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Full-Text Articles in History
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc1343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1343. Facsimile of letter, 13 September 1842, written by Henry Clay, "Ashland," Lexington, Kentucky to Jacob Stratton. Clay outlines his views on the principal objectives of the Whig Party.
Hatchett, Louis B., Jr. (Sc 1344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hatchett, Louis B., Jr. (Sc 1344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1344. Letter, 11 March 1950, written by Duncan Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mrs. L. R. Groves, Darien, Connecticut, relative to the birth of her granddaughter Patricia Groves. Also, audio interview by Hatchett of Paul Ford Davis, Bowling Green, in which Davis discusses his association with Hines.
Lucas, Nelda G., 1924-1991 (Sc 1514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lucas, Nelda G., 1924-1991 (Sc 1514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1514. Five-year diary (365 p.) kept by Nelda G. Lucas. She describes family events, remodeling a house, work issues, family health matters, purchases, etc., from March 8, 1958 to December 31, 1962.
Fleu, William Gibson, 1884-1960 - Letters To (Sc 1513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fleu, William Gibson, 1884-1960 - Letters To (Sc 1513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1513. Letters sent to William G. Fleu chiefly by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred D. Fleu of Davenport, Iowa. One of the letters mentions trials of "pro German citizens" in Davenport in 1917 and makes deprecatory remarks about Mexico.
Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Collection (Mss 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 81. Incoming family and courtship letters of Dee Taylor of Butler and Warren Counties, 1880-1888 (38), and her daughter, Dixie Dee Taylor of Warren County, 1903-1913 (48). Also letters and receipt received by other family members and a Warren County rent bond, [1883?].
Mammoth Cave - Letter (Sc 1509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave - Letter (Sc 1509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1509. Letter by an unnamed tourist staying at the Hotel Sinnott, Paducah, which talks about her family's tour of Mammoth Cave. She also mentions several other area caves.
Bush, William Pope Duvall, 1823-1904 (Sc 1508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush, William Pope Duvall, 1823-1904 (Sc 1508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1508. Letter from William P. D. Bush, Hawesville, Kentucky, to Annie White, Grandview, Iowa, in which he recounts the conditions under which White purchased a piano from him in 1855.
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twentieth Century Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Organizational records including minutes, yearbooks, financial records, constitution, by-laws, history, correspondence, photos, and newspaper articles related to the Twentieth Century Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club made up of twenty female members.
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding Aid only for Manuscript Collection 173. Correspondence between Donald Porter and Janice Insko, his future wife, during and just after the Korean War, while Don was serving in a medical support division in Germany and she was a student at Western. Letters concern military life abroad and the everyday life of a student at Western Kentucky State College.
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1505. Letter, 6 October 1918, written by John Ray Edmunds from Great Lakes, Illinois to his wife Josie in Barren County, Kentucky. He discusses his bout with influenza and his stay in a military hospital.
Denton, Judith Darlene (Sc 1506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Denton, Judith Darlene (Sc 1506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1506. Paper titled "History of Glenmore," written by WKU student, Judith Darlene Denton, for a Kentucky history class. The paper is a brief history of the Glenmore Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Jackson, C. J. (Sc 1502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, C. J. (Sc 1502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1502. Diary (46p.) kept by C.J. Jackson of his U.S. Marines boot camp experience at Parris Island, South Carolina from 7 January to 29 March 1993. He describes training exercises, physical conditioning, military personnel, medical care, chapel services, and general living conditions.
Guffey, Paul Danny (Sc 1498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guffey, Paul Danny (Sc 1498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1498. "Graham, Kentucky, 1903-1957: A Short History of the W.G. Duncan Coal Company," a paper written by Paul D. Guffey for a Kentucky history class at Western Kentucky University.
Hodges, Fletcher, Jr., 1905-2006 (Sc 1501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Fletcher, Jr., 1905-2006 (Sc 1501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1501. Letter related to a commemorative stamp containing the image of Stephen Collins Foster. Fletcher Hodges, Jr. was the curator of the Foster Hall Collection at the University of Pittsburgh.
Denton, David Alan, 1915-1977 (Sc 1500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Denton, David Alan, 1915-1977 (Sc 1500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1500. Contract and bills concerning a house built by contractor Alan Denton at 1011 Park Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Edna Enochs Booker.
