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Harper Family Papers (Sc 1546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Harper Family Papers (Sc 1546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1546. Wartime correspondence between Private Alfred Harper and his wife Elizabeth W. (Montgomery) Harper. Harper, from Columbia, Kentucky was serving as a machine gunner with the 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division when he was killed in Belgium 25 November 1944. Includes telegrams and letters to his wife related to his death.

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Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2883. V-mails to Aph P. Jackson, Eminence, Kentucky from her sons, Eli O. Jackson and Laban P. Jackson, written during their military service in World War II. Laban comments on a new birth in the family, on news of German and Japanese atrocities, and on the domestic peace movement; Eli asks about their farm and requests some twists of chewing tobacco.

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Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 525. Correspondence, business and farm records, and genealogical data of the Carpenter family of Warren County, Kentucky, primarily Jonathan T. Carpenter, his son Luther M. Carpenter, and Luther’s children. Includes some correspondence and papers of members of the Tucker and Hardcastle families.

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Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. Dissertation titled "Medical topography and diseases of Warren County, Ky." written by James A. Briggs at the University of Nashville in 1851. He describes his belief in the causes of malaria, and discusses cholera and other maladies that struck Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky prior to 1850.

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Jackson, Irving S., 1914-1979 (Sc 1503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jackson, Irving S., 1914-1979 (Sc 1503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. “Water transportation and the economic growth of Kentucky, 1510-1810.” Paper (104p.) written by Irving S. Jackson for an Economics class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1938. Discusses boat construction, flatboats, keelboats, canoes, legislation relative to river navigation, and the economics of the same. Includes maps and drawings.

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Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 522. Correspondence, photographs and papers of members of the Campbell and Garvin families of Warren County, Kentucky. Included are business records of David B. Campbell and letters written to him in 1850 while he prospected for gold in California.

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Murphy, William Lansing, 1926-1986 (Sc 2881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Murphy, William Lansing, 1926-1986 (Sc 2881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2881. Letter of William L. Murphy, written to his parents in Newport, Kentucky from Ascom City, Korea. Murphy, a U.S. Army sergeant, writes of his fellow servicemen, gifts he has sent, and a rumor of troops being sent home.

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Floods - Louisville, Kentucky, 1937 (Sc 2882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Floods - Louisville, Kentucky, 1937 (Sc 2882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2882. “Notes on Radio Broadcasts” by an unknown author, recording damage and emergencies created by the Ohio River flood at Louisville, Kentucky.

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Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1527. A historical list of Baptist schools and colleges in Kentucky with a brief description of each institution. Detailed information is provided for Clinton College, Clinton, Kentucky.

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Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Danaher V. Hopkins (Sc 2879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2879. Photocopy of decision of Kentucky Court of Appeals in Danaher v. Hopkins, rendered on 24 October 2014. The court rules on an appeal from the Warren Circuit Court regarding custody of the child of the parties in the case.

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Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Tolle Collection (Mss 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 524. Correspondence and papers of the Tolle family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes data on the Tolle, Snoddy and Bransford families, William Daniel Tolle’s history of Barren County, and materials relating to his work as a veteran’s pension claims agent.

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Meriwether, Charles (Lg 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Meriwether, Charles (Lg 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 140. Typescript copy of a land grant, 2 July 1808, by which John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee, granted to Charles Meriwether, assignee of John Gray Blount and Thomas Blount, 117 acres in Montgomery County, Tennessee.

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Mcclure, James (Lg 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Mcclure, James (Lg 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 141. Typescript copy of a land grant, 1 June 1835, by which William Carroll, Governor of Tennessee, granted to James McClure, 3900 acres in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

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Rascoe Family Papers (Sc 2878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Rascoe Family Papers (Sc 2878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2878. News clippings and holographic genealogical record related to how the Rascoe family was related to Daniel Boone. Also includes a photograph of the Rascoe boys and a friend with a basketball in front of the barn on the Rascoe homeplace in Daviess County, Kentucky.

