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Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1099. Letter, 8 April 1932, of Velma Gertrude Vick, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky, to “My dear Mrs. Smith.” She encloses some Fairfax family genealogical data and information related to Logan County artist Roberta McLean, who specialized in painting family coats of arms. Also, three newspaper clippings.

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Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1097. George Oliver Diamond's autobiography, written for his children and grandchildren and focusing on his experiences as a member of the 559th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II. He received a portion of his military training in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returning to the city after the war to work and raise his family. He saw combat duty during the final months of the war.

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Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1098. Four labels used for guitars made and sold by Hascal B. Haile in his shop in Tompkinsville (Monroe County), Kentucky. One label is inscribed to noted guitarist Chet Atkins; the others have not been used. Includes one of Haile’s business cards and a 1998 newspaper article.

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Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 466. Minutes, including lists of both white and African American members, of Hopewell Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky.

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Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

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Howard, Obediah, 1741-1804 - Relating To (Sc 2754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Howard, Obediah, 1741-1804 - Relating To (Sc 2754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2754. Wills for Obediah Howard, Barren County, Kentucky, and James Bray, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Also includes a short vignette about Eliza Lewis, a former slave of the Howard family, Barren County.

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Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Mss 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Mss 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 462. Photocopies of original correspondence, telegrams, and reports housed at the National Archives as well as newspaper articles, correspondence and research notes related to the James Gang’s robbery at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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Wooten, William H. (Sc 2753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Wooten, William H. (Sc 2753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2753. Promissory note, 15 November 1858, of William H. Wooten and Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Pleasant Hines for $165.00. Includes notation by Hines acknowledging receipt of payment.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1090. Commutation money receipt given to Henry J. McLean, Owensboro, Kentucky. McLean, a colonel drafted into the Union army from Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District, paid $300 to receive a discharge from further liability for the draft. Receipt signed by George D. Blakey.

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Stanley, John Hart, 1808-1878 - Relating To (Sc 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Stanley, John Hart, 1808-1878 - Relating To (Sc 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1091. Holographic copy of memorial comments related to the death of John Hart Stanley, a Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, who represented the 5th District in the state legislature. He was a state senator when he died, having been elected in 1875. Includes holographic copy of a campaign flyer used in his senatorial race.

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Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1089. Will of prominent Bowling Green, Kentucky native Johanna Louisa (Underwood) Nazro, filed on 28 July 1924 after her death on 14 November 1923.

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Mckinney, Thurman Ray, Jr., 1931-2008 (Sc 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Mckinney, Thurman Ray, Jr., 1931-2008 (Sc 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1093. Baby book of Thurman Ray McKinney, Jr. kept by his mother Emily while living in Somerset and Louisville, Kentucky. Includes Ray's report card for 2nd grade from Bowling Green's 11th Street school; photos of family members and schoolmates; and copies of his mother's obituary and death certificate.

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Simons, J. R. (Sc 1092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Simons, J. R. (Sc 1092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1092. Three letters, June-December 1863, from J. R. Simons, serving with the Union army near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousins Harriet and Nancy Trout, Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. He describes the fighting at Vicksburg as well as conditions before and after the battle.

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Burch, James W., B. 1808? (Sc 1088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Burch, James W., B. 1808? (Sc 1088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1088. Letter, 23 November 1862, written by Burch, Henry County, Tennessee to his brother, Benjamin D. Burch, relating the economic impact of the war and describing guerrilla activities in his home area. Includes photo of Burch and his wife.

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Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1087. Two cards of honor awarded to Nettie for good deportment and perfect lessons by the Texas School in Texas, (Washington County), Kentucky. Each card features a colorful pastoral scene on the back.

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Cox, Floyd W., 1925-1981 (Sc 1086), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Cox, Floyd W., 1925-1981 (Sc 1086), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1086. School paper, “My First Punishment in School” written by Floyd W. Cox for an English class in 1942. He relates the punishment he received as a seven-year old student at the one-room Oakwood Mills school in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Massachusetts Abolition Society - Boston, Massachusetts (Sc 1084), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Massachusetts Abolition Society - Boston, Massachusetts (Sc 1084), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1084. Photocopy of a circular letter written by Executive Committee member H. Cummings, Boston, Massachusetts, to Society members in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, asking their assistance in paying off the organization’s indebtedness.

