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Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1504. Dissertation of David P. Barclay, submitted to the University of Nashville for the Doctor of Medicine degree and entitled "Dysentery of Warren and Simpson Counties, Ky., 1854.” He offers his hypothesis about the cause of a dysentery epidemic in 1854 in Simpson and Warren counties in Kentucky.
United Service Organization - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
United Service Organization - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1908. Record book containing lists of servicemen entertained by the Bowling Green, Kentucky U.S.O. (United Service Organization) office, and lists of volunteers for various functions.
Lackey, Patricia L., 1932-2014 (Sc 1903), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lackey, Patricia L., 1932-2014 (Sc 1903), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1903. Letters written by Patricia L. Lackey, Maun, Botswana, to Marjorie McClain, Bowling Green, Kentucky related to her missionary activities.
Binzel, Philip Edward, 1893-1955 (Sc 1912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Binzel, Philip Edward, 1893-1955 (Sc 1912), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1912. Monograms designed by Philip Edward Binzel, a Bowling Green, Kentucky jeweler, for members of his family. Also includes a copy of his obituary.
Payne, Ella (Sc 1901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, Ella (Sc 1901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1901. Letter, 19 June 1897, from Ella Payne, Tip Top, Meade County, Kentucky, to Blanche Melbourne, Swanwick, Illinois discussing community events, commencement week activities at the local school, bicycles, and strawberries. Includes cut out pictures of ladies' blouses.
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, George Lehman, 1851-1943 (Sc 1904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1904. Correspondence, teacher's certificates from the Shelby County, Tennessee public schools, and other materials related to Hines's work and family.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 250. Correspondence and business papers related to WKU librarian Margie Helm's role in the establishment of the Bowling Green Public Library, and her involvement in the Kentucky Bookmobile Project.
Cunningham, Joe Wilson, 1945-2010 (Sc 1907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cunningham, Joe Wilson, 1945-2010 (Sc 1907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1907. Handmade Mother's Day card, 2 May 1968, and humorous printed "Notice of Return" letter, 24 October 1968, from Joe Wilson Cunningham, then serving in Vietnam, to Aileen McCormack Gregory in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Railsback, John H., 1850-1931 (Sc 1910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Railsback, John H., 1850-1931 (Sc 1910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1910. Letter, 28 May 1919, sent from John H. Railsback, Logansport, Indiana to the stockholders of the Cromer Oil, Gas, Drilling and Refining Company, Caney, Morgan County, Kentucky, requesting that they purchase more stock.
Breeding, John Will, 1927-2001 - Collector (Sc 1902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breeding, John Will, 1927-2001 - Collector (Sc 1902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1902. Letters sent to John W. Breeding, Rineyville, Kentucky from his brother Verlin Breeding and friend Walter D. Large describing military life in World War II; also letters from Breeding explaining the donation.
Combs, Bertram Thomas, 1911-1991 (Sc 1905), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Combs, Bertram Thomas, 1911-1991 (Sc 1905), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1905. Cover of the 1962-1964 Kentucky Executive Budget bearing the signature of Governor Bert Combs.
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 - Collector (Sc 1891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 - Collector (Sc 1891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1891. Typescript of a 1924 news clipping about the Smiths Grove Baptist Church and a holographic listing of information related to churches in Bowling Green and Warren County.
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 (Sc 1899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 (Sc 1899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1899. Index to records of the Johnson Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1945-1957, compiled by Hardcastle.
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1892. Letter, 22 September 1840, from "Nannie," Paris, Kentucky, to her classmate Anne Swigert, telling of her vacation, her reading materials, and general gossip about her classmates.
Law, Robert Cornwell, B. 1937 (Sc 1894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Law, Robert Cornwell, B. 1937 (Sc 1894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1894. Genealogical material compiled by Robert C. Law related to the Helm family; also includes Bible records for the Carson and McAllister families (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans) and information about the McReynolds Cemetery in Christian County, Kentucky.
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), 1924-2019 (Sc 1900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), 1924-2019 (Sc 1900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1900. Letters and portions of letters written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky to her daughter Elizabeth, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Includes references to her family and friends, her daily life, and her writing habits.