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Merriwether, James H. (Lg 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Merriwether, James H. (Lg 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 138. Typescript copy of a land grant, 1 November 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to James Merriwether 480 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

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Johnson, David T. (Lg 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Johnson, David T. (Lg 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 139. Typescript copy of a land grant, 20 January 1851, by which Millard Fillmore, President of the United States of America, granted to David T. Johnson, assignee of Nathaniel L. Ragland, 160 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

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Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Mayo, George Morrow, 1896-1983 (Mss 521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 521. Scrapbooks (2) documenting the life and times of journalist George Morrow Mayo and his fashion designer wife Muriel L. Van Norden. Scrapbooks contain a historical narrative, articles written by Mr. Mayo, as well as photographs and other ephemera such as postcards, small maps, etc. Also includes news clippings, photos of Mayo’s Family and an autographed copy of his book Los Angeles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 193)

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Merriwether, James H. (Lg 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Merriwether, James H. (Lg 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 137. Typescript copy of a land grant, November 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to James H. Merriwether 160 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

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Lindquist, Olga A. (Sc 2877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Lindquist, Olga A. (Sc 2877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2877. Letter, 26 July 1955, of Olga A. Lindquist, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, to Frances Richards, English teacher at Western Kentucky University. She reviews recent favorable publicity for Berea College, refers to Richards’s recent visit, and encloses a brochure announcing publication of Elisabeth S. Peck’s book, Berea’s First Century 1855-1955.

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Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Ebelhar, Melissa (Sc 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1262. Paper, “The Fairy Belle,” written by Melissa Ebelhar for a WKU history class. She discusses the service of her grandfather, Lucian D. Keller, Owensboro, Kentucky, as a waist gunner in the 392nd Air Force Division in Europe during World War II.

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Bailey, William Shreve, 1806-1886 (Sc 2876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Bailey, William Shreve, 1806-1886 (Sc 2876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2876. Letter, 20 August 1860, of William Shreve Bailey, Newport, Kentucky, to Mrs. E. J. Hotchkiss. Bailey, the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Free South, thanks her for her subscription, reports that he has resumed publication (a mob damaged his press the previous year) despite threats against him, and regrets that fellow abolitionist Cassius M. Clay “turned against” him “in a fright.” Bailey’s letterhead advises correspondents to address him at Covington because of the enmity of the pro-slavery postmaster at Newport.

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Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Thompson, Ephraim (Lg 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 134. Original land grant, 3 December 1828, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Ephraim Thompson 100 acres in Allen County, Kentucky.

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Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Dotson, Dillingham (Lg 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Land Grant 133. Original land grant, 25 November 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Dillingham Dotson, assignee of Ephraim Thompson, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Jarvis, George Perry, 1842-1920 (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Jarvis, George Perry, 1842-1920 (Sc 2874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2874. Letter, 18 February 1862, of George P. Jarvis to L.R. Jarvis and friends in Athens County, Ohio, written while he was serving with the 3rd Ohio Infantry. He describes in detail the advance of his and other regiments on Bowling Green, Kentucky, their engagements with Confederate forces, and the destruction wrought by the Confederates during their retreat. Writing from one of the “principal houses” in town, Jarvis praises the taking of Bowling Green, calling it “one of the strongholds of this state” and the “Gibraltar …

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May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

May, William (Lg 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 132. Copy of land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to William May 700 acres in Nelson County, Virginia.

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Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Rowe, Hiram (Lg 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 131. Original land grant, 24 November 1852, by which Lazarus W. Powell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Hiram Rowe, assignee of Jonathan Rowe, 50 acres in Pike County, Kentucky.

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Sebastian, Benjamin, 1741-1832 (Mss 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sebastian, Benjamin, 1741-1832 (Mss 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 523. Letters and papers of Benjamin Sebastian, associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, relating to his involvement in the Spanish Conspiracy and his response to a congressional investigation of his conduct that led to his resignation from the Court.

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Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2875. Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.

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Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Duncan, Kate Northcott (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Mss 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 520. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical research, and Browning Club programs of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Kate (Clagett) Duncan. Includes her writings on the history of Bowling Green’s Presbyterian Church and some correspondence and papers of her husband, Carroll Allen Duncan.

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Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850 (Sc 2873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2873. Letter, 15 January 1811, of Richard Mentor Johnson to General James Wilkinson, Washington, D.C. He discusses a congressional investigation into Wilkinson’s conduct and wishes for his acquittal, speculates about the tobacco trade and the fate of Florida on the eve of the War of 1812, asks for news of St. Louis, where a nephew lives, and complains about his health, particularly his asthma.

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