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Hammers, Clark Porter (Fa 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Hammers, Clark Porter (Fa 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 244. Paper: "The Porter Family of Butler County from 1736 to 1950" written by Clark Porter Hammers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Sons Of The American Revolution - Applications (Sc 1665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Sons Of The American Revolution - Applications (Sc 1665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1665. Applications (42) for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution from individuals in far eastern Kentucky and far western Virginia. To see a list of the applicants click on "Additional Files" below.

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Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 - Collector (Sc 1663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1663. Items from the Bradley and Gerard families, chiefly concerning their Bowling Green, Kentucky undertaking business. Includes information related to the funeral service of Martha "Mattie" Jane (Buchanan) Gerard.

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Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Concord Baptist Church - Barren County, Kentucky (Mss 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 207. Typescript of the record book of Concord Baptist Church, Barren County, Kentucky, consisting primarily of brief business meeting entries and membership lists.

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Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Jones, Edwina Chandler, 1911-2002 (Sc 1661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1661. Correspondence between Edwina Chandler Jones and Betty Boyd Lyne, chiefly related to their families and mutual friends, Jones's travel and church activities, and her move from Bowling Green to Lakewood Manor Baptist Retirement Home in Richmond, Virginia.

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Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 1662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1662. Copy of letter to Florence Alford, Bowling Green, from Larry H. Embry, Bowling Green, related to his illness. Also, her written account of the 1991 fire at Bowling Green's First Baptist Church where she was a member.

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Blair Family - Ciphering Book (Sc 1659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Blair Family - Ciphering Book (Sc 1659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1659. Ciphering book created by Blair family member in Fleming County, Kentucky. Although undated, the book contains several mathematical problems with dates ranging from 1792 to 1796. Fleming County, which is noted in one of the problems, was established in 1798.

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Boyd, Gilbert, Jr., B. 1950 (Sc 1657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Boyd, Gilbert, Jr., B. 1950 (Sc 1657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1657. Letters from Gilbert "Randy" Boyd, Jr., serving as a Chief Warrant Officer in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War, to his wife Reba in Bowling Green. He comments on his fellow soldiers, the beginning of the war and a trip to Kuwait.

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Helm, David Maury, 1927-1994 (Sc 1649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Helm, David Maury, 1927-1994 (Sc 1649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1649. Three deeds of conveyance related to pieces of property in Smiths Grove, Warren County, Kentucky that were owned by the Helm family. Also includes two plat maps.

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Agnew, William Walter, 1903-1990 (Sc 1646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Agnew, William Walter, 1903-1990 (Sc 1646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1646. "Delayed Issue" of The Quill, published for the 1980 reunion of the 1918-1924 classes of Barrett Manual Training High School in Henderson, Kentucky. It is comprised of short autobiographies of the graduates.

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Mayberry, Gerald Wayne, 1948-1968 (Sc 1655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Mayberry, Gerald Wayne, 1948-1968 (Sc 1655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1655. Letters written by Gerald Wayne Mayberry to "Lula" and "Sally," Franklin, Kentucky, while Mayberry was serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

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Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Bailey, Jefferson Davis, 1914-2011 (Sc 1650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1650. Detailed memory book created about the life of Jefferson Davis Bailey, who lived most of his life in Owensboro, Kentucky. The book was compiled by his daughter, Brenda (Bailey) Little, Hartford, Kentucky.

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Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Pearson Family Collection (Mss 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 222. Correspondence of the Pearson family, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly letters from Carroll Pearson to his wife Patricia while he is in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The collection also contains letters sent to Carroll from his parents and letters sent to Patricia from her parents and friends.

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Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Poe Family Papers (Sc 1641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1641. Two Warren County, Kentucky deeds, one receipt, and a letter from Alvin Poe, Connersville, Missouri, to his brother Stephen M. Poe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 25 January 1855 in which he discusses crop and livestock prices and the political situation in Nebraska. A typescript of the letter is attached as an additional file.

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Civil Defense - Ordinance - Kentucky, [1943] (Sc 1643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Civil Defense - Ordinance - Kentucky, [1943] (Sc 1643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1643. Template for the use of municipal governments in adopting a Civil Defense ordinance in Kentucky during World War II.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Sc 1626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Sc 1626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1626. Copies of letters exchanged in an attempt to identify four Confederate soldiers killed in Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1865 and interred in an unmarked grave in the Madisonville Odd Fellows Cemetery in Hopkins County.

