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Newspaper Carriers - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Newspaper Carriers - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1176. Letters (2) and Christmas parody from newspaper carrier to customer Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The carrier relates her wedding plans and wishes Handy a Merry Christmas. Later letter details why the couple is quitting the business.

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Ryan, P. A. (Sc 1178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Ryan, P. A. (Sc 1178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Order written by P. A. Ryan to William Matlock detailing when a regimental training would be held for the 107th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia in Franklin, Kentucky.

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Hume, Nevins S., B. 1870 (Sc 1170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Hume, Nevins S., B. 1870 (Sc 1170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1170. Letter written by Nevins S. Hume, Circuit Court Clerk, Cumberland County, Kentucky, to C.E. McClellan, Nashville, Tennessee, regarding the cancellation of the fall court term because of the flu epidemic. Also, he outlines for McClellan steps he needs to take regarding a certain claim.

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Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.

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Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1159. Desert Storm letters (25) by several servicemen to Betty A. Sullivan, Falls of Rough, Kentucky. Also included are examples of newsletters (3) and copies of letters sent by Sullivan to servicemen during the Persian Gulf War.

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Blohm, Amanda (Sc 1129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Blohm, Amanda (Sc 1129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1129. Student paper titled “Changes in the Economic Role of Women in Kentucky Shaker Communities” submitted as honors program thesis at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky by Amanda Blohm.

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Charter Commission For Urban County Government - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Charter Commission For Urban County Government - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1128. Correspondence, agendas, minutes and membership lists of Charter Commission and the draft and final copy of the Charter of the Urban County Government of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

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Cutler-Hammer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Cutler-Hammer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1127. Congratulatory letters, internal memos, undated press releases, and newspaper clippings from Cutler-Hammer, Inc., in Bowling Green, chiefly related to the publication of the newsletter Cutler-Hammer News.

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Oates Realty Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Oates Realty Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2776. Organizational meeting minutes, directors’ minutes, and by-laws of the Cooperative Sales Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripts of stock certificates issued to the incorporators, Alva Williams, M. B. Williams, and L. E. Ringo.

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Cooperative Sales Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Cooperative Sales Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2775. Organizational meeting minutes, directors’ minutes, and by-laws of the Cooperative Sales Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripts of stock certificates issued to the incorporators, Alva Williams, M. B. Williams, and L. E. Ringo.

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Allen, Mildred C., 1888-1978 - Collector (Mss 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Allen, Mildred C., 1888-1978 - Collector (Mss 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 484. Notes and correspondence relating to the history and genealogy of the Allen, Barret, Carson, Clarke, Helm, Hines, Hobson, Walker and Walton families. Includes a speech about the legal career of Walker D. Hines.

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Fresh, Mary A. Elizabeth (Logan), 1816-1894 - Letter To (Sc 2774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Fresh, Mary A. Elizabeth (Logan), 1816-1894 - Letter To (Sc 2774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2774. Letter to Eliza Fresh, Auburn, Kentucky, from a niece, Anna, in Paducah, Kentucky. She writes of the death of her sister, Lizzie, from typhoid fever on 18 October, the circumstances of her death, and the family's sadness.

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Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Geary, Genevieve (Baxter), 1924-2007 (Sc 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1125. Nine-page reminiscence written by Genevieve Geary, of Muhlenberg County, titled, “School Teaching in the 1940s in One- and Two-Room Schools with Emergency Certificate”.

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Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 483. Tax records for Allen County, Kentucky for 1821, 1824 and 1831, showing taxpayer’s name, categories of taxable property, assessed value, and militia district captain.

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Stahl, Sandra Fulkerson, B. 1950 (Sc 1124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Stahl, Sandra Fulkerson, B. 1950 (Sc 1124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1124. Student paper written by Sandra Fulkerson Stahl titled, “Critical Care: The Birth of a Nursing Specialty,” which discusses the history of critical care nursing and the development of a coronary care unit at Bowling Green’s City-County Hospital.

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Headrick, Victor Delano, 1921-2010 (Sc 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Headrick, Victor Delano, 1921-2010 (Sc 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1122. Letter, 26 May 1945, from Headrick, a Monroe County, Kentucky native, to his sister Eva Ream, relating his World War II experiences as a transportation specialist in Europe. Includes genealogical data sheet.

