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Shaw, Henrietta Fannie, 1839-1917 - Letters To (Sc 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 112. Chiefly letters from girl friends of Henrietta Fannie Shaw, Logan County, Kentucky, 1863-1867, a slave bill of sale, 1863, and miscellaneous writings.

Gold Rush Period (Sc 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 106. Letters, receipts, legal papers, etc., which pertain mainly to Kentuckians who went to Alaska and the Yukon Territory in search of gold. The principal person involved was Abram H. Bowman, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky.

Lyon-O'Hara Papers (Sc 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 107. Business and personal letters of the Lyon and O'Hara families of Louisville and Eddyville, Kentucky, which chiefly concern army life (Union and Confederate), tobacco sales, and family matters. James O'Hara and Hylan B. Lyon are the principal correspondents.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 31 [30], Wku Student Affairs

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

• Moore, Josh. Western Works to Improve Parking Plight – Parking & Transportation
• McCrarey, Magen. Progress in Motion – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Oliver, Angela. Dance Class Brings African Culture to Hill – Barbea Williams
• Waggoner, Tabitha. NAACP Anniversary Event Planned – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Hale, Marianne. J. Marshall Hughes, Mike Reynolds Compete for Open State Senate Seat – Elections
• Barczak, Mary. Student Government Association to Decide on Special Election – Student Regent
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Student Government Association – Asleep …

Brashear, Kathleen Hope, 1895-1986 (Sc 1873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1873. Two reminiscences written by Kathleen Hope Brashear titled "Remembrances" in which she recalls people and places in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Cole, Jennie Bryant, 1872-1957 (Sc 103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 103. Letters (3), 1933-1951, to Mary Leiper Moore, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and papers (4), 1933-1941, written by Cole and titled: Cedar Bluff College," "Oakland's First Baseball Team," "The Oakland Country," and "Some Name Places of Warren County, Kentucky."

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 105. Papers of the Jackson family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include: letter from W. C. Jackson, Lexington, Kentucky, to John S. Jackson, telling of his medical studies at Transylvania, 1825; blacksmithing bill, 1831; statement that B.J. Jackson paid his 1863 taxes; letter to F.W. Jackson relative to the Great Western Star Band's fees for playing at the Bowling Green Fair, 1872.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 30 [29], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hale, Marianne. University Endowments Shrink During Economic Hard Times
• Hale, Marianne. In Their Own Hands – Kelly Autism Program
• Hale, Marianne. Enrollment Numbers Prompt Board of Regents to Give $6.1 Million to Academic Affairs
• Barczak, Mary. Despite Rally Cancellation, Student Government Association Lobbies Legislators
• Fox, Emily. A Thousand Words – Lori Spalding, Clothes Lion
• Ulber, Emily. Winter Crime Spree Calls for Caution – Robberies
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Winter Weather – Cherry Statue
• Pulling the Plug: Western Officials Should Commit to Shutdowns – Winter Weather
• Dooper, Jennifer. …

Smith, Henry F. (Sc 1850), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1850. Business correspondence, contracts, and receipts related to the interests of Henry F. Smith of Paducah, Kentucky, particularly the transport of railroad ties via steamboats in western Kentucky and Tennessee.

Stowers-Shaw Family Papers (Sc 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 96. Deeds for land in Daviess County, Kentucky, 1839, 1840; tax and tuition receipts, transfer of a patent, two letters, and miscellaneous papers of the Stowers and Shaw families.

Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1840. Letters from Alice Hegan Rice (4), Cale Young Rice (13) and Laban Lacy Rice (1) to Ruth Potts Spence, who met the Rices at Camp Nakanawa in Mayland, Tennessee and maintained a friendship with the couple. The letters discuss writing, current events, family matters, and grief.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Howerton, Christina. Power Outages Bring Visitors to Bowling Green – Weather, Winter
• Threlkeld, Kohl. Caring in the Cold – William Rummage, Weather
• Burch, Aaron. Bread & Bagel Changes Ownership – Restaurants
• Barczak, Mary. Student Government Association Changes Power – Kayla Shelton, Johnathon Boles
• McCrarey, Magen. Gatton Academy of Math & Science Student Honored – Dalton Hubble
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Winter Weather
• Under the Weather: Officials Should Consider Inclement Weather a Threat – Winter, Weather
• Comley, Justin. Western Should Take Preventive Measures – Winter Weather
• White, Lauren. …

Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 369. Paper: "Odis Blanton: The Story of a Country Musician" written by Angle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Gartner, Michael G., B. 1938 (Fa 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 367. Copies of Michael G. Gartner's newspaper column "Words, Words, Words" that appeared in the Louisville "Courier-Journal."

