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Whalen, John And William (Lg 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whalen, John And William (Lg 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 44. Original land grant, 9 June 1856, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John and William Whalen 550 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2529. Two slave bills of sale (1849, 1856) to Tobias S. Grider, and agreement (1861) of a family of emancipated African Americans to be enslaved by William Davenport.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2527. Warrant (1822) to sheriff to take custody of a free mulatto man found in Warren County; certificates (2) and appointment (1) relating to slave patrols in Warren County (1824-1825); and undated power of attorney authorizing apprehension of a fugitive slave from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2528. Summons to jury and witnesses and charge in the case of Lucy, an enslaved woman, accused of attempting to murder her owner’s wife with an axe in 1814.
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 405. Journal of Nancy Elam Moore, an eldress of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, describing life in the colony during the Civil War, 1861-1863, especially visitation and exploitation by both Union and Confederate forces. Includes a diary of unknown authorship recording daily life at the colony in 1866. The original diary is owned by the Dayton [Ohio] Public Library.
Eclectic Book Club (Mss 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eclectic Book Club (Mss 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 407. Minute book, yearbooks, and financial data of the Eclectic Book Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Naturalization Papers, 1837-1907 (Sc 2496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Naturalization Papers, 1837-1907 (Sc 2496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2496. Naturalization documents for individuals who resided in Warren County, Kentucky from 1837 to 1907. Many of the documents were issued by other counties; law required they be deposited in the county courthouse of residency. Documents generally list the issuing county and state, date, name, and native country; others also provide city and date of embarkation, city and date of arrival, and age.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files) below for Manuscripts Small Collection 2526. Bonds for emancipated slaves in Warren County, Kentucky. The bondsmen undertake to pay a penalty if the freed slave becomes a charge on the county. Names and descriptions of the enslaved persons appear in the bonds. Includes one deed of emancipation.
Cherry, Ariel Clarence, 1878-1961 (Sc 2525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cherry, Ariel Clarence, 1878-1961 (Sc 2525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2525. Letter, 15 December 1944, from Ariel Clarence Cherry, Yakima, Washington, to his sisters, relating memories of their recently deceased mother, Leona Celeste (White) Cherry, of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes a note from a sister, Elizabeth (Cherry) McCallum, commenting on the wartime shortage of granite for grave markers.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.
Wood, Arthur Fox, 1829-1878 (Sc 2524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Arthur Fox, 1829-1878 (Sc 2524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2524. Letter, 14 July 1851, from Arthur Fox Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to “Tom” in Mason County, Kentucky. He compares Philadelphia (and its women) unfavorably to Mason County, reports on his medical studies, deplores abolitionism in the North, and asks about family and friends.
Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bolton, Joseph Edward, 1961-1990 (Mss 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scans of selected folders (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 404. Collected loose poems of Joseph E. Bolton, a native of Cadiz, Kentucky and a Western Kentucky University graduate. Bolton published two books of poetry in his lifetime. A posthumous collection, The Last Nostalgia, was edited by Don Justice and published in 1999. The bulk of the collection relates to Justice’s research notes and correspondence regarding publication of The Last Nostalgia.
Melton Family Papers (Sc 2523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Melton Family Papers (Sc 2523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2523. Genealogical records, correspondence, and receipts for various members of the Melton family of Webster County, Kentucky. Also includes genealogical information about the Lively and Norvell families.
Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 (Sc 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pond, Alonzo William, 1894-1986 (Sc 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 278. Report, 25 June 1935, of Alonzo W. Pond, National Park Service archaeologist, on a discovery of prehistoric human remains in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Includes photographs of the discovery.
Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Desport, Juliette Marie, 1889-1985 (Sc 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 277. Autobiographical sketch by Juliette Desport, Nashville, Tennessee, giving the history of the Desport family; information about paintings donated to the Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky; educational pursuits; and travel. Her father, Alphonse, was an artist who resided in Bowling Green from 1893-1905. Includes letters, 1969-1970 (3), of Miss Desport.
