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Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1463. Handwritten report card for Orr prepared by a teacher, J.O. Edwards, in Grayson County, Texas. The report deals with conduct and attendance rather than academic subjects. The original text is surrounded by five hand drawn leaves which have been filled with quotations.

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Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.

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Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.

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Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1465. Deed, 1826, conveying 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from William R. and Polly Drake to Isaac Reynolds.

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Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1462. Scraps of a report signed by Banks in which he verifies the authenticity of eight Babylonian tablets and indicates that they contain an inventory of items found in a temple dating from around 2350 B.C. Banks was used as one of the prototypes for the fictional character, Henry W. Jones, Jr., of the popular "Indiana Jones" movies.

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Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1360. Letter, 9 October 1933, written by Oliver Kemp, Lansing, Michigan to Edward Cave, New York City, thanking Cave for his friendship and remarking about his own lack of work because of the Depression.

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Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2006

Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 141. This collection consists of six record books kept by the Bowling Green Ministerial Association from 1919 to 1953; the volume for 1925 to 1929 was not part of the donation. Each record book contains minutes, clippings, programs, and correspondence. Also included are a few financial records for the organization.

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Rowlett, David Ezekiel, 1849-1919 (Sc 1450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2006

Rowlett, David Ezekiel, 1849-1919 (Sc 1450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1450. Letter, 16 March 1884, written by David Rowlett of New Corner, Indiana, to Mrs. M. L. Emens, recalling the excellent female nurse he had while a patient in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital during the Civil War. Rowlett served in Co. B, 11th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry.

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First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2006

First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Military service records (351 p.) compiled in 2005 of First Baptist Church members, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes World War II, Korean War, Vietnamese Conflict, and Persian Gulf War veterans. Some photos, also.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2006

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 73. Correspondence, legal and business papers, speeches and travelogs of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy. Includes papers of law partner, Daniel Webster Wright; Skiles and Underwood families of Warren County; and the Trigg family of Barren County. Also includes some Warren County Court records relating to early town planning and to the county courthouse (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.

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Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1455. Autograph book, 1886-1888, of Daisy Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Contains several colorful chromolithographs.

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Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1457. Letter, 16 March 1863, written by merchant Biddle, Union Star (Breckinridge County), Kentucky, to lawyers Allen & Bruner, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, advising that his Negro servant girl is being harassed and robbed when sent on errands and asking about the law relative to penalizing such misconduct.

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Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2005

Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 144. Name and subject index, and brief abstracts for miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court cases, 1789-1899. Original case files are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.

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Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2005

Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.

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Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.

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Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1423. Letter, 10 March 1862, written by Amos Downing from Belmont, Missouri, to his brother Philip Downing, Portland, Maine, relating his military experiences since leaving Virginia on February 16. Has especially good comments about activities at Columbus, Kentucky.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1420. Letter written by Union soldier John (no last name), Camp Paint Creek, Kentucky, to his wife (no place noted), graphically describing marching from Winchester, Kentucky, to present camp. He mentions that Kentucky has the dirtiest soldiers he has ever seen.

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Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 158. Account book (472 p.) of Robinson's Flowers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The floral shop was owned by Novice C. Robinson, and the account book includes customer's name, type of floral arrangment as well as the price.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 157. Travel journals (2) kept by Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy during his trip to the Orient (1908-1909), starting at San Francisco. He describes the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Japan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), etc. Includes passenger list of the S.S. Mongolia.

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Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.

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Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1446. Greenwood United Baptist Church of Christ Sunday School record book, 1891-1899, kept by Mary Pearl Walton of Warren County, Kentucky. Pearl's husband, Charles Potter Walton was a Methodist minister. Also photographs of Pearl and Charles and associated data.

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Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1411. Letter, 4 December 1845, of Henry Elbridge, Maysville, Kentucky, to his cousin E.G. Harel, Wadsworth, Ohio. He writes of his poor health and family matters, but also relates an interesting story about a young enslaved woman and how she was reared as a member of her owner's family.

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Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1448. Letter, 15 February 1910, written by Allen W. Ellis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to E.M. McNamee, LaGrange, Tennessee, relating that he has had several puppies freeze to death recently. He expresses regret that McNamee lost his puppies and hopes he has better success with breeding his dogs in the future.

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Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1447. Letter written by Ruby Bailey, Houston, Texas, to friend Alice (Ray) Pounds, Troy, Texas, describing how her life has been affected by her husband's service in World War II.

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Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 135. Miscellany of Warren County, Kentucky and Bowling Green, Kentucky official record books. Includes tax lists, books of surveyors, commissioners, minutes, dockets, etc. Also includes a 1931 engineer's report on Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1408. Partial minute book of Panther Creek Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, Ohio County, Kentucky. The congregation was composed of both white and black members and names are listed. It was originally known as the Panther Creek and Yelvington Baptist Church. Photocopy and typescript section of original books.

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Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1412. Letter, 7 December, written by Elizabeth Atkinson, Smithfield, Virginia, to her son. She discusses the health of her husband and describes military activity in the vicinity, including theft and looting by Union soldiers, but expresses her desire to reside at home. She describes the effects of the war on local trade in food and livestock, expresses her fear that Richmond will be captured, and gives news of friends and family members. She also refers to the arrest of a “nephew,” possibly of her brother General Robert …

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Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1438. Letter, 14 November 1839, written by James B. Bowling of Logan County, Kentucky, to his son Robert, who was attending school in Danville, Kentucky. He outlines how his son should strive to be successful personally as well as a contributor to society.

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