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Webster, Mrs. William - Letter To (Sc 3221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Webster, Mrs. William - Letter To (Sc 3221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3221. Letter, October 1864, written by “Ann” to her sister, Mrs. William Webster in Lorain County, Ohio, apparently after leaving home to join her husband Ed, stationed at a garrison in Columbus, Kentucky. Ann writes of her recent illness and the frequency of sickness in women coming from the North; of Ed’s military duties; of a “boy” back home; and of her lack of fear when alarms are raised at the garrison. In an apparent reference to Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, she doubts that he will …
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text transcription (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3211. Letters, 6 January-31 May 1863, of George Messer to his wife Lottie in DeWitt County, Illinois, while encamped in Hart County, Kentucky and at Camp Hobson, Glasgow, Kentucky. He writes of illness and death among his comrades, troop strength, wage payments, food, and his commanding officers. Weary of a soldier’s life and anxious for the South’s total defeat, he criticizes conscription laws that allow exemption on payment of a fee, and accuses politicians and “Eastern men” of prolonging the war. He notes local citizens’ …
Miller, Carl Thomas, 1920-1997 (Sc 3201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Carl Thomas, 1920-1997 (Sc 3201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scans of correspondence (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3201. Compact disc containing details of the life and World War II service of Carl T. Miller, a native of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, including the history of his Army unit, his letters (1941-1945), photographs, and images of his medals and other military honors. Also includes a 1995 interview of Miller on DVD discussing his World War II service, and associated newsreel clips.
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 628. Letters of James McMillian Scott, a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Sarah Elizabeth “Ellie” Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky, written before and after their marriage. Frequently separated from his wife because of his work on his family’s Texas farm and his editorial positions on newspapers in Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas, Scott writes of his family, his social and religious activities, his Spanish-American War service, and his newspaper work. He is frequently resentful of local attacks on his reputation arising from unspecified indiscretions committed while living in Kentucky. Full-text scans of several Spanish-American War …
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3163. Four letters of George Messer to his wife Lottie Messer, written March-May 1863 from Camp Hobson, Glasgow, Kentucky. He describes preparing the camp’s fortifications and accommodations, the arrival of reinforcements, the presence of nearby Confederates, his novel reading, and the prospects of obtaining a furlough. He relates the prevalence of fighting among the local citizenry and discusses affairs at home such as his debts and local elections. His letter of 16 April includes a sketch of the fort.
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Lexington, Kentucky (Sc 3173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Lexington, Kentucky (Sc 3173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3173. Letter, 4 October 1863, from “Albert” to his wife Nellie. From Lexington, Kentucky, he discusses arrangements for her forthcoming visit, describes a painful inflammation affecting his face, and tells her of his military accommodations. He also notes the “howl” of a band in camp expected to play at guard mountings and dress parades.
Mcilvaine, William F., 1923-2019 (Sc 3172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcilvaine, William F., 1923-2019 (Sc 3172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3172. Letter, 18 February 1944, of William F. McIlvaine to Pauline Purdue, Bowling Green, Kentucky. From Camp Polk, Louisiana, he writes flirtatiously, teasing her about her girlfriends and of visiting Kentucky to see her and not the “pretty horses.” The letterhead from Camp Polk includes depictions of Armored Forces equipment and operations.
Frazier, William?, D. 1863 (Sc 3168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frazier, William?, D. 1863 (Sc 3168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3168. Unsigned letter, 31 January 1862, thought to be from William Frazier of the 33rd Indiana Infantry, to a female friend. Writing from Camp Henderson, Kentucky, he sympathizes with her inability to take time from her studies to correspond. He also refers to the weather and his duties as a cook, and mourns the recent deaths of two members of his company.
Fox, Arthur Smith, 1920-1997 (Mss 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fox, Arthur Smith, 1920-1997 (Mss 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 624. Letters, clippings, photographs, programs and other records relating to the life of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky native and Hopkins County, Kentucky teacher Arthur S. Fox, especially his service in World War II. Includes genealogical data.
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text typescript of letter (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3154. Letter, 26 October 1861, to his mother from John L. Hebron, serving with the 2nd Ohio Infantry at Camp Leslie Combs, West Liberty, Kentucky. He describes a recent engagement with Confederate troops, reports on the killed, wounded and local conditions in the aftermath, and criticizes Confederate battle skills. Expecting to spend the winter at Camp Dennison, Ohio, he expresses satisfaction with his warm clothing but complains of the lack of overcoats.
