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Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994 (Sc 3667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994 (Sc 3667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3667. Letter, 8 August 1960, of Vice President Richard M. Nixon to Gertrude (Mrs. James R.) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He thanks her for her work on the Committee on Resolutions at the 1960 Republican National Convention, praises the party’s platform, and declares his intention to campaign in all fifty states.
Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3666. Magazine-style supplement to the Louisville Courier-Journal, 13 March 1966, profiling the personnel and operations of the Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company. The well-illustrated publication highlights the company’s new home office building, the Lincoln Tower, designed by Taliesin Associated Architects, and includes a color rendering of the building on the cover.
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 3664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, William Alexander, 1841-1916 (Sc 3664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, typescript and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3664. Letter, 2 February 1874, of William A. Obenchain, Dallas, Texas, to A. G. Hobson, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The “Civil Engineer and Real Estate Agent” reports on a purchase of land in Dallas, outlines a plan for developing “our grounds” as building lots, and discusses the economic outlook for Dallas. Includes a deed, 19 December 1873, to Hobson’s son Joseph V. Hobson of lands in Dallas County, Texas, reciting that payment was made through Obenchain as his agent.
272nd Army Field Artillery Battalion (Sc 3665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
272nd Army Field Artillery Battalion (Sc 3665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3665. Materials collected by Haskell Pedigo, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army’s 272nd Field Artillery Battalion. Includes copies of reports of actions against the enemy, August 1944-June 1945; unit histories, 1944-1945, and other historical data and reminiscences; and reunion materials, lists of attendees, and memorial rolls.
"Maudie" - Letter To (Sc 3662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
"Maudie" - Letter To (Sc 3662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3662. Letter, 26 March 1892, to Maudie at school, from her father “Geo W B” in Moark, Arkansas. He hopes she is learning and behaving, promises to “catch a big fish” for her homecoming, and tells her that her “Red bird” sings every morning.
Anderson, Robert (Sc 3661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Robert (Sc 3661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3661. Certificate, 22 November 1822, of Robert Anderson, Cockplay Farm near Blackford, Scotland, confirming the faithful service of Helen Anderson for two years and her voluntary departure. Signed by Anderson and Helen Gray.
Mammoth Cave National Park - Relating To (Sc 3663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave National Park - Relating To (Sc 3663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3663. Deeds relating to lands of the Vanmeter family (tract #37) in Edmonson County, Kentucky, which were conveyed to the Kentucky National Park Commission as part of the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Also includes a list of former owners of 575 tracts of land acquired for the park, and sketch maps of the tracts.
Ballard, Marshall Brugler, 1913-1914 (Sc 3658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ballard, Marshall Brugler, 1913-1914 (Sc 3658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3658. Notice of death and invitation to the funeral of Marshall Brugler Ballard on 17 September 1914. Buried in Major County, Oklahoma, Marshall was the son of William H. Ballard and Stella Brugler.
Beveridge, John (Sc 3660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beveridge, John (Sc 3660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3660. Acknowledgment, 2 December 1826, of John Beveridge, Milnathort, Scotland, of wages owed to David Anderson and son; and direction, 31 March 1827, to shoemaker Andrew Morison to offset a debt owed to Beveridge by delivering a pair of shoes to Anderson as part of the settlement. The reverse includes notes of labor performed by Anderson for one Robert Ritchie.
Fry, Ulysses S., 1865-1907 (Sc 3659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fry, Ulysses S., 1865-1907 (Sc 3659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3659. “In Loving Remembrance of Ulysses S. Fry,” a memorial notice with details on the life and death of Fry, of Hardin County, Kentucky, and a description of his funeral.
Preston, John Bowker, 1851-1925 (Sc 3657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Preston, John Bowker, 1851-1925 (Sc 3657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3657. Reward of Merit for correctness in spelling, awarded to John B. Preston by his teacher. The reverse is inscribed June 14, 1864.
Woods, Edgar Hall, 1864-1939 (Sc 3656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woods, Edgar Hall, 1864-1939 (Sc 3656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3656. Letter, 3 May 1915, from E. H. Woods of Woods Hall Ranch, Pageville, Kentucky and Malvina Plantation, Malvina, Mississippi, to Lester Carter, Knob Lick, Kentucky. Woods writes of his wish to have Carter paint a portrait from a photograph of a young boy on a pony, but regrets his inability to meet Carter’s price.
Beam, Ernie (Sc 3655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beam, Ernie (Sc 3655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3655. “Home Folks,” a booklet of poems by Ernie Beam, Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Leopold Family Collection (Mss 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Leopold Family Collection (Mss 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 747. Papers of the Leopold family of Louisville and Smiths Grove, Kentucky, primarily business records of William J. Leopold.
Hines, James Arvin, 1926-2017 (Mss 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, James Arvin, 1926-2017 (Mss 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 746. Articles, stories, songs, and two unpublished novels by Ohio County, Kentucky native and prolific freelance writer James Hines.
