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Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2400. Two letters from William M. "Mack" Muncy to Eliza Ranson, written from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky while serving with the 159th Depot Brigade. He writes of drills, vaccinations and social activities. He also refers to desertion and suicide among his comrades and to the treatment of conscientious objectors by the military.

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Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 14. Interviews conducted by Alison Geiger with Grace (Meador) Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions, with photographs, demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window quilt block. Grace's life is also discussed, including raising her family on a farm in Warren County.

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Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.

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Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 13. Interviews conducted by Teresa D. Klimowicz with Esther (Magers) Isbell, a native of Barren Coutny, Kentucky. Special attention is focused on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs while living in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Of Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Woman's Christian Temperance Union Of Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 344. Correspondence, membership and financial information of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Bowling Green, Kentucky, formed to promote abstinence from alcohol and enforcement of prohibition laws. Includes some materials from the state and national WCTU.

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Petersen, Albert Jepmond, Jr., 1937-2022 (Mss 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Petersen, Albert Jepmond, Jr., 1937-2022 (Mss 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 203. Research material, National Register nomination forms, Historic Resources inventory forms, photographs, slides and negatives documenting historic vernacular architecture in Kentucky, assembled by WKU geography professor Albert J. Petersen and students. Also includes National Register nominations for prehistoric art sites in Kentucky.

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Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 485. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Courtney Anne Karmiller related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

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Warren County Bar Association - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Warren County Bar Association - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2399. Memorial resolution of Warren County Bar Association on the death of William H. Sterrett, an officer of the county court.

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Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 342. Family correspondence of Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson, attorney, judge, and governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931. Includes correspondence of Sampson, his wife, daughter and their families, and miscellaneous papers.

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Spears, John Ulysses, 1873-1947 (Sc 2398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Spears, John Ulysses, 1873-1947 (Sc 2398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2398. Receipts to John Ulysses Spears from E. M. House and Son, Franklin, Kentucky, and J. H. Herrington, Gold City, Kentucky, relating to an estate account and burial expenses for his mother, Mary Julia Spears.

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Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Collector (Sc 2397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2397. Correspondence primarily to Jane (Hines) Morningstar of Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her providing of historical and genealogical information. Includes a letter from Detrex Chemical Industries thanking her for her cooperation during a labor controversy.

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Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 341. Correspondence of the Wise family of Ohio County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes letters of Levi Franklin Wise, serving with Union forces in Bowling Green, Kentucky 1864. A few letters have been typescripted. Click on "Additional Files" to see several of the typescripts.

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Gilliam, William D. (Sc 2386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Gilliam, William D. (Sc 2386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2386. "The Public Career of Robert Perkins Letcher," by William D. Gilliam, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1941.

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Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2396. Letter, 12 January 1968, from Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn to Dr. Thomas H. Baird in Bowling Green, Kentucky, nominating him for appointment as Medical Advisor, Local Selective Service Board No. 95, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes envelope with postage due stamp.

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Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 11. Interviews conducted by Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) Glynn with Marvel (Welborn) Mohon, Lewisburg, Kentucky concerning Thanksgiving customs, with much attention paid to Marvel’s life, especially her family.

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Beeler, Andrew J., Jr. (Sc 2362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Beeler, Andrew J., Jr. (Sc 2362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 2362. "Elizabeth Madox Roberts: Her Interpretation of LIfe" by Andrew J. Beeler, Jr., a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Louisiville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940.

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Mccalister, Virginia May (Sc 2365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Mccalister, Virginia May (Sc 2365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2365. "The Political Career of Ollie M. James" by Virginia M. McCalister, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1933.

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Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 2363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 2363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2363. "John Rowan" by Frances Richards, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1930.

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Minton, John Dean, 1921-2008 (Sc 2373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Minton, John Dean, 1921-2008 (Sc 2373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2373. "The Political Prosecution and Trials of Caleb Powers" by John Dean Minton, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947.

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Arnold, Grace S., 1893-1983 (Mss 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Arnold, Grace S., 1893-1983 (Mss 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 338. Correspondence, clippings and programs of Grace S. Arnold, curator of Federal Hill in Bardstown, Kentucky. Inlcudes information and correspondence about Stephen Collins Foster and Federal Hill, said to have inspired Foster's song "My Old Kentucky Home." Also includes correspondence and information about the Rowan family, owners of Federal Hill.

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Mayfield, Edith Evalyn, 1896-1958 (Sc 2377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Mayfield, Edith Evalyn, 1896-1958 (Sc 2377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2377. “The History of Journalism in Bowling Green, Ky.,” a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1926.

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Bessire, Henry Edward (Sc 2394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Bessire, Henry Edward (Sc 2394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2394. "Needed: Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Kentucky: A Study Presenting a Framework for Progress in Kentucky Governmental Organization," by Henry Edward Bessire, a senior thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1957.

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Bere, Jenny Rose, D. 1987 (Sc 2371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Bere, Jenny Rose, D. 1987 (Sc 2371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2371. "Cale Young Rice[:] A Study of His Life and Work" by Jenny Rose Bere, "a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts," University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1939.

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Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2382. Correspondence, deeds, and sundry other items of the Faught family of Ohio County, Kentucky, chiefly Marion F. and Alice M. Faught. Includes Civil War military discharge for Bagges M. Faught, 17th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. Also includes a baby diary for Juanita Chloris Faught.

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Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Sc 2370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970 (Sc 2370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2370. "James Guthrie," by Gabrielle Robertson, a dissertation submitted in candidacy for the degree of Master of Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1920.

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Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2368. "The Military Career of Don Carlos Buell During the Civil War," by Robert Lee Sanders, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1937. Includes a biographical sketch of the author.

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Loney, Lewis B., 1851-1922 (Sc 2384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Loney, Lewis B., 1851-1922 (Sc 2384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2384. Diary of daily events recorded by Lewis B. Loney, who was a young man still working on his father's Ohio County, Kentucky farm. He records farming activities, social occasions, church and school attendance, medical issues, and other happenings that occurred in the area near his home. The manuscript is only partially legible due to oil damage.

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Newman Family - Bible Records (Sc 2383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Newman Family - Bible Records (Sc 2383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2383. Pages removed from a Bible, which record marriage, birth and death information for members of the Newman, McInteer, and James families of Warren County, Kentucky.

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Lowry Family - Bible Records (Sc 2379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Lowry Family - Bible Records (Sc 2379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2379. Pages removed from a Bible, which record birth and death information for members of the Lowry and Rector families of Warren County, Kentucky.

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Tabor Dry Goods Store - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Tabor Dry Goods Store - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 339. Day books, account books, and invoice books of Pardon Winfield Tabor's dry goods store in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. Includes some druggists' prescription forms and farm records of his son, Earl P. Tabor.

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