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Mabry, John, Sr., 1764-1845 (Sc 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Mabry, John, Sr., 1764-1845 (Sc 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 652. Journal (40 pages) kept by John Mabry, Sr., Trigg County, Kentucky, which contains records of the Mabry, Mitchell, and Smith families, farming activities, land transactions, death, his will, and associated data.


Harmon, Mary - Letters To (Sc 2450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Harmon, Mary - Letters To (Sc 2450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2450. Letters (2) written to Mary Harmon from Arch Hunt and Sarah Goode, all likely of Simpson County, Kentucky. Hunt mentions "ole abe Lincoln is dead with out a doubt." Goode's letter is filled with news about household affairs, social and recreational activities including a revival meeting and fishing, and her health.


Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 371. Constitution and by-laws, histories, subscriber list, news clippings, photos, and sundry printed promotional pieces used in the campaign to erect a Y.M.C.A. building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This material was found in a tin box in the cornerstone of the building when it was razed in 1985.


Gordon, Maurice Kirby, 1878-1974 (Mss 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Gordon, Maurice Kirby, 1878-1974 (Mss 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 306. Personal and professional papers of Madisonville, Kentucky attorney Maurice Kirby Gordon. Includes Gordon's legal files, personal and business correspondence, photographs, genealogical research, and collected manuscripts and autographs. Also includes materials relating to Gordon's involvement with the American Legion.


Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 821. Facsimiles of two letters to Magoffin while he was governor of Kentucky. John E. Records, a Falmouth Democrat, writes of his reaction to the newly-founded Republican Party in his 31 March 1860 letter. Major General Leonidas Polk writes from Columbus 9 September 1861, telling of the occupation of this Mississippi River town by Confederate troops. Also, photocopies of census records.


Kaenzig, Charles Leslie, 1921-2006 (Sc 2455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Kaenzig, Charles Leslie, 1921-2006 (Sc 2455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2455. Correspondence regarding Charles L. Kaenzig of Versailles, Kentucky, an Air Force lieutenant shot down over Italy and held prisoner by the Germans. Includes notices to his father of his status, a letter to his father from the pilot of the downed aircraft, and letters for Kaenzig written to his parents and sister while waiting to be shipped home after his liberation.


Arnett, Terry (Sc 2454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Arnett, Terry (Sc 2454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2454. Letter, 23 February 1991, from Terry Arnett, serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield, to Allison Grimes, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He sends greetings and writes briefly of the desert conditions. Stationery includes Operation Desert Shielf crest and images of military activities.


Hoffman, Mary Elizabeth - Relating To (Sc 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Hoffman, Mary Elizabeth - Relating To (Sc 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 667. Anonymous, undated essay entitled “Incidents in the Life of Mrs. M. E. Hoffman of Cynthiana, Ky.” describing the Civil War activities of Mrs. Hoffman, a Confederate sympathizer. Includes a 1970s letter to Nancy Disher Baird giving additional information on Mrs. Hoffman’s actions during the Civil War.


Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Union Of The American Society Of Equity (Mss 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Union Of The American Society Of Equity (Mss 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 270. Minute books, account books and organizational papers of the Muhlenberg Union of the American Society of Equity, a farmers collective bargaining organization. Also includes constitution and by-laws, stationery, and other printed ephemera associated with the organization. The Muhlenberg Union was organized on 28 July 1905.


Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 - Collector (Sc 2453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 - Collector (Sc 2453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2453. Miscellaneous marriage bonds (9) and minister's return (1) collected by Nora (Young) Ferguson. The bonds were given in Barren Butler, and Breckinridge counties in Kentucky. Some may have been given in Warren County, Kentucky.


Electoral College (Sc 2451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Electoral College (Sc 2451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2451. Certification of George B. Hodge, James McKenzie, James M. Bigger, S. P. Love, R. S. Bevier, J. M. Atherton, Richard A. Jones, H. Cox, W. C. P. Breckinridge, Robert E. Little, A. L. Martin, and H. L. Stone, electors for Kentucky, as to the outcome of their votes for president and vice president of the United States, 1872. Includes notice of certification for 1880 bearing the signatures of the electors only.


Guthrie Family Papers (Sc 2452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Guthrie Family Papers (Sc 2452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2452. Civil War pension documents, chiefly affidavits describing his service, of William Guthrie, who served with the 13th Kentucky Cavalry; letter written to A. C. Guthrie in Farmington, Texas; and letter written to William Guthrie in Burkesville, Kentucky upon the death of A. C. Guthrie.


Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 (Sc 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 (Sc 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 279. Letters written by James Guthrie, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and president of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, mainly concerning political and legislative matters. Includes partial letter relating to General Leonidas Polk and troops in Kentucky during the Civil War.


Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.


Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2449. Letter, dated 30 January 1963, from attorney Marshall Funk to Robert W. Dickey related to an school integration lawsuit in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes the political platform and biographical information for Raymond McClard's 1973 state Senate race.


