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Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1569. Letter, 24 July 1923, from George L. Horton, Ashland, Kentucky to Clare Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning her upcoming visit to Ashland. Includes a colorful handkerchief printed with the nursery rhyme "Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross" that was enclosed with the letter.
Devries, Virginia Hope (Posey), 1911-1998 (Mss 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Devries, Virginia Hope (Posey), 1911-1998 (Mss 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 192. Correspondence and research related to the Posey and Callis families. Includes a copy of a 1949 letter from Vice President Alben W. Barkley acknowledging his relationship to the Posey family.
Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 21. Dr. John Thomas Gingles, Kirksey, Calloway County, Kentucky, account books, 1866-1870, 1872-1875, 1880, 1884-1885; account book, 1851-1878, probably his father's, James A. Gingles; typescript of 1946 paper entitled "Vitamin Therapy" by his son Dr. Hunter W. Gingles, Hardburly, Perry County, Kentucky; University of Louisville Medical School commencement booklet, 1915; and letters and receipts. Includes four copies of The Murray Weekly News, 1886-1887 (see "Additional Files" below for scans).
Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (Sc 1570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (Sc 1570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1570. Letter, 1 January 1862, to his father from Harris, serving with the 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers near Muddy Branch, Maryland. He makes comments about the war, the Southern states, and his commander, Colonel Hincks. Written on letterhead with portrait of General George B. McClellan and the words “We have beat our last retreat!” in red and blue ink.
Short, Drucilla Jane (Harris), 1878-1952 (Sc 1567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Short, Drucilla Jane (Harris), 1878-1952 (Sc 1567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1567. Two letters, 25 September and 27 October 1918, from Franklin, Kentucky native Drucilla Jane Short to her brother, George D. Harris, serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Letters contain comments about family, business, the influenza epidemic, and the impending overseas deployment of their brother Downey. The letters were returned after George's death on 13 October 1918.
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1846 (Sc 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1846 (Sc 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1258. Coroner’s inquest, 11 June 1846, into the death of Fielding Bettersworth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The commissioners made a finding of intoxication leading to death by drowning.
New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 178. This collection consists chiefly of membership lists and minutes of the New Friendship Baptist Church of Logan, Kentucky, 1834-1877, 1898-1988. Also included is an 1895 history of the church, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Decorum for the congregation.
Follin, Ethel Alma, 1912-1989 (Sc 1829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Follin, Ethel Alma, 1912-1989 (Sc 1829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1829. Paper: "A Study of Economic Conditions of Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Ethel Alma Follin.
Jones, George - Letters To (Sc 1564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, George - Letters To (Sc 1564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1564. Two letters to George Jones from Merlin (last name not given) describing life at Camp Taylor, a World War I training facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes a photo of Jones in uniform.
Dearmin, Robert Allen, 1836-1926 (Sc 1561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dearmin, Robert Allen, 1836-1926 (Sc 1561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text of diary (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1561. Civil War diary, 1861-1864, of Robert Allen Dearmin. He served with the 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which saw service in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Also includes correspondence of the Dearmin and Lowry families. Associated data about the collection included.
Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1565. Paper titled "The York Farm: A Contribution to Folk Housing Documentation" written by Eugene B. Umberger, Jr. for a geography class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and diagrams of various farm structures.
Clagett, John Henry, 1916-2013 (Mss 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, John Henry, 1916-2013 (Mss 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 10. Typed manuscript copy of John Henry Clagett's novel "Cradle of the Sun", published in 1952 by Crown Publishers, New York. Also includes clippings about Clagett and two short stories by him.
Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1563. Genealogy records, 1830, removed from the Joshua Reeder family Bible, includes notes and an affidavit verifying ownership of the Bible.
Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1562. Business letter from R.H. Short, New Orleans, to James Jenkins, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which discusses the sale of agricultural commodities. Includes a wholesale price list from New Orleans. Typescript is also included.
Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1534. Church register for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church, South, located in southern Logan County, Kentucky, from December 1925 to April 1973. Register includes list of members, marriages, and baptisms. Also includes several news clippings.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1560. Copies of three letters written by Andrew Jackson. The first, 31 May 1817, concerns provisions of a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians. The second, 3 May 1829, relates to the appointment of a surgeon at a federal penitentiary. The third, 3 November 1832, requests consideration for his nephew, Samuel Donelson, who was visiting Philadelphia. Also, copy of first photograph of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Xv Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Xv Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 190. Chiefly minute books of this Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club. Also includes administrative and miscellaneous papers related to the club's organization, history, membership, and programs.
Henry, W. W. (Sc 1526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Henry, W. W. (Sc 1526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1526. Letter, 3 June 1830 from Henry, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to J. Speed Smith, a U.S. Attorney, Richmond, Kentucky, which relays information about an affray in which several slaves were taken from his stagecoach while he was delivering the mail.
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1557. Letter, 10 March 1976, from Kentucky author Jesse Hilton Stuart, W-Hollow, Greenup, Kentucky, to John Howard Spurlock, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to "He Sings for Us", Spurlock's book about Stuart's writings.
Mccowen, William (Sc 1517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccowen, William (Sc 1517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript of letter from William McCowen in Madison County, Kentucky, to his family in Pluckemin, Somerset County, New Jersey, related to his trip to Kentucky. His journey was related to his interests in saltpeter mining. He discusses being lost and letting his horse navigate to civilization.
Bush, Margaret S. (Sc 1558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush, Margaret S. (Sc 1558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1558. Letter from Margaret S. Bush, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jonathan Jeffrey relaying her experiences at the General Lewis B. Hershey Museum at Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana.
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1516. Correspondence between Kimbrough and Sue Lynn (Stone) McDaniel, a WKU faculty member in the Kentucky Building. Letters discuss Kimbrough's collection of letters, his years as a student at Western (1948-1952), and his bout with cancer.
Mcsween, Allen C., Jr. (Sc 1559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcsween, Allen C., Jr. (Sc 1559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1559. Sermon, "Mr. Lincoln's Religion," delivered by Allen C. McSween, Jr. at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Drakes Creek Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drakes Creek Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1576. Membership list of Drakes Creek Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, 4 April 1906.
Hess, Nelson Irvin, 1795-1869 (Sc 1451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hess, Nelson Irvin, 1795-1869 (Sc 1451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1451. Bond given by N. I. Hess, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and L.B. Gilchrist, both of Gibson County, Tennessee, to secure a judgment obtained against Hess by Watt Renick, Hickman County, Kentucky. The bond requires the obligors to deliver four enslaved persons, the property of Hess, to be sold to satisfy the judgment.
Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1453. Materials concerning lotteries held to establish and operate a free public library in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes enabling legislation and documents relating to litigation over the scheme.
Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church - Fountain Run, Kentucky (Sc 1456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church - Fountain Run, Kentucky (Sc 1456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1456. Monroe County Circuit Court case involving members of the Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church. The injunction enjoined certain members (or ex-members) from threatening, etc., those in the majority.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Politics, 1864 (Sc 1452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Politics, 1864 (Sc 1452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1452. Letter, 20 February 1864, written from Orleans, Indiana, to "Bro. Will." The unknown writer, a politically active Republican, has very interesting comments about politics and slavery in Indiana and Kentucky.
Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1459. Silhouette (5" x 7") of Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker eldress Gertrude Soule, 1895-1988. Also, associated data.
Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1458. Silhouette (5" x 7") of Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker eldress Bertha Lindsey, 1897-1990, and her dog Penny. Also, associated data.