Gerwig, Frank Todd, 1897-1962 (Sc 3128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerwig, Frank Todd, 1897-1962 (Sc 3128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3128. Letter, 24 February 1918, of Frank T. Gerwig to Hal Kritschgau, Scottdale, Pennsylvania. While training at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Gerwig writes on YMCA letterhead of military routines, a quarantine due to measles, meeting other soldiers from Pittsburgh, and his eagerness to serve overseas as an ambulance driver.
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and transcription (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3129. Letter, 26 March 1863, of George Messer to his wife Lottie in DeWitt County, Illinois. From Camp Joe Kelly (the name changed, as he notes, to Camp Hobson) near Glasgow, Kentucky, he describes camp life, including the clearing of timber and his duty in the cold and rainy weather. He also praises the hospital facilities and describes a joke played on an officer who returned to camp without a pass. Expecting the war to end soon, he also writes of matters relating to home.
Vance, Edward Richard, 1833-1902 (Mss 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vance, Edward Richard, 1833-1902 (Mss 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 612. Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and family papers of Richard Vance, a Warren County, Kentucky native and U.S. Army officer. After his Civil War service, Vance spent his career at several posts in the South and on the frontier until his retirement in 1892.
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Messer, George, 1833-1863 (Sc 3118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3118. Letter, 23-24 May 1862 [sic], of George Messer, 107th Illinois Infantry, to his wife Lottie in DeWitt County, Illinois. From Camp Hobson, Glasgow, Kentucky, he reports on his health and the possibility of battle, and mockingly describes the two-men “dogtents” issued to the troops. He also discusses recent promotions and the prospects for a military draft, notes the arrival of an Indiana regiment decimated at the Battle of Perryville, and criticizes "shoulder strap gentlemen” who take credit for soldiers’ achievements.
Waite, Martin Van Buren, 1843-1923 (Sc 3105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Waite, Martin Van Buren, 1843-1923 (Sc 3105), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3105. Letter, 14 September 1862, of Martin Waite to his brother Jonathan in Hortonville, Wisconsin. Camped with the 1st Wisconsin Infantry near Bowling Green, he refers to aspects of camp life including inspections, procuring honey from bees, and an African-American cook, John Brown, who speaks of his abolitionist namesake. He remarks on how much he has seen of the world since becoming a soldier, expresses confidence in the power of the “blue tailed Yankees,” and asks Jonathan about exchanging greenbacks for gold or silver. Includes envelope imprinted with pro-Union image.
Sorgen, Vinton Grant, 1894-1968 (Sc 3073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sorgen, Vinton Grant, 1894-1968 (Sc 3073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3073. Letter, 28 May 1918, of Grant Sorgen, stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, to his family in Kenton, Ohio. He describes settling in at camp, receiving vaccinations, and the likelihood of moving to different quarters.
Mcgrath, Wallace, 1844-1909 (Sc 3064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcgrath, Wallace, 1844-1909 (Sc 3064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text transcriptions (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3064. Three letters of Wallace McGrath to George D. Freeman, Columbus, Ohio, written in December 1861-February 1862 while serving with with the 15th Ohio Infantry near Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes recent and anticipated marches, visiting Mammoth Cave, his duties as a clerk, and the difficulty of making a photograph to send to George. He also writes of the escort of Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer’s body through the area, noting that his own commanding General and staff “took dinner with Genl Hindman of the Rebels.”
Civil War - Brownsville, Kentucky (Sc 3039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War - Brownsville, Kentucky (Sc 3039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3039. Letter, 12 October 1861, to his father from an unidentified Confederate soldier in the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Battalion. He describes his march from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Brownsville, Kentucky, and camp conditions. He also comments on Union sentiment there as distinct from abolitionism; describes an alarm raised in camp when one of the men was fired upon while watering his horse at Green River; and praises his captain for his treatment of the men and for discouraging any celebration when citizens were asked to take …
Alexander, Fay Sherman, 1896-1972 (Sc 3038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Alexander, Fay Sherman, 1896-1972 (Sc 3038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3038. Letter, 3 June 1918, of Fay S. Alexander to his parents in Ashland, Ohio. Writing from Camp Taylor, Kentucky, he reports on a quarantine due to measles, his meals, leisure and exercise, and refers to arguments among his “jolly bunch” of comrades.
Mcilvoy, Daniel Barnard "Doc," Jr., 1912-1998 (Sc 3036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcilvoy, Daniel Barnard "Doc," Jr., 1912-1998 (Sc 3036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3036. Materials relating to the World War II military service of Springfield, Kentucky native and Bowling Green physician Dr. Daniel B. McIlvoy in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Includes narratives of his military career with the 82nd Airborne Division, his daughter’s account of a trip to sites in Normandy, France connected with her father, and clippings relating to a biography of McIlvoy by Michel DeTrez, published in 2004 as part of The Way We Were series (available in the Kentucky Library Research Collections; D769.348 505th.T76 2004). Also …
Gorham, Fred Jaynes, 1878-1918 (Mss 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gorham, Fred Jaynes, 1878-1918 (Mss 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 583. Correspondence and papers of Fred J. Gorham and wife Ethelyn Gorham of Henderson, Kentucky, chiefly regarding Fred’s Spanish-American War and World War I service, his death, and Ethelyn’s receipt of military benefits thereafter. Some family correspondence and data is included.
