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Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Cheairs, Nathaniel Frances, 1818-1914 (Sc 2257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2257. Portion of a deposition provided by Nathaniel Francis Cheairs in a claims case related to damages done to the property of Larkin F. Baker when a Civil War fortification known as Baker's Hill was constructed by Confederate forces on his property at Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1861. The original of this document is in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Courts-Martial And Courts Of Inquiry (Sc 2265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Courts-Martial And Courts Of Inquiry (Sc 2265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2265. Civil War General Orders no. 269 (printed) related to courts-martial of Kentuckians or those engaged in events that occurred in Kentucky.

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Childress, Nellie J., 1883-1987 (Sc 2263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Childress, Nellie J., 1883-1987 (Sc 2263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2263. Letters (2) written by Nell Childress, Auburn, Kentucky, to her friends Louise Blakey and Margie Helm in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The 1962 letter describes the commemorative locomotive "The General" that visited Auburn during the Civil War centennial. The other letter discusses community events, particularly information about the Auburn Baptist Church.

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Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Brashear, Kathleen, 1895-1986 (Sc 2260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2260. Card, with picture of his home, sent by T.C. Cherry to teacher Kathleen Brashear, prior to the outbreak of World War II. Also, related correspondence and biographical material about Brashear.

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Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2262. Paper: "A History of Auburn Seminary" written by Walter Lewis Chesnut. The seminary, established by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1892, was located in Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky.

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Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2258. Postcard to Martha Cheek, Lexington, Kentucky, related to a 1948 luncheon of alumnae of Logan College, Russellville, Kentucky; typed compilation of Logan College alumnae, 1953.

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Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2261. Walter Lewis Chesnut's thesis, "A History of Logan Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church" presented to the faculty of the Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Divinity. Also, a separate supplemental history of the Presbytery, 1954-1988, written by Chesnut.

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Campbell, Arthur L. (Sc 2254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Campbell, Arthur L. (Sc 2254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2254. Correspondence between Arthur L. Campbell and H.L. Mencken related to Campbell's newspaper column "How's Your English Today" and his requests for permission to quote Mencken in his column. Mencken's last two letters were written by his secretary owing to his poor health.

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Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2256. Transcript of an interview with Tim Lee Carter, former U.S. Representative of Kentucky's 5th Congressional district, by Dr. Carl P. Chelf, government professor at Western Kentucky University, 21 October 1982.

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Morrell, Prudence, 1794-1855 (Sc 2231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Morrell, Prudence, 1794-1855 (Sc 2231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2231. Travel journal kept by Shaker Prudence Morrell on a trip from New Lebanon, New York, to eight Shaker communities in New York, Ohio, and Kentucky from May 18 to October 23, 1847. The original journal is owned by the Shaker Library at Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

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Mosley, Della Cassidy, 1883-1968 (Sc 2234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Mosley, Della Cassidy, 1883-1968 (Sc 2234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and selected scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2234. "Physician's Record" forms on which Della Cassidy Mosley, of Alvaton, Kentucky, recorded birth information about infants she delivered as a midwife in Warren County and Allen County, Kentucky. Includes blank forms as well as a photo of Mosley and her obituary.

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Glynn, Luanne (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Sc 2245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Glynn, Luanne (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Sc 2245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2245. Letter from Evelyn Lincoln, personal secretary to President John F. Kennedy, to Luanne Aylesworth, Waite Park, Minnesota, in response to a letter from Aylesworth. Enclosed is a White House card with the president's reproduced signature. The envelope is postmarked 11:30 p.m. November 21, 1963, the day before the president's assassination.

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Vandenberg, Jacob - Letter To (Sc 2249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Vandenberg, Jacob - Letter To (Sc 2249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2249. Letter, 2 September 1837, written by a nephew in Versailles, Kentucky, to Jacob Vandenberg, Washington County, New York. He discusses his working conditions as a salesman/bookkeeper, his bachelorhood, and his expectation that he will live in "single blessedness."

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Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 77), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 77. Letter written by Lida Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Lattie Robertson Coombs, New York City, declining Mrs. Coombs's invitation to be her house guest.

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Goode, Cecil Earnest, B. 1915 (Sc 2244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Goode, Cecil Earnest, B. 1915 (Sc 2244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2244. Reminiscences by Cecil Earnest Goode entitled "Recollections." He recalls his early life in Kentucky and Indiana, education at Purdue University, long career as a civil servant in Washington, D.C., work with the United Nations, and active retirement in his native Barren County, Kentucky.

