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General Store - Account Book (Sc 1837), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1837. Account book, 1848-1849, for an unidentified general store in Warren County, Kentucky with a daily listing of customers and the specific merchandise they purchased, generally dry goods. Also lists items credited to customers' accounts such as butter and eggs.

Remembering John Defrancis, David Moser

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Legendary sinologist, linguist and educator John DeFrancis passed away on January 2, 2009 at the age of 97.

For any student of the Chinese language and writing system working in the latter part of the twentieth century, DeFrancis was simply a titan. Prior to his arrival on the scene, major China scholars researching the Chinese script, such as Bernard Karlgren, Arthur Waley and Herbert Giles, tended to communicate mainly with other experts, while the popular press, under the spell of figures such as Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa, reinforced notions of the Chinese script as exotic, ineffable, mystical or even …

Claggett, David Mckee, 1835-1869 (Sc 1827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1827. Typescript of Civil War diary kept by David McKee Claggett from 1 October 1861 to 1 January 1865. Collection also includes associated research data.

Mercer, George, 1733-1784 (Sc 90), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 90. Letter written by George Mercer from London, England, to his brother, James, in Virginia, in which he discusses his role as agent for the Ohio Company, the educating of Virginians in London, and a 1758 debt owed to him by George Washington. Mercer served under Washington in the French and Indian War. Includes research notes concerning the letter and the Mercer family.

Obituary; 2009-01-21; Leonard, Florence, Bethel A.M.E. Church

Bethel A.M.E. Church

No abstract provided.

Presidential Reading Recommendations, Kate Merkel-Hess

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

There are many people just now wondering what Barack Obama’s China policy will look like, and many eager to advise him. For instance, the National Bureau of Asian Research’s journal, Asia Policy, has published a lengthy roundtable that does just that. I was curious too—what would a learned group of distinguished China watchers, including academics, journalists, and public intellectuals, propose as the new President’s information sources? Here was the note I sent out:

The United States has a new President who seems intellectually curious, will definitely have to deal with many issues relating to China, and is likely to take …

General Store - Account Book, 1832-1834 (Sc 1838), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1838. Account book for an unidentified general store in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes an alphabetical index to account holders in the front. Accounts do not specify types of merchandise purchased.

Bowling Green Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 89), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 89. Receipts for work done on the church building, subscriptions, and note of the Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Irvine, Marie Louisa "Loula," 1864-1887 (Sc 1739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1739. Teacher’s grade book kept from September 1889 to January 1890 for an unidentified Kentucky school. Also includes some notes on elocution. The first page is inscribed “M. Loula Irvine, S. F. College, Hallow eve Oct. 31, 1886.”

Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 (Sc 1831), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1831. Letter 12 May 1978 to a Mr. Moody discussing a piece of music. Typed letter is signed by Niles.

Current Events Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1832), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1832. Holographic program book containing information from the club's programs from 3 September 1915 to June 1916.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 (Sc 1833), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1833. Signature of presidential candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy obtained by a Bowling Green, Kentucky resident during a campaign trip to the city in 1960. The signature is on a small scrap of paper torn from a larger sheet. Includes the resident's 2009 reminiscence of the incident.

Brooks, Deronda (Lindsey) (Sc 1834), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1834. Letter, 15 June 1977, to Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 5th district, from Deronda (Lindsey) Brooks, one of his constituents. She opposes federal money for programs she believes to be anti-family.

Goff, William Lee, 1883-1965 (Mss 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 233. Chiefly letters from family and friends to Lee Goff, a Green County, Kentucky native, while he was working as a farm laborer in the Mid-West. The collection includes many courtship letters from various women.

Metrocard/Metropass Celebrating The Inauguration Of President Barack Obama, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

Rechargeable SmartTrip Metro card issued to celebrate the inauguration of President Barak Obama, January 20, 2009. One day Metro pass "Celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States"

Envelope, Inauguration Day, President Of The United States, Barack Obama

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

Envelope with image of Barak Obama, "Inauguration Day, President of the United States Barak Hussein Obama, Sponsored by the George Washington Masonic Stamp Club".

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 17, January 19, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Mlk Jr Day, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the MLK JR Day celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Ada News - 01/19/2009, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Chapel, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chapel in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Ccu Newsletter, January 19, 2009, Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University Newsletter

Coastal Carolina University's weekly on-campus newsletter.

Ua3/9/5 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Speech, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 36, January 19, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

China Beat: A Reintroduction

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

China Beat has just celebrated its one-year anniversary, and while a few of you have been with us since the beginning, the majority of our readers have tuned in somewhere along the way. For that reason, we thought it might be worth a little recap of who China Beat is and what we are about. In the spirit of brevity (of sorts), let’s do it as a top-five list…

1. China Beat is based in the U.S. (in Irvine, California, specifically) and while many of our contributors also hail from the United States, we also regularly publish pieces by writers …

Mrs. Tammy Goodman Clark

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Mrs. Tammy Goodman Clark. Service was held on January 18, 2009 at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Register, Georgia.

Townson Family Papers (Sc 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 85. Travel pass of Light Townson and family from South Carolina to Kentucky, 1788, and Townson's will, 1817; business papers of James Townson, 1835-1853 (4); slave bills of sale (2), 1802-1803; and miscellaneous items.

Race And The Bucs, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As the nation prepares for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States (I have not seen that referenced as Henry Aaron's number), I am struck by how much has been written about the changes in American society that have prepared the United States for this moment. There have been articles about how the music industry has transformed the way in which Americans think about African Americans. The New York Times today has a piece on how American film has contributed to the transformation of American society. There have been numerous comments on the significance …

In Case You Missed It: Cape No. 7, Peter Zarrow

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

“Cape No. 7” (海角七號) is an energetic bon-bon of a film that is Taiwan’s official entry for the Oscars this year, in the “best foreign film” category. Who was it who first compared a certain type of movie to the bon-bon? The Taiwanese film sensation “Cape No. 7” fits the description perfectly. Light romantic comedy with an edge of tragic love lost. And above all, let’s all rock together—Hoklo, aborigines, young and old, Japanese—even an energetic Hakka!—invited into the mix. Not a corrupt politician or political judge in sight. The film even had, now that I’m thinking of confectionary, an …

Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875 (Sc 1830), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1830. Letter, 24 July 1861, from Thomas Elliott Bramlette, Columbia, Kentucky to William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. in which he condemns U.S. District Court Judge Thomas B. Monroe and others as traitors and offers J.T. Boyle, who is loyal to the Union, as a replacement.

Pickett, Sarah Nell, 1915-2000 (Sc 1836), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1836. Autograph album given to Sarah Nell Pickett, 18 June 1927, by Bartlett Allen and signed by family and friends in Joplin, Missouri.