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Isbell, Charles S., 1867-1901 (Sc 2028), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2028. Letters written to Charles S. Isbell while he was in California, containing news from friends and family in Warren County, Kentucky and in Missouri. Includes notes of Isbell's sister Grace on Rich Pond, Kentucky area social events and attendees.

Broadnax, Henry Powell, 1769-1857 (Sc 2029), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2029. Will (1847) and codicils (1850, 1854, 1856) of Henry Powell Broadnax, Russellville, Kentucky, with depositions of two witnesses attesting to the will's authenticity.

Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2025. "Women and Work at the Turn of the Century: The Mrs. A. H. Taylor Dressmaking Company," M.A. thesis submitted by Theresa L. Jureka to WKU Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies.

Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2024. "A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination of Her Role in Fashion at the Turn of the Century," M.S. thesis submitted by Janice Faye Walker Centers to WKU Department of Home Economics and Family Living. Includes typescripts of correspondence with descendants of Taylor and her customers.

Hardcastle Family Papers (Sc 2026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2026. Papers of the Hardcastle family of Warren County, Kentucky: World War I discharge certificate for Robert F. Hardcastle; minister's return for the wedding of James Hardcastle and Ethel McPherson; tobacco allotment notice.

Burchfield, Evelyn (Day), 1896-1990 (Sc 1973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1973. Several letters written by Evelyn D. Burchfield, Davao, Philippines and a 190-page memoir of her life in the Philippines, chiefly during the World War II Japanese occupation; also includes an introduction (17 p.) to the memoir by friend Viola Crump.

Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2019. Minute book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some financial information and related correspondence.

Bush’S Brain (No, Not Karl Rove): How Bush’S Psyche Shaped His Decision Making, Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding

Education Reform Faculty and Graduate Students Publications

We will summarize the most systematic work on George W. Bush's psyche, stressing that leader personality traits should not be judged as good nor bad: Rather traits which match some situations mismatch others. SAT scores and other available measures indicate that Bush has sufficient intelligence to serve as president. Yet the best studies, in which raters evaluate statements without being aware of their source, suggest that Bush lacks integrative complexity and thus views issues without nuance (Thoemmes and Conway 2007). The leading personality theory (the “5-Factor Model”), as measured by the NEO Personality Inventory, suggests that Bush is highly extraverted …

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.

The Grizzly, September 3, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Liz Kilmer, Roger Lee, Laurel Salvo, Ryan Collins, Nick Hanford, Zach Shamberg

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Summer Fellows: Students Skip the Beach and Hit the Books • UCTV Returns: Bringing Back the News • Theft on Campus: Tips to Keep You Safe • Four Big Changes Hit Campus This Summer • Interning with Joan Jett: Taking Advantage of the UC Opportunity • UC Community Service Center: Encouraging Benevolence on Campus • Bridging the Gap Between 2010 and 2013 • Dan Mullen '94 Named Mississippi State Head Coach • John Noonan: Full Court Press to Europe, Summer 2009

Evans, Walter, 1842-1923 (Sc 2018), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2018. Letters of Walter Evans, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to Robert Ludlow Fowler, a New York jurist and author.

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2017. Stray court records, including wills, deeds, peace warrants, teacher's contract, and other miscellaneous documents from Warren County, Kentucky. Chiefly concerning the Isbell family of said county.

Gerard, Martha Jane (Buchanan), 1869-1962 (Sc 2008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2008. Correspondence and genealogical material relating to an alleged inheritance from the estate of William Buchanan, a cousin of President James Buchanan. Includes a press statement to claimants issued by New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt that the estate was fictitious and pursuing claims would be fruitless.

State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2010. Monthly statement assessing amount due for "support of the Gospel," issued by State Street Methodist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Mrs. James A. Mitchell.

Warren County (Kentucky) Strawberry Growers' Association (Sc 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2014. Minute book, 1912-1915, by-laws, articles of incorporation, financial statements, and correspondence for the Association, as well as sundry receipts.

Field, Robert Willis, B. 1841? (Sc 2016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2016. Discharge and pension papers of Robert Willis Field, a native of Shelby County, Kentucky who served in several units during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Perryville. Includes correspondence to and from his attorneys.

Lincoln's America 2.0, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

For most people at the time, far from battles or capitals, the Civil War arrived in long gray columns of text. A new system of telegraph stations, railroads, and press organizations spread words with unprecedented speed and in enormous quantity. Reports form the battlefield poured out in brief messages and long torrents, editorials commenting on every event and utterance. Even generals and presidents understood the shape and meaning of the Civil War through print.

Bratcher, John W., 1834-1920 (Sc 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2012. Discharge and pension papers for John W. Bratcher, who served in Company H, 35th Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Infantry during the Civil War.

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: September 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from September 2009. 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: September 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from September 11 and 25, 2009.

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.

Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2015. Letter from Roland M. Carosella, a U.S. Army private stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to his girlfriend, Marie Marzo, Buffalo, New York. He complains about a cancelled furlough and comments on mutual friends and Army life. Letter is on illustrated stationery that depicts scenes at Fort Knox. The envelope features an American flag with troops standing at attention.

Martin, Tom (Sc 2006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2006. Chiefly deeds, leases, and mortgages for land near the corner of 10th and Center Streets in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky; includes a small survey map of the area done in 1945.

Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 2009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2009. Letter from Pauline Tabor Webster to David Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, postmarked 25 March 1991, with color photograph of Webster taken Christmas 1990. The letter refers to the upcoming birthdays of Webster and her sister, and compliments Helm's mother.

Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1971. Letter, 14 February 1930, from Ralph Louis Schroeder, a physician, to Dorothy Blocher, Owensboro, Kentucky discussing details about automobiles and the furniture and equipment in his office. Also includes a brief biography of Schroeder.

Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Sc 1972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1972. Specifications from Ingram and Ingram, Architects and Engineers (Louisville, Kentucky) for a new residence to be built for Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Graham, 1716 Normal Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Sc 1974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1974. Composition book containing thoughts and quotations kept by Leland Hallowell Logan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He makes references to his father, U.S. Senator Marvel Mills Logan, his twenty-fifth birthday, and to his sweetheart.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 276. Minute books of Bowling Green, Kentucky Board of Councilmen (1948-1967), Board of Aldermen (1952-1967), and Board of Commissioners (1967-1987).

Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2007. Narratives written by Thomas Henry Baird, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, describing hunting trips to Mozambique and northern New Mexico, and fishing trips to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario, Canada.

Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2004. Letters, chiefly to William Russell Reynolds, Jr., Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, in his role as an agent or "sovereign" for the Woodmen of the World.

Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1990. Correspondence of Craig H. Covert while serving in Iraq War from January to May 2004. As a member of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Close Protection Team based in Basra, Iraq, Covert provided protective support to CPA South Administrator Patrick M. Nixon.