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Burgess, James Marshall, 1861-1941 (Sc 1675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Burgess, James Marshall, 1861-1941 (Sc 1675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1675. Items related to the life and long career of Baptist minister James Marshall Burgess of Blandville, Ballard County, Kentucky. Includes his account book, 1898-1901; sermon outlines; genealogical data; news clippings; and the memorial record from his outdoor funeral.


Blackburn, Jeanie Daviess, 1847-1929 (Sc 1677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Blackburn, Jeanie Daviess, 1847-1929 (Sc 1677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1677. Letter, 1 April 1902, from Sallie Briggs, Oakwood, Marion County, Missouri, to Jeanie Daviess Blackburn [Bowling Green, Kentucky] relating to Daviess/Davis family genealogy. Also, Daughters of the American Revolution membership application of Queenie Blackburn Coke.


Shanks Family (Sc 1676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Shanks Family (Sc 1676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1676. John R. Nelms's account of the Shanks family journey from Allen County, Kentucky to Hopkins County, Texas, December 1851 to February 1852.


State Street Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

State Street Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 75. Business record book of the State Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1932-1942. Includes monthly financial reports and minutes.


Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 216. Chiefly minutes, bound and loose, of the Hardinsburg Magazine Club, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Also includes correspondence, program information, news clippings, and a few yearbooks.


Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 76. Photocopy of minute books, 1838-1883, 1908-1925, 1925-1953, 1953-1964 (4) of the Rock Spring Missionary Baptist Church of Harreldsville, Butler County, Kentucky. Prior to 1844 the church was known as the United Baptist Church of Christ at Concord and was located near Quality in Butler County, Kentucky.


Mt. Zion Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Mt. Zion Church Of Christ - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 79. Record book, 11 October 1852 to 8 September 1954 (63 p.) of Mt. Zion Church of Christ, Warren County, Kentucky.


First Baptist Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Mss 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

First Baptist Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Mss 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 74. Photocopies of original church minute books (1833; 1879-1981), membership roster (1948-1969), constitution and by-laws (1978) of the First Baptist Church, Franklin, Kentucky.


Wilson, William Michael, B. 1956 (Mss 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Wilson, William Michael, B. 1956 (Mss 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 224. Unedited draft of Wilson's book, "History of the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment," a Union regiment consisting chiefly of soldiers from southcentral Kentucky. They participated in numerous engagements in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.


Caney Fork Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Caney Fork Presbyterian Church - Butler County, Kentucky (Mss 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 70. Minute book of the Caney Fork Presbyterian Church, Butler County, Kentucky, 1821-2008. A typescript of the records for 1821-1945 can be viewed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.


Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Stamps, Rosalyn Marie (Gourley), 1919-2008 - Collector (Mss 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 223. Three recipe books collected by Rosalyn Marie (Gourley) Stamps; eight yearbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous items from the Mabel Thomas Garden Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Felts, Archibald, 1758-1825 (Sc 1699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Felts, Archibald, 1758-1825 (Sc 1699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1699. Typescripts of Felts's 1817 will, 1825 estate inventory, and family Bible records. A scanned copy of the Felts family Bible record as well as the supporting material for his pension petition can be accessed by clicking on the "Additional Files" links. Also includes an article about Felts's grandson Daniel Boler, who became an elder of the Mount Lebanon, New York Shaker community.


Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Mss 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 196. Letters sent to Stone and his mother, Nelle Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II from friends in armed service around the world. Includes letters, holiday greeting cards, telegrams, V-mail and postcards. Almost all correspondents were members of a local fraternal club known as the Senators which was composed of graduates of Bowling Green High School.


Strahm, Franz Joseph (Mss 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Strahm, Franz Joseph (Mss 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 213. Musical scores (22) composed by Strahm, a talented composer and pianist, who served as the head of Western Kentucky University's Music Department from 1910 to 1941. Some of the pieces are quite short, while others contain full orchestration.


Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Hogan, Ernest, 1865-1909 (Sc 1673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1673. Application to secure a Kentucky historical marker for Bowling Green, Kentucky native Ernest Hogan (Reuben Crowdus), considered to be the father of ragtime music. Includes 28 supporting letters and a photo of Hogan.


