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Operation Iraqi Freedom (Sc 1382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Sc 1382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1382. E-mail report on President George W. Bush's visit to U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thanksgiving Day as related by an army officer in attendance.
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Mss 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duckett, Edward Austin, 1920-2008 (Mss 119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 119. Correspondence, project information, and small drawings of Edward Austin Duckett, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native and architect, who spent his professional career in Chicago, Illinois, working for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Also includes Duckett genealogy, a satirical booklet, and 1998 interviews (cassette tapes - 2) done with Duckett.
Shelton, Martha Beth, 1915-2001 (Sc 1375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelton, Martha Beth, 1915-2001 (Sc 1375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1375. Paper written by student Martha B. Shelton of Greenville, Kentucky, giving the history of the town by recording the various owners of Greenville's houses and buildings.
Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aspley Family (Sc 1377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1377. World War II letters, 1942-1943 (5), written stateside and from Europe by Aspley brothers Robert Charles ("Charlie") and William Neil ("Billy") to parents and friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, chiefly discussing everyday camp life. Charlie writes one letter from a German prisoner of war camp. Includes obituaries, newspaper clippings, etc.
Todd County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 1372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Todd County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 1372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1372. Letters, 1887-1923, written to Sherrod and Williams family members, Todd County, Kentucky, mainly containing family news. The 1913 letter focuses on tobacco selling and Night Riders' activities in Henderson County, Kentucky.
Guthrie Family (Mss 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Guthrie Family (Mss 96), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 96. Autograph books of two female and one male member of the Guthrie and related families of Cumberland County, Kentucky. Includes some family data.
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodnight Family (Mss 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 148. Letters, legal papers, articles, and data on the Goodnight family, Franklin, Kentucky, and journal, 1868-1880 (102 p.) of Cumberland Presbyterian minister Thomas Mitchell Goodnight. Also includes letters from William Jennings Bryan, J. G. Carlisle, and William Goebel. A scan of Thomas Mitchell Goodknight's journal (Folder 7) has been scanned and is attached as an "Additional File"; click on the link at the bottom of this page.
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1373. Letters written by Dero G. Downing as a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1942, and as a Navy officer, 1944-1945, to his parents, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Dunbar, West Virginia. Discusses events as a member of the WKU basketball team that played in the NCAA tournament. Includes some news of his naval life.
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Githens, William Harrison, 1826-1904 (Sc 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1364. Letter, 22 February 1862, written by U.S. Army surgeon William H. Githens, Birds Point, Missouri, to his wife describing conditions, especially in Cairo, Illinois, and mentioning the activity at Forts Holt and Payne across the river in Kentucky. He includes a sketch of these fortifications.
Tucker, Mildred Carpenter, 1894-1994 (Mss 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tucker, Mildred Carpenter, 1894-1994 (Mss 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 145. Materials removed from a scrapbook kept by Tucker, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, while a student at Hamilton College in Lexington, Kentucky, for the 1915-1916 school year. Includes notes about the college, printed items, photos, mementos, etc. Also includes related data.
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Robert Evans, 1866-1944 (Mss 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 101. Photographs of celebrities that Morningstar, formerly of Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably used for promotional purposes. He was a booking agent for many notables who performed on the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits in the early twentieth century.
Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm-Lucas Family Papers (Mss 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 146. Chiefly family and courtship correspondence between James Helm, Butler County, Kentucky, and Virginia Lucas, Warren County, Kentucky. Their 1879 marriage rites were the first ones to be performed in Mammoth Cave. Includes associated items.
Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pace, Pearl Eagle (Carter), 1896-1970 (Mss 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 114. Correspondence, business papers, and speeches of Monroe County, Kentucky native Pearl Eagle (Carter) Pace. Includes materials concerning Republican National Committee and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; civic, religious, political and professional organizations in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. Also includes some Cumberland County, Kentucky records.
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peloquin, Michael David, B.1967 (Sc 1379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1379. Letters, 2003, including a summary of his activities, written to Roland and Mary Frances Willock, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Peloquin is serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and describes military life and conflicts as an army engineer.
Coke, William Gaston, 1895-1977 - Collector (Mss 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coke, William Gaston, 1895-1977 - Collector (Mss 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 143. Shaker journal, 1891-1893 (184p.) kept by James Carr, South Union, Kentucky, giving daily activities within the Shaker community. Includes hymnals, 1836-1856 (9), compiled by Shaker society members. A name index is available.
Herdman, Guy Hess, 1875-1947 (Mss 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Herdman, Guy Hess, 1875-1947 (Mss 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 68. Personal and business papers, 1905-1935 (293 items), of Herdman, an attorney of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and assistant attorney general of Kentucky, 1936-1947, and legal papers, 1884-1934 (867), from his practice in Bowling Green which relate chiefly to civil and commercial matters in Warren County, Kentucky.
