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Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3332. Letters of George Messer to his wife Lottie, written while serving with the 107th Illinois Infantry. Writing on 7-9 December 1862 from Camp Waller near Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where part of his regiment is guarding the railroad, he describes the camp and includes a sketch; he also writes of two desertions, of procuring some fresh meat, of an officer who has contracted a venereal disease, and of the local populace who he finds “at least one half century behind the times.” In a letter of 25 July …
Redfern, Alfred Francis, 1848-1913 (Sc 3327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Redfern, Alfred Francis, 1848-1913 (Sc 3327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3327. Letter, 24 December 1863, to his parents from Alfred Redfern, serving at Point Isabel, Kentucky with the 91st Indiana Volunteers. He reports orders to march to Knoxville, Tennessee, despite his hopes of remaining at the now-fortified camp until he is mustered out. He also reports on receipt of money and other gifts from home, sending some of his pay to a friend in New Albany, and the likelihood of a poor Christmas dinner of fat pork and crackers.
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 3312. Letter, 24 February 1863, of George Messer to his wife Lottie, written while encamped with the 107th Illinois Infantry near Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky. His news of camp life includes the engagement of an African American cook and a rumor of impending attack by John Hunt Morgan’s guerrillas, which he dismisses in light of the camp’s superior defenses. He describes holding money for safekeeping on behalf of his comrades, and of searching for vegetables to treat an outbreak of scurvy. He also discusses various matters relating to home, including deserters, honoring …
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 3323. Letter, 20 February 1862, from John L. Hebron to his mother in Steubenville, Ohio. He reports his regiment’s arrival on the outskirts of Bowling Green, Kentucky, taken from Confederate forces “without firing a gun,” and describes attempting to cross a ruined bridge, his living quarters in a deserted house, and available food supplies. In a 25 February postscript from Nashville, Tennessee, he writes of the troops’ continued lack of success in crossing the river into Bowling Green, and mentions reports that the Confederates plan to “make a stand” south of Nashville. …
Minton, John Dean, Sr., 1921-2008 (Mss 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Minton, John Dean, Sr., 1921-2008 (Mss 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 660. Letters written by John D. Minton, Sr. to his brother, Layton Minton, while both were in military service during World War II. The collection also contains a small amount of Minton family correspondence and some vocational agriculture notebooks kept by the brothers while in high school.
Noel, Philip Jordan, Sr., 1874-1950 (Sc 3309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Noel, Philip Jordan, Sr., 1874-1950 (Sc 3309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3309. Image of Philip Jordan Noel, Sr. printed on paper (2 copies) and a ribbon worn at the 36th national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in August 1934. Also includes a page with some biographical information printed on it.
Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Compilation of clippings, photographs and notes regarding WKU students, faculty and staff who participated in World War II. Occasional mention of veterans from other wars.
Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Fort Albert Sidney Johnston.
Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Student Mobilization Committee.
Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives
Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Personal papers created by and about Lowell Harrison.
Ua36/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Administration, Wku Archives
Ua36/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Correspondence to and from the department of Military Science.
Ua1c2/19 Veterans Village Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/19 Veterans Village Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Veterans Village and individual trailers.
Ua12/2/59 Class Of 1946, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/59 Class Of 1946, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Class of 1946.
Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone
Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by Lowell Harrison while serving as University Historian and writing the 75th anniversary history "Western Kentucky University" as well as numerous articles about the university.
Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the barracks
Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Florence Schneider Hall also known Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science in Kentucky
Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of student military organizations.
Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives
Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about the WKU Military Science department.
Ua64/25/4/4 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Rotc, Wku Archives
Ua64/25/4/4 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Rotc, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Reserve Officer Training Corps.
Ua12/2/32 Student Veterans Alliance, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/32 Student Veterans Alliance, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Student Veterans Alliance.