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Plain, Sarah W. (Sc 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 81. Deed conveying 74 acres of land in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, by Sarah W. Plain and others, to Samuel P. Wilkins.

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.

Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (Sc 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of letter and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 72. Letter, 24 April 1886, written by Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir, Mississippi, to John D. Woods, Frankfort, Kentucky, refuting a report that he once offered to resign as President of the Confederate States of America provided Albert Sidney Johnston was appointed as his successor.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 79. Letter, 21 November 1932, written by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Martha Washington Jackson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which expresses his thanks for her loyalty to the Democratic party; also notes given on the history of Bowling Green by Jackson.

Freemasons - Greenville, Kentucky (Sc 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 71. Official Circular No. 5 of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Knights of Honor issued by the office of the Grand Dictator, William H. Yost, Jr., Greenville, Kentucky, urging the recruitment of new members.

Mcguire, James (Sc 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 73. Receipt for homestead claim of James McGuire filed at Receiver's Office, Chadran, Nebraska.

Moorman, Clifford (Sc 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 76. Letter written by Clifford Moorman, Hillsboro, Texas, to a relative, Miss Annie Kennerly, Lewisburg, Kentucky, which contains chiefly Moorman family genealogical information.

Allison, Young Ewing, Jr., 1890-1965 (Sc 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 80. Letter written by Young Ewing Allison, Jr., Louisville, Kentucky, to Miss Julia Neal, Auburn, Kentucky, in reply to an inquiry concerning Lucy Furman.

Cowan, Jane, 1829-1909 (Sc 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 75. Postcard written by Jane Cowan, South Union, Kentucky, to Alex Duvall, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which she expresses her thanks for some magazines he has sent to her.

Wilson, Mayme C., 1877-1895 (Sc 1828), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1828. "Resolutions of Respect" upon the death of Mayme Wilson; also, a copy of her obituary.

Kirby, John Quincy, 1875-1957 - Letters To (Sc 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 78. Letters, 2 and 14 November 1930, written to J. Quince Kirby, Bowling Green, Kentucky, one by Joe S. Kirby, the other by “Joda” Kirby. The letters relate genealogical information about the Boone and Kirby families.

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Strobel, Robert Nelson, B. 1988 - Collector (Sc 1826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1826. Business letter, 17 January 1846, from Benjamin Warfield, Lexington, Kentucky to Micajah Smith, Harrison County, Kentucky; 18 September 1865 letter from "Dan," New Orleans, to his sister Olive in Massachusetts discussing his military service; letter from J. Stoddard Johnston, Kentucky Secretary of State to his counterpart in Illinois, 9 August 1877.

Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1825. Documents, news clippings, ephemera, and correspondence related to Edward Vernon Sexton's military service in Word War II.

Kirk, Ola Lee, 1902-1983 - Letters To (Sc 1816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1816. Two letters written to Ola L. Kirk, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from U.S. Representative William H. Natcher, Washington, D.C. Also, one letter to Kirk from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Washington, D.C., related to a speaking engagement.

Meng, Yu (Sc 1823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1823. Project documenting the historic Scott Tobacco Company building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Documentation includes photos, slides, and a taped interview with Danny Howell, president of Scott Tobacco. Also includes copy of a Scott Tobacco Company pocket notebook with facts about tobacco and the company's products.

Hill Hardware Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1822. Business papers that include a balance sheet for the company as of 1 June 1922 and a tentative budget for 1923 that outlines employee responsibilities and salaries.

Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1821. Two 1970 letters from John A. Birchett, stationed in Vietnam, to his wife Patti in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes about his love for his wife and his desire to return home soon.

Thompson, James Gaydon (Sc 1824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1824. Small notebook containing advice on military tactics and survival written by James Gaydon Thompson for a cousin, John Rye. The notebook is not dated, but Thompson mentions the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Terry, John (Sc 1820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1820. Letter, 9 February 1853, from John Terry, Louisville, Kentucky to Thomas Green Moss, New Brighton, Pennsylvania discussing Moss's suffering from a medical ailment.

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Relating To (Sc 1819), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1819. Five colorfully illustrated envelopes containing images and slogans related to the United States's involvement in World War II.

James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1772. Warren County deed, 1842; first bill received by George D. James's grocery store, Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1913; 1928-1931 autograph album and other items related to Brownsville High School; letter from Methodist minister Hoyt Parsley, Kyrock, Edmonson County, 31 October 1941; other miscellaneous items.

Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 235. Letters from Paul S. Becchetti, Jr. to his parents, Paul and "Doris" Becchetti of Poughkeepsie, New York. Majority of the letters written while he was serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1806. Register, 1879 to 1977, of the New Liberty Methodist Church located in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Register includes lists of members, pastors and baptisms. Information prior to 1879 has been copied into the book. A separate hand-written list of pastors is included.

Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1818. Letter, 22 August 1828, from Tate, Green County, Kentucky to John Brigham, Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York City. On behalf of the newly-formed Green County Bible Society, Tate inquires about the purchase of Bibles from Brigham's organization.

Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Mss 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 237. One large account book, 1832-1839 (357 p.) kept by the Green family of Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky; portions of the ledger were later used by Green as a scrapbook. Collection also includes genealogy and legal papers related to the Green family, and news clippings.

Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 238. Two large volumes separated into fifteen subfolders representing various census schedules for 1850 in Warren County, Kentucky. Information about free and slave populations, deaths, agriculture, and industry in Warren County's two enumeration districts is included.

Russellville, Kentucky - Postmasters Account Books, 1900-1918 (Mss 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 236. Nine postmasters account and record books kept by postmasters Jacob Bradley Coffman and Charles Merritt Griffith, Russellville, Kentucky.

Shrewsbury, Ralph D., 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1815. Letters from Ralph D. Shrewsbury and his future bride, Aline Lanier, to his mother Grace Snider Shrewsbury of Caneyville, Kentucky, related to their upcoming marriage. Also, reassuring letter from Shrewsbury after he had been reported as missing in action, and news clippings related to his World War II service.

Peete, William Weldon, 1866-1937 (Sc 1805), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1805. Copies of three letters to Howard Rose, LaCrosse, Virginia from W. Weldon Peete in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Miami, Florida. He writes of his family, his health, the growth of Bowling Green, and his memories of their long friendship.

Shrewsbury, Ralph Damon, 1919-1998 (Sc 1815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1815. Letters from Ralph Damon Shrewsbury and his future bride, Aline Lanier, to his mother Grace Snider Shrewsbury of Caneyville, Kentucky, related to their upcoming marriage. Also, reassuring letter from Shrewsbury after he had been reported as missing in action, and news clippings related to his World War II service.