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Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1738. Church records of Pleasant Hill [Christian] Church, Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly lists of members who agreed to pay a portion of the preacher's salary. Also, subscription lists to fund special services and missions.

Garvin, Frank (Sc 1705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1705. Contract between Frank Garvin and his wife Kate and J.D. Duncan of Warren County, Kentucky in which the Garvins agree to work for Duncan as a farm hand and a cook and house hand, respectively.

Courtship Letters (Sc 1704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1704. Two 1910 letters to Lucy Ann Boucher of Settle, Allen County, Kentucky from two admirers. One is in answer to a personal ad.

Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 (Sc 1715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1715. Correspondence of Lennie Young Lancaster related to three organizations: Kentucky Academy of Science, 1937-1940; Kiwanis Club, 1937-1940; Pennyrile Conservation Club, 1937-1939.

Bard, James, 1782-1846 (Sc 1710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1710. Letter, 2 February 1832, from James Bard and his wife Martha (Adams) Bard, Bardstown, Kentucky to her brother John Adams in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. They express concern about the death of Adams's wife and the health of Martha's mother.

Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1717. Memorandum book containing names, addresses, and notes to be sent with flower orders collected by William Perry Stamps, Jr. while serving in the military during World War II. The orders were sent to Deemer Floral Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Stamps's former employer.

Kite, Thomas, B. 1818 (Sc 1723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1723. Journal of a trip taken by Thomas Kite from Cincinnati, Ohio through south central Kentucky, May-June 1847, focusing on a three-day visit to Mammoth Cave. Includes the text of an alternate version published anonymously in the Quaker magazine The Friend in 1847.

Hines, James Richard, 1903-1995 (Sc 1706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1706. Statement of James Richard Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to expanded navigation of the Green and Barren Rivers and the potential for regional economic growth.

Lucas, Marion Brunson, B. 1935 (Sc 1733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1733. Research notes (saved on CD-ROM) used in the compilation of "History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891" (first published in 1992; paperback in 2003). Includes an index with eighteen specialized topics.

Lane, John E., 1841-1919 (Sc 1745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1745. Letter, 10 March 1862, from John E. Lane, serving with the 17th Ohio in Nashville, Tennessee, to an unnamed uncle describing skirmishes near Somerset, Kentucky and his regiment's meandering progress from Ohio to Nashville.

Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Sc 1714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1714. Letter from Mary Leiper Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Ben Johnson, Bardstown, Kentucky, 27 September 1938, related to covered bridges at Bowling Green and Bardstown. Includes copy of an act passed by the Kentucky General Assembly authorizing reconstruction of bridges destroyed by Confederate guerrilla Billy Magruder.

Fairleigh, David William, Jr., 1896-1967 (Sc 1719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1719. Letter from David William Fairleigh, Jr., Louisville, Kentucky, 30 September 1949, to Harold H. Helm, New York, related to an enclosed 26 August 1819 letter from Ben Helm, Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky to Presley Edwards, [Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky]. Fairleigh explains the 1819 letter in the context of Kentucky's early banking history.

Underwood, Johanna Louisa, 1840-1923 (Sc 1722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1722. Diary kept 10 December 1860 to 8 September 1862 by Johanna "Josie" Louisa Underwood, eldest daughter of a prominent pro-Union family in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She vividly records her thoughts and activities about Bowling Green's occupation by Confederate troops, the harassment of her family, strained friendships, and the destruction of her home. The diary was edited by Nancy Disher Baird and published as Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary (University Press of Kentucky, 2009).

Beard, Mary Atwood (Hobson), 1884-1962 (Sc 1716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1716. Letter to Mary Atwood Beard, 17 April 1947, from Lue A. Kress; also, letter 26 April 1947 from Margaret T. Dickerson. Both letters contain information about historic family homes in Bowling Green, Kentucky: the "Adams home" on State Street and "Stony Lonesome," home to the Robinson family.

Cochran, Robert Gilmore, 1919-1971 (Sc 1724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1724. Chiefly correspondence with the U.S. Army and Robert Gilmore Cochran's attorney related to his mother's eligibility to receive an allotment check while he was serving in the military. Also, correspondence related to Cochran's National Guard responsibilities in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Temple Collection (Mss 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 55. Correspondence, 1931-1970 (33 items), chiefly of William Montgomery Temple, originally of Bowling Green, Kentucky, an autograph collector; his collection of papers of Kentucky governors, 1805-1951 (50); other autograph letters, 1715-1941 (17); and articles about Bowling Green, etc., (23).

