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N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2361. Account book of N. Long and Company, proprietors of a general store in Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, 1849-1850. The book includes a record of account balances in gold, silver and currency, 1873-1880.

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Kininmonth And Brother - Rochester, Kentucky (Mss 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Kininmonth And Brother - Rochester, Kentucky (Mss 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 340. Two account books and day book of Kininmonth and Brother, Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky.

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Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected genealogical research (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 54. Original wills, made mostly in Warren County, Kentucky from 1798-1881, but including wills made elsewhere. Also includes some legal documents relating to wills. A name index is included in the finding aid. The is only a small portion of the original wills filed at the Warren County courthouse form 1798 to 1915.

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Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Franklin Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 2359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2359. Correspondence, budgets, financial information and miscellaneous historical data relating to Franklin Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Kentucky (formerly College Street Presbyterian Church), compiled by Stella Harris for a 1960 history of the church.

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Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2349. Letters (5) of Lewis Gray Bowker, written from Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky while serving in Company F of the 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Includes biographical data, an image of Bowker, service records, and a letter sent to a family friend reporting on Bowker's death.

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Mckee, Ann Elizabeth (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Mckee, Ann Elizabeth (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 9. Interviews conducted by Ann McKee with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion.

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Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2354. Partial account book of James Monroe Forgy, Morgantown, Kentucky, recording his work as pension agent for Civil War veterans. Includes some miscellaneous personal accounts. Also includes biographical data.

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Bardstown, Kentucky - Plat Map (Sc 2358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Bardstown, Kentucky - Plat Map (Sc 2358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2358. Plat map of Bardstown, Kentucky, certified as true copy by Benjamin Grayson, Nelson County Clerk. Includes some contemporaneous information about conveyances of the lots. Also includes brief notes by Jack Muir on some of the lots and their owners.

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Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Abbey Of Our Lady Of Gethsemani - Trappist, Kentucky (Sc 2357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2357. Photocopy of a document titled "Fondation de Gethsemani 1848." [French] 19 leaves, with 8 copied pages to a leaf. Includes handwritten notations on text.

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Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Temple Family Papers (Mss 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 241. Correspondence; financial and legal papers; genealogy and other material related to the Temple family of Warren County, Kentucky, particularly that of Adalaska L. and Mary Camilla (Miller) Temple and their daughter Ruth Hines Temple. Over 400 pieces of artwork on paper by the latter are found in the collection, including pencil, as well as, pen and ink drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other graphic and creative design work.

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Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 8. Interviews conducted by Thomas Bibler. Includes interviews with Joseph Bryan Houk, Bowling, Kentucky, about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart County and Warren County, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.

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Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 329. Correspondence of Max B. Nahm relating mainly to his involvement with the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the Kentucky National Park Commission in the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes some Association and Commission minutes. Also includes some of Nahm's speeches, writings, personal photographs, and material relating to the Nahm family.

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Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan of first page (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2356. Guest register for Gray's Hotel, Russellville, Kentucky, showing guests' names, city of residence, and room number. The register includes advertisements for local businesses.

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Smith, Kerry D., B. 1963 (Sc 2347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Smith, Kerry D., B. 1963 (Sc 2347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2347. Paper by Kerry D. Smith in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the History Honors Program at Western Kentucky University: "The Green Family of Falls of Rough."

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James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 336. Day books, ledger, and invoice book of James Allison, Jr. and Company, operators of a general store at Russellville in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Green, William J., 1838-1867 (Sc 2345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2345. Letters, 10 and 26 January 1862, written by William J. Green, Paducah, Kentucky, to his brothers John Henry and Samuel Ford Green, presumably in Illinois, describing military life and maneuvers in western Kentucky. Green was serving in Company B, 2nd Regiment Illinois Cavalry. He describes his tent with a homemade chimney in one letter and makes some disparaging comments about the “Secesh” in Murrary, Kentucky.

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Green County Agricultural And Mechanical Association - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Green County Agricultural And Mechanical Association - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 335. Treasurer’s book (1859-1860) and minute book (1859-1867) of the Green County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Greensburg, Kentucky.

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Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Settle-Dewitt Family Papers (Mss 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of Folders 2 and 3 relating to genealogy (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 332. Includes correspondence, genealogical materials; wills, deeds and other legal documents of the Settle and DeWitt families; and the memoir of Marcus Bearden DeWitt, a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a Civil War chaplain (Click on "Additional Files" below). Also of interest is information related to the Settle rifle makers of Barren County, Kentucky.

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Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Gatliff, Charles, 1745-1838 (Sc 2336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2336. Materials relating to the pension applications of Charles Gatliff and, later, his widow. Includes his descriptions of his Revolutionary War military experiences.

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Smith, Charles F., 1954-1972 (Sc 2341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Smith, Charles F., 1954-1972 (Sc 2341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2341. Entry of Charles F. "Chuck" Smith for a Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc. Proficiency Award in Soil, Water and Air Management. Includes a note from Smith's chapter advisor on his death in a traffic accident.

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Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 4. Interviews conducted by Gina Kinchlow for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Carolyn Alexander and Vivian Glass about their lives as African American women.

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Glasgow, Kentucky - Board Of Trustees Records (Mss 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Glasgow, Kentucky - Board Of Trustees Records (Mss 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 333. Record book of the Glasgow, Kentucky Board of Trustees, 1810-1855, and minutes of the Glasgow City Council, 1878-1882.

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Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2330. Letter, 3 October 1866, written by Joseph Rogers Underwood from his home "Ironwood" in Bowling Green, Kentucky to General J. H. Lewis regarding legal matters.

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Hulsey, Jennifer Lynn (Hensley) (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Hulsey, Jennifer Lynn (Hensley) (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; [email protected]

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Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Wade-Thomas Collection (Sc 2334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2334. Correspondence, chiefly between brothers, Francis Marion Wade, Russell County, Kentucky, and Cyrenius Wade while the later was attending school in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. The letters contain comments about the school, the town of Elkton, and courting. Numerous receipts for the brothers as well as the Thomas family of Russell County are also included. The letters were typescripted and annotated by Marion Lee Adams.

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Story, Almira (Sc 2339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Story, Almira (Sc 2339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2339. Letter, 25 May 1890, from Almira Story, Rich Pond, Kentucky, to Ellen Mossop and William Mossop in Belmont, Indiana. She writes primarily of the whereabouts of mutual friends and former neighbors.

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Matthews, Allen, 1812-1871 (Sc 2340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Matthews, Allen, 1812-1871 (Sc 2340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2340. Letter, 12 July 1870, from Allen Matthews, Glasgow, Kentucky, to W. H. Grainger & Company of Louisville, Kentucky. He discusses his order of parts for mill machinery and asks for additional components.

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Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Glenn, James J., 1842-1930 (Sc 2337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2337. Materials relating to James J. Glenn, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Superintendent of Schools and editor of the Madisonville, Kentucky "Hustler." Includes scrapbook of clippings and biographical notes.

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Graham, Edward J., 1869-1953 (Sc 2338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Graham, Edward J., 1869-1953 (Sc 2338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2338. Five-year diary of Edward J. Graham, of Warren County and McLean County, Kentucky, containing notes of events, biographical information, and family data. Includes Graham's obituary.

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