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Sloss, John (Lg 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sloss, John (Lg 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 126. Partial land grant, 11 November 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Sloss assignee of Armistead Morehead, assignee of Lewis Burwell Miller, 50 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.
Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, George, 1771-1820 (Lg 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 120. Copy of land grant, 4 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Moore 200 acres in Logan County.
Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 493. Correspondence, chiefly from the Fort and Flowers families of Logan County, Kentucky, which includes prisoners of war correspondence from the Civil War. Also includes cemetery, church, and funeral home records, as well as news clippings about historic sites, people and events in Logan County.
Stovall, Marcus Bartholomew, 1838-1913 (Sc 2829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stovall, Marcus Bartholomew, 1838-1913 (Sc 2829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2829. Miscellaneous papers, mostly receipts, of Marcus B. Stovall, Logan County Kentucky. Includes calling card, hair tonic recipe, and two letters regarding a business dispute. Also includes a list of subscribers for construction of a home in Kentucky for destitute Confederate veterans.
Red River Union Mill And Elevator Company (Sc 1439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Red River Union Mill And Elevator Company (Sc 1439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1439. Bylaws of the Red River Union Mill and Elevator Company, probably of Logan County, Kentucky; receipt for subscription of stock in the company, 1890, with notation of assignment, 1891.
Orndorff, Nora, 1860?-1875 - Relating To (Sc 2816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orndorff, Nora, 1860?-1875 - Relating To (Sc 2816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only fro Manuscripts Small Collection 2816. Letter to Albert G. Rhea, editor of the Russellville, Kentucky Democrat, 20 July 1875, requesting publication of a resolution of sympathy on the death of Nora Orndorff. Composed by a committee of the Sunday School at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Logan County, Kentucky, the resolution recounts the illness and death of 15-year-old Nora from typhoid fever, and praises her and her family.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1284. Letters and greeting cards, 1963-1976, written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, to young Memphis, Texas admirer Mike Hughes. Mike initiated the correspondence, which developed into a friendship. Includes three of Mike’s letters, 2000.
Chaney, Mary Myrtle, 1907-1996 (Sc 1246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chaney, Mary Myrtle, 1907-1996 (Sc 1246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1246. Cheers from a 1922 sporting event between two Logan County, Kentucky schools, Sycamore and Auburn; and Myrtle Chaney’s seventh-grade report card.
Neely, Edward (Lg 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neely, Edward (Lg 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 71. Original land grant, 25 March 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edward Neely, assignee of David Bonnett, assignee of William Morrow, 80 acres in Logan County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.
Stewart, William, 1772-1851 (Lg 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, William, 1772-1851 (Lg 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 95. Original land grant, 5 September 1821, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Stewart, assignee of W. Hardin, who was assignee of David Snodgrass 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky. Signed by John Adair.
Stewart, William (Lg 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, William (Lg 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 98. Copy of land grant, 18 November 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Stewart, assignee of William Jourdan, 10 acres in Logan County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.
Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Condolence letter to Guy Moody’s parents and manuscript memorial certificate with photograph of Moody, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes photocopies of carved inscriptions on wooden pointer (or cane) that were done by Guy in 1897, and of other memorials written about Moody.
Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washington, Rebecca (Smith), 1776-1861 (Sc 1254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1254. Letter, 10 August 1835, written by Rebecca Washington, Logan County, Kentucky, to her daughter Jane Walker in Arkansas Territory. She vividly describes the cholera epidemic that has devastated the white and African American residents of Russellville and Logan County, and relates family news. Information about the letter is included.
Coke, James Guthrie, 1841-1908 (Sc 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coke, James Guthrie, 1841-1908 (Sc 1252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1252. Account book kept by businessman and farmer James Guthrie Coke, Olmstead, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes accounts for farm operations, household expenses and employees.