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Kelly, Arthur Lancaster, B. 1925 (Sc 2863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Kelly, Arthur Lancaster, B. 1925 (Sc 2863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2863. Collected materials relating to Washington County, Kentucky native Colonel Arthur L. Kelly and his book Battlefire! Combat Stories fromWorld War II (University Press of Kentucky, 1997). Includes copy of book jacket, correspondence, reviews, notices and information on Colonel Kelly and his military career and honors.


Perguson, Dee Carl, 1921-2010 (Sc 2861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Perguson, Dee Carl, 1921-2010 (Sc 2861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2861. Letters of Ohio County, Kentucky native Dee Carl Perguson, written to Marjorie Clagett, his French teacher at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, during his World War II military service and afterward. He writes observantly of military life while training in Ohio, Georgia and Pennsylvania, of his experiences while serving in North Africa and Italy, and of his reassignment to Florida after suffering an arm wound. He also describes local plant life to Clagett, an accomplished amateur botanist. After the war, he writes from England during his postgraduate study. Settled in Seattle, Washington, …


Claggett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 - Letters To (Sc 2862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Claggett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 - Letters To (Sc 2862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2862. Letters to WKU French teacher Marjorie Clagett from students serving with U.S. armed forces during World War II describing their experiences in North Africa, France, England and the Philippines. Future Army historian Jean E. Keith writes descriptively of an Equator-crossing ritual, of the Philippines after the Japanese occupation, and of China at the close of the war.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Oct. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Sept. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Aug. 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Battey Family Letters (Sc 2840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Battey Family Letters (Sc 2840), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2840. Letters of brothers Peter, Alfred and George Battey to a sister and a brother James, written during their Civil War service in the Union Army. From the “Colo Barracks” in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Peter describes his duties as a teamster, criticizes the length of the war, and relays news of the killing of John Hunt Morgan by one “Gillman” and the capture of his men. Alfred writes from a hospital in New Orleans, and George writes from Bowling Green, where he and Peter continue on …


Wray, David M., 1840-1909 (Sc 2841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Wray, David M., 1840-1909 (Sc 2841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, typescript and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2841. Letters (3) of David M. Wray to his sister and father, 1862-1869; documents relating to Wray’s Civil War pension and its transfer to his widow; and receipt for care of Wray’s grave in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Wray’s 1862 letter from Claiborne County, Tennessee to his sister describes his pay and expenses, and the collection of money for a comrade whose arms were shot off by cannon fire; another letter discusses his plans to return home after being mustered out of service in Louisville, Kentucky.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Forsythe, Belmont, 1920-2005 (Mss 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Forsythe, Belmont, 1920-2005 (Mss 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 486. Biographical data, military, health and travel records, photographs and papers relating to the life, military service and hobbies of Belmont Forsythe, a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Military material documents his service in the U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Army Signal Corps from 1941-1966. Includes audio recordings by Forsythe recounting his life and career.


Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Allison, James Nicholls, 1848-1918 (Sc 2822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Allison, James Nicholls, 1848-1918 (Sc 2822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2822. Letter of Brigadier General James N. Allison, Military Service Institution of the United States, Governors Island, New York, to Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard University. He offers examples from his own career and those of others to dispute the contention in Hart’s book, The War in Europe, that barracks life is a threat to soldiers’ morality. Includes data on Allison and the Kentucky infantry regiment in which he served during the Civil War.


Vanbuskirk, Michael Henry, 1840-1905 (Sc 1383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Vanbuskirk, Michael Henry, 1840-1905 (Sc 1383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1383. Diary, 1862-1864, kept by Michael H. VanBuskirk, while serving with Co. F, 27th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers. He was taken prisoner in Virginia on 25 May 1862, and released on 13 September 1862. He gives a good description of military life. Also includes an 1862 letter written in rhyme to his parents (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Kirby, Isaac Minor, 1835-1917 (Sc 2815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Kirby, Isaac Minor, 1835-1917 (Sc 2815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2815. Letter of Isaac M. Kirby, a captain in the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, written on 10 March [1862] to his aunt from Camp Andy Johnson near Nashville, Tennessee. He reports on his activities over the past month, including a march north toward Fort Donelson, a mock skirmish with some local bird life, a march to Bowling Green, Kentucky and two-day encampment there, and current conditions at Camp Andy Johnson. He also comments on the greater number of Union sympathizers in Kentucky than Tennessee, and on attacks …


Kentuckiana Camp And Hospital Council (Sc 2812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Kentuckiana Camp And Hospital Council (Sc 2812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2812. Minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Kentuckiana Camp and Hospital Council, held In Louisville, Kentucky on 22 October 1945. Includes a list of gifts from various Council chapters and a discussion about the continuing need for postwar assistance to hospitalized soldiers.


Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2813. Meeting minutes of Bundles for America, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 24 January to 14 March 1945. Includes a draft thank-you letter to a sponsor summarizing the organization’s accomplishments since 1941; also includes a 1943 clipping outlining the history and work of the organization in knitting garments, salvaging metal and clothing, and making up toiletry kits for British and American soldiers and their families.


Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Ewing, Todd (Sc 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1293. Letters written by Todd Ewing to his parents, Bill and Geraldine Ewing, Greenville, Kentucky, describing his daily activities while in military service during the Persian Gulf War.


Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Alley, Jessie Hazel, 1920-2020 (Sc 1369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1369. Letters, 1944, written to Hazel Alley, Smithland, Kentucky, by Marine Pfc. Louis E. Loper, describing a Solomon Islands battle with the Japanese in which her friend “Pete” was killed. Includes her submission of the letters (under the name Hazel Robertson) to Kentucky Explorer magazine, January 2003. Also includes two 1953 telegrams, a letter and clippings from the (Marion, Ky.) Crittenden Press relating to another friend who was killed in the Korean War.


Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Hughes, Berta (Brinton), 1868-1947 - Letter To (Sc 2810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2810. Letter, 30 November 1918, to Berta B. Hughes (Mrs. Charles Z.), Toledo, Ohio, from “Elliot,” a soldier stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. He expresses condolences on the death of her son Lee, refers to the death of another son, Tom, and praises her and both sons, who he describes as close friends.


Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Hunter, Hugh B., 1922-2000 (Sc 1281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1281. Diary kept by Hugh B. Hunter, a native of Jefferson County, Kentucky, during his service as a B-17 bomber pilot, 8th Air Force, during World War II. Stationed in Great Britain, the 8th Air Force conducted air raids into Germany and humanitarian missions into the Netherlands.


Civil War, 1861-1865 (Sc 2805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Civil War, 1861-1865 (Sc 2805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2805. Materials relating mainly to Civil War pension claims in Allen County, Kentucky. Includes blank application forms, notifications, correspondence, affidavits, and particularly information on the widow’s claim of Mary F. Patton and the invalid’s claim of James C. Wolf. Also includes two Allen Circuit Court summons, 1854, and a Bowling Green-Warren County Civil War Centennial program, 1962.


House, John Moore, 1844-1865 (Sc 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

House, John Moore, 1844-1865 (Sc 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1280. Letter to John House from his father, S.C. House, Knoxville, Tennessee, and letter of John House to his aunt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letters concern family news and House’s needs as a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson’s Island, Ohio.


Stephens, Richard Barber, Jr., B. 1956 (Sc 1247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Stephens, Richard Barber, Jr., B. 1956 (Sc 1247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1247. Desert Storm letter written by Richard Barber Stephens to Ruth Marie Jerd, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stephens mentions that he and fellow soldiers have been the target of missile attacks which were successfully intercepted.


Faine, John (Sc 1279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Faine, John (Sc 1279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1279. Letter written by John Faine to his father John B. Faine, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during his service in Operation Desert Storm. He discusses his military duties, his correspondence, and his marriage and children.


Cohron, Emery Claude, 1894-1918 (Sc 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

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.


Collins, Stanley E. (Sc 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

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.


Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1220. Civil War letters written to his future wife Sarah Catherine Prose by George Henry Hughes, while he was serving with an Ohio infantry regiment. He describes military life and battles, particularly in Tennessee and Alabama.


Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2801. Letter of Marjorie L. Jackson, serving with the Women’s Army Corps at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, to her fiance Henry J. Heusinkveld, serving on the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa. She comments on the world political situation, hopes for Japan’s surrender, and expresses her love for him. She also encloses an article about Louisiana marshlands located near her home.


Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Gilligan, John William, 1909-1982 (Sc 1256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1256. Military papers, service record, and letter of John Gilligan, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He joined the Army National Guard in 1939; entered the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1941, serving until 1946; and then served again in the National Guard until 1952.


Major General Lew Wallace At Shiloh, Lucas R. Somers Jan 2014

Major General Lew Wallace At Shiloh, Lucas R. Somers

The Student Researcher: A Phi Alpha Theta Publication

No abstract provided.