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Shiloh Presbyterian Church - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 1808), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Shiloh Presbyterian Church - Sumner County, Tennessee (Sc 1808), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1808. Minutes of the session of Shiloh Presbyterian Church, Sumner County, Tennessee, 1793-1886. Includes lists of members and decisions of the business meetings.


Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2048. Letter from Frank M. Phelps, serving in the 10th Wisconsin Infantry, to his uncle in Wisconsin. He describes his company's march to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the sight of dead horses, the shelling of Bowling Green, the destruction he found there, and the supplies the Confederates left behind.


Pitek, Michael Joseph, 1918-1945 (Sc 2047), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Pitek, Michael Joseph, 1918-1945 (Sc 2047), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2047. Certificates, forms and correspondence related to the military service of Michael J. Pitek in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Also correspondence related to Pitek's death on 3 January 1945 and the burial of his remains in 1950.


Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 2046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 2046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2046. Undated Christmas poem written by Nelle Gooch Travelstead for her grandson Coleman Travelstead; explanatory letter 30 June 2008 from Coleman Travelstead to Jonathan Jeffrey.


Jordan, Robert (Sc 2045), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Jordan, Robert (Sc 2045), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2045. Letters (2) written by Robert Jordan, Vietnam, to his sisters Gail Jordan and Susan Jordan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mentions that he is in drill instructor training and likely to be stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky after his Vietnam service.


Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 282. Photocopies of the record books of Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Allen County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1840 to 1898, and membership lists.


Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2044. Letter, 10 September 1861, from James Greer in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, to A. H. Patch, Louisville, Kentucky. Greer reports unfavorably on his trial of a mower for harvesting crops.


Shaw, Mary Mosby (Sc 2041), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Shaw, Mary Mosby (Sc 2041), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2041. Composition book of Mary Mosby Shaw, Glasgow, Kentucky, containing children's poems. An additional file contains one of the poems from the composition book titled "Old Santa's Wife."


Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2043. Reminiscence about the Civil War Wilderness Campaign written by Waldo C. Van Valin, 1864? (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan); also includes articles and correspondence related to ethnological work done in Alaska, 1912-1919, by William B. Van Valin.


Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2042. Letter, 14 June 1928, to A. B. Bucher, Paulding, Ohio, from W. C. Rives, Farmers Tobacco Union, Paducah, Kentucky. The letter solicits orders for tobacco, provides prices, and includes an order card addressed to W. C. Rives Company, Paducah, Kentucky.


Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and some full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 262. Correspondence of Maxey B. Harlin, Jr., a Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney and member of the Constitution Revision Assembly; also, minutes of the Constitution Review Commission, a paper, and texts of speeches favoring revision of Kentucky's constitution.


Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2039. Letter from Margery C. Obenchain, in Sulphur Springs, Missouri, to "Alice" in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of recent social activities and travel, including a visit to the St. Louis World's Fair.


Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Correspondence related to Howard Chandler Buckner's military service in the U.S. Army during World War I. Includes his identification card with photo and a notebook of information he recorded during training.


Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2038. Letter, 20 January 1918, from Albert C. Hanson, serving as a private with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, to Edith Otting, Newport, Kentucky, He relays news of his family and writes of his eagerness to return home. The letterhead displays the logo of the American Y.M.C.A. and the phrase "On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force.


Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2037. Letter from Baldwin, written in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife Louisa in Philadelphia. He writes of his travel in Kentucky and includes a description of Lost River Cave and grist mill.


Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2036. Letter from G. F. Lilley, Shawhan, Kentucky, to his cousin (Miss) M. A. Lilley, giving news of his family and other members of the community. A typescript of this letter is included as an additional file.


Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2035. Copies of "The Postal Bulletin," issued to employees of the U.S. Postal Service, and notes made by Miss Luvicia Graham Sherry, the postmaster at Alvaton, Kentucky, on various rules and procedures, including those relating to wartime.


Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.


Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2034. Catalog for "Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky," a 2009 Kentucky Library & Museum exhibition featuring the photographs of William R. Reynolds, Jr. taken approximately 1908-1910. Includes images and descriptions of Cave City citizens (both white and African American), homes, churches, schools and businesses, as well as information about Reynolds, his family and home, early 20th century cameras and Kentucky photographers, and the development of Cave City.


Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 423. Original land grant, 10 September 1802, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Gabriel Maupin 1,200 acres in [Warren County], Kentucky. Identified as "a copy attest."


Hudson, Susan Francis (Mcelroy), 1912?-1992 (Sc 2031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hudson, Susan Francis (Mcelroy), 1912?-1992 (Sc 2031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2031. Letters to Susan Francis Hudson and Dorothy Burnett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, primarily from Cathy Cauble, written from Hampton, Virginia and elsewhere regarding her activities and plans. Includes photocopy of a certificate of appreciation given to Hudson by Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Association.


Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2022. Listing of the individuals buried in the Greenwood Cemetery at Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky; includes index.


Porter, Elias, 1834-1872 (Sc 2032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Porter, Elias, 1834-1872 (Sc 2032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2032. Letter, 10 February 1868, from Elias Porter, Russellville, Kentucky, to "Friend Smith," disputing the division of expenses for their trip to Texas and Smith's fee in connection with a lawsuit.


Speiden, Rosalie Mauzy (Latham), 1847-1917 (Sc 2033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Speiden, Rosalie Mauzy (Latham), 1847-1917 (Sc 2033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2033. Letter, 18 June 1889, from Rosalie Speiden, Louisville, Kentucky, to her son Theodore Speiden in Baltimore, Maryland, with family news.


Cherry, Adam, 1836-1927 - Estate (Sc 2021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Cherry, Adam, 1836-1927 - Estate (Sc 2021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2021. Document titled "Analysis of the Settlement of the Estate of Adam Cherry."


Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2030. Pages from a ledger listing Simpson County, Kentucky school districts by number, the names of school trustees and teachers, and some information on school fund expenditures.


Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 245. Record books of Zoar Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky (later Rough Creek Baptist Church). Entries consist chiefly of church and Sunday school minutes.


Horsley, R., Sr. (Sc 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Horsley, R., Sr. (Sc 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2013. Inventory of property, used perhaps as part of an estate settlement. Includes land on Spring Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee, livestock, household items, and 12 enslaved persons.


Music (Sc 1969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Music (Sc 1969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1969. Two pieces of manuscript music: a benediction featuring the words of Psalms 19:14 and a piece featuring the text of the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.


Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2020. Letter, 22 January 1941, from Al Varble, Chaffee, Missouri to Robert M. Coleman, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he inquires about dogs for sale.