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 392. Letters written by John R. Johnson and Andrew Wilson Johnson to their parents in Wooster, Ohio, during the brothers’ military service in World War I and Andrew’s attendance at Ohio State University.
Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gough, William Henry, 1826-1910 (Sc 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 275. Record book of William H. Gough, the first sheriff of Meade County, Kentucky, containing notes of court cases and jury lists. Includes notes and diary entries relating to his activities at Mount Merino Seminary in Breckinridge County, and lists of students, 1841-1842.
Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tichenor, A. K. (Sc 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 274. Record book of dry goods purchases in account with J. B. Dyer, a merchant at Sonora, Hardin County, Kentucky.
Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barrick, Russell M., Jr. (Sc 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 273. Account books, 1859-1861, of a tobacco dealer of Barren County, Kentucky.
Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marshall & Cowherd - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 271. Account book, 1859-1862, of general merchants at Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky.
Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinsley, Alanson, 1816-1899 (Sc 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 272. Account book, 1860-1861, of a general merchant at Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky.
Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance, 1952-2011 (Mss 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance, 1952-2011 (Mss 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 402. Organizational materials including constitution, by-laws, membership directories and scholarship files for the Bowling Green Warren County Medical Society Alliance of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the two Western Kentucky University nursing scholarships granted by the group: the Newman & Lena Harris Scholarship and the Maydelle Johnson Funk Scholarship.
Cooper, Williamson Lee, Jr., 1889-1972 (Sc 2522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cooper, Williamson Lee, Jr., 1889-1972 (Sc 2522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2522. Letter, 18 March 1932, of W. L. Cooper, Jr., superintendent of Stuart Robinson School, Blackey, Kentucky, to friends of the school. He reports on a fire that destroyed the administration building and asks for donations to support rebuilding.
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 383. Transcripts, notes, and cassette tapes for interviews conducted by Dr. Wilford Fridy with individuals who knew or knew about John Wesley Venable, Jr., the person on whom Robert Penn Warren based the character Bolton Lovehart in his novella "Circus in the Attic." Interviews mention other people and places that Warren knew in Todd County, Kentucky. Also includes tapes of Robert Penn Warren giving a speech, reading some of his work, and an interview with Warren.
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904 (Sc 2521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904 (Sc 2521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2521. Letter, 17 July 1888, from William Campbell Preston Breckinridge to an unknown correspondent. He advises of his intention to seek reelection to Congress and asks friends in his district for support.
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1865-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1865-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2520. Letter, 25 June 1914, from Johnson N. Camden, U.S. Senator (Democrat) from Kentucky, in Washington, D.C. to Cicero Coleman, Lexington, Kentucky, asking for support in the upcoming election. Camden filled a vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley
Miller, Allen Jennings, 1884-1981 (Sc 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Allen Jennings, 1884-1981 (Sc 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; [email protected]
Carrington, Wirt Johnson Turner, 1845-1928 (Sc 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carrington, Wirt Johnson Turner, 1845-1928 (Sc 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 328. Paper (damaged, and therefore incomplete) entitled “Sketch of the life of General Evan Shelby,” read by Wirt Johnson Carrington on 6 April 1895 before a regular meeting of The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
Robbins, Josephus Ewing, 1854-1931 (Sc 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robbins, Josephus Ewing, 1854-1931 (Sc 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 329. Letter, 22 May 1930, to Mrs. Gabe Payne, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from Josephus E. Robbins of Mayfield, Kentucky, relating the history of West Kentucky College.
Coomes, Martin F., 1848-1919 (Sc 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coomes, Martin F., 1848-1919 (Sc 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 327. Paper (damaged, and therefore incomplete) entitled “History of Benjamin Linn, and his work as a Kentucky pioneer—Biographical sketch of John Ritchie—A Short Biographical Sketch of John Gilkey,” read by Dr. M. F. Coomes on 7 January 1895 before a regular meeting of The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.