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Lucas Collection (Mss 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Lucas Collection (Mss 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 41. Journals, 1839, 1840-1843, 1854, (3); scrapbooks, ca. 1860s-1870s (3); Negro account book which lists purchases and sales of slaves, 1859; receipts, 1875-1897, concerning illness and funeral expenses, etc., of the Lucas family of Warren County, Kentucky.

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Robertson, Clara Louise, 1908-2004 (Mss 87), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2001

Robertson, Clara Louise, 1908-2004 (Mss 87), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 87. Diary kept by Clara Louise Robertson of Louisville, Kentucky, detailing schools, church and club activities and amusements. Vivid description of a 1921 Washington, D.C. family vacation. Associated letter, 1991. A copy of Robertson "Little Colonel’s Good Times Book" diary is included as an "Additional File" below. Click on it to see the diary in its entirety.

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Rowan, Rebecca (Carnes), 1813-1897 (Mss 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2001

Rowan, Rebecca (Carnes), 1813-1897 (Mss 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 71. Letters, 1855-1872 (37 items), of Mrs. Rowan, Bardstown, Kentucky, to lawyer William P. Boone, Louisville, Kentucky, which reveal Rebecca's struggles to maintain her family and farm after the death of her husband, John Rowan, Jr.; photocopies of Confederate Civil War letters from her son, William, 1861-1865 (6); and photos of May and Rebecca Rowan (3). Also news release and photos of donor and companions, 1976 (3).

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United Service Organizations - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2001

United Service Organizations - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 134. Registration cards kept of visitors to the Bowling Green, Kentucky United Service Organization during World War II. Most of the cards fall in the range of letters Mc-Z.

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Harris Family Papers (Mss 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2001

Harris Family Papers (Mss 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 100. Correspondence of the Harris family of Simpson County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of World War I letters sent from two brothers, George DeWitt Harris and Downey L. Harris, to their parents, George Calvin Harris and Amanda J. Harris, of Franklin, Kentucky. George DeWitt Harris was injured in World War I and died at Epionville, France on 7 October 1918.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jun 2001

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 2, 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.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections Mar 2001

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 23, Number 1, 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.

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Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1332. Paper titled "Gold Seekers: Kentuckians Journey to the 'Heaven of the West...'" written by Sheryl D. Reed, a Western Kentucky University student. Also, letter informing Reed that she had been awarded a scholarship for the summer of 1990.

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Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1449. Letter, 21 April 1970, of U.S. District Court Judge Mac Swinford, Lexington, Kentucky, to Crawford Crowe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, fulfilling a request for a copy of his book Kentucky Lawyer. He declines to vouch for the accuracy of the book's historical facts "other than as legend."

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Grinstead, James David, 1894-1976 (Sc 1371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Grinstead, James David, 1894-1976 (Sc 1371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1371. Letters written by James D. "Jim" Grinstead, Barren County, Kentucky, to his family following his induction into the armed forces. All letters were penned from U.S. military camps. Also family letters, 1920.

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Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1333. Paper written by WKU student Sheryl D. Reed about Mary Julia Neal, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Neal had a lifelong interest in the South Union Shaker Society located in Logan County, Kentucky. She was director of the Kentucky Library on the campus of Western Kentucky University for a number of years.

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Jeremiah Osborn (And Some Descendants) Of Hampshire County (West) Virginia, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jan 2001

Jeremiah Osborn (And Some Descendants) Of Hampshire County (West) Virginia, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

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Givan Family (Sc 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Givan Family (Sc 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1363. Hardin County, Kentucky teachers' certificates issued to Sanford Givan, 1877, and to Mrs. Pallie Givan, 188?

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections Dec 2000

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, 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.

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Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, 1840-1915 - Relating To (Sc 1390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2000

Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, 1840-1915 - Relating To (Sc 1390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1390. Paper compiled by Jack L. Ray, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about Benjamin Franklin Rogers, who was a Church of Christ minister, chiefly in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Save Our Old Neighborhood (Soon) (Mss 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2000

Save Our Old Neighborhood (Soon) (Mss 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Administrative papers of Save Our Old Neighborhood (SOON), an organization formed in the College Hill area of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to maintain the area's historic integrity.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections Sep 2000

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, 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.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jun 2000

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 2, 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.

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Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2000

Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 38. Correspondence, Civil War military and personal papers, business papers, land records, scrapbooks, account books, clippings, and genealogical records of the Lewis and Starling families of Logan and Christian counties in Kentucky, and associated families.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections Mar 2000

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 22, Number 1, 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.

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Warren County - New Deal Programs (Mss 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2000

Warren County - New Deal Programs (Mss 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 129. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence of the Warren County [Kentucky] Relief Committee, a local branch of the Federal Emergency Relief Agency (FERA), which approved families for assistance and referred them to various relief agencies.

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Gen. John M. M'Calla's Collection Of Lexington Funeral Invitations, James D. Birchfield Jan 2000

Gen. John M. M'Calla's Collection Of Lexington Funeral Invitations, James D. Birchfield

The Kentucky Review

No abstract provided.

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Confederate Soldiers With A Kentucky Connection On File With The Orphan Brigade Kinfolk, E. Porter Harned Jan 2000

Confederate Soldiers With A Kentucky Connection On File With The Orphan Brigade Kinfolk, E. Porter Harned

Research Collections

The "Orphan Brigade" was a nickname given to a group of military units recruited from Kentucky to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War. This finding aid was prepared by the Orphan Brigade Kinfolk and donated to the Kentucky Library along with military files, genealogical information, photographs, and biography on the original soldiers. Please email [email protected] for additional information.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections Dec 1999

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, 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.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections Sep 1999

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, 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.

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 2, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jun 1999

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 2, 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.

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New Deal Murals In Kentucky Post Offices., Eileen Toutant May 1999

New Deal Murals In Kentucky Post Offices., Eileen Toutant

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation takes a primarily art historical approach to the murals commissioned from 1934 to 1943 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. This study is confined to the post office murals created for the Commonwealth of Kentucky under the United states Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. Many of these paintings were lost or deliberately destroyed when the program was dismantled. Today most of the remaining murals are dirty and· faded and little noticed. Many of the artists have been forgotten. During the Depression years, however, these paintings contributed to local pride, optimism for the future, stronger patriotism, and a …

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Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections Mar 1999

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 21, Number 1, 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.

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1999 Ruby Yearbook, Jennifer Adams, Jen Alessandrini, Stacy Cagle, Ann Marie Flannery, Laura Hiergesell, Stephanie Puryear, Ursinus College Senior Class Jan 1999

1999 Ruby Yearbook, Jennifer Adams, Jen Alessandrini, Stacy Cagle, Ann Marie Flannery, Laura Hiergesell, Stephanie Puryear, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1999 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

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Burgess Moody Funeral Home Records (Mss 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Burgess Moody Funeral Home Records (Mss 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 139. Funeral records for individuals and financial records of the Burgess-Moody Funeral Home of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1930-1969.

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