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Casselberry, Anita Beatrice, 1890-1970 (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2003

Casselberry, Anita Beatrice, 1890-1970 (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1378. Journal, 1925, 79p., kept by Anita B. Casselberry, Cleveland, Ohio, while serving a few weeks as a public health nurse under the direction of Alice Lloyd in Knott County, Kentucky. Includes newspaper clippings, 1940-1941, religious pamphlets, and photos, 1925. A letter from Casselberry also recounts the reaction to an N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration) sticker on her car as “the mark of the beast.”


Ua1d We Were One And Two Teammates, Vernon Hornback Jan 2003

Ua1d We Were One And Two Teammates, Vernon Hornback

WKU Administration Documents

Undated autobiographical sketch written by Ted Hornback. He includes his experiences as a Hilltopper basketball player under E. A. Diddle, work as coach at Elkhorn and experiences working as Diddle's as assistant coach.


Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2003

Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1370. Hospital fee statements received by Arthur Carraco, Carrollton, Kentucky, after treatment at the Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky.


Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2003

Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1386. World War II diary kept by Odie Floyd Rogers, Jr. (1921-1957) Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, who was a member of a flight crew that evidently was stationed in Sicily. They bombed chiefly Italian targets. Rogers completed 66 missions. Includes a 2001 letter with data on planes flown by Rogers.


Sudduth Goff, Artist: A Preliminary Record, James D. Birchfield Jan 2003

Sudduth Goff, Artist: A Preliminary Record, James D. Birchfield

The Kentucky Review

No abstract provided.


Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2002

Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans of oversized items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 69. Correspondence, business and legal papers, clippings, etc., of John Rowan, Sr., 1773-1843, lawyer, judge, U.S. Representative and Senator, and owner of Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky; and of John Rowan, Jr., 1807-1855, master of Federal Hill and U.S. charge d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1848-1850. Federal Hill is more commonly referred to today as "My Old Kentucky Home."


Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2002

Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan, and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1352. Letter, 16 February 1862, written by Union soldier Ira Steele, stationed at Camp Glenbrook, Kentucky, to his brother Oliver Steele. He mentions the Green River; bridge burning; Bowling Green; the sending of some items to New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky; and describes camp life.


Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2002

Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1353. Bill of sale, Butler County, Kentucky, for an enslaved man, "Joe," sold to William Carson by Robert Thompson and Seth Carson.


Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 1376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2002

Tyler, Sara Elizabeth, 1910-2001 (Sc 1376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1376. Paper entitled "Growing Up on State Street," in which Sara E. Tyler recalls her childhood days in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In addition to social life and customs, she relates much about the houses in the neighborhood. Also copy of a 2002 published article based on the paper.


Teachers And Teaching - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Teachers And Teaching - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1356. Teacher's class book kept by Frances Hart, for the 1924-1925 school year, evidently as a Hartford [Kentucky] High School faculty member. The book lists domestic and social science classes taught as well as students' names.


Rau, Ernest, 1874-1962 (Sc 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Rau, Ernest, 1874-1962 (Sc 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1366. Chiefly incoming business papers of Ernest Rau, a Bowling Green, Kentucky doctor, who served in World War I. Includes items relating to his service at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and associated items, 1962, 1974 about Rau.


Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1357. Letter, 2 January 1966, written by Gordon Wilson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to L. Y. Lancaster, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which Wilson extols their friendship that will soon celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.


Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Ellsworth, Oliver Carnell, 1842-1864 (Sc 1359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1359. Correspondence of Civil War soldier Oliver C. Ellsworth, Marion, Michigan, with family and friends. He served with the 22nd Michigan Infantry in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. Also includes a tintype of Ellsworth.


Warren County, Kentucky - Justices Of The Peace (Sc 1342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Warren County, Kentucky - Justices Of The Peace (Sc 1342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Small Collection 1342. Notice, 25 February 1808, of the removal of John Bailey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, as Warren County Justice of the Peace by Kentucky governor Christopher Greenup.


