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Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Van Valin Family (Sc 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2043. Reminiscence about the Civil War Wilderness Campaign written by Waldo C. Van Valin, 1864? (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan); also includes articles and correspondence related to ethnological work done in Alaska, 1912-1919, by William B. Van Valin.


Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Farmers Tobacco Union (Sc 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2042. Letter, 14 June 1928, to A. B. Bucher, Paulding, Ohio, from W. C. Rives, Farmers Tobacco Union, Paducah, Kentucky. The letter solicits orders for tobacco, provides prices, and includes an order card addressed to W. C. Rives Company, Paducah, Kentucky.


Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlin, Maxey B., Jr., 1915-2003 (Mss 262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and some full-text scans of items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 262. Correspondence of Maxey B. Harlin, Jr., a Bowling Green, Kentucky attorney and member of the Constitution Revision Assembly; also, minutes of the Constitution Review Commission, a paper, and texts of speeches favoring revision of Kentucky's constitution.


Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2039. Letter from Margery C. Obenchain, in Sulphur Springs, Missouri, to "Alice" in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of recent social activities and travel, including a visit to the St. Louis World's Fair.


Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Buckner, Howard Chandler, 1896-1960 (Sc 2040), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence related to Howard Chandler Buckner's military service in the U.S. Army during World War I. Includes his identification card with photo and a notebook of information he recorded during training.


Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hanson, Albert C., 1895-1976 (Sc 2038), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2038. Letter, 20 January 1918, from Albert C. Hanson, serving as a private with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, to Edith Otting, Newport, Kentucky, He relays news of his family and writes of his eagerness to return home. The letterhead displays the logo of the American Y.M.C.A. and the phrase "On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force.


The Grizzly, September 24, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Roger Lee, Liz Kilmer, Ashley Mccomeskey, Akasya Benge, Lisa Jobe, Cory Kram, Elizabeth Mahoney, James Kilduff, Rebecca Smyth, Jonathan Edward Barber, Christopher Wierzbowski, Jason K. Mullins, Zach Shamberg, Gianna Paone, Abbie Cichowski Sep 2009

The Grizzly, September 24, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Roger Lee, Liz Kilmer, Ashley Mccomeskey, Akasya Benge, Lisa Jobe, Cory Kram, Elizabeth Mahoney, James Kilduff, Rebecca Smyth, Jonathan Edward Barber, Christopher Wierzbowski, Jason K. Mullins, Zach Shamberg, Gianna Paone, Abbie Cichowski

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

CIE Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary, Makes Changes • Introducing Ursinus' New Graduate Assistant • Tenth Annual Fringe Festival Kicks Off This Week • Visiting Professor Taije Silverman Shares Poetry • Is American Idol Rigged? An Investigatory Review • How Far Will You Go to Stretch Your Dollar in This Economy? • Restaurant Review: Molly Maguire's Irish Restaurant and Pub • Opinions: Freshmen Parking on Campus; Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh • Ursinus Women's Gymnastics Spends Weekend Volunteering • Coach Thomas Announces Baseball Captains for 2010 Season


Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Baldwin, Joseph Trimble, 1801-1840 (Sc 2037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2037. Letter from Baldwin, written in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his wife Louisa in Philadelphia. He writes of his travel in Kentucky and includes a description of Lost River Cave and grist mill.


Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Lilley, G. F. (Sc 2036), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 2036. Letter from G. F. Lilley, Shawhan, Kentucky, to his cousin (Miss) M. A. Lilley, giving news of his family and other members of the community. A typescript of this letter is included as an additional file.


Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sherry, Luvicia Graham, 1877-1961 (Sc 2035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2035. Copies of "The Postal Bulletin," issued to employees of the U.S. Postal Service, and notes made by Miss Luvicia Graham Sherry, the postmaster at Alvaton, Kentucky, on various rules and procedures, including those relating to wartime.


The Du Ponts In Kentucky: Louisville’S Central Park, The Southern Exposition, And An Entrepreneurial Spirit*, Timothy J. Mullin Sep 2009

The Du Ponts In Kentucky: Louisville’S Central Park, The Southern Exposition, And An Entrepreneurial Spirit*, Timothy J. Mullin

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

* The du Pont family is large, and recurring names and nicknames often make it difficult to follow who’s who. The Lammot family is woven together with the du Pont family in a complicated thread, especially since Margaretta was a favorite name. Adding the Coleman/Moxham family only makes the complicated spider’s web of family relationships that much more difficult. For this purpose selected family trees are included as appendices.


Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Pet Milk Company, 1949-1957 (Mss 263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Two annual field reports, 1951 and 1954, profiling dairy farmers and their operations in Warren and Simpson Counties in Kentucky as well as Robertson County, Tennessee; also includes miscellaneous copies of the newsletter "Pet Dairy Chats", 1949 to 1957.


Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Covington, Dale (Sc 2034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2034. Catalog for "Portrait of a Town: Cave City, Kentucky," a 2009 Kentucky Library & Museum exhibition featuring the photographs of William R. Reynolds, Jr. taken approximately 1908-1910. Includes images and descriptions of Cave City citizens (both white and African American), homes, churches, schools and businesses, as well as information about Reynolds, his family and home, early 20th century cameras and Kentucky photographers, and the development of Cave City.