Green River Coal, Iron And Manufacturing Company, 1858-1875 (Mss 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Green River Coal, Iron And Manufacturing Company, 1858-1875 (Mss 221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 221. Account book (453 p.) for the Green River Coal, Iron and Manufacturing Company located on Mud River in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Includes records of sales, barge shipments, and individual accounts with miners listing company store purchases.


Bingham, Charles Edward, 1944-1997 (Sc 1672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Bingham, Charles Edward, 1944-1997 (Sc 1672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1672. Journal, notes, and scrapbook kept by Butler County, Kentucky native Charles Edward Bingham pertaining to his military service in Vietnam in 1968.


Perkins & Young Collection, 1859, 1905-1917 (Mss 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Perkins & Young Collection, 1859, 1905-1917 (Mss 220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 220. Account book (359 p.) for the "Old Kinlock" store located on the Portage Railroad in the Delafield community, northwest of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Pages 1-280 contain the records of the store; pages 281-359 include rental agreements and payments made to Young & Perkins for properties in the area.


Duncan-Ponvert, Annie Franchot, 2001-2004 (Mss 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Duncan-Ponvert, Annie Franchot, 2001-2004 (Mss 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 218. Duncan-Ponvert's thesis "The Stories of Eleven Who Served in World War II from Lewisburg, Kentucky" and the cassette tapes of the interviews she conducted as part of the research.


Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project, 2005-2008 (Mss 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project, 2005-2008 (Mss 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 217. Survey questionnaires and photos related to 15 outdoor sculptures in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Questionnaires also available in PDF format and photos in digital format.


Howard, William Barnett, 1837?-1863 (Sc 1668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Howard, William Barnett, 1837?-1863 (Sc 1668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1668. Letters from William Barnett Howard, serving with the 3rd Kentucky Regiment (C.S.A.) in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi to his family in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky. He provides a private's observations of daily camp life. Includes correspondence related to the letters and associated data.


Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Sc 1669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Sc 1669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1669. E-mails related to the personal and governmental response to Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.


Hudkins, Edgar Fernando, 1893-1977 (Sc 1670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Hudkins, Edgar Fernando, 1893-1977 (Sc 1670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1670. Letter from Edgar Fernando Hudkins, Toul, France to his sister Vera (Hudkins) Pigue commenting on his plans to return home after completing his military service. Includes biographical and genealogical information.


Brown, Austin, 1786-1863 (Sc 1671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Brown, Austin, 1786-1863 (Sc 1671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1671. Documents from the lawsuit of Thomas J. Hudnall vs. Elizabeth Brown related to the disposition of the Austin Brown estate.


Price, Sarah Frances "Sadie," 1849-1903 (Mss 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Price, Sarah Frances "Sadie," 1849-1903 (Mss 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 212. Journal articles, scrapbook and botanical illustrations of Sarah Frances "Sadie" Price, a Bowling Green, Kentucky naturalist and artist. Also includes a copy of her book "Flora of Warren County, Kentucky" and a botanical card game, "Phaenogamia," that she developed.


Thurber, Lucille (Kerr), 1900-1976 (Sc 1667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Thurber, Lucille (Kerr), 1900-1976 (Sc 1667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1667. Copies of poems written by Lucille (Kerr) Thurber, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native. Several of the poems were apparently written while Thurber was a patient in an unnamed hospital in October 1930. Some biographical information also included.


Sons Of The American Revolution - Applications (Sc 1665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Sons Of The American Revolution - Applications (Sc 1665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1665. Applications (42) for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution from individuals in far eastern Kentucky and far western Virginia. To see a list of the applicants click on "Additional Files" below.


Smith, Rhonda L. (Sc 1666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Smith, Rhonda L. (Sc 1666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1666. Paper titled "Death on the Rails" written by Rhonda L. Smith for a history class at Western Kentucky University. Relays the World War I story of how members of the 113th Engineer Battalion and the 138th Field Artillery, which included many Kentuckians, were killed in a rail accident in France.


Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1663. Items from the Bradley and Gerard families, chiefly concerning their Bowling Green, Kentucky undertaking business. Includes information related to the funeral service of Martha "Mattie" Jane (Buchanan) Gerard.


Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 207. Typescript of the record book of Concord Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky, consisting primarily of brief business meeting entries and membership lists.