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Fitch, Henry Dumesnil, 1874-1959 (Sc 2730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Fitch, Henry Dumesnil, 1874-1959 (Sc 2730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2730. Copy of deed from Henry D. Fitch and other grantors, being the owners of certain lots at Main and State streets, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The grantors conveyed to each other certain land at the rear of the lots fronting on State Street for use as a private alleyway or passway. Includes survey and explanatory letter of Henry D. Fitch.

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Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2726. Compiled list titled “List of Owners of Kentucky Silver” by Lockwood Barr. Compiler lists name of silversmith at top of page and owners of pieces in the 1950s on the left margin as well as the pieces they owned, i.e. spoon, ladle, etc.

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Emmett, Winfield Scott (Sc 2723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Emmett, Winfield Scott (Sc 2723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2723. Paper by Winfield Scott Emmett titled "Old Mulkey Meeting House." A brief history of the Monroe County, Kentucky church which includes a list of members "from the first book of Minutes (1787), in possession of Sam Chism."

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Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 2727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Settle, Simon Dewitt, 1899-1963 (Sc 2727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2727. Paper titled "The Barren" by Simon Dewitt Settle, a cultural analysis of the flat, relatively treeless land in south central Kentucky.

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Wells, Joseph William, 1881-1974, Et Al. (Sc 2719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Wells, Joseph William, 1881-1974, Et Al. (Sc 2719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2719. Script for a pageant titled “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” presented at the Burkesville, Kentucky Sesqui-centennial celebration held on 13-20 August 1960. The play highlights the history of Burkesville and surrounding communities.

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Duncan, Kate (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Sc 2724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Duncan, Kate (Clagett), 1892-1983 (Sc 2724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2724. Bound typescript of a book titled “Divided Way: The Story of the Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky.” Inscribed and with original photos.

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Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919 (Sc 2725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scanned copy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2725. Paper titled “Division of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky,” in which Bennett Henderson Young describes how the church split during the turbulent 1860s.

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Hardcastle, Mildred Tucker, 1894-1994 (Sc 2722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Hardcastle, Mildred Tucker, 1894-1994 (Sc 2722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2722. Paper titled “Old Mulkey Meeting House,” about the church located Monroe County. The paper was inspired by the unveiling of a monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in honor of Joseph Gist on 21 October 1934. Hardcastle presented the paper at a meeting of the Samuel Daviess DAR chapter in Bowling Green, Kentucky in October 1934.

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Hay, Mamie (Sc 2721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Hay, Mamie (Sc 2721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2721. Paper titled "Historical Sketch of First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, Kentucky, 1804-May 1936" compiled by Mamie Hay.

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Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2720. Bound typescript of the Board of Trustees minutes from the Franklin Female College, Franklin, Kentucky. (155 p.)

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Cain, Frank Davis, Sr., 1890-1953 (Mss 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Cain, Frank Davis, Sr., 1890-1953 (Mss 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 127. Correspondence, reports and certificates of Madisonville engineer Cain. Includes information about Madisonville's Selective Service Board in World War II, the National Bituminous Coal Commission, and the 1940 Census.

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Hodges, Ida Leighton, 1885-1949 (Sc 1025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Hodges, Ida Leighton, 1885-1949 (Sc 1025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1028. Letters commending Hodges for a variety of civic activities, including her work as coordinator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Civil Works Administration in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the 1930s.

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Holder, Earl, 1909-2005 (Sc 1026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Holder, Earl, 1909-2005 (Sc 1026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1026. Transcription of a 1985 interview by Ray Buckberry with Earl Holder regarding the development of the dairy business in Warren County, Kentucky from 1926 to 1973.

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Burnam, John Quincy, 1804-1891 (Sc 1028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Burnam, John Quincy, 1804-1891 (Sc 1028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1028. Paper written by John Quincy Burnam titled "Some Reflections and Thoughts Connected with the Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky," and a 1967 letter with information about Burnam.

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Gender And Gravestone Epitaphs: A Warren County Cemetery, Mariah S. Callis Goodwin May 2013

Gender And Gravestone Epitaphs: A Warren County Cemetery, Mariah S. Callis Goodwin

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The socio-cultural factors that influence us in life are present in what is left behind. My thesis project investigates evidence of socio-cultural status on gravestones. I systematically recorded data from all the grave markers at the Hays Cemetery in Warren County, Kentucky. Data collected and considered included epitaphs, art forms, and monument marker style. Each stone was also photographed as I recorded the data. My starting hypothesis was that the markers would, to a degree, convey information about the gender and possibly the socio-economic status of the individuals that the stones represent. The paper will describe to what degree and …

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Park City Hotel Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Park City Hotel Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans for Manuscripts Small Collection 1015. Promotional letter written by Park City Hotel owner, W. G. Thomas, related to the hotel and a listing of hotel guests for 1940.

