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Interview No. 1634, Granville M. Green Mar 2009

Interview No. 1634, Granville M. Green

Combined Interviews

As one of the “greatest generation,” Granville “Bill” M. Green witnessed first-hand many of the twentieth century’s historic events, including the Great Depression, World War II, and the country’s explosive post-war growth. He reminisces about his experiences working on the ground floor of the nascent airline industry, as well as El Paso’s early auto sales and banking businesses. Born in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, Green had a rosy childhood, but the Great Depression forced him in 1936 to leave Northwestern University before graduating after his father lost his job. Fortunately, Green managed to secure a position the very next day …


Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Reamer, Ernest D., Jr., 1913-1965 (Sc 1845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1845. Correspondence between Ernest D. Reamer, Jr. and his wife, Verna, while he was in the U.S. Army during World War II stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.


Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns, Battles, Military Actions - Tebbs Bend, 1863 (Sc 1872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns, Battles, Military Actions - Tebbs Bend, 1863 (Sc 1872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1872. Letters related to the Battle of Tebbs Bend, Kentucky from two Union army participants; correspondence between Betty Mitchell Gorin and Lowell H. Harrison.


Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894 (Sc 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 127. Letters of Joseph Holt written to family members about family matters, 1826, 1881 (2); letters concerning these early letters, 1961 (3); and typed copy of Holt's speech delivered to Kentucky troops under General Rosseau at Camp "Jo Holt" in Indiana, 31 July 1861.


Valenci, Joseph, 1914-1991 (Sc 1865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Valenci, Joseph, 1914-1991 (Sc 1865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1865. World War II letters, 1943-1945, sent from Joseph Valenci, California and the Pacific, to Virginia Fulcher in Owensboro, Kentucky discussing military life, his love of America, and his thoughts on the war. Includes printed material related to the Battle of Iwo Jima and Fulcher's 1991 letter with biographical data on Valenci.


Hamilton, Andrew Graff, 1835-1895 (Sc 1858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Hamilton, Andrew Graff, 1835-1895 (Sc 1858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1858. Information, chiefly published items, related to Hamilton's role in the escape of Union prisoners from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Also, details concerning his 1895 death.


Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 1869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 1869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1869. Post World War I letter, 5 January 1919, from Buckner, serving in France, to his father and siblings in Mount Olivet, Robertson County, Kentucky, describing his living conditions and the condition of the French community of St. Mihiel after the war.


Hines, Josephine (Underwood) - Collector (Sc 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Hines, Josephine (Underwood) - Collector (Sc 121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 121. Letter to Fanny Rogers, Caroline County, Virginia, from Frances Taylor?, Popes Head, Virginia, which relates everyday happenings, 1798; and certificate appointing Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a colonel on Governor Buckner's staff, 1888.


Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Hamilton, Weston A. - Collector (Sc 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 118. Militia drill meeting notice scheduled in Russellville, Kentucky, 1818; slave bill of sale, Logan County, Kentucky, 1860; a young woman’s letter to a friend, 1875; letter written by Kate Bosher, 1910; and letter written by Cale Young Rice, 1926, regarding biographical data, with a postscript by Alice Hegan Rice.


Blackburn, John W., 1914-1985 (Sc 1868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Blackburn, John W., 1914-1985 (Sc 1868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1868. Paper: "Butler County Boys in the Civil War" written by John W. Blackburn, which focuses on the Butler County, Kentucky members of the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) and the engagements in which they fought.


Riggs, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1930 (Sc 1857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Riggs, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1930 (Sc 1857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1857. Memoir written by Benjamin Franklin Riggs, with particular emphasis on his Civil War service in Arkansas with Confederate forces. Also, a copy of his surrender document, 7 June 1865.


Arterburn, Charles Royce, B. 1952 (Sc 1817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Arterburn, Charles Royce, B. 1952 (Sc 1817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1817. Letters and cards from friends while Charles Royce Arterburn of Monroe County, Kentucky is serving in the Army. Also, cards and letters to Arterburn after his discharge, chiefly from friends who remained in the service.


Parker, Elvis Brooks, 1841-1862 (Sc 1853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Parker, Elvis Brooks, 1841-1862 (Sc 1853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of all material (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1853. Information gathered by an unnamed genealogist related to Elvis Brooks Parker's Civil War service. Parker, from Tennessee, was apparently court-martialed and shot for deserting the Confederate army and fighting for the Union army. His execution occurred after the Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee.


Lyon-O'Hara Papers (Sc 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Lyon-O'Hara Papers (Sc 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 107. Business and personal letters of the Lyon and O'Hara families of Louisville and Eddyville, Kentucky, which chiefly concern army life (Union and Confederate), tobacco sales, and family matters. James O'Hara and Hylan B. Lyon are the principal correspondents.


Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1844. Letters from students at Muhlenberg North High School, Greenville, Kentucky, as well as e-mails, greeting cards, etc. sent to Kelly Matthew McCay while he served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.


Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 95. Reminiscences of Martha W. Jackson, sister of Mary Frances (Jackson) Grider, 1829-1909, and sister-in-law of Tobias Smith Grider, 1824-1882. An account of affairs in Bowling Green, Kentucky during her lifetime, with emphasis on the Civil War period.


