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Annis, Lena Grey, 1897-1996 - Collection (Mss 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Annis, Lena Grey, 1897-1996 - Collection (Mss 275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 275. Letters sent to Lena Grey Annis from family members and friends, chiefly related to farm and family life in Butler County, Kentucky in the mid-to-late-twentieth century.


Janice Holt Giles Symposium, 17-18 May 1991 (Mss 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Janice Holt Giles Symposium, 17-18 May 1991 (Mss 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 283. Five videocassette recordings of the Janice Holt Giles Symposium presentations made on 17-18 May 1991. Also inlcudes, "Janice Holt Giles", a publication based on papers delivered at the Symposium.


Lincoln County, Kentucky - Marriage Record, 1785 (Sc 1783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Lincoln County, Kentucky - Marriage Record, 1785 (Sc 1783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1783. Copy of the 9 February 1785 permission for marriage granted by John Donelson to his daughter, Rachel, and Lewis Robards. Rachel Donelson Robards would later marry Andrew Jackson.


Piney Creek Baptist Church - Crittenden County, Kentucky (Mss 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Piney Creek Baptist Church - Crittenden County, Kentucky (Mss 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 286. Minute book of Piney Creek Baptist Church, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Includes constitution, membership lists, and minutes from 1884 to 1914.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Ordinances (Mss 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 285. Ordinances passed by the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky during the years 1914 to 1944. Includes list of ordinances; all the ordinances are not included with the collection. Also includes copies of various deeds and easements granted to the City of Bowling Green from 1885 to 1958.


Reese, Jacob And Elijah M. Covington, 1773-1848 (Lg 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Reese, Jacob And Elijah M. Covington, 1773-1848 (Lg 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 424. Original land grant, 29 July 1812, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky , granted to Jacob Reese and Elijah M. Covington 400 acres in Warren County. Identified as a "copy attest."


Williams, Freeman (Sc 2053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Williams, Freeman (Sc 2053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2053. Letter, 10 January 1862, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky by Freeman Williams, a Confederate soldier, to his brother Thomas in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He briefly sends his regards to family and asks to be sent letters.


Thirty-One W Garage (Sc 2052), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Thirty-One W Garage (Sc 2052), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2052. Account book of 31-W Garage (Thirty-One W Garage), 95 State Street, Bowling Green, recording charges for sales and service. Includes a customer receipt. An image of the scanned receipt is included as additional file.


Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137. This collection contains the extant Equity Court cases for Warren County, Kentucky, from Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). The cases are arranged in numerical order. Information in this finding aid includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. To search this document, download it and then use the "Find" function. When searching for a name, it is suggested that you search only the surname. Please remember to search for variant spellings, as there are many in these early records.


Presbyterian Church (Bowling Green) - Veteran's History Project (Mss 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Presbyterian Church (Bowling Green) - Veteran's History Project (Mss 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 277. Personal histories of members of the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky who were veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, Bosnia, the Persian Gulf War, or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Includes biographical information and a narrative of the subject's military experiences. Audio interviews are also included on DVD.


Tichenor, Doris Ann (Annis), 1931-2011 (Sc 2050), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Tichenor, Doris Ann (Annis), 1931-2011 (Sc 2050), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2050. Paper (5 p.) by Tichenor titled "A Brief History of Borah's Ferry" (Butler County, Kentucky). Includes bibliography and photocopy of a 1908 photograph of buildings in Borah's Ferry vicinity.


Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2049. Account book of William Makel Miller, Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky, showing accounts rendered. Loose items found in book include a handwritten copy of Miller's will dated 10 March 1886. Also includes photocopy of a photograph of Miller and his wife from (Hartford, Kentucky) "Times-News," 19 August 1999.


Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Phelps, Frank M. (Sc 2048), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2048. Letter from Frank M. Phelps, serving in the 10th Wisconsin Infantry, to his uncle in Wisconsin. He describes his company's march to Bowling Green, Kentucky, the sight of dead horses, the shelling of Bowling Green, the destruction he found there, and the supplies the Confederates left behind.


Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2009

Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 282. Photocopies of the record books of Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Allen County, Kentucky, consisting of business meeting minutes covering primarily 1840 to 1898, and membership lists.


Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greer, James Francis, 1797-1871 (Sc 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2044. Letter, 10 September 1861, from James Greer in Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, to A. H. Patch, Louisville, Kentucky. Greer reports unfavorably on his trial of a mower for harvesting crops.


Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2042. Letter, 14 June 1928, to A. B. Bucher, Paulding, Ohio, from W. C. Rives, Farmers Tobacco Union, Paducah, Kentucky. The letter solicits orders for tobacco, provides prices, and includes an order card addressed to W. C. Rives Company, Paducah, Kentucky.


Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and some full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 262. Correspondence of Maxey B. Harlin, Jr., a Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney and member of the Constitution Revision Assembly; also, minutes of the Constitution Review Commission, a paper, and texts of speeches favoring revision of Kentucky's constitution.


Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2039. Letter from Margery C. Obenchain, in Sulphur Springs, Missouri, to "Alice" in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of recent social activities and travel, including a visit to the St. Louis World's Fair.


Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Correspondence related to Howard Chandler Buckner's military service in the U.S. Army during World War I. Includes his identification card with photo and a notebook of information he recorded during training.


Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2038. Letter, 20 January 1918, from Albert C. Hanson, serving as a private with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, to Edith Otting, Newport, Kentucky, He relays news of his family and writes of his eagerness to return home. The letterhead displays the logo of the American Y.M.C.A. and the phrase "On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force.


Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2037. Letter from Baldwin, written in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife Louisa in Philadelphia. He writes of his travel in Kentucky and includes a description of Lost River Cave and grist mill.


Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2036. Letter from G. F. Lilley, Shawhan, Kentucky, to his cousin (Miss) M. A. Lilley, giving news of his family and other members of the community. A typescript of this letter is included as an additional file.


Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2035. Copies of "The Postal Bulletin," issued to employees of the U.S. Postal Service, and notes made by Miss Luvicia Graham Sherry, the postmaster at Alvaton, Kentucky, on various rules and procedures, including those relating to wartime.


Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.


Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2034. Catalog for "Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky," a 2009 Kentucky Library & Museum exhibition featuring the photographs of William R. Reynolds, Jr. taken approximately 1908-1910. Includes images and descriptions of Cave City citizens (both white and African American), homes, churches, schools and businesses, as well as information about Reynolds, his family and home, early 20th century cameras and Kentucky photographers, and the development of Cave City.


Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 423. Original land grant, 10 September 1802, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Gabriel Maupin 1,200 acres in [Warren County], Kentucky. Identified as "a copy attest."


Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2022. Listing of the individuals buried in the Greenwood Cemetery at Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky; includes index.


Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2030. Pages from a ledger listing Simpson County, Kentucky school districts by number, the names of school trustees and teachers, and some information on school fund expenditures.


Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 245. Record books of Zoar Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky (later Rough Creek Baptist Church). Entries consist chiefly of church and Sunday school minutes.


Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2020. Letter, 22 January 1941, from Al Varble, Chaffee, Missouri to Robert M. Coleman, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he inquires about dogs for sale.