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Full-Text Articles in United States History
Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 48. Awards of merit in grammar and arithmetic, 1860-1861, presented to Aaron Bate by Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. They are printed and written in Latin.
Stevenson, James, 1764-1857 (Sc 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stevenson, James, 1764-1857 (Sc 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 45. Power of attorney authorization signed by James Stevenson, Logan County, Kentucky, 1857, by which his Revolutionary War pension which he was granted in 1832 is to be received by his attorney, Jonas H. Rhorer.
Porter, D. J. (Sc 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, D. J. (Sc 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 47. Letter, 15 March 1860, written by D.J. Porter at Anderson County, Texas, to his brother S.F. Porter, evidently of Kentucky, which contains chiefly family news.
Manning, Allen, 1864-1950 (Sc 1762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manning, Allen, 1864-1950 (Sc 1762), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1762. Journal of farm work done by Allen Manning and his co-workers for Mrs. Underwood of Warren County, Kentucky. He makes note of the weather and its effect on the crops.
Evans, John Wooten, 1862-1894 (Sc 1754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Evans, John Wooten, 1862-1894 (Sc 1754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1754. Three letters from John W. Evans, New York City, to his wife Sallie Evans, Russellville, Kentucky, while he was on buying trips for his dry goods store. One letter from Evans, Russellville, to Sallie, visiting in Bowling Green, Kentucky; another is from a brother.
Groves, James (Sc 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Groves, James (Sc 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 39. Bill of sale for three slaves, Edy, about five years old, Cyntha, about two years old, and Stepen, about seven months old, sold for $600 to W.W. Milliken, Simpson County, Kentucky, and letter concerning the bill of sale, 1948.
Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 38. Loom weaving draft, "Nine Snowball Draft," made by E. Jane Hanor, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Coverlet draft.
Political Conventions - Democratic, 1852 (Sc 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Political Conventions - Democratic, 1852 (Sc 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 40. Letter to Dr. W.P. Reyburn from four Louisiana state delegates to the National Democratic Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1852, appointing him their representative and instructing him to vote for General Lewis Cass for President.
Moore Collection (Sc 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore Collection (Sc 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 37. Copy of the will of Samuel Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky, written 29 September 1846 and recorded 6 December 1850 in Hickman County Court, and an incomplete, undated and unsigned deed for land in Allen County, Kentucky, conveying land to David A. Porter by Robert Moore.
Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morning Collection (Sc 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 36. Deeds conveying land in Anderson County, Kentucky, to Robert Carlton by John and Nancy Morning, 1847, and by Thomas and Mary J. Morning, 1856.
Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hale, Louise (Brown), 1917-2001 (Sc 1623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1623. In her unpublished account, "Memories," Louise (Brown) Hale describes rural life in the Daviess County, Kentucky, community of Whitesville between the world wars. She recalls family and community members, farm and home chores, her marriage, and her eventual move to California. Also includes two New Years letters to her grandchildren.
Biggers, Covella (Houchens), 1921-2022 (Sc 1610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Biggers, Covella (Houchens), 1921-2022 (Sc 1610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1610. Three handwritten sermons by Episcopalian clergyman John Wesley Venable, and one early nineteenth-century ciphering book (unbound) executed by Burrell Adams.
Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 35. Incoming business letters of George B. Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from various firms and individuals, including one from George B. Kinkead, Kentucky Secretary of State, 1846.
Rodes Collection (Sc 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rodes Collection (Sc 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 33. Letter (facsimile) written by Andrew Jackson, U.S. President, 1845, Hermitage, Tennessee, to Major William B. Lewis, regarding national politics, and an invitation to Mr. & Mrs. John G. Barrett, Louisville, Kentucky, to a reception for President and Mrs. Hayes at the Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky, 1877.
Lewis, Norman Victor, 1917-1999 (Mss 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Norman Victor, 1917-1999 (Mss 215), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and correspondence address list (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 215. This collection consists almost exclusively of letters sent from Lewis to his girlfriend and subsequent wife, Bettie Gibson (Phelps) Lewis. They include courtship letters, correspondence documenting Lewis's World War II service and military life, and letters containing information about family matters.
Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, George W. (Sc 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 26. Deed for a lot in Louisville, Kentucky, whereby George W. Smith and his wife, Sabina, convey the property to William Sale.
Ford, Sandra Young, 1944-1998 (Sc 1752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ford, Sandra Young, 1944-1998 (Sc 1752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1752. Items related to Sandra Young Ford's battle with cancer and her ultimate death.
Ward Family Letters (Sc 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ward Family Letters (Sc 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 27. Letter written to Jonathan Ward, Plymouth, New Hampshire, by his brother, Daniel Ward, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1840, which concerns family affairs and politics, and a letter written to Ralph Ward by his mother, Mrs. Catherine Ward, Talbottom, Georgia, 1861, which concerns her experience of traveling on a railway car with Jefferson Davis and southern pre-Civil War sentiments.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841- Relating To (Sc 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841- Relating To (Sc 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 28. William Henry Harrison campaign ribbon badge used for advertising during the 1840 presidential campaign, often referred to as the "log cabin and hard cider" campaign.
Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Elsie (Rex), 1901-1986 (Sc 1753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1753. Diary kept by Elsie (Rex) Foster, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1 January 1937 to 28 June 1937 in which she records daily activities, particularly of her baby son Gordon Bryan Foster.
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Josiah, 1806-1893 (Sc 1711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1711. Slave bill of sale to Josiah Newman, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1844; bill of lading for tobacco to be shipped to New Orleans via the Green River, 1847; letter and agreement concerning his freed slaves, 1864 & 1866; tax receipt, 1872.
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Stephen, 1811-1900 (Sc 1769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1769. Chiefly legal papers of Stephen Jackson and Oscar B. Jackson of Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and a slavery bill of sale.
Schneringer, Kenneth E. (Sc 1743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schneringer, Kenneth E. (Sc 1743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1743. Letter 17 November 2000 from Kenneth E. Schneringer, Woodstock, Georgia to Constance Ann Mills, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he discusses the presidential election of 2000 and the candidates.
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 1755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005 (Sc 1755), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1755. Two letters from Thomas Dionysius Clark, Lexington, Kentucky, to Pat Hodges, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in response to birthday cards sent to him. He briefly reminisces about his long life.
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African-American Marriage Certificate - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1735. Certificate of Nancy and Vilindee? Beason, Logan County, Kentucky, declaring that they had lived together in the past and desired to continue doing so as husband and wife.
Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Flaherty, Terah Leonard, 1914-1983 (Sc 1750), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1750. Forms and correspondence related to Terah Leonard Flaherty's World War II service in the U.S. Army; his wife's Red Cross certificate; and a humorous "Confederate" army commission.
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1746. Letter from Dero G. Downing to Sandra L. Staebell related to the graveside service for his brother and artist, Joe Downing. Includes Downing's tribute to his brother.
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halliday, William R., B. 1926 - Collector (Sc 1751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1751. Letter, 21 June 1839, from Elizabeth Davis, Lexington, Kentucky to her cousin Judeth Brown, Madison, Indiana describing daily family activities. Also, letter, 7 February 1848, from A. Duvall, Georgetown, Kentucky to Reverend Robert S. Bell, Winchester, Virginia related to a court case concerning land and slaves.
Handy, Murl Julian, 1916-1985 (Sc 1795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Handy, Murl Julian, 1916-1985 (Sc 1795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1795. Congratulatory letters from politicians William H. Natcher and Frances Jones Mills on the occasion of Murl J. and Mary C. Handy's 40th wedding anniversary.
Mabe, Cleyon, 1926-2011 (Sc 1728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mabe, Cleyon, 1926-2011 (Sc 1728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1728. Letter, 27 August 1949, from Cleyon Mabe to his sister Vivian (Mabe) Bowman, Louisville, Kentucky, written during his military service in Korea.