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Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 And Martin Rush, 1816-1861 (Sc 1883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 And Martin Rush, 1816-1861 (Sc 1883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1883. Business papers, chiefly of Grigsby Rush and his son, Martin Rush, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes copies of deeds and slave bills of sale.
Armitage Family Collection, 1892-1994 (Sc 1881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Armitage Family Collection, 1892-1994 (Sc 1881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1881. Marriage license of Harold V. Armitage and Ella G. Barker, Fresno, California, 1892; telegrams and letter related to his mother's death in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1911; his Railway Express retirement papers, 1936-1938; diary kept by his sister Mary Armitage during her European tour, 1931.
Lewis, Margie Juliene (Ellis), 1893-1986 (Sc 1882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Margie Juliene (Ellis), 1893-1986 (Sc 1882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1882. Typescript of her memoir "The Perils and Joys of a Small Town Green River Lass"; photo of her brother Courtney M. Ellis; two photos of Woodbury, Butler County, Kentucky family home and family members.
Bristow, James Ernest, 1898-1976 (Sc 1884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bristow, James Ernest, 1898-1976 (Sc 1884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1884. Appointment certificate, honorable discharge certificate with enlistment record, and disability allowance award relating to the World War I service of James Bristow, an Owensboro, Kentucky native.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1880. Diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky of a sabbatical semester spent traveling and researching in southern Africa.
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 210. Correspondence between Ernest Eugene "Gene" Wheeler and his fiance and future wife, Alma Blancett of Calhoun, Kentucky. The correspondence begins while Wheeler was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and continues when he enters the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed on D-Day. Also contains Alma's 1945 diary.
Willian, Ruth (Whitlow), 1886-1962 (Mss 243), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Willian, Ruth (Whitlow), 1886-1962 (Mss 243), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 243. Chiefly letters to Mildred Ruth Whitlow Willian from John Edwin Bruce Willian, both before and after their 1910 marriage.
Baker, James Thomas, B. 1940 (Sc 1801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baker, James Thomas, B. 1940 (Sc 1801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1801. Typescript titled "Christ and Anti-Christ[:] Reciprocal Excommunication in North Carolina" analyzing the controversy surrounding a 1924 Elizabeth City, North Carolina revival conducted by Mordecai F. Ham.
Whitehead Collection (Mss 252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitehead Collection (Mss 252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 252. Personal letters and business papers of the Caldwell family of Scotland, and the Garlick, Whitehead and Wilson families of Pennsylvania. Includes descriptions of 19th century ocean travel, stock certificates, naturalization certificates and numerous photographs.
Temple, Alvis Howard, 1904-1992 (Sc 2207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Temple, Alvis Howard, 1904-1992 (Sc 2207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2207. Biographical and genealogical material collected by Alvis Howard Temple, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in his efforts to join the Sons of the American Revolution. His SAR application was approved in 1976.
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Sc 1804), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Sc 1804), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1804. Court documents and ancillary material related to Commonwealth v. Hiram Smedley, a criminal case brought against a former county court clerk when Barkley was county attorney. Includes the text of Barkley's announcement of his candidacy for Governor of Kentucky, 1923.
Gossadge, William Frederick, 1903-1987 (Sc 1800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossadge, William Frederick, 1903-1987 (Sc 1800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1800. Note from Gossadge, Louisville, Kentucky, to “Professor and Family” reporting on the birth of his daughter Donna Lee Gossadge and his “sad lot” that she was not a boy.
Marshall, Nancy Carol (Richey), B. 1959 (Sc 1653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marshall, Nancy Carol (Richey), B. 1959 (Sc 1653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1653. Paper titled: "The Higher Road" about the life of long-time Western Kentucky University music professor Nelle Gooch Travelstead. The paper was written by Nancy Marshall for a history class at Western Kentucky University.
Becker, Mary Catherine, 1836-1907 (Sc 1803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Becker, Mary Catherine, 1836-1907 (Sc 1803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and selected scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1803. Social invitations sent to Misses Mary Catherine and Louisa Becker, Russellville, Kentucky. The majority of the invitations to Mary are from Churchill Haden Blakey, Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky, whom she later married.
Bevier-Cleaton High School, 1931 (Sc 1802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bevier-Cleaton High School, 1931 (Sc 1802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1802. School stationery with 1931 class list, Bevier-Cleaton High School, Cleaton, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 1870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 1870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1870. Letters written by "Chet" to his girlfriend "Dottie" discussing military life in Italy during the last years of World War II. The letter writer may have come from the Henderson, Kentucky area as several letters make references to places in that community.
