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Ferrell Family Papers (Mss 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferrell Family Papers (Mss 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 60. Correspondence of Thomas V. Ferrell, teacher and businessman, and of his wife, Winnie (58 items), and of their daughter Thelma (94 items), of Somerset, Kentucky; Ferrell family legal papers (7 items); notes of Thelma, who worked for the Somerset Journal for years; and miscellaneous receipts, clippings, etc.
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 176. Printed invitation, 15 June 1932, to Miss Sarah Leat for a July 4th ball at B. Vance's Hotel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and newspaper clipping, 1929, concerning the invitation. Also holographic copy of lyrics of "Old Folks at Home."
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cain, Bevie Waughn, 1844-1883 (Sc 2251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2251. Letters (31) from Cain to James M. Davis, written mostly during the Civil War from her home and school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and from Illinois. A strong Confederate sympathizer, Cain responds to Davis’s support of the Union, criticizes President Abraham Lincoln, and opines freely on love, courtship and marriage. She also writes of mutual friends, family, and social and religious activities. Includes 3 additional letters to Davis from his father, sister, and a friend who writes of an opportunity to manage a store. Also includes …
Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Mary H., B. 1875 (Sc 2097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2097. Diary kept by Mary H. Thompson, a physician's daughter living near Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky, from February to November 1902. She writes of social events, home life, teaching school, church attendance, family and friends.
Becker, Mary Catherine, 1836-1907 (Sc 1803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Becker, Mary Catherine, 1836-1907 (Sc 1803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1803. Social invitations sent to Misses Mary Catherine and Louisa Becker, Russellville, Kentucky. The majority of the invitations to Mary are from Churchill Haden Blakey, Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky, whom she later married.
Nichols, John Fair, Jr., 1935-1998 (Sc 1864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nichols, John Fair, Jr., 1935-1998 (Sc 1864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.