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 128. Correspondence, papers, financial records, minutes, essays written by children, etc., of the Child Evangelism Fellowship, Warren County, Kentucky, which was part of an international religious organization.
Daniels, Doris Augusta, 1912-1998 (Mss 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Daniels, Doris Augusta, 1912-1998 (Mss 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 124. Correspondence, reminiscences, documents, and photos of Doris Augusta Daniels, a native of Scottsville, Kentucky. She served as a Red Cross recreational worker from 1942 to 1974, seeing service in New Guinea during World War II, post-war Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
Children Of The Confederacy (Mss 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Children Of The Confederacy (Mss 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 150. Collection contains applications for the Children of the Confederacy Society. The applications, 1920-1963, include some genealogical data related to the applicant.
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blankenship, Jerry Wayne, B. 1944 (Sc 1400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1400. Letters, 1965-1968, written by U.S. Air Force pilot Jerry Wayne Blankenship to his parents Vestal and Verda Blankenship of Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes military life stateside as well as his Vietnamese experiences. Includes photos of Blankenship.
Wilcher, Joda, 1905-1971 (Mss 155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilcher, Joda, 1905-1971 (Mss 155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 155. Chiefly business papers of Joda Wilcher, Bradfordsville, Kentucky, pertaining to his work as an agent that bought trees, especially walnut trees, for various lumber companies. Also a few family items, including his memorial book and other items relating to his funeral.
Casselberry, Anita Beatrice, 1890-1970 (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Casselberry, Anita Beatrice, 1890-1970 (Sc 1378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1378. Journal, 1925, 79p., kept by Anita B. Casselberry, Cleveland, Ohio, while serving a few weeks as a public health nurse under the direction of Alice Lloyd in Knott County, Kentucky. Includes newspaper clippings, 1940-1941, religious pamphlets, and photos, 1925. A letter from Casselberry also recounts the reaction to an N.R.A. (National Recovery Administration) sticker on her car as “the mark of the beast.”
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bonjour, Thomas L., 1842-1903 (Sc 1385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1385. Letter written from Atlanta, Georgia, by Thomas L. Bonjour, while serving with the 96th Illinois Regiment, to his father Frederick in Galena County, Illinois. He recounts some data about the Battle of Atlanta as well as personal concerns.
Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carraco, Arthur, 1873-1964 (Sc 1370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1370. Hospital fee statements received by Arthur Carraco, Carrollton, Kentucky, after treatment at the Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky.
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rogers, Odie Floyd, Jr. 1921-1957 (Sc 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1386. World War II diary kept by Odie Floyd Rogers, Jr. (1921-1957) Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, who was a member of a flight crew that evidently was stationed in Sicily. They bombed chiefly Italian targets. Rogers completed 66 missions. Includes a 2001 letter with data on planes flown by Rogers.
Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rowan Family (Mss 69), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of oversized items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 69. Correspondence, business and legal papers, clippings, etc., of John Rowan, Sr., 1773-1843, lawyer, judge, U.S. Representative and Senator, and owner of Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky; and of John Rowan, Jr., 1807-1855, master of Federal Hill and U.S. charge d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1848-1850. Federal Hill is more commonly referred to today as "My Old Kentucky Home."
Knisley, Clyde Vernon, Jr., 1918-1945 (Mss 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knisley, Clyde Vernon, Jr., 1918-1945 (Mss 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 84 and full text of selected letters (Click on "Additional Files" below). World War II letters of Greeneville, Tennessee native Clyde Vernon Knisley, Jr. written to his parents, documenting his fighter pilot training and his war experiences, 31 October 1941 to 15 January 1945, and diary kept in New Guinea, 25 February to 13 December 1943. Includes family's notification of his death, his awards, photographs, and related materials.
Warman, Jean, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warman, Jean, B. 1939 - Collector (Mss 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 116. Desert Storm letters (33) from several Persian Gulf War service personnel, particularly Warman's son, Ron W. Hamilton, and a pen pal, Samuel Herrera. Includes promotional material and newspaper clippings related to Operation Orange Ribbon, a Cincinnati-based organization that demonstrated support for those serving in the war.
Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Steele, Ira (Sc 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, scan, and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1352. Letter, 16 February 1862, written by Union soldier Ira Steele, stationed at Camp Glenbrook, Kentucky, to his brother Oliver Steele. He mentions the Green River; bridge burning; Bowling Green; the sending of some items to New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky; and describes camp life.
Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slavery - Bill Of Sale (Sc 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1353. Bill of sale, Butler County, Kentucky, for an enslaved man, "Joe," sold to William Carson by Robert Thompson and Seth Carson.