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Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.


Hayes, Geraldine Alice (Page), 1928-2006 (Sc 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hayes, Geraldine Alice (Page), 1928-2006 (Sc 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 369. Letter, 24 September 1992, written by Geraldine Hayes, Homestead, Florida, to her sister-in-law Mildred Gipson, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, describing the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Includes a recipe for “Andrew Stew,” and a letter, 1993, identifying the persons named in the earlier letter.


Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger, 1826-1899 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger, 1826-1899 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2510. Letter of C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger Alexander, written from Gallatin, Tennessee, to her granddaughter Lelia, presumably in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She mentions local social activities and refers to a recent fire in Bowling Green.


May, Gloria Miller (Binzel), 1929-2016 (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

May, Gloria Miller (Binzel), 1929-2016 (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2512. Two letters from Gloria May (Mrs. Philip S. May, Jr.), Jacksonville, Florida, to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky, with personal news. She also relates anecdotes about the shopping habits of Pauline Tabor, a Bowling Green madam, and the luxuries she afforded her employees.


Nicholls, Margaret Gates, 1868-1941 (Sc 2511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Nicholls, Margaret Gates, 1868-1941 (Sc 2511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2511. Notes of an address to teachers, remarking on the poor conditions in school buildings. The author is unknown; the notes were found in an envelope addressed to Margaret Nicholls, Calhoun, Kentucky.


York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2505. Letter from John T. York, serving in the Korean War, to his sister Virginia York, Murl, Kentucky, in which he inquires about his family and briefly mentions a shelling at his camp.


Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 303. Two account books, 1852-1855, of a general merchant, possibly at Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Washington, William Armistead, 1800-1887 (Sc 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Washington, William Armistead, 1800-1887 (Sc 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 368. Letter, 6 June 1883, written to a friend from Owensboro, Kentucky by William Armistead Washington. He tells of his attempts to overcome his ill health, recalls games of checkers and chess with members of the friend’s family, and mentions others of their mutual acquaintance.


Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 302. Ledger of sales, 1896-1898, of a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky, possibly the firm of McGoodwin & Parks.


Bridwell, Margaret (Morris), 1905-1973 (Sc 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Bridwell, Margaret (Morris), 1905-1973 (Sc 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 366. Letter to Mrs. E. H. Canon, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding information that Mrs. Canon had concerning silversmiths of the 1850 era. Also a paper about Asa Blanchard, an early Kentucky silversmith.


Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 393. Minutes, correspondence, programs, historical sketches, and miscellaneous material of the Ladies Literary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 367. Letter to Miss Elizabeth N. Duncan, Denver, Colorado, concerning the availability of tickets to the Democratic Convention. Urey Woodson was Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.


Hays, Daniel J., 1910-1974 (Sc 2501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hays, Daniel J., 1910-1974 (Sc 2501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2501. Letter, 21 April 1974, to his son Victor D. Hays from Dr. Daniel J. Hays. Writing from Rampur, Nepal, Dr. Hays discusses arrangements for a planned meeting of the family in Bangkok, Thailand.


Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 301. Account book, 1830-1873, of Samuel Hatfield, a general merchant in eastern Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes accounts of tobacco notes, tobacco, meal, and mules and pigs bought.


Johnson, James L. (Sc 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Johnson, James L. (Sc 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 365. Typescript of a speech delivered on Nathan B. Stubblefield, “Father of the Radio,” by James L. Johnson at the annual convention of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association in Louisville.


Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 300. Account book, 1846-1847, of the estate of Robert Davis, a merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of notes and accounts due, and cash received from the sale of his goods and chattels, including slaves.


Monin, Bill (Sc 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Monin, Bill (Sc 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 360. Letter, 23 September 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Bill Monin. Writing from Amman, Jordan, Monin tells of his sightseeing, interactions with local citizens, and of participating in an American Friends Service Committee international work camp.


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 364. Photocopies of Civil War letters (3), 1862, 1864, n.d. The letters were written from camps in Tennessee and Georgia by soldiers from Illinois. Includes letter relative to above letters, 1971.


Baker, J. M. (Mrs.) (Sc 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Baker, J. M. (Mrs.) (Sc 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 363. Biographical sketch of Cale Young Rice, writer originally from Webster County, Kentucky, written by Mrs. Baker for the Gen Samuel Hopkins Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Included are photographs of historical marker and Rice’s birthplace.


Dinwiddie, William, 1787-1865 (Sc 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Dinwiddie, William, 1787-1865 (Sc 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 297. Account book of William Dinwiddie, a saddler and harness maker at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes loose sheets of account records.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 362. Instructions of the church (1), 1844; miscellaneous receipts (4), 1870-1896; newspaper wrapper (1), 1896; weather record for December, 1896; record of illness of Annie Ingram, 1910; and undated Shaker hymn.


Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 299. Book containing invoices, 1857-1858, rendered to Tom L. Burnam, a general merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 298. Account book of James P. Pendleton, a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes “List of cases in Police Court and my fees in same.”


Vance, Marion, 1922-1979 (Sc 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Vance, Marion, 1922-1979 (Sc 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 361. A short story titled “Little Noah” written by Marion Vance, a lawyer of Glasgow, Kentucky.


Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 296. Account books, 1816-1821 and 1846-1885, of the Renick family, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, containing records of work done by a blacksmith for barter, with accounts noted in pounds and shillings; and of a general merchant, whose records include an estate appraisal; and miscellaneous notes.


Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 250. V-mail letter to Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly, Maceo, Kentucky, from Robert Boutcher, written during his military service in Italy. Boutcher thanks them for a Christmas gift and comments briefly on his unit’s aerial combat activities.


Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 294. Account book, 1806, of William Chapline and Williamson Gatewood, general merchants in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 359. Holographic letters, 10 and 15 November 1818, of two Shaker elders in West Union, Indiana, to elder Benjamin Seth Young, South Union, Kentucky, concerning affairs at West Union.


Trimble, Anne Ridings, 1909-1971 (Mss 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Trimble, Anne Ridings, 1909-1971 (Mss 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 391. Correspondence and published stories of Logan County, Kentucky, romance story writer Anne Ridings Trimble. The correspondence is between Trimble and Kentucky Library librarians Mary Leiper Moore and Elizabeth Coombs. Click on "Additional Files" below for a list of Trimble stories mentioned in the collection.


Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 389. Correspondence between Bill L. Weaver, a graduate of Western Kentucky University and former history instructor, and WKU history professor Lowell H. Harrison. Most of the correspondence took place during Weaver’s tenure as an administrator at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine.