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Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 (Sc 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 209. Letters, 10 July 1826 and 15 April 1835, from Benjamin Bosworth Smith, an Episcopal clergyman and first bishop of Kentucky, to Reverend and Mrs. T. Edson, Lowell, Massachusetts. The first letter relates to the printing of one of Edson’s sermons. In the second letter, Bosworth expresses his regrets in declining an invitation from the couple.
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farnsley, Alexander Pericles, 1832?-1906 (Sc 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 208. Facsimiles of courtship letters from Alexander Farnsley, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary E. E. Thurman, also of Louisville, and one of her replies. They both comment on the growing sectional feeling and the approaching Civil War. Also includes a 1962 newspaper article related to the letters, written by a Farnsley descendant.
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Council On Archives (Mss 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 364. Correspondence, meeting minutes, publications, photographs and audiotapes regarding the Kentucky Council on Archives, a statewide professional organization for archivists, records managers, manuscript curators, and others interested in the preservation and use of public records and manuscript collections in Kentucky.
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 207. Copy of 1 February 1852 letter from Lewis George Richardson, a medical student at the University of Louisville, to his father, Reverend George Richardson, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes of his schooling, the Louisville winter, and his prospects for the future. Also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Richardson written by a grandchild.
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935 (Sc 2435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2435. Pre-printed check for a farewell offering, payable to evangelist William Ashley "Billy" Sunday and drawn on Kentucky Bank and Trust Company, Madisonville, Kentucky, 17 October 1928.
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grundy, Sydney, 1848-1914 (Sc 2434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2434. Letter, 7 April 1891, of English dramatist Sydney Grundy to Richard M. Field, manager of the Boston Museum Company in Boston, Massachusetts, discussing the royalty payment scale for production of his play "Lady Jess."
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
"Gone With The Wind" (Sc 2438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2438. Souvenir booklet sold at theaters showing the motion picture "Gone With the Wind." Includes illustrations, cast list, major players' credits, and information about the production.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 210. Letter, 23 June 1866, from Simon Bolivar Buckner, New Orleans, to E. J. Mathews, New York, in reply to Mathews' request for an autograph.
Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 163. Account book, 1874-1877, for students of Bethel Female College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; undated list of Bethel Female College students; and letters, 1882, to Jacob Ward Rust, president of the college.
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934 (Sc 2433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holstein, Otto, 1883-1934 (Sc 2433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2433. Memorandum, 1 September 1917, to Brigade Commander of 1st Brigade, Kentucky Infantry from Otto Holstein, Captain, Signal Corps, and Provost Marshall of Lexington, Kentucky, reporting on an altercation between military police officers and African Americans. Includes a newspaper clipping about the incident.
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sing, Sam (Sc 2342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2342. Account book of Sam Sing, proprietor of a Chinese laundry in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The book records types of garments and linens cleaned, and includes a price list printed in the 1880s.
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.
Nelson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1788-1798 (Sc 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nelson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1788-1798 (Sc 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 201. Photographs of two bonds, 1788 and 1792, for the administration of the estate of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln; photograph of executors' bond, 1798, for the settlement of the estate of John Fitch. John Rowan is one of the executors of the Fitch estate.
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clemens, John Marshall, 1798-1847 (Sc 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) For Manuscripts Small Collection 204. Photograph of marriage bond issued to John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton, 6 May 1823, in Adair County, Kentucky. John M. Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens were the parents of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. Also included is a letter from Ruth Burdette to Elizabeth Coombs, 2 September 1951, related to the bond photograph.
Breckinridge Coal And Oil Company (Sc 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge Coal And Oil Company (Sc 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 205. Photograph of a ledger page from the Breckenridge Coal and Oil Company, Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, April 1852, showing the quantity of coal oil obtained from a ton of coal.
Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gordon, Angus Neal, 1893-1981 (Sc 2431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2431. Sermon notes, liturgies, and teaching outlines compiled by Angus Neal Gordon, a Presbyterian minister, who served as Pastor of The Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1952 to 1964. Of particular interest is a written statement given by Gordon after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barrow, David, 1753-1819 (Sc 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 203. Photocopy of a contract for a subscription school drawn up 7 November 1800 by David Barrow, a Baptist preacher and teacher in Montgomery County, Kentucky. The document specifies the length of the school term, compensation for the schoolmaster , and rules of conduct. Also includes a list of the subscribers.