Oakley, Bethel Beulah, 1903-1995 (Sc 1338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Oakley, Bethel Beulah, 1903-1995 (Sc 1338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1338. Business papers, letters (including some written by her elementary students), printed materials, etc., of Bethel B. Oakley, originally from Hopkins County, Kentucky. She taught in Webster County and Owensboro, Kentucky, and at Oakland City College, Oakland City, Indiana.


Kerr Memorial Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Kerr Memorial Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and selected full scan documents (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 133. Historical materials about Kerr Memorial Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including list of donors for original building (1891); printed histories; correspondence and commemorative programs from church anniversary celebrations; account book of the church's Young Adult Fellowship (1947-48); and deeds.


Hines & Porter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Hines & Porter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1334. Lawyers' combined collection record book and docket book kept by the law firm of Hines and Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Byrd, Mary Rebecca, 1845-1935 (Sc 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Byrd, Mary Rebecca, 1845-1935 (Sc 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1362. Autograph book belonging to Mary Byrd, Fredonia, Kentucky, which has names and addresses of several Fredonia residents. Includes attractive printed engravings.


First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

First Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1388. Annals of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which consist of brief entries about significant activities or events. These records began to be kept at the time of the church's sesquicentennial celebration.


Taulman, James (Sc 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Taulman, James (Sc 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1358. Letter, postcards, photos, clippings, etc., sent to James Taulman from Bowling Green, Kentucky childhood pen pal Carolyn Williams.


Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections Dec 2001

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.


Cain, Frank D., Jr. (Mss 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2001

Cain, Frank D., Jr. (Mss 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 132. Correspondence, office files, project scrapbooks, and project files of Bowling Green, Kentucky architect, Frank D. Cain, Jr. The projects include schools, churches and homes in Bowling Green and the surrounding region.


Jackson, William Neel, 1899-1993 (Mss 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2001

Jackson, William Neel, 1899-1993 (Mss 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 136. Papers and collected materials of William Neel Jackson, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native. The collection contains his personal and business correspondence and autobiographical materials. Also includes Warren Association of Baptists, 1890-1978 draft, Jackson family genealogy, and Warren County history.


Middleton, Anna R., 1866?-1888 (Sc 1320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2001

Middleton, Anna R., 1866?-1888 (Sc 1320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1320. Autograph book kept by Annie Middleton, Louisville, Kentucky, while attending the Baltimore Conservatory of Music. Also includes family data.


Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections Sep 2001

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.


Mount Zion United Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Mount Zion United Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 111. Minute books of Mount Zion United Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, which originally was known as the Delafield First United Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1958-1989.


Woman's Missionary Society Of Salem Baptist Church (Mss 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Woman's Missionary Society Of Salem Baptist Church (Mss 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 67. Minute books of the Woman's Missionary Society (WMS) at Salem Baptist Church in Butler County, Kentucky, 1914-1966 (6 items); treasurer's book of the WMS, 1922-1953; Girl's Auxilliary minute book, 1935-1936; and miscellaneous papers found loose in the minute books, 1916-1933 (7 items).


White And Roach Store - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

White And Roach Store - Greensburg, Kentucky (Mss 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 33. Account books, ledgers, and journal recording sales made from 1854 to 1867 by the White and Roach general merchandise store in Greensburg, Kentucky.


Monroe County, Kentucky - Records, 1838-1857 (Mss 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Monroe County, Kentucky - Records, 1838-1857 (Mss 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 61. Docket books, 1838-1876 (3), kept by J. Gee, justice of the peace of Monroe County, Kentucky; miscellaneous papers found in books, 1838-post 1952 (20). Includes record book kept by B. C. Maxey of Barren County, Kentucky, which contains Gee family history, Maxey cemetery records, etc., 1925-1957 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Mss 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Mss 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 34. Account books, 1858-1866, of a merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky. One, undated, with author uncertain, contains records of goods bartered; two dated ones contain accounts of work done by employees as well as store accounts.