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The Grizzly, February 7, 2008, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Megan Helzner, Terry Kelley, Ryan Tole, Ashley Higgins, Ashley Mccomeskey, Kristi Blust, Roger Lee, Juliane Katz, Jeremiah Long, Christopher Schaeffer, Anthony George, Matt Short, Ashley Drogalis, Jason Davis

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Cafe Owner Advises Mindful Consumerism • More Money in Your Pocket? • Ledger's Death Still Leaves Questions • NY Times Reporter Discusses Climate Issues at Focus the Nation • Arctic Mammals Battle Climate Change • Modern Menstruation Alternatives: The Menstrual Cup • Wismer Student Restaurant Welcomes New Turnstile • Things I Wish I Knew as a Freshman: Local Hot Spots • Satchmo's: A Unique Sub Experience • Bringing Back the High Five • Endorse This!: How Important is a Political Backing? • Women's Basketball Endures Tough Loss to Mules

Boatman, John, 1842-1916 (Sc 1611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1611. Letter dated 10 September 1861 from Union soldier John Boatman, Paducah, Kentucky, to his family in Paris, Illinois describing conditions in Paducah. Envelope imprinted with red and blue patriotic image of clasped hands and the phrase "Our hearts and hands for the Union."

Northcott Collection (Mss 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 40. Fifty-three diaries (1859-1918) and other writings of Henry Clay Northcott, 1822-1918, Methodist circuit preacher and farmer of northern Kentucky; correspondence (1870-1883) of his daughter, music teacher Kate N. Thomas, 1850-1889; and her husband, Bruce F. Thomas, 1853?-1882, lawyer of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

Recommended By Duncan Hines, Donna C. Parker, Jonathan J. Jeffrey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Businessman, salesman, kitchen inspector, lover of comfortable lodgings, and connoisseur of good food - - this was the man Duncan Hines. This presentation explores the life and work of Duncan Hines from his days growing up in Warren County, Kentucky, through his career as a travel writer, and finally to his rise as a brand name in the world of packaged goods. The presentation highlights scenes from The Kentucky Library and Museum exhibit “Recommended by Duncan Hines.”

East Texas News And Events

East Texas Historical Journal

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Lg Ms 012 Act Up/Maine Archives Finding Aid, Lynne Chabot

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ACTUP/ Maine, founded in 1990, was a chapter of the national organization, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) that focused on AIDS issues. The goals of the organization were the empowerment of people with AIDS and the establishment of an AIDS Resource Center. The organization emphasized direct action in communities and an open democratic process within the group. The Archives holds organizational papers, books, photos, promotional materials, correspondence and publications, plus a significant number of publications/papers from ACT-UP chapters in the US and abroad. The bulk of the material spans the years 1990-1994, and there is a good …

Lg Ms 009 Act Up/Portland Archives Finding Aid, Eileen Rowland, Lynne Chabot

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ACT UP/ Portland, established in the 1990s, was a chapter of the national organization, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) that focused on AIDS issues. ACT UP/ Portland sponsored several local youth organizations, had a cooperative partnership with Public Health agencies, leafleted extensively, and held media campaigns. The organization emphasized direct action in communities and an open democratic process within the group. The Archives consists of administrative files, programs/activities, and resource materials from the group and its affiliates. Dates range from 1984 to 1996, with the bulk of materials either undated or 1991-1996.

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1984-1996

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Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: February 2008, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2008

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from February 1, 15 and 29, 2008.

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 Daily Update: February 2008, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2008

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from February 2008. 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.

Freeman, John & Hamilton Freeman (Lg 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 412. Copy land grant, 21 June 1799, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John and Hamilton Freeman, 666-2/3 acres on the west fork of the middle fork of Bays Creek in Kentucky.

Pirkey, Henry S., D. 1827 (Lg 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 416. Original land grant, 8 June 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Henry S. Pirkey 200 acres in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Ewing, Robert, 1760-1832 (Lg 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 415. Original land grant, 17 June 1797, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Ewing 200 acres in Logan County, Kentucky.

Richey, James (Lg 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 413. Copy of land grant, 12 June 1806, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Richey 100 acres in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Totty, Leonard, 1812?-1863? (Mss 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 36. Account books consisting of a journal of customer's account, 1848-1854, and a ledger, 1848-1858, of Leonard Totty, a general merchant of Doughty's Creek, Warren County, Kentucky.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Charles W. Chesnutt, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Charles W. Chesnutt Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Charles W. Chesnutt. First issued January 31, 2008, 31st in a series.