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Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1123. Postcard about a Bowling Green High School 1934 class meeting, 1937; newsletters (3), from the 87th Depot Repair Squadron, 1945; army ration card, 1945; miscellaneous papers related to Stamps’ release from the army, 1945; and a letter from a Moroccan friend, 1948.

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Warren County, Kentucky Anti-Liquor Association (Sc 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Warren County, Kentucky Anti-Liquor Association (Sc 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1121. Minutes, correspondence, and research notes of the Warren County, Kentucky Anti-Liquor Association and the local option election held in Bowling Green, Kentucky on 24 September 1960.

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Tippins, George Kenneth, 1915-1999 (Sc 2772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Tippins, George Kenneth, 1915-1999 (Sc 2772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of typescripted letters (Click on "Additional Files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2772. Typescripted (22) and handwritten letters (9) of George Kenneth Tippins to his future wife Pearl “Pat” Tipton in Alcoa, Tennessee. He writes from Lynch, Kentucky of the rigors of his work in the coal mines, including accidents and injuries, his affection for her, and his efforts to save money from his earnings for their married life. Also includes three letters from Pat to Ken.

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Minton, Stella (Phelps), 1892-1986, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Minton, Stella (Phelps), 1892-1986, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2773. Commemorative material about Butler County, Kentucky native Stella (Phleps) Minton, which includes remembrances by relatives and excerpts from Stella’s letters to her daughter, Elizabeth “Betty” Allen (Minton) Upton. Much of this material was included in a book titled Memory is a Wonderful Thing: The Life and Letters of Stella Minton by Larry Upton and Judy McDonald and presented at the Upton Family Reunion, Phoenix, Arizona, 27-28 September 2013. Includes commemorative bookmark from the reunion.

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Skaggs Transfer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Skaggs Transfer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 446. Correspondence, financial records, applications for new freight routes, and other papers generated chiefly by Willet Douglas Kirkpatrick in his position as vice-president of Skaggs Transfer, a motor-based freight transfer company located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes information about Renner Express Company’s negotiations and eventual purchase of Skaggs Transfer in 1971.

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Clagett, John Gay, 1818-1899 (Mss 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Clagett, John Gay, 1818-1899 (Mss 481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 481. Account book of John Gay Clagett, Rough Springs, Grayson County, Kentucky, primarily for sales of agricultural products. Includes business correspondence and loose items found therein.

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Langston, Luke Alvah Leigh, 1870-1965 (Mss 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Langston, Luke Alvah Leigh, 1870-1965 (Mss 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 479. Teacher’s registers with lists of pupils, accounts, and school regulations, kept by Luke A.L. Langston for various schools in Calloway County Kentucky, from 1890-1913.

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Carroll, Julianne (Fa 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Carroll, Julianne (Fa 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 615. This collection includes interviews and information about six Bosnians who immigrated to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Only four interviews were actually recorded.

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Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 478. Account books and journals of James William Street, recording his activities and local events, primarily in Henderson and Lyon counties in Kentucky. He also records the 1908-1909 activities of the Night Riders in the region.

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Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Walton, Charles Potter, 1876-1971 (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1120. Sermon notes and Spanish-American War discharge certificate of Simpson County, Kentucky native, Charles Potter Walton, who served as a Methodist minister in the south central Kentucky area. Several items related to the Spanish-American War can be viewed in full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Fairview Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2771. Cash book of Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, recording payments for labor and other operating expenses.

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Caley, Charles C., 1839-1901 (Sc 1181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Caley, Charles C., 1839-1901 (Sc 1181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1181. Letter, 18 December [1862], written by Union soldier Charles Caley, stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He discusses his illness, his arrival in Bowling Green Green from Louisville with six hundred troops, and their encampment in an old sawmill.

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Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Runner, William Elgin, 1839-1895 (Lg 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 31. Original land grant, 9 December 1871, by which Preston H. Leslie, Governor of the Commonwealth of of Kentucky, granted to William Runner, W.M. Houchin, and W.B.Thompson, assignees of Thomas L. Randal, 200 acres in Edmonson County.

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Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Kimbrough, Mary Alice (Sexton), 1907-1991 (Mss 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 159. Family correspondence, greeting cards, handicrafts, and newspaper clippings of Mary Kimbrough, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also items from various family members.

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