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Williams, J. J. (Sc 2947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Williams, J. J. (Sc 2947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text transcript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2947. Letter, 13 January 1862, of Confederate soldier J. J. Williams to his wife Emeline. Writing from Bowling Green, Kentucky, he describes troop strengths and movements in the area, the destruction of railroads and blockading of roads by the Confederates, and an anticipated encounter with Union troops at Green River.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Warren County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 548. Bound volume recording local taxes paid by residents of Warren County, Kentucky for 1939. Includes names and addresses of both white and African American residents.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Improvement Assessment Bond (Sc 2945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Improvement Assessment Bond (Sc 2945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2945. City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Improvement Assessment Bond, Winfield Acres Subdivision Water and Sanitary Sewer Project of 1969, with face value of $1,000, maturing 1 October 1990. Includes six $40 coupons and envelope. Also includes one $35 coupon for interest due on Improvement Assessment Bond, Thoroughbred Acres Subdivision Sanitary and Water Project of 1973, dated 1 April 1974 and maturing on 1 April 1993.

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Arts & Letters: The Magazine Of Potter College At Western Kentucky University, Larry Snyder, Interim Dean, Kelly Scott, Managing Editor Oct 2015

Arts & Letters: The Magazine Of Potter College At Western Kentucky University, Larry Snyder, Interim Dean, Kelly Scott, Managing Editor

PCAL Publications

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Traces Volume 43, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections Oct 2015

Traces Volume 43, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Jackson, Nell Cartwright (Mcdaniel), 1888-1974 (Sc 2944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Jackson, Nell Cartwright (Mcdaniel), 1888-1974 (Sc 2944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2944. Letter, 19 May 1965, of Nell (Mrs. Harry G.) Jackson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, thanking her for an article she wrote for the (Bowling Green) Park City Daily News (9 May 1965) about Seeley's Shoals, her family residence on Beech Bend Road. Includes Mrs. Jackson’s notes on the house and its history.

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Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 816. This collection “Mining and The Company Store,” describes essential phases of mining coal and the companies miners worked for in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. The narrative is in an interview format and illustrated with photos; a small portion of the narrative features information about company stores. This information was collected by Western KentuckyUniversity student John Chapman, for credit in a folklore class.

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Nourse, Charles Ewing, 1826-1866 (Sc 3000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Nourse, Charles Ewing, 1826-1866 (Sc 3000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts of three Mexican War letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3000. Correspondence of Charles Ewing Nourse, Bardstown, Kentucky, and his wife Mary “Mollie” (Brown) Nourse. Three letters of Charles, serving in the 4th Kentucky Infantry during the Mexican War, describe military life, illness, Mexican cities, and encounters with the enemy. Mary’s father writes from Cadiz, Kentucky, of his work as a circuit judge, and an 1850 letter wishes Charles and Mary well on their marriage. Includes Mary’s letter to Charles with family news, and two verses, both probably by Charles; one …

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Warfield, Joshua Dorsey, 1838-1914 (Sc 2942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Warfield, Joshua Dorsey, 1838-1914 (Sc 2942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2942. “The Gaithers of South River,” undated typescript by J. D. Warfield relating the history and genealogy of the Gaither family of Maryland and Kentucky. Includes a cover letter to the recipient and a bookplate of Edgar H. Gaither.

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Brown Family Letters (Sc 2943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Brown Family Letters (Sc 2943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2943. Letters of the Brown family of Cynthiana and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Includes letters of Judge Henry O. Brown to his wife Lucy Ann while on circuit, a petition of Princeton, Kentucky citizens urging Judge Brown to relocate in order to serve their district, and a copy of a letter from Sally Doom, probably to her brother (and Judge Brown’s son-in- law) Charles Nourse, eloquently deploring Southern secession and slavery (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan). Also includes a photograph of three unidentified women and an infant.

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Kentucky Mothers Association (Mss 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Kentucky Mothers Association (Mss 546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 546. Records of the Kentucky Mothers Association, including board meeting minutes, correspondence, financial information, membership lists, reports, newsletters, publicity material, and information about programming and events. Also includes training material from the American Mothers, Inc. A PowerPoint presentation documenting the results of a strategic planning process for American Mothers Inc. can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files."

