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Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2553. Marjorie Johnson’s autograph book containing messages, reminiscences, and signatures from friends, acquaintances, and classmates from Rochester High School. Includes a few news clippings and a short list of teachers from Rochester High School, 1926-1929.

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Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and one scanned page (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 632. Ciphering book kept by William B. Clark of Christian County, Kentucky, 25 August 1813 to 22 August 1814, and intermittently by others to 1819. Other entries include business accounts of Clark, a blacksmith, and family genealogy. The book was bound
with sheets from the Western Eagle, a newspaper printed in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and dated 12 February 1813. It was removed and added to the Special Collections Library. A loose item found in the book, 1834-1846, contains accounts of Clark.

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Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Sc 637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Sc 637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 637. Photocopies of letters to Ellis Ford Hartford, Lexington, Kentucky, from Miss Jennie Scott Green, Falls of Rough, Kentucky, relative to her aiding Dr. Hartford with his historical research. She mentions the problems of invasion of privacy which she encounters and some incidents about the Sebastian family.

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Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.

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Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 630. Photocopy of a survey, 15 December 1785, by which Scott recorded his claim for 2,663 acres on Skeggs Beaver Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, in fulfillment of his Virginia Revolutionary War land grant. Signed by Edmund Rogers. Also photocopy of sketch showing the location of the land.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2549. Lists of licenses issued by Warren County, Kentucky for horses and jacks used for breeding purposes; taverns; persons selling playing cards; and coffee houses. Chronological lists include licensee, name of horse/jack, type of license, and fee.

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Cosby, John Cooney, 1824-1881 (Sc 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Cosby, John Cooney, 1824-1881 (Sc 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text letter and photograph of John Cooney Cosby's grave (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 617. Letter written by John Cooney Cosby of Allen Springs, Warren County, Kentucky, to his sister, Mat P. Smock, relating family news.

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Wright, Linda Sue (Sc 2548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Wright, Linda Sue (Sc 2548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2548. Letter, 1959, written by Linda Sue Wright, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, to Martha Rasdall explaining that she had selected Rasdall as her "little sister" in the Future Homemakers of America chapter at North Warren High School.

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Lindeman, E. G. (Sc 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Lindeman, E. G. (Sc 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collecction 610. Letter written to Bethel Oakley, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, from E.G. Lindeman, giving information as requested about the Green River Chair Company of Livermore, Kentucky, of which Lindeman was treasurer.

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Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and representative scans of over 200 items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 609. Papers relating to Martine (Calhoun) Thornberry’s position as postmaster at Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky; papers relating to the duties as postmaster and to keeping the position when a change in political parties occurred in 1954. Also some references to her work as a teacher on Indian reservations, 1927-1938, 1947-1950, and as the first woman from Kentucky to become a Marine officer, 1943-1945, 1954.

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Kentucky Baptist Centennial Memorial Roll Book (Sc 614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Kentucky Baptist Centennial Memorial Roll Book (Sc 614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 614. A book of certificates which were sold for one dollar each to raise money for the Kentucky Baptist
Centennial Memorial Fund. The buyers were members of the Providence Knob Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Many unsold certificates are in the book.

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Wilson, Thomas (Sc 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Wilson, Thomas (Sc 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 12. Will of Thomas Wilson, Henry County, Virginia.

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Boles, Charles Elam, 1887-1982 (Sc 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Boles, Charles Elam, 1887-1982 (Sc 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 599. Journal of C.E. Boles containing a record of his farming activities during the summer of 1912 in Barren County, Kentucky. Also C. E. Boles’ account with S. H. Boles during the same time period is recorded.

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Royalty, John Miles, 1862-1939 (Sc 597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Royalty, John Miles, 1862-1939 (Sc 597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 597. Letters to John M. Royalty of Willisburg, Washington County, Kentucky, 1886-1928 (5); Washington County tax receipts, 1909-1938 (21); dog licenses, 1919-1927 (5); The Knights of the Maccabees of the World receipts, 1909-1912 (5); and miscellaneous items.

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Motley, Matthew, 1786-1845 (Sc 591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Motley, Matthew, 1786-1845 (Sc 591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 591. Ciphering book, 1800-1801, kept by Matthew Motley of Allen County, Kentucky. Business accounts,1807-1811, of John Motley, father of Matthew, and business accounts, 1805-1823, of Matthew, who was a cabinetmaker, are documented in the back of the book; other notations record the hiring out of enslaved persons, medicinal remedies, and a poetic reaction to the New Madrid earthquake, 1811.

