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Rowan, Rebecca (Carnes), 1813-1897 (Mss 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2001

Rowan, Rebecca (Carnes), 1813-1897 (Mss 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 71. Letters, 1855-1872 (37 items), of Mrs. Rowan, Bardstown, Kentucky, to lawyer William P. Boone, Louisville, Kentucky, which reveal Rebecca's struggles to maintain her family and farm after the death of her husband, John Rowan, Jr.; photocopies of Confederate Civil War letters from her son, William, 1861-1865 (6); and photos of May and Rebecca Rowan (3). Also news release and photos of donor and companions, 1976 (3).

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Rice Collection (Mss 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2001

Rice Collection (Mss 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 47. Includes letters; business papers and contracts; research materials and notes; original and typed manuscripts of poems, short stories and books; photographs; cartoons; book reviews and clippings; and scrapbooks of Cale Young Rice (1872-1943), poet and author, and of Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942), author, of Louisville, Kentucky.

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United Service Organizations - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2001

United Service Organizations - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 134. Registration cards kept of visitors to the Bowling Green, Kentucky United Service Organization during World War II. Most of the cards fall in the range of letters Mc-Z.

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Harris Family Papers (Mss 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2001

Harris Family Papers (Mss 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 100. Correspondence of the Harris family of Simpson County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of World War I letters sent from two brothers, George DeWitt Harris and Downey L. Harris, to their parents, George Calvin Harris and Amanda J. Harris, of Franklin, Kentucky. George DeWitt Harris was injured in World War I and died at Epionville, France on 7 October 1918.

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Page, George Vernon, 1890-1985 - Letters To (Mss 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2001

Page, George Vernon, 1890-1985 - Letters To (Mss 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 6. Letters written by former students in various services during World War II (a few from the Korean War) to George Vernon Page, Professor of Physics, Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University).

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Kaltenbacker, William S., 1870-1941 (Sc 1374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2001

Kaltenbacker, William S., 1870-1941 (Sc 1374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1374. Political columns submitted by William S. Kaltenbacker, Shelbyville, Kentucky, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, for publication. Kaltenbacker discusses the upcoming state election and the Kentucky gubernatorial candidates.

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Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1300. Letter, 16 June 1973, written to Dolores Hayford, Oakland, California, by Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, responding to Hayford's comments about her book "The Kinta Years" and expressing her views on child-parent relationships.

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Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1332. Paper titled "Gold Seekers: Kentuckians Journey to the 'Heaven of the West...'" written by Sheryl D. Reed, a Western Kentucky University student. Also, letter informing Reed that she had been awarded a scholarship for the summer of 1990.

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Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Swinford, Mac, 1899-1975 (Sc 1449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1449. Letter, 21 April 1970, of U.S. District Court Judge Mac Swinford, Lexington, Kentucky, to Crawford Crowe, Bowling Green, Kentucky, fulfilling a request for a copy of his book Kentucky Lawyer. He declines to vouch for the accuracy of the book's historical facts "other than as legend."

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Grinstead, James David, 1894-1976 (Sc 1371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Grinstead, James David, 1894-1976 (Sc 1371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1371. Letters written by James D. "Jim" Grinstead, Barren County, Kentucky, to his family following his induction into the armed forces. All letters were penned from U.S. military camps. Also family letters, 1920.

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Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Sc 1333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1333. Paper written by WKU student Sheryl D. Reed about Mary Julia Neal, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Neal had a lifelong interest in the South Union Shaker Society located in Logan County, Kentucky. She was director of the Kentucky Library on the campus of Western Kentucky University for a number of years.

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Givan Family (Sc 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2001

Givan Family (Sc 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1363. Hardin County, Kentucky teachers' certificates issued to Sanford Givan, 1877, and to Mrs. Pallie Givan, 188?

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Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, 1840-1915 - Relating To (Sc 1390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2000

Rogers, Benjamin Franklin, 1840-1915 - Relating To (Sc 1390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1390. Paper compiled by Jack L. Ray, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about Benjamin Franklin Rogers, who was a Church of Christ minister, chiefly in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Save Our Old Neighborhood (Soon) (Mss 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2000

Save Our Old Neighborhood (Soon) (Mss 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Administrative papers of Save Our Old Neighborhood (SOON), an organization formed in the College Hill area of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to maintain the area's historic integrity.

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Chenoweth Family Papers, 1796-1993 (Mss 90), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2000

Chenoweth Family Papers, 1796-1993 (Mss 90), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 90. Genealogical materials collected by Shirley and Richard Harris related to the Chenoweth family in the United States. Expecially noteworthy are the military pension records of various Chenoweth family members from the Revolutionary War through World War II.

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Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2000

Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 38. Correspondence, Civil War military and personal papers, business papers, land records, scrapbooks, account books, clippings, and genealogical records of the Lewis and Starling families of Logan and Christian counties in Kentucky, and associated families.