First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3654. “Historical Record of First Church of Christ, Scientist,” a narrative by Kate (Topmiller) Hunt outlining the formation and growth of a Christian Science Society in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the chartering of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in 1925. Includes a list of the early members and a photograph of the church building at 11th and Center Streets in Bowling Green.
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. John, A Slave (Sc 3653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. John, A Slave (Sc 3653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3653. Record from the Warren County (Kentucky) Equity and Criminal Court, of John, a slave, charged with the murder of Harriet Porter, the wife of his owner Uriah Porter. After being convicted in Allen County, John was granted a new trial at which he was acquitted.
Save Your Local Government Committee - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Save Your Local Government Committee - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding and and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3652. Flyer issued by the Save Your Local Government Committee, Louisville, Kentucky, outlining its objections to the proposed new state constitution and urging voters to vote against its adoption on 8 November 1966.
Grayson, Donald Spalding, 1940-2022 (Sc 3651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grayson, Donald Spalding, 1940-2022 (Sc 3651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3651. Letters to Donald S. Grayson, Louisville, Kentucky, from Kentucky politicians. They mostly reply to his interest in legislation for the treatment of hemophilia and in legislative responses, including a Constitutional amendment, to the abortion ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Includes campaign material from candidate for Governor Tom Emberton and U.S. Senate candidate Wendell Ford, and an invitation to a business forum from Louisville mayor Harvey Sloane.
Barnes, Marvin Richard "Rod," 1922-1983 And Grace Barnes, 1927-2021 (Sc 3650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barnes, Marvin Richard "Rod," 1922-1983 And Grace Barnes, 1927-2021 (Sc 3650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3650. Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Rod Barnes, Bardstown and Radcliff, Kentucky, from U. S. Senator Walter “Dee” Huddleston and Kentucky Governor Wendell H. Ford. They respond to the Barnes’s expressions of concern on matters of environmental protection, the improvement of U.S. Highway 31-E between Bardstown and Louisville, congressional pay raises, and tax treatment of small businesses.
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Sc 3649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Sc 3649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3649. Letters from then-U.S. Senator from Kentucky Alben Barkley and his secretary to Miss Dorothy DeLong, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding her search for a job in Washington, D.C., her veteran brother, and a recommendation for a friend’s son. He also thanks her for her expression of concern during his hospitalization.
Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Sc 3648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Sc 3648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3648. Letter, 16 March 1955, from U. S. Congressman Frank Chelf to Mrs. Laura Hornback [sic], Bardstown, Kentucky, extending congratulations on her 95th birthday. Affixed to the letter is a postage stamp-sized photograph of Chelf.
Logan, Marvel Mills, 1874-1939 (Sc 3647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan, Marvel Mills, 1874-1939 (Sc 3647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3647. Diary of Marvel Mills Logan, later a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, kept during his practice of law in Bowling Green. He writes of his office and courtroom work, clients and professional travel, and records his campaign and election in August 1926 as a justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Mss 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Mss 744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 744. Correspondence and papers of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Leland H. Logan. Includes some personal material regarding his law practice and draft status, diaries for 1944 and 1945, and a small group of files representing his legal work, especially for the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation.
Bowling Green Savings And Building Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Savings And Building Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3646. Blank subscription form and share certificate for the Bowling Green Savings and Building Association, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Short Family Papers (Mss 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Short Family Papers (Mss 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 743. Deeds of the Short family, primarily Joseph P. Short, David T. Short, and David’s daughter Leona (Short) Tichenor, for land in Muhlenberg and McLean counties in Kentucky.
Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonds, John Buell, 1945-2020 (Mss 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 742. Manuscript of Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay: The Fictional Memoirs of Gospel Singer, Josephus Hezekiah Carson, by John Edmonds, a memoir based on the Bowling Green, Kentucky native’s life as a gay, African-American gospel singer. Includes a proposal for marketing the book, and several handwritten notes and lyrics. This material contains graphic sexual content.
Dillon Family Deeds - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dillon Family Deeds - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3645. Deeds, 1897-1977, relating to the title of the Dillon family to lands in Logan County, Kentucky, some of which were submerged by Lake Malone. Includes a plat (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) and sketches of residential lots in Camp Dillon Subdivision, and brief notes on the creation of Lake Malone by the damming of Rocky Creek.
Bryant, Farnsworth Dudley, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, Farnsworth Dudley, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 741. Business papers of the Thomson family of Fayette County, Kentucky, most notably Patrick Henry Thomson, his son William Z. Thomson, and son-in-law Squire C. Gaines. Includes scans of selected materials (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Rodes, Robert, 1868-1963 (Mss 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes, Robert, 1868-1963 (Mss 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 740. Letters, mostly to family, of Bowling Green, Kentucky banker Robert Rodes. Includes clippings and correspondence relating to Rodes’s interest in fox hunting and fox hounds.