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Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 - Collector (Sc 2660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 - Collector (Sc 2660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2660. Miscellaneous items pertaining to the Preston, Marshall, and Bryant families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes documents relating to James D. Preston’s bonus payment for World War I service, marriage and birth certificates and school records of the Bryant family, a family record with data on Marshall, Preston and Bryant family members, and a funeral guest register for Mrs. Eva Wilson.

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Depressions, 1929 (Sc 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Depressions, 1929 (Sc 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 910. Christmas card, 26 December 1933, with long message, written by "Elizabeth" of New York City to her sister (name and address unlisted). Evidently both sisters were originally from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Elizabeth comments on the Depression and expresses concern about the actions of President Roosevelt and his family.

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Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 915. Business form letters used by Meek and Milam, the famous fishing reel company of Frankfort, Kentucky. Also, correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the reels and the men who made them.

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Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project (Sc 912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project (Sc 912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 912. The Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project was part of a national project, coordinated in Warren County by Jonathan Jeffrey. Included are correspondence; completed questionnaires about Warren County sculptures; less detailed listing of other sculptures in state; news release; and newspaper article.

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Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Whitmer, Dudley Robert, 1899-1993 (Sc 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 916. Record book, 1917-1918, of attendance and grades kept by Muhlenberg County elementary school teacher Dudley Whitmer. Includes monthly and term summaries.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 820. Facsimile of an official document, 31 July 1813, issued by Governor Isaac Shelby to the Kentucky militia asking for volunteers for the War of 1812 to fulfill General William Henry Harrison’s request.

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Orrahood, M. David, 1923-2000 (Sc 2657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Orrahood, M. David, 1923-2000 (Sc 2657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2657. Paper by M. David Orrahood titled “History of Green River Country” in Kentucky. Paper deals chiefly with the history of transportation and commerce along the Green River in south central Kentucky.

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Reed, William Langely (Sc 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Reed, William Langely (Sc 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 859. Paper titled “World War II” and written by William Langely Reed for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990 based on an interview with his grandfather, Leslie E. Reed of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Leslie Reed, an army staff sergeant, installed communication systems at air bases in England and Russia.

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Kuster, Brian William (Sc 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Kuster, Brian William (Sc 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 865. Paper titled “Vietnam ‘1968’,” written by Brian William Kuster for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Paper is based on an interview with Andy Poehlein of the United States Army, 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, Company C, concerning his military experiences.

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Ohio County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Ohio County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 825. Miscellaneous accounts and receipts relating to the Ohio County Court, 1873-1927; some are for the work on the courthouse and jail.

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White, Mary F. (Townsend), 1854-1933 (Sc 842), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

White, Mary F. (Townsend), 1854-1933 (Sc 842), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 842. Letters from Henry T. Coates and Company, Publishers, to Mrs. Alfred L. White, New York, regarding the use of a photograph of “the Rookery” in a fictional revolutionary war monograph entitled Pemberton, or 100 Years Ago, by Henry Peterson. Includes letter, 28 July 1898, from Lavalette Wilson, Haverstraw, New York, civil engineer and surveyor, questioning the place the leading character, Major André, lodged the night prior to his capture.

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Hoerter, Henry Charles "Doc," 1909-1959 (Sc 837), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Hoerter, Henry Charles "Doc," 1909-1959 (Sc 837), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 837. Chiefly World War II letters written by Henry Charles Hoerter to his fiancée Alicia Mahoney while serving aboard the USS Barker, 26 October 1944-2 February 1945; Hoerter wedding photograph (photocopy), 7 June 1945; related war items; and Alicia's 1992 letters giving further information about their lives.

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Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Sc 843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Sc 843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 843 and full text of selected letters (Click on "Additional Files" below). Original Vietnam War letters written by Robert Michael Bradley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Miss Glenn Wheeler, also of Bowling Green, Christmas 1968- 30 May 1969. Also included are newspaper clippings concerning the award to Bradley of two Purple Hearts.

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Frusher, Paula Jeanne, B. 1954 (Sc 851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Frusher, Paula Jeanne, B. 1954 (Sc 851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 851. Research paper written by Paula Jeanne Frusher for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990, based on an interview with her father, Clyde Ash, detailing his childhood in Toledo, Ohio, in the early 1930s. Includes details on gangsters, employment, and prices

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Cunningham, Denise Johnson, B. 1964 (Sc 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Cunningham, Denise Johnson, B. 1964 (Sc 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 849. Research paper titled “Delbert J. Curtis, United States Army: Portrait of a Soldier, World War II” written by Denise Johnson Cunningham for a history class at Western Kentucky University, November 1990. Includes description of German prisoner of war camp in Rome, Italy, February 1943-April 1945. Also included is a newspaper clipping of Curtis’s obituary.

