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Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Burial Records Book, 1887-1917 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Burial Records Book, 1887-1917 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Scan of Box 9, Folder 2, Manuscripts Collection 577. This is a record book of F. C. Gerard, Undertaker (later Gerard & Gerard), Bowling Green, Kentucky, recording burials from January 1887-September 1917. Entries show the deceased’s name, age, race, residence, date of death and burial, place of burial, and cause of death.
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Burial Records Book, 1890-1896 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky - Burial Records Book, 1890-1896 (Mss 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Scan of Box 9, Folder 1, Manuscripts Collection 577. This is a record book of F. C. Gerard and Brother, Undertakers, Bowling Green, Kentucky, recording burials from December 1890 through February 1896. Entries show the deceased’s name, age, race, residence, date of death and burial, place of burial, and cause of death.
Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Rural Church Survey (Mss 705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Rural Church Survey (Mss 705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 705. Survey forms, historical data, and photographs documenting rural churches in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.
Eastwood Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eastwood Baptist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3569. “History of the Eastwood Baptist Church,” by Lyn Allison Yeager, 1978, and associated material including organizing documents and minutes, 1953-1955; photocopies of photographs; early membership data; clippings; and collected anecdotes.
Myers, Helen Neill (Mohead), 1920-1998 (Sc 3567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Myers, Helen Neill (Mohead), 1920-1998 (Sc 3567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3567. Correspondence, clippings, and congratulatory telegrams relating to the marriage on 29 June 1942 of Miss Neill Mohead of Lula, Mississippi and Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Rodes Kirby Myers.
Mayflower Hotel - Washington D.C. (Sc 3568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mayflower Hotel - Washington D.C. (Sc 3568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3568. Instruction card to guests of the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. describing procedures to be followed in the event of a blackout or air raid.
Grider, Dorothy, 1915-2012 (Mss 709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grider, Dorothy, 1915-2012 (Mss 709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 709. Correspondence, papers, sketches, drawings, mockups and other artwork documenting the career of Bowling Green, Kentucky native Dorothy Grider, an artist and illustrator of greeting and playing cards, filmstrips, advertisements for magazines, and numerous activity, coloring and story books for children.
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 3566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 3566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3566. Scrapbook, together with clippings and ephemera contained therein, of Cora Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although many of its pages are missing, the book is a “Mark Twain’s Scrapbook,” containing pages coated with a light adhesive that required a slight application of moisture instead of glue. The contents relate primarily to news and local social events of interest to Cora, including her own debut. Loose items include a humorous novelty card warning of “fishing pox” and a postcard extolling William Jennings Bryan.
Bell Buckle, Tennessee - Relating To (Sc 3565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bell Buckle, Tennessee - Relating To (Sc 3565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3565. “Bell Buckle Spring,” a 7 page narrative by an unknown author, recounting a naval lieutenant’s reminiscences of his youth while a student in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The story is a lyrical account of the natural features of the area and the excitement of witnessing a passing train. The story is inscribed as written in 1945 and “delivered” in May 1947.
Stamps Family (Sc 3564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps Family (Sc 3564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3564. Genealogical data and related correspondence of the Stamps and Hills families of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes family group sheets, cemetery data and other compiled material.
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 3562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Lelia Emmaline, 1865-1937 (Sc 3562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Autograph album of Lelia E. Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing entries by friends, family, and schoolmates at Bowling Green Female College.
Nicholls Family Papers (Sc 3563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nicholls Family Papers (Sc 3563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3563. Correspondence and papers of Emma (Gates) Nicholls and her husband James M. Nicholls, a merchant of Calhoun, Kentucky who also served as McLean County Clerk. Includes mercantile accounts, legal papers and obituary of James Nicholls; Emma’s temperance pledge and WCTU leaflet; letters to her regarding some inherited Texas land; a photocopy of a family photograph; and a letter to Emma from her husband’s former store clerk repaying money improperly taken. Also includes Emma’s letters to her two daughters at school consoling them over illness caused by a vaccination; and invitations to the …
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 3561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 3561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3561. Correspondence and notices relating to the publication of Duncan Hines: The Man Behind the Cake Mix, by Louis B. Hatchett. Includes letters relating to the identification of a photograph used in the book, a review of the book, and e-mails from the author regarding its promotion.
