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Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.


Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2276. Materials relating to the Hawes family of Daviess County, Kentucky. Includes wills, Bible and cemetery records, and biographical data. Also includes a speech by Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky, and recollections of Maria (Southgate) Hawes, who followed her husband, James Morrison Hawes, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas during his service in the Confederate Army (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Camp Joy (Mss 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Camp Joy (Mss 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 251. Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, worship programs, by-laws, and policies related to the history of Camp Joy, a Baptist encampment in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky.


Sexton, William Earl, 1919-2004 (Sc 1930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Sexton, William Earl, 1919-2004 (Sc 1930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1930. Letters written by Earl Sexton from various military posts to his wife Alma Sexton and their daughter Shirley in Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky during World War II.


Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 253. Documents related to New Deal relief programs in Warren County, Kentucky and surrounding counties; correspondence of Ida Leighton Hodges, Bowling Green, Area Administrator of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration.


First Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Columbarium (Sc 1931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

First Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Columbarium (Sc 1931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1931. Records related to the inurnments of ashes at the columbarium owned by the Presbyterian Church.


Bowling Green Country Club, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Stock Certificate (Sc 1933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Bowling Green Country Club, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Stock Certificate (Sc 1933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1933. Stock certificate, 1979, for the Bowling Green Country Club, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky, certifying that John P. Hines owns one share of stock in the organization.


Rose, John Landon, 1905-1992 (Sc 1932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Rose, John Landon, 1905-1992 (Sc 1932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1932. Letters (2) from Rose to Jane Morningstar and an accompanying news clipping related to the Fitch family visiting the Mouth of Gasper.


Cargile, Georgia Love (Hendrick), 1904-2002 (Sc 1935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Cargile, Georgia Love (Hendrick), 1904-2002 (Sc 1935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1935. Invitation to attend church sent to Minnie Love, 1896; greeting cards sent to Georgia Love (Hendrick) Cargile, 1992, 1999 (2).


Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Bowling Green Industrial Foundation - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1934. Stock certificates (2) for the Bowling Green Industrial Foundation for Clarence Nahm (one share) and J.C. Penney Company (10 shares).


Anderson, Opal Pauline, 1911-2007 (Sc 1936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Anderson, Opal Pauline, 1911-2007 (Sc 1936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1936. Paper: "Auto Business of Bowling Green (1925-1928)" written by Opal Anderson.


Donaldson, Gary - Collector (Sc 2266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Donaldson, Gary - Collector (Sc 2266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2266. Research material consisting chiefly of communications to General Braxton Bragg regarding military operations in Kentucky, September 1862 to April 1863.


Brown Family Papers (Sc 1925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Brown Family Papers (Sc 1925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1925. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs and licenses related to the Brown family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, particularly Johnie Brown, a World War I casualty, and Henry Brown, a Methodist minister in Kentucky.


Red River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Red River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 258. Copies of items related to the history of the church; items detailing the preservation efforts of the Red River Church Memorial and Cemetery Association; 1948 list of burials in the Old Red River graveyard.


Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Covenant, 1830 (Sc 1922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Covenant, 1830 (Sc 1922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1922. Covenant, or constitution, for the Shaker community at South Union, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes signatures of those Shakers confirming this document. Original found in Shaker Record A, pp. 619-640.


Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 (Sc 1906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 (Sc 1906), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1906. Letters from U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky to constituents dealing with various political issues. He mentions then-senator Lyndon Baines Johnson blocking one of his bills.


Campbell, Andrew Jackson, 1834-1863 (Sc 1926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Campbell, Andrew Jackson, 1834-1863 (Sc 1926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1926. Typescript of portion of Andrew Jackson Campbell's diary kept while he was traveling by train in Kentucky, 28 December 1859 to 18 January 1860.


Edwards Family Papers (Sc 1927), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Edwards Family Papers (Sc 1927), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1927. Calendar of papers related to the Edwards family of Russellville, Kentucky, particularly Ninian Edwards who later emigrated to Illinois. The collection of 96 items is on microfilm and housed in the Kentucky Library.


Slack-Ratiu, Heather And Bogdan Ratiu (Sc 1918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Slack-Ratiu, Heather And Bogdan Ratiu (Sc 1918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1918. Web journal kept by Heather Slack-Ratiu and her husband Bogdan Ratiu of their motorcycle tour of Romania, Bogdan's native country, from May-July 2006.


Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Briggs, Analee, 1905-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1924. Letter to Analee Briggs from Fay Bryant, New York City, 6 June 1945, relating her activities there; letter from Congressman William H. Natcher, Washington, D.C., 9 June 1969, expressing his sympathy on her loss of a family member.


Sabin Collection (Mss 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Sabin Collection (Mss 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 260. Letterbook containing correspondence of railroad engineer, Alpheus T. Sabin. Of particular note is information about railroad stations built in Louisville, Kentucky and Memphis, Tennessee. Also includes a store account book from Princeton, Kentucky, 1882-1885, and a small diary kept by Mrs. E.R. Sabin related to Princeton social life, 1890.


Cardwell, Edna Ray, 1921-2005 - Collector (Sc 1920), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Cardwell, Edna Ray, 1921-2005 - Collector (Sc 1920), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; [email protected]


Pyle, John William, 1839-1908 (Sc 1919), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Pyle, John William, 1839-1908 (Sc 1919), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; [email protected]


Smith, Edmond, 1843?-1863 (Sc 1915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Smith, Edmond, 1843?-1863 (Sc 1915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1915. Letter from Edmond Smith, serving with the 4th Indiana Artillery, to "Annie" describing his regiment's reception in Louisville, Kentucky and his reaction to negative comments besmirching his character. Written on letterhead with the word "UNION!" printed in red and blue ink along with an eagle holding a shield decorated with stars and stripes.


Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1913. Copies of tax and water bill receipts; Gerard's citizenship papers from Warren County, Kentucky; French immigration papers; image of Gerard Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1917. Letters written by Baird from South Africa where she spent a sabbatical semester conducting research.


Miller, Arthur, B. 1893 (Sc 1916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Miller, Arthur, B. 1893 (Sc 1916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1916. Letter from Arthur Miller, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky to his employer A.E. Gard, Hartford, Connecticut, describing Camp Taylor and the favorable reception the soldiers have experienced from the Louisville citizenry.


De Roode, Eugenia (Sc 1909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

De Roode, Eugenia (Sc 1909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1909. Letter, 6 June 1862, from Eugenia De Roode, Nashville, Tennessee to James Overstreet, Hanly (Jessamine County) Kentucky. Formerly a music teacher at "Misses Jacksons' Seminary" in Lexington, Kentucky, De Roode writes of her negative views of Confederates, particularly those from Kentucky and Tennessee. She also makes cogent remarks about the work of Andrew Johnson, Tennessee's military governor.


Bowling Green - City Taxes, 1877-1894 (Sc 1911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Bowling Green - City Taxes, 1877-1894 (Sc 1911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1911. Receipts for city taxes collected (1877-1894) by Granville S. Hollingsworth, Bowling Green City Clerk; recapitulation sheet for tax receipts (1894).


Greene, Edward E., Jr., 1908-1980 (Sc 2250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Greene, Edward E., Jr., 1908-1980 (Sc 2250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2250. Military papers, news clippings, cartoons, V-mail, and ephemera removed from a scrapbook that documented Edward E. Greene, Jr.'s military service during World War II, chiefly in the Persian Gulf Service Command.