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Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Letters (Sc 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Letters (Sc 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1020. Letters, 1990-1991 (5), written by two soldiers serving in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, to Lewis and Selma Dickinson, Glasgow, Kentucky. Everyday war activities are discussed with emphasis on weather, food, and an Easter religious service.
Civil War, 1861-1965 - Military Service (Sc 2703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1965 - Military Service (Sc 2703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2703. Circuit judge’s order, affidavit and statement relating to applications for discharge or exemption from military service in the U. S. Army. An underaged apprentice is discharged for enlisting without the consent of his master, one of three sons seeks exemption to care for aged parents, and an unnamed officer seeks a discharge due to poor health.
Clark, William T. (Sc 939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, William T. (Sc 939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 939. Letter, 28 November 1861, written by William T. Clark, Camp Nolin, Hardin County, Kentucky, to his aunt, Elisabeth Thompson, East Nottingham, Pennsylvania. He describes the setting up and moving out of a camp; estimates there are about 40,000 to 50,000 troops in the area; and mentions Simon Bolivar Buckner’s presence in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (Sc 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (Sc 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 941. Civil War letters (5), by Tennessee Confederate Jefferson Dean, to his wife, Sophia. His regiment was stationed in southeastern Kentucky, then Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He describes his company’s activities in preparation for the Battle of Mill Springs and with Felix Zollicoffer’s forces at Johnson’s Island, where he died. Other items include war records and photographs concerning Dean and Johnson’s Island cemetery.
Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Staats, Abyram P., 1839-1931 (Sc 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 968. Partial letter, 1862, written by Abyram P. Staats, a private in the 74th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, while stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He recounts how he shot his thumb off and the miseries of camp life. Discharge certificate, 1863, and photo included.
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wells, Thomas H., D. 1862 (Sc 2684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2684. Letters of Thomas H. Wells, 41st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, to his sister Eliza J. Wells in Mogadore, Ohio. He writes from Camp Wickliffe in Larue County, Kentucky, of changes in military structure, of the local landscape, and of being hospitalized with the mumps. He also writes from Louisville, Kentucky, of his clerical work at headquarters, his patriotism, and the possibility of a military draft in Ohio.
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gardler, Francis Vincent, B. 1966 (Sc 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 978. Paper written by Francis Vincent Gardler for a Western Kentucky University history class based on an interview with Lowell Hayes Harrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The paper focuses on Harrison’s World War II experiences.
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Van Meter, William Swan, 1891-1958 (Sc 997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pontius, Earl John, 1913-1980 (Mss 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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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.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Mss 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Mss 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Kuster, Brian William (Sc 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kuster, Brian William (Sc 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 865. Paper titled “Vietnam ‘1968’,” written by Brian William Kuster for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Paper is based on an interview with Andy Poehlein of the United States Army, 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, Company C, concerning his military experiences.
Cunningham, Denise Johnson, B. 1964 (Sc 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cunningham, Denise Johnson, B. 1964 (Sc 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 849. Research paper titled “Delbert J. Curtis, United States Army: Portrait of a Soldier, World War II” written by Denise Johnson Cunningham for a history class at Western Kentucky University, November 1990. Includes description of German prisoner of war camp in Rome, Italy, February 1943-April 1945. Also included is a newspaper clipping of Curtis’s obituary.
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rhoades, Lisa Jo (Sc 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Disney, David Ray, 1948-2019 (Sc 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Disney, David Ray, 1948-2019 (Sc 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 844. Vietnam War letters written by David Disney, a Cumberland, Kentucky native, to his father Clyde Disney, also of Cumberland, 28 August 1969-10 May 1970, and one letter from David Disney’s wife, Dot, to her father-in-law, 3 September 1969. Includes vivid descriptions of combat conditions.
Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, Jack C. (Sc 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 862. Paper titled “Malcolm Wolford World War II Veteran,” written by Jack C. Porter for a Western Kentucky University United States history class in November 1990. Personal narrative based on Porter’s interview with his grandfather Malcolm Wolford, who served in the Army Air Corps as a radar man from 1942-1945.
Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Stephenson, Lisa Kay (Sc 861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephenson, Lisa Kay (Sc 861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 861. Paper titled “World War II: A Soldier’s Perspective,” and written by Lisa Kay Stephenson for a Western Kentucky University U.S. history class in November 1990. Based on an interview with Samuel L. Swann of Springfield, Tennessee, the paper describes Swann’s infantry experiences in England and Germany and his injuries.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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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
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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.
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Jonathan, 1795-1873 (Sc 824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 824. Letter, 8 January 1865, from Jonathan Wood, Smithfield, Pennsylvania, to his son, Union soldier Pliny Wood. He writes with sympathy for the soldiers’ hardships, instructs him on saving postage, criticizes the privileges of congressmen, expresses contempt for the treason of Jefferson Davis and the Confederates, and remarks on the suffering of prisoners of war at Andersonville, Georgia; nevertheless, he hopes for reconciliation with ordinary Southerners after their defeat and repentance.
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2651. Diary kept by Brigadier General Victor H. Strahm while serving with the Ninth Air Force during World War II. Brief daily entries for 1944 cover his work and the progress of the war, particularly the air war against the Germans. Includes loose items from diary and four photos of Strahm.
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.
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.
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.
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.