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Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1082. Letter, 4 February 1937, written by Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Bess (Fayne) Cherry, vividly describing her involvement in providing transportation by car of Louisville flood refugees to Bowling Green. She housed some refugees in her home.

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Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1085. Paper describing the beginning and early years of the Parent-Teacher Association in Bowling Green, Kentucky schools.

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Flood, Edwin Warren, 1921-1944 (Sc 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Flood, Edwin Warren, 1921-1944 (Sc 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1081. Six World War II V-Mail letters from Edwin Warren Flood, serving aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis in the Pacific area, to his parents and sister in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also, three letters from his parents and sister, written before Flood’s death on 14 February 1944. Collection includes materials related to his posthumous awards, a photo of Flood in his U.S. Navy uniform, and negatives.

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Huddleston, Walter Darlington "Dee," 1926-2018 (Sc 1083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Huddleston, Walter Darlington "Dee," 1926-2018 (Sc 1083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1083. Letter, 11 July 1980, from Kentucky Senator Walter Darlington Huddleston, Washington, D.C., to Virginia P. DeVries, Bowling Green. He thanks her for her letter, details his views on immigration limits, and comments on President Jimmy Carter’s proposal to reinstate the military draft.

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Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2752. Autograph book of Nancy Arianna “Anna” (Sloss) Watkins, Simpson County, Kentucky, with entries from 1857-1865. Many of the contributors included poems. Also includes locks of hair found in the autograph book.

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Mauldin, Martha, 1920-2006 (Sc 1096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Mauldin, Martha, 1920-2006 (Sc 1096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1096. Response of Mauldin, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Rush Limbaugh Position Poll relative to positions held by the National Organization of Women and the Limbaugh-Luce Policy Institute. Mauldin did not return the form, but she added personal comments to it.

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Kriss, Leslie, B. 1975 (Sc 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Kriss, Leslie, B. 1975 (Sc 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Small Collection 1063. Paper, “The Scariest Day of my Life,” written by Leslie Kriss for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.

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U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor - Kentucky (Sc 2750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor - Kentucky (Sc 2750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2750. Correspondence, newsletters, and draft tour information relating primarily to the features of that portion of the U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor located in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes a color brochure describing both the Highway 31-W and 31-E Heritage Corridors.

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Logan, Mary Middleton (Curd), 1915-2019 - Collector (Sc 2751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Logan, Mary Middleton (Curd), 1915-2019 - Collector (Sc 2751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2751. Genealogical notes, correspondence and clippings relating to the Curd, Middleton, Smith and associated families.

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Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only Manuscripts Collection 465. Correspondence, primarily professional, or Dr. Marvin David Orrahood, a pathologist practicing in Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes Parts I-IV of a family history and genealogy, "The Family of Marvin David Orrahood II and Aline Joyce Orrahood," and a list of Owensboro physicians (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Wier Family Letters (Sc 2749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Wier Family Letters (Sc 2749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2749. Letters (3) to her sister of Nancy A. Wier, written from Union County, Kentucky, and from Webster County, Kentucky under her remarried name of Nancy A. Martin; and letter to her aunt of Mollie Wier, written from Cadiz, Kentucky. Nancy writes of her health and both husbands and children, and asks about family members; she also mentions having seen a coal mine in Union County. Mollie writes of her siblings and other family, and mentions her brother Henry’s death in the army.

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Johnson, Joni (Sc 1061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Johnson, Joni (Sc 1061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1061. Paper, “The Storm of ‘98,” written by Joni Johnson for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing her reaction to a severe storm that occurred on 16 April 1998 while she was in her campus dormitory.

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Corbin, Mary Elizabeth (Townes), 1919-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Corbin, Mary Elizabeth (Townes), 1919-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2748. Two letters to Mary E. Corbin, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The first, postmarked May, 1939 from “Aunt Laura” in Nebo, Kentucky, wishes her success after her graduation and marriage. The second, dated 14 August 1944 from “Rosemary,” in Detroit, Michigan, relates news of her young children and inquires about Mary’s husband, then on furlough from military service.

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