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Mccluskey, Terry Cleon, 1920-2002 (Sc 925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccluskey, Terry Cleon, 1920-2002 (Sc 925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 925. A 1942 note written by Marine Terry Cleon McCluskey to his mother, Mrs. James McCluskey, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Japanese claimed that all Marines had been killed in Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. To counteract this Japanese propaganda, a U.S. officer had the men write their families putting that location on the top of the page. Also, 1993 explanatory comments related to the note. Includes copies of newspaper clippings related to McCluskey’s war service in the Pacific.
Hagerman Family Papers (Sc 2693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hagerman Family Papers (Sc 2693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2693. Enlistment papers signed by Lee Hagerman and Perry Hagerman at Bowling Green, Kentucky on 19 June 1864 for three years’ service in the United States Colored Volunteers. The papers were prepared by Captain A. G. Hobson and furnished to Mrs. Ruth Hagerman as owner of the services of the recruits.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Williams, Drura Mack, 1891-1954 (Sc 923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Drura Mack, 1891-1954 (Sc 923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 923. Typescript of 1943 letter written by Drura M. Williams while serving with the Army in Italy to Dr. and Mrs. Finis London, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. He is complimentary of the Women’s Army Corps and discusses the time he spent in North Africa. Also, newspaper clipping related to the letter. The original letter may be found in MSS 330, Box 1, Folder 5.
Matthews, James (Sc 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Matthews, James (Sc 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 957. Letter to James O. Fahling, Sr., Mundelein, Illinois, from James Matthews who is serving in Vietnam. He describes a successful skirmish that his group of eight fought against a Viet Cong column of thirty.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 956. Letters, 1861-1864 (3), written by three soldiers from Indiana. Two are stationed in Virginia and describe recent battles and camp life. The letter writer from 1864 speculates that the war is almost over and describes Raleigh, North Carolina, and military affairs there.
Spainhoward, William C., B. 1948 (Sc 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spainhoward, William C., B. 1948 (Sc 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 960. Letter, 6 June 1970, of William C. Spainhoward, Henderson County, Kentucky, from Vietnam to his mother, detailing the treatment given to Vietnamese children during the Vietnamese Conflict; and notes on his interview by Barbara Smith, 1995, and Vietnam photos. Also notes on Smith’s 1995 interview with James T. Smith, Warren County, Kentucky, about his service in Europe during World War II, etc.
King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 (Mss 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 (Mss 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 110. Correspondence, 1994-1997 (31); lists of Confederate soldiers in Bowling Green, Kentucky; and research materials, 1861-1997 (46); used by King in writing his book Confederate Dead at Bowling Green, Kentucky and Vicinity, 1997.
Schenck, William T. Y., 1844-1904 (Sc 2690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schenck, William T. Y., 1844-1904 (Sc 2690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of letter (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2690. Letter, 22 March 1866, to a newspaper editor from Captain William Schenck, encamped near Bowling Green, Kentucky with the 119th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry. He denies the editor’s claim that an outbreak of smallpox in the town was attributable to “careless Negro soldiers” and describes the measures taken to control the disease among his troops.
Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 968. Partial letter, 1862, written by Abyram P. Staats, a private in the 74th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, while stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He recounts how he shot his thumb off and the miseries of camp life. Discharge certificate, 1863, and photo included.
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2684. Letters of Thomas H. Wells, 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, to his sister Eliza J. Wells in Mogadore, Ohio. He writes from Camp Wickliffe in Larue County, Kentucky, of changes in military structure, of the local landscape, and of being hospitalized with the mumps. He also writes from Louisville, Kentucky, of his clerical work at headquarters, his patriotism, and the possibility of a military draft in Ohio.
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bledsoe, Henry Peyton, 1841-1907 (Sc 918), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 918. Photocopies of the Civil War enlistment, promotion, and discharge papers of Henry Peyton Bledsoe, Logan County, Kentucky. He was a member of Company E, 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
Giesy, Henry Hensel, 1836-1864 (Sc 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giesy, Henry Hensel, 1836-1864 (Sc 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 975. Civil War letters, 1862-1863 (3), written by Henry H. Giesy of Company F, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, discussing military actions, especially battles at Shiloh, Tennessee and in the Vicksburg, Mississippi area, during the Civil War. Giesy was a brigadier general for the Union. Includes related research data.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 971. Photocopies of letters (2), written to Milwaukee, Wisconsin residents, chiefly concerning naval life in South America, 1944, and including comments about bombing devastation and V-E Day celebrations in Europe.
