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Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970 (Sc 1785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970 (Sc 1785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1785. Letter, 29 July 1944, from lawyer John Barret Rodes, Bowling Green, Kentucky to his daughter Mary (Rodes) Helm in which he discusses instances of lynching and mob violence in Warren and Logan counties. Includes an explanatory letter from Mary Helm.

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Bank Of Rocky Hill - Rocky Hill Station, Kentucky (Sc 1784), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Bank Of Rocky Hill - Rocky Hill Station, Kentucky (Sc 1784), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1784. Stock certificate issued to Vivian Sturgeon on 2 January 1939 for five shares in the Bank of Rocky Hill, Edmonson County, Kentucky.

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Shacklett, Warner, J., D. 1959 (Sc 1756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Shacklett, Warner, J., D. 1959 (Sc 1756), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1756. Class notes from Warner J. Shacklett's medical studies at State College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1897-1899; his expenses, June-October, 1899; 1 January 1916 receipt from Farmer's Telephone Exchange, Glendale, Hardin County, Kentucky; order forms for drugs containing opium, etc., 1917-1918.

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James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1770. Account book of George D. James's grocery store in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1914-1929, and copy of first bill he received when he opened the store in 1913.

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Ritter, George Kinslow, 1866-1947 (Sc 1782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Ritter, George Kinslow, 1866-1947 (Sc 1782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1782. Certified tally of votes cast in the Sartain Precinct, Barren County, Kentucky for all the candidates running in the statewide election of November 1899. Signed by George K. Ritter, one of the election judges.

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Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1789. Register of the Russellville Institute, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky listing names of students, a conduct report for each, and tuition payment. Also birth, death, and marriage records of the Goucher family.

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Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 1780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1780. Brief letter, 9 June 1917, from author Alice Hegan Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to a Miss Stearns complimenting her on the attractiveness of her book plate.

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Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Sc 1792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Sc 1792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1792. Correspondence with family members of Flemon D. Sampson, former governor of Kentucky, and a deed for a large tract of land in eastern Kentucky.

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Altrusa International - Bowling Green (Mss 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Altrusa International - Bowling Green (Mss 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 702. Chiefly financial reports, minutes, yearbooks, newsletters, and correspondence of the Altrusa International Club in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1954 until dissolution in 2004.

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Creel, Milton Pinckney, 1851-1913 (Sc 1793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Creel, Milton Pinckney, 1851-1913 (Sc 1793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1793. Two 1898 political letters from Dr. Milton P. Creel, Central City, Kentucky announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the state's Third District U.S. Congressional seat.

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Buchanon, Michael O., B. 1953? (Sc 1794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Buchanon, Michael O., B. 1953? (Sc 1794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1794. Letter 22 October 2001 from Warren County Judge Executive Michael O. Buchanon related to "Bowling Green Salutes America" Day, held in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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Read, Samuel James, 1808-1889 (Sc 1678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Read, Samuel James, 1808-1889 (Sc 1678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1678. Letter to Dr. A. S. Walker, Allen County, Kentucky, 9 November 1862, from Samuel James Read relating to military supplies during the Civil War.

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Mason, John Robert Lee, 1865-1956 (Sc 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Mason, John Robert Lee, 1865-1956 (Sc 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 70. Handmade, heart-shaped school award presented to John Robert Lee Mason when he was about nine years old and a pupil of Harrison L. Gary at Snider School, Spring Lick, Grayson County, Kentucky.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 69. Letter, 2 October 1812, written by Isaac Shelby, Frankfort, Kentucky to Colonel George Thompson, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in which he discusses the conditions of the U.S. Army and then remarks about the Kentucky Volunteers of which Thompson's son was a member.

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Boyd Family Papers (Sc 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Boyd Family Papers (Sc 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 53. Photostats of receipt for slaves and money to be transported to George and James Boyd in Texas, 1862; oath of allegiance, 1862; and Union military pass, Graves County, Kentucky, 1865.

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Slave Trade - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Slave Trade - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 49. Two bills of sale for enslaved persons purchased by Sallie W. Harris (Mrs. Josiah), Louisville, Kentucky.

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Jouett, George Payne, 1813-1862 (Sc 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Jouett, George Payne, 1813-1862 (Sc 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 52. Letters (2) written by George P. Jouett, Lieutenant Colonel U.S.A., to his mother, Mrs. Matthew H. Jouett, Lexington, Kentucky from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee. He writes of Confederate fortifications abandoned in Bowling Green (“a Gibraltar which could not be taken by an assault”), and of family matters. Also letters (2), 1944-1945, concerning the earlier letters.