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Drake, James Fishback, 1818-1883 (Sc 1644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Drake, James Fishback, 1818-1883 (Sc 1644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1644. Letter, 19 August 1845, from James F. Drake, Lexington, Kentucky to John Allen Gano, Centerville, Bourbon County, Kentucky, inquiring about a milk cow he has advertised for sale.

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Independent Strawberry Growers' Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Independent Strawberry Growers' Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1640. Minutes, membership lists, financial reports and sundry forms from the Independent Strawberry Growers Association, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes picking card with agreement to pick for season on back. Two related photographs from the Kentucky Library & Museum Collection are included as additional files.

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Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Stone, Eva Mae, 1918-1977 (Sc 1639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1639. Letters sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky native Eva Mae Stone by cousins George and Charles Shanks and friend John Mullins who were serving in the armed forces during World War II. Includes photograph of Mullins in uniform standing before the U.S. Capitol.

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Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Griffin, Samuel Allen, 1892-1979 (Mss 208), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 208. Collection includes two memoirs related to the boyhood of Samuel Allen Griffin in Sumner County, Tennessee and his railroad career: "A Country Boy" and "My 50 Years Service with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company." Also, a magazine article about Griffin.

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Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Deering, George, 1841-1884 (Sc 1636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1636. Letter, 21 July 1876, from George Deering, Louisville, Kentucky, to his sister-in-law Alice in Russellville, Arkansas. He comments on the health and social activities of friends and family and on the unusually hot weather.

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Cecil, Pam (Fa 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Cecil, Pam (Fa 222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 222. Paper: "Thanksgiving" written by Pam Cecil for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Warren County Historical Society (Mss 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Warren County Historical Society (Mss 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 206. This collection consists chiefly of administrative papers related to the Society, including minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, and clippings. Also includes historical essays written by Warren County students.

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Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Mcafee, Robert Breckinridge, 1784-1849 (Mss 204), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 204. Two of McAfee's handwritten journals from 1803-1807 and typescripts of the same. Also, his "The Life and Times of Robert B. McAfee and His Family and Connections, 1845", published in the "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" in 1927 is included.

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Fleischman, Adolf John, 1889-1987 (Sc 1632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Fleischman, Adolf John, 1889-1987 (Sc 1632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1632. Letter, 8 November 1918, from Fleischman, Corbin, Kentucky to his wife, Edna, in Louisville, Kentucky. He inquires about the end of the war, declares that he is coming home and requests that his wife buy several items.

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Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Hardin, Amanda Leeann, B. 1983 (Sc 1635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1635. Copy of a diary kept by Amanda LeeAnn Hardin while a first-grade student at Bristow Elementary School, Warren County, Kentucky. Entries include comments about her pets, her family, and the Persian Gulf War.

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Mcwherter, Henry Newton, 1858-1923 (Sc 1627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Mcwherter, Henry Newton, 1858-1923 (Sc 1627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1627. Copy of letter, 6 December 1918, from H. N. McWherter, Persimon, Monroe County, Kentucky to his son James M. McWherter, with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He mentions family, friends, the end of the war, and the influenza outbreak.

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Bullington, Mose (Fa 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Bullington, Mose (Fa 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 207. Paper: "Personal Narratives Related to Natural Disasters" written by Mose Bullington for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Furrie, T. E. V. Eugene A. Gerard (Sc 1631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Furrie, T. E. V. Eugene A. Gerard (Sc 1631), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1631. Correspondence, receipts and legal documents related to a 1919 automobile accident between T.E. Furrie and Eugene A. Gerard and the resulting Jefferson County Circuit court case.

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Ellis, Courtney M., 1888-1964 (Mss 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Ellis, Courtney M., 1888-1964 (Mss 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and several representative photographs for Manuscripts Collection 48. Photographs and informational material collected by Courtney M. Ellis relating to steamboats which operated in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, including correspondence with other collectors and steamboatsmen, and publications of steamboating. To see a copy of "History of Steamer, J.C. Kerr, Chaperone, Choctaw" click on "Additional Files."

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