Tiffany, John, 1842-1862 (Sc 3013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tiffany, John, 1842-1862 (Sc 3013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3013. Letter, 25 February 1862, of John Tiffany, 10th Wisconsin Infantry, to his parents. Camped near Nashville, Tennessee, he describes forced marches, including from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Nashville; rain; sickness among his fellow soldiers; and the difficulty of reaching Nashville or receiving mail due to bridge burning by the Confederates. Footsore from marching, he promises to “settle with Jeff for this if we ever catch him.”
Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Mss 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Mss 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 576. Papers, lecture notes and appointment book relating to Dr. E. Wallace Barr’s training and service as a dentist with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; includes a few items of family correspondence.
Manning, Will Paul, Jr., 1928-2018 (Sc 2980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manning, Will Paul, Jr., 1928-2018 (Sc 2980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2980. Sketch by Will Paul Manning of stone chimneys constructed by Confederate forces during the Civil War, as he remembered seeing them on his family farm near Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes explanatory notes, which also mention a “pest house” in the vicinity of the farm.
Morse, Alexander Porter, 1842-1921 (Sc 2967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morse, Alexander Porter, 1842-1921 (Sc 2967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text transcription (Click on "Additional Files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 2967. Letter, 9 December 1861, of A. P. Morse, serving with the First Louisiana Cavalry. Writing to his father from camp near Bowling Green, Kentucky, he describes troop numbers, movements and fortifications in the area. He also refers to an outbreak of measles and to dining with an officer involved in the Battle of Belmont near Columbus, Kentucky.
Kerr, David Warren, 1922-1982 (Sc 2954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kerr, David Warren, 1922-1982 (Sc 2954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2954. Letter of David Kerr, 14-16 November 1944, to Frances Ann Wade, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Writing from an undisclosed overseas location while serving in the armed forces, he describes his surroundings in general and his work on a painting detail. He also encloses a marksman’s medal (not included in this collection) and praises the athletic achievements of his hometown Ohio high school.
Nourse, Charles Ewing, 1826-1866 (Sc 3000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nourse, Charles Ewing, 1826-1866 (Sc 3000), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts of three Mexican War letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3000. Correspondence of Charles Ewing Nourse, Bardstown, Kentucky, and his wife Mary “Mollie” (Brown) Nourse. Three letters of Charles, serving in the 4th Kentucky Infantry during the Mexican War, describe military life, illness, Mexican cities, and encounters with the enemy. Mary’s father writes from Cadiz, Kentucky, of his work as a circuit judge, and an 1850 letter wishes Charles and Mary well on their marriage. Includes Mary’s letter to Charles with family news, and two verses, both probably by Charles; one …
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 2940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) of a letter from Manuscripts Small Collection 2940. Letter, 1 August 1864, of “Charlie” to Ellen “Nellie” Sherman. Serving with Company E, 132nd Illinois Volunteers at Paducah, Kentucky, he describes an encounter with Confederate guerrillas during a strenuous scouting mission, the strictness of General Paine, his new commander, toward both citizenry and soldiers, and the execution of “Captain Hess,” a guerrilla leader, for whom “no coffin” was provided. He expresses apprehension over retaliation against men taken prisoner, but also refers to a flag of truce in effect that morning.
Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grieco, Joseph J. (Sc 2939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2939. Letters, June-July 1951, of Corporal Joseph J. Grieco to his wife in Milldale, Connecticut. Attending the Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Grieco writes his wife, then pregnant with their second child, of his love for her and their son Joey, and of his longing to be reunited with her. He briefly mentions his pay, radio training, and the availability of entertainment in camp.
Carpenter, Sidney Crider, 1914-2014 (Sc 2884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter, Sidney Crider, 1914-2014 (Sc 2884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2884. Digital images of photographs, passports, Kentucky Senate resolution related to 100th birthday, certificate from the Cumberland Trace Chapter of the Military Officers Association, four pieces of currency—Japanese (3) and Russian (1); military identification, from Sidney Crider Carpenter of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Carpenter's military career and his role as a coach for several national and international marksmanship teams. Also digital copies of a Korean War photograph album and a 1929 Boy Scout diary kept by Carpenter.