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Deacon, James (Lg 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Deacon, James (Lg 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 442. Original land grant, 21 July 1796, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Deacon 180 acres in Nelson County, Kentucky. Includes a survey of the land dated 4 November 1795.

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Davis, James (Lg 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Davis, James (Lg 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 441. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to James Davis 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky). Includes a survey of the land dated 14 February 1783.

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Linn, Benjamin, 1750-1814 (Lg 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Linn, Benjamin, 1750-1814 (Lg 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 445. Original land grant, 1 June 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Benjamin Linn, assignee of Gower Severns, 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Nelson County, Kentucky).

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Warren County Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Warren County Court - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2757), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2757. Resolutions of the Warren County Court, Warren County, Kentucky, delivered to Mrs. Catherine Payne expressing sympathy on the death of Edmund Payne.

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Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Steele, John, B. 1772 (Sc 2755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text transcription (Click on "Additional Files") of Manuscripts Small Collection 2755. Letter of John Steele, 16 February 1802, written from Bourbon County, Kentucky, to Reverend John Hemphill, Chester County, South Carolina. He describes the behavior of worshippers at the religious revivals in his part of the country, and expresses concern about their departure from orthodox principles of religion.

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Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Howard, Chloe (Miller), 1899-1989 (Sc 2758), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2758. Items related to the teaching career, including salary information, of Chole Howard; includes list of retired teachers in Monroe County, Kentucky (dated 1977) and information about the Mothers' Day program at Skaggs Creek Baptist Church in Monroe County.

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Uncle Jeff Oil Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 2756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Uncle Jeff Oil Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 2756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2756. Statement, 8 February 1921, of activities, assets and liabilities of the Uncle Jeff Oil Company, Nashville, Tennessee, issued in connection with a stock offering; also 1923 letter to a stockholder, and a dividend letter to stockholders outlining the company’s prospects and inviting further stock purchases. Reference is made to the company’s leases in Williamson and Dickson counties in Tennessee and in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Blake, Rufus George, 1846-1929 (Sc 1095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Blake, Rufus George, 1846-1929 (Sc 1095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1095. Letter, 17 July 1927, by Rufus George Blake, Crossett, Arkansas, to his granddaughter Maxine (Blake) Walker. Relates briefly his and his father Hiram Blake's Civil War experiences, which resulted in Hiram being killed near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes 1997 letter related to earlier document.

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Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Wall Family Papers (Sc 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1094. Documents mainly of Wall family members of Cynthiana (Harrison County), Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. The family correspondence includes three Civil War era letters. The financial receipts include one for the cost of an 1841 servant’s coffin.

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Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 1099), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1099. Letter, 8 April 1932, of Velma Gertrude Vick, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky, to “My dear Mrs. Smith.” She encloses some Fairfax family genealogical data and information related to Logan County artist Roberta McLean, who specialized in painting family coats of arms. Also, three newspaper clippings.

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Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Haile, Hascal B., 1906-1986 (Sc 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1098. Four labels used for guitars made and sold by Hascal B. Haile in his shop in Tompkinsville (Monroe County), Kentucky. One label is inscribed to noted guitarist Chet Atkins; the others have not been used. Includes one of Haile’s business cards and a 1998 newspaper article.

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Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Hopewell Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 466. Minutes, including lists of both white and African American members, of Hopewell Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky.

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Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

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Howard, Obediah, 1741-1804 - Relating To (Sc 2754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Howard, Obediah, 1741-1804 - Relating To (Sc 2754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2754. Wills for Obediah Howard, Barren County, Kentucky, and James Bray, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Also includes a short vignette about Eliza Lewis, a former slave of the Howard family, Barren County.

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Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Mss 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Johnson, Leland Ross, 1937-2014 (Mss 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 462. Photocopies of original correspondence, telegrams, and reports housed at the National Archives as well as newspaper articles, correspondence and research notes related to the James Gang’s robbery at Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Draft (Sc 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1090. Commutation money receipt given to Henry J. McLean, Owensboro, Kentucky. McLean, a colonel drafted into the Union army from Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District, paid $300 to receive a discharge from further liability for the draft. Receipt signed by George D. Blakey.

