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Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Mss 690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Mss 690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 690. Research material collected by Nancy Richey and Carlton Jackson about thumbpicking guitarist Mose Rager for their book Mose Rager: Kentucky’s Incomparable Guitar Master. Includes interviews, news clippings, and correspondence by and about Rager as well as other thumbpicking guitarists, such as Merle Travis, Arnold Shultz, and Eddie Pennington.
Harmon, Arlis Odell, 1905-1992 (Mss 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harmon, Arlis Odell, 1905-1992 (Mss 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 153. Poems, 1934-1991, obituaries, 1964-1990, written by Arlis Odell Harmon, a gospel song writer and enthusiast, of Allen County, Kentucky. Includes correspondence about gospel music, genealogical data, photos, etc.
Allen Family Collection (Sc 108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen Family Collection (Sc 108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 108. Letters to Mrs. A. C. & Mollie Allen, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1868-1893 (3), unpublished poetry written by various authors, 1893 (14), and printed songs, n.d. (5).
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 143. Sheet music, lyrics and poems written by Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Richardsville, Kentucky. Includes typescripted newspaper clippings about Moates's compositions.
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 1790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 1790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1790. Research material, including news clippings and several letters, related to William Shakespeare Hays, a Kentucky musician and journalist. Also includes typescripts of poems written by Hays under the pseudonym Hayseed.
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on "Additional Files" below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled "My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough." This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.