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Curle, Richard, 1883-1968 (Sc 2114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Curle, Richard, 1883-1968 (Sc 2114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2114. Letter, 30 September 1929, written by Richard Curle to "Katherine" in which he mentions their attendance at a party and her criticism of his novel.


Mccormick, Mary (Sloss), 1873-1904 (Sc 2118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Mccormick, Mary (Sloss), 1873-1904 (Sc 2118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2118. Letter written by Mary Sloss, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mary Stagner, a member of her wedding party, related to attire; newspaper announcement of 16 April 1889 wedding of Mary Sloss and Herschel McCormick.


Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935, Et Al (Sc 2106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935, Et Al (Sc 2106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2106. Galley proof of "Bowling Green: A Pictorial History" written by Nancy D. Baird, Carol Crowe-Carraco, and Michael L. Morse; published in a limited edition by the Donning Company in 1983.


Swann, James H., 1869-1965 (Sc 2113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Swann, James H., 1869-1965 (Sc 2113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2113. Sales contract for Lot 37 in the "College View" development, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for James H. Swann and his wife Bessie; a letter from the developer, National Development Company of Bowling Green, is included.


Mcclary, Herbert Brent, 1881-1952 (Sc 2117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Mcclary, Herbert Brent, 1881-1952 (Sc 2117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2117. Brief history of Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky, and related correspondence.


Daffinrud, Solveig (Sc 2111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Daffinrud, Solveig (Sc 2111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2111. Note from Solveig Daffinrud, Edina, Minnesota to Sue Lynn McDaniel, Bowling Green, Kentucky relating tho their mutual friendship with Joe Kimbrough. Also includes two photos of Kimbrough.


Strange, Carrie, 1862-1940 (Sc 2110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Strange, Carrie, 1862-1940 (Sc 2110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2110. Autograph albums (2) kept by Carrie Strange of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Several of those autographing the album took artistic and literate license with their work. Also includes a pen & ink drawing of a young woman, dated 1908.


Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2107. Sexton's book for the cemetery, recording interments of both whites and African Americans from 1860-1863. Most entries state name, date of death, sex, age at death, and cause of death. A typescript is included, together with notes on the genealogy of the book owner's family.


Brown, Carol P. - Collector (Sc 2105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Brown, Carol P. - Collector (Sc 2105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and print (attached as an additional file) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2105. Collaborative set of three signed poems by Jim Wayne Miller and an Ivan Schieferdecker art print titled "Late Fall" (numbered 77/100 and signed), along with the typescript of another signed poem by Miller. Also includes a promotional piece for the set.


Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts of letters (attached as additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2101. Two letters from John McKee, serving with the 37th Indiana Infantry, to his wife Sarah McKee in Hamilton, Ohio. He writes of his encampments near Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his reading, nearby guerrilla activity involving John Hunt Morgan, difficulties with mail, and the general condition of the countryside.


Taylor, John Burnam, 1906-1982 (Sc 2104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Taylor, John Burnam, 1906-1982 (Sc 2104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2104. Letter, 8 May 1981, from John Burnam Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, to Lowell H. Harrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky providing information related to members of the Burnam family.


Canon, Ernest Hubert, 1887-1978 (Sc 2109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Canon, Ernest Hubert, 1887-1978 (Sc 2109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2109. Miscellaneous correspondence and certificates related to Ernest Hubert Canon's community, club and church activities. He served for many years as an officer of the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club.


Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 292. Transcriptions of five interviews conducted with retired four-star general Barksdale Hamlett in which he reflects on his 34-year military career, including service in World War II, the Korean War, and on the Army's General Staff in Washington, D.C.


Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Porter, Eugene A., 1841-1922 (Mss 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 294. Two letter press books containing outgoing letters from the firm, E. A. Porter & Bros. of Bowling Green, Kentucky. These letters deal almost exclusively with the manufacture and marketing of a piece of agricultural equipment called the "corn cob crusher." A small amount of correspondence also documents Mr. Porter's personal agricultural pursuits.


Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 2102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 2102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2102. Draft weaving pattern for a "Snail Trail" coverlet originally included in a 1781 letter from a young soldier to his sweetheart in western Virginia (present day Kentucky). The pattern was a memento given at a 1977 weaving convention. Distributed by Bousman's Little Loomhouse, Louisville, Kentucky. Includes an inscription on the verso from Bousman.


