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Warren County, Kentucky - Maps (Sc 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Warren County, Kentucky - Maps (Sc 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 732. Original holographic maps of the towns of Jeffersonville, 1805? and Bowling Green, 1807, in Warren County, Kentucky. Also holographic copies of early plans of Bowling Green, n.d., and of an order which designates prison bounds for the county, 1814.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 731. Letter concerning a debt owed to the Shakers, 1839; indenture binding Eli McLean to teach the spinning trade to Eliza Janes, age 12, 1842; and letters pertaining to the Shakers' seed trade, 1861, 1878.


Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 730. Copies of a letter written by Benjamin Seth Youngs, South Union, Kentucky to the Ministry, New Lebanon, New York, concerning the design and construction of buildings at South Union.


Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.


Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 - Letters To (Sc 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 738. Photocopies of letter, 1791, written to Edmund Rogers by his brother, John, concerning continental land warrants; and of letter, 1813, written to Rogers, Barren County, Kentucky, by his brother, Thomas, from Mountford, regarding Henry Underwood’s trip to Ohio to bring Joseph Rogers Underwood home after he was wounded in the War of 1812.


Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Sandidge, Hattie Mcmillan (Williams), 1876-1942 (Sc 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 742. Typescript of 1941 letter written by Hattie McMillan (Williams) Sandidge, Burkesville, Kentucky, to school friend Bessie McMillan (whose father, J. P. McMillan, was president of Alexander College in Burkesville), reminiscing and relating information about Burkesville and mutual friends.


Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Kennedy, Jesse, 1787-1863 (Sc 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 744. Letter, 3 September 1837, from Jesse Kennedy, Bourbon County, Kentucky, to brother-in-law George Waugh of Cabell County, Virginia, after the death of Kennedy’s first wife. He writes of his children, servants, and other relatives. Kennedy was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.


Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935 (Sc 2612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2612. Typescript copy of speech by Edwin Porch Morrow, Somerset, Kentucky, presented at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, about the history of Kentucky according to its geography and memorable figures. Also includes a speech about grief and death.


Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) . for Manuscripts Small Collection 34. Letter written by Sy Johnson, Mount Pinia, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to John H. White, Warren County, Kentucky concerning the hiring of slaves.


Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.


Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2619. Paper written for a Kentucky literature class titled "Shadrach Penn." This paper details the life of journlist Shadrach Penn, Lexington, Kentucky.


Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2616. Typescript copies of "A Brief Sketch of Rafinesque and the Transylvania Botanic Garden" and the "Journal of Samuel Constantine Ranfiesque," by Maud (Ward) Lafferty, Lexington, Kentucky.


Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.


Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2633. Original typescript of a Sarah "Sadie" Frances Price bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2611. Typescript copy of “Volume II: Their Superfluous Highnesses,” by Royal Ornan Shreve. This document is from Chapter IX, titled “Richard M. Johnson,” Detailing the Life, Political and Military, of a Former United States Vice-President.


Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.


O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of selected items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 735. Shipping records book evidently kept by R. R. O’Hara and Son or Gracey & O’Hara, commission merchants, Eddyville, Kentucky, and two advertisements of the firms. The bills of lading concern goods shipped from Eddyville and include information as to shipper, destination, name of steamboat carrying goods, etc.


Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2610. Bound typescript volume of papers accumulated by Harry Innes. Papers include inventories, orders, bonds, wills, land documents, correspondence, etc. Original housed in the Library of Congress.


Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.


Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2634. Typescript copy of [supposed] journal of Edmund Rogers, cousin of George Rogers Clark, written for him by his daughter Edmonia Thomas (Rogers) Beauchamp; also includes
typescript of an 1892 newspaper article about Edmund Rogers.


Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.


Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 739. An invitation to a centennial party for the Adelphian Society on 26 February 1886 at the home of J.D. Hines, Circuit Clerk, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Tunks, Floyd Mckinley, 1896?-1959 (Sc 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Tunks, Floyd Mckinley, 1896?-1959 (Sc 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 729. Livestock receipts (2) of Floyd McKinley Tunks, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, from Montgomery and Company, livestock dealers, Louisville, Kentucky, listing prices paid for cattle sold for Tunks.


Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of one document only (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 734. Minutes kept by the Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee composed of ladies' auxiliaries from the Kentucky counties of Logan, Simpson and Warren.


Mammoth Cave - Deeds (Sc 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Mammoth Cave - Deeds (Sc 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 733. Photocopies of Warren County, Kentucky, deeds, 1799-1814, pertaining to Mammoth Cave, beginning with the original 200 acres entered by Valentine Simon by virtue of a Commissioner’s Certificate.


Blackburn, William, 1808-1870 (Sc 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Blackburn, William, 1808-1870 (Sc 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 32. Letter written by William and Jane Blackburn, Allen County, Kentucky, to their brother and sister, Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Billingsley, Ladoga, Indiana, concerning family news, the local political situation and the growth, trade and export of tobacco.


Cloyd, Mary (Sc 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Cloyd, Mary (Sc 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 31. Loom weaving drafts for Nine Snowballs and Pea Patch designs. On the back a notation from Washington County, Tennessee states: “This is the Cass and Butler drafts.”


Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970 (Sc 2607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970 (Sc 2607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2607. Typescript copy of the last will and testament of Fielding Lewis, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lewis was a brother-in-law to George Washington. This document contains information about Lewis’ land, slaves, and debts.


Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 (Sc 2606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 (Sc 2606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2606. Typescript copy of the last will and testament of Fielding Lewis, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lewis was a brother-in-law to George Washington. This document contains information about Lewis’ land, slaves, and debts.


Todd, George Davidson, 1856-1929 (Sc 2604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Todd, George Davidson, 1856-1929 (Sc 2604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2604. Typescript copy of a speech given by George Davidson Todd, Louisville, Kentucky, before the Filson Club in May 1894. The title of the speech is “A Sketch of Judge Harry Innes,” and details Innes’ life as an attorney, judge, and a leader in the early development of Kentucky.