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Greenville, Kentucky - First Map (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Greenville, Kentucky - First Map (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

First map of Greenville, Kentucky.


Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index For 1850, 1860, 1870 And 1880 Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index For 1850, 1860, 1870 And 1880 Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census compiled by Brenda Collier Doss.


Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3552. Biographical data sheets for Democratic Party candidates for state and local offices in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1953. Also includes a blank 1959-1961 roll call tally sheet for the Louisville Board of Aldermen.


Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection SC 3554. Materials relating to the campaign of Andrew Broaddus for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: a campaign biography, his opening campaign speech delivered on radio, and a copy of the trade publication The Louisville Grocer containing an endorsement of Broaddus.


Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3555. Letter, 12 March 1907, from Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to The Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, New York City. Crump asks the principals to meet with the former manager of an Edmonson County, Kentucky stone and paving company during his coming visit to New York and obtain his advice on the production of rock asphalt. Written on the letterhead of the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, the letter displays a graphic of a replica of Fort Boonesboro (Kentucky’s building at the Exposition) and lists the Commissioners.


Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Some Sketches Of The History Of Greenville And Muhlenberg County (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Some Sketches of the History of Greenville and Muhlenberg County by Gayle R. Carver. These were published in the "Greenville Leader" in 1936 and 1937.


Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Family Histories In The "Leader News" (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Family Histories in the "Leader News" compiled by Bobby Anderson in 1991.


Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Warren County, Kentucky Will Book 4, 1862-1889 transcribed by Gail (Jackson) Miller.


Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Hadensville Store - Account Book (Mss 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 37. Account book for an unnamed general store in Hadensville, Todd County, Kentucky. The first 102 pages as well as the account book covers are not included.


Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 698. Correspondence of the family of Eleazer and Emily (Perry) Hamilton of Middle Tennessee, and related families in Texas and Mississippi.


Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3550. Correspondence of Lillie Adair, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her letters of 2 July and 17 July 1879 to her future husband Thomas W. Almond refer to their recent meeting and reassure him about a possible romantic rival. A letter from Thomas of 9 July 1878 (the correct year may be 1879) expresses gratitude for her sentiments, his wish to marry, and plans for his next visit. Each poetically proclaims their affection for the other. Thomas refers to his work as a photographer when he explains that he …


1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

1920 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1920 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.


1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

1910 Census - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

1910 Census for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky transcribed by Brenda Collier Doss.


J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1893-1908 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1893 to 1908.


J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, 1908-1918 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Images of the J. L. Roark Estate Funeral Registers, Greenville, Kentucky, from 1908-1918.


Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3549. Audio interview by Jonathan Jeffrey of Beverly (Lloyd) Childress, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Following brief biographical remarks, Childress talks about her friendship with Pauline Tabor Webster, who ran a house of prostitution in Bowling Green.


Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Motley, Waif (Hogan), 1900-1987 (Sc 3548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3548. “Memories of Motley Kentucky From Oxen to Greenhouses,” a reminiscence by Waif (Hogan) Motley. She writes of her childhood, family and community in Motley (Warren County), Kentucky.


Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and selected scanned files (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 707. Documentation for an archaeological study, conducted by John Bryan LeSieur, of Kyrock, a planned industrial community in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes interviews, photographs, and an interpretive narrative.


Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 704. Three account books of Bowling Green, Kentucky merchants: J. M. McClure, John Hines, and an unidentified dry goods and drug merchant.


Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 708. By-laws, board minutes, correspondence, newsletters, public relations material and information related to events and programming sponsored by the Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science (BRIMS) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The digital photographs have been saved in the WKU Photo Archives.


Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3544. Collected material on the house at 610 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, built in 1908 and known as the “Carrie Taylor house.” Includes data on its history, design, and owners; photographs; clippings; and plans for a 1933 renovation. Also includes a WKU student research paper on the house, and a compact disc with a slide presentation about the house and two of its owners, Carrie Taylor and Blanche Potter Sharpe.


Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3545. Contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and associated documents of the Sumpter family of Bowling Green, Kentucky relating to the acquisition, subdivision and development of the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Includes a 1962 plat map of a subdivision extension, a 1990 plan for a sanitary sewer extension, and a narrative history of the neighborhood. Also includes a Sumpter estate document and a promissory note and deed of the Patillo family.


Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2020

Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3543. Letter, 15 September 1930, from Eldon S. Morgan, Scottsville, Kentucky Chief of Police, to Harry G. Smith, Secretary of the Kentucky Bankers Association, Louisville, Kentucky. He advises of his participation in the recent capture of a bank robber and asks for details regarding the offer and payment of a reward.


Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 458. Material produced and collected for a film titled “On the Dixie Bee: The Quonset Auditorium Legacy,” which includes interviews with performers about their time at the Quonset Auditorium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Interviews may include a brief description of their performances, memories of the Quonset and thoughts about its demolition.


Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 706. Minutes, yearbooks, financial records and information about service projects, educational programming and fund raising efforts of the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Garden Club.


Williams, Michael Ann (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Williams, Michael Ann (Fa 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and interview transcriptions for Folklife Archives Project 459. Interviews related to Sarah Gertrude Knott and the National Folk Festival conducted by Michael Ann Williams and Hillary Glatt as part of a joint project for the Kentucky Oral History Commission and Western Kentucky University. The audio interviews did not come with this collection. Interview transcriptions may be accessed by clicking on the "Download" button to the right and then clicking on the hyperlinks in the finding aid.


Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3540. Minutes and notices of meetings of the Inter-Agency Council, Bowling Green, Kentucky, formed in 1976 to “establish a forum for better communication among agencies, clubs, organizations, involved in service delivery.” Minuted are presentations by various service organizations about their work.


Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3542. Military papers relating to the Spanish-American War service in the 3rd and 29th regiments, Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, of John Ed Buchanan, Lebanon, Kentucky: his certificates of appointment as corporal; discharge certificates; and leatherette slipcover.


Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3541. Miscellaneous business papers and correspondence of William Crump, Rocky Hill (Edmonson County), an Smiths Grove (Warren County), Kentucky. Includes leases of agricultural property; receipts; a wagon manufacturer’s warranty; his father’s medical license; accounts; stock certificates in the Warren County Fair Association and in a local telephone company; map relating to a sale of town lots in Smiths Grove; and letters relating to a niece’s investments and to the purchase of horses.


Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3535. Two monographs by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, Bowling Green, Kentucky: “Reflections at the Wall,” presented at the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. on 8 September 2001, and “A Bone Called Luz,” prepared in connection with a presentation to the EQB Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.