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Westerfield, William Peter, 1835-1916 (Mss 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Westerfield, William Peter, 1835-1916 (Mss 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 471. Diaries of William P. Westerfield, a Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky physician, recording the weather and local events from 1895-1915. Includes some Westerfield family data.
Smith Family (Sc 2763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith Family (Sc 2763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2763. History and genealogical data on the Smith family of Butler and Ohio counties in Kentucky and related families. Includes data on Thomas and Vicy (Weeks) Smith, the great-grandparents of Wyatt Earp.
Thorpe, Herbert C., 1873-1904 (Sc 2764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thorpe, Herbert C., 1873-1904 (Sc 2764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2764. Letters of Herbert C. Thorpe, General Manager and Assistant Treasurer, United States Gas, Coal, and Coke Company, to his wife and father. Writing from Sturgis and Paducah soon after his arrival in Kentucky from New Jersey, Thorpe describes the stresses of his new management responsibilities and the challenges to the company in the event of a miners’ strike, and criticizes the work ethic of the miners. Thorpe died in Paducah of typhoid fever on 31 July 1904.
Compton, Dorothy Hinman, 1923-1982 (Sc 1107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Compton, Dorothy Hinman, 1923-1982 (Sc 1107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1107. Various drafts of a travel journal kept by Dorothy Hinman Compton, Bowling Green, of a July 1939 trip to Washington, D.C., and New York City that she made with her mother and other family members. Includes related material.
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 (Sc 1109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 (Sc 1109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1109. Letter written 7 April 1851 by “Will,” Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Lydia Amanda Boadley (he calls her “Sis”, but he was in fact a beau). He refers to a rival for her affections and consoles her on the death of a schoolmate. He also mentions seeing the singer Jenny Lind, who “took tea” as she passed through Bowling Green after a performance in Franklin, Kentucky, and pronounces her “not pretty.”
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Sc 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Sc 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1112. Transcript of an interview with Mary Julia Neal, Bowling Green, Kentucky, conducted by Gina Claywell. Claywell was interested chiefly in Neal’s experiences as a student at Bethel College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and as a teacher at Western Kentucky University in the 1930s and 1940s.
Morgan, Billy Brandon, B. 1929 (Sc 1111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, Billy Brandon, B. 1929 (Sc 1111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1111. Diary kept by Billy Brandon Morgan, Benton, Marshall County, Kentucky, of a mission trip that he and Charles Cavitt took to French West Africa. They represented the Benton Church of Christ eldership as they visited and evaluated the evangelistic work being done there, especially in organizing and operating a Bible Training Center in Benin. Includes report of 2006 trip to the training center.
Goolsby, Robert L., 1854-1936 (Sc 1108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goolsby, Robert L., 1854-1936 (Sc 1108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1108. Letter written by Robert L. Goolsby, Greenfield, Tennessee, to James J. Shannon, Lebanon, Tennessee. Goolsby, tongue-in-cheek, outlines a lawsuit that he wants filed against the town of Lebanon, where Shannon is attending school. He also relates some family news. Includes Goolsby biographical material.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Slaughtering Of Animals (Sc 1113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Slaughtering Of Animals (Sc 1113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1113. Document comprising the timeline of hog and cattle slaughtering by members of the Shaker Society at South Union, Logan County, Kentucky from 1 December 1814 to 16 December 1891, compiled from Shaker journals and other original sources. Entries often indicate the number of animals butchered, their weight, and the purpose of the butchering.
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2762. Letter, 30 April 1898, to Colonel Robert Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Walter S. Forrester, Assistant Adjutant General of Kentucky, regarding the possibilities of Kentucky troops seeing combat in the Spanish-American War; letter to Mrs. T. J. Peay and notes of Jane Morningstar regarding Barbre cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky; notes of Elise Dulaney on members of the Covington and Dulaney families of Warren County, Kentucky; printed pamphlet titled “Supplement Mulkey Genealogy.” You may access the Forrester letter about Spanish-American War service by clicking on "Additional Files" below.
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 2761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 2761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2761. Condolence letter from U.S. Representative William Huston Natcher to Mrs. Effi Phelps, Bowling Green, Kentucky concerning the loss of her mother.
Garnett, Joseph Fauntleroy, 1901-1973 (Sc 1106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garnett, Joseph Fauntleroy, 1901-1973 (Sc 1106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1106. Holographic copy of a radio speech, [1934?], delivered by Democrat Joseph Fauntleroy Garnett, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, seeking his party’s nomination as a candidate for the Kentucky state senate representing Christian and Hopkins Counties. Also, another radio speech [1934?], typed with holographic changes. Includes 14 June 1933 document from the Secretary of State acknowledging his declaration as a candidate, and receipt for printing 500 placards, 1935.
Doughty, Kyllie (Sc 1103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Doughty, Kyllie (Sc 1103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1103. Paper: "Remembrances of Summer 1944,” written by Doughty for a Western Kentucky University class. She based her paper on her interview with her Louisville, Kentucky, grandmother, concerning life after her husband enlisted in the U.S. Navy, during World War II, and before he was sent overseas.
