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Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 2414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 2414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2414. Drafting project featuring architectural elements with an emphasis on shading executed by James Maurice Ingram for an architecture class at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana.
Eddington, Rachel (Sc 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eddington, Rachel (Sc 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 134. Letters (1857-1863) of a freed slave, Rachel Eddington of Clay Ashland, Liberia, written to Charlotte Belt, her former owner in Ohio County, Kentucky, Belt’s brother Henry Stevens, and her husband Sandy. She writes of her and her children’s illnesses and the lack of sufficient food, housing and employment in Liberia. Includes Barren County, Kentucky, slave bill of sale (1843) for Sandy; script for a radio drama (1936) based on Rachel’s letters; and correspondence (1936-1947) with the donor of the letters, who was a descendant of …
Kleijnen, Maria Jozefina, 1926-2010 (Mss 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kleijnen, Maria Jozefina, 1926-2010 (Mss 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 353. Correspondence of Maria Jozefina "Mia" Kleijnen and her family in the Netherlands with the Grise family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of family matters, conditions in the Netherlands following World War II, and of Dutch life and customs. Also included are letters to the Grises from other European correspondents.
Goodman, Julian, B. 1922 (Ct 1968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodman, Julian, B. 1922 (Ct 1968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 1968. Recording of a speech delivered by Julian Goodman to the Kentucky Broadcasters Association on 23 October 1975. He outlines his life story and his rise to the presidency of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the history of broadcasting with particular emphasis on the de-regulation of the radio industry and lessons learned from it.
Howard, K. (Sc 2413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howard, K. (Sc 2413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2413. Notebook containing genealogical notes by K. Howard, the great-grandchild of Richard Howard (b. 1780) and grandchild of James Wesley Howard (1803-1893). The notebook contains genealogical information on the Howard, Daugherty, Taylor, Crabb, and realted families of western Kentucky.
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 180. Petition, including typescript, signed by 21 citizens of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 16 October 1864, addressed to Major General Burbridge, requesting that Colonel William Hobson retain command of the Union troops stationed there.
Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 181. Three letters written by James S. McWhirter from Bowling Green, Kentucky, January and February, 1862, to his sister Zellora near Gallatin, Tennessee, relating war activities and personal matters. McWhirter was stationed in Bowling Green with the 24th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers. Also, letter 10 April 1952, from Harry Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning his family relationship with the McWhirters.
Mcclean, Roberta - Collector (Sc 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclean, Roberta - Collector (Sc 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 133. Emancipation deeds for three slaves signed by Henry Fisk, Montgomery County, Kentucky; letters from W. M. Perkins, New Orleans, Louisiana, to his cousin Rebecca Fisk, Russellville, Kentucky, with family news; and a blank check of the Southern Bank of Kentucky, Russellville, which was robbed by Jesse James in 1868. Includes information on the subsequent fate of Fisk’s emancipated slaves.
Logan, Della (Haydon), 1873-1951 - Collector (Sc 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan, Della (Haydon), 1873-1951 - Collector (Sc 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 132. Miscellaneous documents relating mostly to the Haydon family, including a Barren County, Kentucky tax receipt, 1869; promissory notes; and an agreement to purchase a gravestone, 1873. Also includes an agreement to sell land in Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1830.
Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Union Army discharge issued to John R. Wiley of Hamilton County, Ohio, and powers of attorney given by his sisters to Leroy F. Dudley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, pertaining to the settlement of Wiley's estate. A typescript of Wiley's obituary is included.
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 2412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), B. 1924 (Sc 2412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2412. Three Christmas cards to Patricia M. Hodges from Elizabeth Ann "Libby" Hancock, Santa Fe, New Mexico, daughter of the author Janice Holt Giles. One includes a letter with family news. Also included is a Christmas card to Hodges from The Giles Society Board of Directors.
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bell Family - Correspondence (Sc 97), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 97. Letters, 1831-1871, mostly incoming from relatives and friends, written chiefly to Caleb N. Bell, Methodist minister of Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain mainly family news and religious comments. Also biographical information.
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen, Jordan, 1793-1876 (Sc 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 130. Photocopy and typescript of memoir by Jordan Owen, a Virginia native and Church of Christ minister of Green and Hart County, Kentucky, outlining his early life and religious views. Includes a published biographical sketch.
Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2411. Directory of 1957-1958 officers and active members of the Bowling Green-Warren County, [Kentucky] Junior Chamber of Commerce. Includes the "Jaycee Creed" and procedure for nomination of new members.
