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Mccullock, Sue R. (Sc 2566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2566. Bound copy of “History of Owensboro, Kentucky,” compiled by Sue R. McCullock. This history includes the early settlement of Daviess County, important citizens, industry, organizations, and general information about Owensboro in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2602. Bound photocopy of the holographic personal diary of Samuel Williams Coombs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, detailing medical school, and his day-to-day life.

Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.

Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2597. Bound typescript diary of Captain Samuel K. Cox, Confederate Army, 17th Kentucky Infantry. The diary includes details about travel, camp life, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.

"...Our Hearts Tell Us There Is Something Else Out There.": Prowling The Halls Of The Mib, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

In the basement corridor of the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. is the most beautiful painting I've even seen. I've gotten the chance on a couple of occasions, while visiting the Department of the Interior Headquarters for meetings and whatnot for work to wander down outside of the cafeteria to see the mural. It is pure beauty, mostly forgotten and ignored by the folks who work in that building everyday. I get these weird looks while I stand in awe of the massive canvas, like I shouldn't stop and stare. I don't care. I take pictures. I gawk. My …

Remarks, Delivered At The Improvement Association Annual Dinner On August 15, 2012, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Remarks, delivered at the Improvement Association Annual Dinner on August 15, 2012 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

“We Have To Record The Downfall Of Tyranny”: The London Times Perspective On Napoleon Bonaparte’S Invasion Of Russia, Julia Dittrich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

"We Have to Record the Downfall of Tyranny": The London Times Perspective on Napoleon Bonaparte's Invasion of Russia aims to illustrate how The London Times interpreted and reported on Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia. This thesis explains how England feared its grip on Europe was slipping away due to a French takeover of the continent. This work details the English struggle in order to provide a broader analysis through a newspaper of how nations indirectly involved in the Napoleonic wars understood the conflict.

Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Sc 2564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2564. Letter of Harold A. Miller, Mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Frances Jones Mills, Kentucky Secretary of State, providing statutorily required information about the City of Bowling Green, namely its incorporation date (1812), its present classification as a Second Class city, and its present boundaries (detailed on a map which is not included). The date of incorporation presumably references Laws of Kentucky 1811, ch. 308 (approved 6 January 1812), which directed the town’s free white male inhabitants to assemble on the first Saturday in May 1812 …

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 17. Receipt stating that John Hines’ account has been paid in full, 1814; deed for land in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; which Hines bought from Thomas Anderson, 1826; and undated statement signed by James Patterson attesting to Hines’ ownership of a slave.

Denason, Benjamin & Zachariah Denason (Sc 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 18. A page, probably from a docket book, which relates to the collection of a debt owed to Samuel Doyle by the Denasons of Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

So it has ended. A bit over two weeks, a fortnight of intense athletic competition with spectacular performances, highs and lows, and way too much national naval gazing by the host nation and by NBC on behalf of the USA. That said, it was at the sporting level a wonderful two weeks of competition.

Sally Dukes Bailey

African American Funeral Programs

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William Charles "Butch" Wallace

African American Funeral Programs

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Summer 2012 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Summer 2012 Commencement - August 10, 2012

Homemakers Club - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 2562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2562. Manuscript paper titled “History of Metcalfe County” compiled by the Homemakers Club and presented by Virginia Depp, Summer Shade, Kentucky, on 6 November 1950. The paper includes historical information about the towns in Metcalfe County, including Center, Sulphur Well, Knob Lick, Wisdom, Edmonton, Curtis, and Summer Shade. Also includes information about Crail Hope, Green County, Kentucky.

Land - Claims - Arkansas Territory (Sc 498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 498. Claim, 1830, directed to the Register of the Land Office, Batesville, Arkansas Territory, for land evidently in the Roseville area of northwest Logan County. No name is on the claim. Because of construction of canals in Ohio, land was made available in Arkansas Territory to certain persons as directed by an Act of Congress, 14 May 1828.

County Clerk - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 2563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2563. Typescript copy (2 pages) of selected abstracts from sundry documents found in the Edmonson County Clerk’s office which explains the establishment of county government including those proffering bonds for elected positions such as sheriff, justices of the peace, etc. (1825). Also includes information about early land transactions, building projects, licenses granted, and information about the emancipation of a slave. Collected by John B. Rodes.

Thomas, Frank Morehead, 1868-1921 (Sc 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 500. Paper written by Frank Morehead Thomas in 1898 titled "The Early Exploration of Warren County, Kentucky."

Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 710. Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig Party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.

Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 711. Photocopies of Union Army discharge, 1865, and Civil War disability pension claim, 1891, of Golden H. Hamby, Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Daughters Of America - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 499. Officers’ bonds of Val Frey as trustee and William Breitenstein as recording secretary of Banner Council, No. 7, Daughters of America, Louisville, Kentucky.

Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2500. Letter, 26 February [1862], from Vincent T. Trago, a Union soldier serving with an Ohio regiment, to Milton W. Griffith. Camped on the Barren River outside Bowling Green, Kentucky following its evacuation by the Confederates, Trago describes marching toward the town, being greeted by local women, Confederate positions in the region, and disciplinary action against the troops for misconduct.

Transcript Of The Kiwanda Fish Company, Kristina Hogevoll, Martin Knopf

All Story Transcripts

This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, Kristina Hogevoll briefly describes her family’s first fishing company in Pacific City and then describes, in great detail, the work involved in their second, larger company, the Kiwanda. Marty Knopf describes how the Kiwanda Fish Company looked out for all the fishermen and how that contributed to the special Pacific City dory community.

Thinking Fourth Dimensionally: How Battlefields Become Deloreans, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I have written before of my intense love for Back to the Future III. Part of the reason that film resonates with my movie-going soul is my abiding love of the 19th century. Part of me wishes I could hop into a Stainless-Steel Delorian and visit the past for a short stint. I'm pretty sure I'm too much of a pansy to last very long in the world of latrines and muddy water, but I'd love to see the past for even just one fleeting moment. [excerpt]

Ferrell Family Papers (Mss 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 60. Correspondence of Thomas V. Ferrell, teacher and businessman, and of his wife, Winnie (58 items), and of their daughter Thelma (94 items), of Somerset, Kentucky; Ferrell family legal papers (7 items); notes of Thelma, who worked for the Somerset Journal for years; and miscellaneous receipts, clippings, etc.

Verlie G. Bethea

African American Funeral Programs

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Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 410. Materials relating to Duncan Hines and the marketing of the “Duncan Hines” brand of food products. Includes obituary notices for Duncan Hines, ice cream franchise agreement, stock certificate books for related companies, and a study on marketing the brand to consumers, especially women.

Ada News - 08/06/2012, 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.

Handy, Eldon Riley, 1902-1962 (Sc 705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 705. Correspondence of Eldon Riley Handy (who played with a riverboat band) of Anderson, Indiana, with riverboat acquaintances, 1950-1962 (6 items); a riverboat skit; steamboat tickets, 1938-1946 (4); and related miscellaneous items (3).

Bowling Green Railway Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 703. Records from Warren County Circuit Court Case #2043 pertaining to a lawsuit filed against the Bowling Green Railway Company after a thirteen-year-old boy, Herman Lewis, died on 31 October 1910 when a street railway car ran over him.

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