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1854-1948 - Letters To (Sc 1499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dean, Sophia Leona, 1854-1948 - Letters To (Sc 1499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1499. Courtship letters written by John W. Stipes and Mell F. Broeffle to Miss S.L. Dean of Polkville, Kentucky. Contains a reference letter for John W. Stipes written by William H. Hall, an engineer for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Southern Region Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Of Kentucky (Mss 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southern Region Baptist Woman's Missionary Union Of Kentucky (Mss 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 175. Minute books including minutes, financial records, correspondence, annual reports, programs, by-laws, and constitution of the Southern Region Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Kentucky. Also included are minutes of some executive committee meetings.
Allen, Robert (Sc 1414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, Robert (Sc 1414), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1414. Letter, 15 April 1863, written by Robert Allen from the hospital at Camp Dennison, Ohio, to his brother Henry. Allen has just arrived at Camp Dennison and he describes his accommodations.
Stone, Richard Gabriel, Jr., B. 1937 (Mss 169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Richard Gabriel, Jr., B. 1937 (Mss 169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 169. Drafts and proofs for two of Richard Gabriel Stone, Jr.'s books: "A Brittle Sword: The Kentucky Militia, 1776-1912" (1977) and "Kentucky Fighting Men, 1861-1945" (1982). Also includes oral interviews with nine Kentuckians who served in various branches of the military at varying times. Transcriptions or tape indexes are available.
Dulaney, Clara (Covington), 1854-1933 - Letter To (Sc 1496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney, Clara (Covington), 1854-1933 - Letter To (Sc 1496), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1496. Letter written by M.E.P. to Clara (Covington) Dulaney, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the opening of Christ Episcopal Church in Bowling Green on 7 December 1913.
Harris, Frances T. (Sc 1494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, Frances T. (Sc 1494), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1494. Paper entitled "Some Old Southern Gentlemen of Bowling Green, [Kentucky]", written by Frances T. Harris for a WKU English class. Inlcudes brief biographies of several prominent men of Bowling Green.
Stout, Alice Virginia, 1908-1983 (Sc 1495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stout, Alice Virginia, 1908-1983 (Sc 1495), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1495. Journal kept by Stout describing the 1937 Ohio River flood in Louisville, Kentucky. Also includes some telegrams sent to her family in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the same period; photographs of the flood; and clippings about the family and the Cortlandt Hotel, where Stout resided during the flood.
Hobson, George Atwood, 1864-1958 - Letters To (Sc 1493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, George Atwood, 1864-1958 - Letters To (Sc 1493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1493. Letters from Anna Perkins to her future husband, George Atwood Hobson, and one letter after their marriage (1942). Also included are customized Christmas cards sent to the Hobsons from the Mustion and Scott families. A paper about horses and horse racing in Kentucky by George Anna (Hobson) Duncan is included.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1393. Journal kept by Jane Cowan from 1900 to 1903, with additional entries from 1919-1921 by other members, detailing the daily activities of the Center Family. Includes materials relating to the disbandment of the South Union Society.
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Marriage Record (Sc 1461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Marriage Record (Sc 1461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1461. Copy of marriage license issued to Richard E. Peyton and Leamon F. Dunbar, on 23 December 1904. Copy was made on 29 August 1952.
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chamberlain, William W. (Sc 1492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1492. "Folk Music in the Kentucky Barrens," a thesis (268 p.) prepared by Chamberlain at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Discusses folk music traditions and ballads common to south central Kentucky.
Moulder, Valentine, 1836-1906 (Sc 1489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moulder, Valentine, 1836-1906 (Sc 1489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1489. Chiefly incoming business and personal letters to Valentine Moulder, a Warren County, Kentucky magistrate. Of particular interest are letters from Moulder's brother, Elijah Evans Moulder, that discuss the Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s and matters related to Valentine's son, George W. Moulder.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 1491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkinsville, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 1491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1491. Letter written to Charles H. Hisgen, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, by an unidentified source, discussing the train station at Hopkinsville and maintenance of a property owned by this individual in Hopkinsville.
Mccombs, Harold Spillman (Mss 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccombs, Harold Spillman (Mss 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 165. Poetry volumes, 1918-1973, written by McCombs, a native of Edmonson County who taught in several Kentucky communities. Also includes oral history interview with his daughter, Doris Cloar, concerning her father's work, family history, and the November 5, 2005 tornado in Munfordville, Kentucky. Photographs of tornado damage included.
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, John David, 1883-1961 (Mss 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 170. Letters to Brown, of South Hill in Butler County, Kentucky, from family. Includes letters sent by his son while serving in the Navy during World War II and in subsequent military service; also includes letters from his daughter, Emma Martin. Some business correspondence and materials concerning the Mammoth Cave Production Credit Association are also part of the collection.