The Grizzly, January 31, 2008, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Heather Turnbach, Terry Kelley, Kristi Blust, Megan Helzner, Jill Alspach, Kristin O'Brassill, Ashley Mccomeskey, Roger Lee, Laurel Salvo, Matt Short, Alex Ernst, Jason Davis, Ashley Drogalis, Danielle Langdon

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

What's Your Dirty Little Secret? RLO Posts Free Speech • Focus the Nation Events Begin Today at Ursinus College • Writers Continue to Protest Insufficient Compensation • New Statistics Reveal Decline in U.S. Abortion Rates • New Member Education is Not Your Enemy • UC Gives Tribute to MLK Jr. • Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides • Opinions: Return of Information Society; Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King from Home; John Edwards: Wasting His (And Our) Time • Gymnastics Off to a Strong Start • Shattuck Helps Lead the Bears to Victory

Horton, George Lewis, 1894-1957 (Sc 1569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1569. Letter, 24 July 1923, from George L. Horton, Ashland, Kentucky to Clare Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio, concerning her upcoming visit to Ashland. Includes a colorful handkerchief printed with the nursery rhyme "Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross" that was enclosed with the letter.

Devries, Virginia Hope (Posey), 1911-1998 (Mss 192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 192. Correspondence and research related to the Posey and Callis families. Includes a copy of a 1949 letter from Vice President Alben W. Barkley acknowledging his relationship to the Posey family.

Gingles Collection (Mss 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 21. Dr. John Thomas Gingles, Kirksey, Calloway County, Kentucky, account books, 1866-1870, 1872-1875, 1880, 1884-1885; account book, 1851-1878, probably his father's, James A. Gingles; typescript of 1946 paper entitled "Vitamin Therapy" by his son Dr. Hunter W. Gingles, Hardburly, Perry County, Kentucky; University of Louisville Medical School commencement booklet, 1915; and letters and receipts. Includes four copies of The Murray Weekly News, 1886-1887 (see "Additional Files" below for scans).

Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (Sc 1570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1570. Letter, 1 January 1862, to his father from Harris, serving with the 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers near Muddy Branch, Maryland. He makes comments about the war, the Southern states, and his commander, Colonel Hincks. Written on letterhead with portrait of General George B. McClellan and the words “We have beat our last retreat!” in red and blue ink.

Short, Drucilla Jane (Harris), 1878-1952 (Sc 1567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1567. Two letters, 25 September and 27 October 1918, from Franklin, Kentucky native Drucilla Jane Short to her brother, George D. Harris, serving with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Letters contain comments about family, business, the influenza epidemic, and the impending overseas deployment of their brother Downey. The letters were returned after George's death on 13 October 1918.

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1846 (Sc 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1258. Coroner’s inquest, 11 June 1846, into the death of Fielding Bettersworth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The commissioners made a finding of intoxication leading to death by drowning.

New Friendship Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 178. This collection consists chiefly of membership lists and minutes of the New Friendship Baptist Church of Logan, Kentucky, 1834-1877, 1898-1988. Also included is an 1895 history of the church, Articles of Faith, and Rules of Decorum for the congregation.

Mlk Jr. Day, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the MLK jr. Day celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Follin, Ethel Alma, 1912-1989 (Sc 1829), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1829. Paper: "A Study of Economic Conditions of Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Ethel Alma Follin.

Jones, George - Letters To (Sc 1564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1564. Two letters to George Jones from Merlin (last name not given) describing life at Camp Taylor, a World War I training facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes a photo of Jones in uniform.

Dearmin, Robert Allen, 1836-1926 (Sc 1561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of diary (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1561. Civil War diary, 1861-1864, of Robert Allen Dearmin. He served with the 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, which saw service in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Also includes correspondence of the Dearmin and Lowry families. Associated data about the collection included.

Umberger, Eugene B., Jr. (Sc 1565), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1565. Paper titled "The York Farm: A Contribution to Folk Housing Documentation" written by Eugene B. Umberger, Jr. for a geography class at Western Kentucky University. Includes photos and diagrams of various farm structures.

Clagett, John Henry, 1916-2013 (Mss 10), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 10. Typed manuscript copy of John Henry Clagett's novel "Cradle of the Sun", published in 1952 by Crown Publishers, New York. Also includes clippings about Clagett and two short stories by him.

Reeder Family (Sc 1563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1563. Genealogy records, 1830, removed from the Joshua Reeder family Bible, includes notes and an affidavit verifying ownership of the Bible.