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Full-Text Articles in History
Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 176. Copies of Civil War remembrances of John S. Jackman and John M. Porter. Also, copies of materials related to other Civil War activities and to service in the Orphan Brigade and in Morgan's Cavalry.
Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1549. A typescripted reminiscence about Warren Landrum Tinsley's World War II experiences in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a typescript of a diary kept during his military service , and a typescripted reminiscence about his early church experiences in Logan County, Kentucky.
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1511. World War II letter written by Henry E. Hills from Italy to his cousin, William P. Stamps, Jr., in which he describes a battle that took place in Sicily. He makes some deprecatory remarks about the Italians and notes the fierce and smart fighting of the Germans.
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1510. Letters, 1985-1997 (19); military papers, 1942-1990 (14); photos (21); newspapers clippings, 1942, 1992-2006 (5); of Marion Earl Honaker, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a Navy pharmacist mate stationed in the Pacific Area during World War II.
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS 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.
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty afterward (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.
Perkins Collection (Mss 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins Collection (Mss 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 20. Letters, genealogical charts, clippings, etc., mainly of Warren County, Kentucky families. Letters: Briggs family, 1812-1842; Curd family, 1832-1865; Finch family, 1826-1919; and Perkins family, 1851-1918. Genealogy records on the families; plus the record of the Morehead family and the autobiography of Charles Robert Morehead, Sr. (Click on "Additional Files for typescript).
Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 22. Twelve patients' account books of Dr. Martin Van Buren and William T. Edwards, brothers, of Horse Cave, Kentucky, are the nucleus of this collection which also includes several G.A.R. Dept. of Ky. Robert Storie Post #104, Hiseville, items fo Cyrus Edwards, a second cousin, and several Horse Cave items.
Higgins, Richard T., B. 1805 (Sc 1543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Higgins, Richard T., B. 1805 (Sc 1543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1543. Letter, 9 September 1861, from Confederate sympathizer Richard T. Higgins, Russellville, Kentucky, to Sady Carlisle, Columbus, Ohio. Defiant in his support of the South, he includes comments about the war, President Abraham Lincoln, and African Americans. Also includes a partial newspaper clipping that is referenced in the letter.
Hendricks, Albert, 1739-1843 (Sc 1542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hendricks, Albert, 1739-1843 (Sc 1542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1542. Copies of the Revolutionary War records and pension claims relating to Albert Hendricks, who mustered in with a Maryland regiment. He later lived in North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Jones, Edgar - Collector (Mss 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Edgar - Collector (Mss 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 17. Letters and papers of the Burnett family, (many Civil War letters), 1855-1920; the McKnight family; the Lamb family, 1863-1906; and the Flynn family, 1787-1897. These letters were in the possession of the Burnett family of Rising Sun, Indiana.
Stovall, Henry Clay, 1845-1936 (Sc 1532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stovall, Henry Clay, 1845-1936 (Sc 1532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1532. Typescript (1972) of an interview done with Henry Clay Stovall of Logan County, Kentucky about 1934. He discusses being wounded at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, treatment for his wounds, and his other military service.
Hinton, John Littleton, 1844-1920 (Sc 1311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hinton, John Littleton, 1844-1920 (Sc 1311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1311. Civil War discharge for John L. Hinton, a member of Company A, 52nd Regiment, of Kentucky Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Hinton was from Allen County, Kentucky.
U.S. Army Air Forces, World War Ii, Pacific Ocean Area, Special Services Division - Scrapbook (Sc 1529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
U.S. Army Air Forces, World War Ii, Pacific Ocean Area, Special Services Division - Scrapbook (Sc 1529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1529. Scrapbook (bound volume; unpaged) related to AAFPAO Special Services Division's activities in 1944-1945, chiefly concerning sports. Contains limited information about entertainers.
Vanmeter, Wilburn S., 1920-1996 (Sc 1528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vanmeter, Wilburn S., 1920-1996 (Sc 1528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1528. Letters from Wilburn S. Vanmeter, while serving in World War II, to his mother Emma Vanmeter in Bee Spring, Kentucky, and his brother, Junior Vanmeter of Annetta, Kentucky. Also includes several typed reminiscences (6 p.) of Vanmeter's World War II experience.
Wade, Charles Gilbert, Iii, B. 1986 (Sc 1524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Charles Gilbert, Iii, B. 1986 (Sc 1524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1524. Letters (18) written by Charles G. Wade, III to his parents, Charles G. Wade, Jr. and Judy Wade of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The letters discuss the younger Wade's U.S. Marine Corps basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina.
Sixty-First U.S. Colored Infantry (Sc 1515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sixty-First U.S. Colored Infantry (Sc 1515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1515. Partial account book (pp. 13-20, 170-184, 187-262) containing General Orders and Special Orders for the 61st U.S. Colored Infantry and the 2nd West Tennessee Infantry of African Descent. Also includes a letter written by Nellie Evans (Nov. 1865) to her cousin Jeff.
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1346. Chiefly letters written by William Joseph Kimbrough, Jr., to his Bowling Green, Kentucky parents, while serving in the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army in California and Japan. Also associated family data.
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding Aid only for Manuscript Collection 173. Correspondence between Donald Porter and Janice Insko, his future wife, during and just after the Korean War, while Don was serving in a medical support division in Germany and she was a student at Western. Letters concern military life abroad and the everyday life of a student at Western Kentucky State College.
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1505. Letter, 6 October 1918, written by John Ray Edmunds from Great Lakes, Illinois to his wife Josie in Barren County, Kentucky. He discusses his bout with influenza and his stay in a military hospital.
Jackson, C. J. (Sc 1502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, C. J. (Sc 1502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1502. Diary (46p.) kept by C.J. Jackson of his U.S. Marines boot camp experience at Parris Island, South Carolina from 7 January to 29 March 1993. He describes training exercises, physical conditioning, military personnel, medical care, chapel services, and general living conditions.
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 170. Letters to Brown, of South Hill in Butler County, Kentucky, from family. Includes letters sent by his son while serving in the Navy during World War II and in subsequent military service; also includes letters from his daughter, Emma Martin. Some business correspondence and materials concerning the Mammoth Cave Production Credit Association are also part of the collection.
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Mss 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 138. Vietnam War letters written by Robert Michael Bradley to his parents Sue and Henry Bradley, Jr., of Bowling Green, Kentucky documenting his tour in Vietnam, July 6, 1968-July 5, 1969. Includes information about 1st Cavalry Division, Agent Orange, MIA/POW's, veterans issues, and Gerard-Gerard funeral home, 1860-1950.
Thomas, Richard Curd Pope, 1872-1939 (Sc 1486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Richard Curd Pope, 1872-1939 (Sc 1486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1486. Speeches made throughout Kentucky by Richard Curd Pope Thomas at various fraternal, civic, educational, and religious events. Also includes several poems written by John A. Logan. A patriotic speech given during the Spanish-American War is available as a full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1477. Letters from Titus B. Tubb to his girlfriend, Ashli Marie Miller, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. The letters deal with courtship, religion, and Tubb's experiences in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War.
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 163. Correspondence, clippings, oral interview, personnel records, etc. related to the military career of New Jersey native, Martin B. Schenck, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Helena and on submarines and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.
Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1473. Document prepared for Perkins and dated 23 September 1864 in which he provides a substitute, Thomas Esherwood Leslie, for service in the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.