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2011

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Wall, William Ketchum, 1786-1853 (Sc 2475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2011

Wall, William Ketchum, 1786-1853 (Sc 2475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2475. Two letters from William K. Wall, a lawyer and state legislator, written from Frankfort, Kentucky. He writes of domestic matters, his health and churchgoing, and briefly of legislative affairs in Frankfort, Kentucky, including the prevalence of divorce bills and his successful application to obtain a pardon for a former client. He also comments, at times critically, on several individuals who may be his children.

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Onyekwuluje, Anne B. (Sc 2473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2011

Onyekwuluje, Anne B. (Sc 2473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2473. Interviews conducted by Anne B. Onyekwuluje with seven individuals about the life and influence of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers, the first woman elected to the Kentucky state Senate in 1963. They discuss their political relationships with Powers and her influence in politics and the Civil Rights movement.

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Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Mss 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2011

Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Mss 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 13. Genealogy records, charts, etc. and correspondence of Lockwood Anderson Barr, compiler of materials about the following families: Barr, Bradshaw, Feamster, Murray, and Tipton. Diplomas of Barr from Centre College, 1903, and Yale University, 1905 are included. Also (Click on "Additional Files" below) records of the Graham family of Warren County compiled by Gertrude Anderson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1904.

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Hadley, Howard "Buzz" - Letters To (Sc 2472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Hadley, Howard "Buzz" - Letters To (Sc 2472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2472. Letters to Howard "Buzz" Hadley, stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, chiefly from his wife Alice (Everding) Hadley, Buffalo, New York. She comments on the weather and her job, sends him news of family and friends back home, and reveals her unexpected pregnancy.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2471. Letter written to Jane (Hines) Morningstar during a period of convalescence, from an unidentified friend in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes his recent activities and gives local news.

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Cary, Larry Burr, 1946-2000 (Mss 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Cary, Larry Burr, 1946-2000 (Mss 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 377. Chiefly letters from Larry Burr Cary, serving with the U.S. Air Force in England, to his family in rural Cumberland County, Kentucky. He mainly inquires about the health of his parents, brother, and other relatives and friends, as well as about the weather and the crops. He comments only briefly about his own duties and travels.

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Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Mckenzie, William - Collector (Sc 2470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2470. Receipts, survey plats, conservation plan, and architectural drawings for renovations done at Walnut Lawn, a historic Bowling Green, Kentucky home on Highway 231 (Morgantown Road).

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Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Constitution and bylaws of the Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club, an organization formed to advance the goals of education and open to Legionnaires with teaching experience.

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Adcock, James Pringle, 1856-1951 (Mss 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Adcock, James Pringle, 1856-1951 (Mss 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 11. Originals of poems entitled "Frost-bitten Epigrams" written by James Pringle Adcock of Livingston County, Kentucky during the years 1939-1946. Also correspondence, 1932-1953, related to the collection.

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Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 369. Records of the Delineator Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club for women. Includes constitution, bylaws, minutes, financial records, yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, and summary historical notes prepared for the club's 25th anniversary.

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Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2467. Three letters to Jeanette Hampton, Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky. The first letter, February 1933, informs her that she has been approved as teacher of the Ellis school. Two 1935 letters from friends Minnie and Thala discuss schools, parties, quilting, and visits.

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Cutler-Hammer, Inc. (Sc 2468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Cutler-Hammer, Inc. (Sc 2468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2468. Correspondence and miscellaneous items related to the "Cutler-Hammer News," an employee newsletter of the Cutler-Hammer Bowling Green plant. Includes a list of potential newsletter topics as well as a list of "Corner Talk" articles written by the plant manager.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2466. Miscellaneous letters and postcards to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a satirical pledge to the Democratic Party and clipppings relating to Morningstar's father-in-law, Robert Morningstar.

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Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 2464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 2464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2464. Letter from James H. Hayden, Glasgow Junction, Kentucky, to Bob Morningstar, commenting on the marriage of his son, Roy Ballenger Morningstar.

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Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 376. Account books, “time books” for railroad employees, conductor’s book, receipt book and other miscellaneous records found in the freight depot at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a Civil War-era “Individual Collection Register” with entries that indicate a Georgia provenance.

