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Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 295. Letters written to Dorthie A. Hall, student and editor of the "College Heights Herald" at Western Kentucky Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II. The male correspondents are all former students from Western, and they describe military life in their specific locations around the world. They all express devotion to Western and ask for details and comment about the school, sports teams, and the Bowling Green community.
Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2097. Diary kept by Mary H. Thompson, a physician's daughter living near Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky, from February to November 1902. She writes of social events, home life, teaching school, church attendance, family and friends.
Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Magruder-Clysdale Collection (Mss 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 284. Correspondence of the Magruder and Clysdale families of Louisville, Kentucky, London, Ontario and Grand Bend, Ontario. The correspondence covers family matters and the progress of the Magruders' professional work and writing on Protestant theology and social issues. Includes photographs relating to the Clysdales and a related family, the Brighams.
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2096. Letters from Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice to Henry and Rebecca Watterson, 1903-1916 (13), chiefly including personal advice, discussions of literary topics, and social invitations. Also includes a brief note to Benjamin W. Huebsch, n.d., giving a positive review of a book titled 'Dragnet'; and a letter to William Orton Tewson, n.d., in which Rice discusses literary criticism.
Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 2076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 2076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2076. Typescript (15 pp.) titled, "Unfinished Autobiography of John Rowan Written in 1841 at Federal Hill, Ky." The text is mainly concerned with his family's emigration to Kentucky from Pennsylvania by boat down the Ohio River.
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 219. This collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Moore, Mulligan, Brown and Johns families, who are interrelated. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters and events occurring in Trigg County, Kentucky and Allen County, Kentucky.
Thomas, Mabel (Finney), 1897-1988 (Sc 2061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Mabel (Finney), 1897-1988 (Sc 2061), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2061. Typescripted diaries of Mabel Thomas relating to her travel in Africa, Europe, Scandinavia and Russia. Includes cards and letters to Thomas relating to travel by others in Africa, Alaska, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, Japan, and New England.
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fishburn, Myra Jane, B. 1970 (Mss 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 280. Correspondence of Myra Jane Fishburn during her service in the Iraq War with the 76th U.S. Army Band. Includes photographs, Arabic language instruction materials, Arabic music CDs, and miscellaneous training and informational materials.
Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2043. Reminiscence about the Civil War Wilderness Campaign written by Waldo C. Van Valin, 1864? (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan); also includes articles and correspondence related to ethnological work done in Alaska, 1912-1919, by William B. Van Valin.
Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2037. Letter from Baldwin, written in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife Louisa in Philadelphia. He writes of his travel in Kentucky and includes a description of Lost River Cave and grist mill.
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.
Burchfield, Evelyn (Day), 1896-1990 (Sc 1973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Burchfield, Evelyn (Day), 1896-1990 (Sc 1973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1973. Several letters written by Evelyn D. Burchfield, Davao, Philippines and a 190-page memoir of her life in the Philippines, chiefly during the World War II Japanese occupation; also includes an introduction (17 p.) to the memoir by friend Viola Crump.
Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2007. Narratives written by Thomas Henry Baird, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, describing hunting trips to Mozambique and northern New Mexico, and fishing trips to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario, Canada.
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1990. Correspondence of Craig H. Covert while serving in Iraq War from January to May 2004. As a member of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Close Protection Team based in Basra, Iraq, Covert provided protective support to CPA South Administrator Patrick M. Nixon.
Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1956. Leather bound notebook, 1812-1819, letters and receipts of Lawrence family members in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri; includes genealogical information; also estate records for Levi Lawrence who died in Warren County, Kentucky in 1957.
Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 259. Chiefly letters sent to Georgetown, Kentucky native James Edward Barlow, who was employed in the electrical engineering field. The letters are generally from friends inquiring about his work, health, and interests in electronics and photography. Also includes correspondence of his parents, Edward Calistis Barlow and Lily (Robertson) Barlow of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rash, Otway Watkins, Jr., 1876-1966 (Sc 1970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1970. Medical diplomas and business papers of Otway Watkins Rash, Jr., an Owensboro physician, including deed, U.S. Internal Revenue inventory form for opium and other narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department still registry form, stock certificate, and letters to Mrs. Grace Rash containing family information, especially on her Welsh relatives.
Fisher, John A., B. 1936? (Sc 1966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fisher, John A., B. 1936? (Sc 1966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1966. Letters written by John A. Fisher from Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Austin, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky to his cousin, Louisa Josephine Ganter, describing his travel and giving family news. Included are two letters to Fisher from another cousin, Carrie F. Fisher.
Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 1945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 1945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1945. Letters written by Thomas Henry Baird to his wife, Nancy Disher Baird, Cherry Point, North Carolina, discussing his service as a physician on a navy vessel on a mission to several African nations.
Womi (Radio Station) - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 1943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Womi (Radio Station) - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 1943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1943. Program Verification card sent from WOMI, Owensboro, Kentucky to Harold Gentry, Haworth, Oklahoma.
Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.
Slack-Ratiu, Heather And Bogdan Ratiu (Sc 1918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slack-Ratiu, Heather And Bogdan Ratiu (Sc 1918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1918. Web journal kept by Heather Slack-Ratiu and her husband Bogdan Ratiu of their motorcycle tour of Romania, Bogdan's native country, from May-July 2006.
Campbell, Andrew Jackson, 1834-1863 (Sc 1926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, Andrew Jackson, 1834-1863 (Sc 1926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1926. Typescript of portion of Andrew Jackson Campbell's diary kept while he was traveling by train in Kentucky, 28 December 1859 to 18 January 1860.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1917. Letters written by Baird from South Africa where she spent a sabbatical semester conducting research.
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hearn, Emily (Sc 1895), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.
Morris, Holly (Fa 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morris, Holly (Fa 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 508. Paper: "Cultural Tourism: Folklore in Tourism Brochures" written by Holly Morris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The paper looks at folklore elements found in cultural tourism brochures. Includes paper and supporting material.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1896), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 1896), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Travel diary kept by Nancy Disher Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during a trip to China in the summer of 1992.
Robertson, [M. D.?] (Sc 1887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, [M. D.?] (Sc 1887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.