Barr, Lawrence L. (Sc 2103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Barr, Lawrence L. (Sc 2103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2103. Paper: "A New Look at the History of Soldier's Retreat" produced by Lawrence L. Barr for an adult education class at Senior House, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky. Soldier's Retreat was built around 1789 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.


Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 2100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 2100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2100. Letter from William Joseph Kimbrough, Jr. to Sue Lynn (Stone) McDaniel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he discusses his bout with cancer and expresses empathy for McDaniel and her mother who are caregivers for her ailing father.


Thackston, Zadock Baker, 1766-1853 (Sc 2099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Thackston, Zadock Baker, 1766-1853 (Sc 2099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2099. Letter, 12 September 1832, from Zadock Baker Thackston, Scottsville, Kentucky, to his son Paul Thackston in Smith County, Tennessee. He writes of his remarriage and asks his son to visit and bring several items, including winter shoes for himself and his new wife, in exchange for a horse.


Thompson, Mary Helen, 1875-1962 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Thompson, Mary Helen, 1875-1962 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2097. Diary kept by Mary H. Thompson, a physician's daughter living near Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky, from February to November 1902. She writes of social events, home life, teaching school, church attendance, family and friends.


Jefferson, Belinda Coombs (Mcginley) - Collector (Mss 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Jefferson, Belinda Coombs (Mcginley) - Collector (Mss 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts for two diaries from Manuscript Collection 244. Diary of Elizabeth Belle Coombs, 1904; diary of Pearl Coombs Moore, 1926-1927, while a student at Western Kentucky State Normal School; 1852-1853 Jefferson Medical College notes and thesis of Samuel W. Coombs; miscellaneous correspondence, receipts, and documents related to the Moore, Coombs, and Potter families of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Haley, Delphine Delacroix (Mss 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Haley, Delphine Delacroix (Mss 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 291. Replies sent to Delphine Haley, Campbellsville, Kentucky, from individuals across Kentucky related to how the Commonwealth's communities were named. Initial query letter is included.


Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 284. Correspondence of the Magruder and Clysdale families of Louisville, Kentucky, London, Ontario and Grand Bend, Ontario. The correspondence covers family matters and the progress of the Magruders' professional work and writing on Protestant theology and social issues. Includes photographs relating to the Clysdales and a related family, the Brighams.


Hurricane Katrina (Sc 2098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Hurricane Katrina (Sc 2098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2098. E-mails sent by Beverly Pitts to friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to a mission trip to New Orleans, Louisiana to aid in the clean up following Hurricane Katrina. The trip included thirteen people from First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2096. Photocopied letters from Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice to Henry and Rebecca Watterson, 1903-1916 (13), chiefly including personal advice, discussions of literary topics, and social invitations. Also includes a brief note to Benjamin W. Huebsch, n.d., giving a positive review of a book titled 'Dragnet; and a letter to William Orton Tewson, n.d., in which Rice discusses literary criticism. Originals are held in the Library of Congress.


Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 256. Record books of Bethel Baptist Church, Gainesville, Allen County, Kentucky, 1842-1875. Includes brief business information about the church, acts of church discipline, and when people were admitted to membership. Also includes the church's "Rules of Decorum" and "Articles of Faith."


Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2095. Promotional material, tour information and cue sheets related to bands playing in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area.


Dodd, Euclid Porter, 1870-1958 (Sc 2078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Dodd, Euclid Porter, 1870-1958 (Sc 2078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2078. Two record books (together with loose items within) of Euclid Porter Dodd, a member of the Bowling Green Fire Department from 1900 to 1938 and a watchman for ten years thereafter. The books include notes on fire department equipment and personnel, weather and temperatures, sports scores, fires and other local events, including the "first aeroplane" to fly to Bowling Green in September 1918. Also included are lists of local deaths, clippings on fire department personnel and miscellaneous Dodd family information.


White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 298. Records of the White Stone Quarry Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky consisting of meeting minutes and membership lists.


Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2093. Correspondence and sundry notes related to the teaching careers of Thomas E. and Lillian Fitz-Hugh, Covington, Kentucky. Also includes family correspondence related to settlement of the John Fitzhugh estate and the sale of his Logan County, Kentucky farm.


Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1209. Correspondence between Jessica Jane Stuart and Lawrence S. Thompson regarding a reprint of her story "A Man of Her Own Faith" for the Lost Cause Press. Includes a copy of the story, published in "Bluegrass Woman," Spring 1974. Stuart also writes of her doctoral studies and her difficulty finding a teaching position.