Oakland Christian Church - Oakland, Kentucky (Sc 1890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oakland Christian Church - Oakland, Kentucky (Sc 1890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1890. Abstracted sections from church minutes, 1840-1888, and a list of members from 1835-1908 compiled by Mildred (Tucker) Hardcastle; also a commemorative history, 1974.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Churches - Presbyterian (Sc 1893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Churches - Presbyterian (Sc 1893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1893. A typed list of members of Bowling Green's Presbyterian Church from 1819 to 1888; includes membership, baptisms, ordinations, dismissals, etc.
Hawkins, Jeff (Sc 1898), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawkins, Jeff (Sc 1898), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1898. Newsletters from Jeff and Lou Ann Hawkins concerning their ministry in eastern Kentucky at Cody Bible Church, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, and Twin Rocks Bible Camp, Red Fox, Knott County, Kentucky.
Forgy, Samuel Walton, 1866-1927 (Mss 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forgy, Samuel Walton, 1866-1927 (Mss 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 254. Correspondence related to the legal career of Forgy, of Todd County, Kentucky, as well as to his personal business dealings. Includes political correspondence related to Kentucky’s 1915 governor’s race.
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 255. Correspondence, research notes, slides, and photographs related to Vernon White's interests: covered bridges, hominy holes, archaeology, and grave covers, chiefly in Kentucky. Also includes drafts of his books and information about the White family of White Mills, Hardin County, Kentucky as well as information about White's participation in World War II. To view a selection of illustrative material from the White Collection go to this website: http://www.wku.edu/library/dlsc/vernonwhite.php
Campbell, D'Ann, B. 1949 (Sc 1928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, D'Ann, B. 1949 (Sc 1928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1928. Letter to friends from D'Ann Campbell and her husband, Richard Jensen, concerning their family's move to West Point where they both are teaching for the year.
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1895. Chiefly e-mails from Morehead, Kentucky native Emily Hearn to friends and family related to her work with the Peace Corps in Jordan.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1896), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1896), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Travel diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during a trip to China in the summer of 1992.
Runner, Jesse J., 1895-1954 (Sc 1888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Runner, Jesse J., 1895-1954 (Sc 1888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1888. Paper: "Historical Sketch of Warren County (Before 1890)" written by Jesse J. Runner.
Gilbert, Helen Lynn, 1949-1981 (Sc 1889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gilbert, Helen Lynn, 1949-1981 (Sc 1889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1889. Paper: "Early Schools in Warren County [Kentucky]" written by Helen Lynn Gilbert.
Melbourne, Mary Ellen, 1872-1923 (Sc 1885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Melbourne, Mary Ellen, 1872-1923 (Sc 1885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1885. Letter, 15 February 1921, from Sister Ethel Freda (Mary Ann Melbourne) to a relative, Blanche Heckel, Vinita, Oklahoma. While undergoing medical treatment at St. Angela's Home, Louisville, Kentucky, she discusses her family and life at Mount St. Joseph's convent in Daviess County. She mourns the death of Mother Aloysius, the convent's first Mother Superior, whom she had accompanied to California on a mission to improve her health.
Lindsey, Thomas N., 1808-1877 - Letter To (Sc 1886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lindsey, Thomas N., 1808-1877 - Letter To (Sc 1886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1886. Letter, 24 June 1842, written to Thomas N. Lindsey, Frankfort, Kentucky , from a correspondent in Clinton, Kentucky regarding lawsuits in connection with the estate of Johnson Todd.
Robertson, [M. D.?] (Sc 1887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, [M. D.?] (Sc 1887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1887. Letter written, 29 November 1869, by [M.D.?] Robertson, Collin County, Texas to an unidentified recipient in Kentucky; he discusses his overland trip from Kentucky to Texas, cost of items, and his general prospects.
Havighurst, Clark Canfield, B. 1933 (Sc 1897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Havighurst, Clark Canfield, B. 1933 (Sc 1897), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Senior thesis: "The South and Robert Penn Warren" completed at Princeton University, 1955. Also includes typed comments by Princeton faculty and handwritten comments from Warren scholar Victor H. Strandberg.