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Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn (Stone), B. 1959 (Sc 1651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn (Stone), B. 1959 (Sc 1651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1651. E-mails sent from Sue Lynn McDaniel to various correspondents related to a Caribbean cruise impacted by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. McDaniel was aboard the cruise ship "Enchantment of the Seas" with friend Pamela Jean Elrod.
Mayberry, Gerald Wayne, 1948-1968 (Sc 1655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayberry, Gerald Wayne, 1948-1968 (Sc 1655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1655. Letters written by Gerald Wayne Mayberry to "Lula" and "Sally," Franklin, Kentucky, while Mayberry was serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1650. Detailed memory book created about the life of Jefferson Davis Bailey, who lived most of his life in Owensboro, Kentucky. The book was compiled by his daughter, Brenda (Bailey) Little, Hartford, Kentucky.
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 222. Correspondence of the Pearson family, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly letters from Carroll Pearson to his wife Patricia while he is in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The collection also contains letters sent to Carroll from his parents and letters sent to Patricia from her parents and friends.
Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1641. Two Warren County, Kentucky deeds, one receipt, and a letter from Alvin Poe, Connersville, Missouri, to his brother Stephen M. Poe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 25 January 1855 in which he discusses crop and livestock prices and the political situation in Nebraska. A typescript of the letter is attached as an additional file.
Civil Defense - Ordinance - Kentucky, [1943] (Sc 1643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil Defense - Ordinance - Kentucky, [1943] (Sc 1643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1643. Template for the use of municipal governments in adopting a Civil Defense ordinance in Kentucky during World War II.
Mcdonald, Kittie A., 1894-1922 (Sc 1645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Kittie A., 1894-1922 (Sc 1645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1645. Three letters to Kittie McDonald, Woodburn, Kentucky and Lafayette, Tennessee concerning work, family and social activities. Also includes a 1904 receipt for eye care and her 1921 photograph.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Sc 1626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Sc 1626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1626. Copies of letters exchanged in an attempt to identify four Confederate soldiers killed in Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1865 and interred in an unmarked grave in the Madisonville Odd Fellows Cemetery in Hopkins County.
Drake, James Fishback, 1818-1883 (Sc 1644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, James Fishback, 1818-1883 (Sc 1644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1644. Letter, 19 August 1845, from James F. Drake, Lexington, Kentucky to John Allen Gano, Centerville, Bourbon County, Kentucky, inquiring about a milk cow he has advertised for sale.
Independent Strawberry Growers' Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Independent Strawberry Growers' Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1640. Minutes, membership lists, financial reports and sundry forms from the Independent Strawberry Growers Association, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes picking card with agreement to pick for season on back. Two related photographs from the Kentucky Library & Museum Collection are included as additional files.
Kleiderer, Charles W., D. 1999 (Sc 1628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kleiderer, Charles W., D. 1999 (Sc 1628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1628. Letters from Henderson native Charles W. Kleiderer, Silver Spring, Maryland to his aunt Mary Moore, Bowling Green related to his development of the Variable Time (VT) Fuze. Accompanying photographs show how this fuze, used in artillery shells, contributed to the Allied vicotry in World War II.
Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1639. Letters sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky native Eva Mae Stone by cousins George and Charles Shanks and friend John Mullins who were serving in the armed forces during World War II. Includes photograph of Mullins in uniform standing before the U.S. Capitol.
Mcgehee, Wilburn Ross, 1900-1971 (Sc 1630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcgehee, Wilburn Ross, 1900-1971 (Sc 1630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1630. Paper: "History of Education in Bowling Green," written by W. Ross McGehee.
Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 (Sc 1634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Patricia Ann (Morgan), B. 1931 (Sc 1634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1634. Papers written by Patricia Ann (Morgan) Hodges to fulfill requirements for two library science courses at Western Kentucky University. Titles: "Bibliography of Literary Manuscripts in the Kentucky Library Manuscripts Division" and "Kentucky Library Manuscript Division Policy Manual and Proposed Plan for New Manuscript Division."
Hobday Collection (Mss 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobday Collection (Mss 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 85. Genealogical materials revolving chiefly around the Hobday family of Tennessee and Kentucky as researched and collected by Bob Law, Nashville, Tennessee.
