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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 283. Correspondence, financial records and reports relating to services provided to personnel of nearby military camps by the Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee of the Defense Service Council.
Lehman, George, 1812-1889 (Sc 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lehman, George, 1812-1889 (Sc 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 338. Typescript of legal brief of Congressional Case No. 2310, which concerns Civil War claims of George Lehman of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Application was originally filed 18 August 1871 and resume of case was dated 30 June 1888.
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collecction 2493. Documents relating to Garland Paxton’s military service in the U.S. Army’s 319th Infantry Regiment during World War II.
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 236. Photocopies and typescript of 2 March 1862 letter written by Mrs. Josephine (Wells) Covington, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her father, Judge Robert William Wells of Missouri. She relates happenings in Bowling Green during its occupation and later evacuation by Confederate troops (18 September 1861-14 February 1862). Also includes information about Mrs. Covington and the Covington family. The original 2 March 1862 letter is housed at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
Davis, Jacob Weaver, 1819-1862 (Sc 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Jacob Weaver, 1819-1862 (Sc 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 235. Photocopy of letter 11 April 1862 written by Jacob Weaver Davis, serving in the Union Army, to his brother, George, in McLean County, Kentucky, concerning the fighting at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Also, 1969 letter from the donor giving information pertaining to Davis and the 1862 letter.
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Jan. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Jan. 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 331. Letters, 1886-1889 (15), telegrams, 1886-1889 (9), and receipts, 1886-1889 (10), which relate to Crump’s activities as an officer in the Kentucky State Guard and to his interest in constructing the proposed Bowling Green and Northern Railroad.
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perguson, Dee Carl, Jr., 1921-2010 (Mss 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 8. Correspondence and diaries of Deel Carl Perguson, Jr., Horse Branch (Ohio County), Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington. Of interest are his letters written while serving in World War II in the United States, North Africa, and Italy, and his later memoirs of this period. Also of interest are diaries of his years as a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1939-1943. The collection also includes his recollections of growing up in Horse Branch in the 1920s and 1930s.
Prentis Papers (Mss 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Prentis Papers (Mss 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scans and typescripts of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 32. Letters to James Prentis, 1836-1869; family letters to Lucy Prentis, Petersburg, Virginia, 1838-1842; family letters to Margaret Prentis, 1867-1909; 26 letters and essays of James Prentis written to friends and newspaper editors expressing his views as a Union supporter, 1861-1867; and miscellaneous items.