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Commissioners Report On The Shoals In The Ohio River (Sc 1545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1545. Photocopy (made in 1970) of handwritten Ohio River survey done in 1819 related to river navigation in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Indiana. It includes many hand-drawn maps. There is a large, undated map in a pocket on inside back cover.

Caught On Tape: The White House Reaction To The Shooting Of Alabama Governor And Democratic Presidential Candidate George Wallace, Luke A. Nichter

Presidential Studies Faculty Articles and Research

"On May 15, 1972, Arthur H. Bremer shot Alabama Governor and Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace five times at close range with a .38 caliber revolver during a campaign stop in Laurel, Maryland. The shooting in the Washington, D.C. suburb ended Wallace’s political career and he was paralyzed from the waist down for the remainder of his life. In November, thirty-five years later and in the middle of another political season, Bremer was released from the Maryland State Penitentiary in Hagerstown on November 6, 2007. The first political assassin to be paroled in American history, his sentence for the shooting …

Hines, Hiram Markham, 1871-1917 (Sc 1544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1544. Hines's diary records information about his daily activities and social events in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1895. It also includes information about weather and Hines' living expenses.

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 1541), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1541. Typescript of Helm's letter to Charles Pressler, Galveston, Texas, 6 May 1936, regarding the stonework done by Charles Ott on the Warren County, Kentucky courthouse.

O'Hair, James (Sc 1538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1538. Notecard featuring silk painting of a sailboat sent from James O'Hair in Vietnam to John W. Breeding of Rineyville, Kentucky, wishing him a happy New Year.

Hendricks, Albert, 1739-1843 (Sc 1542), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1542. Copies of the Revolutionary War records and pension claims relating to Albert Hendricks, who mustered in with a Maryland regiment. He later lived in North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1547. Report, dated 14 November 2007, that documents payments made on behalf of the Bowling Green Rotary Club to community members in Kasigau, Kenya, so they could attend school. Includes receipts and thank you letters from students.

Higgins, Richard T., B. 1805 (Sc 1543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1543. Letter, 9 September 1861, from Confederate sympathizer Richard T. Higgins, Russellville, Kentucky, to Sady Carlisle, Columbus, Ohio. Defiant in his support of the South, he includes comments about the war, President Abraham Lincoln, and African Americans. Also includes a partial newspaper clipping that is referenced in the letter.

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 1539), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1539. Note from Corinne C. McCormack, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking Lida Calvert Obenchain (pen name "Eliza Calvert Hall") for the donation of her book, "A Book of Hand Woven Coverlets" to the Woman's Library, and Obenchain's reply.

Brothers At Odds: Rival Islamic Movements In Late Nineteenth Century New York City, Brent D. Singleton

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

In late 1893, the nascent Indian-backed American Islamic Propaganda movement, led by Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb, fell into discord. Emin L. Nabakoff and John A. Lant left the movement and formed their own Muslim group, the First Society for the Study of Islam in America. For the next two years the leaders of the bitter rival organizations continued to conduct business. However, they also fought a very public war of words in the newspapers, leveling charges and countercharges against each other’s character, integrity, and Islamic legitimacy. The quarrel spread abroad to India and Britain where each side tried to gain …

The John Muir Newsletter, Winter 2007/2008, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Muir SLETTEB YfeRSnY OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA Volume 18, Number 1 Winter 2007/20081 John Muir's World Tour (part VI) Introduction by W.R. Swagerty Director, John Muir Center In this, the sixth and final segment of John Muir's World Tour, 1903-1904, we complete his journey from March 2 to May 27, 1904 from open waters in the Tasman Sea to San Francisco. Muir continues writing in his Collin's Paragon Diary, 1904, purchased in Australia and reflecting the calendar for the Southern Hemisphere. This form of "journal" allowed the author to enter one page per day. If he needed more space, …

Jefferson's Abomination In The Valley: A Study Of The Economic Effects Of The Embargo Of 1807 On Louisville's Frontier Economy, Williams Lewis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis examines the effects of the Embargo of 1807 on Louisville and its surrounding areas. The purpose of this study is to discover if the interior suffered to the same degree as other regions of the country as a result of Thomas Jefferson's trade restrictions. Louisville is the focus area because it is not only representative of the Ohio Valley and the interior but also because it marked the end of civilization and the beginning of the frontier. Distinctions between class, economic status, and occupation between the inhabitants of Jefferson County are also observed. This particular approach leads to …

Flights Past: The Wright Brothers’ Legacy And Dayton, Ohio, James Clayton Johnson

Dissertations

During the early twentieth century, Wilbur and Orville Wright faced a lengthy struggle over their recognition as the inventors of the airplane. This controversy still lingers today. Even their hometown, Dayton, Ohio, where the brothers spent years engineering and perfecting the airplane, hesitated in acknowledging their success. Promoted by a small group of individuals from the Smithsonian Institution, a decades long struggle ensued over who first invented an aircraft capable of powered flight. During the "Smithsonian controversy," the institution embarked on a long and dangerous path of using its status as the nation's museum in an attempt to rewrite history. …

The Disneyfication Of New Orleans: The French Quarter As Facade In A Divided City, J. Mark Souther

History Faculty Publications

The article discusses the development of New Orleans, Louisiana as a tourist attraction. The author suggests that Hurricane Katrina allowed the public to perceive racial and economic divisions in New Orleans. He suggests the French Quarter of New Orleans was developed for tourism due to its historic architecture. An attempt to attract military bases to the region during World War II failed due to the labor market and competition, leading to a focus on tourism. The author compares the city's appearance to that of Disneyland and suggests urban renewal relocated African Americans to ensure the development of the French Quarter.

