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Gospel Center - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gospel Center - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3613. Two record books, 1937-1947 and 1956-1960, of the Gospel Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The books record membership, meeting minutes, and financial data. Also included is a list of baptisms, 1937-1943.
Neal, Harry Clay, 1899-1977 (Sc 3611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Harry Clay, 1899-1977 (Sc 3611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3611. Diary of Harry C. Neal, of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He writes of working at his uncle Taylor Neal's store in Auburn, Kentucky, his family, his school attendance and leisure activities, and his employment in Detroit Michigan. He also refers to his marriage and the birth of his daughter. Includes an annotated and illustrated typescript of the diary prepared by a descendant.
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 721. Letters (Click on "Additional Files" for typescripts) of James A. Dale, Sr., Louisville, Kentucky, written to Barbara “Bobbie” Dearing while stationed at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base at San Diego, California. He describes his military and recreational activities and writes affectionately in anticipation of their future together as husband and wife. Includes a biography of Dale and his family (Click on "Additional Files").
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 720. Appraisals of certain properties in Bowling Green, Kentucky as of 31 December 1946, conducted by G.B. Howard doing business as the Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company. Includes appraisal certificates, exterior photographs and sketch plans.
Thomson, Amelia Hubbard, 1859-1953 (Sc 3604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomson, Amelia Hubbard, 1859-1953 (Sc 3604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3604. Journals (2 vol.) of Amelia Hubbard Thomson of Fayette County, Kentucky. Written for her nephew Dudley Hughes Bryant, they contain genealogical data, narratives, and anecdotes. Thomson recalls in detail her parents and ancestors, growing up at the family home, “Hurricane Hall,” and other aspects of life in Fayette County. Volume 1 includes an index at the back.
Bryant-Farnsworth Genealogy (Sc 3603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant-Farnsworth Genealogy (Sc 3603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
No abstract provided.
Bryant-Hughes Family Papers (Sc 3602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant-Hughes Family Papers (Sc 3602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3602. Miscellaneous papers of the Bryant and associated families relating to the estates of Susannah Hughes and Oliver D. Bryant; also includes deeds of Joel W. Singleton of Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Thomson, Roger Quarles, 1853-1926 And Patrick Henry Thomson, 1864-1926 (Sc 3601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomson, Roger Quarles, 1853-1926 And Patrick Henry Thomson, 1864-1926 (Sc 3601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3601. Accounts and business papers of brothers Roger Quarles Thomson and Patrick Henry Thomson. Includes invoices of merchants in Lexington, Kentucky and elsewhere for hardware and provisions, bills of sale for cows, and insurance policies in connection with property in Washington County, Mississippi.
Hilleary, Elizabeth Claypool, 1895-1975 (Sc 3600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hilleary, Elizabeth Claypool, 1895-1975 (Sc 3600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3600. Pledge, 2 October 1918, of Elizabeth Hilleary, Louisville, Kentucky, accepting a commission in the Louisville Women’s Liberty Loan Legion; letter, 9 December 1918, to Hilleary from United War Work Campaign, Louisville and Jefferson County, thanking her for her participation.
Lehman, Hampton & Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lehman, Hampton & Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 276. Account book of Lehman, Hampton & Company, merchants in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
"The Only Prize Worth Contending For": A History Of Eckstein Norton University And The Industrial Model Of Education In Kentucky., Samuel Dunn
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Under the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow, white politicians in Kentucky limited African American access to higher education. This practice resulted in a shortage of African American teachers and severely inhibited Black education across the state. Despite frequent criticism of the industrial model of education, African American educators in the region viewed the approach as an opportunity to gain white support for Black education. Two prominent educators, William J. Simmons and C.H. Parrish, gained the support of white elites and opened Eckstein Norton University in 1890. Their close association with prominent whites provided a degree of anonymity, enabling them to …
Bethany Children's Home, Inc. - Wolfe County, Kentucky (Sc 3599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethany Children's Home, Inc. - Wolfe County, Kentucky (Sc 3599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3599. Letters, 7 June 1955 and 25 March 1960, to Mrs. Clarence Uhl, Wooster, Ohio, from Margaret Miller, public relations secretary of The Bethany Children’s Home, Inc. (formerly Bethany Orphanage), Wolfe County, Kentucky. The first thanks her for a gift of chicks, and the second inquires about purchasing 500 chicks in the same manner as the preceding year. The 1960 letterhead includes images of the Home’s 1926 facility and of a 1958 dormitory.
Davidson, Daisy D., 1875-1895 (Sc 3598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davidson, Daisy D., 1875-1895 (Sc 3598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3598. “In Memory of Daisy Davidson,” a tribute to a young Auburn, Kentucky woman who died just prior to her 20th birthday.