Baker, E. S. (Sc 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Baker, E. S. (Sc 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 94. Letters, 1854-1855, written by E. S. Baker to his Kentucky parents, while seeking his fortune in Mississippi, which include comments on filibustering in Cuba. Also, letters, 1856, concerning his experiences as a member of Colonel Titus's unit which went to Nicaragua to aid William Walker in the Filibuster War.


Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo Feb 2009

Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

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Blaney Family Papers (Sc 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Blaney Family Papers (Sc 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 92. Civil War discharge, 1865, pension certificate, 1931, and news clipping, 1933? of Henry C. Blaney, who served in the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. Also genealogical information about the Blaney family, 1919-1963.


Claggett, David Mckee, 1835-1869 (Sc 1827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Claggett, David Mckee, 1835-1869 (Sc 1827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1827. Typescript of Civil War diary kept by David McKee Claggett from 1 October 1861 to 1 January 1865. Collection also includes associated research data.


Taylor, Richard F. (Sc 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Taylor, Richard F. (Sc 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and photograph of commission (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 86. Richard F. Taylor's commission received as a member of the Middle Green River Battalion Volunteer Militia, 1865. Also promissory notes, 1875 (3), and blank affidavit regarding voter qualification, ca. 1900.


Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (Joint Stars) --- The Early Days, George Cusimano Jan 2009

Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems (Joint Stars) --- The Early Days, George Cusimano

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

J-STARS is the airborne, battle management radar platform that was such a resounding success during Desert Storm I . Hear the exciting story of the challenges associated with its early development, from the Flight Test Engineer and Mission Commander who was involved from the very start.


Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898 (Sc 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898 (Sc 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 333. Photocopy of a letter written by Dr. David Wendel Yandell to General Albert Sidney Johnston, concerning projected Confederate hospital facilities at Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1861. Explanatory note about the item from William Roberts Wood to Margie Helm.


Us Army Soldier-Artists In Vietnam (Cat Iv, 15 August To 31 December, 1967), James Pollock Jan 2009

Us Army Soldier-Artists In Vietnam (Cat Iv, 15 August To 31 December, 1967), James Pollock

South Dakota State University, Alumni Publications

From August 1966 through 1970 the US Army sent teams of artists into Vietnam to record their experiences as soldier artists. In 1967, Private First Class Jim Pollock was sent to Vietnam as a soldier artist on US Army Vietnam Combat Art Team IV from Aug. 15 to Dec. 31 1967.


Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives Jan 2009

Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.


The Brownsville, Texas, Disturbance Of 1906 And The Politics Of Justice, Garna L. Christian Jan 2009

The Brownsville, Texas, Disturbance Of 1906 And The Politics Of Justice, Garna L. Christian

Trotter Review

An acrimonious civilian-military conflict reached into the halls of Congress and the White House when residents of Brownsville, Texas accused the First Battalion, 25th Infantry, of attacking the town from Fort Brown around midnight on August 12, 1906, claiming the life of one townsman and injuring two others.

The disputed episode took place against the background of deteriorating racial relations in the state and region, an enhanced selfconfidence of black soldiers following heroic achievements in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine insurrection, and the economic decline of the South Texas town bordering the Rio Grande. Texas, like other southern states, …


African-American Activist Mary Church Terrell And The Brownsville Disturbance, Debra Newman Ham Jan 2009

African-American Activist Mary Church Terrell And The Brownsville Disturbance, Debra Newman Ham

Trotter Review

Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954) demonstrated the philosophy of calm courage many times in a long life of activism. In the middle of her life, when three companies of African-American soldiers in Brownsville, Texas, were dismissed without honor and without a hearing in 1906, she readily came to their defense. Their dismissals followed a racial disturbance during which one white man was killed and several others wounded in Brownsville. Terrell, at the urging of some African-American leaders, went to see Secretary of War William Howard Taft to request that the action against the black troops be rescinded until they received a …


Ua45/2 Registrar Student Registers, Wku Archives Jan 2009

Ua45/2 Registrar Student Registers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Student registers of varying types. Student registers contain name, address and county. Enrollment books also contain the number of hours a student has completed. Aviation Cadet records include name, rank, serial number, course(s) taken and grades.


The Houston Mutiny Of 1917, Garna L. Christian Jan 2009

The Houston Mutiny Of 1917, Garna L. Christian

Trotter Review

One of the deadliest race riots in the strife-ridden World War I period, the Houston Mutiny, otherwise known as the Camp Logan riot, resulted in more than twenty deaths and the largest number of executions in the history of the United States military.

The mutiny occurred on the night of August 23, 1917, less than a month after the Third Battalion of the African-American 24th Infantry arrived in Houston, Texas. Companies I, K, L, and M, consisting of 645 enlisted men and seven officers under the command of Col. William Newman, and later Maj. Kneeland S. Snow, drew the assignment …


Cross-Cultural Competence Assessment Instruments For The U.S Military Academy's Semester Abroad Program, Scott E. Womack Jan 2009

Cross-Cultural Competence Assessment Instruments For The U.S Military Academy's Semester Abroad Program, Scott E. Womack

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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