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Armitage, Valerius, 1827-1888 (Sc 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Armitage, Valerius, 1827-1888 (Sc 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 51. Confederate military pass issued to Valerius Armitage at Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 (Mss 232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 (Mss 232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 232. This collection contains Edens' unpublished theses related to agriculture pedagogy (1930) and the development of the national farm loan associations in Warren County, Kentucky (1937), as well as a paper on the development and amenities of Bowling Green, Kentucky (1937). The collection also contains scrapbooks about Edens' work as an agricultural advisor in Saudi Arabia (1952), Indonesia (1956), and South Africa (1958). Also included are Edens' master's and doctorate diplomas from Cornell University.

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Hunter, Whiteside Godfrey, 1841-1917 (Sc 1765), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Hunter, Whiteside Godfrey, 1841-1917 (Sc 1765), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1765. Letters from Whiteside Godfrey Hunter, former state legislator and U.S. Congressman, to E. Scott Brown, attorney, Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, requesting his support for Republican candidates. He also indicates he has requested Sidney P. Hardcastle be appointed postmaster at Settle, Allen County, Kentucky.

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Hutchings, Noah J., 1840-1885 (Sc 1766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Hutchings, Noah J., 1840-1885 (Sc 1766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1766. Noah J. Hutchings's membership agreement with the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky, 18 February 1867; poems written by Hutchings; unsigned poem, "To Nancy Clark," about a Shaker sister; typescript of 20 May 1866 letter to Hutchings from Noah Anderson Hutchings; letter from Harold E. Hutchings, 21 November 1982, related to Noah J. Hutchings, his grandfather.

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Ingham, Vicki, B. 1952 (Sc 1767), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Ingham, Vicki, B. 1952 (Sc 1767), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1767. Paper: "Design by Mail: The Construction of Ironwood in Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Vicki Ingham as an independent study in the master's degree Art History program, University of Alabama.

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Cash, James H. (Sc 1776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Cash, James H. (Sc 1776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1776. Two letters, 13 & 25 September 1944, from James H. Cash, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky to Margaret Kennedy, Atlanta, Georgia. He briefly describes camp life and writes that he will soon be transferred to Ft. Benning, Georgia and hopes to visit her.

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Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Records (Mss 230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Warren County, Kentucky Marriage Records (Mss 230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 230. More than 8,000 marriage bonds or licenses issued by the Warren County, Kentucky County Court. Information varies according to the time period, but these documents generally contain the name of the bride and groom, date of marriage, and person performing the marriage. See attached finding aid for complete list of marriage records available.

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Mayer, Jacob Merritt, 1905-1984 (Sc 1774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Mayer, Jacob Merritt, 1905-1984 (Sc 1774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1774. World War II letters from Jacob Merritt Mayer, serving as a doctor with U.S. forces in Europe, to his sister Marthanna (Mayer) Melton, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky, and to his parents in Hazel, Calloway County, Kentucky.

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Mayer, James Andrew (Sc 1775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Mayer, James Andrew (Sc 1775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1775. World War II letters from James Andrew Mayer, serving as a doctor with U.S. forces in the Pacific, to his sister Marthanna (Mayer) Melton, Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky and to his parents in Hazel, Calloway County, Kentucky.

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Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 1741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 1741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1741. Letter to Cora Eliza Gossom, 12 November 1884, from her mother Mildred (Ballenger) Gossom, Glasgow Junction, Kentucky; photocopy of photograph of Gossom home; obituary for Mary (Mrs. Charles A.) Gossom.

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Button, Anna (Jewell), 1894-1979 (Sc 1763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Button, Anna (Jewell), 1894-1979 (Sc 1763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1763. Letter, 11 May 1940, from Anna Jewell Button, Secretary of the Barren County Poultry Association, Glasgow, Kentucky to J. B. Guthrie, Scottsville, Kentucky inquiring for a cousin, Ida Johnson, about ordering eggs.

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Monroe County, Kentucky - Records, 1826-1842 (Sc 1761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Monroe County, Kentucky - Records, 1826-1842 (Sc 1761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1761. Record book of William G. Howard documenting his duties as a Justice of the Peace. It includes stray notices, legal judgments, and marriages performed (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripted list of marriages.)

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Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.

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