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Hume, Archie, 1892-1963 (Sc 1599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Smalll Collection 1599. Pages from the diaries of Archie Hume, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, related to singings and singing schools he was involved with in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1945-1963. Also, 1989 letter from Lynwood Montell concerning Hume's diaries.

Guthrie, Charles Snow, 1922-2000 (Sc 1604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1604. Copy of speech given by Charles Snow Guthrie, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, to the Kentucky Philological Association, Morehead, Kentucky, 4 March 1988, entitled "Eighteenth Century Kentucky Writing."

87th Depot Repair Squadron (Sc 1596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1596. Humorous skit prepared for the second anniversary of the 87th Deport Repair Squadron's formation, celebrated at the Enlisted Men's Club, Foggia, Italy.

Music - Books (Sc 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and images of cover and selected interior pages (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 8. Manuscript music book hand-sewn into a crude leather cover. Some of the songs are folk songs having a love theme, while others are spiritual songs. Letters f,s,l,m are used instead of notes.

Porter, Charles, 1735-1809 (Sc 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 10. Will for Charles Porter, d. 1809, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Lewis, William L. (Sc 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 9. Letter written by Lewis, Loudoun County, Virginia, to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Susanna Lewis, Nelson County, Kentucky, relating family news.

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 4, 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.

Kentucky - Cavalry - 25th Regiment (Sc 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 11. List of volunteers to serve under Isaac Shelby in the War of 1812 in the 25th Regiment of the Kentucky militia from Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Colonel George Hudspeth, Commandant, 25th Regiment Kentucky Militia (R.K.M.)

Antrim, John (Sc 1589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1589. Letter, 20 June 1848, from John Antrim, Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky to Elizabeth Gage, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, commenting on his dry goods job and the community's social activities.

Dickerson And Venable Families (Sc 1574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1574. Genealogical charts, news clippings, and photographs of members of the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes a news clipping from the Park City Daily News, 9 January 1947, about author Rosa Praigg Dickerson, who published under the name Violet Woods, and a pre-1911 photo and program from a production of "Mrs. Wiggs and the Cabbage Patch" performed at Woodburn College.

Downing, H. H. (Sc 1573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1573. Letter dated 21 January 1862, written by H. H. Downing, serving with the Union army near Somerset, Kentucky, to his brother and sisters. He relates events concerning the fighting around Somerset and the death of Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, and sends a piece of Zollicoffer's coat as a souvenir.

Poak, David W., 1842-1879 (Sc 1584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1584. Civil War letter, Union, from David W. Poak, of the 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Camp McClernand near Cairo, Illinois, to his sister Sadie J. Poak, New Castle, Pennsylvania. He discusses some maneuvers in western Kentucky, near Columbus and Paducah.

Cushing, Nathaniel, 1762-1827 (Sc 1594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1594. Two business letters, 16 July 1817 and 27 April 1818, from Leonard Wheeler, Lexington, Kentucky to Nathaniel Cushing, Pembroke Massachusetts. Invoices contained in letters concern tobacco prices and sales.

Thomas, Mazie Lee (Allen), 1906-2001 (Mss 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Scrapbook of artwork created by Mazie Lee (Allen) Thomas, an African American folk artist from Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky. The scrapbook was compiled by Thomas's niece, Vicki Lawrence. Also includes a biographical sketch, slides of four oil paintings, news clippings and a short videotape.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 37, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Ulber, Emily. WKU’s First Doctorate Program Approved – Educational Leadership
• Brown, Holly. Regents’ Closed Session Illegal – Open Meetings
• Day, Michelle. Gambling Survives Committee Against Odds – Legislation
• Hale, Marianne. Lake Wallace to be Drained – Flooding
• Morgan, Nathan. A Thousand Words – International Students, Xiaowei Wang
• Capillo, Greg. Kaleidoscope Seeks to Raise Awareness – Housing
• Rowell, Larry. Soldier Death in Barnes-Campbell Hall Determined Accidental – Lank Graves
• Day, Michelle. Bill Relieving Rising Costs for Retirees Passes in Subcommittee – Legislation
• Hunton, Ryan. On Your Mark, Get Set, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Siders, Neil. Parking Proposal Shot Down – Dormitories, Residence Life
• Acree, Chris. A Top the Rest – Crystal Kelly, Basketball
• Hunton, Ryan. In the Midst of Violence, Kenyan Students Worry About Family, Friends – International Students
• Rowell, Larry. Sorority Honors Memory of Fun-loving Freshman – Sally Schiller, Phi Mu
• Rowell, Larry. Car-fire Death Ruled Accidental – William Dugas aka Bruce
• Ulber, Emily. Student Engagement Forum to be Held August 18 – Engaging the Spirit: Celebrating Student Success
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon: Big Red in Pinball Machine, Icy Conditions …

Jefferson, Thomas, 1677?-1731 (Sc 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1. Typed copy of the will of Captain Thomas Jefferson, Henrico County, Virginia, the grandfather of President Jefferson.

