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Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Taylor, Robert (Sc 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1162. Desert Storm letter (1) written by Robert Taylor to Robert Robbins, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, describing living conditions and news about the war effort. They were both physicians and shared an office.


White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1166. Desert Storm letters (4) written by three Grayson County servicemen to Donna White's class at Grayson County Middle School, Leitchfield, Kentucky.


Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Desert Storm letters (4) written by Jerome W. Taylor to his brother Joe W. Taylor of Alvaton, Kentucky. One letter gives an interesting description of a makeshift, open-air church built in the desert.


Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.


Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1144. Desert Storm letters (9) written by Timothy Keith Howell to the Snider family of Louisville and a letter from James C. Snider explaining the collection and providing information about Howell and his friends.


Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1146. Desert Storm letters (2) and Christmas card sent to Patty Wimsatt’s first grade class at Oakland Elementary School, Oakland, Kentucky, from Guy Lindsey. Also included is letter from Wimsatt explaining the letters.


Scott, Kevin (Sc 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Scott, Kevin (Sc 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1155. Desert Storm letters (5) written by Kevin Scott to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scott, Coronado, California, and to his Uncle Robert and Aunt Jane Walker, Cadiz, Kentucky. Also includes a travel account of this trip aboard a ship to the Persian Gulf in Spring 1989, and newspaper clippings about Scott.


Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1154. Desert Storm letters (3) sent to Kentucky state senator Richard "Richie" Sanders, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, by servicemen.


Goldlack, Ron (Sc 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Goldlack, Ron (Sc 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1137. Letters written by Ron Goldlack to his family during the Persian Gulf War.


Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Fledge, Chris R. (Sc 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1135. Letter sent from Chris R. Fledge to Linda Lee, Louisville, Kentucky, in which he talks about his family and military life during the Persian Gulf War.


Halloran, Shirley - Letters To (Sc 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Halloran, Shirley - Letters To (Sc 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1141. Desert Storm letters to Shirley Halloran, Cincinnati, Ohio, and newspaper clippings about a Catholic-led effort in Cincinnati to send letters and packages to soldiers.


Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Harper, Terrell, B. 1969 (Sc 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1142. Desert Storm letters from Harper to David Baxter, a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing living conditions in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.


Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Padgett, David L. (Sc 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1150. Desert Storm letters (7) written to Brenda Bush, Frankfort, Kentucky, by David L. Padgett. Also included is data about Padgett and his service in the Persian Gulf War and his subsequent employment.


Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1152. Desert Storm letters (9) written by A. Todd Radford to Mimi Bennett and Ruth E. Ernst, Louisville, Kentucky, and to the Women’s Club of Lyndon, Kentucky, thanking them for materials sent and describing war service in Saudi Arabia.


Stahl, Albert C. (Sc 1157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Stahl, Albert C. (Sc 1157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1157. Desert Storm letter, post card and photograph sent by Albert C. Stahl to Robert Bradley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his war service in Saudi Arabia.


Shepherd, Katherine A. (Sc 1156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Shepherd, Katherine A. (Sc 1156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1156. Desert Storm letters (14) written by different servicemen to Katherine Shepherd, Campbellsville, Kentucky, who was preparing a presentation for the Campbellsville Junior High School about the service in the Persian Gulf War. Letters answer specific questions asked by Shepherd.


Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Sullivan, Betty A. - Letters To (Sc 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1159. Desert Storm letters (25) by several servicemen to Betty A. Sullivan, Falls of Rough, Kentucky. Also included are examples of newsletters (3) and copies of letters sent by Sullivan to servicemen during the Persian Gulf War.


Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Radford, A. Todd (Sc 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1151. Desert Storm letters (26) written by A. Todd Radford to this father Robert Radford and family in Louisville, Kentucky, discussing his war service in Saudi Arabia.


Rothman, Michael C. (Sc 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Rothman, Michael C. (Sc 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1153. Desert Storm letter written about the U.S.S. Saratoga by Michael C. Rothman to his mother, Betty Gardner, Louisville, Kentucky.


Goad, Kelly Parker (Sc 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Goad, Kelly Parker (Sc 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1139. Desert Storm letter from Kelly Parker Goad to his aunt, Pansy Page Allison and family, Ooltewah, Tennessee, describing living conditions at Saudi National Guard Compound; and letters from Allison providing biographical information about Goad.


Mccullough, Crystal - Letters To (Sc 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Mccullough, Crystal - Letters To (Sc 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1148. Desert Storm letters (8) and Christmas card written by three servicemen to Crystal McCullough, Tullahoma Tennessee, and photographs (2) of two of the men. Also included is an outgoing letter from McCullough to an unnamed serviceman and a letter of explanation about the letters (11).


Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1123. Postcard about a Bowling Green High School 1934 class meeting, 1937; newsletters (3), from the 87th Depot Repair Squadron, 1945; army ration card, 1945; miscellaneous papers related to Stamps’ release from the army, 1945; and a letter from a Moroccan friend, 1948.


Caley, Charles C., 1839-1901 (Sc 1181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Caley, Charles C., 1839-1901 (Sc 1181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1181. Letter, 18 December [1862], written by Union soldier Charles Caley, stationed in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He discusses his illness, his arrival in Bowling Green Green from Louisville with six hundred troops, and their encampment in an old sawmill.


Haynes, James Pleasant, 1843-1919 (Mss 477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Haynes, James Pleasant, 1843-1919 (Mss 477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 477. Civil war diaries (1864-1865), service and pension records of James Pleasant Haynes of Warren County, Kentucky, who served with the 26th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.


Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Diamond, George Oliver, 1925-1998 (Sc 1097), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1097. George Oliver Diamond's autobiography, written for his children and grandchildren and focusing on his experiences as a member of the 559th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Europe during World War II. He received a portion of his military training in Bowling Green, Kentucky, returning to the city after the war to work and raise his family. He saw combat duty during the final months of the war.


Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.


Watkins, James Fredrick, 1895-1982 (Sc 2717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2013

Watkins, James Fredrick, 1895-1982 (Sc 2717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2717. Letter written by James F. Watkins to his parents while stationed at Camp St. Sulpice in France during World War I. He discusses family matters, the countryside and towns near St. Sulpice, military life and the duties of the military police.


World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 2710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Letters (Sc 2710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2710. Three letters written by “Tom” to his brother Summers, mother and “Mary,” from May-July 1942. He describes his work at an unnamed location constructing a galley, mess hall and housing, and the hauling of building materials up a hillside using a cable car system called a “kah-vall-ee.” Includes another soldier’s whimsical story about mishaps with the contraption, titled “Kah-vall-ee: The First in a Series of Battery ‘L’ Incidents.”


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1029. Undated letter written by "Tom," from Headquarters of the 1st Regiment, to his father. He discusses the conditions and lack of food within the camp. The location of the camp is unknown.


Dumarey?, J. R. (Sc 1017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Dumarey?, J. R. (Sc 1017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan of transcription (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1017. Civil War letter written by J. R. DuMarey?, Lexington, Kentucky, to his father in Delta (Fulton County, Ohio), relating camp news. Mentions an owner reclaiming his enslaved African American who had been working for one of the army captains.