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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 39. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, D.B. Curd, assignees of A.M. Houchin, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2799. Typescripted personal history of David Lee Bryant (1923-2000) describing his upbringing in Todd County, Kentucky, his World War II military service, his capture by the Germans and liberation by the Russian Army, his subsequent work for a wholesale grocery firm, and his wife and three sons. Includes article about Bryant published 5 February 1986 in the (Greenville, Kentucky) Leader-News, and explanatory letter of his son Gary L. Bryant, 21 November 2013.

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Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2798. Letter of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky attorney Douglas Keen, 28 October 1929, setting out his qualifications, deploring political “mud-slinging” against him, and seeking support in his electoral campaign as the Republican nominee for County Attorney.

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Account Book - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Account Book - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2796. Merchant's book of accounts for foodstuffs, animal feed, wood and drayage in the Paducah, Kentucky area.

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Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Totty Family (Sc 2793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2793. Correspondence and research materials relating to the genealogy of the Totty family of Kentucky, and related families Carter and Cosby. Includes military records, birth, marriage, will and deed records, and pedigree charts.

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Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Allen, John G., 1837?-1863 (Sc 2795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2795. Pocket diary of John G. Allen, containing a few brief notations made while Allen was serving in the Union Army in 1862 and was encamped near Nashville; letter to his sister from camp, 24 November 1862, assuring her that he has had enough to eat; two promissory notes of Allen’s; and a summons to Allen to appear in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Court to answer a claim for debt.

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Johnston, Ira J. (Sc 2792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Johnston, Ira J. (Sc 2792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2792. “Memories of a WWII Veteran,” by Ira J. Johnston. Johnston recalls the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, entering the U.S. Army, basic training, his service in France and Belgium, combat on the advance through Germany, the food he ate, interacting with German civilians, a surprise meeting with his brother-in-law, his return home, the Japanese surrender, and his discharge.

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Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Spicker, Maxwell Pryse, Jr., 1920-1985 (Sc 2794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2794. Letters of Maxwell P. Spicker, Jr., to his parents in Louisville, Kentucky, written during his U.S. Army service in World War II. He writes of his training and leisure activities at Fort Riley, Kansas, Seattle, Washington and Gainesville, Texas, and confidentially to his father of his request for an overseas assignment. Includes photographs of Spicker and fellow soldiers.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Documents (Sc 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Warren County, Kentucky - Documents (Sc 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1276. Certificate of receipt, 6 May 1873, issued to B. Young for payment of special tax on business as a dealer in leaf tobacco in Woodburn, Kentucky; also copy of contract, 1 October 1900, between R. A. Taylor and T. H. Stamps authorizing Stamps to receive pay as a postal carrier subcontractor, with attached certificate of Postmaster General.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Historic Houses - The Old Brick (Sc 1277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Historic Houses - The Old Brick (Sc 1277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1277. Article, ca. 1961, written by Bob Dickey for a Bowling Green, Kentucky newspaper, about “The Old Brick,” a historic house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Noble A. Burford, Sr. and located at 3150 Smallhouse Road in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 30. Original land grant, 9 December 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.E. Runner, W.M. Houchin, and W.B. Thompson assignees of S.G. Dabney, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 36. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of P.T. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 38. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, D.B. Curd, assignees of Asel Houchin, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 32. Original land grant, 9 December 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.E. Runner, W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, assignees of John Fox, 200acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Sowers, Henry (Sc 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1227. Letter, 9 November 1862, written by Henry Sowers, encamped at Nicholasville, Kentucky, to his brother John. He gives an insight to the harshness of camp life and asks that certain articles (food and clothing items) be sent to him.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 42. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, D.B. Curd, and H.F. Curd assignees of D.W. Hazelip, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Curd, R. D. (Lg 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 47. Original land grant, 12 April 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to R.D. Curd, H.D. Curd, Willis C.Houchin, and W.B. Thompson, assignees of W.S. Wilson, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1265. Paper, described as a report from “an average American Joe,” written by Douglas Thompson for a WKU history class. He writes about his interview with Joe Neil Blair, who recounted his experiences in the Vietnam War. Includes Blair’s service record and his Bronze Star citation.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 46. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of Dr. J.H. Miller, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 50. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd, assignees of James H. Lindsey, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Religion - Letters Of Recommendation (Sc 1228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1228. Letters of recommendation of various individuals given by the following Baptist churches in Allen County, Kentucky: Bethel, 1836, 1861; Bethlehem, 1851; Liberty, 1852; and by Rocky Spring in Warren County, Kentucky, 1852.

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Wooton, Thomas Pryor (Sc 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Wooton, Thomas Pryor (Sc 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1261. Paper, “Iceland in World War II as Experienced by Jim Wooton,” written by Thomas Wooton for a WKU history class early in the 1990s. He relates Hopkins Countian Jim Wooton’s experiences during the Depression and World War II.

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Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Ransdell, Charles M. (Lg 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 25. Original land grant, 18 January 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles M. Ransdell, assignee of Vincent Anderson, 200 acres in Warren County.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 43. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd assignees of Benjamin B. Wilson, 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Houchin, W. M. (Lg 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Houchin, W. M. (Lg 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 28. Original land grant, 15 November 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W.M. Houchin, W.B. Thompson, H.F. Curd, and D.B. Curd assignees of Hiram Jordin, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1263. Paper, “Remembering the Rift,” by Zanga Anne Lindsey, Edmonson County, Kentucky, written for a WKU history class. Lindsey focuses on the views of her mother, Zanga Vincent Lindsey, concerning the Vietnam War and society during that troubled period.

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Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Cobb, Rebecca (Sc 1266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1266. Paper, “Thistle Cottage,” written by Rebecca Cobb for a WKU restoration class, documenting the history of this 1912 house built in Greenville, Kentucky for coal magnate William Graham Duncan.

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World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

World War I, 1914-1918 (Sc 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1250. Welcoming message, April 1918, from King George V, sent to Thomas Asbury Napier Scottsville, Kentucky. Napier’s son, Linus Pitts Napier, was among the U.S. soldiers who had arrived in Great Britain to assist the English in the war effort.

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Reading, William (Lg 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Reading, William (Lg 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 18. Original land grant, 5 August 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Reading, assignee of John Reading, 123 acres in Logan County.

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Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Briggs, Thompson (Lg 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 22. Original land grant, 8 January 1811, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thompson Briggs, 200 acres in Warren County.

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