Grider, Dorothy, 1915-2012 - Letters To (Sc 1729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1729. Letters, some with illustrations, to author and illustrator Dorothy Grider from local elementary school students who attended a program given by her at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Masters, John Post, 1885-1973 (Sc 1654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1654. Warrant of arrest from the Bowling Green, Kentucky Police Court for John Post Masters, manager of a theater in Bowling Green owned by the Crescent Amusement Company. The offense was "maintaining a public nuisance."

Nazro, Johanna Louisa (Underwood), 1840-1923 (Sc 1709), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1709. Paper: "The Early History of Bowling Green," presented by Johanna Louisa "Josie" Nazro at a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Mcgown, Thomas Neal, 1909-1966 (Sc 1708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1708. Post cards, Christmas card, and telegram from Thomas Neal McGown, serving with the U.S. Marine Corps, to his wife Marguerite, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes other items and news clippings related to his World War II service.

Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Sc 1686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1686. Copies of letters from William H. Natcher, U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 2nd district, Washington, D.C., to his four grandsons in Cambridge, Ohio. He comments about historical people and incidents and gives his views on the Panama Canal treaty.

Radical Religious Rebels: The Rise And Fall Of Jerry Falwell And The Moral Majority., Andrew Francis Bell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, I intend to illustrate the impact that Jerry Falwell had upon the rise of religious fundamentalism within the United States during the latter part of the 20th century. By elucidating the various factors that led Jerry Falwell from a little-known minister from Lynchburg, Virginia to becoming the figurehead of the movement known as the Religious Right, I wish to show how one of more controversial figures in both the religious and political spheres of contemporary American history became one of the more influential and infamous men of recent times. By focusing on the predecessors of Jerry Falwell …

Faith In Action: The First Citizenship School On Johns Island, South Carolina., Amanda Shrader Jordan

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This thesis examines the first Citizenship School, its location, participants, and success. Johns Islanders, Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Myles Horton, Bernice Robinson, and the Highlander Folk School all collaborated to create this school. Why and how this success was reached is the main scope of this manuscript. Emphasis is also placed on the school's impact upon the modern Civil Rights Movement. Primary sources such as personal accounts, manuscripts, and archive collections were examined. Secondary sources were also researched for this manuscript. The conclusion reached from these sources is that faith was the driving force behind the success of the Citizenship …

Internal Dissent: East Tennessee's Civil War, 1849-1865., Meredith Anne Grant

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East Tennessee, though historically regarded as a Unionist monolith, was politically and ideologically divided during the Civil War. The entrance of the East Tennessee and Virginia and East Tennessee and Georgia railroads connected the economically isolated region to Virginia and the deep South. This trade network created a southern subculture within East Tennessee. These divisions had deepened and resulted by the Civil War in guerilla warfare throughout the region. East Tennessee's response to the sectional crisis and the Civil War was varied within the region itself. Analyzing railroad records, manuscript collections, census data, and period newspapers demonstrates that three subdivisions …

Why Mccain And His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny, Nancy Unger

History

The supporters of presidential candidate John McCain aggressively pooh-pooh concerns about his age and health history. That which hasn't killed him, they argue, has made him stronger. But a study of past American leaders reveals that those who think McCain's long history of toughness makes him invincible had better think again. Of the eight presidents who have died in office, four were killed by assassins. Youth and a clean bill of health remain no match for bullets. The running mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in a heartbeat. But …

Interview With Gilbert Bush Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Gilbert Bush in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Mcreynolds Family Papers (Mss 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 56. Correspondence of Susannah and Thomas Phillips, and Mary J. (Phillips) McReynolds of Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky; McReynolds papers; manuscript booklets and autograph album; correspondence of Mary T. Moore and J.C. McReynolds relating to the collection; and biographical material.

Canon, Ernest Hubert, 1887-1978 (Mss 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 227. Correspondence related to Ernest Hubert Canon's positions as secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky and chairman of the Committee on Kiwanis Education for the Kentucky-Tennessee District.

Interview With Donald Gallion, August 6, 2008, Donald Gallion, Michael J. Birkner

Oral Histories

Donald Gallion was interviewed on August 6, 2008 by Michael Birkner about his time serving in the United States army during WWII and his return to Gettysburg College and after the war.

Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4^th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit -- https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search

Watkins, Samuel Houston, 1914-1999 - Collector (Sc 1736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1736. Two items related to the Felts family of Logan County, Kentucky. Also certificates and correspondence related to Samuel Houston Watkins' service in the Merchant Marine during World War II.