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Williams Family Papers, 1923-1929 (Sc 2715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Williams Family Papers, 1923-1929 (Sc 2715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2715. Correspondence between James Barbour Williams, Michigan, with his parents, Margaret P.B. Williams and James H. Williams, Hartford, Kentucky. Letters discuss family matters and social activities in Hartford, as well as a mention of involvement with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Martin, Grace Lee 1883-1968 (Sc 2718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Martin, Grace Lee 1883-1968 (Sc 2718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2718. Paper titled “Brief History of David’s Fork Baptist Church,” dated 1876, and transcribed by Grace Lee Martin, historian of the Bryan Station Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1767-1845 (Sc 2713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Mcreynolds, Benjamin, 1767-1845 (Sc 2713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2713. Typescript of a diary kept by Benjamin McReynolds about a trip taken with his wife Sarah “Sally” from Logan County, Kentucky to Bedford County, Virginia in 1823. Introductory material, maps, photos and annotations supplied by Raymond Dixon Stapleton.

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Bush, William T. And William Thompson (Lg 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Bush, William T. And William Thompson (Lg 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 440. Land grant, 12 December 1826, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William T. Bush and William Thompson 800 acres in Hart County, Kentucky. Includes a survey of the land dated 26 November 1822.

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Melton Family Papers (Mss 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Melton Family Papers (Mss 123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 123. Letters, receipts, legal and financial papers of the Melton family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Also includes data about the Lively, Poole, and Strum families of Henderson County.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 2714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2714. Correspondence, news clippings, reference letters, and other miscellaneous research material related to prominent architects from Bowling Green, Kentucky, several of whom practiced elsewhere.

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Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Commission (Mss 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Commission (Mss 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 122. Correspondence, minutes, calendars, financial reports, and promotional material of the Commission which was created to oversee the bicentennial celebrations of Warren County, Kentucky (1 March 1997) and Bowling Green (1 March 1998).

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Mary Reed Cooke Music Club - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Sc 2712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Mary Reed Cooke Music Club - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Sc 2712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2712. Yearbooks, programs and news clippings related to the activities of the Mary Reed Cooke Music Club of Smiths Grove, Kentucky.

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Refugee Services In Kentucky: A Case-Study Of Cedars In Bowling Green, Ky, Mia J. Jackson May 2013

Refugee Services In Kentucky: A Case-Study Of Cedars In Bowling Green, Ky, Mia J. Jackson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis documents existing refugee organizations and services in Kentucky with an in-depth focus on the Center for Development, Acculturation, & Resolution Services (CEDARS) in Bowling Green, KY. CEDARS was established in 2011 with the mission of connecting various community resources in order to assist refugees and immigrants in their resettlement transition following the initial 90 days when government assistance ends. This case-study of CEDARS examines the non-profit’s history, organization, missions, accomplishments, and areas of needed improvement. The research looks at how CEDARS fits into the context of Kentucky’s existing non-profit refugee service organizations and, more specifically, within the small …

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Pace Family Papers (Mss 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Pace Family Papers (Mss 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 458. Pace family documents (chiefly related to land transactions) including deeds, land grants, mortgages; as well as Bible records for the Pace and related families (click on "Additional Files" below for scans), and probate records. A significant portion of the collection documents the garden club activities of Lillian (Tynes) Pace and her efforts to have the Viceroy butterfly designated as the Kentucky state butterfly.

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Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 612. Project conducted in Union County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in county elementary schools. Folklorist Amy Davis and fieldworker/folk artist Sue Massek interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards they made presentations in schools about the information they collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.

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Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 2711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 2711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2711. Envelope, postmarked 1 July 1947, printed “From Duncan Hines To” and addressed to Manager, The Elms Guest House, Jessup, Maryland. Includes Hines’s printed return address of P.O. Box 548, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Harris, George Dewitt, 1876-1918 (Sc 1032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Harris, George Dewitt, 1876-1918 (Sc 1032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1032. Chiefly letters and documents related to the World War I service of George DeWitt Harris, a Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Includes eight letters written to him by his father, mother, and siblings before his death in France. Also includes four 1899 reference letters from his law professors at the University of Michigan, and a business card from his time as an attorney in St. Louis.

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Spurlock, Christy Leigh, B. 1963 (Mss 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Spurlock, Christy Leigh, B. 1963 (Mss 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 451. Paper titled “White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green, KY” written by Christy Leigh Spurlock for a Western Kentucky University history department independent study project. Includes research materials such as maps, deeds, photos, and transcriptions of interviews with former quarry employees and their family members.

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