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Tosh, Ted Rockwell (Sc 2462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Tosh, Ted Rockwell (Sc 2462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of manuscript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2462. Compact disc with electronic copy of "Benjamin Helm Bristow," a biography of the Elkton, Kentucky native, state senator and U.S. Solicitor General by Ted Rockwell Tosh. The 494-page biography includes bibliography and index.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2465. Miscellaneous letters to Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Scott Tobacco Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Scott Tobacco Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1240. Correspondence, primarily between W. H. Mason, president of Scott Tobacco Company, and T. H. Baird, Adairville, Kentucky, concerning dividends, indebtedness, capitalization and other company matters. Includes correspondence of Baird relating to mail service from Adairville.

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Baird, Charles C., 1911-2006 (Sc 2463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Baird, Charles C., 1911-2006 (Sc 2463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2463. Phonograph record with recorded letter from Charles Baird to Tom Baird in care of Scott Tobacco Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mailing envelope is postmarked San Francisco, California and labeled: "This is a recorded message from your Man in Service." Both phonograph and cover note: "Courtesy of Pepsi Cola" and contain the company logo.

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Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company (Mss 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company (Mss 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 2. Correspondence and papers concerning the planning and building of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad in Allen County, Kentucky. Chief correspondents include Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, William J. McElroy, Preston Hopkins Leslie, John J. Gatewood, Zachary F. Smith, and Woodford H. Dulaney.

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Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Mss 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Mss 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 368. Letters written to Frances Richards, a faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) by students during their military service in World War II. Correspondents include both men and women in all branches and theaters of war, and some family members. This collection contains more than 700 items, a small sampling of which can be viewed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

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Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1982 (Mss 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 373. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publications and associated material relating to the literary career of Anne Pence Davis, a poet, reviewer, novelist, and author of juvenile fiction who grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky and lived in Wichita Falls, Texas after her marriage.

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Martin, Edward Charles, 1930-2010 (Sc 2459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Martin, Edward Charles, 1930-2010 (Sc 2459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2459. Memoir written by Edward Charles Martin, a Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky native, that relates his early life in the Cincinnati area, his service in the National Guard and Air Force, his business ventures in Bowling Green, and his many travel opportunities.

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Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2461. Interview conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel with Julius Rather on 14 June 2011 at his office in Lexington, Kentucky. The interview topic was Rather's collection of political memorabilia which he began amassing in 1964 and the establishment of the Julius Rather Political Memorabilia Collection at Western Kentucky University.

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Hines-Park Foods, Inc. - Ithaca, New York (Sc 2460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Hines-Park Foods, Inc. - Ithaca, New York (Sc 2460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2460. Two files containing documentation relating to registrations 629,236 and 623,168 of the trademark “Duncan Hines” by Hines-Park Foods, Inc. of Ithaca, New York. Includes certificates of trademark registration dated 13 March and 19 June 1956, correspondence and records of U.S. registrations. Also includes a Duncan Hines buttermilk pancake mix box.

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Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 2458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 2458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2458. Ink and pencil drawings and sketches of floor plans, historic building facades, ornaments, furniture and maps, made by James Maurice Ingram for a history of architecture class. Includes portrait photograph of Ingram, group photograph and clipping about his 1968 University of Notre Dame class reunion, and handwritten notes on the nature of art and architecture.

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Daughters Of The American Revolution - Samuel Davies Chapter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Daughters Of The American Revolution - Samuel Davies Chapter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 363. Records of the Samuel Davies Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes membership applications and data, minutes, yearbooks and financial records.

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Fruit Of The Loom (Sc 2457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Fruit Of The Loom (Sc 2457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2457. Stock certificate issued to Julius and Emilie Twesten on 7 June 1950 for eleven shares of preferred stock of Fruit of the Loom, Inc.

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Huddleston, William A., 1833-1863 & Joseph Duley, 1836-1919 (Sc 2539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Huddleston, William A., 1833-1863 & Joseph Duley, 1836-1919 (Sc 2539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2539. Letter from William A. Huddleston and Joseph Duley to their in-laws, Squire and Sarah Raney, and letter from William A. Huddleston to his wife Lucinda. Written from Tennessee while the men were serving in the Union army, the letters describe Confederate movements, a battle at Sweeten’s Cove, the death of a comrade and the hardships of military life. Includes information on the Huddleston, Raney and Duley families.

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Dunn Family Papers (Mss 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Dunn Family Papers (Mss 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 3. Letters, chiefly family, to Mrs. Mary (Rogers) Dunn (1769-1857), James R. Dunn (1802-1880), and Zachariah R. Dunn (1842-1919) of Grayson County, Kentucky. Over half are from Prudence (Dunn) Rogers Creath, 2nd wife of Jacob Creath, Jr., minister of Palmyra, Missouri. Also tax receipts of James & Zachariah R. Dunn and Silas Thomason.

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