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Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963 (Sc 2941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963 (Sc 2941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2941. Letter, 2 November 1944 of Clarence S. Brigham, Director of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Vincent R. Jones, Glasgow, Kentucky. He encloses the manuscript pages from his book History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 that refer to Glasgow newspapers, and acknowledges receipt of information from a thesis on the subject written by Eva Mae Barton at George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lambert, James Knox Polk, 1864-1960 (Mss 545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Lambert, James Knox Polk, 1864-1960 (Mss 545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 545. Diaries, speeches, notes and postcards of Simpson County, Kentucky native James Knox Polk Lambert relating to his YMCA work with the American Expeditionary Force at the end of World War I, his tours of Europe thereafter, and his involvement in Freemasonry.

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Owens, Richard (Lg 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Owens, Richard (Lg 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 458. Original land grant, 24 July 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Richard Owens, assignee of Peter Tyler, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) of a letter from Manuscripts Small Collection 2940. Letter, 1 August 1864, of “Charlie” to Ellen “Nellie” Sherman. Serving with Company E, 132nd Illinois Volunteers at Paducah, Kentucky, he describes an encounter with Confederate guerrillas during a strenuous scouting mission, the strictness of General Paine, his new commander, toward both citizenry and soldiers, and the execution of “Captain Hess,” a guerrilla leader, for whom “no coffin” was provided. He expresses apprehension over retaliation against men taken prisoner, but also refers to a flag of truce in effect that morning.

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Shakers (Sc 2938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Shakers (Sc 2938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2938. Compilation of manuscript and printed Shaker hymns, and instructions for dances to accompany hymns. Some of the hymns were transcribed by Roger Hall.

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Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2939. Letters, June-July 1951, of Corporal Joseph J. Grieco to his wife in Milldale, Connecticut. Attending the Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Grieco writes his wife, then pregnant with their second child, of his love for her and their son Joey, and of his longing to be reunited with her. He briefly mentions his pay, radio training, and the availability of entertainment in camp.

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Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2937. Genealogical data on the Tolle and Snoddy families of Barren County, Kentucky.

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Stahl Family Papers (Mss 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Stahl Family Papers (Mss 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 562. Correspondence, genealogical material and photographs related to the Stahl family and allied families of Warren County and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes information about family members that came from elsewhere and moved elsewhere. Includes manuscripts of a Stahl family history, histories of Providence Knob Baptist Church and a history of churches in the Warren Association of Baptists.

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Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 561. Personal diaries of Clara (Wright) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, kept during her marriage to food critic Duncan Hines and after his death. Includes some correspondence, travel itineraries, and miscellaneous papers.

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Arnow, Harriette Louisa (Simpson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Arnow, Harriette Louisa (Simpson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2936. Letter, 6 March 1964, of Harriette Simpson Arnow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to “Mrs. Holland,” in response to a compliment for her novel Hunter’s Horn. Arnow briefly recalls her publications since The Dollmaker and notes “unenthusiastic” reviews in Kentucky of her most recent work. She also mentions an article about her in the previous fall’s Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine.

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Summers, Hollis Spurgeon, 1916-1987 (Sc 2935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Summers, Hollis Spurgeon, 1916-1987 (Sc 2935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2935. Letter, 8 April 1953, of Hollis Summers, Lexington, Kentucky, to Frances Richards, a member of the WKU English faculty, expressing good wishes to her and her students after his recent visit to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Barnes, Emma Lily, 1929-2014 - Letters To, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Barnes, Emma Lily, 1929-2014 - Letters To, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2934. Letters to Emma Lily Barnes, written to her in Beaver Dam and Carlisle, Kentucky, by future husband Allen Cloud during his military service in Japan, and by classmates at the University of Kentucky. Included are several describing travel in Israel

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Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 409. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 October 7, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Thomas E. Wilson, 20 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 411. Photocopy of a land grant, 1843 July 7, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush 15 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Rush, Grigsby, 1784-1845 (Lg 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscritps Land Grant 410. Photocopy of a land grant, 1824 November 25, by which Joseph Desha, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grigsby Rush, assignee of Claudius Duvall, assignee of Presley Edwards, assignee of Rossland Jordan, 130 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2933. Clippings from the Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) relating to the history and activities of the Girls Club of Bowling Green. Includes a letter of Elaine (Eakles) Goad outlining her involvement with the Club as a member and Director, and a clipping describing her wedding held at the Club.

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Humble, John S., 1886-1945 (Sc 2932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Humble, John S., 1886-1945 (Sc 2932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2932. Teacher’s certificates and diplomas of John S. Humble of Simpson County, Kentucky; yearbook excerpts relating to Humble’s teaching in Tennessee and Texas; and local color stories written by Humble.

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Wallace, John (Lg 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Wallace, John (Lg 418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 418. Original land grant, 2 June 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Wallace assignee of Joshua Armstrong, assignee of Phillip Wells, assignee of Samuel Wells, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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