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Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2005

Mcelroy, Clarence Underwood, 1848-1928 (Mss 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 157. Travel journals (2) kept by Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney Clarence Underwood McElroy during his trip to the Orient (1908-1909), starting at San Francisco. He describes the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Japan, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), etc. Includes passenger list of the S.S. Mongolia.

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Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.

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Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Walton, Mary Pearl (Patton), 1882-1964 (Sc 1446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1446. Greenwood United Baptist Church of Christ Sunday School record book, 1891-1899, kept by Mary Pearl Walton of Warren County, Kentucky. Pearl's husband, Charles Potter Walton was a Methodist minister. Also photographs of Pearl and Charles and associated data.

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Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Elbridge, Henry (Sc 1411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1411. Letter, 4 December 1845, of Henry Elbridge, Maysville, Kentucky, to his cousin E.G. Harel, Wadsworth, Ohio. He writes of his poor health and family matters, but also relates an interesting story about a young enslaved woman and how she was reared as a member of her owner's family.

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Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Ellis, Allen W., 1836-1920 (Sc 1448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1448. Letter, 15 February 1910, written by Allen W. Ellis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to E.M. McNamee, LaGrange, Tennessee, relating that he has had several puppies freeze to death recently. He expresses regret that McNamee lost his puppies and hopes he has better success with breeding his dogs in the future.

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Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bailey, Ruby B. (Permenter), 1910-1991 (Sc 1447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1447. Letter written by Ruby Bailey, Houston, Texas, to friend Alice (Ray) Pounds, Troy, Texas, describing how her life has been affected by her husband's service in World War II.

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Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Warren County Court Records (Mss 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 135. Miscellany of Warren County, Kentucky and Bowling Green, Kentucky official record books. Includes tax lists, books of surveyors, commissioners, minutes, dockets, etc. Also includes a 1931 engineer's report on Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Panther Creek Baptist Church Of Jesus Christ - Ohio County, Kentucky (Sc 1408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1408. Partial minute book of Panther Creek Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, Ohio County, Kentucky. The congregation was composed of both white and black members and names are listed. It was originally known as the Panther Creek and Yelvington Baptist Church. Photocopy and typescript section of original books.

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Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Atkinson, Elizabeth Ann (Chilton), 1808-1872 (Sc 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1412. Letter, 7 December, written by Elizabeth Atkinson, Smithfield, Virginia, to her son. She discusses the health of her husband and describes military activity in the vicinity, including theft and looting by Union soldiers, but expresses her desire to reside at home. She describes the effects of the war on local trade in food and livestock, expresses her fear that Richmond will be captured, and gives news of friends and family members. She also refers to the arrest of a “nephew,” possibly of her brother General Robert …

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Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Bowling, James Butler, 1795-1878 (Sc 1438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1438. Letter, 14 November 1839, written by James B. Bowling of Logan County, Kentucky, to his son Robert, who was attending school in Danville, Kentucky. He outlines how his son should strive to be successful personally as well as a contributor to society.

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Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Wood, Oscar (Sc 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1413. Letter, 28 June 1864, written by Oscar Wood from Decatur, Alabama, to Mary Hanley, Cairo, Illinois. Wood writes of being stationed at Paducah, Kentucky with the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry in March, when Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest attempted to engage them in battle.

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Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Account Books (Sc 1445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1445. An account book, 1795-1800, evidently kept by someone in central/south central Kentucky. Entries pertain to land, children attending school, work done on a farm, settling of accounts, etc.

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Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Crume, Charles Thomas, Sr., 1894-1981 (Sc 1441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1441. Address book, 1909, kept by Crume, Bardstown, Kentucky, which evidently was his "little black book," containing addresses of young ladies, especially from Louisville and the central Kentucky area. Also, a humorous letter written to soldier "Joe," an "unfortunate married draftee," in Korea (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).

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Kavanaugh, Franklin James, 1934-2016 (Sc 1444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Kavanaugh, Franklin James, 1934-2016 (Sc 1444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1444. Dr. Frank J. Kavanaugh writes, at the request of a Kentucky cousin, about his Washington, D.C. associations, chiefly with presidential wives. He comments about the presidents, too, especially the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. Kavanaugh was with the George Washington University Medical Center. Also associated items.

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Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 1443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1443. Autograph book, 1953-1954, of Richardson, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Braber, Thomas Cornelius, 1922-2008 (Sc 1437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Braber, Thomas Cornelius, 1922-2008 (Sc 1437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1437. World War II poem written by U.S. soldier Thomas C. Braber about the Omaha Beach battle (6 June 1944) on the European battlefront. Also printout of a photo of Braber and his salvage group on Omaha Beach, and related data.

