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Bourne, Silvanus (Lg 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Bourne, Silvanus (Lg 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 352. Original land grant, 1823 October 30, by which James Monroe, President of the United States of America, granted Silvanus Bourne, assignee of Gabriel Coil, assignee of A.L. Langham, assignee of Benjamin W. Ladd, assignee of Nathaniel G. Morris, 18 acres on Deer Creek in Ohio.

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Brite, Henry Dearing, 1906-1976 (Mss 532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Brite, Henry Dearing, 1906-1976 (Mss 532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Collections 532. Letters, programs, invitations, photographs and other political and social mementoes of Elizabeth Brite and her husband Henry, collected primarily during their years in Washington, D.C. when Elizabeth was secretary to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s press secretary, Jonathan W. Daniels.

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Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Clark, Karen (Sc 2887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2887. “History of the Nursing School at Bowling Green City-County Hospital,” a paper written by Karen Clark for a Western Kentucky University nursing class.

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Warden, Buel F., Iii (Sc 2886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Warden, Buel F., Iii (Sc 2886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2886. “Philip & Rachel Warden, Early Kentucky Settlers,” by Buel F. Warden III, a narrative about this Logan County, Kentucky family and their descendants. Includes a cover letter from the Logan County Genealogical Society regarding the author.

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Milliken, Rena Edna, 1909-1998 (Mss 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Milliken, Rena Edna, 1909-1998 (Mss 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 529. Chiefly transcriptions of oral history interviews conducted by Rena Edna Milliken with Logan County, Kentucky residents about local history and genealogy. Also includes speeches and newspaper articles about local history topics and genealogy by Milliken and two Daughters of the American Revolution scrapbooks about the same topics.

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Ua68/18/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives Feb 2015

Ua68/18/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Events sponsored by Gender & Women's Studies.

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Gossom, Magnolia (Rone), 1866-1948 (Sc 2885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Gossom, Magnolia (Rone), 1866-1948 (Sc 2885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2885. Applications and membership certificates of Magnolia (Rone) Gossom and her daughter Grayce (Gossom) Bell in the Bowling Green, Kentucky chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; membership certificate of Grayce (Gossom) Bell in the Samuel Davies Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

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Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 531. Correspondence, research, historical and archaeological reports, contracts, budgets and other documents relating to the 1970s excavation and restoration of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky.

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Rentfro, Travis (Lg 414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Rentfro, Travis (Lg 414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 414. Copy of land grant, 28 December 1854, by which Lazarus W. Powell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Travis Rentfro, 100 acres in Crittenden County, Kentucky.

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Ewing, Ephraim M. (Lg 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Ewing, Ephraim M. (Lg 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 417. Original land grant, 7 June 1821, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Ephraim M. Ewing 145 acres in Caldwell County, Kentucky.

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Wilson, John (Lg 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Wilson, John (Lg 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 160. Copy of a land grant, 14 December 1805, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Wilson 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Kirby, Carlisle Wilkins, 1890-1968 (Mss 530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Kirby, Carlisle Wilkins, 1890-1968 (Mss 530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 530. Note cards, memoranda, and grave registration forms compiled by Carlisle W. Kirby and others for the Veterans’ Graves Registration Project in Warren County, Kentucky, a project created by the Works Progress Administration to identify the graves of war veterans from the American Revolution through World War I. Included are names, service data, and the name of the cemetery, where known. Also includes clippings from the (Bowling Green, Kentucky) Park City Daily News about local soldiers serving in the Korean War.

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Cockrill, David Steven, B. 1949 (Sc 1548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Cockrill, David Steven, B. 1949 (Sc 1548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1548. Correspondence between David Steven Cockrill, Louisville, Kentucky, and Ta Thi Chien, Da Nang, Vietnam, relating to their marriage. Includes photographs.

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Harper Family Papers (Sc 1546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Harper Family Papers (Sc 1546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1546. Wartime correspondence between Private Alfred Harper and his wife Elizabeth W. (Montgomery) Harper. Harper, from Columbia, Kentucky was serving as a machine gunner with the 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division when he was killed in Belgium 25 November 1944. Includes telegrams and letters to his wife related to his death.

