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Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 120. Copy of land grant, 4 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Moore 200 acres in Logan County.


Warren Seminary - Warren County, Kentucky (Lg 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Warren Seminary - Warren County, Kentucky (Lg 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 118. Original land grant, 27 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the Trustees of Warren Seminary 168 acres in Warren County, adjoining land of William Wingfield, Angus McDonald, John Dixon, and John Wingfield.


Bowling Green Seminary - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Lg 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bowling Green Seminary - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Lg 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 117. Original land grant, 21 July 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the Bowling Green Seminary 90 acres in Warren County, adjoining land of Martin Grider and William Chapline.


Sloss, John (Lg 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sloss, John (Lg 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 125. Original land grant, 4 June 1808, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of Margaret Stockton, late M. Sloss, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky on both sides of the line dividing Warren and Logan counties in Kentucky.


Sloss, John (Lg 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Sloss, John (Lg 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 124. Original land grant, 9 February 1809, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss, assignee of Joseph Sloss, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.


Bourland, Felix (Lg 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bourland, Felix (Lg 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 122. Original land grant, 3 November 1855, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Felix Bourland 17 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.


Bourland, Felix (Lg 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bourland, Felix (Lg 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 123. Original land grant, 15 May 1856, by which Charles S. Morehead, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Felix Bourland 182 1/3 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.


Mitchell, Moses (Lg 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Mitchell, Moses (Lg 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 116. Original land grant, 6 July 1847, by which William Owsley, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Moses Mitchell 200 acres in Barren County.


Daniels, Herbert, 1836-1899 (Mss 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Daniels, Herbert, 1836-1899 (Mss 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 500. Letters of Herbert Daniels, serving with the 7th Rhode Island Infantry, to Salina A. (Brewster) Waterson in Worcester, Massachusetts. He reports on camp life in Kentucky, Maryland and Washington, D.C., gossips about other soldiers, and makes candid references to his sexual relationship with Salina.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Clements Family Papers (Mss 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Clements Family Papers (Mss 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 357. Correspondence, photographs and personal papers of the Clements family of Owensboro, Kentucky, primarily LaVega Clements his wife Margaret “Maggie” (Brown) Clements, and their descendants. Includes genealogical research on the Clements and associated families.


Edmonson County, Kentucky - Account Books (Mss 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Edmonson County, Kentucky - Account Books (Mss 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 550. Account book for H.E. James & Co., a general store, at Johnson's Mill, Edmonson County, Kentucky, and S.T. Brooks, a general store in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes two loose items removed from the Brooks ledger.


Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2871. “A Dark and Bloody Ground: A Synopsis of the Lives of Micajah and Wiley Harpe,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. The illustrated paper, the basis for a presentation to the E.Q.B. Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounts the lives of Kentucky outlaws Micajah and Wiley Harpe.


Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscipts Small Collection 2870. “A Morning Walk,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, a descriptive and contemplative essay about an outdoor excursion in winter at Sally’s Rock in Warren County, Kentucky.


Campbell, John O., D. 1865 (Sc 2866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Campbell, John O., D. 1865 (Sc 2866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2866. Letter, 9 April 1863, of John O. Campbell, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, written from Paris, Kentucky to friends. He comments on both the beauty and destruction in the area, on Confederate sympathies, especially among the women, and how they should be punished, and on camping at the Bourbon County fairgrounds. He also comments on local members of the Clay and Bacon families and on U.S. Senator Garrett Davis’s support of reprisals for disloyalty to the Union. Includes associated data on Campbell and his regiment.


Dowsman, George B. (Sc 2867), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Dowsman, George B. (Sc 2867), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2867. Letter, 24 September 1862, of George B. Dowsman, Company H, 75th Indiana Infantry. Writing from camp in Louisville, Kentucky, he describes conditions preceding a possible attack by Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s army, his company’s readiness, and its recent movements in Kentucky.


