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Elmwood Cemetery - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2023

Elmwood Cemetery - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Small Collection 3683. Listing of graves in Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Kentucky. Data consists of name, dates, and in some cases a brief description of the grave monument and/or its maker.

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Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2023

Spurlock, John Howard, 1939-2023 (Sc 3680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3680. Notes of an interview, 6 December 1986, by WKU professor John H. Spurlock with James Stuart, the brother of author Jesse Stuart. They discuss Jesse Stuart’s columns for the Greenup (Ky.) News and his editorship of the Greenup County Citizen; local and school board politics; and a physical attack on Jesse Stuart following his criticism of the local member of Congress.

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Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2023

Smith Family Papers (Sc 3679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3679. Two items relating to the Smith family of Warren County, Kentucky: a letter, 18 November 1852, from Amanda M. F. Withers, Dripping Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to Sarah Hampton in Warren County; having recently moved, she describes her labors setting up housekeeping, gives regards to her friends and Sarah’s family, advises Sarah to be careful in choosing a husband, and asks to be sent some plant cuttings. Also, a codicil to the will of Sarah’s future father-in-law Daniel C. Smith, 1868.

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Farmer, Eugenia (Berniaud), 1835-1924 (Sc 3677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Farmer, Eugenia (Berniaud), 1835-1924 (Sc 3677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3677. Biographical data on Eugenia B. Farmer, who worked for woman suffrage in Covington, Kentucky before moving to St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes Farmer’s address, “A Voice from the Civil War,” read at the 1918 Minnesota Woman Suffrage Convention; clippings from St. Paul newspapers; and a 2016 article from the Northern Kentucky Tribune. Also includes death certificates for Farmer and her husband.

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Kirby Family Papers (Mss 749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Kirby Family Papers (Mss 749), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 749. Papers of the Kirby family of Warren County, Kentucky, especially Sarah Jane “Jennie” Kirby, her son Percy Warren Kirby, and his grandson Joseph W. Harris. Includes some genealogical data collected by Jennie.

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Hodge, James H., 1843?-1924 (Sc 3675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Hodge, James H., 1843?-1924 (Sc 3675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3675. Letters (3), written by James Hodge to his mother in Warren County, Kentucky, while serving with the 11th Kentucky Infantry, U.S.A. Writing from Tennessee just before the Battle of Bean’s Station, and from Kentucky and Georgia, he tells of engaging the enemy at Knoxville, of enduring "hard times" and reduced rations, and of his wish to return home to see her. Includes his 1924 obituary.

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Unions - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Unions - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3673. By-Laws and Trade Rules of Union Local No. 2156, Bowling Green, Kentucky, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

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Kirby, Sarah Jane "Jennie" (Whalen), 1863-1918 (Sc 3674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Kirby, Sarah Jane "Jennie" (Whalen), 1863-1918 (Sc 3674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3674. Memoranda by Jennie Kirby, Warren County, Kentucky, of local deaths from 1899-1916. Using a blank Poll Book, she inscribes names, date of death, and in most cases the cause of death. African Americans and whites are included. Records of births, 1910-1911, are at the back of the book.

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Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 3672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Ingram, James Maurice, 1905-1976 (Sc 3672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3672. Photographs (black & white, one color) of churches, schools, a library, a residence, and a business complex, presumably all designed by Louisville, Kentucky architect James Maurice Ingram. The residence and some of the church photographs are unidentified.

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Graven Family Papers (Sc 3671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Graven Family Papers (Sc 3671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3671. Records relating to the Boyd, Upton, Graven and Leslie families of Hart, Larue, and Monroe counties in Kentucky. Includes church minutes, tax receipts, marriage bond, family reminiscences, clippings, and a genealogy tracing the Upton family back to the Powhatan Nation of Virginia. Also includes photographs of the dedication of a new grave marker for War of 1812 veteran James Boyd.

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Covid-19 (Sc 3669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2023

Covid-19 (Sc 3669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3669. Miscellaneous communications issued via U.S. mail, e-mail and internet regarding closures, operational changes and mitigation measures during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes instructions on mask making, press releases from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s office, information on financial and mental health management, and the White House’s letter enclosing an Economic Impact Payment. Also includes some communications from Bowling Green, Kentucky churches, businesses and banks.

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Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2022

Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3666. Magazine-style supplement to the Louisville Courier-Journal, 13 March 1966, profiling the personnel and operations of the Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company. The well-illustrated publication highlights the company’s new home office building, the Lincoln Tower, designed by Taliesin Associated Architects, and includes a color rendering of the building on the cover.

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Mammoth Cave National Park - Relating To (Sc 3663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2022

Mammoth Cave National Park - Relating To (Sc 3663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3663. Deeds relating to lands of the Vanmeter family (tract #37) in Edmonson County, Kentucky, which were conveyed to the Kentucky National Park Commission as part of the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Also includes a list of former owners of 575 tracts of land acquired for the park, and sketch maps of the tracts.

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Fry, Ulysses S., 1865-1907 (Sc 3659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2022

Fry, Ulysses S., 1865-1907 (Sc 3659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3659. “In Loving Remembrance of Ulysses S. Fry,” a memorial notice with details on the life and death of Fry, of Hardin County, Kentucky, and a description of his funeral.