Morgan Family Papers (Sc 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan Family Papers (Sc 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 88. Diary and journal (typescript), 1808-1851, kept chiefly by Abel Morgan of Logan and Caldwell counties, Kentucky; certificate, 1777, relating to William Morgan and signed by George Washington; and genealogical material concerning the Morgan and Caldwell families.
Players' Guild - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Players' Guild - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3597. Notebook of Mabel Thomas, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing planning materials and programs for performances by the Players’ Guild, an amateur theater group in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Aftermath Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 3287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aftermath Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 3287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3287. History of the Aftermath Club, a women’s literary club organized in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1896; club yearbooks, 1951-1952, 1952-1953; and correspondence regarding donation of the materials to WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections.
Bryant, Hal Farnsworth, 1888-1975 (Mss 716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, Hal Farnsworth, 1888-1975 (Mss 716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 716. News items and features written for syndication by Bryant and his partner James M. Ross, both of the Lexington (Kentucky) Leader; correspondence and papers relating to Bryant’s subsequent career as a statistician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Hodges Lodge No. 297 - Whitesville, Kentucky (Sc 3596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges Lodge No. 297 - Whitesville, Kentucky (Sc 3596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3596. By-Laws and Rules of Order of Hodges Lodge No. 297, Whitesville, Kentucky, adopted 13 January 1855.
Peridot Pictures - Bowling Green-Warren County Bicentennial Film (Mss 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peridot Pictures - Bowling Green-Warren County Bicentennial Film (Mss 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 715. Proposal, script materials, correspondence, publicity, interviews and other items relating to the production of a film for the Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) bicentennial by Peridot Pictures and the Landmark Association of Bowling Green.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Sc 3594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3594. Letters of Robert E. Morningstar, Chicago, Illinois, to his daughter-in-law Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He remarks on the news clippings she sends and on family members, but much of the content relates to his anxiety over his finances and requests for her assistance. He also describes gaining some relief when he secures a job as a hotel night clerk.
Spiller-Morningstar Letters (Sc 3595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller-Morningstar Letters (Sc 3595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3595. Letters, primarily between Robert E. “Bob” Spiller and Cora Jane Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, covering their courtship and approaching marriage. Cora Jane writes to Bob during his military training at Fort Benning, Georgia and Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky of her activities, European travel, and wedding preparations. Includes a letter from Cora Jane’s mother to Bob, and a letter to the Spillers after their marriage from Bob’s parents.
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Letters To (Sc 3593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Letters To (Sc 3593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3593. Two letters to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky: from a recently widowed friend with a photograph enclosed; and from an unnamed Missouri man telling of his visit to ancestral cemeteries in Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Elliott-Ezell) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Elliott-Ezell) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with E (Elliott-Ezell) from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Eaden-Elledge) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Obituaries, E (Eaden-Elledge) (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Obituaries for surnames starting with E (Eaden-Elledge) from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Rowan Family (Sc 3592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan Family (Sc 3592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3592. Recording of a rebroadcast program first made in connection with Black History Month for radio station WOMI, Owensboro, Kentucky. Marilyn (Rowan) McKissic, speaking in character as her ancestor Mary (Munt) Rowan, tells the story of the Rowans of Owensboro, an African-American family whose members have maintained contact over a century of annual reunions.
Mcclure Brothers - Millerstown, Kentucky (Mss 714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcclure Brothers - Millerstown, Kentucky (Mss 714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 714. Records of the McClure Brothers general merchandise store in Grayson County, Kentucky. Includes supplier invoices and an account book from the early 20th century, and World War II-era materials from the Office of Price Administration.
Illinois Central Railroad Company (Sc 3591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Illinois Central Railroad Company (Sc 3591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3591. Bill of lading issued by the Illinois Central Railroad Company for goods shipped to the McClure Brothers store in Millerstown, Kentucky. The reverse shows a map of the railroad’s routes through the Midwest and South.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3587. Correspondence and financial data relating to the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Public Library, of which Jane Morningstar was a trustee. Includes the 1950 city ordinance establishing the Library; a list of trustees, 1950-1970; letters of thanks to supporters of the library; and financial and statistical reports, 1970.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Sc 3589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3589. Miscellaneous correspondence of Jane (Hines) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Friends encourage her to write a history of Bowling Green and recount some of their memories; others provide personal news or thanks for favors rendered.
Gentry, Robert Turner, 1865-1950 (Mss 713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gentry, Robert Turner, 1865-1950 (Mss 713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 713. Correspondence of Robert T. Gentry, Sonora (Hardin County), Kentucky, an insurance agent and cashier for the Bank of Sonora. Consists mostly of letters to Gentry from his wife, from Gentry’s friends and siblings in Owen County, Kentucky, and from sellers and dealers of Native American relics. Some correspondence of his wife Martha “Mattie” Gentry is also included.