about the incident.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2342. Account book of Sam Sing, proprietor of a Chinese laundry in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The book records types of garments and linens cleaned, and includes a price list printed in the 1880s.
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.
Nelson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1788-1798 (Sc 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nelson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1788-1798 (Sc 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 201. Photographs of two bonds, 1788 and 1792, for the administration of the estate of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln; photograph of executors' bond, 1798, for the settlement of the estate of John Fitch. John Rowan is one of the executors of the Fitch estate.
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 204. Photograph of marriage bond issued to John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton, 6 May 1823, in Adair County, Kentucky. John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens were the parents of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. Also included is a letter from Ruth Burdette to Elizabeth Coombs, 2 September 1951, related to the bond photograph.
Breckinridge Coal And Oil Company (Sc 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge Coal And Oil Company (Sc 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 205. Photograph of a ledger page from the Breckenridge Coal and Oil Company, Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, April 1852, showing the quantity of coal oil obtained from a ton of coal.
Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2431. Sermon notes, liturgies, and teaching outlines compiled by Angus Neal Gordon, a Presbyterian minister, who served as Pastor of The Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1952 to 1964. Of particular interest is a written statement given by Gordon after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 203. Photocopy of a contract for a subscription school drawn up 7 November 1800 by David Barrow, a Baptist preacher and teacher in Montgomery County, Kentucky. The document specifies the length of the school term, compensation for the schoolmaster , and rules of conduct. Also includes a list of the subscribers.
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 (Sc 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 (Sc 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Letter, 8 July 1898, from Cassius Marcellus Clay, White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky to Colyer Meriwether, advising him that he was sending a copy of the first volume of his autobiography to him, and commenting about the "vendetta" being waged against him by his divorced wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 86, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 126. Logan County, Kentucky land entries of Ninian Edwards, 1809, Jefferson County, Kentucky; legal brief concerning a lawsuit brought against the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky, 1829-1830.
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 129. Revolutionary War pension papers of Nicholas Carter, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1837; letter of James Carothers written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his wife Rebecca in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania describing the construction of the bridge over Barren River (College Street Bridge), 1838 and accompanying 1938 letter; Civil War envelopes; and Jefferson County land abstract, 1877.