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Miller, Holly Jo, B. 1970 (Sc 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Miller, Holly Jo, B. 1970 (Sc 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 860. Essay by Holly Jo Miller titled “A Depression Childhood” and based on the memories of her grandfather, Wendell Miller. Written while living in Russell County for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990.

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Hudson, Cynthia Gail (Sc 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Hudson, Cynthia Gail (Sc 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 857. Paper titled “The Experiences of William Robert Hudson in the German Occupation” and written by Cynthia Gail Hudson for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class and based on an interview with Hudson, November 1990.

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Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 858. Paper titled “World War II: World Events, The United States…,” written by Lisa Jo Rhoades for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990. Based on Harry Young’s experiences in France and Germany, 1944-1945, the paper includes photocopies of six photographs and two maps.

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Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 823. Record book of the Adairville Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, Logan County, Kentucky, 1886-1888. Volume includes Adairville Lodge Number 301 of the Independent Order of the Good Templar minutes, November 1884 to September 1885 and related records.

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Disney, David Ray, 1948-2019 (Sc 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Disney, David Ray, 1948-2019 (Sc 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 844. Vietnam War letters written by David Disney, a Cumberland, Kentucky native, to his father Clyde Disney, also of Cumberland, 28 August 1969-10 May 1970, and one letter from David Disney’s wife, Dot, to her father-in-law, 3 September 1969. Includes vivid descriptions of combat conditions.

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Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 862. Paper titled “Malcolm Wolford World War II Veteran,” written by Jack C. Porter for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Personal narrative based on Porter’s interview with his grandfather Malcolm Wolford, who served in the Army Air Corps as a radar man from 1942-1945.

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Dockery, Admiral Porter, 1885-1968 (Sc 2658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Dockery, Admiral Porter, 1885-1968 (Sc 2658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2658. Compilation of Dockery’s poetry titled “Verse of a Traveling Showman” edited by Eldon Doyle Dockery.

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Rosenbaum, Michael Owen, B. 1972 (Sc 853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Rosenbaum, Michael Owen, B. 1972 (Sc 853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 853. Narrative essay written by Michael Owen Rosenbaum, based on his father Mark Rosenbaum’s account of attendance at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York, 16 August 1969, written for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990.

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Sanford, John D. (Sc 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Sanford, John D. (Sc 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 879. Letter, 23 November 1813, written by John D. Sanford to his brother and sister, Elija and Susannah Geter, Jefferson County, Kentucky, discussing family matters and his observation of the War of 1812 at Detroit.

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English, Dan (Sc 850), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

English, Dan (Sc 850), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 850. Paper titled “The Great Depression” written in November 1990 by Dan English for a Western Kentucky University history class and based on an interview with Elizabeth O’Daniel.

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Buchsbaum, Lee Michael, B. 1972 (Sc 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Buchsbaum, Lee Michael, B. 1972 (Sc 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 848. Paper written by Lee Michael Buchsbaum titled “Sherwood Rudin: Excerpts From a Life,” written in November 1990 for a Western Kentucky University history class. Includes essay by Rudin entitled “To Preserve the Dignity and Honor,” n.d.

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Waters, Bonita Jean, B. 1971 (Sc 854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Waters, Bonita Jean, B. 1971 (Sc 854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 854. Paper written by Bonnie Jean Waters for a Western Kentucky University United States history class,
November 1990, titled “The American Soldier” discussing her grandfather John Napper’s experiences as a sergeant in Battery A, 68th Field Artillery, First Armored Division.

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Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Blandford, Donald J., B. 1938 (Sc 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 877. Letters written by Donald J. Blandford, Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, to Representative Richard A. Sanders, Jr., Smiths Grove, Kentucky, during the federal investigation (known as Operation Boptrot) of Kentucky House members and staff.

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Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 874. Letters, 1967 (12), written chiefly by Private James Earl Oliver from Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to his wife Elizabeth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes his day-to-day military life.

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Turner, Todd (Sc 840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Turner, Todd (Sc 840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 840. Research paper titled “Dorothy Dix: The Burdened Heart of a Helpful Woman,” written by Todd Turner for a women’s history class at Western Kentucky University, 30 June 1989.

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