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Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2647. Reminiscence of Alfred Leland Crabb, Jr. of a visit to the Warren County, Kentucky farm of his grandfather, James Wade Crabb, in the mid-1920s.
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 438. World War II diary kept by Edgar Bryant Stansbury, 1942, as well as articles by Stansbury, his thesis about industrial arts in Kentucky high schools, a scrapbook about his sports participation at Western Kentucky University, and several other items related to his experiences in World War II.
Hendricks Collection (Sc 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hendricks Collection (Sc 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 65. Warren County, Kentucky, tax receipt of Fred Hespian [Hespen], 1868, and undated ticket issued by the Evansville, Cairo and Memphis Packet Company's steamer "Quickstep."
Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 432. Minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous records of the Fortnightly Club, a men’s literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hall's Chapel School District - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 64), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hall's Chapel School District - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 64), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below)for Manuscripts Small Collection 64. A subscribers' list giving amount of money pledged to pay to John W. Sharrer to teach a three-months school at Hall's Chapel, Warren County, Kentucky.
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 798. Letters, 18 and 24 May 1863, of George Henry Weeks, a Union soldier from the 103rd Ohio Regiment, to his mother and sisters while camped near Somerset, Kentucky and the Cumberland River. Weeks includes details on duty, guerrilla activities, a slave’s plight, and his chaplain.
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.
Rigsby, Clinton, 1882-1970 (Sc 2643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rigsby, Clinton, 1882-1970 (Sc 2643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2643. Personal and business correspondence as well as financial records kept by Clinton Rigsby, a farmer, salesman, and accountant of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes informationabout the strawberry industry in Warren County as well as the Mrs. A.H. Taylor & Company, a dressmaking establishment of Bowling Green.
Omer, Charles Henry, 1865-1937 (Mss 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Omer, Charles Henry, 1865-1937 (Mss 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 436. Personal journals of Charles Henry Omer of Union County, Kentucky. In this daily record Omer records information about his farming, family and church activities, the weather, as well as prices for food, timber and farm supplies.
Davis, George Hamilton, 1872-1939 (Sc 2632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, George Hamilton, 1872-1939 (Sc 2632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2632. Letter of George H. Davis, Glasgow, Kentucky, to Roland G. Railey, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. Proprietor of the New Davis Hotel, Davis writes of local excitement about the hotel’s imminent opening and its amenities, including hot water. He also asks for a small loan to pay off expenses. Includes a business card advertising the hotel.
Sharp, W. T. (Sc 2627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sharp, W. T. (Sc 2627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2627. Letter of W. T. Sharp, Foster (Bracken County) Kentucky, to an unidentifed young lady. In the company of her sister, Mrs. Tegard, she had recently visited the store of H. S. Pribble & Company, where Sharp worked, and he asks permission to correspond with her.
Ladies Literary Society - Lewisburg, Kentucky (Sc 793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ladies Literary Society - Lewisburg, Kentucky (Sc 793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 793. Photocopy of the minutes of the Ladies’ Literary Society of Lewisburg, Kentucky, 15 November 1911 to 27 March 1912. Lists those in attendance, topics discussed, and writings by the secretary and others.
Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 435. Correspondence, autograph albums, travel accounts and other miscellaneous material of Franklin, Kentucky native Gilbertine Moore. Moore owned a seed inspection business in Franklin and was interested in the arts, nature, and writing.
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 60. Union Army discharge, 1865, and pension certificate of Josiah S. Hendricks, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1899-1930. Also biographical notes as related by his daughter, Miss Alma Hendricks, 1959.
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 59. Letter, 22 December 1864, written by Joseph Fuquay, Madisonville, Kentucky, to "Delia" (possibly his niece Delia Ruby), commenting on General H.B. Lyon’s raid of Madisonville, 1864, and letter, 9 February 1865, written by S.T. Morrow, Hopkins County, Kentucky, to Brother Bushard Winstead and others regarding religion.
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Randolph, Andrew W., 1839-1895 (Sc 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 57. Letter written by A.W. Randolph, while serving with the 6th Kentucky Infantry (C.S.A.) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his parents in Kentucky describing the Battle of Chickamauga and mentioning General Breckinridge, General Ben Hardin Helm, Lieutenant Colonel Hewitt, and the heroism of Chaplain Pickett of the 2nd Kentucky. He also mentions seeing family friends in Mississippi.
