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Full-Text Articles in Military History
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murphy, William Burl, 1912-1984 (Mss 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 424. Five World War II diaries written by William Burl Murphy of Monroe County, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. The diaries contain details of military life surrounding the war in Europe, particularly Italy.
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Elizabeth Charlotte (Mss 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 403. Letters written by various male friends, many in military service during World War II, to Elizabeth Charlotte Cook while she was in school at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky and Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some of the letters are of a courtship nature.
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orr, Jennie Miller (Sc 2624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2624. Paper by Jennie Miller Orr titled "Captain Ed Porter Thompson." Also include a 1987 letter from Frances J. Fletcher, Orr's niece, explaining the paper.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Mss 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 423. Family letters, notes and typescripted scrapbook items (primarily contemporary newspaper articles) relating to the family and career of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, Philip, 1925-1944 (Sc 2614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2614. Two letters from Philip Owens, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, to his sisters, written during Owens’ Army service in World War II. He comments on a rigorous march, warns about mail censorship, and asks them to keep his mother from worrying. Includes typescripts of the letters and of local newspaper articles published after Owens was killed in action in Germany.
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wade, Frances Ann, 1927-2008 (Sc 2599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2599. World War II letters to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, teenager Frances Ann Wade from James T. Smith and David W. Kerr. Smith, a Kentuckian serving in the Navy, writes about his training in Vermont and his service in the Pacific. Kerr, a soldier from Ohio, writes from nearby Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and from France after his deployment. The letters describe their daily activities and reveal their plans for the future.
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lawson, H. M. (Sc 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 728. Medical report written by H. M. Lawson, surgeon, on the back pages of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Confederate States Army (Richmond, 1861). He describes the camp conditions and health problems of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Volunteers at Pocotaligo, South Carolina.
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sanders, Lorenzo Jackson, 1838-1925 (Sc 2621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2621. Civil War diary kept by L. J. Sanders of the 30th Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States of America. Diary includes details about the war, casualties, and the weather. Of particular interest are comments about the Battle of Vicksburg.
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan of 19th Century materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 715. Copies of letters written by John and Jane Atkinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends and relatives in England, 1866-1879 (4 items), which contain family news, information about Bowling Green during the Civil War, description of their return trip from England, 1873, correspondence concerning these letters, 1960-1961 (12), and a photograph.
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moss, Joe David 1895-1973 (Mss 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 422. Correspondence of Colonel Joe David Moss of Warren County, Kentucky, written mostly during his World War II military service in Europe. Includes material related to Moss’s career as a U.S. Army officer.
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dewitt, Marcus Bearden, 1835-1901 (Sc 2589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2589. Typescript copy (prepared in 1911) of Marcus Bearden DeWitt’s pocket memorandum book from March-June 1863 and May 1865. A chaplain with the 8th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A), DeWitt chronicles conditions during the Civil War, including camp life, travel, family visits, and religion. Also includes “A Sketch of My Life," a short autobiography written by DeWitt, and a memorial written by one of his children.
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Ed Porter, 1834-1903 (Sc 2581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2581. Original typescript of a biographical sketch of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Hart County, Kentucky, by Ed Porter Thompson. The paper details Buckner's early life and military career.
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bates, John (Sc 2576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2576. Civil War correspondence between Dr. John Bates, Confederate Army doctor, and his wife, Lizzie Dominique Bates. The letters chiefly include news from home, stories from the regiment, and the behavior of their children.
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2597. Bound typescript diary of Captain Samuel K. Cox, Confederate Army, 17th Kentucky Infantry. The diary includes details about travel, camp life, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamby, Golden H., 1842-1922 (Sc 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 711. Photocopies of Union Army discharge, 1865, and Civil War disability pension claim, 1891, of Golden H. Hamby, Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trago, Vincent T., 1838-1880 (Sc 2500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2500. Letter, 26 February [1862], from Vincent T. Trago, a Union soldier serving with an Ohio regiment, to Milton W. Griffith. Camped on the Barren River outside Bowling Green, Kentucky following its evacuation by the Confederates, Trago describes marching toward the town, being greeted by local women, Confederate positions in the region, and disciplinary action against the troops for misconduct.
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 412. Criminal and Equity Court, and Circuit Court records of Warren County, Kentucky relating to the prosecution of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers for conspiracy, treason, theft and property destruction in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War.
Payne, William R., 1781-1847 (Sc 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, William R., 1781-1847 (Sc 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 486. Notes pertaining to Revolutionary War service of various members of the Payne family and settlements made by the government for their service.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 415. This collection includes eight interviews with various people around the world that were associated with the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) during World War II. Interviews were conducted by Nancy Disher Baird.
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, James Patton, 1822-1872 (Sc 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 452. Order given by General James Patton Anderson of the Army of Tennessee for the reassignment of four dismounted cavalrymen to Water’s Battery. Two of the men were from the Confederate 9th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. It is noted that after the order was made out, all four men deserted.
Wininger, Charles Richard, 1912-2000 (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wininger, Charles Richard, 1912-2000 (Mss 421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 421. This collection contains War of 1812 correspondence between James A. Hall and his wife Prudence (Stockton) Hall (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans), as well as World War II correspondence between Charles and Novella (Tillery) Wininger, all of Barren County, Kentucky. Some letters with other correspondents, as well as family photos and genealogical information about the Hall, Stockton, and Wininger families is included.
Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weber, William (Sc 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 439. Letter written by Civil War soldier, William Weber, Bardstown, Kentucky, to his brother, Martin Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. Weber describes time spent in Louisville and their march to Bardstown. Also envelope with Civil War imprint.
Harris, M. A. (Sc 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harris, M. A. (Sc 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 623. Letter, 2 January 1973, to Mr. Riley Handy, librarian, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from M. A. Harris, President of Negro History Association, New York City, relative to James Stone, a mulatto who escaped from Kentucky to Ohio and passed as a white man and later lost his life as a soldier in the Civil War. Also, photocopies of pension claim, 1863, and a letter, 1972.
Davis, Samuel Thomas, 1838-1908 (Sc 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Samuel Thomas, 1838-1908 (Sc 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 626. Photocopy of Civil War journal of Samuel Thomas Davis of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who was in the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The journal relates his experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama with the dates of his stay in Kentucky being 21 October 1861-28 February 1862 and 13 September 1862-23 October 1862 and described on pages 1-5 and 16-21.
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 624. Photocopy of letter written by Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her great-niece, Ellen Hartnett of St. Paul, Minnesota, in which she answers an inquiry about the Civil War and its relationship to the Helm and Blakey families who resided in Kentucky, and an explanatory note about the letter, 1973.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., 1886-1945 (Sc 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 628. Correspondence of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., of Munfordville, Kentucky, with Mary Leiper Moore, librarian of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, while he was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II in Alaska and Okinawa.