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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Garrard, James, 1749-1822 (Sc 3557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrard, James, 1749-1822 (Sc 3557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3557. Appointment of Isaac Lansdale as Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Kentucky, signed by Governor James Garrard, 2 April 1799. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3555. Letter, 12 March 1907, from Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to The Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, New York City. Crump asks the principals to meet with the former manager of an Edmonson County, Kentucky stone and paving company during his coming visit to New York and obtain his advice on the production of rock asphalt. Written on the letterhead of the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, the letter displays a graphic of a replica of Fort Boonesboro (Kentucky’s building at the Exposition) and lists the Commissioners.
Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Some Sketches of the History of Greenville and Muhlenberg County by Gayle R. Carver. These were published in the "Greenville Leader" in 1936 and 1937.
Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Family Histories in the "Leader News" compiled by Bobby Anderson in 1991.
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 transcribed by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 37. Account book for an unnamed general store in Hadensville, Todd County, Kentucky. The first 102 pages as well as the account book covers are not included.
Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3550. Correspondence of Lillie Adair, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her letters of 2 July and 17 July 1879 to her future husband Thomas W. Almond refer to their recent meeting and reassure him about a possible romantic rival. A letter from Thomas of 9 July 1878 (the correct year may be 1879) expresses gratitude for her sentiments, his wish to marry, and plans for his next visit. Each poetically proclaims their affection for the other. Thomas refers to his work as a photographer when he explains that he wrote his letter at intervals between …
Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 698. Correspondence of the family of Eleazer and Emily (Perry) Hamilton of Middle Tennessee, and related families in Texas and Mississippi.
1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
1920 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.
1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
1910 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1893 to 1908.
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1908-1918.
Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3548. “Memories of Motley Kentucky From Oxen to Greenhouses,” a reminiscence by Waif (Hogan) Motley. She writes of her childhood, family and community in Motley (Warren County), Kentucky.
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected scanned files (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 707. Documentation for an archaeological study, conducted by John Bryan LeSieur, of Kyrock, a planned industrial community in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes interviews, photographs, and an interpretive narrative.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3549. Audio interview by Jonathan Jeffrey of Beverly (Lloyd) Childress, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Following brief biographical remarks, Childress talks about her friendship with Pauline Tabor Webster, who ran a house of prostitution in Bowling Green.
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 704. Three account books of Bowling Green, Kentucky merchants: J. M. McClure, John Hines, and an unidentified dry goods and drug merchant.
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 708. By-laws, board minutes, correspondence, newsletters, public relations material and information related to events and programming sponsored by the Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science (BRIMS) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The digital photographs have been saved in the WKU Photo Archives.
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3545. Contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and associated documents of the Sumpter family of Bowling Green, Kentucky relating to the acquisition, subdivision and development of the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Includes a 1962 plat map of a subdivision extension, a 1990 plan for a sanitary sewer extension, and a narrative history of the neighborhood. Also includes a Sumpter estate document and a promissory note and deed of the Patillo family.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3544. Collected material on the house at 610 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, built in 1908 and known as the “Carrie Taylor house.” Includes data on its history, design, and owners; photographs; clippings; and plans for a 1933 renovation. Also includes a WKU student research paper on the house, and a compact disc with a slide presentation about the house and two of its owners, Carrie Taylor and Blanche Potter Sharpe.
Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3543. Letter, 15 September 1930, from Eldon S. Morgan, Scottsville, Kentucky Chief of Police, to Harry G. Smith, Secretary of the Kentucky Bankers Association, Louisville, Kentucky. He advises of his participation in the recent capture of a bank robber and asks for details regarding the offer and payment of a reward.
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 458. Material produced and collected for a film titled “On the Dixie Bee: The Quonset Auditorium Legacy,” which includes interviews with performers about their time at the Quonset Auditorium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Interviews may include a brief description of their performances, memories of the Quonset and thoughts about its demolition.
Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 706. Minutes, yearbooks, financial records and information about service projects, educational programming and fund raising efforts of the Bowling Green Garden Club.
Williams, Michael Ann (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Michael Ann (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and interview transcriptions for Folklife Archives Project 459. Interviews related to Sarah Gertrude Knott and the National Folk Festival conducted by Michael Ann Williams and Hillary Glatt as part of a joint project for the Kentucky Oral History Commission and Western Kentucky University. The audio interviews did not come with this collection. Interview transcriptions may be accessed by clicking on the "Download" button to the right and then clicking on the hyperlinks in the finding aid.
Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3540. Minutes and notices of meetings of the Inter-Agency Council, Bowling Green, Kentucky, formed in 1976 to “establish a forum for better communication among agencies, clubs, organizations, involved in service delivery.” Minuted are presentations by various service organizations about their work.
Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3542. Military papers relating to the Spanish-American War service in the 3rd and 29th regiments, Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, of John Ed Buchanan, Lebanon, Kentucky: his certificates of appointment as corporal; discharge certificates; and leatherette slipcover.
Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3541. Miscellaneous business papers and correspondence of William Crump, Rocky Hill (Edmonson County), an Smiths Grove (Warren County), Kentucky. Includes leases of agricultural property; receipts; a wagon manufacturer’s warranty; his father’s medical license; accounts; stock certificates in the Warren County Fair Association and in a local telephone company; map relating to a sale of town lots in Smiths Grove; and letters relating to a niece’s investments and to the purchase of horses.
Hunter Ledger - Hopkins & Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Deaths (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter Ledger - Hopkins & Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Deaths (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
The following listing of deaths from Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky was copied from a ledger started by William Finis Hunter (1865-1939) of Hopkins County, Kentucky and was continued by his daughter, Essie (Hunter) Hammond. Essie (Hunter) Hammond was born 3 October 1896 in Hopkins County, Kentucky and died 6 March 1995 in Greenville, Kentucky. The ledger was probably copied by Brenda (Collier) Doss prior to the death of Mrs. Hammond and came into the possession of Gail Miller around 1998.
Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3535. Two monographs by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, Bowling Green, Kentucky: “Reflections at the Wall,” presented at the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. on 8 September 2001, and “A Bone Called Luz,” prepared in connection with a presentation to the EQB Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Gee, John Bugg, 1801-1878 (Sc 3539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gee, John Bugg, 1801-1878 (Sc 3539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3539. Contract, 1 January 1841, for the hire of “Emily” for twelve months, stipulating a payment of $9.00 to John B. Gee by John Carter and Herod Turner. The contract also stipulates the clothing to be provided to Emily during the summer and winter.
Smith, James Leon, 1909-1992 (Sc 3537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, James Leon, 1909-1992 (Sc 3537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3537. Application, 1940, of James Leon Smith, Warren County, Kentucky, for a Social Security account number, with brochure and related correspondence; also contract, 1964, for Smith’s sale to Lee Housley of an interest in a Guernsey cow and her calves. Includes Kentucky Stat Board of Agriculture Health Certificate.