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Bowling Green Community Concert Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2016

Bowling Green Community Concert Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3019. Letter to members listing 1970-1971 events for the Bowling Green Community Concert Association,Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes flyers relating to two of the concerts and press information for one of the performers. The Association disbanded at the conclusion of the season.

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Riggs Refining Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2016

Riggs Refining Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3017. Correspondence and papers relating to the business of the Riggs Refinery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes correspondence between Henry W. Bradley and principal Edgar R. Riggs while the latter pursued business opportunities in Florida. Matters discussed include business transactions, collections, the Florida land boom, and the effects of a destructive storm in Bowling Green.

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Winn Family Letters (Sc 3015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2016

Winn Family Letters (Sc 3015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3015. Letters of the Winn family of Barren County, Kentucky. Includes letters of Confederate solider Marcus De Lafayette Winn, his parole, oath of allegiance and obituary, and letters to Winn from former Civil War comrades. Other letters convey family news. Includes some Winn genealogical data.

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Campbell, David, 1793-1825 (Sc 3016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2016

Campbell, David, 1793-1825 (Sc 3016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3016. Letter of David Campbell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Samuel Davidson, Vandalia, Illinois, 2 February 1822. Obliged to pay the Postmaster General's accounts in silver coin, Campbell, the postmaster at Bowling Green, blames a shortage of available currency for his failure to repay a debt to Davidson's brother and discusses other forms of payment. Includes a 1982 letter explaining how Campbell's letter was discovered.

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Jones, George Washington, 1812?-1885 (Sc 3014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2016

Jones, George Washington, 1812?-1885 (Sc 3014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3014. Account book, 1872-1875, of Warren County, Kentucky farmer and blacksmith George W. Jones. Loose items therein date from 1871-1945 and include memoranda relating to farming operations of another family member. Also included are designs for eight gravestones (click on "Additional Files" below for scans).

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Breckinridge, Mildred (Patterson), B. 1936 (Sc 3069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Breckinridge, Mildred (Patterson), B. 1936 (Sc 3069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3069. Letter written in 2014 by Mildred Breckinridge, Louisville, Kentucky, to Sue Lynn McDaniel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the Kirby, Cornwell, and Pearson families in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Crase, Donny G., 1930-2005 (Sc 3046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Crase, Donny G., 1930-2005 (Sc 3046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3046. Letters written to Donny Gene Crase chiefly from his girlfriend and future wife, Cinda Sparkman, and his parents in Letcher County, Kentucky. The letters discuss family matters and local happenings.

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Tiffany, John, 1842-1862 (Sc 3013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Tiffany, John, 1842-1862 (Sc 3013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3013. Letter, 25 February 1862, of John Tiffany, 10th Wisconsin Infantry, to his parents. Camped near Nashville, Tennessee, he describes forced marches, including from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Nashville; rain; sickness among his fellow soldiers; and the difficulty of reaching Nashville or receiving mail due to bridge burning by the Confederates. Footsore from marching, he promises to “settle with Jeff for this if we ever catch him.”

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Cedar Bluff Female College - Woodburn, Kentucky (Mss 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Cedar Bluff Female College - Woodburn, Kentucky (Mss 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 580. Two account books of Cedar Bluff Female College, Woodburn, Kentucky showing charges to students for books and supplies. One book includes general farm accounts of the college’s proprietor, William F. Whitesides of Simpson County.

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Helm, Alban Foster, 1861-1936 (Sc 3012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Helm, Alban Foster, 1861-1936 (Sc 3012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3012. Diploma, 18 June 1884, of Alban F. Helm for completion of Teachers Course of Study, Seminary and Normal School, Morgantown, Kentucky; Teacher’s Certificate, 4 August 1888, of Alban F. Helm for common schools of Butler County, Kentucky.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73 (Sc 3008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73 (Sc 3008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3008. Treasurer’s ledger listing individual members and their financial transactions with the Bowling Green, Kentucky Masonic Lodge #73, i.e. initiation fees, dues, and contributions.

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Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 3010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Muir, John Wakefield, 1909-1991 (Sc 3010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3010. This collection includes John Wakefield Muir’s correspondence chiefly with Frances Richards, about the history of Nelson County, Kentucky, and the surrounding area. It includes news clippings and brochures. Muir discusses his job at the bank, his home, an historic Nelson Country property, and his historical collections.

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Mccallum, Elizabeth Elliott (Cherry), 1890-1985 (Sc 3011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Mccallum, Elizabeth Elliott (Cherry), 1890-1985 (Sc 3011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3011. Correspondence regarding the relationship between Elizabeth McCallum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the Bingham family of Louisville, Kentucky. Also Includes an acknowledgement of Jonathan W. Bingham’s death.

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Park City, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Park City, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3009. This collection discusses Park City, Kentucky’s history from when it started as Three Forks, then Bells Tavern, then incorporated as Glasgow Junction, and finally taking the name of Park City, because of its proximity to Mammoth Cave National Park.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Streetscapes (Mss 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Streetscapes (Mss 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 578. Property description and physical assessment for properties in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by the Bowling Green Planning & Zoning Commission in 1979, the survey information is chiefly for commercial buildings in the downtown area. Information includes streetscape maps, addresses, commercial and employment activity within buildings and annual payroll.

