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The Octofoil, April/May/June 2011, Ninth Infantry Division Association Apr 2011

The Octofoil, April/May/June 2011, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

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Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Holder, R. D. - Collector (Sc 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 124. Letters, 1864, written by John P. Hill, Civil War prisoner at Rock Island, Illinois, to his uncle, John Meadows, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, concerning his imprisonment, and his miscellaneous family letters, 1861.

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Mckenna, George (Sc 2430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Mckenna, George (Sc 2430), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2430.  Letters to George McKenna, of Brooklyn, New York, written while he was serving with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and in Vietnam.  Friends write of their college, military, work and social lives.  McKenna’s mother provides family news.  Includes two of McKenna’s letters to a friend and to a young woman he met while on leave in Australia.

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Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Cuppy, John W. (Sc 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1080. Letter, 19 December 1862, from John W. Cuppy, serving in Bowling Green with an Illinois regiment, to Dr. Samuel Wiley in Earlville, Illinois. Cuppy writes of his illness and describes conditions in Bowling Green, particularly respecting hospitals and patients. He also comments on Confederate sympathies in the city and troop readiness for an attack. Includes a summary of another letter by Cuppy to Wiley dated 19 September 1862 describing his regiment’s activities near Louisville.

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Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 (Sc 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 (Sc 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 116. Papers of Bettie Hagerman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, City Food Chairman of the Red Cross of Warren County, Kentucky, which relate to an endeavor to raise $10,000 by combining with the Fair Association and serving food contributed by donors.

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Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 114. Chiefly letters written by William Harris to his wife, Louranah Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he details his experiences as a California Gold Rush adventurer, 1850-1852 (9 items); other letters describe Texas in 1855 and Civil War activities at Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. Also Bowling Green Home Telephone Company stock certificate, 1913.

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Helm, John, 1741-1825 (Sc 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Helm, John, 1741-1825 (Sc 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 199. Copy of John Helm's appointment as an ensign in the Bedford County, Virginia militia. Signed, 17 November 1775, in Williamsburg, Virginia by members of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.

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Wright, George H. (Sc 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Wright, George H. (Sc 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 196. Oath of allegiance to the United States taken 12 June 1865 by Confederate soldier George H. Wright of McLean County, Kentucky, upon his release from the Union prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware.

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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Initial Announcement, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Initial Announcement, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

No abstract provided.

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Long, Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western, 1835-1909 (Mss 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Long, Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western, 1835-1909 (Mss 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 361. “‘Betwixt,’ or A Story of the War, by a Kentucky Woman,” an unpublished memoir (290 pp.) by Bowling Green native Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western Long of her experiences during the Civil War. The daughter of a Unionist family, Juliette married a supporter of the South who served in the Confederate Army.

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Deupree Family Letters, 1865 (Sc 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Deupree Family Letters, 1865 (Sc 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 189. Letter, 30 May 1865, to James R. Deupree, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky from his sister-in-law, Sarah H. E. Deupree, Richmond, Virginia, and letter, 2 June 1865, to James R. Deupree from William L. Salmon, Henrico County, Virginia. They both relate to the death of James’s brother, Stephen, who was killed in an explosion while serving in the Confederate army. They also write of the effects of the war on everyday life in the Richmond area.

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Morgan, Joseph Underwood, 1835-1892 (Sc 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Morgan, Joseph Underwood, 1835-1892 (Sc 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 145. Correspondence of Joseph Underwood Morgan, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes to Maria D. Noel (whom he would marry in 1866) of their families, mutual friends, and his social activities. While serving in the Confederate Army, he writes of military life, including the derailment of his troop train, and of the restrictions placed on him while aprisoner at Rock Island, Illinois. A final letter discusses their intentions to marry.

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Sharp, Solomon Pollux, 1787-1825 (Sc 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Sharp, Solomon Pollux, 1787-1825 (Sc 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 190. Notice, 30 January 1821, sent by Sharp to John M. Roberson [sic], paymaster of the 25th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, directing him to settle his accounts with the commanding officers of the regiment at Vance’s Tavern in Bowling Green.

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Rose, John W. (Sc 191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Rose, John W. (Sc 191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 191. Letter, 6 February 1862, of Confederate soldier John W. Rose, encamped near Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his mother and his cousin?, W. B. Mooningham, near Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tennessee. He relates information about food, food prices, and the fall of Fort Henry. Includes a printed poem, "To the Soldiers and Freemen of the South."

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Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 186. Daily diary, 26 October to 4 November 1851, kept by Simon Bolivar Buckner while travelling on military duty from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Atkinson in the Kansas Territory. This record takes the form of ten letters to his wife, Mary, in which he comments on the countryside, the Indians, and the wildlife, vividly describing vast herds of buffalo.

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Milburn, Blanche, 1901-1973 (Sc 2416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Milburn, Blanche, 1901-1973 (Sc 2416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 2416. Letter, 12 March 1918, to Blanche Milburn, Greenwood, Indiana from "L. G. B.," serving in the Ordinance Department at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He writes of military life, principally about an unauthorized absence from camp.

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Bains, Samuel, 1783-1836 (Sc 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Bains, Samuel, 1783-1836 (Sc 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 183. Typescripts and photocopies of two 1813 letters written by Samuel Bains serving at Fort Strother and Fort Deposit in Alabama to his wife Christiana, Dixons Creek, Smith County, Tennessee, describing battles against the Indians and military life.

