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Full-Text Articles in Military History
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ritter, Adam (Sc 1999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1999. Chiefly e-mail messages from Warren County native Adam Ritter to his parents while stationed in Iraq with an infantry brigade. He describes numerous military actions in which he participated, his impressions of the Iraqi people, and the devastation caused on his base by a suicide bomber.
Jones, Rebecca (Sc 2201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Rebecca (Sc 2201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2201. Photographs relating to Jones's service in the Iraq War.
Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tate, William "Buster" (Sc 2000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2000. E-mail correspondence of Tate while serving with the Coalition Provisional Authority during the Iraq War. Tate emphasizes military life, particularly recreational activities, his interaction with Iraqis, his work with creating economic opportunities for Iraqis after the war, and Iraqi culture and conditions during the war.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2184. Materials relating to a National Public Radio interview of Patricia A. Hodges, conducted on 31 May 2004. Hodges speaks to host Neal Conan about efforts by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes Hodges’ notes, quotations from some letters and e-mails received to date, and a transcript and audio CD of the interview.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes press releases, e-mails, notes, and newspaper articles.
Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Sean Ray (Sc 1996), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1996. E-mail correspondence from Sean Ray Taylor, written while serving in Iraq War. He writes of military life and the weather. Includes two photos of Taylor standing with a convoy and in front of Saddam Hussein's palace.
Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, Randy, B. 1977 (Sc 2002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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E-mail letter sent to a school from Randy Boyd, written while serving with the Army National Guard during the Iraq War. he describes his duties, the danger posed by the enemy, and his favorable impression of Iraqi civilians.
Unger, Steven P. (Sc 2001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Unger, Steven P. (Sc 2001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2001. E-mail, dated 30 May 2004, from Unger, a chaplain serving in Iraq during the Iraq War, to “Dear Friends.” His chief topics include press coverage of the investigation related to human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison and a patriotic comment about Memorial Day.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2003. A collection of items, chiefly e-mails and letters, sent from participants in the Iraq War to family and friends in the United States. The items are arranged alphabetically by the sender.
Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kristen, Kevin (Sc 1994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1994. E-mails from Kevin Kristen, a U.S. Army soldier serving in Iraq and Kuwait during the Iraq War, to Tim Asher of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He discusses flying missions to protect convoys, Kentuckians in the war, press coverage of the war, and military life.
Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Humble Family (Sc 1993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1993. E-mail correspondence between Brian and Jason Humble, serving in the Iraq War, and their father. Brian writes introspectively of military life and his work training medical personnel, and describes a port of call in Bahrain; Jason writes of his responsibility for men under his command. Includes cruise book of Fleet Hospital 15 detailing its 1991 tour during the Persian Gulf War, and copy of a potato chip bag with "Arabic labeling.
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wagoner, Lloyd Henry, 1891-1967 (Sc 2191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2191. Letter, 14 May 1918 from Lloyd H. Wagoner, Walbridge, Ohio, to his parents, written from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He writes of his travel to camp, his inoculation and processing for military service, and of seeing “flying machines,” probably at Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton, Ohio, while en route.
Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hale, Toby Alexander, B. 1958 (Sc 1992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1992. E-mail correspondence between Toby Alexander Hale, a Wisconsin native, and his wife during Hale's U.S. Army service in the Iraq War. They discuss his work training Iraqi soldiers, his study of Arabic, mail delivery, his promotion, and family news. Inlcudes photos of Hale's barracks and surrounding area and biographical details on Hale and his wife.
Ellis, Clay Hunt, B. 1977 (Sc 1991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, Clay Hunt, B. 1977 (Sc 1991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1991. Photos of Clay Hunt Ellis taken during his service with the U.S. Marines during the Iraq War. Includes e-mail correspondence from his wife, Stacy Edds-Ellis, giving background information on photos and discussing future donations.
Ratchford, Paul, B. 1966 (Sc 1989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ratchford, Paul, B. 1966 (Sc 1989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1989. CD containing images taken by Paul Ratchford and fellow soldiers during the early days of Iraq War. Includes background e-mail correspondence and thumbnail printouts of images.
Buchanan, Robert, B. 1962 (Sc 1988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buchanan, Robert, B. 1962 (Sc 1988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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E-mail correspondence between Robert Buchanan, a retired Air Force captain, and his son Jake during the latter's service in Iraq. They express their feelings about military service, their relationship, and readjustment to family life; Buchanan also provides some personal history. Includes photos of both men and family members.
