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Full-Text Articles in United States History
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Roberts), 1925-2013 (Sc 3372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda (Roberts), 1925-2013 (Sc 3372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3372. Printed letter in her handwriting, May 1979, from Margaret Thatcher to Mrs. Hobson Sinclair (June Rose Garrott), Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking her for her message of congratulation on Thatcher’s election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “We were thrilled with the decisive result and good majority,” the letter states, and declares that “there is work to be done” to fulfill the trust placed in her government by the public.
Moyers, Dolores Jean (Sc 3375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moyers, Dolores Jean (Sc 3375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3375. “Warren County’s Outstanding Pioneer,” a short paper by WKU journalism student Dolores Moyers about Robert Craddock, a Revolutionary War veteran and philanthropist whose will established the Craddock Fund for the education of Warren County, Kentucky schoolchildren. Includes her typescript of Craddock’s will.
Cornette, James Percival, 1908-1986 (Sc 3374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cornette, James Percival, 1908-1986 (Sc 3374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3374. Letter, 5 June 1956, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from James P. Cornette, a former colleague and now president of West Texas State College, expressing his appreciation of a recent visit with her. Also includes a 1962 letter to Richards from WKU alumnus and West Texas State College history professor Lowell H. Harrison enclosing a lengthy clipping about Cornette’s recent “Man of the Year” award, and a 1963 speech of Cornette’s on the occasion of the college’s renaming as West Texas State University.
Kelsay, Terence Eugene, 1932-2013 (Sc 3373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelsay, Terence Eugene, 1932-2013 (Sc 3373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3373. Letter, 24 September 1960, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from former student Terry Kelsay, Lexington, Kentucky. He encloses a copy of the October, 1960 issue of The Episcopal Church Advocate of the Diocese of Lexington and draws her attention to its contents, particularly an article about the publication’s founder, John Esten Cooke, and a portrait of him by artist Matthew Jouett. Kelsay expresses pride in the revival of the publication after more than one hundred years, and in the greater numbers of Kentucky Episcopalians since 1950 due to “vigorous evangelism.”
Coleman, John Winston, Jr., 1898-1983 (Sc 3369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coleman, John Winston, Jr., 1898-1983 (Sc 3369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3369. Letters to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from author, historian and Kentuckiana collector J. Winston Coleman, Jr., primarily regarding his books. Includes book notices, biographical and publication data, and a speech of Coleman’s on Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
Borrone, Bert Joseph, Jr., 1919-1995 (Sc 3368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Borrone, Bert Joseph, Jr., 1919-1995 (Sc 3368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3368. Prelude to Invasion,” two programs written by Sergeant Bert J. Borrone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for the American Expeditionary Station News Bureau to be broadcast on 23 May and 30 May 1944. Borrone, then stationed in North Africa, details possible scenarios and tactical challenges for the highly anticipated Allied invasion of Europe, and expresses confidence in victory.
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Sc 3370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Sc 3370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3370. Letters to retired WKU faculty member Frances Richards from Congressman Tim Lee Carter, a former student. He compliments her as “one of my finest teachers” and recalls others at WKU. He also comments on Monroe County, Kentucky’s 1971 sesquicentennial, sends her his floor speech on noise pollution, and refers briefly to poverty programs, rural depopulation, and his hope for bipartisan politics in Kentucky. Includes a letter from Carter’s sister Mae with data about her family.
Dougherty, Russell Elliott, 1920-2007 (Sc 3371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dougherty, Russell Elliott, 1920-2007 (Sc 3371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3371. Letters to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from and about General Russell E. Dougherty, USAF, her former student. Includes Christmas letters for 1960 and 1967, an inscribed copy of his commencement speech delivered at WKU in 1975, and two 1977 letters regarding Dougherty’s hospitalization for a heart attack.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Sc 3366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Sc 3366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3366. Correspondence, consisting mainly of publication announcements for books by Alfred Leland Crabb, a faculty member at WKU and George Peabody College and an author of essays and historical fiction. Includes miscellaneous writing of Crabb’s as well as reviews, clippings and obituaries.
Hubbard, Silas B., 1780-1859 (Sc 3365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hubbard, Silas B., 1780-1859 (Sc 3365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3365. Letter, 21 August 1818, of Silas Hubbard, Lexington, Kentucky, to his brother Ebenezer Hubbard, Concord, Massachusetts. He urges Ebenezer to forgo his intention to enter the weaving business in Massachusetts and join him in operating looms in Kentucky. He praises the state’s schools, churches and climate, and is confident of opportunities awaiting those “not born with the foolish notion that they must brood over the ashes of their ancestors.” He reports on possible locations for their enterprise that are near good mill streams, including a …
Bryant, Joseph Allen, Jr., 1919-1999 (Sc 3367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, Joseph Allen, Jr., 1919-1999 (Sc 3367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3367. Letter, 5 February 1960, of Shakespeare scholar and alumnus J. A. “Jo Allen” Bryant to WKU faculty member Frances Richards. He thanks her for forwarding items from WKU’s campus newspaper, the College Heights Herald, reporting on his activities, praises the Herald, and remarks on his enjoyment of his position on the English faculty at Duke University. Includes notices regarding Bryant’s book Hippolyta’s View. Also includes a flyer for a lecture Bryant delivered at Western Michigan University, forwarded to Miss Richards by a colleague.