Bruce, Horatio Washington, 1830-1903 (Sc 2685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bruce, Horatio Washington, 1830-1903 (Sc 2685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2685. Handbill of H. W. Bruce announcing his candidacy to represent the 7th Congressional District of Kentucky in the Congress of the Confederate States, and outlining his objectives if elected. Includes an endorsement from the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier, 2 January 1862.
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morphew, Marvin Ellis, 1924-2000 (Sc 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 977. Telegrams, 1945 (5), discharge papers, 1945-1948 (3), broadside, newspaper clipping. and photographs (2), pertaining to Muhlenberg County native Marvin Ellis Morphew’s World War II service, especially as a German prisoner of war.
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Herbert, William H., B. 1831? (Sc 2681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2681. Charges and specifications preferred under a general court martial of William H. Herbert, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, for acts of disrespect to an officer, disobedience of orders, and mutiny committed at Fort College Hill near Bowling Green, Kentucky on 10 November 1863.
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 978. Paper written by Francis Vincent Gardler for a Western Kentucky University history class based on an interview with Lowell Hayes Harrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The paper focuses on Harrison’s World War II experiences.
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Cooper Ray, 1887-1951 (Sc 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 983. Letter written from France by Cooper Ray Smith to his sister Mackie Bennett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing his trip to France, the end of World War I, and inquiring about events in Bowling Green.
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Runner, William Taylor, 1890-1969 (Sc 989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 989. Certificate, 1 December 1915, investing William Taylor Runner with authority as a 2nd Lieutenant, Co. A, 3rd Infantry, Kentucky National Guard, effective 23 February 1914. Signed by Governor James B. McCreary.
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863 (Sc 693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863 (Sc 693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 693. Letter of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 17 August 1861, from First Brigade headquarters near Manassas, Virginia to Governor John Letcher of Virginia. Clarifying a recommendation of promotion he had desired for Major William Baylor, Jackson denies an intention to have Baylor replace the current incumbent in his old regiment as colonel.
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 997. Letter, 11 May 1919, written by William Swan Van Meter, Hardin County, Kentucky, to his mother while stationed in Germany serving with the American Expeditionary Forces. He notes General John J. Pershing’s request that every soldier write his mother that day (Mother’s Day), and describes military life as a soldier awaiting his next orders. Includes a photocopy of a photograph of Van Meter in uniform.
Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford, 1818-1871 (Sc 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford, 1818-1871 (Sc 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 681. Letter, 1 January 1864, of Union Army General Jeremiah Tilford Boyle, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, to Captain Alexander C. Semple, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding changes of command in the state.
Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (Sc 2679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (Sc 2679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2679. Military orders, reports and correspondence of or to Colonel Benjamin Covington Grider, commander of the Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The reports and Grider’s letter to his father detail action during the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Includes a memorial tribute to Grider’s son, Judge Loving Grider, with some family information.
Patterson, Frank Young, 1895-1969 (Sc 901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Patterson, Frank Young, 1895-1969 (Sc 901), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 901. World War I discharge certificate of Frank Young Patterson of Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky.
Cox, Robert Mickle, 1831-1917 (Sc 903), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Robert Mickle, 1831-1917 (Sc 903), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 903. A journal compiled by Robert M. Cox listing Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky Confederate veterans and those who are deceased; items of the Bowling Green United Confederate Veterans, 1915, 1923; and newspaper clipping of Cox’s obituary.
Lawson, Marjorie C. (Barker), 1905-1991 (Sc 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, Marjorie C. (Barker), 1905-1991 (Sc 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 673. Letter of Mrs. Marjorie (Barker) Lawson, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to Julia Neal, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning her grandfather, John W. Barker, and a photostat of his account of his Civil War service in the Confederate Army.
Hines, Warner Underwood, 1896-1949 (Sc 2680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Warner Underwood, 1896-1949 (Sc 2680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2680. Certificate of appointment as Ensign in the U.S. Navy, issued to Warner Underwood Hines, 6 June 1919.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 913), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 913. Three May 1994 letters, written by D-Day invasion veterans from Warren County, Kentucky in response to a request from the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Daily News for first-hand accounts of the operation. Also, photocopy of the newspaper article based on these accounts, published 5 June 1994.