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Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Duncan, Kathryn Ann, B. 1931 (Sc 1418), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1418. Baby book kept for Kathryn Ann Duncan, daughter of Claude W. Duncan, Jr. and Kathryn (Ham) Duncan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes some newspaper clippings.

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Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Eades Family Bible Records (Sc 1415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1415. Bible records of the Eades family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, which give birth, marriage and death information. Includes typescript with related data.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2005

Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Ohio And Mclean Counties, Kentucky (Sc 1409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1409. Register kept of Methodist Episcopal Church, South circuit that included Ohio County churches in Centertown, Ceralvo, Cromwell, Equality, Hopewell, McHenry, Point Pleasant, Providence, Rockport, and Taylor Town; and a McLean County church in Island. Mostly membership lists, but also includes names of ministers, baptisms, and marriages.

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Hall Family Papers (Mss 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2004

Hall Family Papers (Mss 140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 140. Collection includes report cards, diplomas, autograph albums and scrapbooks of sisters Ilyne and Lila Dean Hall, Sebree, (Webster County) Kentucky. The sisters, with friend Vera Mae Rideout, drowned in Green River near Eastwood Ferry on August 29, 1929. The collection also includes sympathy letters, memorial cards, photos and a eulogy.

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Aton, Paul Douglas, 1948-1968 (Mss 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2004

Aton, Paul Douglas, 1948-1968 (Mss 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scanned letters (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 82. Vietnam War letters written by Paul Douglas Aton to his father, Loyd Aton, of Franklin, Kentucky, documenting his training at Fort Campbell, Fort Gordon, and Fort Sill and his war experiences, November 9, 1967 to July 20 1968. Includes family's notification of his death and burial information.

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Spencer, John Henderson, 1826-1897 (Mss 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2004

Spencer, John Henderson, 1826-1897 (Mss 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 120. Incomplete biography of John Henderson Spencer for the years, 1826-1876. Spencer, a native of Allen County, Kentucky, was a Baptist minister and author. Includes a tribute to Spencer on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, 1946.

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Chelf, Owen Ross, 1918-1997 (Mss 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2004

Chelf, Owen Ross, 1918-1997 (Mss 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 151. Papers chiefly of Owen Ross Chelf, a native of Lebanon, Kentucky, with most of the collection focusing on his World War II army service in Europe and his avid interest in muskie fishing.

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Breit, Jill Renee, B. 1964 (Sc 1402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2004

Breit, Jill Renee, B. 1964 (Sc 1402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1402. Paper written by WKU student Jill R. Breit about architect James Maurice Ingram and his influence in the Bowling Green, Kentucky architectural realm, chiefly during the 1930s and 1940s. Also includes photos and a cassette tape interview with Dr. Fred & Jan Stickle of Bowling Green who live in an Ingram designed home.

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Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2004

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans of selected items, and name index (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 154. Shaker materials related to Jesse McCombs and James Johnson including slavery documents, guardianship documents, legal papers, land papers, grist and fulling mill papers, wills, agreements and receipts.

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Quinn, Ivan Miner, B. 1976 (Sc 1391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2004

Quinn, Ivan Miner, B. 1976 (Sc 1391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1391. Note written by Air Force Sergeant Ivan M. Quinn, Baghdad, Iraq, to his mother Paula Quinn, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes the two pictures that he is sending her by e-mail.

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Dennis, Samuel, B. 1905? - Relating To (Sc 1407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2004

Dennis, Samuel, B. 1905? - Relating To (Sc 1407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1407. Certificate, 4 March 1933, issued to Samuel Dennis, Fayette County, Kentucky, pardoning him of the crime of maiming. Governor Rudy Laffoon's name is imprinted on the certificate, but it is signed by Lieutenant Governor A.B. Chandler.

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Smith, Ishmael H., 1820-1895 (Sc 1401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2004

Smith, Ishmael H., 1820-1895 (Sc 1401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Small Collection 1401. Autograph book, 1882, of Kentucky state senator Ishmael H. Smith of Barren County, Kentucky. Fellow senators signed, and many wrote comments, in the autograph album.

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Martin, Dorenda May, 1925-1952 (Sc 1396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2004

Martin, Dorenda May, 1925-1952 (Sc 1396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1396. Letter, 1944, written by Dorenda Martin, Washington, D.C., to her parents in Smiths Grove, Kentucky. She describes her clerical work, her exploration of the city, and life at Arlington Farms, a temporary housing facility for women civil servants and service members. Includes associated items and photo.

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Jenkins, William M. (Sc 1398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2004

Jenkins, William M. (Sc 1398), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1398. Civil War letters, 1861-1862, written by Union soldier William M. Jenkins, to his mother and sister describing the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia. Also, 1871 letter to his wife in New York detailing his activities on a business trip.

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