Warren, Sir George (Sc 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3. Lease, 1775, of 55 acres of land in Surrey County, England for 14 years to William Rodgers.

Ford, Mrs. Cannon, Collector (Sc 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 5. Survey for John Tagart of 200 acres of land in Christian County, Kentucky, 1799, and a medical prescription, 1827?

Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1916 (Mss 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 198. Three indices for Barren County, Kentucky Quarterly Court records; the actual court records are not part of this collection and are located in the Barren County courthouse. Two of the indices are not dated, and the third one marked "Executions" is dated 1916.

Garrison Store - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 197. Account book kept for John W. Garrison’s store at Polkville in northeastern Warren County, Kentucky. Includes accounts for many county citizens of that region.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Rowell, Larry. Suspect of Pearce-Ford Tower Peeping Had Criminal Background – Jarred Bray
• Siders, Neil. Students Rally at Capitol – Budget Cuts, Protests
• Day, Michelle. Condemnation Case Heard; No Ruling by Judge – 1672 Normal Drive
• Erwin, Jill & Neil Siders. Western in Top 10 of ONE Campaign Campus Challenge – Charities
• Ryan, Eileen. Staring, Reflecting & Remembering – Tornados, Gamaliel, Treg Turner
• Laun, Susie. Memorial Services Planned for Phi Mu Sorority Freshman – Sally Schiller
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Gannett as Darth Vader
• Hunton, Ryan. A …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Day, Michelle. Steve Beshear Proposes Licenses for 12 Casinos
• Rowell, Larry. Young Joc’s Concert Canceled Due to Unsafe Conditions
• Brown, Holly. Shooting Spotlights Preparedness – Northern Illinois University
• Isbell, Eric. Up ‘til Dawn Efforts Raise More Than $100,000 for St. Jude
• Rowell, Larry. Rape Reported in Rodes-Harlin Hall
• Laun, Susie. WKU Student Involved in Car Accident – Sally Schiller
• Hale, Marianne. Furnishings Spared from Demolition to be Resold – Normal Street, Regents Avenue
• McCrarey, Magen. Einstein Bros. Bagel Shop Causes Concerns for Some Journalism Faculty
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial …

Hills, Sallie (Holland), 1875-1945 - Letters To (Sc 1598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1598. World War II letters sent to Sallie Hills, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from her son Henry Hills, nephew and ward William Perry Stamps, Jr., and friend George L. Smith. Includes a silhouette of Stamps.

Inter Agency Community Council, 1977-1978 (Sc 1582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1582. Minutes of the Inter Agency Community Council, a Bowling Green, Kentucky group composed of members from various community organizations.

Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1597. Letters to William Perry Stamps and Rosalyn Stamps, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to their leadership in the Elks and its auxiliary. Includes constitution and by-laws of the ladies auxiliary of the Bowling Green lodge.

Maschak, Jay (Sc 1577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1577. Letter and postcard from Jay Maschak, Saudia Arabia, to Kelly Butler, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, during the Persian Gulf War. Maschak was in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division. Includes a news clipping about the correspondence.

Moss, C. Mcelroy, 1900-1965 (Sc 1583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1583. Letters, photos, and newspaper clippings documenting Moss's U.S. Navy career. Includes news clipping related to educator, Mary Dishman, and a news clipping about Moss's father John McKenzie Moss.

Hardin Family Papers (Sc 1595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1595. Correspondence of various Hardin family members. Includes a description of an 1898 trip to Florida. Also, 1929 letters from F. B. Green, Evansville, Wisconsin, to Oscar C. Fletcher, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to dairy cattle.

Veluzat Family Papers, 1797-1985 (Sc 1568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected Civil War material (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1568. Receipts, inventories and letters relating to the business enterprises and travels of merchant Wade Veluzat, Barren County, Kentucky. Civil War letters to Union sympathizer Veluzat, military passes, and letters from his wife Eliza (Clark) Veluzat describing the family's situation at home. Material related to the Veluzat and Pace family genealogies is also included.