Mammoth Cave National Park Association (Mss 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave National Park Association (Mss 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 296. Correspondence, financial papers, administrative papers including minutes of annual meetings, reports, maps and other sundry records of the Mammoth Cave National Park Association. The Association was established to obtain options for land purchases in the region and to oversee the day-to-day operation of the cave prior to its being designated a national park in 1941. Afterwards, it operated in more of an advisory/advocacy capacity. A scan of an early MCNPA membership application has been included as an Additional File (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Authors Correspondence (Mss 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 337. Correspondence between authors and researchers and staff of the Kentucky Library & Museum, primarily regarding historical and genealogical resources. Correspondents also write about their work and publications.
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sant, John, 1846-1914 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2410. Letter, 4 August 1897, from John Sant, secretary and treasurer of The Mansion Pottery Company, Canton, Ohio. He asks to renegotiate two notes owing for the purchase of clayworking machinery, due to retooling expenses and the failure of the machinery to meet production expectations.
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2409. Letter of Louis Arnold Rich, a U.S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife from Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, during a long illness that resulted in his death in 1944. He complains about his surroundings, mentions his reading, and expresses his wish to be reunited with her.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.
Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 355. By-laws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence and other material related to WCCMG, an organization founded to deter development of the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark, located near the rural community of Oakland in Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes information about Oakland, Kentucky. A bibliography of newspaper articles about the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark is included. To access the bibliography click on "Additional File" below.
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2407. Letter, 15 June 1861, from Joseph Rogers Underwood to Lieutenant Augustus S. Nicholson explaining an inability to pay monies owed. He blames poor economic conditions and the suspension of state court operations for his failure to collect his own debts, including one dependent upon revenue from visitors' fees at Mammoth Cave.
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2406. Newspaper clippings relating to the 1879 wedding of Anna D. Moody at Mammoth Cave's underground Bridal Altar. Includes image of Mrs. Moody and bill for lodging at the Mammoth Cave Hotel.
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moody, Thomas Newton, B. 1938 - Collector (Sc 2406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2406. Newspaper clippings relating to the 1879 wedding of Anna D. Moody at Mammoth Cave's underground Bridal Altar. Includes image of Mrs. Moody and bill for lodging at the Mammoth Cave Hotel.
Fisher, H. Lee, B. 1867? (Sc 2408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fisher, H. Lee, B. 1867? (Sc 2408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2408. Letters written from Kentucky by H. Lee Fisher to his wife Adah in Vineland, New Jersey and Sioux City, Iowa, while employed on a government survey. He writes from Floyd County of the progress of his work and local conditions (4 June); his wife’s purchase of a cow, and his job prospects (2 September); family matters and prices (24 October); and the hardships of women in Floyd County (25 October). Letters from Johnson County discuss local fruit crops (1 June) and his future plans (24 September), and a letter from Martin County …
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2405. A letter regarding the genealogy of the Hall and Hines families, and a letter to Jane (Hines) Morningstar regarding fundraising for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2405. A letter regarding the genealogy of the Hall and Hines families, and a letter to Jane (Hines) Morningstar regarding fundraising for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra.
Trustees Of Augusta College (Lg 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trustees Of Augusta College (Lg 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, full scan and photograph (click on "Additional File" below) for Land Grant 425. Original land grant, 4 December 1826, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Trustees of Augusta College, Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky, 500 acres in Sumner County, Tennessee. Identified as "Kentucky Land-Office Warrant no. 16005." Wax seal has been removed. Signed by Joseph Desha and J. E. Pickett.
Goode, Cecil Earnest, 1915-2011 (Sc 2404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goode, Cecil Earnest, 1915-2011 (Sc 2404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2404. Typed manuscript copy of Cecil Earnest Goode's book "World Wonder Saved: How Mammoth Cave Became a National Park." Also includes a copy of the book's copyright registration form as sent to the Library of Congress.
Reid, Patricia (Ennis) - Collector (Mss 347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reid, Patricia (Ennis) - Collector (Mss 347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 347. Genealogical data collected by Patricia (Ennis) Reid on numerous Ohio County, Kentucky families. Includes a copy of "Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky, 1797-1807."
Confederate States Of America - Bond Coupons (Sc 2403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Confederate States Of America - Bond Coupons (Sc 2403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2403. Full sheet of bond coupons issued by the Confederate States of America in $30 denominations with a full term of thirty years; total $1,000. The bonds were approved by the CSA on 11 February 1864. This sheet is hand numbered "8654" and was part of the "Fifth Series" issue.