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Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Tubb, Titus D. (Sc 1477), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1477. Letters from Titus B. Tubb to his girlfriend, Ashli Marie Miller, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. The letters deal with courtship, religion, and Tubb's experiences in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War.

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Garland, Robert F. (Sc 1478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Garland, Robert F. (Sc 1478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1478. Letter from Robert F. Garland to Rubin Morris of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he discusses family matters and farming in Wilson County, Tennessee.

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Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Debates (Sc 1474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1474. Debate papers entitled: "Resolved that Columbus was a greater man than Washington," and "Resolved that our forefathers enjoyed life to a greater degree than we do." Author is unknown.

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Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Young, Asa E., 1836-1918 (Sc 1472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 1472. Correspondence of Asa E. Young of Barren County, Kentucky and letters to Lillian Bowles of the same county. The letters discuss family matters and agriculture.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.

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Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1464. Reminiscence about Linda Skaggs's grandfather, James Henderson Gross, and his work with the Kentucky Rock Asphalt company in the Edmonson County community of Kyrock. Includes photocopies of photographs of the asphalt processing facilities and scenes from the Kyrock vicinty.

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Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bogan, W. D. "Pete" (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1479. Letter from W.D. Bogan to his mother, Ella Bogan, Franklin, Kentucky. Includes description of battles he participated in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Includes transcription.

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Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1473. Document prepared for Perkins and dated 23 September 1864 in which he provides a substitute, Thomas Esherwood Leslie, for service in the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War.

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Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.

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Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1481. Receipt, 1860, for tuition paid by Joseph D. Duncan for his two daughters (Drucilla A. Duncan and Eliza Cornelia Duncan) to attend school at Percival B. Hawkins's school in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1476. Account book for James W. Hutchings who practiced medicine in north Logan County, Kentucky. The accounts include name of patient, date visited, service performed and charge for services.

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Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.

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Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2007

Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1463. Handwritten report card for Orr prepared by a teacher, J.O. Edwards, in Grayson County, Texas. The report deals with conduct and attendance rather than academic subjects. The original text is surrounded by five hand drawn leaves which have been filled with quotations.

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Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.

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Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.

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Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1465. Deed, 1826, conveying 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from William R. and Polly Drake to Isaac Reynolds.

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Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2007

Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1360. Letter, 9 October 1933, written by Oliver Kemp, Lansing, Michigan to Edward Cave, New York City, thanking Cave for his friendship and remarking about his own lack of work because of the Depression.

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Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2006

Bowling Green Ministerial Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 141. This collection consists of six record books kept by the Bowling Green Ministerial Association from 1919 to 1953; the volume for 1925 to 1929 was not part of the donation. Each record book contains minutes, clippings, programs, and correspondence. Also included are a few financial records for the organization.

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Rowlett, David Ezekiel, 1849-1919 (Sc 1450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2006

Rowlett, David Ezekiel, 1849-1919 (Sc 1450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1450. Letter, 16 March 1884, written by David Rowlett of New Corner, Indiana, to Mrs. M. L. Emens, recalling the excellent female nurse he had while a patient in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital during the Civil War. Rowlett served in Co. B, 11th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry.

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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2006

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1849-1928 (Mss 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 73. Correspondence, legal and business papers, speeches and travelogs of Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy. Includes papers of law partner, Daniel Webster Wright; Skiles and Underwood families of Warren County; and the Trigg family of Barren County. Also includes some Warren County Court records relating to early town planning and to the county courthouse (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss) (Mss 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 130. Correspondence, research materials, photos, etc., generated by Irene Moss Sumpter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly for her books about Bowling Green and Warren County houses and physicians. Also Hobson House Association papers, data about Bowling Green's founder Robert Moore, and extensive genealogical records.

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Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Autographs - Collections - Albums And Books (Sc 1455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1455. Autograph book, 1886-1888, of Daisy Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Contains several colorful chromolithographs.

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Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2006

Biddle, Hyman Paris, 1821?-1878 (Sc 1457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1457. Letter, 16 March 1863, written by merchant Biddle, Union Star (Breckinridge County), Kentucky, to lawyers Allen & Bruner, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, advising that his Negro servant girl is being harassed and robbed when sent on errands and asking about the law relative to penalizing such misconduct.

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Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2005

Logan County, Kentucky - Court Records (Mss 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 144. Name and subject index, and brief abstracts for miscellaneous Logan County, Kentucky court cases, 1789-1899. Original case files are in the archives of the Logan County Genealogical Society, Inc., Russellville, Kentucky.

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Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2005

Chambliss Collection (Mss 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 152. Collection includes memoirs of Issachar Bates; Shaker letters; correspondence of Emma B. Chambliss; prescriptions and remedies; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous items.

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Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.

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Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Downing, Amos, B. 1839 (Sc 1423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1423. Letter, 10 March 1862, written by Amos Downing from Belmont, Missouri, to his brother Philip Downing, Portland, Maine, relating his military experiences since leaving Virginia on February 16. Has especially good comments about activities at Columbus, Kentucky.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (Sc 1422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1420. Letter written by Union soldier John (no last name), Camp Paint Creek, Kentucky, to his wife (no place noted), graphically describing marching from Winchester, Kentucky, to present camp. He mentions that Kentucky has the dirtiest soldiers he has ever seen.

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Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Robinson, Novice Camilla (Madison), 1891-1984 (Mss 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 158. Account book (472 p.) of Robinson's Flowers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The floral shop was owned by Novice C. Robinson, and the account book includes customer's name, type of floral arrangment as well as the price.

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