Callis, Caius Marcellus, 1804-1863 (Sc 3364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Callis, Caius Marcellus, 1804-1863 (Sc 3364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3364. Letter, 8 July 1849, of C. M. Callis, Hopkinsville, Kentucky to his brother-in-law Thomas Garland, Charlottesville, Virginia. He refers to the affection of his young son for his late mother’s family, and expresses concern over the financial consequences of Virginia’s establishment of free schools. He also reports on the anticipated discussion of slavery at Kentucky’s upcoming constitutional convention and to Senator Henry Clay’s proposal for gradual emancipation, which is favored by a “respectable minority.” He expects the convention merely to prohibit the importation of slaves, …
Litsey, Edwin Carlile, 1874-1970 (Sc 3362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Litsey, Edwin Carlile, 1874-1970 (Sc 3362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3362. Letter, 19 July 1950, to “Mary Virginia” from Edwin Carlile Litsey, Lebanon, Kentucky. He thanks her for a recent request for biographical data and relates information about his daughter Sarah and her family. He also reports that both of them are working on books. Includes a typescript of Sarah’s poem “The Roads,” published in Scribner’s Magazine, December 1935, and a typescript of Litsey’s poem “King Solomon of Kentucky.”
Giles, Janice Meredith (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice Meredith (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3363. Letters, 1951 and 1955, from author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, containing biographical information about her and husband Henry Giles. Includes a 1956 letter declining WKU faculty member Frances Richards’ invitation to speak at WKU’s Leiper English Club due to her dental problems, and a few clippings about the Giles and their work.
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 - Relating To (Sc 3360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 - Relating To (Sc 3360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3360. Material relating to commemorations of Stephen Foster, a Pennsylvania native and composer of the song My Old Kentucky Home: postage stamps, envelopes, and invitations to a bust unveiling at New York University, to Stephen Collins Foster Memorial Programs at the University of Pittsburgh, and to the Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, White Springs, Florida. Includes notices for a 1944 biography, a bibliographic review, and a tribute to Josiah K. Lilly, a collector of Foster manuscripts.
Stone, Laurence Lobert "Larry," 1914-1993 (Sc 3361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stone, Laurence Lobert "Larry," 1914-1993 (Sc 3361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3361. Letters to retired WKU faculty member Frances Richards from former student Larry Stone, co-editor and columnist for The (Central City, Kentucky) Times-Argus. A 1972 letter recalls his visits to her at the WKU campus, mentions other former teachers, and reports on his work and family. A 1975 letter reports on recent awards from the National Newspaper Association given to him and other WKU alumni.
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 3359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 3359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3359. Letters and cards to WKU faculty member Frances Richards and her parents, and writings of George C. Grise. The WKU graduate, English professor at Austin Peay State University, and author thanks the Richards for gifts, including a loom, and describes his life in the country near Lewisburg, Kentucky. He sends Frances Richards notices regarding the publication of his 1956 book Life With Hezzie and a 1960 writer’s workshop at Austin Peay. Includes an essay about editing WKU’s College Heights Herald newspaper, and a published article about school discipline stories. Also includes clippings …
Clarke, Mary (Washington), 1913-1999 (Sc 3358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Mary (Washington), 1913-1999 (Sc 3358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3358. Letters and cards to retired WKU faculty member Frances Richards from Mary (Washington) Clarke, also a WKU faculty member. She writes of publishing her book Jesse Stuart’s Kentucky, of her work with husband Kenneth Clarke as editor of the Kentucky Folklore Record, and of other scholarly projects. Christmas letters provide details of the Clarkes’ farm near Bowling Green, Kentucky, including a sketch map of its location.
Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1983 (Sc 3357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Anne Pence, 1901-1983 (Sc 3357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3357. Letters and cards to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from author and alumna Anne Pence Davis, Wichita Falls, Texas. She writes of her enjoyment of a 1962 visit to WKU, and in 1976 recounts recent activities and asks Richards’ help in preparing a program on Kentucky poets for the Kentucky Club of Dallas. After the program, she writes to thank Richards, encloses the club invitation, and relates news about her inclusion in volume 3 of the anthology Kentucky in American Letters by Dorothy E. Townsend, and about her gardening.
Mcguire, Owen (Lg 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcguire, Owen (Lg 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 464. Copy of a land grant, 6 May 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Owen McGuire as assignee of William Thompson 200 acres of land on the waters of Drakes Creek, Warren County, Kentucky.