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Leopold Family Collection (Mss 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2022

Leopold Family Collection (Mss 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 747. Papers of the Leopold family of Louisville and Smiths Grove, Kentucky, primarily business records of William J. Leopold.

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First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3654. “Historical Record of First Church of Christ, Scientist,” a narrative by Kate (Topmiller) Hunt outlining the formation and growth of a Christian Science Society in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the chartering of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in 1925. Includes a list of the early members and a photograph of the church building at 11th and Center Streets in Bowling Green.

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Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. John, A Slave (Sc 3653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. John, A Slave (Sc 3653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3653. Record from the Warren County (Kentucky) Equity and Criminal Court, of John, a slave, charged with the murder of Harriet Porter, the wife of his owner Uriah Porter. After being convicted in Allen County, John was granted a new trial at which he was acquitted.

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Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Sc 3648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Sc 3648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3648. Letter, 16 March 1955, from U. S. Congressman Frank Chelf to Mrs. Laura Hornback [sic], Bardstown, Kentucky, extending congratulations on her 95th birthday. Affixed to the letter is a postage stamp-sized photograph of Chelf.

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Save Your Local Government Committee - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Save Your Local Government Committee - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding and and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3652. Flyer issued by the Save Your Local Government Committee, Louisville, Kentucky, outlining its objections to the proposed new state constitution and urging voters to vote against its adoption on 8 November 1966.

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Grayson, Donald Spalding, 1940-2022 (Sc 3651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Grayson, Donald Spalding, 1940-2022 (Sc 3651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3651. Letters to Donald S. Grayson, Louisville, Kentucky, from Kentucky politicians. They mostly reply to his interest in legislation for the treatment of hemophilia and in legislative responses, including a Constitutional amendment, to the abortion ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Includes campaign material from candidate for Governor Tom Emberton and U.S. Senate candidate Wendell Ford, and an invitation to a business forum from Louisville mayor Harvey Sloane.

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Barnes, Marvin Richard "Rod," 1922-1983 And Grace Barnes, 1927-2021 (Sc 3650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Barnes, Marvin Richard "Rod," 1922-1983 And Grace Barnes, 1927-2021 (Sc 3650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3650. Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Rod Barnes, Bardstown and Radcliff, Kentucky, from U. S. Senator Walter “Dee” Huddleston and Kentucky Governor Wendell H. Ford. They respond to the Barnes’s expressions of concern on matters of environmental protection, the improvement of U.S. Highway 31-E between Bardstown and Louisville, congressional pay raises, and tax treatment of small businesses.

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Logan, Marvel Mills, 1874-1939 (Sc 3647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Logan, Marvel Mills, 1874-1939 (Sc 3647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3647. Diary of Marvel Mills Logan, later a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, kept during his practice of law in Bowling Green. He writes of his office and courtroom work, clients and professional travel, and records his campaign and election in August 1926 as a justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Mss 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Mss 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 744. Correspondence and papers of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Leland H. Logan. Includes some personal material regarding his law practice and draft status, diaries for 1944 and 1945, and a small group of files representing his legal work, especially for the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation.

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Bowling Green Savings And Building Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

Bowling Green Savings And Building Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3646. Blank subscription form and share certificate for the Bowling Green Savings and Building Association, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Short Family Papers (Mss 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Short Family Papers (Mss 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 743. Deeds of the Short family, primarily Joseph P. Short, David T. Short, and David’s daughter Leona (Short) Tichenor, for land in Muhlenberg and McLean counties in Kentucky.

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Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 742. Manuscript of Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay: The Fictional Memoirs of Gospel Singer, Josephus Hezekiah Carson, by John Edmonds, a memoir based on the Bowling Green, Kentucky native’s life as a gay, African-American gospel singer. Includes a proposal for marketing the book, and several handwritten notes and lyrics. This material contains graphic sexual content.

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Dillon Family Deeds - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Dillon Family Deeds - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3645. Deeds, 1897-1977, relating to the title of the Dillon family to lands in Logan County, Kentucky, some of which were submerged by Lake Malone. Includes a plat (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) and sketches of residential lots in Camp Dillon Subdivision, and brief notes on the creation of Lake Malone by the damming of Rocky Creek.

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Farmer Cultural Awareness Project (Fa 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Farmer Cultural Awareness Project (Fa 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1388. Audio interviews with farmers in the ten-county Barren River Area Development District (BRADD) of Kentucky regarding their experiences as farmers, conducted as part of a project to raise awareness and understanding among the non-farming public. Includes brief biographical data (Click on "Additional Files" below), interview transcriptions, and photographs.

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Bryant, Farnsworth Dudley, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Bryant, Farnsworth Dudley, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 741. Business papers of the Thomson family of Fayette County, Kentucky, most notably Patrick Henry Thomson, his son William Z. Thomson, and son-in-law Squire C. Gaines. Includes scans of selected materials (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1387. Audio interviews conducted by WKU oral history students in spring 2022 for the South Central Kentucky Music Project, centering on musicians in Bowling Green and surrounding counties.

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