Wilson, John W. (Sc 2865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Wilson, John W. (Sc 2865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2865. Letter, 2 July 1864, of John W. Wilson, Company B, 2nd Kentucky Battalion Cavalry, written from Bristol, Virginia to the father of Private James Minter informing him that his son was killed at the 2nd Battle of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky and praising his character. Includes associated data on Wilson and Minter.


Mcdaniel, Paul William, 1916-2004 (Mss 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Mcdaniel, Paul William, 1916-2004 (Mss 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 515. Writings and awards of Paul William McDaniel, nuclear physicist and graduate of Western Kentucky University. Includes typescripts of lectures delivered at Queensland University, a journal he kept while serving in World War II, and a copy of his Arthur F. Fleming Award. Also includes many letters of congratulations to him and a copy of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.


Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.


Horse Cave, Kentucky - City Minutes (Mss 22 Box 1 Folder 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Horse Cave, Kentucky - City Minutes (Mss 22 Box 1 Folder 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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The minutes of the Caverna (later Horse Cave), Kentucky Board of Trustees from 1871 to 1892. Full text of the minutes, in 50-page increments, can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below. The community was known as Horse Cave, but changed its name to Caverna in 1869 and later changed its name back to Horse Cave in 1880. Stray material was scanned where it was found in the minute book; blank pages were not scanned. A short index was typescripted from the original minute book and is also included as an "Additional File." This minute book is part of …


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Henderson, Wathen Board, 1877-1957 (Mss 516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Henderson, Wathen Board, 1877-1957 (Mss 516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 516. Typescripts of “‘Old Timer’s’ Timely Topics,” a column by Wathen B. Henderson that appeared in the Breckinridge (Kentucky) News. The columns chiefly look back on the people, families and history of Breckinridge County and include Henderson’s own reminiscences.


Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 384. Correspondence, class materials, published and unpublished papers, and research material collected by Dr. Wilford E. Fridy in his study of Robert Penn Warren and his writings. Includes an untitled and unpublished novel by Robert Penn Warren, correspondence between Fridy and Warren, and photos of Warren and Guthrie, Kentucky, Warren’s hometown.


Miller, John A., Sr., 1840-1905 (Mss 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Miller, John A., Sr., 1840-1905 (Mss 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 514. Receipts, correspondence, bills of lading ledger, 1870-1874, and account book, 1864-1866, for Miller’s jewelry businesses in Alton, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. Miller later operated a jewelry store in Cairo, Illinois.


Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, 1862-1947 (Mss 512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, 1862-1947 (Mss 512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 512. Writings of Thomas Crittenden Cherry, a Bowling Green, Kentucky educator. Includes manuscript drafts of his books Kentucky, the Pioneer State of the West and The Story of Kentucky, other historical monographs, and correspondence relating to the publication and sales of Kentucky, the Pioneer State of the West. Also includes a 1912 reunion program for the Orphan Brigade (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Relating To (Sc 2859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Relating To (Sc 2859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2859. Correspondence, documents, and secondary sources collected by Price Kirkpatrick and related to the “real” birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Material speculates that Lincoln could have been born in Monroe or Cumberland counties in Kentucky.


Foster, Richard Wesley, 1879-1969 (Sc 2858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Foster, Richard Wesley, 1879-1969 (Sc 2858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2858. Letter, 2 February 1906, written by Wesley Foster, Shelbyville, Kentucky, to his mother Mrs. J. R. Foster, Matthews. Virginia, in which he expresses his disappointment in Mammoth Cave after a tour. Includes original envelope illustrated with an H.C. Ganter photograph of the Cave's "Olives Bower."


Francis Family (Sc 2856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Francis Family (Sc 2856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2856. Genealogy of the Francis Family by Charles W. Francis, 1928; and correspondence of various Francis family members in Connecticut.


Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2857. Typescripts and a few photocopies of a printed newspaper column titled “Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore” written by WKU English professor Gordon Wilson, Sr. This grouping includes columns that were not incorporated into the bound volumes of his work found in the Kentucky Library Research Collections (GR110 .K4 W542)


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.