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Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 118. Militia drill meeting notice scheduled in Russellville, Kentucky, 1818; slave bill of sale, Logan County, Kentucky, 1860; a young woman’s letter to a friend, 1875; letter written by Kate Bosher, 1910; and letter written by Cale Young Rice, 1926, regarding biographical data, with a postscript by Alice Hegan Rice.

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Blackburn, John W., 1914-1985 (Sc 1868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Blackburn, John W., 1914-1985 (Sc 1868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1868. Paper: "Butler County Boys in the Civil War" written by John W. Blackburn, which focuses on the Butler County, Kentucky members of the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) and the engagements in which they fought.

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Nichols, John Fair, Jr., 1935-1998 (Sc 1864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Nichols, John Fair, Jr., 1935-1998 (Sc 1864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1864. Paper: "The Grand: The Beginning of an End" written by John F. Nichols detailing the history of the Grand Theater in Owensboro, Kentucky, 1904-1934.

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National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People - Bowling Green, Kentucky Branch (Mss 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People - Bowling Green, Kentucky Branch (Mss 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 249. Minutes of the Bowling Green, Kentucky branch of the NAACP, 1919-1927. Also includes membership lists and financial reports.

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Johnson County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Johnson County, Kentucky - Deeds (Sc 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 117. Deeds for land in Johnson County, Kentucky from Mathis J. Kelley (2), and David and Fanny Smith (1).

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Young, Sibert, 1903-1981 (Sc 1854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Young, Sibert, 1903-1981 (Sc 1854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1854. List of funeral expenses for Sibert Young, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Bush, John Lafayette, 1877-1961 (Mss 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Bush, John Lafayette, 1877-1961 (Mss 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 246. Notebooks, surveys, and field notes compiled by Warren County, Kentucky native John Lafayette Bush who was elected County Surveyor in 1917.

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Mammoth Cave Churches (Fa 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Mammoth Cave Churches (Fa 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 479. Interviews conducted by Laura Harper Lee about social change in churches in the Mammoth Cave area. Includes question list and 14 recorded interviews conducted between 1988 and 1991.

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Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 - Collector (Sc 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 - Collector (Sc 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 98. A collection of papers of related families consisting mainly of tax receipts, 1791-1846, of Andrew Hodges; receipts, 1839-1875, and militia notices, 1847, chiefly for Andrew Kellis; will of Robert Reynolds, 1814, all of Warren County, Kentucky; and agreement and receipts to teach school in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1842, 1846. Also miscellaneous items and research notes.

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Arterburn, Charles Royce, B. 1952 (Sc 1817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Arterburn, Charles Royce, B. 1952 (Sc 1817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1817. Letters and cards from friends while Charles Royce Arterburn of Monroe County, Kentucky is serving in the Army. Also, cards and letters to Arterburn after his discharge, chiefly from friends who remained in the service.

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Campbell Family - Deeds (Sc 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Campbell Family - Deeds (Sc 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 100. Deeds for land in Christian County, Kentucky, 1834, 1872, and 1881 related to the Campbell family.

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Frazer Family Papers (Sc 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Frazer Family Papers (Sc 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 111. Letters to James Frazer, Barren County, Kentucky, from his brothers, Jeremiah, 1824-1849 (9 items), and Martin, 1833-1848 (4). Other papers include legal receipts and notes of James, who served as sheriff, county treasurer and county court member of Barren County, 1822-1846 (2) and an inventory of James Frazer's estate, 1797.

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Scottsville Baptist Church - Scottsville, Kentucky (Mss 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Scottsville Baptist Church - Scottsville, Kentucky (Mss 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 248. Record books of Scottsville Baptist Church, 12 May 1841 to 5 January 1908. Entries consist chiefly of minutes of church business meetings.

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First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1851. Photocopies of two documents placed in the cornerstone of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1913. One document was written by W.H. Mitchell for the encouragement of future generations. The other lists the names of the men involved in laying the stone.

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Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 110. Letters, 1897-1939 (16 items), written to James Tandy Ellis, poet, humorist, columnist, and lecturer of Ghent, Kentucky. Also includes Ellis' poems and writings, 1891 (5); printed items; clippings; commissions as Assistant Adjutant and Adjutant General of Kentucky; and miscellaneous items.