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Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Chism Family Papers (Sc 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans including slave items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 603. Chiefly business papers of the Chism family of Monroe County, Kentucky, with most of the papers being those of J. T. Chism (1810-1884). Includes slave items, 1808, 1856 (2); letters pertaining to the pork industry and trade, 1867-1880 (36); doctor’s letters containing medical instructions for patient and prescriptions, 1863-1864 (4); receipts for goods sold to Union forces, 1863-1864 (8); and miscellaneous items.

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Browning, George Strother, 1789-1849 (Sc 598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Browning, George Strother, 1789-1849 (Sc 598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 598. Memorandum book of George Strother Browning, Russellville, Kentucky, pertaining to the estate of John Duncan, of which Browning was administrator, 1825-1834; listing of property Browning gave to Duncan’s children, 1831-1847; and various receipts.

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Hamilton, William D. (Sc 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Hamilton, William D. (Sc 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 590. Ciphering book, writer unknown, possibly kept during the 1830s. W.D. Hamilton’s name with notes dated in the 1870s appears on several pages of the book and his address is listed as Hamilton, Ohio County, Kentucky.

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Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 595. Legal papers, including license, 1808, copy of patent, 1812, with attached drawing of machine for shelling corn invented by Paul Pilsbury in 1803, and papers pertaining to lawsuit which evolved from the purchasing of the license by Williamson Gatewood of Bowling Green, Kentucky, for rights to sell the machine south of the Green River in Kentucky, 1812-1815. From Warren County Circuit Court Records #149.

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Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 550. Letter, 19 March 1949, to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from poet David Morton, Deerfield, Massachusetts, concerning his visit to Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green. Also, a printed copy of one of his poems as requested. Morton was originally from Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.

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Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 576. Letter from Paul Albert Plaschke, Louisville, Kentucky, to Henry Hardin Cherry, President of Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating that Plaschke is sending a painting-- “Capitol Hill, Frankfort, Kentucky”–for the Kentucky Building.

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Innes, Harry, 1752-1816 (Sc 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Innes, Harry, 1752-1816 (Sc 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 575. Letter to Willis Atwell Lee, Clerk of the General Court, Franklin County, Kentucky, from Harry Innes, of Franklin County and executor of the estate of Edmund Lyne, Bourbon County, Kentucky, certifying the amount of money spent by him for the maintenance of the young negroes liberated by Lyne.

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Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 549. Letter, 7 April 1848, from Ewing M. Robertson, Mexico, to his father, John M. Robertson, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. He advises his father how he wants the money spent that he is sending home; also, how to divide his money if he should not return.

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Finn, William R. (Sc 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Finn, William R. (Sc 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 555. Photocopy of personal letter written by William R. Finn, Louisville, Kentucky, to Felix G. Hansford, Kanawha, Virginia, describing the cholera epidemic in Louisville and surrounding area. Finn contracted the disease. Finn also discusses his religious convictions. Original letter in Felix G. Hansford Collection, West Virginia University.

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Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 560. Bound typescripts of 73 letters, 1861-1877, and an 1887 deed of the Wickersham family, Mercer County, Kentucky. The collection includes 53 Civil war letters, chiefly written to the family by brothers William, Jacob and George Wickersham, who served with Kentucky Union regiments. The majority of these letters are from William who prayed for peace and to be reunited with his family, but he died in 1863. Additionally, there are other family letters from 1863 to 1877.

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Hanna, John Harris, 1787?-1861 (Sc 559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Hanna, John Harris, 1787?-1861 (Sc 559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 559. Form book owned and probably kept by John Harris Hanna, of Frankfort, Kentucky, as a law student. Contains examples of how to conduct various legal actions such as oaths, writs, and court proceedings. Index in back. Handwriting varies.

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Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 552. Letter written to Miss Florence Schneider, Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably by John Fenwick of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was serving with the American Expeditionary Forces
in France. He gives brief but vivid descriptions of his experiences. Also includes information about Fenwick.

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Harrison, James Orlando, 1804-1888 (Sc 556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Harrison, James Orlando, 1804-1888 (Sc 556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 556. Letter from James Orlando Harrison, 13 July 1833, Lexington, Kentucky, to his brother, Jilson P. Harrison, Vicksburg, Mississippi, which describes the cholera epidemic in Lexington. Original in Micajah Harrison Collection, Kentucky Historical Society.

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Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 557. Original and typescript of the diary of Clinton C. Potter, businessman and farmer, of Warren County,Kentucky, chiefly covering the years 1870-1873. He comments on many aspects of everyday life, records local marriages and deaths, and includes information related to his tobacco trade, 1879-1889. The typescript contains a proper name index but excludes various pages of the original. Page numbers indicated in the subject analytics below refer to the original diary.

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May, George (Sc 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

May, George (Sc 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 582. Letter written to Robert Craddock at Danville, Kentucky from George May in regards to land litigation, mentioning that May was acting on behalf of Robert Bolling.

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