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Full-Text Articles in United States History
Lyon, Hylan Benton, 1836-1907 (Sc 3743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lyon, Hylan Benton, 1836-1907 (Sc 3743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3743. Letters, 1862 (6), of Confederate General Hylan B. Lyon to his wife Laura; letter, 1859, of Laura to her husband; and letter, 1866, of Lyon to his sister-in-law Florence. Writing to Lyon while he served in Washington Territory, Laura sends family news and expresses hope for his safety. Writing to his wife from Tennessee and from Fort Warren, Massachusetts, where he is being held as a prisoner of war, Lyon refers to a false report of his death; provides war news; and discusses arrangements for their reunion after a hoped-for prisoner exchange, urging …
Lanier, Rova Aurora Mary, 1835-1916 (Sc 3742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lanier, Rova Aurora Mary, 1835-1916 (Sc 3742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3742. Two embossed paper items: envelope addressed to Miss Aurora Lanier, Woodburn, Kentucky; and Valentine’s Day message, possibly in draft, to “Fair Sir” from a young woman.
P.E.O. Sisterhood - Chapter D - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
P.E.O. Sisterhood - Chapter D - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3740. Yearbooks, 1947/48-1949/50, 1951/52-1953/54, 1955/56-1958/59 of the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood, Chapter D, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a 1954 music program, sheet music for the P.E.O. Sisterhood ode, and program for the annual convention of the Kentucky State Chapter, 1960.
Scott, Lucille, 1906-1989 (Sc 3739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Lucille, 1906-1989 (Sc 3739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3739. Paper, “Folk Lore Found in the Writings of Eliza Calvert Hall” (pen name of Lida Calvert Obenchain), written by Western Kentucky State Teachers College student Lucille Scott.
Mccormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 And Arthur Thomas Mccormack, 1872-1943, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 And Arthur Thomas Mccormack, 1872-1943, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3738. Arrest warrants issued by the Bowling Green, Kentucky Police Court charging Dr. J. N. McCormack, then Secretary of the State Board of Health, and Dr. A. T. McCormack with permitting a “nuisance, source of filth & cause of sickness” by erecting a privy over an open drain or sewer to serve the McCormack Building on State Street. Includes a letter, 29 September 1907, from Dr. J. N. McCormack to Governor J. C. W. Beckham requesting a pardon and describing his ongoing efforts to dispose of waste …
Mclean College - Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Sc 3735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mclean College - Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Sc 3735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3735. Historical sketch by an unknown author of McLean College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Chartered in 1849 as Belmont Institute for the higher education of women, the institution became coeducational when its name was changed to South Kentucky College, and subsequently to McLean College.
Hullett, Jessie Christine (Grimes), 1932-2019 (Sc 3734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hullett, Jessie Christine (Grimes), 1932-2019 (Sc 3734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3734. Two autograph books (1942-1944, 1944-1948) of Christine Grimes, Warren County, Kentucky. One includes names and residences of schoolmates.
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 (Mss 766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 (Mss 766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 766. Primarily genealogical research collected by Hardcastle. Families represented include Carpenter, Ford, George, Shobe, Stookey, Heyer, and Tucker. Includes a list of deaths in Warren County, Kentucky, for the year ended 1 June 1860, copied from an unknown source (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Record Of Lots (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Record Of Lots (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Scan of Box 12, Folder 2, Manuscripts Collection 577. This is a record book of F. C. Gerard, Undertaker (later Gerard & Gerard), Bowling Green, Kentucky, recording lots in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, an African-American cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Entries show names by lot and section number of persons buried in the cemetery’s "old" and "new" ground as well as inside and outside "the circle."
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Funeral Register, 1888-1890 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Funeral Register, 1888-1890 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Scan of Box 12, Folder 1, Manuscripts Collection 577. This is a record book of funerals, 1888-1890, arranged by F. C. Gerard, Undertaker (later Gerard & Gerard), Bowling Green, Kentucky. Information recorded commonly includes name of deceased, date of death and burial, residence, place of burial, age, cause of death, and race.
Larkins, Sovern John, B. 1928 (Sc 3733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Larkins, Sovern John, B. 1928 (Sc 3733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3733. Letters, 1947-1948, to Sovern John Larkins, Princeton, Kentucky, written during his U.S. Army service with American occupation forces in post-World War II Japan. A fellow servicemen describes conditions on his return home to Louisville, Kentucky and his wife’s reaction to his news that he dated a Japanese girl; his mother sends a Christmas card; a Princeton pastor expresses his good wishes; and a former classmate from the University of Kentucky sends greetings. Includes a photograph of four unidentified servicemen, and additional data about Larkins supplied by his daughter, 2024.
Thompson, Archibald, 1736-1808 (Sc 3730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Archibald, 1736-1808 (Sc 3730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 3730. Journal of Archibald Thompson, a native of Ireland and a Revolutionary War veteran. He records many family births and marriages, his own family’s various relocations in Virginia and in Monroe (formerly Cumberland) County, Kentucky, and miscellaneous accounts and transactions. Includes a typescript and name index prepared by Sandra K. Gorin under the title “The Archibald Thompson Journal" (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan, made available with her permission).
Young, John Ellis, 1943-2013 (Sc 3732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, John Ellis, 1943-2013 (Sc 3732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3732. Genealogy, with narrative elements, of the Rowan family of Kentucky, prepared by John Ellis Young. Includes a letter to Randall Capps explaining the genealogy and referring to Capps’s own work, The Rowan Story: From Federal Hill to My Old Kentucky Home.
Boone Family Letters (Sc 3731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boone Family Letters (Sc 3731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3731. Two letters, 1873 and 1908, from members of the Boone family of Louisville, Kentucky. William P. Boone writes his wife from Laconia, Indiana concerning a family farm, and Samuel H. Boone writes a cousin giving sources for discovering the literary work of his grandfather, John M. Harney.
Hayes, Eugenia Mary (Blakey), 1905-1992 (Mss 764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hayes, Eugenia Mary (Blakey), 1905-1992 (Mss 764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 764. Primarily genealogical research collected by Eugenia Hayes on her ancestors in the Blakey, King, Morris, Cowherd and related families.
Hodges, Mary J. "Mollie" (Sc 3727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Mary J. "Mollie" (Sc 3727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3727. Letters of Mollie Hodges, Hart County, Kentucky, to her future husband Ambrose King, written during his Civil War U.S. Army service. She mourns their separation, mentions the Confederate presence near Burkesville, and recalls her visit to him in camp, where she found him in a sad state of mind. Distressed by his mood, she is anxious to keep up their correspondence.
Memorial High School - Hart County, Kentucky (Sc 3729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Memorial High School - Hart County, Kentucky (Sc 3729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3729. Directory of graduates, 1920-1969, of Memorial High School, located between Hardyville and Canmer in Hart County, Kentucky.
Hayes, Eugenia Mary (Blakey), 1905-1992 (Sc 3728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hayes, Eugenia Mary (Blakey), 1905-1992 (Sc 3728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3728. “A History of Old Gilead Church House,” by Eugenia Blakey Hayes, prepared for the church’s one-hundredth anniversary, 1860-1960.
Stringfellow, Jessie Eleanor, 1904-1980 (Sc 3726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stringfellow, Jessie Eleanor, 1904-1980 (Sc 3726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3726. Letter, 26 December 1926, to Jessie Stringfellow, Nashville, Tennessee, from “Boots.” He recounts his efforts to locate her during a visit to town, asks about recent flooding in Nashville, and describes a pin given to his girlfriend. He writes on letterhead of the Green River Fuel Company Incorporated, Mogg, Kentucky. The reverse provides information about the company and its product, “Green River Coal.”
Oetzel, Virgil Donaphin, 1911-1998 (Sc 3725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oetzel, Virgil Donaphin, 1911-1998 (Sc 3725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3725. “Virgil Oetzel: HIs Life & Times in the Kentucky Hills,” a memoir by Virgil Oetzel. The Campbell County, Kentucky native recalls his family, childhood, activities and pastimes, farm work, schooling, church, memorable local personalities, the Depression years, marriage and children, encounters with hoboes, and a deep-sea fishing trip to Florida.
George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
George Washington Carver Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3720. Miscellaneous material relating to the George Washington Carver Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky, founded by Ashula P. Williams and her daughter Dolores (Williams) Moses to serve local children. Includes children’s activity plans; meeting agendas and budgets; and workshop invitations.
Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Petition - State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3723. Petition signed by property owners and residents in the vicinity of the 100 block of State Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky, opposing the proposed rezoning of land at 130-134 State Street from a light industrial to a heavy industrial district for use as an auto body and repair shop.
County Of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
County Of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3722. Articles of incorporation and minutes of one meeting of the County of Warren Public Judiciary Corporation, a non-profit corporation acting as agent for Warren County, Kentucky, in the planning and development of new judicial and correctional facilities. Includes a letter to a Louisville, Kentucky architectural firm inviting a proposal for the project.
Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moses Family Papers (Mss 763), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 763. Personal papers of the Moses family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and of related Covington and Williams family members. Includes some materials relating to the Southern Queen Hotel, operated by the families to serve African American guests from 1945-1975.
Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ladies Art Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 762. Minute books of the Ladies Art Club, an African-American women’s club in Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose objectives included social and charitable activities and annual exhibits of sewing work.
Dent, Emory Gleason, 1878-1945 (Sc 3724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dent, Emory Gleason, 1878-1945 (Sc 3724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3724. Clippings, telegrams of sympathy to his widow, and funeral flower list relating to the death on 19 April 1945 of Bowling Green, Kentucky druggist, businessman and public servant Emory G. Dent.
Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Royal Knights - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3721. Minute book of the Royal Knights, a men’s auxiliary club for the State Street Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Minton Family Papers (Mss 761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Minton Family Papers (Mss 761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 761. Primarily personal correspondence of John Dean Minton, a Trigg County, Kentucky native who served as fifth president of Western Kentucky University, his father John Ernest Minton and brother Layton Wilson Minton.
Edmonson County, Kentucky - Records (Mss 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonson County, Kentucky - Records (Mss 760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 760. Primarily nineteenth-century records of Edmonson County, Kentucky, particularly the county court. Includes the county court order book beginning in 1825, the year of the county’s creation, militia lists, deed lists, and fee books. Also includes genealogical and historical data on the Houchin family.
Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc. - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3719. Constitution and bylaws of the Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky, as amended from 1990 to 2012. Includes a brochure for this non-profit computer help organization.