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Full-Text Articles in Military History
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.
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.
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
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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.
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War Ii, 1939-1945 - D-Day Reminiscences (Sc 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 908. Letters, 1993-1994, written by Kentucky veterans or family members and submitted to Kentucky Living magazine concerning the 6 June 1944 Normandy invasion. An article based on some of these letters was published in the June 1994 issue of the magazine. The collection does not include photographs, which were returned to the letter writers, and is also missing some enclosures.
Beller, William Young, 1834-1892 (Sc 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beller, William Young, 1834-1892 (Sc 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 889. Papers, 1881-1892 (8), of William Y. Beller, Butler County, Kentucky; his wife Rachel, 1893-1894 (3); and guardian of their son Alonzo, 1897 (1) concerning claims for a Civil War pension because of an illness contracted by Beller while serving in the war.
Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geary, William Estil, 1924-2006 (Sc 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 875. Photocopies of letter, 25 November 25, and telegrams, 8 and 24 December 1945, written by William Estil Geary from Europe to his wife Genevieve in Central City, Kentucky. He relates that he soon will be returning home after being away for almost three years.
Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 425. Correspondence of Earl Pontius, on stateside military service during World War II, and his mother, Ida May (Heeter) Pontius, Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio. Pontius was stationed at Fort Thomas, Kentucky as part of a military police unit, and at Camp Ellis, Illinois, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a hospital orderly.
Mohr, James Franklin, 1840-1897 (Sc 2676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mohr, James Franklin, 1840-1897 (Sc 2676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2676. Letter, 24 December 1861, to his brother from James Mohr, encamped with the Union Army near the Green River fifteen miles from Mammoth Cave. He remarks on the rain and cold, the destruction by Confederates of a bridge over the river, a recent skirmish, his visit to a cave, and his expected arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the new year. Includes data on Mohr’s regiment, the Fifth U. S. Artillery, Battery H.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Feb. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Mss 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Mss 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 102. World War II correspondence of William Perry Stamps, Jr., a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which chiefly includes letters (99) to Sallie Hills, Bowling Green, and Laura H. Savard (37), Lakeland, Florida. Stamps was stationed at military bases in Indiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Italy. Also includes letters of George L. Smith, a native of Bowling Green, to Sallie Hills.
Reed, William Langely (Sc 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reed, William Langely (Sc 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 859. Paper titled “World War II” and written by William Langely Reed for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990 based on an interview with his grandfather, Leslie E. Reed of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Leslie Reed, an army staff sergeant, installed communication systems at air bases in England and Russia.
Hudson, Cynthia Gail (Sc 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hudson, Cynthia Gail (Sc 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 857. Paper titled “The Experiences of William Robert Hudson in the German Occupation” and written by Cynthia Gail Hudson for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class and based on an interview with Hudson, November 1990.
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 858. Paper titled “World War II: World Events, The United States…,” written by Lisa Jo Rhoades for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990. Based on Harry Young’s experiences in France and Germany, 1944-1945, the paper includes photocopies of six photographs and two maps.
Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 874. Letters, 1967 (12), written chiefly by Private James Earl Oliver from Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to his wife Elizabeth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes his day-to-day military life.
Hinton, Merri Lynne (Sc 852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hinton, Merri Lynne (Sc 852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 852. Paper titled “A Story about John Hunt: World War II Kentucky Veteran” written by Merri Lynne Hinton for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990. Based on interviews with Hunt of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Barrow, Merrill Alan, B. 1953? (Sc 863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barrow, Merrill Alan, B. 1953? (Sc 863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 863. Paper titled “George Freas: Portrait of a Soldier,” written by Merrill Alan Barrow for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Freas, a native of Simpson County, served as a United States Army bomber pilot, parachuted from his plane in the Marne Forest, March 1945, and attempted to escape via the French Underground, but was captured and imprisoned until May 1945.
Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Mcbrayer, Kent - Collector (Sc 873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 811), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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."
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Fulton, William Roy, 1895-1997 (Sc 2655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Camp Gilmore, Kentucky (Sc 802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Mcclernand, John Alexander, 1812-1900 (Sc 800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shearer, Guy Cooper, 1909-1982 (Sc 566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.”
Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hendricks, Josiah S., 1843-1932 (Sc 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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
Hopkins County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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.