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Bank Of The United States (Sc 2963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2963. Deed, 11 May 1827, from the Bank of the United States to William Ray, Louisville, Kentucky, of a tract of land in Louisville. Signed by Nicholas Biddle, President of the Bank of the United States, in the presence of Joseph Watson, Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Harrod, James, 1746?-1792? - Relating To (Sc 2962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2962. Inventory of the personal estate and slaves of the late James Harrod, Mercer County, Kentucky, as appraised on 5 February 1794; and accounts of the estate, 19 May 1798, showing payments and settlements by Anna Harrod, executrix.

Bath County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2958. Correspondence of two related Bath County, Kentucky families. A lonesome Sarah L. Boyd writes to her mother, Elizabeth A. “Lizzie” Rogers, from boarding school in Fleming County, Kentucky in 1865, where she discusses having her photograph taken, “hateful” schoolmates, and provisions from her family of clothing, whiskey and bitters. In the 1880s, Ida Lee Bell receives letters from cousins, friends and suitors with family news and local gossip. One of her letters voices disapproval of young men who drink when calling on ladies. The letters mention many family members by first name.

Elections And Election Campaigns - Gallatin County, Kentucky (Sc 2960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2960. Certification of vote results in an election in Gallatin County, Kentucky on 3 November 1868 for electors for President and Vice President of the United States and for Member of Congress for Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District. Includes names and the number of votes received.

Roberts, Samuel F. (Sc 2956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2956. Mortgage of a one-third interest in a steam sawmill in Lewis County, Kentucky, given by Samuel F. Roberts to Leonard B. Cox and James Bowman, his securities on a peace bond given to the Fleming County, Kentucky Circuit Court and his debtors on a promissory note for the legal services of L.M. Cox and L.B. Cox.

Felts Log House (Mss 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 551. Photos, transcripts, design plans, and education materials about the Felts Log House, a log structure originally built in Logan County, Kentucky, in the early nineteenth century and moved to the campus of Western Kentucky University in 1978. Contains a variety of worksheets for children, furnishing plans by WKU, and news clippings about the house. It also contains transcripts of interviews about the house from Felts descendants and Sam Watkins.

Howell Family (Sc 2953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2953. Farm ledger belonging to the Howell family of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes a letter, 26 April 1925, drafted in Alvaton, Kentucky, to Clarence Howell and family.

Louisville And Nashville Railroad - Horse Cave, Kentucky (Sc 2951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2951. Correspondence, sketches, blueprints and drawings relating to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad depot at Horse Cave, Kentucky, the adjacent tracks, roads and properties, and licenses for use of railroad rights-of-way. Blueprints and drawings have been catalogued as AD 1515.

Wiggins, Otis Lee, B. 1905 (Sc 2949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2949. Two cassette tapes which include an interview conducted by Robert H. McGaughey with Otis Lee Wiggins about the resettlement program undertaken by the Resettlement Administration Project 14 in Christian County, Kentucky. Wiggins was an administrator for the U.S. Resettlement Administration and discusses the Christian County program in great detail.

Mccurdy, Thomas (Lg 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 460. Land grant, 11 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas McCurdy 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Mckinney, William (Lg 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 459. Original land grant, 16 May 1823, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William McKinney 17 acres on Richland Creek in Butler County, Kentucky.

Mccurdy, Thomas (Lg 461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 461. Land grant, 8 May 1805, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas McCurdy 40 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Garvin, David Berry, 1943-2014 (Mss 547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 547. Limited correspondence, calendars, photos, news clippings, and reports that document the life of Warren County, Kentucky, businessman David Berry Garvin. Includes information about Beech Bench Park, Camping World, Sugar Maple Square and an unrealized land development project near Franklin, Kentucky. Includes several memorial books from Garvin’s funeral

as well as a large number of sympathy cards.

Gates, Nellie Gertrude, 1856-1950 (Sc 2948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2948. Diary kept by Nellie Gates, Calhoun, Kentucky, from 12 March 1872 to 25 October 1873. Also includes a brief note, dated 24 January 1942, written by Gates in which she reminisces about the visit of a friend on 24 January 1881.

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Williams, J. J. (Sc 2947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text transcript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2947. Letter, 13 January 1862, of Confederate soldier J. J. Williams to his wife Emeline. Writing from Bowling Green, Kentucky, he describes troop strengths and movements in the area, the destruction of railroads and blockading of roads by the Confederates, and an anticipated encounter with Union troops at Green River.

