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Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1293. Letters written by Todd Ewing to his parents, Bill and Geraldine Ewing, Greenville, Kentucky, describing his daily activities while in military service during the Persian Gulf War.
Faine, John (Sc 1279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Faine, John (Sc 1279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1279. Letter written by John Faine to his father John B. Faine, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during his service in Operation Desert Storm. He discusses his military duties, his correspondence, and his marriage and children.
Stephens, Richard Barber, Jr., B. 1956 (Sc 1247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephens, Richard Barber, Jr., B. 1956 (Sc 1247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1247. Desert Storm letter written by Richard Barber Stephens to Ruth Marie Jerd, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stephens mentions that he and fellow soldiers have been the target of missile attacks which were successfully intercepted.
Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1237. Letter written to Betty Jane Gorin, Campbellsville, Kentucky, by Stanley E. Collins, a former student. Gorin’s students wrote to Collins and his fellow soldiers, who were serving in Desert Storm. Collins is very descriptive in writing of his military activities.
Hoffman, Christopher (Sc 1269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hoffman, Christopher (Sc 1269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1269. Letters written to his mother in Tompkinsville, Kentucky by Christopher Hoffman during his service in the Persian Gulf War. He describes everyday military life away from the front lines.
Clark, Tim (Sc 1208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Tim (Sc 1208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1208. Desert Storm letters from Tim Clark to his cousin, Rebecca Louise Spencer, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which tell of his military experiences.
Oliver, Michael, B. 1959 (Sc 1194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oliver, Michael, B. 1959 (Sc 1194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1194. Desert Storm letters (2) from Michael Oliver to his wife Peggy Oliver, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also included is a poem by Oliver regarding his military experiences in Desert Storm and war photos (2).
Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1162. Desert Storm letter (1) written by Robert Taylor to Robert Robbins, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, describing living conditions and news about the war effort. They were both physicians and shared an office.
Thompson, John D. (Sc 1164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, John D. (Sc 1164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1164. Desert Storm letter written by John D. Thompson to a third grade class at Ascension School in Louisville, Kentucky, describing his war service in the United Arab Emirates.
White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1166. Desert Storm letters (4) written by three Grayson County servicemen to Donna White's class at Grayson County Middle School, Leitchfield, Kentucky.
Raabe, Sandra M. - Letters To (Sc 1171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Raabe, Sandra M. - Letters To (Sc 1171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1171. Desert Storm letters (8) written by four service people to Sandra M. Raabe, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included is correspondence related to the donation of the collection to WKU.
Thomas, Clifton David (Sc 1163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Clifton David (Sc 1163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Colleciton 1163. Desert Storm letters, cards, and newsletters (39) written between Clifton David Thomas and family members in Todd County and Bowling Green, Kentucky, while he served in the Persian Gulf War. Includes cassette tapes (2), of a telephone conversation between Thomas and his parents and a narrative about Thomas’ war experiences.
Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Desert Storm letters (4) written by Jerome W. Taylor to his brother Joe W. Taylor of Alvaton, Kentucky. One letter gives an interesting description of a makeshift, open-air church built in the desert.
Wheeler, Talbot Wynn (Sc 1165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheeler, Talbot Wynn (Sc 1165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1165. Desert Storm correspondence (8) between Talbot Wynn Wheeler and Lisa Day Robertson of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also included are photographs (2) of Wheeler.
Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1146. Desert Storm letters (2) and Christmas card sent to Patty Wimsatt’s first grade class at Oakland Elementary School, Oakland, Kentucky, from Guy Lindsey. Also included is letter from Wimsatt explaining the letters.
Damron, Danny Lee (Sc 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Damron, Danny Lee (Sc 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1133. Letters and a postcard sent from Damron to Becky Spradlin of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Also included is a photo of Damron, a water bottle label with Arabic captions and a riyal bill from Saudi Arabia.
Barnett, Charles Wesley (Sc 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barnett, Charles Wesley (Sc 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1131. Christmas card, photo of Charles Wesley Barnett, letters (2) written by Barnett, who was serving in the Persian Gulf War, to Michael Foster, a fourth grader of Bowling Green and his family, and an explanatory note from Connie L. Foster, Michael’s mother.
Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1150. Desert Storm letters (7) written to Brenda Bush, Frankfort, Kentucky, by David L. Padgett. Also included is data about Padgett and his service in the Persian Gulf War and his subsequent employment.
Halloran, Shirley - Letters To (Sc 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halloran, Shirley - Letters To (Sc 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1141. Desert Storm letters to Shirley Halloran, Cincinnati, Ohio, and newspaper clippings about a Catholic-led effort in Cincinnati to send letters and packages to soldiers.
Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1135. Letter sent from Chris R. Fledge to Linda Lee, Louisville, Kentucky, in which he talks about his family and military life during the Persian Gulf War.
Campbell, Ezell (Sc 1132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, Ezell (Sc 1132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1132. Letter sent from Ezell Campbell to Bertha H. Clay of Louisville, thanking her for sending a package through the Red Cross, and an explanatory note from Clay about how and why she sent the package.
Gutierres, Kelvin (Sc 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gutierres, Kelvin (Sc 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1140. Desert Storm letter from Kelvin Gutierres to Carly Michelle Hobbs, an eight-year-old student at Foster Heights Elementary School in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Gordon, Tom (Sc 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gordon, Tom (Sc 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1138. Desert Storm pictorial postcard with message from Tom Gordon to B.J. Senior of LaGrange, Kentucky.
Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1144. Desert Storm letters (9) written by Timothy Keith Howell to the Snider family of Louisville and a letter from James C. Snider explaining the collection and providing information about Howell and his friends.
Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1143. Desert Storm letters (2) from Christopher Hart to Brenda Bush and family, Elizabethtown, Kentucky discussing his training in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1142. Desert Storm letters from Harper to David Baxter, a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing living conditions in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.
Laduke, Edith S. "Edie" (Cornell), 1933-2021 - Letters To (Sc 1145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laduke, Edith S. "Edie" (Cornell), 1933-2021 - Letters To (Sc 1145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1145. Desert Storm letters (2), greeting card, and post card, sent to Edie LaDuke, Louisville, Kentucky, by Pamela D. Malone Hubbard, Kevin Clenney, and Clifton David Thomas. Also included is biographical information about Hubbard and Clenney.
Lude, Kirk (Sc 1147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lude, Kirk (Sc 1147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1147. Desert Storm letters(4) written to Dawn E. Abbott, Bowling Green, Kentucky, by Kirk Lude, relating his war experiences. Also newspaper clippings regarding soldiers.
Mize, Melinda - Letters To (Sc 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mize, Melinda - Letters To (Sc 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1149. Desert Storm letters (8) and postcard sent to Melinda Mize, Bowling Green, Kentucky, by her brother Charles Wayne Mize and a friend James H. Davis. Also included are clippings with information about Charles W. Mize.
Scott, Kevin (Sc 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Kevin (Sc 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1155. Desert Storm letters (5) written by Kevin Scott to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scott, Coronado, California, and to his Uncle Robert and Aunt Jane Walker, Cadiz, Kentucky. Also includes a travel account of this trip aboard a ship to the Persian Gulf in Spring 1989, and newspaper clippings about Scott.