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Maxwell, David (Lg 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 422. Original land grant, 29 June 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to David Maxwell 50 acres in Warren County.

Maxwell, David (Lg 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 421. Original land grant, 29 April 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to David Maxwell, assignee of Joal Watson, assignee of John Painter, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

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

Articles include:

• Day, Michelle. Gary Ransdell Announces More Budget Cuts
• Hyman, Sarah. Taking It to the House – Soccer
• Strupp, Alton. A Thousand Words – Samuel Drummond, Soccer
• Brown, Holly. College Heights Herald Files Complaint with Board of Regents – Open Meetings
• Capillo, Greg & Michelle Day. State Considers Bill Banning Domestic Partnerships – Gays, Lesbians
• Erskine, Annie. Editorial Cartoon re: Student Voters, Elections
• A Vote from Away from Home – Elections
• Davis, Ron. Soccer Cut: A Good Decision
• Goetz, Mike. Soccer: A Devastating Decision
• Ulber, Emily. Engineering Student …

Boatman, John, 1842-1916 (Sc 1611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1611. Letter dated 10 September 1861 from Union soldier John Boatman, Paducah, Kentucky, to his family in Paris, Illinois describing conditions in Paducah. Envelope imprinted with red and blue patriotic image of clasped hands and the phrase "Our hearts and hands for the Union."

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Day, Michelle & Sarah Hyman. Soccer Cut
• Brown, Holly. Presidents Warn of Reductions’ Impact – Budget Cuts
• Rowell, Larry. WKU Police Increase Patrol in Area of Sexual Assault
• Booze, Alex. Founder of a Black Swim Team to Speak Today at Western – Jim Ellis
• Hunton, Ryan. Western Committee Interviews Final Judicial Affairs Candidates
• Day, Michelle. Alpha Gamma Rho in Dispute Over District Housing Review
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon – Gary Ransdell Cuts Soccer
• The Death of a Family: Men’s Soccer Falls to Budget Cuts Despite Academic Excellence
• Smith, …

Northcott Collection (Mss 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 40. Fifty-three diaries (1859-1918) and other writings of Henry Clay Northcott, 1822-1918, Methodist circuit preacher and farmer of northern Kentucky; correspondence (1870-1883) of his daughter, music teacher Kate N. Thomas, 1850-1889; and her husband, Bruce F. Thomas, 1853?-1882, lawyer of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

Recommended By Duncan Hines, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey

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Businessman, salesman, kitchen inspector, lover of comfortable lodgings, and connoisseur of good food - - this was the man Duncan Hines. This presentation explores the life and work of Duncan Hines from his days growing up in Warren County, Kentucky, through his career as a travel writer, and finally to his rise as a brand name in the world of packaged goods. The presentation highlights scenes from The Kentucky Library and Museum exhibit “Recommended by Duncan Hines.”

Freeman, John & Hamilton Freeman (Lg 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 412. Copy land grant, 21 June 1799, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John and Hamilton Freeman, 666-2/3 acres on the west fork of the middle fork of Bays Creek in Kentucky.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Holly. Governor Steve Beshear Pushes for Additional Education Cuts
• Hunton, Ryan. Making a House a Home – Live the Dream, Mitchell Reed
• Day, Michelle. Proposed Bills Seek to Help Higher Education – Tuition
• Bullock, Danielle & Greg Capillo. Storm Causes Fire Alarm Malfunction – Thunderstorms
• Houghton, Daniel. A Thousand Words – Jen-Fu Tung
• Rowell, Larry. Police Say Rumors Haven’t Aided Investigation of William Dugas’ Death – Katie Autry
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Voting, Uncle Sam
• It’s a Privilege: Exercise Your Right to Vote in the Primary, …

Pirkey, Henry S., D. 1827 (Lg 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 416. Original land grant, 8 June 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Henry S. Pirkey 200 acres in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Ewing, Robert, 1760-1832 (Lg 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 415. Original land grant, 17 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Ewing 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Richey, James (Lg 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 413. Copy of land grant, 12 June 1806, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Richey 100 acres in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Totty, Leonard, 1812?-1863? (Mss 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 36. Account books consisting of a journal of customer's account, 1848-1854, and a ledger, 1848-1858, of Leonard Totty, a general merchant of Doughty's Creek, Warren County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Holly & Michelle Day. Regents Make Reductions – Budget Cuts
• Day, Michelle. Fewer Transfer Students Add to Tuition Shortfall
• Rowell, Larry. Stepfather of Acquitted Melissa Autry Suspect Found Dead Friday – William Dugas aka Bruce
• Rowell, Larry. Crisis Management Team Gets Student Representation – Student Government Association
• Rowell, Larry. Memorial Service Held for Gatton Academy of Math & Science Student – John Adams
• Paul, Corey. Athletics Director Updates Regents on Division Change – Wood Selig, Football Bowl Subdivision
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Divisions
• Playing Head …

Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1569. Letter, 24 July 1923, from George L. Horton, Ashland, Kentucky to Clare Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning her upcoming visit to Ashland. Includes a colorful handkerchief printed with the nursery rhyme "Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross" that was enclosed with the letter.

