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Sullivan Family Collection (Mss 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Sullivan Family Collection (Mss 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 267. Correspondence and clippings relating to home economics extension agents Rowena I. Sullivan and Margaret (Sullivan) Berg. Includes genealogical information relating to the Sullivan and Rogers families.

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Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1964), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1964), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1964. Immunization register, pay record, and railroad voucher related to the World War II military service of Stamps, of Bowling Green, Kentucky; also includes a note from a friend in Casablanca sending New Year's greetings.

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Fisher, John A., B. 1936? (Sc 1966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Fisher, John A., B. 1936? (Sc 1966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1966. Letters written by John A. Fisher from Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Austin, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky to his cousin, Louisa Josephine Ganter, describing his travel and giving family news. Included are two letters to Fisher from another cousin, Carrie F. Fisher.

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Johnson, William, 1817-1888 (Sc 1965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Johnson, William, 1817-1888 (Sc 1965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1965. Envelope printed in color on order of William Johnson, Bardstown, Kentucky, with flag designed by his wife Nannie.

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Delafield Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Delafield Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 266. Record books (3) of Delafield Baptist Church from 12 December 1893 to 21 October 1914. Entries consist chiefly of church business meetings.

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Farmer, James E. (Sc 1696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Farmer, James E. (Sc 1696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1696. Paper: "River Transportation in Kentucky" written by James E. Farmer for a Western Kentucky State Teachers College class. He writes about the history and economic benefits of Kentucky's rivers.

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Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Witten, Tempie Jane (Bell), 1901-1985 (Mss 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 261. Correspondence, chiefly genealogical related; family files; research materials about Grayson County, Kentucky schools, churches, businesses, history, and personalities. Also includes items related to Witten's long career as a teacher in Grayson County schools.

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Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 1945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 1945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1945. Letters written by Thomas Henry Baird to his wife, Nancy Disher Baird, Cherry Point, North Carolina, discussing his service as a physician on a navy vessel on a mission to several African nations.

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Guthrie, James Berry, 1907-1984 (Sc 1946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Guthrie, James Berry, 1907-1984 (Sc 1946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1946. Letters to James B. Guthrie, Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, about his military service in the U.S. Army; includes a recruitment flyer for the U.S. Army Air Corps.

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Bell, Charles R., 1891-1976 (Sc 1951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Bell, Charles R., 1891-1976 (Sc 1951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1951. Correspondence related to the selection of Kelly Thompson as president of Western Kentucky State College (now WKU) in 1955.

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Helm, John Blakey, 1889-1979 (Sc 1983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Helm, John Blakey, 1889-1979 (Sc 1983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1983. Letter, 4 February 1937, from John Blakey Helm, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother Harold Holmes Helm in New York City, describing the effects of the 1937 flood on Louisville and relief efforts.

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Simpson, Sarah (Middleton), 1903-1987 (Sc 1939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Simpson, Sarah (Middleton), 1903-1987 (Sc 1939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1939. Cassette tape "Vines and Branches" in which Sarah (Middleton) Simpson relates some Middleton and Simpson family history for her grandchildren.

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Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1692. Letter, 9 March 1922, from Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, Dallas, Texas to high school student Pearl Lowe, Bowling Green, Kentucky providing information for a paper Lowe was writing about Obenchain. Includes some biographical information about Lowe.

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Womi (Radio Station) - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 1943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Womi (Radio Station) - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 1943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1943. Program Verification card sent from WOMI, Owensboro, Kentucky to Harold Gentry, Haworth, Oklahoma.

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Porter, Elvis Hines, 1850-1935 (Sc 1950), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Porter, Elvis Hines, 1850-1935 (Sc 1950), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1950. Reference letter written by staff members of the "Bowling Green Democrat" for Elvis Hines Porter.

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Sexton, Alma Lorene (Smith), 1922-2002 (Sc 1947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Sexton, Alma Lorene (Smith), 1922-2002 (Sc 1947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1947. Letter, 2 December 1943, written by Alma Lorene Sexton, Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky to her husband Earl Sexton who is in military service during World War II. She discusses Thanksgiving and expresses her concern for her husband's hygiene.

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Watson, Robert Clark, 1914-1987 (Sc 1940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Watson, Robert Clark, 1914-1987 (Sc 1940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1940. "History of the Watson Family" by Robert Clark Watson; also relates some local history of Summer Shade, Metcalfe County, Kentucky.

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Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 (Sc 1938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 (Sc 1938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1938. Letter, 25 March 1900, from John Cox Underwood, New York City, to Charles S. Sweet, Chicago related to a missed appointment with Robert Todd Lincoln; letter is on stationery of the Confederate Memorial Association.

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Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Pioneer Cemetery - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1949. Correspondence and a news clipping related to the use of tombstones in a proposed sidewalk at Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Walker, Marion (Kumler), B. 1864 (Sc 1948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Walker, Marion (Kumler), B. 1864 (Sc 1948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1948. Letter to prospective sales agents and promotional material for a beauty aid product produced and distributed by Mrs. Marion Walker of Louisville, Kentucky.

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Eversole, Margaret B., B. 1927 (Sc 1941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Eversole, Margaret B., B. 1927 (Sc 1941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1941. Brief interview with Margaret B. Eversole conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel about her remembrances of U S. Congressman William H. Natcher.

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Bush, Margaret S. (Sc 1942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Bush, Margaret S. (Sc 1942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1942. Information chiefly related to Margaret S. Bush's tenure as director of the Lewis B. Hershey Museum at Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana. also inlcudes letters from former presidetns Truman and Johnson thanking her for providing information about the Hershey Museum.

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Easton, John C., 1816-1898 (Sc 1953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Easton, John C., 1816-1898 (Sc 1953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1953. Letter from John C. Easton, Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky, to his brother, James D. Easton, Peru, Huron County, Ohio, discussing politics and the presidential election. Includes disparaging remarks about Richard Mentor Johnson (1781-1850).

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Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1944. Letters of Burns, Rogers, Arkansas, to O. O. Pillans, director of admissions at the Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Jefferson County, Kentucky, related to the admission of his son Robert J. Burns. Includes instructions to new students at the 1948-1949 session.

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Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of a scrapbook (click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Collection 257. Correspondence of Edmonson County attorney and Republican Party stalwart Charles E. Whittle, Senior; his political writings and speeches; partial manuscript of his Edmonson County history. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Whittle and several political cartoons drawn by him.

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Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1937. Programs, publications and news clippings related to the Third District Education Association, a subordinate organization of the Kentucky Education Association.

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Green River Association Of Baptists (Sc 1921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Green River Association Of Baptists (Sc 1921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1921. Scattered minutes of the association's meetings, 1800 to 1875; information sheets related to association's meetings, 1809-1937.

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Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.

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Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Hawes Family Papers (Sc 2276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2276. Materials relating to the Hawes family of Daviess County, Kentucky. Includes wills, Bible and cemetery records, and biographical data. Also includes a speech by Richard Hawes, Confederate Governor of Kentucky, and recollections of Maria (Southgate) Hawes, who followed her husband, James Morrison Hawes, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas during his service in the Confederate Army (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Camp Joy (Mss 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Camp Joy (Mss 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 251. Correspondence, minutes, financial reports, worship programs, by-laws, and policies related to the history of Camp Joy, a Baptist encampment in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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