The Grizzly, September 17, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Maryanne Berthel, Rebecca Smyth, Lisa Jobe, Christopher Wierzbowski, Gianna Paone, Michael Delaney, Ellen Bernhard, Helen Ann Coin, Karin Zerella, Kim Klee, Abbie Cichowski, Deborah Yanessa, Greta Martikainen-Watcke, Patrick Hayakawa, Emily Mercadante, Luke Benko, Andrea Magnolo Sep 2009

The Grizzly, September 17, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Maryanne Berthel, Rebecca Smyth, Lisa Jobe, Christopher Wierzbowski, Gianna Paone, Michael Delaney, Ellen Bernhard, Helen Ann Coin, Karin Zerella, Kim Klee, Abbie Cichowski, Deborah Yanessa, Greta Martikainen-Watcke, Patrick Hayakawa, Emily Mercadante, Luke Benko, Andrea Magnolo

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Recycling Team Takes Action Against Campus Waste • Annual Activities Fair Starts the Year Off • Campus Safety, Police Relations: Battle of Jurisdiction • Berman's New Exhibit: "Muriel's Moores" • Is the Power Plant Damaging More Than Our Eardrums? • Restaurant Review: Iron Hill Brewery • Club Spotlight: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship • Hidden Treasures in the Berman and Myrin • Opinion: Liberal Arts, Limited Choices?; Facebook Friends: How Far is Too Far?; Obama's Administration and the Takeover of the Communist Czar Regime; Socialism is the New Word for Progress • UC Men's Soccer Coach Adds Sustainability Coordinator to His Title …


Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Maupin, Gabriel (Lg 423), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 423. Original land grant, 10 September 1802, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Gabriel Maupin 1,200 acres in [Warren County], Kentucky. Identified as "a copy attest."


Hudson, Susan Francis (Mcelroy), 1912?-1992 (Sc 2031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Hudson, Susan Francis (Mcelroy), 1912?-1992 (Sc 2031), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2031. Letters to Susan Francis Hudson and Dorothy Burnett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, primarily from Cathy Cauble, written from Hampton, Virginia and elsewhere regarding her activities and plans. Includes photocopy of a certificate of appreciation given to Hudson by Randolph-Macon Woman's College Alumnae Association.


Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Greenwood Cemetery - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2022. Listing of the individuals buried in the Greenwood Cemetery at Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky; includes index.


Porter, Elias, 1834-1872 (Sc 2032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Porter, Elias, 1834-1872 (Sc 2032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2032. Letter, 10 February 1868, from Elias Porter, Russellville, Kentucky, to "Friend Smith," disputing the division of expenses for their trip to Texas and Smith's fee in connection with a lawsuit.


Speiden, Rosalie Mauzy (Latham), 1847-1917 (Sc 2033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Speiden, Rosalie Mauzy (Latham), 1847-1917 (Sc 2033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2033. Letter, 18 June 1889, from Rosalie Speiden, Louisville, Kentucky, to her son Theodore Speiden in Baltimore, Maryland, with family news.


Cherry, Adam, 1836-1927 - Estate (Sc 2021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Cherry, Adam, 1836-1927 - Estate (Sc 2021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2021. Document titled "Analysis of the Settlement of the Estate of Adam Cherry."


Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Simpson County, Kentucky - Teachers Register (Sc 2030), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2030. Pages from a ledger listing Simpson County, Kentucky school districts by number, the names of school trustees and teachers, and some information on school fund expenditures.


Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Zoar Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 245. Record books of Zoar Baptist Church, Allen County, Kentucky (later Rough Creek Baptist Church). Entries consist chiefly of church and Sunday school minutes.


Horsley, R., Sr. (Sc 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Horsley, R., Sr. (Sc 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2013. Inventory of property, used perhaps as part of an estate settlement. Includes land on Spring Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee, livestock, household items, and 12 enslaved persons.


Music (Sc 1969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Music (Sc 1969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1969. Two pieces of manuscript music: a benediction featuring the words of Psalms 19:14 and a piece featuring the text of the Lord's Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13.


Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Varble, Alfred Poe, 1892-1965 (Sc 2020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2020. Letter, 22 January 1941, from Al Varble, Chaffee, Missouri to Robert M. Coleman, Bowling Green, Kentucky in which he inquires about dogs for sale.


Harlow, William Ross, B. 1946 (Sc 2023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Harlow, William Ross, B. 1946 (Sc 2023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2023. Notes taken by Barren County native William Ross Harlow during basic training at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. He eventually served in the Vietnamese Conflict.


Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.


Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Sumpter, Irene Malone (Moss), 1902-1996 (Mss 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 273. Genealogical research material compiled by Mrs. Sumpter and her husband, Ward Cullin Sumpter. The focus of the collection is on their ancestral families, particularly the Morgan, Moss, Sumpter and Ward families.


The Grizzly, September 10, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Zach Shamberg, Gianna Paone, Roger Lee, Lisa Jobe, Kristin Cichowski, Liz Kilmer, Emily Arndt, Maryanne Berthel, Eva Bramesco, Carly Siegler, Kate Lechleitner, Jarod Groome Sep 2009

The Grizzly, September 10, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Zach Shamberg, Gianna Paone, Roger Lee, Lisa Jobe, Kristin Cichowski, Liz Kilmer, Emily Arndt, Maryanne Berthel, Eva Bramesco, Carly Siegler, Kate Lechleitner, Jarod Groome

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Barack Obama Dating Game: "Czar" Power • Do Deals at the Bars Mean Bad News for Your Health? • Escape Velocity is Rising to New Heights: 2009 Preview • Discover the Unknown Through the International Film Festival • Over 300 Students Receive Social Host Training by Fellow Students • Purple Door 2009 • Green Lane Scottish-Irish Festival This Weekend • Freshmen Orientation Gets a Face Lift • Opinions: Outreach to Fellow Pagans in the UC Community • Missed Opportunities But Still Optimistic for Rest of Season • UC Football Gets Hit with a Loss from Albright College


Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2027. Business papers relating to John Claude Gerard and his Bowling Green, Kentucky cabinetmaking and undertaking establishment. Includes receipts for purchases of lumber and other goods and services, business licenses and Gerard family genealogical information.