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Stevenson, James, 1764-1857 (Sc 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Stevenson, James, 1764-1857 (Sc 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 45. Power of attorney authorization signed by James Stevenson, Logan County, Kentucky, 1857, by which his Revolutionary War pension which he was granted in 1832 is to be received by his attorney, Jonas H. Rhorer.

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Manning, Allen, 1864-1950 (Sc 1762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Manning, Allen, 1864-1950 (Sc 1762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1762. Journal of farm work done by Allen Manning and his co-workers for Mrs. Underwood of Warren County, Kentucky. He makes note of the weather and its effect on the crops.

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Evans, John Wooten, 1862-1894 (Sc 1754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Evans, John Wooten, 1862-1894 (Sc 1754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1754. Three letters from John W. Evans, New York City, to his wife Sallie Evans, Russellville, Kentucky, while he was on buying trips for his dry goods store. One letter from Evans, Russellville, to Sallie, visiting in Bowling Green, Kentucky; another is from a brother.

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Groves, James (Sc 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Groves, James (Sc 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 39. Bill of sale for three slaves, Edy, about five years old, Cyntha, about two years old, and Stepen, about seven months old, sold for $600 to W.W. Milliken, Simpson County, Kentucky, and letter concerning the bill of sale, 1948.

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Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 38. Loom weaving draft, "Nine Snowball Draft," made by E. Jane Hanor, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Coverlet draft.

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Moore Collection (Sc 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Moore Collection (Sc 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 37. Copy of the will of Samuel Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky, written 29 September 1846 and recorded 6 December 1850 in Hickman County Court, and an incomplete, undated and unsigned deed for land in Allen County, Kentucky, conveying land to David A. Porter by Robert Moore.

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Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 36. Deeds conveying land in Anderson County, Kentucky, to Robert Carlton by John and Nancy Morning, 1847, and by Thomas and Mary J. Morning, 1856.

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Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1623. In her unpublished account, "Memories," Louise (Brown) Hale describes rural life in the Daviess County, Kentucky, community of Whitesville between the world wars. She recalls family and community members, farm and home chores, her marriage, and her eventual move to California. Also includes two New Years letters to her grandchildren.

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Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 35. Incoming business letters of George B. Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from various firms and individuals, including one from George B. Kinkead, Kentucky Secretary of State, 1846.

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Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 26. Deed for a lot in Louisville, Kentucky, whereby George W. Smith and his wife, Sabina, convey the property to William Sale.

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Ford, Sandra Young, 1944-1998 (Sc 1752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Ford, Sandra Young, 1944-1998 (Sc 1752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1752. Items related to Sandra Young Ford's battle with cancer and her ultimate death.

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Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1753. Diary kept by Elsie (Rex) Foster, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1 January 1937 to 28 June 1937 in which she records daily activities, particularly of her baby son Gordon Bryan Foster.

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Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1711. Slave bill of sale to Josiah Newman, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1844; bill of lading for tobacco to be shipped to New Orleans via the Green River, 1847; letter and agreement concerning his freed slaves, 1864 & 1866; tax receipt, 1872.

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Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1769. Chiefly legal papers of Stephen Jackson and Oscar B. Jackson of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and a slavery bill of sale.

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African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1735. Certificate of Nancy and Vilindee? Beason, Logan County, Kentucky, declaring that they had lived together in the past and desired to continue doing so as husband and wife.

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Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1750. Forms and correspondence related to Terah Leonard Flaherty's World War II service in the U.S. Army; his wife's Red Cross certificate; and a humorous "Confederate" army commission.

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Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1751. Letter, 21 June 1839, from Elizabeth Davis, Lexington, Kentucky to her cousin Judeth Brown, Madison, Indiana describing daily family activities. Also, letter, 7 February 1848, from A. Duvall, Georgetown, Kentucky to Reverend Robert S. Bell, Winchester, Virginia related to a court case concerning land and slaves.

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Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 313. Collection of brief descriptions of Kentucky games, rhymes, beliefs, and superstitions.

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Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 303. Paper: "[Todd County, Kentucky Public Health Department]" written by Luanne Glynn for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Frashure, Sherri (Troutman) (Mss 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 172. Oral interviews, including cassette tapes and transcripts, with sixteen World War II veterans conducted by Frashure for her Honors thesis at Western Kentucky University. Also includes her completed paper titled: "Kentuckians at War: A Soldier's Perspective of World War II."

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Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1713. Letters to James Newton, Ohio County, Kentucky from his brother Jesse Newton in Louisville, Kentucky concerning their milling businesses in Ohio County. Includes legal papers related to the division of Newton's land following his death. Also 1816 will of William Newton, James Newton's father, and undated will of James Newton.

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Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1730. Two 1969 letters from Troy Damron, serving in Vietnam, to his sister-in-law Edith Sue (Slone) Blackburn, Regina, Kentucky. Also 1991 letter from Gerald Lee Thacker, serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm to his great-niece Amanda Lynn Slone, Regina, Kentucky.

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Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 50. Naturalization certificate of Frederick Hoff, a native of Germany. Signed by George W. Johnston, judge of the City Court of Louisville, Kentucky.

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Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1720. Correspondence related to Marion Conner Ford's position as director of the Ogden Department of Science at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and his involvement with the College's farms.

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Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1771. Scripts written by Erleen Johnson of programs related to Stephen Collins Foster and the Rowan family presented at Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky. Includes lyrics, to be sung to the tune of "My Old Kentucky Home," which promote the beauties and attractions of the state of Kentucky.

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Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 316. Paper: "A Study of the Black Cosmetology Field" written by Barbara J. Chase for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 211. Nine reporter's notebooks kept by Al Arbogast (8) and Ken Corder (1) of radio station WKCT in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They contain matters related to local news, particularly crimes, court proceedings, and local government meetings.

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Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written …

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Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1727. Two letters to family members from Warren County native Wayne Runner, serving in the military during the Korean War. He writes about his promotion to corporal and his plans for his return home.

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Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text-scan of paper for Manuscripts Small Collection 1773. Paper written by John E. Jones titled "The Political Status of Negroes in Warren County." Includes quotations from community leaders as well as statistics related to the number of qualified African American voters in each voting precinct.

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