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Johnston, Ira J. (Sc 2792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Johnston, Ira J. (Sc 2792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2792. “Memories of a WWII Veteran,” by Ira J. Johnston. Johnston recalls the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, entering the U.S. Army, basic training, his service in France and Belgium, combat on the advance through Germany, the food he ate, interacting with German civilians, a surprise meeting with his brother-in-law, his return home, the Japanese surrender, and his discharge.

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Haile, Hascal B., 1907?-1986 (Sc 1275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Haile, Hascal B., 1907?-1986 (Sc 1275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1275. Incoming business letters and checks, visitor’s log and address book, and photos of furniture and guitar made by Hascal Haile, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. Haile made guitars for several well-known country music artists.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 - Relating To (Sc 1273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 - Relating To (Sc 1273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1273. Insurance application, dated 17 October 1859, for the home and barn of General Robert E. Lee in Arlington, Virginia. Includes a detailed description of the structures.

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Artus, James (Sc 1274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Artus, James (Sc 1274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1274. Letter, 18 January 1861, written by James Artus, a veteran of the War of 1812, to G.L Forman and H. Taylor, concerning procurement of medals from the state for himself and three other surviving Kentucky volunteers. He also expresses his hope that Kentucky supports the Union.

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Stringfield, James (Lg 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Stringfield, James (Lg 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 26. Copy of land grant, 31 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Stringfield 200 acres in Warren County.

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Morris, Betty (Sc 1226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Morris, Betty (Sc 1226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1226. Letter, 19 August 1990, written by Betty Morris, Hardinsburg, to Lisa Day, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Morris discusses the confusion surrounding two early Kentucky settlers named Willis Green.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 36. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of P.T. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 35. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of J.T. Dunn, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 22. Original land grant, 8 January 1811, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thompson Briggs, 200 acres in Warren County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 34. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of William Austell, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 46. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of Dr. J.H. Miller, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 44. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of J.W. Houchin, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 47. Original land grant, 12 April 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to R.D. Curd, H.D. Curd, Willis C.Houchin, and W.B. Thompson, assignees of W.S. Wilson, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Memorials (Sc 1235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Memorials (Sc 1235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1235. Song written by a Mr. McCrerie of Petersburg following the death of his wife Anna and daughter Ellen.

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World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1250. Welcoming message, April 1918, from King George V, sent to Thomas Asbury Napier Scottsville, Kentucky. Napier’s son, Linus Pitts Napier, was among the U.S. soldiers who had arrived in Great Britain to assist the English in the war effort.

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Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 25. Original land grant, 18 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles M. Ransdell, assignee of Vincent Anderson, 200 acres in Warren County.

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Hord, Edward (Lg 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Hord, Edward (Lg 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 23. Copy of land grant, 1 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edward Hord, assignee of Samuel Coker, assignee of Andrew McFadin, assignee of Boitton Williams 200 acres in Warren County.

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Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 30. Original land grant, 9 December 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.E. Runner, W.M. Houchin, and W.B. Thompson assignees of S.G. Dabney, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 29. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of O.G. Moore, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 28. 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, and D.B. Curd assignees of Hiram Jordin, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 38. 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 Asel Houchin, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 42. 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, D.B. Curd, and H.F. Curd assignees of D.W. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 40. Original land grant, 9 December 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, D.B. Curd, and H.F. Curd, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 48. 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.P. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of William H. Wells, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 49. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of W.E. Runner, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 50. 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, and D.B. Curd, assignees of James H. Lindsey, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1227. Letter, 9 November 1862, written by Henry Sowers, encamped at Nicholasville, Kentucky, to his brother John. He gives an insight to the harshness of camp life and asks that certain articles (food and clothing items) be sent to him.

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Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1263. Paper, “Remembering the Rift,” by Zanga Anne Lindsey, Edmonson County, Kentucky, written for a WKU history class. Lindsey focuses on the views of her mother, Zanga Vincent Lindsey, concerning the Vietnam War and society during that troubled period.

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Brooks, Danny Ray (Sc 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Brooks, Danny Ray (Sc 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1260. Paper, “Life During the ‘30’s and ‘40’s,” written by Danny Ray Brooks for a WKU history class. He relates the experiences of O.G. and Evelyn Simmons, of Bowling Green, Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1266. Paper, “Thistle Cottage,” written by Rebecca Cobb for a WKU restoration class, documenting the history of this 1912 house built in Greenville, Kentucky for coal magnate William Graham Duncan.

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