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Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jackson Family Letters (Sc 2883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2883. V-mails to Aph P. Jackson, Eminence, Kentucky from her sons, Eli O. Jackson and Laban P. Jackson, written during their military service in World War II. Laban comments on a new birth in the family, on news of German and Japanese atrocities, and on the domestic peace movement; Eli asks about their farm and requests some twists of chewing tobacco.

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Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 525. Correspondence, business and farm records, and genealogical data of the Carpenter family of Warren County, Kentucky, primarily Jonathan T. Carpenter, his son Luther M. Carpenter, and Luther’s children. Includes some correspondence and papers of members of the Tucker and Hardcastle families.

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Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. Dissertation titled "Medical topography and diseases of Warren County, Ky." written by James A. Briggs at the University of Nashville in 1851. He describes his belief in the causes of malaria, and discusses cholera and other maladies that struck Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky prior to 1850.

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Jackson, Irving S., 1914-1979 (Sc 1503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jackson, Irving S., 1914-1979 (Sc 1503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. “Water transportation and the economic growth of Kentucky, 1510-1810.” Paper (104p.) written by Irving S. Jackson for an Economics class at Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1938. Discusses boat construction, flatboats, keelboats, canoes, legislation relative to river navigation, and the economics of the same. Includes maps and drawings.

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Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 522. Correspondence, photographs and papers of members of the Campbell and Garvin families of Warren County, Kentucky. Included are business records of David B. Campbell and letters written to him in 1850 while he prospected for gold in California.

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Floods - Louisville, Kentucky, 1937 (Sc 2882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Floods - Louisville, Kentucky, 1937 (Sc 2882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2882. “Notes on Radio Broadcasts” by an unknown author, recording damage and emergencies created by the Ohio River flood at Louisville, Kentucky.

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Murphy, William Lansing, 1926-1986 (Sc 2881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Murphy, William Lansing, 1926-1986 (Sc 2881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2881. Letter of William L. Murphy, written to his parents in Newport, Kentucky from Ascom City, Korea. Murphy, a U.S. Army sergeant, writes of his fellow servicemen, gifts he has sent, and a rumor of troops being sent home.

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Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Jewell, George Raleigh, 1898-1993 (Sc 1527), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1527. A historical list of Baptist schools and colleges in Kentucky with a brief description of each institution. Detailed information is provided for Clinton College, Clinton, Kentucky.

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Ua68/18/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Awards, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua68/18/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Awards, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Awards and certificates presented to the Women's Studies & Support Program.

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Hidden Heroes Of The Big Sandy Valley, Jonathan Jeffrey, Contributor, James Gifford, Editor Jan 2015

Hidden Heroes Of The Big Sandy Valley, Jonathan Jeffrey, Contributor, James Gifford, Editor

SCL Faculty and Staff Book Gallery

"This book contains twenty-two biographical essays and one cultural essay by seventeen authors. The people who are profiled in this book are true representatives of millions of people who have populated the Big Sandy Valley for more than two hundred years. I invite you to read their stories and discover the reality of a great regional people." - See more at: http://www.jsfbooks.com/products/hidden-heroes-of-the-big-sandy-valley#sthash.lwPTCTM4.dpuf

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The Pioneer Williams Families Of Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana, Steve Malone, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

The Pioneer Williams Families Of Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana, Steve Malone, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Since this book deals mainly with people who were born, and several who died, prior to the 1850 Census, there will no doubt be some factual errors due to a lack of available public records. It is hoped that any errors are minor and that it is made clear when information is based upon fact, when it is deduced from what facts are available and when a speculation is being made. While every attempt has been made to avoid errors by being as thorough as possible in this research, the results presented herein are simply the best that could be …

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Ua68/18/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Administration, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua68/18/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the administration of Gender & Women's Studies.

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Ua12/2/62 Delta Sigma Theta, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua12/2/62 Delta Sigma Theta, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

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Confucius Institute 2015 Annual Report, Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Jan 2015

Confucius Institute 2015 Annual Report, Dr. Wei-Ping Pan

The Confucius Institute Publications

No abstract provided.

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

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

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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

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

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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