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Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1220. Civil War letters written to his future wife Sarah Catherine Prose by George Henry Hughes, while he was serving with an Ohio infantry regiment. He describes military life and battles, particularly in Tennessee and Alabama.

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Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1229. Legal papers removed from genealogy notebooks compiled by Edwin T. Roberts, including a Mississippi deed, 1867, and documents relating to Richardella Ragland’s estate, partially in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 54. Original land grant, 2 February 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Jacob Myers, 3,000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

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Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 53. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Vertrees, 400 acres in Jefferson County on Cave Creek.

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Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Condolence letter to Guy Moody’s parents and manuscript memorial certificate with photograph of Moody, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes photocopies of carved inscriptions on wooden pointer (or cane) that were done by Guy in 1897, and of other memorials written about Moody.

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Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863 (Sc 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863 (Sc 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 1302. Letter written by John Jordan Crittenden, U.S. Senate, to Hon. A. Beatty, evidently of Rhode Island, in response to Beatty's concern about the impeding tariff legislation.

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Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1309. Writings by Robert Cron, Roundhill, Kentucky, about the Honaker family and the Warren County, Kentucky community of Naker. Includes a copy of a published article about the family and community, 2001; a Naker postmaster’s certificate, 1936; and photocopy of photograph.

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Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1305. Business papers, 1832-1895, of John Claude Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, including a document written in French, 1832; naturalization certificate, 1861; receipts, 1865, 1873; and promissory note, 1895.

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Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 55. Original land grant, 20 September 1786, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Silas Harding, 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

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Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1308. Letters, 26 August and 21 December 1969, written by Ivan Wilson, Bowling Green and Hazel, Kentucky, to the J. Crawford Crowes, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the move of Wilson and his wife to Hazel.

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Covington, Wickliffe (Cooper), 1867-1938 (Sc 2803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Covington, Wickliffe (Cooper), 1867-1938 (Sc 2803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2803. Letter to “Daisy,” written by Bowling Green, Kentucky artist Wickliffe (Cooper) Covington, making arrangements for Daisy to fire a chocolate pot, plate and other china.

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Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2802. Page from an autograph book, inscribed "Best wishes, Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943."

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Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2801. Letter of Marjorie L. Jackson, serving with the Women’s Army Corps at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, to her fiance Henry J. Heusinkveld, serving on the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa. She comments on the world political situation, hopes for Japan’s surrender, and expresses her love for him. She also encloses an article about Louisiana marshlands located near her home.

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Fiegel, Kurt H. (Sc 1257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Fiegel, Kurt H. (Sc 1257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1257. Paper, “Historic and Archival Photographic Documents of the 1869 Bowling Green Water Works Engine/Boiler Room, Repair Shop and Pump House: A Contributing Element of WA-B-3, the Bowling Green Water Works, Warren County, Kentucky” by Kurt H. Fiegel, Frankfort, Kentucky. Includes historical narrative, construction details, maps and photographs. This project documented the structure prior to its demolition.

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Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1256. Military papers, service record, and letter of John Gilligan, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He joined the Army National Guard in 1939; entered the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1941, serving until 1946; and then served again in the National Guard until 1952.

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Gardner, Byron Richard, 1894-1966 (Sc 1255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Gardner, Byron Richard, 1894-1966 (Sc 1255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1255. Paper entitled “Woman” by Byron Gardner, in which he upholds what he considers to be women’s divinely ordained role in society and opposes women’s suffrage.

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Crandall, Jean Degrace (Sc 1253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Crandall, Jean Degrace (Sc 1253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1253. Research materials collected by WKU student intern Jean Degrace Crandall in connection with a proposed Kentucky Museum exhibit on multiculturalism and popular music in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1254. Letter, 10 August 1835, written by Rebecca Washington, Logan County, Kentucky, to her daughter Jane Walker in Arkansas Territory. She vividly describes the cholera epidemic that has devastated the white and African American residents of Russellville and Logan County, and relates family news. Information about the letter is included.

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Coke, James Guthrie, 1841-1908 (Sc 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Coke, James Guthrie, 1841-1908 (Sc 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1252. Account book kept by businessman and farmer James Guthrie Coke, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes accounts for farm operations, household expenses and employees.

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Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Green, Frank Henry (Sc 2800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2800. “The Rich Tradition of Torch Throwing at Mammoth Cave National Park,” an illustrated monograph by Frank Henry Green. Includes historical summary and technical data on making and using torches.

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Salmon, James M., 1834-1904 (Sc 1251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Salmon, James M., 1834-1904 (Sc 1251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1251. Fee book kept by James M. Salmon while serving as a constable in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, from 1860-1864. Some personal accounts are included, as well as a summons, 1857, and a business note, 1888.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 39. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, D.B. Curd, assignees of A.M. Houchin, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2799. Typescripted personal history of David Lee Bryant (1923-2000) describing his upbringing in Todd County, Kentucky, his World War II military service, his capture by the Germans and liberation by the Russian Army, his subsequent work for a wholesale grocery firm, and his wife and three sons. Includes article about Bryant published 5 February 1986 in the (Greenville, Kentucky) Leader-News, and explanatory letter of his son Gary L. Bryant, 21 November 2013.

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Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2798. Letter of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky attorney Douglas Keen, 28 October 1929, setting out his qualifications, deploring political “mud-slinging” against him, and seeking support in his electoral campaign as the Republican nominee for County Attorney.

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Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2793. Correspondence and research materials relating to the genealogy of the Totty family of Kentucky, and related families Carter and Cosby. Includes military records, birth, marriage, will and deed records, and pedigree charts.

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Promissory Note - Allegany County, Maryland (Sc 2797), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Promissory Note - Allegany County, Maryland (Sc 2797), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2797. Promissory note and bond from an unknown obligant (bottom half torn), given to John Sigler for 30 pounds, payable in grain.

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Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2795. Pocket diary of John G. Allen, containing a few brief notations made while Allen was serving in the Union Army in 1862 and was encamped near Nashville; letter to his sister from camp, 24 November 1862, assuring her that he has had enough to eat; two promissory notes of Allen’s; and a summons to Allen to appear in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Court to answer a claim for debt.

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Account Book - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Account Book - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2796. Merchant's book of accounts for foodstuffs, animal feed, wood and drayage in the Paducah, Kentucky area.

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Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2794. Letters of Maxwell P. Spicker, Jr., to his parents in Louisville, Kentucky, written during his U.S. Army service in World War II. He writes of his training and leisure activities at Fort Riley, Kansas, Seattle, Washington and Gainesville, Texas, and confidentially to his father of his request for an overseas assignment. Includes photographs of Spicker and fellow soldiers.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Documents (Sc 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Warren County, Kentucky - Documents (Sc 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1276. Certificate of receipt, 6 May 1873, issued to B. Young for payment of special tax on business as a dealer in leaf tobacco in Woodburn, Kentucky; also copy of contract, 1 October 1900, between R. A. Taylor and T. H. Stamps authorizing Stamps to receive pay as a postal carrier subcontractor, with attached certificate of Postmaster General.

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