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Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Simpson, Mandy. Tailgaters Told to Tone It Down – Football
• Stewart, Colleen. Know Your Rights: First Amendment Still Relevant – Constitution Week
• Freeman, Phil. Texting Could Mean Ticket for Drivers – Legislation
• Ulber, Emily. Kentucky Lottery Profits Could Mean Jackpot for Student Financial Aid
• Student Government Association Announces New Senators
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Social Media – Gary Ransdell
• Getting the Message Out: Small Changes Could Help Western Officials Communicate Better with Students – Social Media
• Waggoner, Tabitha. Western Warns of Viruses – Information Technology, Computers
• Ulber, …

Archbold, Annie (Fa 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 203. Photographs, negatives, and proofsheets from various folklife projects coordinated by Annie Archbold while she was a folk studies faculty member at Western Kentucky University.

Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2034. Catalog for "Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky," a 2009 Kentucky Library & Museum exhibition featuring the photographs of William R. Reynolds, Jr. taken approximately 1908-1910. Includes images and descriptions of Cave City citizens (both white and African American), homes, churches, schools and businesses, as well as information about Reynolds, his family and home, early 20th century cameras and Kentucky photographers, and the development of Cave City.

Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 423. Original land grant, 10 September 1802, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Gabriel Maupin 1,200 acres in [Warren County], Kentucky. Identified as "a copy attest."

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wilson, Laurel. Some Students Off Swine Flu – Influenza
• Hood, Sarah. Va-Va-Voom – Megan Coker, Vette City Roller Derby
• Harris, Shakia. Group to Talk Domestic Partner Benefits – Health Insurance, University Senate
• Walker, Morgan. A Thousand Words – Chris Goodrow, Homeless Persons, Vietnam Veterans
• Freeman, Phil. Smoking Survey Expected – Cigarettes, Tobacco
• Jenkins, Spencer. Veteran’s Group Forms – Student Veterans of America
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Swine Flu – Big Red
• Pandemic or Pandemonium – Swine Flu, Influenza
• Bryan, Kendrick. Student Government Association Wants You to Get …

Hudson, Susan Francis (Mcelroy), 1912?-1992 (Sc 2031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2031. Letters to Susan Francis Hudson and Dorothy Burnett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, primarily from Cathy Cauble, written from Hampton, Virginia and elsewhere regarding her activities and plans. Includes photocopy of a certificate of appreciation given to Hudson by Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Association.

Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2022. Listing of the individuals buried in the Greenwood Cemetery at Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky; includes index.

Porter, Elias, 1834-1872 (Sc 2032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2032. Letter, 10 February 1868, from Elias Porter, Russellville, Kentucky, to "Friend Smith," disputing the division of expenses for their trip to Texas and Smith's fee in connection with a lawsuit.

Speiden, Rosalie Mauzy (Latham), 1847-1917 (Sc 2033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2033. Letter, 18 June 1889, from Rosalie Speiden, Louisville, Kentucky, to her son Theodore Speiden in Baltimore, Maryland, with family news.

Cherry, Adam, 1836-1927 - Estate (Sc 2021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2021. Document titled "Analysis of the Settlement of the Estate of Adam Cherry."

Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2030. Pages from a ledger listing Simpson County, Kentucky school districts by number, the names of school trustees and teachers, and some information on school fund expenditures.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Ulber, Emily. End to Campus Murder Lawsuit – Melissa Autry
• Oliver, Angela. Come Together: The Beatles Rock Band - Concerts
• Stewart, Colleen. Study Abroad Options Grow – Kentucky Institute for International Studies, KIIS, Semester at Sea
• Barczak, Mary. International Study Numbers Decline – Admissions
• Harris, Shakia. Kevin Smiley Follows Bro-code – Eric Smiley, Student Government Association
• Ulber, Emily. WKU Ready to Work with New Faces – Politicians, Legislators, Lobbying
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Nepotism in Student Government Association – Kevin Smiley, Eric Smiley
• Wrong Message: For Student …

Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 245. Record books of Zoar Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky (later Rough Creek Baptist Church). Entries consist chiefly of church and Sunday school minutes.

Horsley, R., Sr. (Sc 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2013. Inventory of property, used perhaps as part of an estate settlement. Includes land on Spring Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee, livestock, household items, and 12 enslaved persons.

Music (Sc 1969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1969. Two pieces of manuscript music: a benediction featuring the words of Psalms 19:14 and a piece featuring the text of the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.

Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2020. Letter, 22 January 1941, from Al Varble, Chaffee, Missouri to Robert M. Coleman, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he inquires about dogs for sale.

Harlow, William Ross, B. 1946 (Sc 2023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2023. Notes taken by Barren County native William Ross Harlow during basic training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. He eventually served in the Vietnamese Conflict.

Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2027. Business papers relating to John Claude Gerard and his Bowling Green, Kentucky cabinetmaking and undertaking establishment. Includes receipts for purchases of lumber and other goods and services, business licenses and Gerard family genealogical information.

Isbell, Charles S., 1867-1901 (Sc 2028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2028. Letters written to Charles S. Isbell while he was in California, containing news from friends and family in Warren County, Kentucky and in Missouri. Includes notes of Isbell's sister Grace on Rich Pond, Kentucky area social events and attendees.

Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2029. Will (1847) and codicils (1850, 1854, 1856) of Henry Powell Broadnax, Russellville, Kentucky, with depositions of two witnesses attesting to the will's authenticity.

Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2025. "Women and Work at the Turn of the Century: The Mrs. A. H. Taylor Dressmaking Company," M.A. thesis submitted by Theresa L. Jureka to WKU Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies.

Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2024. "A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination of Her Role in Fashion at the Turn of the Century," M.S. thesis submitted by Janice Faye Walker Centers to WKU Department of Home Economics and Family Living. Includes typescripts of correspondence with descendants of Taylor and her customers.

Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2026. Papers of the Hardcastle family of Warren County, Kentucky: World War I discharge certificate for Robert F. Hardcastle; minister's return for the wedding of James Hardcastle and Ethel McPherson; tobacco allotment notice.

Gonzalez, Erik (Fa 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 466. Paper: "Parody in the Digital Age" written by Erik Gonzalez for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 467. Paper: "Banjo Bill Green: A Writer, a Performer, a Musician" written by David Puglia for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Parker, Kailen E. (Fa 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 465. DVD: "Tattoos" made by Kailen E. Parker for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Burchfield, Evelyn (Day), 1896-1990 (Sc 1973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1973. Several letters written by Evelyn D. Burchfield, Davao, Philippines and a 190-page memoir of her life in the Philippines, chiefly during the World War II Japanese occupation; also includes an introduction (17 p.) to the memoir by friend Viola Crump.