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Stephenson, Lisa Kay (Sc 861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Stephenson, Lisa Kay (Sc 861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 861. Paper titled “World War II: A Soldier’s Perspective,” and written by Lisa Kay Stephenson for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990. Based on an interview with Samuel L. Swann of Springfield, Tennessee, the paper describes Swann’s infantry experiences in England and Germany and his injuries.


Austin, Larry Wayne, B. 1971 (Sc 855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Austin, Larry Wayne, B. 1971 (Sc 855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 855. Narrative account written by Larry Wayne Austin for a Western Kentucky University United States history
class, November 1990, of interview with T.J. Sullivan describing his work as a pilot and lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps before and during the Air Force bombing of Tripoli, Libya, in 1986. The bombing was in retaliation for terrorists’’ actions approved by President Muammar Gaddafi.


Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 856. Paper discussing Charles Salyers’ 1970 military experiences in Vietnam and its aftermath, written by Chad W. Peck for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990.


Mcbrayer, Kent - Collector (Sc 873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Mcbrayer, Kent - Collector (Sc 873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 873. Letters, 1918, 1920, 1945 (4), written chiefly by or to Horn family members, Daviess County, Kentucky, collected by Kent McBrayer. All the letters are written by individuals serving in the armed services and relate some information about military life.


Boles, Monday, 1890-1986 (Sc 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Boles, Monday, 1890-1986 (Sc 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 845. Photocopy of paper entitled “The Adventures of Monday Boles,” written by Boles in 1976. Born in Cuba and given the name Joaquin Machado, Boles writes of his early years and of being adopted by a United States soldier during the Spanish-American War. Associated letter, 1981, and photo, 1980.


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 811. Civil War letter, 24 November 1861, to his sister Sallie from “Brother JSH,” while encamped near Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes his satisfaction with camp life and a sweetheart who is "for the south."


Jessee, William Mortikey, 1846-1931 (Sc 796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Jessee, William Mortikey, 1846-1931 (Sc 796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 796. Photocopy of Union Army discharge certificate issued to William Mortikey Jessee, 10 January 1865. Jessee was born in Adair County, Kentucky but reared in the Metcalfe County community of Red Lick.


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 573. Two Confederate Civil War letters. Original and typescript of 18 December 1861 letter from “Foster,” Bowling Green, describing army conditions and reports of military actions; copy of original5 August 1863 letter from Martin N. Rogers, Camp Morton, Indianapolis, to his brother R.M. Rogers, Canton, Trigg County, relating conditions at the camp where he is a prisoner of war.


Fulton, William Roy, 1895-1997 (Sc 2655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Fulton, William Roy, 1895-1997 (Sc 2655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2655. Letters of William R. Fulton, 18 August and 25 December 1942, to his nephew Donald Howard, Indianapolis, Indiana. Written from Fort Knox, Kentucky during Fulton’s service as a dentist in the Army, the letters describe his military training, dental practice, and Christmas activities.


Camp Gilmore, Kentucky (Sc 802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Camp Gilmore, Kentucky (Sc 802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 802. Letter written by "Tom," Camp Gilmore, Frankfort, Kentucky, to his sister Sue in New England, discussing military life, the use of horses, and public opinion of Union troops in Frankfort and of the Emancipation Proclamation.


Mcclernand, John Alexander, 1812-1900 (Sc 800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Mcclernand, John Alexander, 1812-1900 (Sc 800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 800. Combat report printed on a field press submitted to Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant by Brigadier General John A. McClernand, Camp Cairo, Illinois. McClernand gives a detailed account of military action at Columbus and Belmont, Kentucky, 7 November 1861.


Ray, Andrew W., 1830-1865 (Sc 799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Ray, Andrew W., 1830-1865 (Sc 799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 799. Letter, 19 May 1862, to his wife from Ray, a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Camp Morton, Indiana. He expresses concern that his children be properly educated and socialized if he does not return from the war.


Hay, Charles (Sc 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Hay, Charles (Sc 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 651. Compilation by Charles Hay of a chronology of events in the life of William Preston of Louisville, Kentucky, a congressman, minister to Spain, and brigadier general in the Confederate Army.


Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 566. Correspondence of Guy Cooper Shearer, lawyer and writer of Louisville, Kentucky, with the librarians of the Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to his publications. Also, handwritten manuscript and typescript of his essay “The Intranational War of the United States of America.”


Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 781. Photocopies of Revolutionary War pension claims, 1828-29 (2), of Robert Edward Craddock, Warren County, Kentucky. Also included are articles about the memorial stone erected for Craddock in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.


Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 782. Civil War discharge certificate, 18 January 1865, and pension papers, 1912-1924 (3), of Joseph Vineyard Thomas and his widow, Malinda, Warren County, Kentucky. Also letter, 10 January 1986, written by Ardell Corbitt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains genealogical information.


Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 770. World War I letters, 2 August 1918-9 June 1919 (31), written by Sergeant Charles Roy Martin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Fort Houston, Texas; Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and France, to his hometown friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cossey, Duenweg, Missouri. Also included are a photo of Martin in uniform and biographical data.


Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 824. Letter, 8 January 1865, from Jonathan Wood, Smithfield, Pennsylvania, to his son, Union soldier Pliny Wood. He writes with sympathy for the soldiers’ hardships, instructs him on saving postage, criticizes the privileges of congressmen, expresses contempt for the treason of Jefferson Davis and the Confederates, and remarks on the suffering of prisoners of war at Andersonville, Georgia; nevertheless, he hopes for reconciliation with ordinary Southerners after their defeat and repentance.


Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 (Sc 829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 829. Correspondence between Belmont Forsythe, University City, Missouri, and Harold Joseph Laski, London, England, July-August 1949, including comments on American entrance into World War II; letter from William Ebenstein, Princeton, New Jersey, to Forsythe, 12 September 1949, discussing Laski’s visit to the United States and relevant biographical entries, 1948.


Ua1b1/7 Wku Ceremonies, Dedications, Groundbreakings, Wku Archives Jan 2013

Ua1b1/7 Wku Ceremonies, Dedications, Groundbreakings, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding special ceremonies, dedications, groundbreakings not already housed in a particular office.


Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives Jan 2013

Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Special correspondence regarding Western Kentucky University. This series runs concurrently with the General Correspondence and there is no indication of what makes it special. Of special note is correspondence regarding the Student Army Training Corps, World War I veterans and construction of Cherry Hall. Incoming letters are mainly addressed to Henry Hardin Cherry. Responses are made by Cherry and occasionally by faculty and staff. The president's secretary Mattie McLean is the author of some of the letters signed by Cherry.


Ua37/30/1 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone Jan 2013

Ua37/30/1 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence and subject files created by Lowell Harrison.


Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2651. Diary kept by Brigadier General Victor H. Strahm while serving with the Ninth Air Force during World War II. Brief daily entries for 1944 cover his work and the progress of the war, particularly the air war against the Germans. Includes loose items from diary and four photos of Strahm.


Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 63. Union Army discharge issued to John Thomas Clark of Logan County, Kentucky. Issued on 7 May 1865 in New Albany, Indiana.


Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 798. Letters, 18 and 24 May 1863, of George Henry Weeks, a Union soldier from the 103rd Ohio Regiment, to his mother and sisters while camped near Somerset, Kentucky and the Cumberland River. Weeks includes details on duty, guerrilla activities, a slave’s plight, and his chaplain.


Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.


Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2644. Photocopy of a mimeographed letter written by General Harris M. Malasky to the officers and men of the 86th Infantry Division for their bravery during the “Battle of the Rose Pocket” in World War II.


Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 62. Union Army discharge, 1865, and 1884 certificate for restoration and increase in pension issued to Miles A. Taylor, Caneyville, Kentucky.


Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 60. Union Army discharge, 1865, and pension certificate of Josiah S. Hendricks, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1899-1930. Also biographical notes as related by his daughter, Miss Alma Hendricks, 1959.


Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2012

Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 59. Letter, 22 December 1864, written by Joseph Fuquay, Madisonville, Kentucky, to "Delia" (possibly his niece Delia Ruby), commenting on General H.B. Lyon’s raid of Madisonville, 1864, and letter, 9 February 1865, written by S.T. Morrow, Hopkins County, Kentucky, to Brother Bushard Winstead and others regarding religion.