Authors Correspondence (Mss 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Authors Correspondence (Mss 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 358. Correspondence between authors or poets and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding donations of their works and available library holdings. Correspondents also write about their activities and work in progress.


Spiller, Mary Jane (Singletary), 1841-1939 (Sc 2448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Spiller, Mary Jane (Singletary), 1841-1939 (Sc 2448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2448. Typescripted memoir by Mary Jane Singletary of her Civil War experiences in Louisiana. She provides data about her family's military service, their efforts to evade Union blockades of Baton Rouge, and of protecting their possessions from Union troops. Also includes a reminiscence of Elise Talmage Lieb which mentions Spiller and a photograph of Spiller.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Hymns (Sc 177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Hymns (Sc 177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 177. Manuscript hymn book and instructional manual used by the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky. Includes copied portions of Isaac N. Youngs' "Rules of Music."


Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Brown, William, Jr. (Sc 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 179. Letters (3) written by William Brown, Jr. to his mother in Ohio, describing stagecoach travel from Louisville to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the local people and conditions, and his surveying of the Barren and Green Rivers for possible steamboat navigation.


Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 176. Printed invitation, 15 June 1932, to Miss Sarah Leat for a July 4th ball at B. Vance's Hotel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and newspaper clipping, 1929, concerning the invitation. Also holographic copy of lyrics of "Old Folks at Home."


Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Davis, William P., B. 1840? (Sc 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 175. Confederate Civil War diary kept by William P. Davis, of the Enterprise Guards, Company B, 14th Mississippi Infantry, from April-December 1861. The diary covers his company’s tour of duty from Corinth, Mississippi through Tennessee to Kentucky. A major portion concerns Bowling Green, Kentucky and vicinity. Includes a muster roll and guard lists for Company B. Also includes a typescript of the narrative portions of the diary.


Shaker Death Records (Sc 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Shaker Death Records (Sc 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 173. Record of deaths in the Shaker society at Hancock, Massachusetts. Also inlcudes some records of deaths in the society at New Lebanon, New York.


Shirley, Mrs. W. E. - Collector (Sc 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Shirley, Mrs. W. E. - Collector (Sc 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 174. Research materials collected by Mrs. W. E. Shirley for her master’s thesis (Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1934) on Isaac Shelby (1750-1826). Includes typescripts of Shelby’s gubernatorial correspondence (1793-1794); his will (1826); his autobiography; a pamphlet (1828) by Shelby’s son relating to the Chickasaw Treaty of 1818; and a letter to Mrs. Shirley from the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding the source of the typescripted autobiography.


Barry, William Taylor, 1785-1835 (Sc 229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Barry, William Taylor, 1785-1835 (Sc 229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 229. Photocopies of two letters by Barry while serving as Postmaster General under President Andrew Jackson. Letter 27 November 1832 to James K. Polk relates to mail service in Tennessee. Letter 7 February 1833 to Martin Van Buren concerns national politics. The bulk of the collection is research material, including other correspondence, that was typed or hand copied by J.F. Kany for the master’s thesis he wrote on Barry in 1934.


Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text letter (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2447. Letter of Frank M. Phelps, serving with a Wisconsin regiment at Camp Abercrombie, Shepherdsville, Kentucky, to his aunt Lydia C. Tibbits in Appleton, Wisconsin. He describes the Shepherdsville area and its connection to Daniel Boone, and discusses investing his soldier's pay.


Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 350. Items related to the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as well as Rotary International. The minutes, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, reports, clippings, and photographs highlight the organization's many years of service projects and civic involvement.


Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 2446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 2446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2447. Pages from scrapbook kept by Cora Eliza Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing clippings and programs relating primarily to local parties, dances, and weddings.


Macy, Jethro (Sc 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Macy, Jethro (Sc 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 223. Copy of portion of a diary kept by Macy from 8 November 1847 to 2 November 1848 chiefly while residing with the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky. He engaged in carpentry work and tending cattle before moving to Newburgh, Indiana, 25 July 1848. Includes 1961 letter related to the diary.


Dowden, Darnell, 1824-1891 (Sc 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Dowden, Darnell, 1824-1891 (Sc 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 226. Three leather bound notebooks of sermon notes, some copied from sermons published by J. M. Pendleton in “The Baptist.” Goshen, Walnut Grove, and Brandenburg are mentioned as places where the sermons were preached. Also includes Dowden biographical information.


Hoffman, Marvin G., 1878-1907 (Sc 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Hoffman, Marvin G., 1878-1907 (Sc 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 222. Photocopy of diary kept by Marvin G. Hoffman, Tiffin, Ohio while serving in the Ohio National Guard and the 2nd Ohio Infantry, chiefly during the period of the Spanish American War. Hoffman gives a good picture of his training and of life in the Ohio, Georgia, and Tennessee camps where he was stationed.