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: December 2007, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2007

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates from December 2007.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: December 2007, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2007

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from December 7 and 21, 2006.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Carty, Wesley (Mss 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 187. Correspondence, research, bibliography and notes of Wesley Carty, Chicago, related to a proposed biography of John C. Breckinridge. Includes correspondecne with John Winston Coleman, Jr., Avery Odelle Craven, and Jonathan Truman Dorris, as well as poetry by Virgie Hudson.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

The Grizzly, November 29, 2007, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Kristen Gallagher, Ashley Mccomeskey, Ashley Higgins, Roger Lee, Jeremiah Long, Zakary Arnhold, Kristin O'Brassill, Christopher Schaeffer, Michael Thomas, Serena Mithboakar, Alex Ernst, Jason Davis, Katie Callahan, Chris Carey

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Goodbye Scripted TV: Writer's Guild Takes a Stand • Shooting for the Cure: Teams Raise Money for Coalition • Dr. von Schlegell Discusses Islamic Thought, Movements • Jazzman's Cafe Gets Into the Holiday Spirit at Ursinus • A New STAR on Campus • Moritomo: Konichiwa, Hai Hai! • Focus the Nation: Cornucopia of Action and Awareness • Book Review: A Natural History of the Senses • Opinions: Giving Thanks This Holiday; UN Considers Ban on Human Cloning • Field Hockey Frenzy • Men's Basketball Preview • Bears Take the Path Less Traveled

Gorin, Sandra Kaye (Laughery) (Mss 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 181. Research material for Gorin's book, "Blood Runs in the Barrens", which examines murders that took place in Barren County, Kentucky, from 1817 to 1909. Includes copies of court documents and newspaper clippings.

Cluskey, Michael Walsh, 1833?-1873 (Mss 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 23. Correspondence and writings of Michael Walsh Cluskey, who was postmaster of the National House of Representaitves, 1851-1859; editor of Memphis Avalanche and Louisville Daily Ledger; and a Confederate soldier. The materials mainly relate to politics, published books, and newspaper work.

Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1537. Motion and judgment, Warren Circuit Court, to incorporate the City of Oakland, Kentucky. Includes a petition listing the names of those requesting the incorporation, a metes and bounds description of the corporate limits, and a sketch map. Also includes correspondence identifying the documents.

Obenchain, Josephine (Stephenson), 1864-1953 (Sc 1536), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1536. Whimsical paper written in dialect by Josephine Obenchain titled "History of the Kentucky Club of Dallas, Inc."

Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Mss 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 179. Chiefly correspondence related to government service for the Works Progress Administration and as Indian reservation school teacher, and as postmistress at Livermore, Kentucky. Includes materials related to Thornberry's military service and artwork from her Indian students.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Jones, Edgar - Collector (Mss 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 17. Letters and papers of the Burnett family, (many Civil War letters), 1855-1920; the McKnight family; the Lamb family, 1863-1906; and the Flynn family, 1787-1897. These letters were in the possession of the Burnett family of Rising Sun, Indiana.

Young, Asher Leon (Mss 19), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 19. Genealogical material collected by Asher Leon Young, a Warren County, Kentucky, native. Especially noted are the Phipps, Simpson, and Young families of the Richardsville area of Warren County, Kentucky.

Porter Family (Mss 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 15. Genealogical material (typed copy) collected by John A. Porter for a book. Correspondence pertaining to same topic, 1906-1957. Legal papers of Butler (32), Livingston (1), and Logan (13) Counties--deeds, surveys, etc., 1799-1857. Typed copy of the Civil War experiences of John M. Porter.

Allmond Collection (Mss 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 12. Genealogical material collected by Allen E. Allmond, Louisville, Kentucky, pertaining to the Allmond and Meade families. Letters, photostats, maps, newspaper clippings and notebook. Also includes information about the Louisville Commercial Club.

Collins, Russell - Collector (Mss 16), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 16. Genealogical records of the Duncan, Browning, and Hines families of Logan County, Kentucky. Family letters of the Duncans and Palmers (Christian County, Kentucky mainly), 1822-1858 (66 items). Chief correspondents include Ann M. Palmer, Elihu J. Palmer, Isaac N. Palmer, and Elizabeth Duncan.