Warren County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 548. Bound volume recording local taxes paid by residents of Warren County, Kentucky for 1939. Includes names and addresses of both white and African American residents.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Improvement Assessment Bond (Sc 2945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2945. City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Improvement Assessment Bond, Winfield Acres Subdivision Water and Sanitary Sewer Project of 1969, with face value of $1,000, maturing 1 October 1990. Includes six $40 coupons and envelope. Also includes one $35 coupon for interest due on Improvement Assessment Bond, Thoroughbred Acres Subdivision Sanitary and Water Project of 1973, dated 1 April 1974 and maturing on 1 April 1993.

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Jackson, Nell Cartwright (Mcdaniel), 1888-1974 (Sc 2944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2944. Letter, 19 May 1965, of Nell (Mrs. Harry G.) Jackson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jane Morningstar, thanking her for an article she wrote for the (Bowling Green) Park City Daily News (9 May 1965) about Seeley's Shoals, her family residence on Beech Bend Road. Includes Mrs. Jackson’s notes on the house and its history.

Nourse, Charles Ewing, 1826-1866 (Sc 3000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts of three Mexican War letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3000. Correspondence of Charles Ewing Nourse, Bardstown, Kentucky, and his wife Mary “Mollie” (Brown) Nourse. Three letters of Charles, serving in the 4^th Kentucky Infantry during the Mexican War, describe military life, illness, Mexican cities, and encounters with the enemy. Mary’s father writes from Cadiz, Kentucky, of his work as a circuit judge, and an 1850 letter wishes Charles and Mary well on their marriage. Includes Mary’s letter to Charles with family news, and two verses, both probably by Charles; one …

Brown Family Letters (Sc 2943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2943. Letters of the Brown family of Cynthiana and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Includes letters of Judge Henry O. Brown to his wife Lucy Ann while on circuit, a petition of Princeton, Kentucky citizens urging Judge Brown to relocate in order to serve their district, and a copy of a letter from Sally Doom, probably to her brother (and Judge Brown’s son-in- law) Charles Nourse, eloquently deploring Southern secession and slavery (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan). Also includes a photograph of three unidentified women and an infant.

Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963 (Sc 2941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2941. Letter, 2 November 1944 of Clarence S. Brigham, Director of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Vincent R. Jones, Glasgow, Kentucky. He encloses the manuscript pages from his book History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 that refer to Glasgow newspapers, and acknowledges receipt of information from a thesis on the subject written by Eva Mae Barton at George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) of a letter from Manuscripts Small Collection 2940. Letter, 1 August 1864, of “Charlie” to Ellen “Nellie” Sherman. Serving with Company E, 132nd Illinois Volunteers at Paducah, Kentucky, he describes an encounter with Confederate guerrillas during a strenuous scouting mission, the strictness of General Paine, his new commander, toward both citizenry and soldiers, and the execution of “Captain Hess,” a guerrilla leader, for whom “no coffin” was provided. He expresses apprehension over retaliation against men taken prisoner, but also refers to a flag of truce in effect that morning.

Owens, Richard (Lg 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 458. Original land grant, 24 July 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Richard Owens, assignee of Peter Tyler, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) - Collector (Sc 2937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2937. Genealogical data on the Tolle and Snoddy families of Barren County, Kentucky.

Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2939. Letters, June-July 1951, of Corporal Joseph J. Grieco to his wife in Milldale, Connecticut. Attending the Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Grieco writes his wife, then pregnant with their second child, of his love for her and their son Joey, and of his longing to be reunited with her. He briefly mentions his pay, radio training, and the availability of entertainment in camp.

Shakers (Sc 2938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2938. Compilation of manuscript and printed Shaker hymns, and instructions for dances to accompany hymns. Some of the hymns were transcribed by Roger Hall.

Stahl Family Papers (Mss 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 562. Correspondence, genealogical material and photographs related to the Stahl family and allied families of Warren County and Butler County, Kentucky. Includes information about family members that came from elsewhere and moved elsewhere. Includes manuscripts of a Stahl family history, histories of Providence Knob Baptist Church and a history of churches in the Warren Association of Baptists.

Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 561. Personal diaries of Clara (Wright) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, kept during her marriage to food critic Duncan Hines and after his death. Includes some correspondence, travel itineraries, and miscellaneous papers.