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Thomas, Peter (Mrs.) (Sc 2127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Thomas, Peter (Mrs.) (Sc 2127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2127. Letter, 10 August 1889, from Mrs. Peter Thomas, Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Mayor & Board of Councilmen protesting a finding that she is located outside the city for the purposes of water service, but inside the city for purposes of taxation.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2115. Sundry Warren County, Kentucky court records collected by Warren County Circuit Court judge, Robert Coleman. Includes a will, indenture, manusmission papers, bonds, etc. List of documents is included in the finding aid.

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Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2077. Genealogical notes and correspondence relating to the Procter, Carson and Dinwiddie families. Includes a certified copy of the will of Evan Shelby, father of Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky.

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Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 - Letters To (Sc 2065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 - Letters To (Sc 2065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2065. Letters from various Kentucky politicians to Patricia and Paul Hodges, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly related to policies concerning same-sex marriage and immigration.

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Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Sc 2069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Stone, Dan Ray, 1921-2007 (Sc 2069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2069. Correspondence with Kentucky's senators related to advertising of alcoholic beverages on television; application for a retail beer license.

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Bell, Charles Rowan, 1891-1976 (Sc 2064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Bell, Charles Rowan, 1891-1976 (Sc 2064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2064. Incoming letter from William A. Stevens in which he makes a comment about Congressman William H. Natcher and about other mutual acquaintances. Also includes information about Bell's law career.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 285. Ordinances passed by the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky during the years 1914 to 1944. Includes list of ordinances; all the ordinances are not included with the collection. Also includes copies of various deeds and easements granted to the City of Bowling Green from 1885 to 1958.

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Barkley, David M., 1906-1983 (Sc 2051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Barkley, David M., 1906-1983 (Sc 2051), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2051. Three letters to David M. Barkley, Paducah, Kentucky, from Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, thanking him for good wishes and expressing regard for Barkely's father, Vice President Alben W. Barkley. An image of one of the letters, dated 14 November 1970 , can be found as an additional file.

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Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and some full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 262. Correspondence of Maxey B. Harlin, Jr., a Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney and member of the Constitution Revision Assembly; also, minutes of the Constitution Review Commission, a paper, and texts of speeches favoring revision of Kentucky's constitution.

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Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2017. Stray court records, including wills, deeds, peace warrants, teacher's contract, and other miscellaneous documents from Warren County, Kentucky. Chiefly concerning the Isbell family of said county.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 276. Minute books of Bowling Green, Kentucky Board of Councilmen (1948-1967), Board of Aldermen (1952-1967), and Board of Commissioners (1967-1987).

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Fennell, Charles, 1884-1959 (Sc 1979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Fennell, Charles, 1884-1959 (Sc 1979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1979. Correspondence related to legal and business affairs of Charles Fennell, a Cynthiana, Kentucky lawyer, State Highway Commissioner, and Department of Conservation Commissioner. Includes a pencil-drawn profile of Fennell.

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Eversole, Margaret B., B. 1927 (Sc 1941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Eversole, Margaret B., B. 1927 (Sc 1941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1941. Brief interview with Margaret B. Eversole conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel about her remembrances of U S. Congressman William H. Natcher.

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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.

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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.

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Forgy, Samuel Walton, 1866-1927 (Mss 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

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.

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Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

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.

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Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 110. Letters, 1897-1939 (16 items), written to James Tandy Ellis, poet, humorist, columnist, and lecturer of Ghent, Kentucky. Also includes Ellis' poems and writings, 1891 (5); printed items; clippings; commissions as Assistant Adjutant and Adjutant General of Kentucky; and miscellaneous items.

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Taxation - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Taxation - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 83. Holographic copy, 4 May 1822, of aggregate statement of federal taxes paid within the 6th District of Kentucky, which evidently included Logan County, accompanied by a certificate affirming Stephen Pleasonton as acting Commissioner of Revenue and signed by John Quincy Adams, U.S. Secretary of State, 21 October 1822.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 79. Letter, 21 November 1932, written by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Martha Washington Jackson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which expresses his thanks for her loyalty to the Democratic party; also notes given on the history of Bowling Green by Jackson.

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