Hobson Family Papers (Mss 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson Family Papers (Mss 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 121. Correspondence, legal papers, and news clippings about the Hobsons, a prominent family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The correspondence and reminiscences of Civil War veteran William E. Hobson; a diary kept by Mary Elizabeth Van Meter during the evacuation of Bowling Green, 1861; and correspondence of George Anna (Hobson) Duncan, an award winning trapshooter, are of particular significance. Also includes genealogical information about the Hobson and related families.
Orendorf, Jo Tilden, 1910-2003 (Sc 1874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orendorf, Jo Tilden, 1910-2003 (Sc 1874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1874. Transcription of a speech about the Red River Church, Logan County, Kentucky given by Jo Tilden "Top" Orendorf to the Russellville Woman's Club, 27 February 1988.
Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 1010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hayden, James H., 1843-1937 (Sc 1010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1010. Letter, 31 August 1926, written by James H. Hayden, Barren County, Kentucky, to Cora G. Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he discusses family matters and relationships between mutual families.
Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1845. Correspondence between Ernest D. Reamer, Jr. and his wife, Verna, while he was in the U.S. Army during World War II stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Gabbart, Lillian, 1905-1984 - Letter To (Sc 1875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gabbart, Lillian, 1905-1984 - Letter To (Sc 1875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1875. Letter, 9 December 1923, to Gabbart from “Louis,” a student from the Philippines attending Ohio State University. He expresses his admiration for her and tells of his holiday plans and his desire to visit her family farm in Kentucky.
Bailey Collection (Sc 1862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bailey Collection (Sc 1862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1862. Information related to the Bailey family of Logan County, Kentucky, chiefly letters to Margaret Bailey, 1865, from her husband J.M. Bailey, U.S. consul in Glasgow, Scotland, and letters [1869?]-1896 from two friends in Great Britain.
Hale, Hansford Lee, 1898-1977 - Letters To (Sc 1877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hale, Hansford Lee, 1898-1977 - Letters To (Sc 1877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1877. Letters and invitations sent to Hansford Lee Hale, Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, some dealing with courtship.
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Mary Jane (Simonin), 1842-1903 (Sc 1878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1878. Letter, 4 April 1864, from Mary Collins, Newport, Kentucky, to her husband John Collins, then serving in the military during the Civil War. She describes the tiresome duties of caring for several ill members of her household.
West, Gary Patterson, B. 1943 - Letters To (Sc 1876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
West, Gary Patterson, B. 1943 - Letters To (Sc 1876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1876. Letters of support for naming a stretch of road in Bowling Green "Duncan Hines Highway," and letters of appreciation for West's efforts to create the "World's Biggest Brownie" in honor of Hines.
Tobacco Growers' Associations - Kentucky (Sc 1879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tobacco Growers' Associations - Kentucky (Sc 1879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1879. Blank form for use as a template to prepare Articles of Incorporation for county Tobacco Growers' Associations in Kentucky.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns, Battles, Military Actions - Tebbs Bend, 1863 (Sc 1872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns, Battles, Military Actions - Tebbs Bend, 1863 (Sc 1872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1872. Letters related to the Battle of Tebbs Bend, Kentucky from two Union army participants; correspondence between Betty Mitchell Gorin and Lowell H. Harrison.
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 127. Letters of Joseph Holt written to family members about family matters, 1826, 1881 (2); letters concerning these early letters, 1961 (3); and typed copy of Holt's speech delivered to Kentucky troops under General Rosseau at Camp "Jo Holt" in Indiana, 31 July 1861.
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson Family Papers (Sc 1859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1859. Correspondence and documents related to the Union army service of William E. Hobson during the Civil War, including requests for leaves of absence (one to return to his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky to assist in prosecuting local “rebel scoundrels”), recommendations for his promotion to Brigadier General, and his military discharge certificate; deeds related to land owned by William’s great-uncle Jonathan Hobson; will of Jonathan Hobson freeing his slaves; and receipts for the purchase of materials for the construction of William’s father Atwood G. Hobson’s home, …
Graham, Harvey Butler, 1916-2003 - Collector (Sc 1860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Harvey Butler, 1916-2003 - Collector (Sc 1860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1860. Deeds and receipts related to the sale of land in Warren County, Kentucky; also, one Warren County Circuit Court case related to land disposition.