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Weber, Beth Ann (Sc 1433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1991

Weber, Beth Ann (Sc 1433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Small Collection 1433. Paper written by WKU student Beth A. Weber for a history class, based on an interview with her father, Jim Weber. He discusses growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on the 1937 flood and the home front during World War II.

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Burcham, James (Sc 1416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1990

Burcham, James (Sc 1416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1416. James Burcham's writing titled "Recollections of the Early Settlement of Jackson County, [Indiana]," which was submitted to a Kossuth, Indiana newspaper for publication in 1874. He records experiences of his pioneer days in Indiana, ca. 1800s-1820s, and particularly describes relations with Indians and fort life.

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Price, Joseph Llewellyn, 1877-1949 (Mss 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1988

Price, Joseph Llewellyn, 1877-1949 (Mss 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 88. Chiefly legal papers of Marshall County, Kentucky, attorney Joseph L. Price, during the time he practiced law in Benton, Kentucky, 1910-1922. Material related to Prices' work as the Food Administrator for Marshall County during World War I, and other World War I related materials are included also. Contents about the American Protective League in Box 1 have been scanned and added to this record (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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Interview With Ray Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 1987

Interview With Ray Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an oral interview done with Ray Scott, b. 1913, as part of a project entitled "A History of the Civilian Concervation Corps at Mammoth Cave National Park" (FA 81). Scott served with the CCC in California and Idaho prior to coming to Mammoth Cave. He discusses his work on the New Entrance Number 2 at Mammoth Cave and his later work as a photographer for CCC and for the U.S. Navy. The transcription for the second tape has been added under "Additional Files."

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Boyd, Alexander (Sc 1389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1986

Boyd, Alexander (Sc 1389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1389. Confederate soldier Alex Boyd’s letter to his sister Mattie, 8 January 1862, written while stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes the design and construction of the fortifications on College Hill and the damage his comrades have inflicted on the town in light of the approach of Federal troops. He also describes incidents of military life, including the resignation of a commander, the requisitioning of private homes for hospitals, and the temporary detention of a Union sympathizer.

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Cincinnati And Fort Washington, Ohio (Sc 1399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1976

Cincinnati And Fort Washington, Ohio (Sc 1399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1399. Holographic sketch of Cincinnati and Fort Washington, Ohio, as they appeared in 1789 and 1790, from the heights near Newport, Kentucky.

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Warren College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1974

Warren College - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1406. Minutes and business papers pertaining to Warren College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Louisville Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, organized the college for males. It was in operation from 1859 to 1879, and then was sold to Ogden College. An index accompanies the papers as well as associated data.

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Shannon, Jasper Berry, 1903-1984 (Sc 1404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1973

Shannon, Jasper Berry, 1903-1984 (Sc 1404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1404. Speech entitled "The Living Past and the Future," given by Jasper B. Shannon to the Kentucky Cemetery Restoration Association, Lexington, Kentucky, focusing on death as society views it.

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Turpen, William P. (Sc 1403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1973

Turpen, William P. (Sc 1403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1403. Paper written by Turpen titled "Tim Lee Carter: The Vietnam War...", which analyses a speech U.S. Congressman Tim Lee Carter, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, gave before the House in 1967, advocating the withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam.

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Lucas, Nathaniel, 1755?-1807 (Sc 1419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1970

Lucas, Nathaniel, 1755?-1807 (Sc 1419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1419. Letters (pasted on inside backs of a Bible), 1781, 1786, written by soldier Nathaniel Lucas, Camp Surrey, Virginia, to his sweetheart Sarah Rivers, Brunswick County, Virginia, describing Revolutionary War events; 1786 letter to now wife Sarah containing family news. Later associated items relate to the weaving interests of Louisa Tate Bousman.

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Pearce, James Anderson, 1777-1825 (Sc 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1970

Pearce, James Anderson, 1777-1825 (Sc 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1365. Letter, 6 August 1813, written by James A. Pearce, Louisville, Kentucky, to Armistead Morehead, Russellville, Kentucky, regarding land that Pearce had sold to the South Union Shaker Society in Logan County, Kentucky. Also data from Shaker Record "A" and a local history about this transaction.

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History Of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logansport, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1957

History Of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logansport, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Compilation of various historical records from the Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Logansport, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes historical information, lists of leadership, and an annotated membership list. This document was prepared by several individuals at different dates, some as late as 1983.

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Caswell, Samuel Lee, 1907-1991 (Sc 2503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1944

Caswell, Samuel Lee, 1907-1991 (Sc 2503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2503. V-mail letter from S. Lee Caswell, serving in Italy during World War II, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jones, Upton, Kentucky, in which he inquires about his family.

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Hines, Margaret Gates (Nicholls), 1878-1941 (Sc 3251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1910

Hines, Margaret Gates (Nicholls), 1878-1941 (Sc 3251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3251. Stock certificate for five thousand shares in the Cold Air Double Action Motor Company of Louisville, Kentucky, a notice of shareholders meeting, and a Better Business Bureau query about the company.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Dentists (Sc 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1891

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Dentists (Sc 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 178. Resolution of sympathy adopted by five Bowling Green, Kentucky dentists regarding the death of their colleague, William R. Desobry.

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Barnett, D. L. (Sc 3148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1880

Barnett, D. L. (Sc 3148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3148. Letter, 2 September 1881, of D. L. Barnett to his niece Mrs. Mary F. Guest, Morley, Missouri. Writing on letterhead of the John Thixton Distilling Company, Owensboro, Kentucky, Barnett discusses payment of a debt owing to her, mourns poor crop yields and business prospects, and refers to the possibility of his returning home if “the house that I am as[s]igned to is not a going to Run this Season.”

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1873

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Militia rolls (two volumes) for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1874, 1875. Names are listed in alphabetical order; no other information is provided.

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1865

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Black Marriages, 1866-1872. Information include: names of bride and groom, witnesses, and minister along with marriage date and place of residence. An alphabetical index is located at the back of the volume.

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Hornbeck, Mary Mahala (Allen), B. 1810? (Sc 3247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1846

Hornbeck, Mary Mahala (Allen), B. 1810? (Sc 3247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3247. Bullitt (County, Kentucky) Circuit Court documents relating to the fate of an enslaved woman and her daughter, ordered to be sold in a judgment against Mahala Hornbeck’s husband, Isaac. Mahala obtained an order restraining the sale and placing the slaves in the sheriff’s custody. She then posted bond and successfully bid to hire the slaves until her complaint was adjudicated. Includes a photocopy of the consent order conveying title to the slaves to Mahala and her children upon payment by a trustee of the purchase money …

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Blain, Robert Clay, Jr., 1818-1883 (Sc 2005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1839

Blain, Robert Clay, Jr., 1818-1883 (Sc 2005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2005. Essay titled "Union" in which Robert Clay Blain, Jr. eloquently discusses the patriotic heritage of the United States and the need to preserve its unique unity.

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Morehead, Charles Slaughter, 1802-1868 (Sc 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 1830

Morehead, Charles Slaughter, 1802-1868 (Sc 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 583. Receipt signed by Charles S. Morehead to Charles Croghan for a note on Josiah Morin of Christian County for $600, on 300 acres of land, money to be collected by Morehead.

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