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Full-Text Articles in American Literature
Garrison, Samuel W., 1762-1833 (Sc 1216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrison, Samuel W., 1762-1833 (Sc 1216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1216. Booklet (20 p.) kept by Samuel W. Garrison, Allen County, Kentucky, which includes family genealogical records, a poem titled "The Choice, etc." as well as a note of advice to his children. Also includes some biographical information assembled by the Archivist related to the Garrison family.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 518. This collection contains tape recorded interviews (28) conducted by Luanne Glynn with Ellis Yeargin Hurt (1900-1994) of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The interviews relay Ellis's life history. The project also includes an interpretive paper, a project proposal and summary as well as tape indexes. This project was the result of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Poetry, [1862] (Sc 2264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Poetry, [1862] (Sc 2264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2264. Thirteen poems relating to the Civil War, some to be sung to popular tunes of the era, copied on lined ledger paper. Some of the poems praise the Union forces in the Kentucky battles of Mill Springs and Perryville; others relate to Lincoln's 1860 election and to Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 2232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 2232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2232. Eighty-six poems by Kentucky poets, copied by hand from the publications in which they were published. The poems were chiefly authored by Elkton, Kentucky native David Morton, but the collection includes works by Kalfus Kurtz Gusling, Anna Blanche McGill, and Robert Burns Wilson.
Waggener, Tom (Fa 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Waggener, Tom (Fa 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 491. Taped interviews conducted by Tom Waggener about the "Giles House." Includes transcriptions, photographs, and typescripts.
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2096. Photocopied letters from Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice to Henry and Rebecca Watterson, 1903-1916 (13), chiefly including personal advice, discussions of literary topics, and social invitations. Also includes a brief note to Benjamin W. Huebsch, n.d., giving a positive review of a book titled 'Dragnet; and a letter to William Orton Tewson, n.d., in which Rice discusses literary criticism. Originals are held in the Library of Congress.
Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 - Photos (Sc 2092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 - Photos (Sc 2092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2092. Slides (and pictures made from the slides) of Janice Holt Giles and her husband, Henry E. Giles, friends, and interiors of their house in Knifley, Kentucky.
Joiner, Sandra (Sc 2089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Joiner, Sandra (Sc 2089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2089. Scholarly papers (3) written by Sandra Joiner about Kentucky author, Janice Holt Giles. One paper is untitled; the others are titled; "Janice Holt Giles: Woman of Contradictions" and "The Concept of 'Place' in the Fiction of Janice Holt Giles." Also includes two photographs of conference attendees.
Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2090. Photocopies of news clippings and photographs related to Kentucky authors, Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles. Manuscript note from Pansy Phillips to Pat Hodges; photos taken on a barge related to research for Mrs. Giles's book 'Run Me a River' (1964); and photocopies of Mr. and Mrs. Giles's wills, 1970 & 1985.
Janice Holt Giles Symposium, May 17-18, 1991 (Sc 2067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Janice Holt Giles Symposium, May 17-18, 1991 (Sc 2067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2067. Miscellaneous items from the Janice Holt Giles Symposium held 17-18 May 1991 at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Includes a cassette tape containing remarks by Giles's daughter Libby Hancock and songs sung by Wig Robinson at the Caldwell Chapel Church, Knifley, Kentucky where Giles and her husband are buried.
Janice Holt Giles Symposium, 17-18 May 1991 (Mss 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Janice Holt Giles Symposium, 17-18 May 1991 (Mss 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 400. Paper: "Murder Ballads of Kentucky" written by Patricia Thomas for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), 1924-2019 (Sc 1900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), 1924-2019 (Sc 1900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1900. Letters and portions of letters written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky to her daughter Elizabeth, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Includes references to her family and friends, her daily life, and her writing habits.
Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, James Tandy, 1868-1942 (Sc 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spence, Ruth Potts, 1894-1988 (Sc 1840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Marcilliat, Gene (Fa 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marcilliat, Gene (Fa 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 354. "Books by Lucy Furman: [Folk Elements in Furman's Writings]" collected by Gene Marcilliat for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury, 1876-1944 (Sc 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury, 1876-1944 (Sc 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 82. Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb's original manuscript of an editorial, "A Leaf From a Memory Book," which appeared in "Kentucky Progress Magazine" (Spring 1933), and two letters concerning the manuscript.
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1779. Letter, 11 October 1904, from author Alice Hegan Rice to the editor of Outlook magazine commenting on books that she enjoyed as a child and young adult.
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 1781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 1781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1781. Paper titled "Bowling Green's Literary History," presented by WKU English teacher Frances Richards to the Samuel Davies Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 8 October 1938.
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1780. Brief letter, 9 June 1917, from author Alice Hegan Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to a Miss Stearns complimenting her on the attractiveness of her book plate.
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.
Guthrie, Charles Snow, 1922-2000 (Sc 1604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie, Charles Snow, 1922-2000 (Sc 1604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1604. Copy of speech given by Charles Snow Guthrie, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, to the Kentucky Philological Association, Morehead, Kentucky, 4 March 1988, entitled "Eighteenth Century Kentucky Writing."
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Mss 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Mss 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 50. Correspondence of David Morton, correspondence concerning Morton Collection, speeches, essays, MSS: "Entries for a Diary," and MSS: "The Amateur Listener" -- diary, poems, pamphlets, and miscellaneous items of Morton, a poet and English professor born in Elkton, Kentucky.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1557. Letter, 10 March 1976, from Kentucky author Jesse Hilton Stuart, W-Hollow, Greenup, Kentucky, to John Howard Spurlock, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to "He Sings for Us", Spurlock's book about Stuart's writings.
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 31. Manuscripts, letters, writings, etc., of the Thomas family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, including sermons and speeches of Frank Morehead Thomas, Methodist minister (1868-1921); and poems, essays and newspaper articles written by his mother, Elizabeth (Wright) Thomas (1842-1931). Full-text scans are available (Click on "Additional Files" below) for the Spanish-American War letters that Frank Thomas sent home to his family.
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1539. Note from Corinne C. McCormack, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking Lida Calvert Obenchain (pen name "Eliza Calvert Hall") for the donation of her book, "A Book of Hand Woven Coverlets" to the Woman's Library, and Obenchain's reply.
Mccombs, Harold Spillman (Mss 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccombs, Harold Spillman (Mss 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 165. Poetry volumes, 1918-1973, written by McCombs, a native of Edmonson County who taught in several Kentucky communities. Also includes oral history interview with his daughter, Doris Cloar, concerning her father's work, family history, and the November 5, 2005 tornado in Munfordville, Kentucky. Photographs of tornado damage included.
Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1449. Letter, 21 April 1970, of U.S. District Court Judge Mac Swinford, Lexington, Kentucky, to Crawford Crowe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, fulfilling a request for a copy of his book Kentucky Lawyer. He declines to vouch for the accuracy of the book's historical facts "other than as legend."