Kentucky - Cavalry - 14th Regiment (C.S.A.) (Sc 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky - Cavalry - 14th Regiment (C.S.A.) (Sc 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 56. Roll of Quirk’s Scouts consisting of Company B, 14th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) which was under the leadership of Colonel. R.C. Morgan and General John Hunt Morgan. Compiled from memory by Lieutenant K.F. Peddicord.
Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lytle, Priscilla (Sc 539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 539. Paper written by Priscilla Lytle about the history of Georgetown College entitled “An Old College in a Young Country.” It may have been written for a class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College.
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hope, Robert A. (Sc 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 55. Letter, 12 July 1863, of Robert A. Hope, written at Camp Beaver, Kentucky, to relatives and friends in Kentucky after his capture at Gladesville, Virginia by Union forces. He details his capture, remarks on his courteous treatment by officers of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry, and asks that some changes of clothes be sent to him.
Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 54. Copy of deed, 22 December 1862, conveying land in Warren County, Kentucky, from George [sic] Ann Davenport, William Davenport and Mary Benton to Henrietta Benton as part of a division of lands under the will of James Ford.
Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.
Breckinridge Family Correspondence (Sc 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breckinridge Family Correspondence (Sc 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 46. Photostats of correspondence of John and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Lexington, Kentucky, with Thomas Jefferson, 1793-1821 (29 items); a letter to James Monroe, 1804, and correspondence containing comments on the Revolution in Virginia, 1781 (1), and on activities at the Breckinridge’s farm, Cabell’s Dale. Also photocopy of published article based on the papers, 1968.
Hardin Family Papers (Sc 2626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardin Family Papers (Sc 2626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2626. Deeds, chiefly related to the W. O. Hardin farm in Meade County, Kentucky, and estate papers for W.O. Hardin; genealogical information for the Chandler, Hendrick, Campbell and Strother families; letters from Albert B. “Happy” Chandler to his Cousin Norman Henry Hardin related to family affairs; and letters (2) sent to William L. and Ann Lewis, Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky, in the 1840s by P.H. and Ann D.L. Hodges of Bloomfield, County, Kentucky.
Thomas, James (Sc 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, James (Sc 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 41. Certificate of James Thomas, Steam Port, Kentucky, for one share of stock of the Henderson & Nashville Railroad Company, 1852, and current price sheet from Pickett’s New Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Kentucky, 1853.
Whitehouse, Austin (Sc 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitehouse, Austin (Sc 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 43. Deed of land in Boyle County, Kentucky, of Addison Minor and other heirs of William Minor, to Austin Whitehouse, 1856, and Cumberland & Ohio Railroad Company tax receipt, Marion County, Kentucky, of Whitehouse, 1887. Also land rental agreement made by Milton Conder with Thomas Edwards and Wilber Sinkhorn (no place given), 1860.
Preserving Our Cemeteries_ Action Steps To Making It Happen.Jpg, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel
Preserving Our Cemeteries_ Action Steps To Making It Happen.Jpg, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
This article resulted from attending Preservation Kentucky's "Our History Rests Here: Preservation and Restoration of Historic Cemeteries" workshop. As a member of the Warren County Cemetery Board, the author gives 15 practical steps for cemetery enthusiasts, property owners and family members. It informs its readers how to get in touch with the author and encourages local citizens to get involved.
Wallingford, Hiram L., 1811-1888 (Sc 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wallingford, Hiram L., 1811-1888 (Sc 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 44. Bill of sale for a slave girl named Emily, who was sold for $1000 to P. S. Dudley by Hiram Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky, and a letter concerning the bill of sale, 1951.
Mansfield, Marietta, 1917-2003 (Mss 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mansfield, Marietta, 1917-2003 (Mss 426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 426. Correspondence and genealogical research collected by Marietta Mansfield, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, and a Methodist minister that served various churches in Kentucky. The bulk of the collection relates to the Mansfield and Osborn(e) families of Kentucky and West Virginia. Includes letters written by Mansfield while serving as a missionary in India during the 1950s. Click on "Additional Files" below for various Mansfield notes on her hospitalization in India after she contracted polio.
Cole, George P., B. 1829 (Sc 606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cole, George P., B. 1829 (Sc 606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 606. Letter, 4 February 1883, of George P. Cole of Grant’s Lick, Campbell County, Kentucky, to the families of P. D. and J. R. Cole (probably brothers Peter D. Cole and James R. Cole). Family news, weather and crop conditions, and mention of smallpox raging in Newport are the main topics of the letter.