Agee, Miranda R. (Sc 1987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Agee, Miranda R. (Sc 1987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1987. E-mail correspondence of Miranda R. Agee giving details of her husband's service in Iraq with the 4th Infantry Division Band.
Smith, Daniel William, B. 1962 (Sc 1985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Daniel William, B. 1962 (Sc 1985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1985. Letters, clippings and military newsletters relating to Daniel William Smith's service in the Iraq War. Includes Smith's thanks to schoolchildren for gifts, clippings about an injured comrade, and copies of "Tiger OIF III Gazette."
Wku Veterans History Project (Mss 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wku Veterans History Project (Mss 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 278. Biographical data sheets and video interviews with U.S. war veterans in western Kentucky as part of the Veterans History Project, created by Congress in 2000. Dr. Gary L. Villereal, regional project coordinator.
Landers, Theodore R., 1903-1922 (Sc 2174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Landers, Theodore R., 1903-1922 (Sc 2174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2174. Bowling Green, Kentucky native Theodore R. Landers's honorable discharge from the U.S. Army 5 August 1921.
Geralds, Bettie Mae (Miller), 1897-1992 (Sc 2182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geralds, Bettie Mae (Miller), 1897-1992 (Sc 2182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") of letters written to Bettie Mae Geralds in Louisville, Kentucky, from family members and friends in Kentucky as well as in Omaha, Nebraska, and Bloomington and Evansville, Indiana. Topics include family news, fruit and vegetable canning, and difficulties finding work. Geralds’ son writes of his prosecution at Fort Knox for an offense committed while on military duty. Includes a 1967 letter from a Navy serviceman in Texas.
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 2149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 (Sc 2149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2149. Letter from Robert Edward Lee to Colonel Robert P. Blount, Provost Marshal at Guiney Depot [Guiney's Station], Virginia. Lee instructs him to hold the position, declines to provide artillery support, and refers to the transportation of prisoners. Includes copies of Confederate postage stamps and currency. Poor quality photostatic copy.
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayes Family Papers (Sc 2153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2153. Miscellaneous materials, primarily deeds and recording clerks' certificates, relating to the Mayes family of Barren County, Kentucky and associated families. Includes Memorial Day gravesite photo and 1903 school program. Also includes Civil War soldier's letter written from Davidson County, Tennessee, 16 March 1862 (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Wilson, Ansel, 1834-1912 (Sc 2145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Ansel, 1834-1912 (Sc 2145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2145. Three letters regarding the Civil War pension of Ansel Wilson, Grayson County, Kentucky, who served with the 17th Kentucky Infantry (Union).
Brown, George A., Jr. - Letter To (Sc 2148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, George A., Jr. - Letter To (Sc 2148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2148. Letters (2) written to George A Brown, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, from two friends serving overseas during World War II; one was in Germany and the other was in the Pacific.
Moore, Levi A. (Sc 2133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Levi A. (Sc 2133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2133. Certificates appointing Levi A. Moore, of Warren County, Kentucky, a corporal in Company K, 52nd Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers, and discharging Moore from service.
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cosby Family Papers (Mss 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 242. Letters to John Dudley Cosby, Muhlenberg County, and his family, from other family members in Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi. Includes genealogical data, some of Cosby's personal papers, and his estate inventory.
Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hall, Dorthie A. (Mss 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 295. Letters written to Dorthie A. Hall, student and editor of the College Heights Herald at Western Kentucky Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, during World War II. The male correspondents are all former students from Western, and they describe military life in their specific locations around the world. They all express devotion to Western and ask for details and comment about the school, sports teams, and the Bowling Green community.
Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mckee, John, 1829-1882 (Sc 2101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts of letters (attached as additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2101. Two letters from John McKee, serving with the 37th Indiana Infantry, to his wife Sarah McKee in Hamilton, Ohio. He writes of his encampments near Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his reading, nearby guerrilla activity involving John Hunt Morgan, difficulties with mail, and the general condition of the countryside.
Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamlett, Barksdale, 1908-1979 (Mss 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 292. Transcriptions of five interviews conducted with retired four-star general Barksdale Hamlett in which he reflects on his 34-year military career, including service in World War II, the Korean War, and on the Army's General Staff in Washington, D.C.