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Payne Family Papers (Sc 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Payne Family Papers (Sc 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 136. Papers of the Payne family of Warren County, Kentucky, including letter from Civil War prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois; letter describing the death of Halley Payne; 1874 letter from a Glasgow teacher referring to unrest among African Americans; promissory note; remedies for piles and rheumatism; and a letter detailing with the prevention and treatment of cholera.

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Kleijnen, Maria Jozefina, 1926-2010 (Mss 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Kleijnen, Maria Jozefina, 1926-2010 (Mss 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 353. Correspondence of Maria Jozefina "Mia" Kleijnen and her family in the Netherlands with the Grise family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of family matters, conditions in the Netherlands following World War II, and of Dutch life and customs. Also included are letters to the Grises from other European correspondents.

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The Swiss At The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, 1876, Albert Winkler Feb 2011

The Swiss At The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, 1876, Albert Winkler

Faculty Publications

Twelve men born in Switzerland are known to have been in the Seventh Cavalry in June of 1876, at the time of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and seven of them participated in the battle. Five of these men were killed in the engagement. Much is known about the activities of some of these men, and John Lattman from Zurich left a good account of his experiences. The Swiss were slightly older than most of the men in the Seventh Cavalry, and they were about average in height as the other troopers. These Swiss showed much dedication to their …

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Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Hobson, William Edward, 1844-1909 (Sc 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 180. Petition, including typescript, signed by 21 citizens of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 16 October 1864, addressed to Major General Burbridge, requesting that Colonel William Hobson retain command of the Union troops stationed there.

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Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Mcwhirter, James S., 1837-1862 (Sc 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 181. Three letters written by James S. McWhirter from Bowling Green, Kentucky, January and February, 1862, to his sister Zellora near Gallatin, Tennessee, relating war activities and personal matters. McWhirter was stationed in Bowling Green with the 24th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers. Also, letter 10 April 1952, from Harry Jackson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning his family relationship with the McWhirters.

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Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Wiley, John R., 1842-1886 (Sc 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Union Army discharge issued to John R. Wiley of Hamilton County, Ohio, and powers of attorney given by his sisters to Leroy F. Dudley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, pertaining to the settlement of Wiley's estate. A typescript of Wiley's obituary is included.

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Flying Uav’S In Iraq, Stephen Rayleigh Jan 2011

Flying Uav’S In Iraq, Stephen Rayleigh

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAV’s, are a growing reality and an important new weapon for today’s military. Hear what it was like to fly the RQ-7B “Shadow” UAV during Operation Iraqi Freedom from Stephen Rayleigh who spent a year in Iraq and has more than 1,000 hours experience flying them.

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Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Will Largent, Tod Roberts Jan 2011

Raf Wings Over Florida: Memories Of World War Ii British Air Cadets, Will Largent, Tod Roberts

Purdue University Press Books

From 1941 through 1945, British cadets in the Royal Air Force trained in the United States through the Lend-Lease Act, President Roosevelt’s ingenious plan to help beleaguered Great Britain while maintaining the semblance of neutrality. This book tells the saga of two Florida training fields during this turbulent time. In their own words, British pilots tell of their Florida experiences. Many of them still in their late teens, away from home for the first time, pale and thin from years of rationing, these young men encountered immense challenges and overwhelming generosity during their training in Florida. Now retired, these former …

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Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2409. Letter of Louis Arnold Rich, a U.S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife from Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, during a long illness that resulted in his death in 1944. He complains about his surroundings, mentions his reading, and expresses his wish to be reunited with her.

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Administrating The Non-Muslims And "The Question Of Jerusalem" After The Young Turk Revolution, Bedross Der Matossian Jan 2011

Administrating The Non-Muslims And "The Question Of Jerusalem" After The Young Turk Revolution, Bedross Der Matossian

Department of History: Faculty Publications

The historiography on the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 in general has mainly concentrated on the impact of the Revolution on the Ottoman Turkish society. Rarely do we see works that deal with the impact of the Revolution on the non-dominant groups in the Empire from a comparative perspective. How did the different ethnic groups view the Revolution? How did the Revolution influence the dynamics of power inside these groups? What were the relations between the Revolution and the religious groups within the Empire? How did the local /central government view the transformations taking place among the non-Muslim communities in …

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The Avenger - January-March 2011, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum Jan 2011

The Avenger - January-March 2011, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The Avenger

No abstract provided.

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"100 Spears Worth 100 Pieces": The Impact Of Ashigaru On Sengoku Jidai, Austin W. Clark Jan 2011

"100 Spears Worth 100 Pieces": The Impact Of Ashigaru On Sengoku Jidai, Austin W. Clark

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

In the year 1545, during the latter half of Japan‘s Sengoku Period or ―Age of Warring States‖, the minor samurai Ukida Naoie was assigned thirty men and a small fief in the province of Bizen. His task was to cultivate and defend this small corner of the province from the ambitious and power-hungry lords and bandits that abounded in the Sengoku Period, but Naoie set his sights higher. Given direct control over his thirty men, a mere garrison force of infantry, he used them to conquer and rule over neighboring fiefs in the province. His reputation and his army grew …

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Chanute Air Museum, Chanute Air Force Base, And Bessie Coleman, Kelley Heaney Jan 2011

Chanute Air Museum, Chanute Air Force Base, And Bessie Coleman, Kelley Heaney

A with Honors Projects

Series of articles related to Chanute Air Museum, the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL and Bessie Coleman.

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