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Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1753. Diary kept by Elsie (Rex) Foster, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1 January 1937 to 28 June 1937 in which she records daily activities, particularly of her baby son Gordon Bryan Foster.
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1711. Slave bill of sale to Josiah Newman, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1844; bill of lading for tobacco to be shipped to New Orleans via the Green River, 1847; letter and agreement concerning his freed slaves, 1864 & 1866; tax receipt, 1872.
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1769. Chiefly legal papers of Stephen Jackson and Oscar B. Jackson of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and a slavery bill of sale.
Schneringer, Kenneth E. (Sc 1743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schneringer, Kenneth E. (Sc 1743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1743. Letter 17 November 2000 from Kenneth E. Schneringer, Woodstock, Georgia to Constance Ann Mills, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he discusses the presidential election of 2000 and the candidates.
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 1755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 1755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1755. Two letters from Thomas Dionysius Clark, Lexington, Kentucky, to Pat Hodges, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in response to birthday cards sent to him. He briefly reminisces about his long life.
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1735. Certificate of Nancy and Vilindee? Beason, Logan County, Kentucky, declaring that they had lived together in the past and desired to continue doing so as husband and wife.
Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1750. Forms and correspondence related to Terah Leonard Flaherty's World War II service in the U.S. Army; his wife's Red Cross certificate; and a humorous "Confederate" army commission.
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1746. Letter from Dero G. Downing to Sandra L. Staebell related to the graveside service for his brother and artist, Joe Downing. Includes Downing's tribute to his brother.
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1751. Letter, 21 June 1839, from Elizabeth Davis, Lexington, Kentucky to her cousin Judeth Brown, Madison, Indiana describing daily family activities. Also, letter, 7 February 1848, from A. Duvall, Georgetown, Kentucky to Reverend Robert S. Bell, Winchester, Virginia related to a court case concerning land and slaves.
Handy, Murl Julian, 1916-1985 (Sc 1795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Handy, Murl Julian, 1916-1985 (Sc 1795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1795. Congratulatory letters from politicians William H. Natcher and Frances Jones Mills on the occasion of Murl J. and Mary C. Handy's 40th wedding anniversary.
Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 172. Oral interviews, including cassette tapes and transcripts, with sixteen World War II veterans conducted by Frashure for her Honors thesis at Western Kentucky University. Also includes her completed paper titled: "Kentuckians at War: A Soldier's Perspective of World War II."
Mabe, Cleyon, 1926-2011 (Sc 1728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mabe, Cleyon, 1926-2011 (Sc 1728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1728. Letter, 27 August 1949, from Cleyon Mabe to his sister Vivian (Mabe) Bowman, Louisville, Kentucky, written during his military service in Korea.
Claus, Santa (Sc 1742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Claus, Santa (Sc 1742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1742. Letter to “Maggie,” probably of Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Santa Claus telling her to take care of her presents, be a good girl, love her family “and always sit still at the table.”
Moore, Earl Austin, 1892-1978 (Sc 1747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Earl Austin, 1892-1978 (Sc 1747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1747. Poem "Graduations" written by Earl Austin Moore, Western Kentucky State Teachers College faculty member, in memory of a young American pilot killed in a bomber crash.
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1713. Letters to James Newton, Ohio County, Kentucky from his brother Jesse Newton in Louisville, Kentucky concerning their milling businesses in Ohio County. Includes legal papers related to the division of Newton's land following his death. Also 1816 will of William Newton, James Newton's father, and undated will of James Newton.
Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1730. Two 1969 letters from Troy Damron, serving in Vietnam, to his sister-in-law Edith Sue (Slone) Blackburn, Regina, Kentucky. Also 1991 letter from Gerald Lee Thacker, serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm to his great-niece Amanda Lynn Slone, Regina, Kentucky.
Cole, Marshall (Sc 1726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cole, Marshall (Sc 1726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1726. Copies of two letters from Marshall Cole, one dated 25 December 1944, written to family members while he was serving in the military during World War II. He describes his Christmas in the Philippines and his return to a base in the United States.
Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 50. Naturalization certificate of Frederick Hoff, a native of Germany. Signed by George W. Johnston, judge of the City Court of Louisville, Kentucky.
Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1720. Correspondence related to Marion Conner Ford's position as director of the Ogden Department of Science at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and his involvement with the College's farms.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 1725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 1725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1725. Two letters sent by Malcolm Hart Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Royal Society of Arts, London, England paying dues. Also includes a pamphlet encouraging universal military training.
Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1771. Scripts written by Erleen Johnson of programs related to Stephen Collins Foster and the Rowan family presented at Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky. Includes lyrics, to be sung to the tune of "My Old Kentucky Home," which promote the beauties and attractions of the state of Kentucky.
Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 211. Nine reporter's notebooks kept by Al Arbogast (8) and Ken Corder (1) of radio station WKCT in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They contain matters related to local news, particularly crimes, court proceedings, and local government meetings.
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written …
Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1727. Two letters to family members from Warren County native Wayne Runner, serving in the military during the Korean War. He writes about his promotion to corporal and his plans for his return home.
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text-scan of paper for Manuscripts Small Collection 1773. Paper written by John E. Jones titled "The Political Status of Negroes in Warren County." Includes quotations from community leaders as well as statistics related to the number of qualified African American voters in each voting precinct.
Edwards & Mcelroy Families - Bible Records (Sc 1732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards & Mcelroy Families - Bible Records (Sc 1732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1732. Photocopies of pages from the Edwards-McElroy family Bible that record births, death and marriages.
Franks Collection (Sc 1731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franks Collection (Sc 1731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1731. World War II military correspondence, chiefly Christmas greetings, to Union county, Kentucky native Harold Franks. Also certificates, news clippings, photos, and funeral notices of Franks and his wife Anna Louise (Schaaf) Franks. Includes an unusual rolled letter sent to Franks containing notes from 64 Morganfield, Kentucky citizens.
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1721. Correspondence related to the archaeological excavation of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky. Includes report of archaeologist Jack M. Schock, news clipping from the Glasgow Daily Times, 14 July 1977, and photos.
West, James George, 1892-1979 (Sc 1734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
West, James George, 1892-1979 (Sc 1734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1734. Letters to James G. West, Moulton, Iowa, from Arthur C. Jones and D. D. Dooley, serving in the armed forces during World War I. They describe camp life in the United States and France, mention mutual friends, and relate what they hope to do when the war ends.
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1740. Scrapbook compiled by Ethel Alma Folllin containing minutes, news clippings, programs, etc. related to the activities of the Warren County Garden Club and its members.