Logan, Anne, 1921-2008 (Sc 1637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan, Anne, 1921-2008 (Sc 1637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1637. Letter from Anne Logan, a U.S. Army sergeant serving in Frankfurt, Germany, to her family detailing a furlough to London during which time she was entertained by Eleanor Roosevelt and attended the unveiling of a statue of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square.
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 208. Collection includes two memoirs related to the boyhood of Samuel Allen Griffin in Sumner County, Tennessee and his railroad career: "A Country Boy" and "My 50 Years Service with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company." Also, a magazine article about Griffin.
South Central Kentucky Audubon Society (Mss 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
South Central Kentucky Audubon Society (Mss 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Papers, newsletters, minutes and yearbooks of the South Central Kentucky Audubon Society. Also includes correspondence related to the establishment of the Society in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Howell Collection, 1906-1935 (Mss 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Howell Collection, 1906-1935 (Mss 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Postcards received by members of the Howell family, chiefly Charlie Howell, Bowling Green, Kentucky and his future wife Maud Howell, Cassaday, Warren County, Kentucky.
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1636. Letter, 21 July 1876, from George Deering, Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister-in-law Alice in Russellville, Arkansas. He comments on the health and social activities of friends and family and on the unusually hot weather.
Warren County Historical Society (Mss 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County Historical Society (Mss 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 206. This collection consists chiefly of administrative papers related to the Society, including minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, and clippings. Also includes historical essays written by Warren County students.
Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 204. Two of McAfee's handwritten journals from 1803-1807 and typescripts of the same. Also, his "The Life and Times of Robert B. McAfee and His Family and Connections, 1845", published in the "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" in 1927 is included.
Fleischman, Adolf John, 1889-1987 (Sc 1632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fleischman, Adolf John, 1889-1987 (Sc 1632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1632. Letter, 8 November 1918, from Fleischman, Corbin, Kentucky to his wife, Edna, in Louisville, Kentucky. He inquires about the end of the war, declares that he is coming home and requests that his wife buy several items.
Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1635. Copy of a diary kept by Amanda LeeAnn Hardin while a first-grade student at Bristow Elementary School, Warren County, Kentucky. Entries include comments about her pets, her family, and the Persian Gulf War.
Mcwherter, Henry Newton, 1858-1923 (Sc 1627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcwherter, Henry Newton, 1858-1923 (Sc 1627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1627. Copy of letter, 6 December 1918, from H. N. McWherter, Persimon, Monroe County, Kentucky to his son James M. McWherter, with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He mentions family, friends, the end of the war, and the influenza outbreak.
Bradley, Henry Walter, Sr., 1894-1988 (Sc 1624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Henry Walter, Sr., 1894-1988 (Sc 1624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1624. Copy of a notarized statement by Henry Walter Bradley, Sr., 23 July 1969, giving information related to the Chaffin family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in support of an application to have Hugh G. Chaffin released from active military service.
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Sc 1620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Sc 1620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Cards and letters sent to architect and Bowling Green native Edward Austin Duckett while he was a resident of Hopkins Nursing Facility, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes copies of his will and obituary.
Furrie, T. E. V. Eugene A. Gerard (Sc 1631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Furrie, T. E. V. Eugene A. Gerard (Sc 1631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1631. Correspondence, receipts and legal documents related to a 1919 automobile accident between T.E. Furrie and Eugene A. Gerard and the resulting Jefferson County Circuit court case.
Ellis, Courtney M., 1888-1964 (Mss 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, Courtney M., 1888-1964 (Mss 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and several representative photographs for Manuscripts Collection 48. Photographs and informational material collected by Courtney M. Ellis relating to steamboats which operated in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, including correspondence with other collectors and steamboatsmen, and publications of steamboating. To see a copy of "History of Steamer, J.C. Kerr, Chaperone, Choctaw" click on "Additional Files."
Payne, William P., 1797-1880 (Sc 1629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, William P., 1797-1880 (Sc 1629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1629. Photocopy of letter 26 May 1846 from Payne, Bowling Green, Kentucky to evangelist John A. Gano, Centerville, Bourbon County, Kentucky regarding the re-establishment of a Christian church in the city.