Civil War, 1861-1965 - Pensions (Sc 1102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1965 - Pensions (Sc 1102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1102. Materials related to Civil War pension claim of Thomas J. Winfrey, Russell County, Kentucky, and his widow, Mary (Sharp) Winfrey. Also includes document certifying the death of Corporal Hugh A. Sharp on 18 July 1863 in a hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Backus, William, 1847-1938 - Relating To (Sc 1101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Backus, William, 1847-1938 - Relating To (Sc 1101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1101. Correspondence, 1974-1975, between Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Roy F. Porter, Lexington, Kentucky, related to Porter’s grandfather William Backus. A stonecutter, Backus did the work on the columns and capstones of the Warren County courthouse and the stone arch on the north side of Fountain Square in downtown Bowling Green.
Logan County, Kentucky - Caves (Sc 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Caves (Sc 1104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1104. Two letters written 24 August 1964 by Rosa R. Head, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green. Head gives a firsthand description of Cook’s Cave in Logan County. Her parents owned the farm on which the cave was located and she grew up there.
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 1105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 1105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1105. Unpublished history (30p.) of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Franklin, Kentucky, written by Father John A. Lyons, Louisville. Lyons’ accompanying letter relates information about his paper.
Brown, Phil (Mrs.) - Letter To (Sc 2759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Phil (Mrs.) - Letter To (Sc 2759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2759. Letter, 24 September 1927, to Mrs. Phil Brown, Kansas City, Missouri, describing a trip to Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The unnamed writer describes visiting sites associated with Annie Fellows Johnston’s Little Colonel series and conversing with residents familiar with its characters. Includes photographs of the approach road to “The Locust,” home of the “Little Colonel,” and the Pewee Valley railroad station.
Wiltse, Jason S., 1843-1874 (Sc 2760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiltse, Jason S., 1843-1874 (Sc 2760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2760. Diary of Jason S. Wiltse, kept while serving as a corporal with the 23rd Michigan Infantry. He describes the countryside, weather and conditions during his tour of duty in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and notes the names of his correspondents. He also describes the battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee, and refers (p. 68) to having been in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Christmas Day 1862. Includes a photograph of Wiltse in uniform.
Goodnight, Michael (Lg 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodnight, Michael (Lg 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 444. Original land grant, 11 March 1790, by which Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Michael Goodnight, assignee of John Wynn, 200 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky.
Mcneel, Joseph And John Mcneel (Lg 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcneel, Joseph And John Mcneel (Lg 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Land Grant 443. Original land grant, 17 May 1790, by which Beverley Randolph, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Joseph McNeel and John McNeel, assignees of James Kelly and Mary Ann (McNeel) Kelly, 400 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky.
Deacon, James (Lg 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deacon, James (Lg 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 442. Original land grant, 21 July 1796, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Deacon 180 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky. Includes a survey of the land dated 4 November 1795.
Davis, James (Lg 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, James (Lg 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 441. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to James Davis 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky). Includes a survey of the land dated 14 February 1783.
Linn, Benjamin, 1750-1814 (Lg 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Linn, Benjamin, 1750-1814 (Lg 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 445. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Benjamin Linn, assignee of Gower Severns, 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky).
Warren County Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2757. Resolutions of the Warren County Court, Warren County, Kentucky, delivered to Mrs. Catherine Payne expressing sympathy on the death of Edmund Payne.
Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text transcription (Click on "Additional Files") of Manuscripts Small Collection 2755. Letter of John Steele, 16 February 1802, written from Bourbon County, Kentucky, to Reverend John Hemphill, Chester County, South Carolina. He describes the behavior of worshippers at the religious revivals in his part of the country, and expresses concern about their departure from orthodox principles of religion.
Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2758. Items related to the teaching career, including salary information, of Chole Howard; includes list of retired teachers in Monroe County, Kentucky (dated 1977) and information about the Mothers' Day program at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church in Monroe County.
Uncle Jeff Oil Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 2756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Uncle Jeff Oil Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 2756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2756. Statement, 8 February 1921, of activities, assets and liabilities of the Uncle Jeff Oil Company, Nashville, Tennessee, issued in connection with a stock offering; also 1923 letter to a stockholder, and a dividend letter to stockholders outlining the company’s prospects and inviting further stock purchases. Reference is made to the company’s leases in Williamson and Dickson counties in Tennessee and in Warren County, Kentucky.
Blake, Rufus George, 1846-1929 (Sc 1095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blake, Rufus George, 1846-1929 (Sc 1095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1095. Letter, 17 July 1927, by Rufus George Blake, Crossett, Arkansas, to his granddaughter Maxine (Blake) Walker. Relates briefly his and his father Hiram Blake's Civil War experiences, which resulted in Hiram being killed near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes 1997 letter related to earlier document.
Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1094. Documents mainly of Wall family members of Cynthiana (Harrison County), Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. The family correspondence includes three Civil War era letters. The financial receipts include one for the cost of an 1841 servant’s coffin.