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Neely, Edward (Lg 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 71. Original land grant, 25 March 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edward Neely, assignee of David Bonnett, assignee of William Morrow, 80 acres in Logan County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.

Hammet, Elijah (Lg 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 82. Original land grant, 17 August 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Elijah Hammet, assignee of Elijah M. Covington, assignee of John McNeal, assignee of Henry Gorin, who was assignee of Ezekiel Smith, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Stewart, William, 1772-1851 (Lg 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 95. Original land grant, 5 September 1821, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Stewart, assignee of W. Hardin, who was assignee of David Snodgrass 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky. Signed by John Adair.

Skinner, Alexander (Lg 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 83. Original land grant, 23 August 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Alexander Skinner, 1,200 acres in the Military Grant on Big Barren River.

Curd, Eliot (Lg 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 61. Original land grant, 8 July 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Eliot Curd, Richard Curd, and John Brent Curd, assignees of Meriman Curd, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Lain, Joseph (Lg 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 81. Original land grant, 10 July 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Joseph Lain, assignee of James W. Angel, who was assignee of Benjamin Litton, 50 acres in Green County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

American Memorials: Forging A National Identity A Study Of Selected Monuments In The U.S., Lindsay Larson, Dr. Susan Rugh

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Yale historian Robin Winks writes, “We all know history is, simultaneously, three things: what actually happened, what historians choose to record, and what the people—and people, some people, these people, those people—believe to be true about the past.”¹ The study of “what people believe to be true about the past” is an emerging concern in the field of history. Although many historians question the legitimacy of studying public memory, it has become increasingly popular because historians, sociologists, and psychologists alike recognize that it largely defines the identity of individuals. In one of the most influential works on public memory, …

The Price Of Polygamy: Economic Impact Of Federal Prosecution Upon Families Of Incarcerated Polygamists, Timothy Merrill, Dr. Brian Cannon

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In recent decades many scholars have put polygamy under the spyglass of inquiry—filling volumes with their findings—yet surprisingly little has been written on the Mormon Underground and the prison life of polygamists in the 1880s and 1890s. The extant literature devoted to this important era of Mormon history is piecemeal at best, focusing upon specific locations, particular time periods, or individual persons. In addition, the broader economic implications have not been addressed adequately. With nearly 1000 Mormon polygamists serving prison sentences, how were their families impacted financially?

Skaggs, Daniel (Lg 65), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 65. Original land grant, 23 June 1871, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Daniel Skaggs, assignee of John Williams, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Levaugh, Abraham (Lg 64), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 64. Original land grant, 13 March 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Abraham Levaugh, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Loving, John, 1770-1827 (Lg 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 70. Original land grant, 20 June 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Loving, assignee of Elijah M. Covington, who was assignee of John Goren (Gorin), 200 acres in Warren County Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.

Barclay, Samuel, 1773-1845 (Lg 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 68. Original land grant, 21 July 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Samuel Barclay, assignee of Elijah M. Covington, who was assignee of Chesley Kenney, 240 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.

Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1241. Information related to the death of Ohio County, Kentucky native Emery C. Cohron on 29 May 1918 at the Battle of Cantigny, France. Includes related World War I printed matter.

Hendrick, Byrd D. (Lg 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 74. Original land grant, 2 January 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Byrd D. Hendrick, assignee of John Foote, 300 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.

Lofftus, George (Lg 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 72. Original land grant, 28 December 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Lofftus and F.C. Sharp, assignees of Leonard Robertson, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Isaac Shelby.

Gage, Reuben (Lg 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 88. Original land grant, 5 July 1817, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Reuben Gage, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Parker, Thomas (Lg 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 86. Original land grant, 24 October 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas Parker, 100 acres in Barren County, Kentucky.