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 (Sc 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 (Sc 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 202. Letter, 8 July 1898, from Cassius Marcellus Clay, White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky to Colyer Meriwether, advising him that he was sending a copy of the first volume of his autobiography to him, and commenting about the "vendetta" being waged against him by his divorced wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay.
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holman, Billy - Collector (Sc 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 126. Logan County, Kentucky land entries of Ninian Edwards, 1809, Jefferson County, Kentucky; legal brief concerning a lawsuit brought against the Shakers at South Union, Kentucky, 1829-1830.
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kouwenbergh, Ella, 1871-1965 - Collector (Sc 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 129. Revolutionary War pension papers of Nicholas Carter, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1837; letter of James Carothers written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his wife Rebecca in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania describing the construction of the bridge over Barren River (College Street Bridge), 1838 and accompanying 1938 letter; Civil War envelopes; and Jefferson County land abstract, 1877.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Businesses (Sc 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Businesses (Sc 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 128. Pages cut from an account book or books which list various individuals and firms of Bowling Green, Kentucky, with accompanying index.
Thatcher, Maurice Hudson, 1870-1973 (Sc 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thatcher, Maurice Hudson, 1870-1973 (Sc 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 162. Letters, Christmas greetings, and poems of Maurice Hudson Thatcher, U. S. Congressman and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Includes a letter with genealogical information, a chronological history of the Mammoth Cave National Park Association from 1924-1926, a short speech, birthday greetings from President Richard M. Nixon, and an obituary article on Thatcher.
Lamkin, Kathrine Porter (Russell), 1926-2009 - Collector (Mss 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lamkin, Kathrine Porter (Russell), 1926-2009 - Collector (Mss 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and several full-text items (click on "Additional Files" below) from Manuscripts Collection 359. Genealogical research material collected by Kathrine Porter (Russell) Lamkin and her husband John "Jack" Tucker Lamkin about the Porter family. Includes a typescript and annotated copies of John M. Porter's 1872 history of the Porter family. Also includes information about auxiliary families including: Blacklock, Dobbins, Hein, Beard, Carson, Chapman and Helm.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830 (Sc 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830 (Sc 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 161. Letter from Samuel Brown, a professor at Transylvania University Medical School, Lexington, Kentucky, to Dr. Frederick Ridgeley, expressing his pleasure in the prospect of having Ridgeley's son in one of his classes. Includes newspaper clipping about Transylvania Medical School, 1819, and letters, 1936, pertaining to these items.
Dunn, James L. (Sc 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dunn, James L. (Sc 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 160. Miscellaneous receipts, primarily for taxes paid by James L. Dunn in Breckinridge (1893-1908), Grayson (1862-1887) and Ohio (1891) counties in Kentucky. Includes railroad tax receipts (1870-1881) and notice to J. D. Dunn regarding delinquent taxes in Breckinridge County (1918).
Herdman Collection (Sc 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Herdman Collection (Sc 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 124 and full text of Camilla Herdman's 1897 diary (Click on "Additional Files" below. Collection includes diary, 1897, kept by Camilla Herdman, proprietress of the Morehead House, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and unpublished essays, 1926, titled "Spotlights on Life" written by her son, Carl D. Herdman.
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 159. Deed of division among heirs of Thomas L. Sloss involving lands in Simpson County and Warren County, Kentucky, 1845; writ of execution to Logan County, Kentucky sheriff, 1868; power of attorney regarding administration of estate of Edward E. Sloss.
Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 124. Letters, 1864, written by John P. Hill, Civil War prisoner at Rock Island, Illinois, to his uncle, John Meadows, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, concerning his imprisonment, and his miscellaneous family letters, 1861.
Mckenna, George (Sc 2430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckenna, George (Sc 2430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2430. Letters to George McKenna, of Brooklyn, New York, written while he was serving with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and in Vietnam. Friends write of their college, military, work and social lives. McKenna’s mother provides family news. Includes two of McKenna’s letters to a friend and to a young woman he met while on leave in Australia.