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Case, Florence (Kemmerer), 1892-1983 (Sc 3007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Case, Florence (Kemmerer), 1892-1983 (Sc 3007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3007. Letter, 25 June 1942, of Florence Case, Spokane, Washington, to “Mrs. Hawes.” Writing from Versailles, Kentucky, where she is visiting her sister, she describes her trip, her activities, her impressions of Versailles, Lexington and surrounding area, and the possibility of meeting her serviceman son at his ship’s port of call. She also makes references to African Americans.

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Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Doll, Howard D. And Anne (Parker) Doll (Mss 573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 573. Correspondence and papers of of the Pool, Keel and Beauchamp families of Metcalfe (formerly Barren) County, Kentucky. Includes papers of related families: Mitchell, Clark, Rogers, Cook, Shirley Yates, and others. Civil War letters include a letter from James F. Keel (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescript) describing activity at Nashville, Tennessee in July 1862.

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Miller-Flora Family History (Mss 572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Miller-Flora Family History (Mss 572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 572. Genealogical material related to several Warren County, Kentucky families including: Miller, Flora, and Young. Lesser information about a number of other families from the northwestern section of the county are included. This material was compiled by Imogene (Young) Ashby of Warren County.

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Smith Brothers Store - Russell County, Kentucky (Mss 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Smith Brothers Store - Russell County, Kentucky (Mss 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 585. Three account books from the Smith Brothers Stores located in Fonthill and Irvin’s Store, Russell County, Kentucky. Also includes some information about the estate of Robert Pierce Smith.

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Plano Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Plano Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3006. Minutes of meetings of Plano Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky (also known as the United Baptist Church of Christ at Plano), 1897-1917.

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Old Union Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Old Union Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 575. Minutes and membership lists of Old Union Church, Warren County, Kentucky (also known as the United Baptist Church at Union).

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Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3005. “History of First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky,” a short paper by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. Includes a list of pastors and data about material placed in the cornerstone of the church’s new sanctuary in 1993.

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Upshaw, Alice Zane (Lewis), 1813-1902 (Sc 3004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Upshaw, Alice Zane (Lewis), 1813-1902 (Sc 3004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3004. Letter, 15 September 1860, of Alice Z. Upshaw, Fulton County, Kentucky, to her niece Jane D. Lewis in Louisville, Kentucky. She mourns their family’s neglect of letter-writing and advises Jane not to procrastinate. She mentions several family members by first name and sends her regards.

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Red River Church - Robertson County, Tennessee (Sc 3002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Red River Church - Robertson County, Tennessee (Sc 3002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3002. Minutes of Red River Church, Robertson County, Tennessee. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists. Also includes the constitution and rules of decorum of the Cumberland Baptist Association. A typescript is available in the Kentucky Library Research Collections (F443 .R55 1983)

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Besten & Langen - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Besten & Langen - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3003. Letter to Camilla H. Gerard, Bowling Green Kentucky, from the Fur Storage Department of Besten & Langen, Louisville, Kentucky, advertising its storage and cleaning services for furs.

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Upton, Larry Thurman, B. 1940 (Mss 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Upton, Larry Thurman, B. 1940 (Mss 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 553. Letters from Stella Minton to her daughter, Elizabeth Allen “Betty” Minton, about family matters, local happenings in Bowling Green and Warren County, church affairs in the local Mormon congregation, quilting, gardening, and cooking. Includes research notes by Larry Thurman Upton for his book Memory is a Wonderful Thing that goes over the history of the Upton family. In addition the collection contains information about the beginning of stock car racing at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Burch, Kelly Calvert, B. 1964 (Sc 3001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Burch, Kelly Calvert, B. 1964 (Sc 3001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3001. Script for a one-act play titled “Allen County: A Work in Progress” written by Kelly C. Burch in commemoration of the bicentennial of Allen County’s formation in 1815. Includes script, program, DVD, and news clipping about the play’s performance on 28 June 2015 at Allen County-Scottsville High School.

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Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collections 2999. Photocopied typescript of a report by Joseph Rogers Underwood dated 13 February 1868 regarding business and tourist activity at Mammoth Cave in 1867. Submitted to the beneficiaries of a trust created after the death of the property’s last private owner, the report covers income and expenditures, the status of leases, and a plan to acquire land with a spring for water supply. Underwood also discusses the necessity of appointing his successor as trustee and finding lessees with management skills, or selling the property. The original typescript is in the Janin Collection, Huntington …

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Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Mss 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Mss 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 576. Papers, lecture notes and appointment book relating to Dr. E. Wallace Barr’s training and service as a dentist with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; includes a few items of family correspondence.

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Womi Radio - Owensboro, Kentucky (Ct 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Womi Radio - Owensboro, Kentucky (Ct 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2042. Recording of an online observation of the tenth anniversary of the WOMI radio station in Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes greeting from the mayor, county judge executive and WOMI’s president as well as the reading of congratulatory telegrams and letters from other dignitaries.

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