Lewis, William (Lg 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 96. Original land grant, 17 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Lewis, assignee of Archibald Martin, 250 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Oral Histories Of World War Ii Glider Pilots, Matthew Carter Bates, Dr. Frank W. Clawson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In an age of supersonic jets and satellite-guided bombs, it is hard to imagine that the United States would ever send American troops behind enemy lines in little more than a plywood box covered with canvas, but during World War II that is exactly what happened. In fact, a team of six to ten men assembled America’s first stealth fighter in about eight hours using only a kit of five oak crates and no power tools (Brennan 1991,16-17). It was called the WACO CG-4A, a glider aircraft that carried the heralded 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions into World War II’s …

B. H. Schettler: The Personification Of Mormon Sainthood And Bankrupt “Buccaneer”, Jacob Wayne Olmstead, Dr. Ignacio Garcia

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Bernhard Herman Schettler strolled down the dusty streets of Salt Lake City for the first time in the autumn of 1861, after making the three and a half month journey from New York City. Having made favorable impressions on George Q. Cannon, Orson Pratt, and others as a young stalwart leader among the German and Swiss members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, he was brimming with the possibilities of making a difference in Zion. Schettler was destined to make an impact; however, it was not the impact he had suspected in 1861.

Dodson, Elisha I. (Lg 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 67. Original land grant, 24 December 1812, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Elisha I. Dodson, assignee of David McWilliams, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Connie Cabrera, Csusb

South Colton Oral History Project Collection

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Dr. Tom Rivera interviews Connie Cabrera, a retired bilingual teacher in the Colton (California) School District. Connie shares much about her life coming from Jerome, Arizona, and about the years that her mom ran a small grocery store in South Colton. She explains that the store was a meeting place, especially for women of the neighborhood, and how it allowed them a safe space to talk over issues of the day. Connie recounts how she met her husband, Nacho Cabrera, and his journey to opening up his own barber shop. She also explains about …

Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1237. Letter written to Betty Jane Gorin, Campbellsville, Kentucky, by Stanley E. Collins, a former student. Gorin’s students wrote to Collins and his fellow soldiers, who were serving in Desert Storm. Collins is very descriptive in writing of his military activities.

Klein, Henry J., 1927-2011 (Mss 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 490. Two collections of folio sheets filled with mechanical drawings executed by Henry J. Klein for classroom projects at New Albany Junior High School (1942) and New Albany High School (1943-1946).

Matthews, Albert Millard, 1931-2017 (Sc 1272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1272. Post-1996 reminiscences of Albert M. Matthews about growing up in the Hays community of Warren County, Kentucky, in the 1930s and 1940s. He explains his lyrics and a poem written about this period in his life.

Turney, Michael (Lg 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 92. Copy of land grant, 3 February 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Michael Turney, 25 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Signed by Gabriel Slaughter.

Research Guide For The Country Of Portugal To Be Used At The Family History Library At Salt Lake City, Neil Hibbert, George Ryskamp

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Family History Library is the world’s largest repository for genealogical records. All year, visitors come from all over the world to access the microfilm the library possesses. I houses over 2 million rolls. For patrons researching in the U.S., England, and most European countries, there is help in many ways.

Temple, Benjamin (Lg 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 66. Original land grant, 31 March 1813, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Benjamin Temple, assignee of Edward Rumsey, who was assignee of William Matthews, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Owen, Colvin Jacob (Sc 1270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1270. Research project done by WKU student Colvin Owen, Lexington, Kentucky, relating to the restoration needs of a Bowling Green, Kentucky house at 6487 Louisville Road known as “Rose Villa.”

Áûòü: A Study Of Everyday Life On The Collective Farm After World War Ii, Christopher Farris Bush, Rodney Bohac

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Collective farms in the Soviet Union have always been enigmatic. Stalin’s initiative to collectivize the peasants in 1930 met with heavy opposition. With heavy-handed brutality, the government put down the rebellions and forced farmers to stay on the Kolkhoz to endure the 1932-1933 famine. While this famine reached holocaust-levels of casualties, the incident has gone relatively unnoticed. With the start of World War II conditions on the collective farm worsened due to redirected funds and lack of the male workers needed to perform the rigorous labor. Rumors of Western intervention to alleviate suffering, kept the hopes of the downtrodden peasants …