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Clay, Thomas Hart, 1843-1907 (Sc 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clay, Thomas Hart, 1843-1907 (Sc 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 643. Typed copy of letter to W. W. Hines from Thomas Hart Clay, Lexington, Kentucky, relating desired information about the children of Henry Clay, who was the grandfather of Thomas Hart Clay.


Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Nelson, William D., 1824-1862 (Sc 642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 642. Letter, 28 March 1862, to John M. Stockton, Postmaster, Maysville, Kentucky, from William Nelson, his brother-in-law and a Union General with the Army of the Ohio, Columbia, Tennessee. Nelson directs Stockton to pay a debt for him and also comments on a possible battle with the Confederate army at Corinth, Mississippi.


Lowther, Charles Ernest, B. 1951 (Sc 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Lowther, Charles Ernest, B. 1951 (Sc 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 649. Photocopies of letters written to Charles Ernest Lowther, of Nortonville, Kentucky, and a history student at Western Kentucky University, from various members of the U.S. Congress in reply to Lowther’s letter regarding the Nixon-Cox incident.


Agnes Gough, 1902-1988 (Sc 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Agnes Gough, 1902-1988 (Sc 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan of sample item (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 648. Letters to Mary Taylor Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Miss Agnes Gough, an artist and a teacher, originally from Benton, Kentucky, but living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Anchorage, Alaska, when these letters were written.


Pain, William (Sc 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Pain, William (Sc 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 425. Original and typescript copy of a ballad, “Lovly Molie,” composed by William Pain, Logan County, Kentucky.


Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 645. Typescript copy of article written by Lennie Young Lancaster of Bowling Green, Kentucky, entitled “The Rifle Makers of Bowling Green, Kentucky Area”. The Stephens Family Papers in the Manuscripts Division of the Special Collections Library were used in writing the paper.


Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Mcdowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830 - Relating To (Sc 2551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2551. First day of issue cover for stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first successful ovariotomy, performed by Ephraim McDowell. Includes a brief printed history of the surgery, as well as a printed letter from the Danville, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announcing the commemorative stamp.


Henderson, Wallace W. (Sc 2645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Henderson, Wallace W. (Sc 2645), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2645. Bound typescript copy of “Christian County, Kentucky Sketches,” by Wallace W. Henderson, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, tracing the history of Christian County. Includes sub-categories such as the Civil War, the Robert Hollowell Case, and notable Christian County figures.


Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 (Sc 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 (Sc 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 636. Letter to Thomas Crittenden Cherry, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Hamlin Garland, New York City, in which he agrees to exchange a copy of his book, Trail-Makers of the Middle Border, for a copy of Cherry’s book, Kentucky: Pioneer State of the West.


Greathouse Family Papers (Sc 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Greathouse Family Papers (Sc 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts 635. Papers of the Greathouse family of Hancock County, Kentucky. The papers include surveys, deeds, receipts, wills, business letters, etc., 1825-1869, and are chiefly of R.B., Susan, John, and William. Includes some papers of the Lewis family, 1823-1847.


Ku Klux Klan - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Ku Klux Klan - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 639. Typescript notice issued by the Warren County Klan of the Ku Klux Klan of the realm of Kentucky concerning a scheduled meeting of their organization in the Opera House at Bowling Green that was canceled because of influence exerted by the Catholics and Jews in Bowling Green.


Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and sample of correspondence for Manuscripts Small Collection 633. Correspondence of John Wakefield Muir, Bardstown, Kentucky, and Mary (Taylor) Moore, Librarian of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains much information about
the history of Bardstown and Nelson County.


Clark, W. M. (Sc 2554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clark, W. M. (Sc 2554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2554. W. M. Clark's record book detailing his purchases and finances, including daily entries of purchases made and items sold. Items listed include hay, gasoline, animals, and food.


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letter - Union Soldier (Sc 2550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2550. Holographic letter from Union soldier named “Hank” at Camp Wood, Hart County, Kentucky, written to his brother and sister. Discusses his living conditions and asks about people he knows. Includes a printed image of General George B. McClellan.


Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Johnson, Marjorie (Brown), 1911-2001 (Sc 2553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2553. Marjorie Johnson’s autograph book containing messages, reminiscences, and signatures from friends, acquaintances, and classmates from Rochester High School. Includes a few news clippings and a short list of teachers from Rochester High School, 1926-1929.


Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2546. Laura Elizabeth Richardson’s notebook containing holographic notes about the history of quilting. Notebook includes hand executed quilt pattern images in ink, poems, definitions of quilting terms, and textile descriptions. Includes notes about the provenance of Richardson’s quilt collection and her furniture.


Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Clark, William B., B. 1797? (Sc 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and one scanned page (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 632. Ciphering book kept by William B. Clark of Christian County, Kentucky, 25 August 1813 to 22 August 1814, and intermittently by others to 1819. Other entries include business accounts of Clark, a blacksmith, and family genealogy. The book was bound
with sheets from the Western Eagle, a newspaper printed in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and dated 12 February 1813. It was removed and added to the Special Collections Library. A loose item found in the book, 1834-1846, contains accounts of Clark.


Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Sc 637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Sc 637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 637. Photocopies of letters to Ellis Ford Hartford, Lexington, Kentucky, from Miss Jennie Scott Green, Falls of Rough, Kentucky, relative to her aiding Dr. Hartford with his historical research. She mentions the problems of invasion of privacy which she encounters and some incidents about the Sebastian family.


Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Causey, Alonzo M., 1870-1972 (Sc 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 622. Correspondence and clippings of letters written to newspaper editors and various people by Alonzo M. Causey of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1935-1972 (39) and letter and press conference summary written in French and sent in reply to letter of Causey’s to Charles de Gaulle, 1966 (4). Click on "Additional Files" below to see Spanish-American War related material in this small collection.


Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 625. Photocopies of records – letters, lists, autobiographies – pertaining to Ivan Wilson of Hazel, Kentucky, an art teacher at Western Kentucky University for years and an artist, whose paintings were sold through the Kentucky Museum from 1955-1973. These transactions were handled and the records kept by Gayle Carver, Kentucky Museum curator.


Baseball Verdicts, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2012

Baseball Verdicts, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It ended last week with the jury foreman announcing to the court that the jury had found Roger Clemens “not guilty.”


Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Scott, John M. (Sc 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 630. Photocopy of a survey, 15 December 1785, by which Scott recorded his claim for 2,663 acres on Skeggs Beaver Creek, Barren County, Kentucky, in fulfillment of his Virginia Revolutionary War land grant. Signed by Edmund Rogers. Also photocopy of sketch showing the location of the land.


Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records - Licenses, 1832-1878 (Sc 2549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2549. Lists of licenses issued by Warren County, Kentucky for horses and jacks used for breeding purposes; taverns; persons selling playing cards; and coffee houses. Chronological lists include licensee, name of horse/jack, type of license, and fee.


Title Ix, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2012

Title Ix, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

This weekend marks the fortieth anniversary of the passage of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 whose section, Title IX, transformed sport in America. After forty years the achievements of Title IX are impressive, while some controversy persists and some misinformation continues to persist. In the past decade the conservative political attack has subsided and Title IX seems to have been removed from those still fighting the culture wars particularly on the issue of feminism.


Susie Wright Ellison Jun 2012

Susie Wright Ellison

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.


Old Folks Home Card Jun 2012

Old Folks Home Card

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Old Folks Home, Miss Eartha M. M. White, Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.


Cosby, John Cooney, 1824-1881 (Sc 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Cosby, John Cooney, 1824-1881 (Sc 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text letter and photograph of John Cooney Cosby's grave (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 617. Letter written by John Cooney Cosby of Allen Springs, Warren County, Kentucky, to his sister, Mat P. Smock, relating family news.


Wright, Linda Sue (Sc 2548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Wright, Linda Sue (Sc 2548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2548. Letter, 1959, written by Linda Sue Wright, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, to Martha Rasdall explaining that she had selected Rasdall as her "little sister" in the Future Homemakers of America chapter at North Warren High School.


Postwar Advisory Planning Commission Of Kentucky (Sc 611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Postwar Advisory Planning Commission Of Kentucky (Sc 611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan representative of folder materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 611. Letters (5), reports, and lists, regarding the membership, objectives, functions, and meetings of the Postwar Advisory Planning Commission. Beulah E. (Mrs. Bert R.) Smith of Bowling Green, Kentucky was a member of the public health sub-committee.


Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Travelstead, Nelle (Gooch), 1888-1974 (Sc 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 621. Letter from Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mrs. Joe Bryant Helm, Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky, thanking her for coming to Bowling Green to play the piano for events.