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Georgetown, Kentucky - Fire Department (Sc 2246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Georgetown, Kentucky - Fire Department (Sc 2246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2246. Record book for the Georgetown, Kentucky Fire Department, 1879-1885. Includes minutes of meetings, list of members and their attendance at meetings, inventory of equipment for 13 July 1884, and payments made to members for their work. Also includes one loose sheet of monies paid dated 1885, and one loose sheet with list of names, undated.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Water Works (Sc 2248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Water Works (Sc 2248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2248. Report of engineer Pierce Butler to Bowling Green, Kentucky Mayor Gilson E. Townsend on condition of the city's water pumping station. The 1910 report includes exhibits (1906-1908) detailing a proposal to install a new pumping engine, specifications for the engine, and the subsequent contract dispute and settlement with the engine's supplier.

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T. C. Cherry Elementary School - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

T. C. Cherry Elementary School - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2247. Application to secure historical highway marker for T.C. Cherry Elementary School located at 1001 Liberty Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Prepared by Kate C. Cline. Includes completed application and supporting material.

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Smith, C. Jason - Compiler (Sc 2242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Smith, C. Jason - Compiler (Sc 2242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2242. "Concordance to Robert Penn Warren's 'All the King's Men'" (based on the first edition). Also includes associated letter.

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Brown, Eugene Scott, 1846-1892 (Sc 2456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Brown, Eugene Scott, 1846-1892 (Sc 2456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2456. Postcards of a personal and professional nature sent to Eugene Scott Brown of Scottsville, Kentucky.

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Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2439.  Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous items of Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to public library work in Kentucky and bookmobiles.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, 1877-1913 (Mss 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, 1877-1913 (Mss 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and copy of a "Death Return" (click on Additional File below) for Manuscripts Collection 293. To view scanned copies of the records, click on the individual folders; they are links to the contents of that particular folder. Physician's death certificates and undertaker's certificates relating to permits for burials wihin the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes information on the deceased's date and cause of death, age, race, marital status, place of birth, residence, and date and place of intended interment. May include other documentation when a death occurred outside Warren County, Kentucky.

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Muhlenberg Presbytery - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Sc 2237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Muhlenberg Presbytery - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Sc 2237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2237. Minutes of two meetings of the Muhlenberg Presbytery, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 22 September 1959 and 31 October 1960.

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Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2235. Listing of those members of the African American community buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1940-1978. Section and lot numbers for the graves are given, but death dates are given only occasionally.

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Sachs, Emanie (Nahm), 1893-1981 (Sc 2241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Sachs, Emanie (Nahm), 1893-1981 (Sc 2241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2241. Letters of Emanie Nahm Sachs, written from New York City and Bowling Green, Kentucky, to John Wilson Townsend, Lexington, Kentucky. Sachs discusses research for her (never published) history of Kentucky and comments on Kentucky authors. Includes Sachs's newspaper advertisement soliciting information for her history. Also includes a letter from Townsend's widow regarding donation of the letters.

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Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2233. Biographical sketches of Revolutionary War soldiers with connections to Logan County, Kentucky. Compiled by Daughters of the American Revolution, Committee on Revolutionary Soldiers in Logan County, Kentucky, May Belle Morton, Chairman. Includes introductory note on land grants to soldiers after the war.

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Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 2232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 2232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2232. Eighty-six poems by Kentucky poets, copied by hand from the publications in which they were published. The poems were chiefly authored by Elkton, Kentucky native David Morton, but the collection includes works by Kalfus Kurtz Gusling, Anna Blanche McGill, and Robert Burns Wilson.

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Brennan, Mary Zita, B. 1955 (Sc 2229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Brennan, Mary Zita, B. 1955 (Sc 2229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2229. Dissertation titled "Sense of Place: Reconstructing Community Through Archeology, Oral History, and GIS" written by Mary Zita Brennan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a doctorate in anthropology at the University of Arkansas. The work focuses on families along Moccasin and Indian Creeks in northwest Pope County, Arkansas. Appendices on compact disc. Tate Cromwell "Piney" Page was on the faculty of Western Kentucky University for many years.

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Hardy, H. H. (Sc 2240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Hardy, H. H. (Sc 2240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2240. "Employee's Examination on Book of Rules of the Transportation Department" of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, completed by H. H. Hardy, an engineer.

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Doyon, Anne Marie P. (Mss 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Doyon, Anne Marie P. (Mss 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 300. "Kentucky's Traditional Courthouses: Preservation in the Heart of the Community," a Master's project written by Ann Marie P. Doyon for the Department of Historic Preservation, College of Design, University of Kentucky.

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