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Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lesieur, John Bryan "Jack," B. 1986 (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and selected scanned files (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 707. Documentation for an archaeological study, conducted by John Bryan LeSieur, of Kyrock, a planned industrial community in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes interviews, photographs, and an interpretive narrative.
Manson, Thomas H. - Letter To (Sc 3547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manson, Thomas H. - Letter To (Sc 3547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3547. Letter, 15 December (no year), to Thomas H. Manson, Oak Grove, Christian County, Kentucky from “Mary” in Fayette County, Tennessee. Writing to “My dear Parents,” she tells of visitors and friends in the area and asks about various aunts and uncles. She refers to visiting “Montgomery” (possibly Montgomery County, Tennessee, where a “Mary E. M. Manson” married a “William E. Palmer” in 1840). Her letter refers to a “Mr. Palmer” as well as to her children, including an “ugly girl” who she is anxious to …
Bowles, Margaret Eleanor (Nicholls), 1869-1950 (Sc 3546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowles, Margaret Eleanor (Nicholls), 1869-1950 (Sc 3546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3546. Letter, 10 April 1911, of Margaret (“Madge”) N. Bowles, Bardstown, Kentucky, to Margaret (Nicholls) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. She provides information on the Nicholls family, originally of Baltimore, Maryland, from which they are both descended.
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Account Books - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 704. Three account books of Bowling Green, Kentucky merchants: J. M. McClure, John Hines, and an unidentified dry goods and drug merchant.
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barren River Imaginative Museum Of Science - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 708. By-laws, board minutes, correspondence, newsletters, public relations material and information related to events and programming sponsored by the Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science (BRIMS) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The digital photographs have been saved in the WKU Photo Archives.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 - Collector (Sc 3544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3544. Collected material on the house at 610 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, built in 1908 and known as the “Carrie Taylor house.” Includes data on its history, design, and owners; photographs; clippings; and plans for a 1933 renovation. Also includes a WKU student research paper on the house, and a compact disc with a slide presentation about the house and two of its owners, Carrie Taylor and Blanche Potter Sharpe.
Seeley Family Bible Records (Sc 3519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seeley Family Bible Records (Sc 3519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3519. Copies of pages from the Bible of the Seeley family of Warren County, Kentucky, recording births, deaths and marriages.
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sumpter Family Papers (Sc 3545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3545. Contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and associated documents of the Sumpter family of Bowling Green, Kentucky relating to the acquisition, subdivision and development of the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Includes a 1962 plat map of a subdivision extension, a 1990 plan for a sanitary sewer extension, and a narrative history of the neighborhood. Also includes a Sumpter estate document and a promissory note and deed of the Patillo family.
Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, Eldon Stephenson, 1879-1961 (Sc 3543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3543. Letter, 15 September 1930, from Eldon S. Morgan, Scottsville, Kentucky Chief of Police, to Harry G. Smith, Secretary of the Kentucky Bankers Association, Louisville, Kentucky. He advises of his participation in the recent capture of a bank robber and asks for details regarding the offer and payment of a reward.
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 458. Material produced and collected for a film titled “On the Dixie Bee: The Quonset Auditorium Legacy,” which includes interviews with performers about their time at the Quonset Auditorium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Interviews may include a brief description of their performances, memories of the Quonset and thoughts about its demolition.
Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Garden Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 706. Minutes, yearbooks, financial records and information about service projects, educational programming and fund raising efforts of the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Garden Club.
Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Inter-Agency Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3540. Minutes and notices of meetings of the Inter-Agency Council, Bowling Green, Kentucky, formed in 1976 to “establish a forum for better communication among agencies, clubs, organizations, involved in service delivery.” Minuted are presentations by various service organizations about their work.
Penn Family (Mss 657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Penn Family (Mss 657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 657. Two versions of a narrative genealogy titled “The Penn Family of Virginia: (Principally Colonel Abram Penn’s Line Through His Son Edmund, My Grandfather)” written by Mary M. Penn.
Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buchanan, John Ed, 1856-1908 (Sc 3542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3542. Military papers relating to the Spanish-American War service in the 3rd and 29th regiments, Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, of John Ed Buchanan, Lebanon, Kentucky: his certificates of appointment as corporal; discharge certificates; and leatherette slipcover.
Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, William, 1860-1915 (Sc 3541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3541. Miscellaneous business papers and correspondence of William Crump, Rocky Hill (Edmonson County), an Smiths Grove (Warren County), Kentucky. Includes leases of agricultural property; receipts; a wagon manufacturer’s warranty; his father’s medical license; accounts; stock certificates in the Warren County Fair Association and in a local telephone company; map relating to a sale of town lots in Smiths Grove; and letters relating to a niece’s investments and to the purchase of horses.
Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3535. Two monographs by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, Bowling Green, Kentucky: “Reflections at the Wall,” presented at the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. on 8 September 2001, and “A Bone Called Luz,” prepared in connection with a presentation to the EQB Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hunter Ledger - Hopkins & Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Deaths (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hunter Ledger - Hopkins & Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Deaths (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
The following listing of deaths from Hopkins County and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky was copied from a ledger started by William Finis Hunter (1865-1939) of Hopkins County, Kentucky and was continued by his daughter, Essie (Hunter) Hammond. Essie (Hunter) Hammond was born 3 October 1896 in Hopkins County, Kentucky and died 6 March 1995 in Greenville, Kentucky. The ledger was probably copied by Brenda (Collier) Doss prior to the death of Mrs. Hammond and came into the possession of Gail Miller around 1998.
Gee, John Bugg, 1801-1878 (Sc 3539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gee, John Bugg, 1801-1878 (Sc 3539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3539. Contract, 1 January 1841, for the hire of “Emily” for twelve months, stipulating a payment of $9.00 to John B. Gee by John Carter and Herod Turner. The contract also stipulates the clothing to be provided to Emily during the summer and winter.
Stillson, Luther, B. 1851 (Sc 3536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stillson, Luther, B. 1851 (Sc 3536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3536. Letter, 11 October 1868, from Luther Stillson to a cousin in Connecticut. Writing from Marion, Ohio, during his travels as a surveyor, he comments lightheartedly on his work and on several mutual friends and relatives, including two uncles, a young man embarking on legal studies, and a family housekeeper and her prospects of marriage.
Smith, James Leon, 1909-1992 (Sc 3537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, James Leon, 1909-1992 (Sc 3537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3537. Application, 1940, of James Leon Smith, Warren County, Kentucky, for a Social Security account number, with brochure and related correspondence; also contract, 1964, for Smith’s sale to Lee Housley of an interest in a Guernsey cow and her calves. Includes Kentucky State Board of Agriculture Health Certificate.
Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 3538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 3538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3538. Letter, 28 October 1964 of Joseph Dudley “Joe” Downing, Paris, France, to WKU president Kelly Thompson and his wife Sarah. He writes about his painting “And Forever After,” recently sent to them as a gift, and thanks them for a recent exhibition of his work at WKU. He also describes the dinner party he gave that centered around their gift of a country ham, the full menu, and the reactions of his French friends. He also describes the improvements made to his apartment using an honorarium from WKU.
Lioness Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lioness Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 231. Minutes, financial records, yearbooks, historical information, correspondence and sundry other items related to the Lioness Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Bowling Green-Warren County Civic Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green-Warren County Civic Council - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3533. Minutes, correspondence, by-laws and sundry other documents related to the Bowling Green-Warren County Civic Council which was organized to create “a central committee for co-ordinating and promoting activities dedicated to community service.” Projects and programs undertaken by the organization are found in the minutes.
Chambers, Francis (Sc 3534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chambers, Francis (Sc 3534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for SC 3534. “Account of the Chambers Family,” a genealogical narrative by Francis Chambers 24 November 1858. This twelve page document chronicles the Chambers family immigrating to America from Ireland.
William Thomas Welborn Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
William Thomas Welborn Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the William Thomas Welborn Family Bible with accompanying typescripts done by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Solomon Huffstutler Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Solomon Huffstutler Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the Solomon Huffstutler Family Bible with accompanying typescripts by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Thomas B. Wood Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas B. Wood Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the Thomas B. Wood Family Bible with accompanying typescripts done by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Eugene Gill And Dee (Welborn) Gill Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eugene Gill And Dee (Welborn) Gill Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the Eugene Gill and Dee (Welborn) Gill Family Bible with accompanying typescripts done by Gail (Jackson) MIller.
Thomas And Winniford (Creekmur) Jackson Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas And Winniford (Creekmur) Jackson Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the Thomas and Winniford (Creekmur) Jackson Family Bible with accompanying typescripts done by Gail (Jackson) Miller.
Andrew And Winneford (Jackson) Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Andrew And Winneford (Jackson) Family Bible (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Genealogical Records
Images of the Andrew and Winneford (Jackson) Family Bible with accompanying typescripts done by Gail (Miller) Jackson.