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Stanley, John Hart, 1808-1878 - Relating To (Sc 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Stanley, John Hart, 1808-1878 - Relating To (Sc 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1091. Holographic copy of memorial comments related to the death of John Hart Stanley, a Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, who represented the 5th District in the state legislature. He was a state senator when he died, having been elected in 1875. Includes holographic copy of a campaign flyer used in his senatorial race.

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Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1089. Will of prominent Bowling Green, Kentucky native Johanna Louisa (Underwood) Nazro, filed on 28 July 1924 after her death on 14 November 1923.

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Mckinney, Thurman Ray, Jr., 1931-2008 (Sc 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Mckinney, Thurman Ray, Jr., 1931-2008 (Sc 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1093. Baby book of Thurman Ray McKinney, Jr. kept by his mother Emily while living in Somerset and Louisville, Kentucky. Includes Ray's report card for 2nd grade from Bowling Green's 11th Street school; photos of family members and schoolmates; and copies of his mother's obituary and death certificate.

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Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Kimberlin, Nettie, 1877-1957 (Sc 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1087. Two cards of honor awarded to Nettie for good deportment and perfect lessons by the Texas School in Texas, (Washington County), Kentucky. Each card features a colorful pastoral scene on the back.

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Cox, Floyd W., 1925-1981 (Sc 1086), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Cox, Floyd W., 1925-1981 (Sc 1086), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1086. School paper, “My First Punishment in School” written by Floyd W. Cox for an English class in 1942. He relates the punishment he received as a seven-year old student at the one-room Oakwood Mills school in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1082. Letter, 4 February 1937, written by Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Bess (Fayne) Cherry, vividly describing her involvement in providing transportation by car of Louisville flood refugees to Bowling Green. She housed some refugees in her home.

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Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Bowling Green City Council Of Parents And Teachers - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1085. Paper describing the beginning and early years of the Parent-Teacher Association in Bowling Green, Kentucky schools.

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Flood, Edwin Warren, 1921-1944 (Sc 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Flood, Edwin Warren, 1921-1944 (Sc 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1081. Six World War II V-Mail letters from Edwin Warren Flood, serving aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis in the Pacific area, to his parents and sister in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also, three letters from his parents and sister, written before Flood’s death on 14 February 1944. Collection includes materials related to his posthumous awards, a photo of Flood in his U.S. Navy uniform, and negatives.

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Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Watkins, Nancy Arianna (Sloss), 1838-1866 (Sc 2752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2752. Autograph book of Nancy Arianna “Anna” (Sloss) Watkins, Simpson County, Kentucky, with entries from 1857-1865. Many of the contributors included poems. Also includes locks of hair found in the autograph book.

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Risner, Randall (Fa 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Risner, Randall (Fa 755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 755. Audio CD and transcript of interview with James Edward “Jimmy” Allen, Salyersville, Kentucky, by Randall Risner. Allen discusses his childhood, education, family life and activities as a lifetime resident of Magoffin County, Kentucky.

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Kriss, Leslie, B. 1975 (Sc 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Kriss, Leslie, B. 1975 (Sc 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Small Collection 1063. Paper, “The Scariest Day of my Life,” written by Leslie Kriss for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.

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U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor - Kentucky (Sc 2750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor - Kentucky (Sc 2750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2750. Correspondence, newsletters, and draft tour information relating primarily to the features of that portion of the U.S. Highway 31-W Heritage Corridor located in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes a color brochure describing both the Highway 31-W and 31-E Heritage Corridors.

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Logan, Mary Middleton (Curd), 1915-2019 - Collector (Sc 2751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Logan, Mary Middleton (Curd), 1915-2019 - Collector (Sc 2751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2751. Genealogical notes, correspondence and clippings relating to the Curd, Middleton, Smith and associated families.

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Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Orrahood, Marvin David, 1923-2000 (Mss 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only Manuscripts Collection 465. Correspondence, primarily professional, or Dr. Marvin David Orrahood, a pathologist practicing in Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes Parts I-IV of a family history and genealogy, "The Family of Marvin David Orrahood II and Aline Joyce Orrahood," and a list of Owensboro physicians (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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