Bowling Green-Warren County Girl Scout Council (Mss 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green-Warren County Girl Scout Council (Mss 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 711. Minutes and miscellaneous records of the Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Girl Scout Council. Includes minutes and planning documents for the Caveland Girl Scout Council covering 14 counties in south central Kentucky.
Girl Scout Troop No. 1 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Girl Scout Troop No. 1 - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 710. Minutes and records for Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Girl Scout Troop No. 1. Includes some individual records, troop certificates, and a play script.
Gates Family Letters (Mss 398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gates Family Letters (Mss 398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 398. Letters and papers of the family of Thomas and Nancy Gates, Calhoun, Kentucky. Most of the letters are courtship letters to daughter Nellie, with other letters from family in Connecticut, New York, and elsewhere.
Hines, John Pipe, 1927-1987 (Sc 3560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, John Pipe, 1927-1987 (Sc 3560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3560. Correspondence of John P. Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding boat tours on the Green and Barren Rivers. Included are thank-you letters for his participation in tours, and correspondence with Captain C. W. Stoll regarding their shared interest in steamboats and river travel.
Mammoth Cave Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mammoth Cave Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that contain materials relating to Mammoth Cave. Our collections include descriptions of the Cave by visitors and guides, operation of the Cave as a tourist attraction, archaeology at the Cave, and the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.
World War I Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World War I Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to World War I. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, research projects, photographs, scrapbooks and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians at home and overseas, and of others who found themselves in Kentucky (most notably, at Camp Zachary Taylor, the Army training facility in Louisville) during the war and its immediate aftermath.
Church Records Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Church Records Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that consist of church records. Most of the churches are in Kentucky, but the collection includes a few records of churches in other states.
Shaker Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shaker Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate primarily to the United Believers in the Second Coming of Christ, commonly known as the Shakers. Most of the collections relate to the Shaker society at South Union in Logan County, Kentucky, but materials relating to other societies are also included.
Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3553. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the activities of the Estill County, Kentucky Republican Committee. Topics discussed include the election of Governor Edwin Morrow, assessment of post-World War I political sentiment, investigation of political campaign expenditures, party publications, and the coming 1920 election. Also includes a blank form for polling voters in the county school districts.
Garrard, James, 1749-1822 (Sc 3557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrard, James, 1749-1822 (Sc 3557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3557. Appointment of Isaac Lansdale as Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Kentucky, signed by Governor James Garrard, 2 April 1799. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.
Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3551. Correspondence and papers related to Louisville, Kentucky accountant Kessel P. Rider’s campaign for election to the city’s Board of Aldermen. Includes invitations to candidates’ events, congratulatory letters, and Rider’s Notary Public certificate.
Owsley, William, 1782-1862 (Sc 3556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owsley, William, 1782-1862 (Sc 3556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3556. Letter, 9 February 1841, from William Owsley, Frankfort, Kentucky, to U.S. Representative John B. Thompson, Washington, D.C., asking Thompson’s assistance in securing an appointment as Indian agent for Samuel Tillett of Garrard County, Kentucky.
Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3552. Biographical data sheets for Democratic Party candidates for state and local offices in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1953. Also includes a blank 1959-1961 roll call tally sheet for the Louisville Board of Aldermen.
Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3558. Miscellaneous letters, mostly to Kentuckians from their party officials, congressmen or senators regarding election campaigns, routine political matters or courtesies. Includes a letter from then-Senator Lyndon Johnson to the Chief Clerk of the U.S. Senate regarding Johnson’s 1955 surgery for kidney stones.
Gregg, Robert Miles, 1890-1962 (Sc 3559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gregg, Robert Miles, 1890-1962 (Sc 3559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3559. Letter, 4, February 1916, to Robert M. Gregg, Louisville, Kentucky from “Gip” Gregg (possibly his brother William), Bowling Green, Kentucky. He congratulates Robert on his marriage, outlines his plans for a visit to Louisville, and remarks on his shorthand and bookkeeping studies.
Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection SC 3554. Materials relating to the campaign of Andrew Broaddus for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: a campaign biography, his opening campaign speech delivered on radio, and a copy of the trade publication The Louisville Grocer containing an endorsement of Broaddus.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3555. Letter, 12 March 1907, from Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to The Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, New York City. Crump asks the principals to meet with the former manager of an Edmonson County, Kentucky stone and paving company during his coming visit to New York and obtain his advice on the production of rock asphalt. Written on the letterhead of the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, the letter displays a graphic of a replica of Fort Boonesboro (Kentucky’s building at the Exposition) and lists the Commissioners.