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History Of The Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

History of the Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church

John and Margaret Robertson

Additional Pictures Of The Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church Congregations, Classes, Bulletins, And Official Messenger

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Additional Pictures of the Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church Congregations, Classes, Bulletins, and Official Messenger

Edited by Melissa Earnest

History: A Fulton County Kentucky Chapter

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

History: A Fulton County Kentucky Chapter

Sarah Strange

Book Review: Congressman Henry Emerson Etheridge: Aspects Of His Life And Times

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Book Review

Congressman Henry Emerson Etheridge: Aspects of His Life and Times

Dr. Marvin Downing

Book Review: Blood River To Berlin: The World War Ii Journal Of An Army Medic

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Book Review

Blood River to Berlin: The World War II Journal of an Army Medic

Dr. Marvin Downing

Past Presidents In Attendance, Picture At 50th Anniversary Celebration

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Past Presidents in Attendance, Picture at 50th Anniversary Celebration

Edited by Melissa Earnest

Review Of "The Colonial American Origins Of Modern Democratic Thought", Richard Holtzman

History and Social Sciences Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Review Of Anne Laurence, Women In England, 1500-1760: A Social History, Carole Levin

Department of History: Faculty Publications

Anne Laurence's study of the social history of women in early modem England has much to recommend it, though it will probably be much more appealing for students than for scholars doing serious research. The purpose of this book, as Laurence states it, is to examine the experience of a wide variety of women, and how expectations about women may have changed between 1500 and 1760, from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution. The goals in her study include not only seeing the differences between male and female experience but also the differences as well as shared experience for women …

Burns, William Franklin, 1909-1981 (Sc 1944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1944. Letters of Burns, Rogers, Arkansas, to O. O. Pillans, director of admissions at the Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Jefferson County, Kentucky, related to the admission of his son Robert J. Burns. Includes instructions to new students at the 1948-1949 session.

Chambers, David (Fa 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 463. Paper: [Street Gangs]" written by David Chambers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Deaconess Gladys Dianne Legree

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Deaconess Gladys Dianne LeGree on June 28, 2009 at The Chapel at Snella's Place

Bettye Sue Williams Hall

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Certificate: Appreciation To Rodney Hurst From Durkeeville Historical Society

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

Certificate of appreciation to Rodney Hurst for his valuable contributions to Durkeeville Historical Society Inc. June 27, 2009.

Joseph Edward Moore

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Alethia Pendergrass Morant

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mrs. Alethia Pendergrass Morant on June 27, 2009 at Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church

Gaynell Maggie Williams

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Russell County, Kentucky (Fa 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 528. Collection consists of oral history interviews with various contemporary and former residents of Russell County, Kentucky conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students and Bobette Buster. Topics include the building of Wolf Creek Dam, teaching in rural schools, gospel music, logging, and local tourism.

Obituary; 2009-06-23; Hudson, Jeannette, Hopewell Baptist Church

Hopewell Baptist Church

No abstract provided.

Eunice Carswell

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Tehran Events And Tiananmen Analogies

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

With so many references to Tiananmen showing up in the news, we wanted to take a quick break from our time away to recommend a couple of the best uses of 1989 analogies (if we weren’t on hiatus, we’d also look at some of the worst, and there have been some pretty bad ones). One powerful rumination on the relevance of China’s 1989 for thinking about Iran’s 2009 is by Andrew Leonard of the “How the World Works” blog at Salon.com:

He begins as follows:

“In the spring of 1989, the fax machine was China’s Twitter — the miracle technology …

Easter Bellang Mobley

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ellis Cooper

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Whittle, Charles Edward, Sr., 1900-1973 (Mss 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text of a scrapbook (click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Collection 257. Correspondence of Edmonson County attorney and Republican Party stalwart Charles E. Whittle, Senior; his political writings and speeches; partial manuscript of his Edmonson County history. Also includes a scrapbook compiled by Whittle and several political cartoons drawn by him.

Third District Education Association, 1903-1973 (Sc 1937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1937. Programs, publications and news clippings related to the Third District Education Association, a subordinate organization of the Kentucky Education Association.

On Vacation, Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus

Programs

The year seems to be sailing by, and I wonder where the time has gone. Here we are at the June Concert. As a child, it always took forever for Christmas to get here. The school year would drag on forever. We could hardly stand the last week of school, and exam week was so stressful. What would it be like to be a young kid in todays days of uncertainty? Would you trade any of your life for a new beginning?

Ralph Bunche National Historic District - Oral History Project (Fa 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 457. Oral interviews with thirty-one African Americans who had some association with the area included within the Ralph Bunche National Historic District in Glasgow, Kentucky. Interviewees discuss family history, social rites and customs, the importance of the church and the school, integration and segregation, as well as urban renewal.

More Corruption In College Sports, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The story began with this line: The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks.

Ada News - 06/15/2009, 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.

Green River Association Of Baptists (Sc 1921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1921. Scattered minutes of the association's meetings, 1800 to 1875; information sheets related to association's meetings, 1809-1937.

Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.