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Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2006

Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 141. This collection consists of six record books kept by the Bowling Green Ministerial Association from 1919 to 1953; the volume for 1925 to 1929 was not part of the donation. Each record book contains minutes, clippings, programs, and correspondence. Also included are a few financial records for the organization.

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Interview With Samuel V. Wickliffe Regarding Campbellsville & Taylor County (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2006

Interview With Samuel V. Wickliffe Regarding Campbellsville & Taylor County (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Samuel V. Wickliffe regarding his life as an African American teacher in Campbellsville, Kentucky. He talks about his work at the African American Durham High School and the eventual integration of schools in Campbellsville. He also discusses his military service during the Korean War.

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First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2006

First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Military service records (351 p.) compiled in 2005 of First Baptist Church members, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes World War II, Korean War, Vietnamese Conflict, and Persian Gulf War veterans. Some photos, also.

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Ua68/7/1 Gaceta Cultural De Wku, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Modern Languages Mar 2006

Ua68/7/1 Gaceta Cultural De Wku, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Modern Languages

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter in Spanish regarding Spanish professors, Hispanic cultural events, churches and restaurants in Bowling Green.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2006

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 73. Correspondence, legal and business papers, speeches and travelogs of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy. Includes papers of law partner, Daniel Webster Wright; Skiles and Underwood families of Warren County; and the Trigg family of Barren County. Also includes some Warren County Court records relating to early town planning and to the county courthouse (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Interview With Clem Haskins (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Interview With Clem Haskins (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Clem Smith Haskins conducted by Lynne Ferguson for an oral history project titled "Campbellsville-Taylor County Oral History Project." Haskins discusses his family, education, farming, and information about growing up in Taylor County, Kentucky.

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Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.

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Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1455. Autograph book, 1886-1888, of Daisy Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Contains several colorful chromolithographs.

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Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1457. Letter, 16 March 1863, written by merchant Biddle, Union Star (Breckinridge County), Kentucky, to lawyers Allen & Bruner, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, advising that his Negro servant girl is being harassed and robbed when sent on errands and asking about the law relative to penalizing such misconduct.

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Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2005

Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 144. Name and subject index, and brief abstracts for miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court cases, 1789-1899. Original case files are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.

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Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2005

Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.

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Ua3/9/5 Islamic Center Of Bowling Green Open House, Wku President's Office May 2005

Ua3/9/5 Islamic Center Of Bowling Green Open House, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Islamic Center of Bowling Green open house. He discusses the internationalization of Bowling Green.

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Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.

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Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1423. Letter, 10 March 1862, written by Amos Downing from Belmont, Missouri, to his brother Philip Downing, Portland, Maine, relating his military experiences since leaving Virginia on February 16. Has especially good comments about activities at Columbus, Kentucky.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.

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Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 158. Account book (472 p.) of Robinson's Flowers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The floral shop was owned by Novice C. Robinson, and the account book includes customer's name, type of floral arrangment as well as the price.

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Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.

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Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1446. Greenwood United Baptist Church of Christ Sunday School record book, 1891-1899, kept by Mary Pearl Walton of Warren County, Kentucky. Pearl's husband, Charles Potter Walton was a Methodist minister. Also photographs of Pearl and Charles and associated data.

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Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1411. Letter, 4 December 1845, of Henry Elbridge, Maysville, Kentucky, to his cousin E.G. Harel, Wadsworth, Ohio. He writes of his poor health and family matters, but also relates an interesting story about a young enslaved woman and how she was reared as a member of her owner's family.

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Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1448. Letter, 15 February 1910, written by Allen W. Ellis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to E.M. McNamee, LaGrange, Tennessee, relating that he has had several puppies freeze to death recently. He expresses regret that McNamee lost his puppies and hopes he has better success with breeding his dogs in the future.

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Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 135. Miscellany of Warren County, Kentucky and Bowling Green, Kentucky official record books. Includes tax lists, books of surveyors, commissioners, minutes, dockets, etc. Also includes a 1931 engineer's report on Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1408. Partial minute book of Panther Creek Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, Ohio County, Kentucky. The congregation was composed of both white and black members and names are listed. It was originally known as the Panther Creek and Yelvington Baptist Church. Photocopy and typescript section of original books.

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Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1438. Letter, 14 November 1839, written by James B. Bowling of Logan County, Kentucky, to his son Robert, who was attending school in Danville, Kentucky. He outlines how his son should strive to be successful personally as well as a contributor to society.

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Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1413. Letter, 28 June 1864, written by Oscar Wood from Decatur, Alabama, to Mary Hanley, Cairo, Illinois. Wood writes of being stationed at Paducah, Kentucky with the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry in March, when Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest attempted to engage them in battle.

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Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1441. Address book, 1909, kept by Crume, Bardstown, Kentucky, which evidently was his "little black book," containing addresses of young ladies, especially from Louisville and the central Kentucky area. Also, a humorous letter written to soldier "Joe," an "unfortunate married draftee," in Korea (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1443. Autograph book, 1953-1954, of Richardson, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1418. Baby book kept for Kathryn Ann Duncan, daughter of Claude W. Duncan, Jr. and Kathryn (Ham) Duncan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes some newspaper clippings.

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Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1415. Bible records of the Eades family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which give birth, marriage and death information. Includes typescript with related data.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1409. Register kept of Methodist Episcopal Church, South circuit that included Ohio County churches in Centertown, Ceralvo, Cromwell, Equality, Hopewell, McHenry, Point Pleasant, Providence, Rockport, and Taylor Town; and a McLean County church in Island. Mostly membership lists, but also includes names of ministers, baptisms, and marriages.

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Hall Family Papers (Mss 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2004

Hall Family Papers (Mss 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 140. Collection includes report cards, diplomas, autograph albums and scrapbooks of sisters Ilyne and Lila Dean Hall, Sebree, (Webster County) Kentucky. The sisters, with friend Vera Mae Rideout, drowned in Green River near Eastwood Ferry on August 29, 1929. The collection also includes sympathy letters, memorial cards, photos and a eulogy.

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