Jackson, Pauline (Hickman), 1898-1973 (Sc 3353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Pauline (Hickman), 1898-1973 (Sc 3353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3353. Letter, 9 December 1963, to “Bonnie” from Pauline Jackson, Corsicana, Texas. Regarding the recent assassination of President John F. Kennedy, she speculates that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was part of a government-orchestrated plot, that he knew his own killer Jack Ruby, and that more than a single gun was fired. She comments on many Texans’ antipathy toward the Kennedy Administration and suspicion of Vice President Lyndon Johnson for another murder “coverup,” but does not blame Texas for the assassination. She also shares some genealogical data.
Reed, Bettie Louise (Curlin), 1900-1999 (Sc 3354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reed, Bettie Louise (Curlin), 1900-1999 (Sc 3354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3354. Letter, postmarked 11 January 1950, of Bettie Louise Reed, Fulton, Kentucky to former classmate Anita Walker, Drakesboro, Kentucky. Reed, who published short stories in popular magazines under the pen name Curlin Reed, reports on her recent struggles with writing but reviews her career, inspirations, and use of an agent. She also gives news of her children.
Campbell, Marie Alice, 1903-1980 (Sc 3356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbell, Marie Alice, 1903-1980 (Sc 3356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3356. Letter, 20 May 1956, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from Marie Campbell, Bloomington, Indiana. She refers to a recent visit with Richards and friends at Bowling Green, Kentucky and invites her to visit Bloomington. Includes clippings about Campbell’s 1958 book, Tales from the Cloud Walking Country.
Mccallum, Elizabeth Elliott (Cherry), 1890-1985 (Sc 3355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccallum, Elizabeth Elliott (Cherry), 1890-1985 (Sc 3355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3355. Typescripted account of Elizabeth (Cherry) McCallum’s experiences after she entered nursing school in 1913 in Kentucky. She subsequently served as a Red Cross nurse during World War I and as superintendent of nurses at Louisville Children’s Hospital. Includes her note about writing the piece, and her short article about rural life, published in the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 3352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 3352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3352. Handwritten narrative of Lida (Calvert) Obenchain (pen name Eliza Calvert Hall) about the writing and publication of her short story “Sally Ann’s Experience” and her books Aunt Jane of Kentucky, The Land of Long Ago, To Love and to Cherish, Clover and Blue Grass, and A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets. Also includes a typescript of her poem “Macmonnies’ Bacchante” and a hand-bound volume of other typescripted poems written by her.
Rice, Bertha Eleanor (Adams), 1875-1948 (Mss 661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Bertha Eleanor (Adams), 1875-1948 (Mss 661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 661. Genealogical research and correspondence files of Bertha (Adams) Rice, Russellville, Kentucky, mainly regarding the ancestry of Logan County, Kentucky families. Includes a large amount of data copied from deed, marriage, will, and court records of Logan and other Kentucky counties, and from published works.
Barmann, Dolly Reed (Gilmore), 1902-1963 (Sc 3350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barmann, Dolly Reed (Gilmore), 1902-1963 (Sc 3350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3350. Two letters to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from author and poet Dolly Barmann, an Allen County, Kentucky native residing in Fort Worth, Texas, regarding her writing and her book of poems, Trammel Fork Creek. Includes clippings about Barmann’s work and two of her poems, “Goin to the Grist Mill” and “Moonshiners.”
Bryan, Mary Louise, 1894-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryan, Mary Louise, 1894-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3349. Undated letter to Mary Bryan, Paducah, Kentucky, from a disappointed suitor. He describes arriving at her home to find her already departed for other amusements, and his distress at her possible preference for riding in a car rather than his “tiresome old buggy.” Embarrassed and hurt, he nevertheless declares his affection and denies any intention to offend her. Includes a photo postcard to Mary showing a social gathering.
Ogilvie, Frances, 1902-1942 - Relating To (Sc 3351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ogilvie, Frances, 1902-1942 - Relating To (Sc 3351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3351. Information about the life and writings of Frances Ogilvie, a Princeton, Kentucky native and author of the novel Green Bondage. The information is contained in a clipping, a letter from a Princeton librarian, and a letter from Ogilvie’s husband, Earle M. Nichols, who recalls the Kentucky “tobacco wars” that provided the inspiration for the novel. Includes a poem of Ogilvie’s titled “Spring Day.”
Miss Dynamite (Dog), 1958-1973 (Sc 3345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miss Dynamite (Dog), 1958-1973 (Sc 3345), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3345. Publicity material about “Miss Dynamite,” a dog owned by Scottsville, Kentucky, soft drink company executive Fred Hale. Hale termed her “Kentucky’s Canine Celebrity,” made her the owner for life of his shopping center, and established a bank account in her name. Includes information about her life, death and funeral, Christmas cards, clippings, and a check signed with Miss Dynamite’s paw print and honored by a Scottsville bank.