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Full-Text Articles in History
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Love Family Papers (Mss 164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 164. Correspondence of George Matthew Love and Nora (Sullivan) Love of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and their children: Ruel, Margaret, and George Marshall Love, Sr. The bulk of the letters date from 1922 to 1949 and contain information about the family and local happenings in Bowling Green.
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.
Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 1472. Correspondence of Asa E. Young of Barren County, Kentucky and letters to Lillian Bowles of the same county. The letters discuss family matters and agriculture.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.
Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1464. Reminiscence about Linda Skaggs's grandfather, James Henderson Gross, and his work with the Kentucky Rock Asphalt company in the Edmonson County community of Kyrock. Includes photocopies of photographs of the asphalt processing facilities and scenes from the Kyrock vicinty.
Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1479. Letter from W.D. Bogan to his mother, Ella Bogan, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes description of battles he participated in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Includes transcription.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1481. Receipt, 1860, for tuition paid by Joseph D. Duncan for his two daughters (Drucilla A. Duncan and Eliza Cornelia Duncan) to attend school at Percival B. Hawkins's school in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1476. Account book for James W. Hutchings who practiced medicine in north Logan County, Kentucky. The accounts include name of patient, date visited, service performed and charge for services.
Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.
Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1465. Deed, 1826, conveying 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from William R. and Polly Drake to Isaac Reynolds.
Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 141. This collection consists of six record books kept by the Bowling Green Ministerial Association from 1919 to 1953; the volume for 1925 to 1929 was not part of the donation. Each record book contains minutes, clippings, programs, and correspondence. Also included are a few financial records for the organization.
Interview With Samuel V. Wickliffe Regarding Campbellsville & Taylor County (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Samuel V. Wickliffe Regarding Campbellsville & Taylor County (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Samuel V. Wickliffe regarding his life as an African American teacher in Campbellsville, Kentucky. He talks about his work at the African American Durham High School and the eventual integration of schools in Campbellsville. He also discusses his military service during the Korean War.
First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Military service records (351 p.) compiled in 2005 of First Baptist Church members, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes World War II, Korean War, Vietnamese Conflict, and Persian Gulf War veterans. Some photos, also.
Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 73. Correspondence, legal and business papers, speeches and travelogs of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy. Includes papers of law partner, Daniel Webster Wright; Skiles and Underwood families of Warren County; and the Trigg family of Barren County. Also includes some Warren County Court records relating to early town planning and to the county courthouse (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).
Interview With Clem Haskins (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Clem Haskins (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Clem Smith Haskins conducted by Lynne Ferguson for an oral history project titled "Campbellsville-Taylor County Oral History Project." Haskins discusses his family, education, farming, and information about growing up in Taylor County, Kentucky.
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.
Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1455. Autograph book, 1886-1888, of Daisy Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Contains several colorful chromolithographs.
Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1457. Letter, 16 March 1863, written by merchant Biddle, Union Star (Breckinridge County), Kentucky, to lawyers Allen & Bruner, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, advising that his Negro servant girl is being harassed and robbed when sent on errands and asking about the law relative to penalizing such misconduct.
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 144. Name and subject index, and brief abstracts for miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court cases, 1789-1899. Original case files are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.
Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.
Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.
Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1423. Letter, 10 March 1862, written by Amos Downing from Belmont, Missouri, to his brother Philip Downing, Portland, Maine, relating his military experiences since leaving Virginia on February 16. Has especially good comments about activities at Columbus, Kentucky.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.
Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 158. Account book (472 p.) of Robinson's Flowers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The floral shop was owned by Novice C. Robinson, and the account book includes customer's name, type of floral arrangment as well as the price.
Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.
Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1446. Greenwood United Baptist Church of Christ Sunday School record book, 1891-1899, kept by Mary Pearl Walton of Warren County, Kentucky. Pearl's husband, Charles Potter Walton was a Methodist minister. Also photographs of Pearl and Charles and associated data.
Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1411. Letter, 4 December 1845, of Henry Elbridge, Maysville, Kentucky, to his cousin E.G. Harel, Wadsworth, Ohio. He writes of his poor health and family matters, but also relates an interesting story about a young enslaved woman and how she was reared as a member of her owner's family.