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Harlow, William Ross, B. 1946 (Sc 2023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlow, William Ross, B. 1946 (Sc 2023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2023. Notes taken by Barren County native William Ross Harlow during basic training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. He eventually served in the Vietnamese Conflict.


Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.


Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.


Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2027. Business papers relating to John Claude Gerard and his Bowling Green, Kentucky cabinetmaking and undertaking establishment. Includes receipts for purchases of lumber and other goods and services, business licenses and Gerard family genealogical information.


Isbell, Charles S., 1867-1901 (Sc 2028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Isbell, Charles S., 1867-1901 (Sc 2028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2028. Letters written to Charles S. Isbell while he was in California, containing news from friends and family in Warren County, Kentucky and in Missouri. Includes notes of Isbell's sister Grace on Rich Pond, Kentucky area social events and attendees.


Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2029. Will (1847) and codicils (1850, 1854, 1856) of Henry Powell Broadnax, Russellville, Kentucky, with depositions of two witnesses attesting to the will's authenticity.


Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2025. "Women and Work at the Turn of the Century: The Mrs. A. H. Taylor Dressmaking Company," M.A. thesis submitted by Theresa L. Jureka to WKU Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies.


Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2024. "A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination of Her Role in Fashion at the Turn of the Century," M.S. thesis submitted by Janice Faye Walker Centers to WKU Department of Home Economics and Family Living. Includes typescripts of correspondence with descendants of Taylor and her customers.


Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2026. Papers of the Hardcastle family of Warren County, Kentucky: World War I discharge certificate for Robert F. Hardcastle; minister's return for the wedding of James Hardcastle and Ethel McPherson; tobacco allotment notice.


Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 467. Paper: "Banjo Bill Green: A Writer, a Performer, a Musician" written by David Puglia for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2019. Minute book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some financial information and related correspondence.


Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.


Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2017. Stray court records, including wills, deeds, peace warrants, teacher's contract, and other miscellaneous documents from Warren County, Kentucky. Chiefly concerning the Isbell family of said county.


State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2010. Monthly statement assessing amount due for "support of the Gospel," issued by State Street Methodist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Mrs. James A. Mitchell.


Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2015. Letter from Roland M. Carosella, a U.S. Army private stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to his girlfriend, Marie Marzo, Buffalo, New York. He complains about a cancelled furlough and comments on mutual friends and Army life. Letter is on illustrated stationery that depicts scenes at Fort Knox. The envelope features an American flag with troops standing at attention.


Martin, Tom (Sc 2006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Martin, Tom (Sc 2006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2006. Chiefly deeds, leases, and mortgages for land near the corner of 10th and Center Streets in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky; includes a small survey map of the area done in 1945.


Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 2009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 2009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2009. Letter from Pauline Tabor Webster to David Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, postmarked 25 March 1991, with color photograph of Webster taken Christmas 1990. The letter refers to the upcoming birthdays of Webster and her sister, and compliments Helm's mother.


Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1971. Letter, 14 February 1930, from Ralph Louis Schroeder, a physician, to Dorothy Blocher, Owensboro, Kentucky discussing details about automobiles and the furniture and equipment in his office. Also includes a brief biography of Schroeder.


Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Sc 1972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Sc 1972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1972. Specifications from Ingram and Ingram, Architects and Engineers (Louisville, Kentucky) for a new residence to be built for Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Graham, 1716 Normal Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Fuller, Don (Fa 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Fuller, Don (Fa 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 464. Paper: "The Gathering" written by Don Fuller for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 276. Minute books of Bowling Green, Kentucky Board of Councilmen (1948-1967), Board of Aldermen (1952-1967), and Board of Commissioners (1967-1987).


Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2007. Narratives written by Thomas Henry Baird, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, describing hunting trips to Mozambique and northern New Mexico, and fishing trips to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario, Canada.


Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2004. Letters, chiefly to William Russell Reynolds, Jr., Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, in his role as an agent or "sovereign" for the Woodmen of the World.


Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 202. Project includes 22 interviews with African Americans concerning their lives as Taylor County, Kentucky residents. Interviews are on compact discs with interviewer's notes included. Topics discussed include: family life, when and why they live in Taylor County, childhood experiences, community involvement and personal opinions about Taylor County.


Center Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Center Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 274. Records of Center Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings and membership lists. Indexes of the records for 1810 to 1877 are included.


Polston, James T. (Sc 1952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Polston, James T. (Sc 1952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1952. Letters (5) from James "Todd" Polston to his mother Janet Polston in Jamestown, Kentucky, while serving in the Persian Gulf War. Includes two copies of "Faithful and True Command Letter," the 4th Battalion 5th Field Artillery newsletter sent to military families.


Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2309. Diary kept by Confederate Henry N. Steele, a second lieutenant serving in the Warren Light Artillery, Warren County, Mississippi, from 17 August 1861 to 31 December 1861. Brief entries discuss troop movements and skirmishes in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and especially southcentral Kentucky. He makes more in-depth comments about a skirmish at Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky on 17 December 1861.


Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1957. Chiefly letters from U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan thanking the Logan County, Kentucky Red Cross for the items they provided that were distributed to military personnel stationed there.


Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 259. Chiefly letters sent to Georgetown, Kentucky native James Edward Barlow, who was employed in the electrical engineering field. The letters are generally from friends inquiring about his work, health, and interests in electronics and photography. Also includes correspondence of his parents, Edward Calistis Barlow and Lily (Robertson) Barlow of Georgetown, Kentucky.


Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Lawrence Family (Sc 1956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1956. Leather bound notebook, 1812-1819, letters and receipts of Lawrence family members in Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri; includes genealogical information; also estate records for Levi Lawrence who died in Warren County, Kentucky in 1957.