Devries, Virginia Hope (Posey), 1911-1998 (Mss 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 192. Correspondence and research related to the Posey and Callis families. Includes a copy of a 1949 letter from Vice President Alben W. Barkley acknowledging his relationship to the Posey family.

Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 21. Dr. John Thomas Gingles, Kirksey, Calloway County, Kentucky, account books, 1866-1870, 1872-1875, 1880, 1884-1885; account book, 1851-1878, probably his father's, James A. Gingles; typescript of 1946 paper entitled "Vitamin Therapy" by his son Dr. Hunter W. Gingles, Hardburly, Perry County, Kentucky; University of Louisville Medical School commencement booklet, 1915; and letters and receipts. Includes four copies of The Murray Weekly News, 1886-1887 (see "Additional Files" below for scans).

Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (Sc 1570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1570. Letter, 1 January 1862, to his father from Harris, serving with the 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers near Muddy Branch, Maryland. He makes comments about the war, the Southern states, and his commander, Colonel Hincks. Written on letterhead with portrait of General George B. McClellan and the words “We have beat our last retreat!” in red and blue ink.

Short, Drucilla Jane (Harris), 1878-1952 (Sc 1567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1567. Two letters, 25 September and 27 October 1918, from Franklin, Kentucky native Drucilla Jane Short to her brother, George D. Harris, serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Letters contain comments about family, business, the influenza epidemic, and the impending overseas deployment of their brother Downey. The letters were returned after George's death on 13 October 1918.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Day, Michelle. Buried by the Budget – Budget Cuts
• Rowell, Larry. Administration, Campus Police Creating Emergency Plans
• Day, Michelle. Big Red Loses First Round to Gabibbo
• Laun, Susie & Emily Ulber. Gatton Academy of Math & Science Students Learn to Adjust During First Semester
• Strupp, Dustin. A Thousand Words – A Leading American University with International Reach
• Siders, Neil. News Brief – Student Government Association, Budget Cuts
• Brown, Holly. Patrick Ledbetter Injury Lawsuit Ruled in Western’s Favor
• Brown, Holly. Visiting Scholar Alleges Civil Rights Infringement at Research Center …

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1846 (Sc 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1258. Coroner’s inquest, 11 June 1846, into the death of Fielding Bettersworth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The commissioners made a finding of intoxication leading to death by drowning.

New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 178. This collection consists chiefly of membership lists and minutes of the New Friendship Baptist Church of Logan, Kentucky, 1834-1877, 1898-1988. Also included is an 1895 history of the church, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Decorum for the congregation.

Follin, Ethel Alma, 1912-1989 (Sc 1829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1829. Paper: "A Study of Economic Conditions of Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Ethel Alma Follin.

Ua1b3/3 Wku Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program, Draft, Wku Athletics Committee

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Draft policy for the WKU Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program.

Jones, George - Letters To (Sc 1564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1564. Two letters to George Jones from Merlin (last name not given) describing life at Camp Taylor, a World War I training facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes a photo of Jones in uniform.

Dearmin, Robert Allen, 1836-1926 (Sc 1561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of diary (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1561. Civil War diary, 1861-1864, of Robert Allen Dearmin. He served with the 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which saw service in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Also includes correspondence of the Dearmin and Lowry families. Associated data about the collection included.

Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1565. Paper titled "The York Farm: A Contribution to Folk Housing Documentation" written by Eugene B. Umberger, Jr. for a geography class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and diagrams of various farm structures.

Clagett, John Henry, 1916-2013 (Mss 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 10. Typed manuscript copy of John Henry Clagett's novel "Cradle of the Sun", published in 1952 by Crown Publishers, New York. Also includes clippings about Clagett and two short stories by him.

Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1563. Genealogy records, 1830, removed from the Joshua Reeder family Bible, includes notes and an affidavit verifying ownership of the Bible.

Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1562. Business letter from R.H. Short, New Orleans, to James Jenkins, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which discusses the sale of agricultural commodities. Includes a wholesale price list from New Orleans. Typescript is also included.