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Jenkins, James - Letter To (Sc 1562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1562. Business letter from R.H. Short, New Orleans, to James Jenkins, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which discusses the sale of agricultural commodities. Includes a wholesale price list from New Orleans. Typescript is also included.

Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1534. Church register for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church, South, located in southern Logan County, Kentucky, from December 1925 to April 1973. Register includes list of members, marriages, and baptisms. Also includes several news clippings.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1560. Copies of three letters written by Andrew Jackson. The first, 31 May 1817, concerns provisions of a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians. The second, 3 May 1829, relates to the appointment of a surgeon at a federal penitentiary. The third, 3 November 1832, requests consideration for his nephew, Samuel Donelson, who was visiting Philadelphia. Also, copy of first photograph of Abraham Lincoln as President.

Xv Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 190. Chiefly minute books of this Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club. Also includes administrative and miscellaneous papers related to the club's organization, history, membership, and programs.

Dead Reckoning (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers

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Long before she became the first female president of Harvard University in July 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust showed herself to be an inventive, energetic, and restless historian. Her first book, in 1977, focused on a subject many people had doubted was a subject, "the intellectual in the Old South." Five years later, she produced what is still the fullest — and most disturbing — portrayal of a white Southern planter, a man who sought complete mastery over the white women in his charge as well as over the enslaved people he claimed as property.

Soon after that, in a series …

Henry, W. W. (Sc 1526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1526. Letter, 3 June 1830 from Henry, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to J. Speed Smith, a U.S. Attorney, Richmond, Kentucky, which relays information about an affray in which several slaves were taken from his stagecoach while he was delivering the mail.

Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 1557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1557. Letter, 10 March 1976, from Kentucky author Jesse Hilton Stuart, W-Hollow, Greenup, Kentucky, to John Howard Spurlock, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to "He Sings for Us", Spurlock's book about Stuart's writings.

Mccowen, William (Sc 1517), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript of letter from William McCowen in Madison County, Kentucky, to his family in Pluckemin, Somerset County, New Jersey, related to his trip to Kentucky. His journey was related to his interests in saltpeter mining. He discusses being lost and letting his horse navigate to civilization.

Bush, Margaret S. (Sc 1558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1558. Letter from Margaret S. Bush, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Jonathan Jeffrey relaying her experiences at the General Lewis B. Hershey Museum at Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana.

Kimbrough, William Joseph, Jr., 1930-2007 (Sc 1516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1516. Correspondence between Kimbrough and Sue Lynn (Stone) McDaniel, a WKU faculty member in the Kentucky Building. Letters discuss Kimbrough's collection of letters, his years as a student at Western (1948-1952), and his bout with cancer.

Mcsween, Allen C., Jr. (Sc 1559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1559. Sermon, "Mr. Lincoln's Religion," delivered by Allen C. McSween, Jr. at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Drakes Creek Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1576. Membership list of Drakes Creek Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky, 4 April 1906.

Hess, Nelson Irvin, 1795-1869 (Sc 1451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1451. Bond given by N. I. Hess, Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and L.B. Gilchrist, both of Gibson County, Tennessee, to secure a judgment obtained against Hess by Watt Renick, Hickman County, Kentucky. The bond requires the obligors to deliver four enslaved persons, the property of Hess, to be sold to satisfy the judgment.

Public Library Of Kentucky - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1453. Materials concerning lotteries held to establish and operate a free public library in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes enabling legislation and documents relating to litigation over the scheme.

Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church - Fountain Run, Kentucky (Sc 1456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1456. Monroe County Circuit Court case involving members of the Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church. The injunction enjoined certain members (or ex-members) from threatening, etc., those in the majority.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Politics, 1864 (Sc 1452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1452. Letter, 20 February 1864, written from Orleans, Indiana, to "Bro. Will." The unknown writer, a politically active Republican, has very interesting comments about politics and slavery in Indiana and Kentucky.

Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1459. Silhouette (5" x 7") of Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker eldress Gertrude Soule, 1895-1988. Also, associated data.

Shakers - Canterbury, New Hampshire (Sc 1458), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1458. Silhouette (5" x 7") of Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker eldress Bertha Lindsey, 1897-1990, and her dog Penny. Also, associated data.

Smith, Dennis M. (Mss 191), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 191. Paper concerning the naming of Bowling Green, Kentucky's elementary schools and cassette tapes of interviews conducted by Smith. Also, scrapbook materials relating to Mackie E. (Smith) Bennett.

Garrott, June Rose, 1932-2024 (Sc 1329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1329. Newsletter, 1987, from Garrott, Beijing, China, to Sara Tyler, Bowling Green, Kentucky, reporting on her work in China. In 1961 she accompanied her medical missionary husband, Hobson Sinclair, to China, but through the years she taught English to Chinese students. Also associated data, 1961-1987 (3).

Stagner, Virginia Benton, 1907-2002 (Sc 1555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1555. Letters from Virginia B. Stagner, Richmond, Kentucky, to Erba Heckel, Vinita, Oklahoma, relating to suitors, fashion, bobbed hair, and other aspects of their friendship. Includes an enclosure letter from Stagner's sister Rowena.

Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1566. Record book containing register of pastors, 1905-1925, and church members, 1894-1946, for Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South located in Logan County, Kentucky. Also, original 1823 document conveying land for the meeting house, accounts of church conferences, and certificates of membership.

Guthrie, John James Morris, 1837-1897 (Sc 1554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1554. Letter, 27 July 1866, from J.J. Guthrie, Paducah, Kentucky, to his cousin, Nannie T. Coleman, Cumberland County, Virginia, relating to courtship, family and friends.

Autographs - Musicians (Sc 1321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1321. Piece of paper containing autographs of band leader Kay Kyser and some of his band members, who performed at the Bowling Green, Kentucky Armory on 3 July 1936. Includes some biographical data.

Flat Rock Methodist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1325. Chiefly membership lists with some research notes, of the Flat Rock Methodist Church, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes copy of speech, about the church's history, given by Marietta Mansfield, 1995.

Slave Register - Warren County, 1853-1865 (Sc 1327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1327. Warren County, Kentucky “Register of Slaves Owned for Life,” listing name, sex, age, and other information about each slave as provided by the person holding a life interest in said slaves, along with the names of the owners in remainder who would subsequently inherit the slave(s). Includes link to typescript.

Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, 1862-1947 (Sc 1454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1454. Report of Thomas C. Cherry, Bowling Green, Kentucky's Superintendent of Public Schools, on teacher Margaret Calvert. She is rated on eighteen professional and personal attributes.

Awbrey, Thomas, 1894-1973 (Sc 1556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1556. Correspondence between Thomas Awbrey, Fordsville, Kentucky, and President Lyndon B. Johnson relating to Awbrey's completion of an adult education class where he learned to read at age 71. Includes a newspaper clipping about Awbrey and information from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.

Winters, Erastus, 1843-1925 (Sc 1553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1553. Letter, 17 April 1863, from Erastus Winters, serving with the Union Army at Sulphur Fork Trestle, Kentucky (Fort Sands, Hardin County) to his sister Phebe. He briefly describes his military duties and asks her to send a photograph.

Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865 (Mss 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 1. An account of Ferguson's military trial for murders committed during the Civil War by him and his band of outlaws, held at Nashville, Tennessee. Transcript compiled from official records by Frank R. McGlasson, U.S. Army surgeon.