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Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2309. Diary kept by Confederate Henry N. Steele, a second lieutenant serving in the Warren Light Artillery, Warren County, Mississippi, from 17 August 1861 to 31 December 1861. Brief entries discuss troop movements and skirmishes in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and especially southcentral Kentucky. He makes more in-depth comments about a skirmish at Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky on 17 December 1861.


Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1957. Chiefly letters from U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan thanking the Logan County, Kentucky Red Cross for the items they provided that were distributed to military personnel stationed there.


Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 259. Chiefly letters sent to Georgetown, Kentucky native James Edward Barlow, who was employed in the electrical engineering field. The letters are generally from friends inquiring about his work, health, and interests in electronics and photography. Also includes correspondence of his parents, Edward Calistis Barlow and Lily (Robertson) Barlow of Georgetown, Kentucky.


Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1956. Leather bound notebook, 1812-1819, letters and receipts of Lawrence family members in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri; includes genealogical information; also estate records for Levi Lawrence who died in Warren County, Kentucky in 1957.


Worley, William Robert, 1853-1946 (Sc 1958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Worley, William Robert, 1853-1946 (Sc 1958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1958. Memoirs of Worley's early life in North Carolina and Arkansas, his family history, and his hand-written collection of song lyrics, some composed by Worley. His drawings accompany some of the reminiscences.


Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 1984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 1984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1984. Short reminiscence by William E. Geary, Central City, Kentucky, about coal mining strikes in Muhlenberg County entitled "My Experience with Wildcat Strikes." Includes color photograph of Geary.


Oxley, Lawson Jefferson, 1882-1955 (Sc 1978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Oxley, Lawson Jefferson, 1882-1955 (Sc 1978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1978. Draft will of Lawson J. Oxley, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky.


St. Columba Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

St. Columba Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1982. Register of students of St. Columba Academy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and its successor, St. Joseph's School. Register covers 1887-1890, 1898-1906, 1910-1936. Includes photocopy of grade record of Georgia Johnson.


Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Riverside, Kentucky - Schools (Sc 1693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 1693. Enrollment and attendance book kept by teacher Mollie Sherry for the July-December, 1912 term at Riverside School in Warren County, Kentucky.


Fennell, Charles, 1884-1959 (Sc 1979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Fennell, Charles, 1884-1959 (Sc 1979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1979. Correspondence related to legal and business affairs of Charles Fennell, a Cynthiana, Kentucky lawyer, State Highway Commissioner, and Department of Conservation Commissioner. Includes a pencil-drawn profile of Fennell.


Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Mount Pleasant Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 272. Records of Mount Pleasant Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings, membership and financial records, and Sunday School records.


Kearby, Jennings B., 1897-1978 (Sc 1980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Kearby, Jennings B., 1897-1978 (Sc 1980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1980. Memorandum and forms from Jennings B. Kearby, Frankfort, Kentucky, related to voluntary enrollment in the Kentucky Employees' Retirement System.


Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1970. Medical diplomas and business papers of Otway Watkins Rash, Jr., an Owensboro physician, including deed, U.S. Internal Revenue inventory form for opium and other narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department still registry form, stock certificate, and letters to Mrs. Grace Rash containing family information, especially on her Welsh relatives.


Buchanan, John, 1869-1965 (Sc 1981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Buchanan, John, 1869-1965 (Sc 1981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1981. Letter from John Buchanan, Louisville, Kentucky, to Allan M. Trout of the Louisville Courier-Journal relating to Colonel J. Stoddard Johnston's claim to have killed Tecumseh.


Wolcott, Lucye, 1879-1928 (Sc 1977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Wolcott, Lucye, 1879-1928 (Sc 1977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1977. Letter from Lucye Wolcott, South Carrollton, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky to a Mr. Atchison, describing her activities after his recent visit, including attendance at a watermelon feast.


Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1976. Letter from Sugar Creek Creamery Company, Louisville, Kentucky, soliciting cream for manufacture of Sugar Creek butter.


Promissory Notes (Sc 1975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Promissory Notes (Sc 1975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1975. Promissory notes for forty and twenty dollars, the latter payable in "Kentucky currency."


Jett, Oswald G., 1917-2003 (Mss 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Jett, Oswald G., 1917-2003 (Mss 264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 264. Oswald G. Jett's unpublished World War II memoir "As I Saw the War." It relates the Hancock County native's experience as a member of a litter platoon and as an ambulance driver in North Africa and Italy. Includes an obituary, magazine article by Jett, and photo.


Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Stickles, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 (Mss 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as research material related to books and articles published by Stickles, a native of Indiana and a history professor at Western Kentucky University from 1908 to 1954. His most popular book was "Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight."


Macedonia Baptist Church - Lyon County, Kentucky (Mss 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Macedonia Baptist Church - Lyon County, Kentucky (Mss 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 271. Two record books of Macedonia Baptist Church, Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky, for 1902-1923 and 1938-1947. Entries consist chiefly of church business meetings and membership lists.


Berea Christian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Berea Christian Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 270. Membership registers of Berea Christian Church, 1854 to 1895 (see scans under "Additional Files" below). Photocopy of deed to first church property included.


Hustonville Christian Church - Lincoln County, Kentucky (Mss 268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Hustonville Christian Church - Lincoln County, Kentucky (Mss 268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 268. Photocopy of the record book of Hustonville Christian Church, Lincoln County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1894 to 1944, and membership lists.


Barren River Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Barren River Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 269. Photocopy of the record book of Barren River Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, and a predecessor, Union Chapel Church, consisting primarily of business meeting minutes covering 1840-1968, and membership lists.


Kummer, Oswald Francis, 1881-1974 (Sc 1955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Kummer, Oswald Francis, 1881-1974 (Sc 1955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1955. Two notebooks kept by Oswald Francis Kummer, Simpson County, Kentucky containing his photography records; also advertising materials from a photo-supply company. The Kentucky Library owns many glass plate negatives and prints done by Kummer.


Marshall, Mabel Elizabeth, 1928-2014 (Sc 1962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Marshall, Mabel Elizabeth, 1928-2014 (Sc 1962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1962. Autograph album kept by Mabel Elizabeth Marshall while in the 5th grade at Greenwood School, Warren County, Kentucky.


Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Bristow, Kentucky - Taxes, 1929 (Sc 1963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1963. Account book listing taxpayer, amount of tax owed, and date paid for the Bristow, Kentucky area; includes a "colored" section.


State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1960. Letter of agreement between the church's building committee and the architect, Reuben Harrison Hunt, regarding drawings and specifications for a new building; also includes information about financing the building project.


Witherspoon, Martinette (Viley), 1851-1923 (Sc 1961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Witherspoon, Martinette (Viley), 1851-1923 (Sc 1961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1961. Letter, May 1899, from Martinette "Nettie" Witherspoon, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky to her son, Lister Witherspoon, Lexington, Virginia, regarding family matters and strawberries; includes typescript.


Wyatt, Albert F., 1861-1943 (Sc 1959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Wyatt, Albert F., 1861-1943 (Sc 1959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1959. Letter, 14 April 1908, from A. F. Wyatt, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to H. R. Cowles, Statesville, North Carolina regarding the availability of horses for sale.


Hurley, Edwin Gray (Sc 1954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Hurley, Edwin Gray (Sc 1954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1954. Two sermons delivered by Edwin Gray Hurley while he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky.