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Claus, Santa (Sc 1742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Claus, Santa (Sc 1742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1742. Letter to “Maggie,” probably of Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Santa Claus telling her to take care of her presents, be a good girl, love her family “and always sit still at the table.”
Moore, Earl Austin, 1892-1978 (Sc 1747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Earl Austin, 1892-1978 (Sc 1747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1747. Poem "Graduations" written by Earl Austin Moore, Western Kentucky State Teachers College faculty member, in memory of a young American pilot killed in a bomber crash.
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newton, James, D. 1867 (Sc 1713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1713. Letters to James Newton, Ohio County, Kentucky from his brother Jesse Newton in Louisville, Kentucky concerning their milling businesses in Ohio County. Includes legal papers related to the division of Newton's land following his death. Also 1816 will of William Newton, James Newton's father, and undated will of James Newton.
Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slone, Amanda Lynn - Collector (Sc 1730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1730. Two 1969 letters from Troy Damron, serving in Vietnam, to his sister-in-law Edith Sue (Slone) Blackburn, Regina, Kentucky. Also 1991 letter from Gerald Lee Thacker, serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm to his great-niece Amanda Lynn Slone, Regina, Kentucky.
Cole, Marshall (Sc 1726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cole, Marshall (Sc 1726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1726. Copies of two letters from Marshall Cole, one dated 25 December 1944, written to family members while he was serving in the military during World War II. He describes his Christmas in the Philippines and his return to a base in the United States.
Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hoff, Frederick (Sc 50), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 50. Naturalization certificate of Frederick Hoff, a native of Germany. Signed by George W. Johnston, judge of the City Court of Louisville, Kentucky.
Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ford, Marion Conner, 1888-1940 (Sc 1720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1720. Correspondence related to Marion Conner Ford's position as director of the Ogden Department of Science at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and his involvement with the College's farms.
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 1725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 1725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1725. Two letters sent by Malcolm Hart Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Royal Society of Arts, London, England paying dues. Also includes a pamphlet encouraging universal military training.
Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1771. Scripts written by Erleen Johnson of programs related to Stephen Collins Foster and the Rowan family presented at Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky. Includes lyrics, to be sung to the tune of "My Old Kentucky Home," which promote the beauties and attractions of the state of Kentucky.
Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Arbogast, Albert John, Iii (Mss 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 211. Nine reporter's notebooks kept by Al Arbogast (8) and Ken Corder (1) of radio station WKCT in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They contain matters related to local news, particularly crimes, court proceedings, and local government meetings.
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written …
Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Runner, Harold Wayne, B. 1930 (Sc 1727), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1727. Two letters to family members from Warren County native Wayne Runner, serving in the military during the Korean War. He writes about his promotion to corporal and his plans for his return home.
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, John E. (Sc 1773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text-scan of paper for Manuscripts Small Collection 1773. Paper written by John E. Jones titled "The Political Status of Negroes in Warren County." Includes quotations from community leaders as well as statistics related to the number of qualified African American voters in each voting precinct.
Edwards & Mcelroy Families - Bible Records (Sc 1732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards & Mcelroy Families - Bible Records (Sc 1732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1732. Photocopies of pages from the Edwards-McElroy family Bible that record births, death and marriages.
Franks Collection (Sc 1731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franks Collection (Sc 1731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1731. World War II military correspondence, chiefly Christmas greetings, to Union county, Kentucky native Harold Franks. Also certificates, news clippings, photos, and funeral notices of Franks and his wife Anna Louise (Schaaf) Franks. Includes an unusual rolled letter sent to Franks containing notes from 64 Morganfield, Kentucky citizens.
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Sc 1721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1721. Correspondence related to the archaeological excavation of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky. Includes report of archaeologist Jack M. Schock, news clipping from the Glasgow Daily Times, 14 July 1977, and photos.
West, James George, 1892-1979 (Sc 1734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
West, James George, 1892-1979 (Sc 1734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1734. Letters to James G. West, Moulton, Iowa, from Arthur C. Jones and D. D. Dooley, serving in the armed forces during World War I. They describe camp life in the United States and France, mention mutual friends, and relate what they hope to do when the war ends.
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1740. Scrapbook compiled by Ethel Alma Folllin containing minutes, news clippings, programs, etc. related to the activities of the Warren County Garden Club and its members.
Garrett, Leon, 1928-2017 (Sc 3737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garrett, Leon, 1928-2017 (Sc 3737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3737. Interview, 3 September 2008, with Leon Garrett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing his career and his collection of color slides of Bowling Green, Kentucky, made in the 1940s and 1950s. Digital copies of the slides are held in WKU’s Special Collections Library (CD-035 and CD-036).
Akers, Sammie D., 1918-2002 (Mss 229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Akers, Sammie D., 1918-2002 (Mss 229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 229. This collection consists almost exclusively of World War II correspondence of Sammie D. Akers, a Logan County, Kentucky native. Approximately two-thirds of the correspondence is with his mother, Betty A. Akers, with whom he discusses the home farm, potential land purchases, church news, and local events.
Carman, William, 1790-1841 (Mss 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carman, William, 1790-1841 (Mss 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Ciphering books (2) of William Carman, a teacher in Mayfield, Kentucky. One book is dated 1815-1816; the other one is undated, but evidently of the same period. The ciphering used is the British pound system. The title page of one volume is by Gavin G. Craig of WKU's Penmanship Department.
Carter, Clarence, B. 1897 (Sc 1625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Clarence, B. 1897 (Sc 1625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1625. Transcript of interview with Clarence Carter conducted by James Bennett and J. Crawford Crowe. He relates his experiences serving with the African American 10th Cavalry Regiment during the 1916 expedition into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa.
Duncan, Wand Bolivar, 1884-1970 (Mss 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duncan, Wand Bolivar, 1884-1970 (Mss 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 57. Wand and Duncan family correspondence, 1863-1917 (8); informational letters about "Sue Mundy" and the disaster of the steamboat Bowling Green, 1940-1960 (7); receipts, printed items, clippings, etc., and account book of general store at Paradise, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1858-1860.
Barnes, Carlisle Brown, Sr., 1894-1974 (Sc 1703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barnes, Carlisle Brown, Sr., 1894-1974 (Sc 1703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1703. Letters to politicians from Carlisle Brown Barnes, Bowling Green, Kentucky related to his son's appointment to West Point.
Prowse, George Odom, 1840-1884 (Sc 1718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Prowse, George Odom, 1840-1884 (Sc 1718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1718. Pension requests made by George O. Prowse and his widow, Nannie C. Prowse, related to his Civil War service with the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry. Includes his 1864 commission as a captain in the Kentucky militia.
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1737. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly membership lists. Also includes subscription lists for church maintenance and repair.
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1738. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly lists of members who agreed to pay a portion of the preacher's salary. Also, subscription lists to fund special services and missions.
Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1705. Contract between Frank Garvin and his wife Kate and J.D. Duncan of Warren County, Kentucky in which the Garvins agree to work for Duncan as a farm hand and a cook and house hand, respectively.
Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1704. Two 1910 letters to Lucy Ann Boucher of Settle, Allen County, Kentucky from two admirers. One is in answer to a personal ad.
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1715. Correspondence of Lennie Young Lancaster related to three organizations: Kentucky Academy of Science, 1937-1940; Kiwanis Club, 1937-1940; Pennyrile Conservation Club, 1937-1939.