Peach, Jewell (Fa 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 355. Paper: "Folklore in Film" written by Jewell Peach for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1844. Letters from students at Muhlenberg North High School, Greenville, Kentucky, as well as e-mails, greeting cards, etc. sent to Kelly Matthew McCay while he served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.

Ashcraft Family Papers (Sc 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 93. Deeds, 1843 1870 (4), surveys, 1846, 1867 (2); receipt in connection with a damage award for the “unsoundness of three slaves,” 1841, and other receipts, 1840-1871 (13), chiefly of the Ashcraft family of Meade County, Kentucky; certificates of exemption from military service in favor of a substitute, 1864 (2); and sundry items.

Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 95. Reminiscences of Martha W. Jackson, sister of Mary Frances (Jackson) Grider, 1829-1909, and sister-in-law of Tobias Smith Grider, 1824-1882. An account of affairs in Bowling Green, Kentucky during her lifetime, with emphasis on the Civil War period.

Baker, E. S. (Sc 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 94. Letters, 1854-1855, written by E. S. Baker to his Kentucky parents, while seeking his fortune in Mississippi, which include comments on filibustering in Cuba. Also, letters, 1856, concerning his experiences as a member of Colonel Titus's unit which went to Nicaragua to aid William Walker in the Filibuster War.

Webb, Frank, 1906-1950 (Sc 1846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1846. Letter, 3 February 1930, from Frank Webb, a chiropractor in Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky, to an unnamed recipient discussing the death of a Mr. Chaney, a booster of chiropractic treatment.

Barnett, John, 1816-1855 (Sc 1848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1848. Letter, 23 June 1843, from John Barnett to David Lowry discussing politics within the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and at Cumberland College in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Pearson, Virginia Earl (Venable), 1919-1990 (Sc 1847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1847. Paper: “Kentucky Land Grants,” written by Pearson for a Western Kentucky University history class.

Brashear, Robert L., 1894-1954 (Sc 1849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1849. Survey book, 1939-1940, kept by Robert L. Brashear, a Bowling Green, Kentucky, civil engineer. Also, loose items found within pages of the book.

Schmitt, Kimberly (Fa 362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 362. Interview with Nancy Baird, former Kentucky History Specialist in the Department of Library Special Collections at WKU, conducted by Kimberly Schmitt on 27 January 1988. The interview focuses on Baird’s 1977 publication, Tradition and Progress: A History of Hummel Industries Incorporated. Based out of Cincinnati, Ohio, Hummel Industries is renowned for its stone-related services, masonry, and concrete repair.

Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1835. News clippings, handmade greeting cards for family members, and other ephemera related to Richardson, particularly during her childhood and adolescence in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua35/11 Arête February 2009, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

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Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 9, Wku Provost

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Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Mss 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of most correspondence (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 239. Letters, photographs and scrapbooks belonging to quilt collector Laura Richardson. Includes letters and research materials from noted authorities Florence Peto and William Rush Dunton.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Ulber, Emily. Building Safety Training Begin This Month – Emergency Management
• Burch, Aaron. Western to Receive Fewer Downtown Parking Spots – Downown Redevelopment
• Hale, Marianne. Out in the Cold – Winter, Snow
• Sharrett, Luke. A Thousand Words – James Walker, State Street Baptist Church
• Moore, Josh. Construction Projects Continue on Campus – Ransdell Hall, Preston Health & Activities Center, Snell Hall, Van Meter Hall, L.T. Smith Stadium, Chandler Memorial Chapel, Orbeson Clubhouse, College High
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Emergency Text Messages
• Time Out: Regents Should Wait to …

Brashear Family Papers (Sc 91), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 91. Letter, 6 September 1830, written by Camilla L. Brashear, Port Gibson, Mississippi, to her sister, Sarah F. Brashear, Russellville, Kentucky, containing family news, 1830; two poems, 1829; and genealogical information about the Brashear family.