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Articles 511 - 540 of 1423
Full-Text Articles in Military History
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Angel, E. M. (Sc 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 420. Notice, Greensburg, Kentucky, to the African-American men of the 4th Congressional District, asking for recruits with bounties being offered, and stating that if they do not volunteer, they will be drafted. Signed by E.M. Angel, Deputy Provost Marshal, 4th Congressional District.
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909 (Sc 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909 (Sc 417), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 417. Papers relating to Henry Clark Corbin's commission as a captain in the U.S. Army.
Kavanaugh, Benjamin T., 1805-1888 (Sc 2542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kavanaugh, Benjamin T., 1805-1888 (Sc 2542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2542. Loyalty oaths of Benjamin T. Kavanaugh, taken before the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri (1865) and the Register of Harris County, Texas (1868).
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 381. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Charles, 1739-1813 (Sc 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small collection 385. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seay, Samuel (Sc 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 393. Manuscript excerpts from diary which was used as proof of marriage by Polly Grundy Seay in her application for a pension. Samuel Seay was a Revolutionary soldier who immigrated to Kentucky in 1793 and lived in the counties of Washington and Graves. Evidently, he later lived in Amelia County, Virginia.
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazer Family Legal Papers (Sc 397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 397. Affidavit, 1815, Warren County, Kentucky, stating that George Frazer has three horses in his possession that are not his; Frazer’s will, 1828; Warren County deeds, 1819, 1841 (2); and Warren County survey, 1846. Also, letter relating to a disallowed Civil War claim of Thomas A. Frazer, 1894.
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 (Sc 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 (Sc 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 404. Two letters of Jesup, Washington City, to J.C. Spencer and William Wilkins, Secretaries of War, with his opinion of Rouses’ Point, New York, as a military post, and his defense of the Seminole Indians’ claims and his concern for their ill treatment by the U.S. government. Also, an article entitled “Notice of the late Major General Brown, by Major General Jesup, 1828(?).
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 402. Will, 1798; slavery bill of sale, 1810; militia commission, 1820; letters concerning Slaughter estate settlement, 1835-1843 (9); Mexican War claim, 1849; letters of recommendations for judicial appointments, 1853-1879 (7); Civil War notes and letters, 1861-1864 (4); and miscellaneous items. Selected items have been typescripted.
Selby, Cornelia Frances, 1916-2005 (Sc 2530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Selby, Cornelia Frances, 1916-2005 (Sc 2530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2530. Letters from Cornelia Frances “Fran” Selby to her sister, Mary Agnes Selby in Utica, Ohio, written during Cornelia’s service in the Women’s Army Corps at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. She writes of her activities, her anticipated furlough and their male acquaintances.
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 405. Journal of Nancy Elam Moore, an eldress of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, describing life in the colony during the Civil War, 1861-1863, especially visitation and exploitation by both Union and Confederate forces. Includes a diary of unknown authorship recording daily life at the colony in 1866. The original diary is owned by the Dayton [Ohio] Public Library.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, John R., 1893-1974 & Andrew Wilson Johnson, B. 1896 (Mss 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 392. Letters written by John R. Johnson and Andrew Wilson Johnson to their parents in Wooster, Ohio, during the brothers’ military service in World War I and Andrew’s attendance at Ohio State University.
Yeager, Lyn Allison (Antrobus), 1915-2012 (Sc 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Yeager, Lyn Allison (Antrobus), 1915-2012 (Sc 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 324. Research materials and notes of Lynn A. Yeager, Bowling Green, Kentucky, including biographical data and photocopies of photos pertaining to Richmond Pearson Hobson and John D. Miley.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (April 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Godby, Coye Perkins, 1918-2004 (Mss 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Godby, Coye Perkins, 1918-2004 (Mss 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 453. Chiefly World War II correspondence between Coye Perkins Godby, Elihu, Pulaski County, Kentucky, and his mother, Pearl Godby. Also, letters that his mother wrote to him. Godby was stationed in Orlando, Florida before being sent to England, France, the Rhineland, etc. in 1944. Topics include family news, relationships, and military life.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table (Bylaws Revised), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table (Bylaws Revised), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (March 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, 1922-2015 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fulkerson, Edwin Pierce, 1922-2015 (Sc 2509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2509. Letters from Edwin Pierce Fulkerson, Germany, to his parents, Elmer M. and Nora Fulkerson, and uncle, Jesse Fulkerson, Sonora, Kentucky, in which he details his life in the military during World War II. Includes wartime log and other memorabilia documenting Fulkerson’s imprisonment in a German stalag during World War II, as well as Ben H. Phelper’s published and illustrated reminiscences from the same prison.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 371. Correspondence, 1862-1863 (8), and pardon, 1864, of Union soldiers from the Kentucky counties of Hopkins and McLean; official program for Soldiers’ Reunion in Evansville, Indiana, 1887; and words of a Union song.
Kelly, Walter Mynatt, 1931-1994 (Sc 2506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Walter Mynatt, 1931-1994 (Sc 2506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2506. Letters from Walter M. Kelly, serving in the Korean War, to his girlfriend Lois Bushman, Fort Worth, Texas, in which he talks about his family and interactions on the military base in Korea.
Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2504. Letter, 10 February 1919, from Archie L. Brown, serving in France during World War I, to his father J. L. Brown, Rockport, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home.
Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2507. World War II service records for Willard Shelby Parnell, Perry County, Tennessee, and Jean Walker Sr., Wayne County, Tennessee. Includes discharge papers for both and several flight records for Walker.
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2508. Letters from Bowman Davenport, Jr., while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to his mother Margaret L. Davenport , Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home and mentions his interactions on the military base.
York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2505. Letter from John T. York, serving in the Korean War, to his sister Virginia York, Murl, Kentucky, in which he inquires about his family and briefly mentions a shelling at his camp.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 364. Photocopies of Civil War letters (3), 1862, 1864, n.d. The letters were written from camps in Tennessee and Georgia by soldiers from Illinois. Includes letter relative to above letters, 1971.
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boutcher, Robert M., 1912-1975 (Sc 250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 250. V-mail letter to Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly, Maceo, Kentucky, from Robert Boutcher, written during his military service in Italy. Boutcher thanks them for a Christmas gift and comments briefly on his unit’s aerial combat activities.
Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 70. “History of ROTC.” Collection contains interviews, field notes indexes and cassettes of project completed with Frank Allen Minner by Eleonore Beck Mitchell. Collection was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interview covers topics such as the history of ROTC, the ROTC program at Western Kentucky University, recruitment, and differences in training between ROTC and military academies.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Hay, Vincent Smiley, 1808-1863 (Sc 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hay, Vincent Smiley, 1808-1863 (Sc 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 352. Agreement to teach school, 1829; Civil War letter written from camp near Corinth, Mississippi, 1862; manuscript book which contains record of John F. Hines’ estate of which Hay was administrator, 1859 – noted is commissioner’s fee for selling slave, 1861, and writings of Rebecca Hay Gray on various subjects—spiritualism, religion, friendship, etc., and recipes, 1876-1881.