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Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Meador, Richards, Johnson Family Papers (Mss 345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 345. Correspondence, legal documents, and sundry material related to the Meador, Richards, and Johnson families chiefly of Simpson County and Logan County, Kentucky. Also includes documents and correspondence from the King and Garrett families of Robertson and Sumner County, Tennessee. The attached 1842 letters are from R. M. Latimer to Caroline Garrett reporting the death and burial of her brother, George King, in Cuba; and to Caroline Garrett from another brother, John, discussing tensions with Mexico.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 11. Interviews conducted by Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) Glynn with Marvel (Welborn) Mohon, Lewisburg, Kentucky concerning Thanksgiving customs, with much attention paid to Marvel’s life, especially her family.
N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2361. Account book of N. Long and Company, proprietors of a general store in Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, 1849-1850. The book includes a record of account balances in gold, silver and currency, 1873-1880.
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 54. Original wills, made mostly in Warren County, Kentucky from 1798-1881, but including wills made elsewhere. Also includes some legal documents relating to wills. A name index is included in the finding aid. The is only a small portion of the original wills filed at the Warren County courthouse form 1798 to 1915.
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of first page (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2356. Guest register for Gray's Hotel, Russellville, Kentucky, showing guests' names, city of residence, and room number. The register includes advertisements for local businesses.
James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James Allison, Jr. And Company - Russellville, Kentucky (Mss 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 336. Day books, ledger, and invoice book of James Allison, Jr. and Company, operators of a general store at Russellville in Logan County, Kentucky.
Childress, Nellie J., 1883-1987 (Sc 2263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Childress, Nellie J., 1883-1987 (Sc 2263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2263. Letters (2) written by Nell Childress, Auburn, Kentucky, to her friends Louise Blakey and Margie Helm in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The 1962 letter describes the commemorative locomotive "The General" that visited Auburn during the Civil War centennial. The other letter discusses community events, particularly information about the Auburn Baptist Church.
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheek, Martha (Butt), 1892-1987 (Sc 2258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2258. Postcard to Martha Cheek, Lexington, Kentucky, related to a 1948 luncheon of alumnae of Logan College, Russellville, Kentucky; typed compilation of Logan College alumnae, 1953.
Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chesnut, Walter Lewis, 1916-2014 (Sc 2262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2262. Paper: "A History of Auburn Seminary" written by Walter Lewis Chesnut. The seminary, established by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1892, was located in Auburn, Logan County, Kentucky.
Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, May Belle - Compiler (Sc 2233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2233. Biographical sketches of Revolutionary War soldiers with connections to Logan County, Kentucky. Compiled by Daughters of the American Revolution, Committee on Revolutionary Soldiers in Logan County, Kentucky, May Belle Morton, Chairman. Includes introductory note on land grants to soldiers after the war.
Trinity Episcopal Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trinity Episcopal Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2220. Record book of Trinity Episcopal Church, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes lists of baptisms 1882-1909, confirmations 1876-1909, marriages 1868-1910, deaths 1877-1908, and parishioners 1886-1896. Also includes annual reports 1885-1902, and miscellaneous financial and statistical information 1889-1903.
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2219. Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes lists of members 1867-1914, baptisms 1861-1917, confirmations 1861-1919, marriages and burials 1864-1919. Also includes lists of Russellville members 1880-1886, baptisms 1873-1885, confirmations 1876-1886, and deaths 1877-1885; and lists of Glasgow members 1880, 1893, confirmations and baptisms 1890-1899. Also includes historical notes and extracts from church convention proceedings 1831-1859 that relate to the Bowling Green church.
New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2196. Minutes of New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists.
Concord Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Concord Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2193. Minute book of Concord Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes meeting minutes and membership lists.
Auburn Presbyterian Church - Auburn, Kentucky (Mss 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Auburn Presbyterian Church - Auburn, Kentucky (Mss 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 308. Minute books, 1865-1957, of the Auburn Presbyterian Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of meetings and registers of pastors, elders, deacons, members, baptisms, marriages, deaths and removals.
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2176. Writ of fi. fa., 10 May 1804, from Clerk of the Circuit Court, Logan County, Kentucky to the Sheriff of Warren County, Kentucky directing execution against the estate of Gasper Butcher, Samuel Cox and Elkin Taylor to satisfy a judgment obtained by John and James M. Mahan.
Logan County, Kentucky - Election Certificates (Sc 2177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Election Certificates (Sc 2177), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2177. Two election certificates from different precincts in Logan County, Kentucky, verifying tallied votes for election of state and local officials held on 9 May 1903. The totals are filled in and the certificates are signed by election officials.
Liberty Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Liberty Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 688. Minute book of Liberty Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes rules of decorum, minutes of meetings, and lists of white and African American members.
Gasper River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gasper River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2156. Minute book of Gasper River Presbyterian Church, Gasper, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes session minutes, members register, and some annual statistics reported to the presbytery.