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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3551. Correspondence and papers related to Louisville, Kentucky accountant Kessel P. Rider’s campaign for election to the city’s Board of Aldermen. Includes invitations to candidates’ events, congratulatory letters, and Rider’s Notary Public certificate.
Owsley, William, 1782-1862 (Sc 3556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owsley, William, 1782-1862 (Sc 3556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3556. Letter, 9 February 1841, from William Owsley, Frankfort, Kentucky, to U.S. Representative John B. Thompson, Washington, D.C., asking Thompson’s assistance in securing an appointment as Indian agent for Samuel Tillett of Garrard County, Kentucky.
Greenville, Kentucky - First Map (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenville, Kentucky - First Map (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
First map of Greenville, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index For 1850, 1860, 1870 And 1880 Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index For 1850, 1860, 1870 And 1880 Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census compiled by Brenda Collier Doss.
Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3552. Biographical data sheets for Democratic Party candidates for state and local offices in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1953. Also includes a blank 1959-1961 roll call tally sheet for the Louisville Board of Aldermen.
Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3558. Miscellaneous letters, mostly to Kentuckians from their party officials, congressmen or senators regarding election campaigns, routine political matters or courtesies. Includes a letter from then-Senator Lyndon Johnson to the Chief Clerk of the U.S. Senate regarding Johnson’s 1955 surgery for kidney stones.
Gregg, Robert Miles, 1890-1962 (Sc 3559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gregg, Robert Miles, 1890-1962 (Sc 3559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3559. Letter, 4, February 1916, to Robert M. Gregg, Louisville, Kentucky from “Gip” Gregg (possibly his brother William), Bowling Green, Kentucky. He congratulates Robert on his marriage, outlines his plans for a visit to Louisville, and remarks on his shorthand and bookkeeping studies.
Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection SC 3554. Materials relating to the campaign of Andrew Broaddus for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: a campaign biography, his opening campaign speech delivered on radio, and a copy of the trade publication The Louisville Grocer containing an endorsement of Broaddus.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3555. Letter, 12 March 1907, from Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to The Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, New York City. Crump asks the principals to meet with the former manager of an Edmonson County, Kentucky stone and paving company during his coming visit to New York and obtain his advice on the production of rock asphalt. Written on the letterhead of the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, the letter displays a graphic of a replica of Fort Boonesboro (Kentucky’s building at the Exposition) and lists the Commissioners.
Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Some Sketches of the History of Greenville and Muhlenberg County by Gayle R. Carver. These were published in the "Greenville Leader" in 1936 and 1937.
Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Family Histories in the "Leader News" compiled by Bobby Anderson in 1991.
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 transcribed by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Charles H. Smith: A Direct-Line Ancestry, Since Colonial Times, Charles H. Smith
Charles H. Smith: A Direct-Line Ancestry, Since Colonial Times, Charles H. Smith
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
A direct-line ancestry of American forebears of Charles H. Smith (1950-), constructed by Dr. Smith through the aid of Ancestry.com and other sources.
Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 37. Account book for an unnamed general store in Hadensville, Todd County, Kentucky. The first 102 pages as well as the account book covers are not included.
Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 698. Correspondence of the family of Eleazer and Emily (Perry) Hamilton of Middle Tennessee, and related families in Texas and Mississippi.
Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3550. Correspondence of Lillie Adair, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her letters of 2 July and 17 July 1879 to her future husband Thomas W. Almond refer to their recent meeting and reassure him about a possible romantic rival. A letter from Thomas of 9 July 1878 (the correct year may be 1879) expresses gratitude for her sentiments, his wish to marry, and plans for his next visit. Each poetically proclaims their affection for the other. Thomas refers to his work as a photographer when he explains that he …
1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
1920 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.
1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
1910 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1893 to 1908.
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1908-1918.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3549. Audio interview by Jonathan Jeffrey of Beverly (Lloyd) Childress, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Following brief biographical remarks, Childress talks about her friendship with Pauline Tabor Webster, who ran a house of prostitution in Bowling Green.
Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3548. “Memories of Motley Kentucky From Oxen to Greenhouses,” a reminiscence by Waif (Hogan) Motley. She writes of her childhood, family and community in Motley (Warren County), Kentucky.
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected scanned files (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 707. Documentation for an archaeological study, conducted by John Bryan LeSieur, of Kyrock, a planned industrial community in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes interviews, photographs, and an interpretive narrative.
Manson, Thomas H. - Letter To (Sc 3547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manson, Thomas H. - Letter To (Sc 3547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3547. Letter, 15 December (no year), to Thomas H. Manson, Oak Grove, Christian County, Kentucky from “Mary” in Fayette County, Tennessee. Writing to “My dear Parents,” she tells of visitors and friends in the area and asks about various aunts and uncles. She refers to visiting “Montgomery” (possibly Montgomery County, Tennessee, where a “Mary E. M. Manson” married a “William E. Palmer” in 1840). Her letter refers to a “Mr. Palmer” as well as to her children, including an “ugly girl” who she is anxious to …
Bowles, Margaret Eleanor (Nicholls), 1869-1950 (Sc 3546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowles, Margaret Eleanor (Nicholls), 1869-1950 (Sc 3546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3546. Letter, 10 April 1911, of Margaret (“Madge”) N. Bowles, Bardstown, Kentucky, to Margaret (Nicholls) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She provides information on the Nicholls family, originally of Baltimore, Maryland, from which they are both descended.
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 704. Three account books of Bowling Green, Kentucky merchants: J. M. McClure, John Hines, and an unidentified dry goods and drug merchant.
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 708. By-laws, board minutes, correspondence, newsletters, public relations material and information related to events and programming sponsored by the Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science (BRIMS) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The digital photographs have been saved in the WKU Photo Archives.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3544. Collected material on the house at 610 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, built in 1908 and known as the “Carrie Taylor house.” Includes data on its history, design, and owners; photographs; clippings; and plans for a 1933 renovation. Also includes a WKU student research paper on the house, and a compact disc with a slide presentation about the house and two of its owners, Carrie Taylor and Blanche Potter Sharpe.
Seeley Family Bible Records (Sc 3519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seeley Family Bible Records (Sc 3519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3519. Copies of pages from the Bible of the Seeley family of Warren County, Kentucky, recording births, deaths and marriages.
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3545. Contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and associated documents of the Sumpter family of Bowling Green, Kentucky relating to the acquisition, subdivision and development of the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Includes a 1962 plat map of a subdivision extension, a 1990 plan for a sanitary sewer extension, and a narrative history of the neighborhood. Also includes a Sumpter estate document and a promissory note and deed of the Patillo family.