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Shaw, Henrietta Fannie, 1839-1917 - Letters To (Sc 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Shaw, Henrietta Fannie, 1839-1917 - Letters To (Sc 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 112. Chiefly letters from girl friends of Henrietta Fannie Shaw, Logan County, Kentucky, 1863-1867, a slave bill of sale, 1863, and miscellaneous writings.

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Gold Rush Period (Sc 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Gold Rush Period (Sc 106), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 106. Letters, receipts, legal papers, etc., which pertain mainly to Kentuckians who went to Alaska and the Yukon Territory in search of gold. The principal person involved was Abram H. Bowman, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky.

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Lyon-O'Hara Papers (Sc 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Lyon-O'Hara Papers (Sc 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 107. Business and personal letters of the Lyon and O'Hara families of Louisville and Eddyville, Kentucky, which chiefly concern army life (Union and Confederate), tobacco sales, and family matters. James O'Hara and Hylan B. Lyon are the principal correspondents.

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Brashear, Kathleen Hope, 1895-1986 (Sc 1873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Brashear, Kathleen Hope, 1895-1986 (Sc 1873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1873. Two reminiscences written by Kathleen Hope Brashear titled "Remembrances" in which she recalls people and places in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Cole, Jennie Bryant, 1872-1957 (Sc 103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Cole, Jennie Bryant, 1872-1957 (Sc 103), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 103. Letters (3), 1933-1951, to Mary Leiper Moore, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and papers (4), 1933-1941, written by Cole and titled: Cedar Bluff College," "Oakland's First Baseball Team," "The Oakland Country," and "Some Name Places of Warren County, Kentucky."

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Jackson Family Papers (Sc 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 105. Papers of the Jackson family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include: letter from W. C. Jackson, Lexington, Kentucky, to John S. Jackson, telling of his medical studies at Transylvania, 1825; blacksmithing bill, 1831; statement that B.J. Jackson paid his 1863 taxes; letter to F.W. Jackson relative to the Great Western Star Band's fees for playing at the Bowling Green Fair, 1872.

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Stowers-Shaw Family Papers (Sc 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Stowers-Shaw Family Papers (Sc 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 96. Deeds for land in Daviess County, Kentucky, 1839, 1840; tax and tuition receipts, transfer of a patent, two letters, and miscellaneous papers of the Stowers and Shaw families.

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Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1840. Letters from Alice Hegan Rice (4), Cale Young Rice (13) and Laban Lacy Rice (1) to Ruth Potts Spence, who met the Rices at Camp Nakanawa in Mayland, Tennessee and maintained a friendship with the couple. The letters discuss writing, current events, family matters, and grief.

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Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 369. Paper: "Odis Blanton: The Story of a Country Musician" written by Angle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1844. Letters from students at Muhlenberg North High School, Greenville, Kentucky, as well as e-mails, greeting cards, etc. sent to Kelly Matthew McCay while he served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.

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Ashcraft Family Papers (Sc 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Ashcraft Family Papers (Sc 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 93. Deeds, 1843 1870 (4), surveys, 1846, 1867 (2); receipt in connection with a damage award for the “unsoundness of three slaves,” 1841, and other receipts, 1840-1871 (13), chiefly of the Ashcraft family of Meade County, Kentucky; certificates of exemption from military service in favor of a substitute, 1864 (2); and sundry items.

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Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 95. Reminiscences of Martha W. Jackson, sister of Mary Frances (Jackson) Grider, 1829-1909, and sister-in-law of Tobias Smith Grider, 1824-1882. An account of affairs in Bowling Green, Kentucky during her lifetime, with emphasis on the Civil War period.

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Barnett, John, 1816-1855 (Sc 1848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Barnett, John, 1816-1855 (Sc 1848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1848. Letter, 23 June 1843, from John Barnett to David Lowry discussing politics within the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and at Cumberland College in Lebanon, Tennessee.

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Brashear, Robert L., 1894-1954 (Sc 1849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Brashear, Robert L., 1894-1954 (Sc 1849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1849. Survey book, 1939-1940, kept by Robert L. Brashear, a Bowling Green, Kentucky, civil engineer. Also, loose items found within pages of the book.

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Gerard Family Papers (Mss 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Gerard Family Papers (Mss 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 240. Correspondence, financial and legal papers related to the Gerard family's undertaking business in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes receipts for burial plots in Mt. Moriah Cemetery and St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

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