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Jordan, Milton Ray, B.1925 - Collector (Mss 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2011

Jordan, Milton Ray, B.1925 - Collector (Mss 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 247. Chiefly correspondence, family group sheets, vital statistics, and other genealogical material related to the Beals and Reeves families. Of interest are documents concerning the Civil War service of Jeremiah Beals, Monroe County, Kentucky, in the Union Army.


Davis, Virginia Wood, 1919-1990 (Mss 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2011

Davis, Virginia Wood, 1919-1990 (Mss 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 375. Correspondence, photographs, diaries, and personal and professional writing of Virginia Wood Davis, a Smiths Grove, Kentucky native and a reporter and editor, 1943-1985, for newspapers in Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and McCreary County, Kentucky. Includes genealogical data as well as correspondence and miscellaneous papers of her family, especially her mother, Virginia Wood (Cox) Davis.


Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (Mss 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2011

Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (Mss 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 374. Administrative papers, board minutes, correspondence, project files, and publications of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society, a state-wide membership organization of quilters that promotes better understanding of historic quilts and the design and construction of new quilts. Major projects include a collection of oral histories with Kentucky quilters and a survey of historic quilts from Kentucky.


Kohn, Margaret (Bulger) (Fa 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Kohn, Margaret (Bulger) (Fa 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 566. Interview conducted by Margaret (Bulger) Kohn with Freeman Kitchens at Kitchens Grocery in Drake, Warren County, Kentucky on 22 September 1974. They discuss the store, Kitchens's phonograph collection and his association with the Carter Family (musical group).


Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, B. 1987 (Fa 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, B. 1987 (Fa 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 567. Paper: "A Brief History and Orientation to the Freeman Kitchens Collection" written by Jennifer Michelle Jameson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and an oral interview conducted by Jameson with Kitchens on 24 November 2010 in Drake, Kentucky.


Morrison, Ron (Fa 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Morrison, Ron (Fa 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 565. Interview conducted by Ron Morrison with Freeman Kitchens at Kitchens Groceries in Drake, Warren County, Kentucky. They discuss the store, Kitchens's phonograph collection and his association with the Carter Family.


Interview Conducted By Margaret (Bulger) Kohn With Freeman Kitchens (Fa 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Interview Conducted By Margaret (Bulger) Kohn With Freeman Kitchens (Fa 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview conducted by Margaret (Bulger) Kohn with Freeman Kitchens in Drake, Kentucky on 22 September 1974. They discuss the store, Kitchens's phonograph collection and his association with the Carter Family (musical group).


Interview Conducted By Ron Morrison With Freeman Kitchens In March 1978 (Fa 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Interview Conducted By Ron Morrison With Freeman Kitchens In March 1978 (Fa 565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview conducted by Ron Morrison with Freeman Kitchens at Kitchens Groceries in Drake, Warren County, Kentucky in March 1978. They discuss the store, Kitchens's phonograph collection and his association with the Carter Family (musical group).


Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2467. Three letters to Jeanette Hampton, Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky. The first letter, February 1933, informs her that she has been approved as teacher of the Ellis school. Two 1935 letters from friends Minnie and Thala discuss schools, parties, quilting, and visits.


Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, B. 1987 (Fa 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, B. 1987 (Fa 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 561. An annotated collection of playlists for the Freeman Kitchens collection of audio recordings (chiefly reel-to-reel tapes) held by the Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University. A second listing includes "notable items" within the collecction as identified by the compiler.


Daughters Of The American Revolution - Samuel Davies Chapter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Daughters Of The American Revolution - Samuel Davies Chapter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 363. Records of the Samuel Davies Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes membership applications and data, minutes, yearbooks and financial records.


Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 - Collector (Sc 2453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 - Collector (Sc 2453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2453. Miscellaneous marriage bonds (9) and minister's return (1) collected by Nora (Young) Ferguson. The bonds were given in Barren Butler, and Breckinridge counties in Kentucky. Some may have been given in Warren County, Kentucky.


Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 350. Items related to the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as well as Rotary International. The minutes, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, reports, clippings, and photographs highlight the organization's many years of service projects and civic involvement.


Hendricks, John, D. 1814 (Sc 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Hendricks, John, D. 1814 (Sc 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 168. Certified transcripts (1856), of Warren (County, Kentucky) Circuit Court records for two lawsuits involving title to land: James Bell v. John Hendrick (1815, commenced 1806) and George M. Bibb v. John Hendrick (1816, commenced 1815 against Hendrick's heirs).


Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Underwood Collection (Mss 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and selected full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 58. Correspondence, diaries, papers, and genealogical materials of Joseph Rogers Underwood, U.S. Senator from Bowling Green, Kentucky, his wife Elizabeth Cox Underwood, his brother Warner Lewis Underwood, and his son, John Cox Underwood.


Lamkin, Kathrine Porter (Russell), 1926-2009 - Collector (Mss 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Lamkin, Kathrine Porter (Russell), 1926-2009 - Collector (Mss 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and several full-text items (click on "Additional Files" below) from Manuscripts Collection 359. Genealogical research material collected by Kathrine Porter (Russell) Lamkin and her husband John "Jack" Tucker Lamkin about the Porter family. Includes a typescript and annotated copies of John M. Porter's 1872 history of the Porter family. Also includes information about auxiliary families including: Blacklock, Dobbins, Hein, Beard, Carson, Chapman and Helm.


Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Sloss Family Papers (Sc 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 159. Deed of division among heirs of Thomas L. Sloss involving lands in Simpson County and Warren County, Kentucky, 1845; writ of execution to Logan County, Kentucky sheriff, 1868; power of attorney regarding administration of estate of Edward E. Sloss.


Hays, L. M. (Mrs.) - Collector (Sc 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Hays, L. M. (Mrs.) - Collector (Sc 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 120. Slave bill of sale, 1822, and incoming letters, 1852, 1854 (2), of the Allen family of Warren County and Edmonson County, Kentucky; and letter and receipts, 1829, 1845 (3), of the Mallory family of Warren County, Kentucky.


Hardcastle, Paul (Mrs.) - Collector (Sc 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Hardcastle, Paul (Mrs.) - Collector (Sc 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 119. Listing of notes owed to estate of Robert Craddock, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1837, and survey for Mordecai Cole for 1 1/2 acres of land in Warren County, Kentucky, 1905.


Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 (Sc 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 (Sc 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 116. Papers of Bettie Hagerman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, City Food Chairman of the Red Cross of Warren County, Kentucky, which relate to an endeavor to raise $10,000 by combining with the Fair Association and serving food contributed by donors.


Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 114. Chiefly letters written by William Harris to his wife, Louranah Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he details his experiences as a California Gold Rush adventurer, 1850-1852 (9 items); other letters describe Texas in 1855 and Civil War activities at Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. Also Bowling Green Home Telephone Company stock certificate, 1913.


Sublett Family (Sc 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Sublett Family (Sc 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 146. Bill of Charles Sublett for tanning calf skin, 1808; tax receipt (fragment) to Charles Sublett, Warren County, Kentucky, 1817; promissory note signed by William Sublett, 1826; three notes on religious doctrine; scrapbook of articles and poems about Kentucky and Kentuckians compiled by Paul H. Murphy, 1932.


Jones & Stevens - Account Book (Sc 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Jones & Stevens - Account Book (Sc 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 248. Account book for the Jones & Stevens general store located in Greencastle, Warren County, Kentucky. Index of accounts is located in the front of the volume, followed by the full accounts of the store’s customers. A label affixed to the ledger’s cover indicates that the volume was originally intended for recording information about Warren County court cases, but this was never done. The label is signed by James D. Hines.


Land - Transactions (Sales, Purchases, Transfers, Etc.), 1861-1890 (Sc 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Land - Transactions (Sales, Purchases, Transfers, Etc.), 1861-1890 (Sc 104), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 104. Deeds and papers for land in the Kentucky counties of Butler, 1877 (1 item), Warren, 1861-1886 (4), and Edmonson, 1890 (1). William P. Beard and the Porter family are involved in many of these transactions.


Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 139. Deeds for land in Warren County, Kentucky, involving the Jenkins and Mitchell families. One deed includes a certificate of privy examination for Susan Jenkins.


Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 21. Interviews conducted by Cindy Royden with Oscar Tittle, Charles and Rosey Woolbright and Ivan H. Key, members of Pentecostal churches in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about their religious beliefs and practices. Includes taped services at Seventh Street Full Gospel Church and First United Pentecostal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Bowling Green-Warren County [Kentucky] Junior Chamber Of Commerce (Sc 2411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2411. Directory of 1957-1958 officers and active members of the Bowling Green-Warren County, [Kentucky] Junior Chamber of Commerce. Includes the "Jaycee Creed" and procedure for nomination of new members.


Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Warren County Citizens For Managed Growth (Mss 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 355. By-laws, minutes, newsletters, correspondence and other material related to WCCMG, an organization founded to deter development of the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark, located near the rural community of Oakland in Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes information about Oakland, Kentucky. A bibliography of newspaper articles about the Kentucky Trimodal Transpark is included. To access the bibliography click on "Additional File" below.