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Warren County - New Deal Programs (Mss 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2000

Warren County - New Deal Programs (Mss 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 129. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence of the Warren County [Kentucky] Relief Committee, a local branch of the Federal Emergency Relief Agency (FERA), which approved families for assistance and referred them to various relief agencies.

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Morgan, Leslie Aaron, B. 1929 (Sc 1392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2000

Morgan, Leslie Aaron, B. 1929 (Sc 1392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1392. Native Kentuckian Leslie Aaron Morgan's genealogical records researched and compiled by Simon Peter Morgan, chiefly concerning the Morgan and Buchanan families.

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Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2000

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1318. Journal (111 p.), kept by Elder John Rees Cooper and others, detailing the daily activities at South Union, Kentucky, 1872-1878. Correspondence regarding the journal and its provenance is included. Pagination refers to the original journal.

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Burgess Moody Funeral Home Records (Mss 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Burgess Moody Funeral Home Records (Mss 139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 139. Funeral records for individuals and financial records of the Burgess-Moody Funeral Home of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1930-1969.

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Rough Creek Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Rough Creek Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 125. Minutes, 1841-1961, of Rough Creek Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky. Includes a small amount of minutes from a Maderson School, a Sabbath School or Sunday School, in Allen County. Minutes includes information about church leadership, governance, discipline and activities.

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Vaughn Family (Sc 1304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Vaughn Family (Sc 1304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1304. Barren County, Kentucky land contract, 1894; letter to M.A. Vaughn, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Governor A.B. Chandler, 1937; and history of Bowling Green Presbyterian Church for 1955 (59p.)

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Hope, Bess Leona, 1896-1991 (Mss 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Hope, Bess Leona, 1896-1991 (Mss 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 126. Certificates (veterinary license renewals, 1918-1940 and Democratic Party, 1948) of John J. Hope, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, and papers chiefly about Bess Hope's work with Tompkinsville postal service, 1937-1964; and correspondence with Congressman Tim Lee Carter. Collection includes newspaper clippings and photos.

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Johnston, Jesse Walter, Sr., 1880-1972 (Sc 1337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Johnston, Jesse Walter, Sr., 1880-1972 (Sc 1337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1337. Journal kept by Jesse Walter Johnston, Sr., Sebree, Webster County, Kentucky, concerning the destructive 1937 flood and data about Johnston. He was minister of the First Baptist Church, Sebree from 1929 to 1944.

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Morgan, Martha F., B. 1935 (Sc 1303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1998

Morgan, Martha F., B. 1935 (Sc 1303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1303. Short story (7p.) entitled "Adventure and Romance," written by Martha F. Morgan of Bowling Green, Kentucky concerning a weekend visit with her grandmother Nellie Ada (Jeffords) Fox in Paducah, Kentucky, when Martha was ten years old.

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Eubank, Mildred Olevia, 1895-1985 (Mss 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1997

Eubank, Mildred Olevia, 1895-1985 (Mss 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 86. Genealogical materials collected by Mildred Olevia Eubank, an Allen County, Kentucky native, but long-time resident of Simpson County. Especially noted are the Chiles, Eubank, Harrell, Hunt, Lewis, Page, Potts, Reeder, and Stamps families chiefly in the counties of Allen, Simpson and Warren.

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Butram, Almon V., 1910-1993 (Mss 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1997

Butram, Almon V., 1910-1993 (Mss 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 109. Includes correspondence, legal and financial papers of Almon V. Butram, who operated a farm in northern Warren County, Kentucky.

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Hooks, Malinda (Cunningham), 1853-1948 (Sc 1440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1997

Hooks, Malinda (Cunningham), 1853-1948 (Sc 1440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1440. "Recollections and Thoughts", 1930, written for her family by Malinda Hooks, Trigg County, Kentucky. She writes of her childhood, family, and the Civil War. Includes her poetry and two unidentified photographs.

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Smithey, Talmadge A., 1910-1999 (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1997

Smithey, Talmadge A., 1910-1999 (Sc 1410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1410. Paper entitled "Experiences of a Prisoner of War in Japan and the Philippines" written by Talmadge A. Smithey for a class at the University of South Carolina. Smithey was a prisoner of war from April 18, 1941 until August 15, 1945.

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Manar, Edna Earl, 1887-1972 (Mss 117) - Collector, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1996

Manar, Edna Earl, 1887-1972 (Mss 117) - Collector, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 117. Letters and genealogical materials related to the Green and Moore families of Simpson and Warren counties, Kentucky. Also includes research notes about Bowling Green's history. Of special interest is a reminiscence recorded by Manar of a meeting between Jesse James and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Moore of Russellville, Kentucky.

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