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Hurricane Katrina (Sc 2098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Hurricane Katrina (Sc 2098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2098. E-mails sent by Beverly Pitts to friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to a mission trip to New Orleans, Louisiana to aid in the clean up following Hurricane Katrina. The trip included thirteen people from First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Rice, Alice Caldwell (Hegan), 1870-1942 (Sc 2096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2096. Photocopied letters from Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice to Henry and Rebecca Watterson, 1903-1916 (13), chiefly including personal advice, discussions of literary topics, and social invitations. Also includes a brief note to Benjamin W. Huebsch, n.d., giving a positive review of a book titled 'Dragnet; and a letter to William Orton Tewson, n.d., in which Rice discusses literary criticism. Originals are held in the Library of Congress.

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Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Bethel Baptist Church - Allen County, Kentucky (Mss 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 256. Record books of Bethel Baptist Church, Gainesville, Allen County, Kentucky, 1842-1875. Includes brief business information about the church, acts of church discipline, and when people were admitted to membership. Also includes the church's "Rules of Decorum" and "Articles of Faith."

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Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2095. Promotional material, tour information and cue sheets related to bands playing in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area.

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The Travels Of Coal Miners In Cherokee And Crawford Counties, Jason Smith Nov 2009

The Travels Of Coal Miners In Cherokee And Crawford Counties, Jason Smith

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The ability of coal miners in Cherokee and Crawford County to travel was aided greatly by the creation and implementation of rail travel in both counties at the end of the 19th century. The availability and creation of these methods of travel became necessary and affordable for mining in both regions. As the wages of the miners increased the greater luxuries in life became available to them. This would allow for the creation of rail lines, trolleys and cars that enabled a larger majority of people to travel short and long distances. The invention of these modes of travel gave …

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The Grizzly, November 19, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Jonathan Edward Barber, Seika Ueda, Christopher Wierzbowski, Lisa Jobe, Ashley Mccomeskey, Dante Dimidio, Callie Ingram, Gianna Paone, Maryanne Berthel, Ellen Bernhard, Abbie Cichowski, Helen Ann Coin, Liz Kilmer, James Kilduff, Kate Lechleitner, Luke Benko Nov 2009

The Grizzly, November 19, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Jonathan Edward Barber, Seika Ueda, Christopher Wierzbowski, Lisa Jobe, Ashley Mccomeskey, Dante Dimidio, Callie Ingram, Gianna Paone, Maryanne Berthel, Ellen Bernhard, Abbie Cichowski, Helen Ann Coin, Liz Kilmer, James Kilduff, Kate Lechleitner, Luke Benko

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

WVOU Gains Notoriety • UCTV Prepares for Second Show • Ursinus Involved in Main Street Program • Train Hopping: An Adventurous Way to Travel • Relay for Life Holds Open House to Recruit Teams for 2010 Event • Tau Sig Brings "Cuts for a Cause" to UC • Faculty and Staff Challenged to Improve Their Health and Fitness • Ursinus Students Rethinking, to Recreate • Philadelphia's Own Revival Tour Hosts Chuck Ragan as Guest • Opinion: Men are From Mars, Women Read Cosmopolitan; "Hello, I'd Like You to Meet My...": Dating vs. Friends with Benefits • Ursinus Men's, Women's Swimming …

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Dodd, Euclid Porter, 1870-1958 (Sc 2078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Dodd, Euclid Porter, 1870-1958 (Sc 2078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2078. Two record books (together with loose items within) of Euclid Porter Dodd, a member of the Bowling Green Fire Department from 1900 to 1938 and a watchman for ten years thereafter. The books include notes on fire department equipment and personnel, weather and temperatures, sports scores, fires and other local events, including the "first aeroplane" to fly to Bowling Green in September 1918. Also included are lists of local deaths, clippings on fire department personnel and miscellaneous Dodd family information.

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White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

White Stone Quarry Baptist Church - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 298. Records of the White Stone Quarry Baptist Church, Warren County, Kentucky consisting of meeting minutes and membership lists.

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Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Fitz-Hugh Family (Sc 2093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2093. Correspondence and sundry notes related to the teaching careers of Thomas E. and Lillian Fitz-Hugh, Covington, Kentucky. Also includes family correspondence related to settlement of the John Fitzhugh estate and the sale of his Logan County, Kentucky farm.

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Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Stuart, Jessica Jane, B. 1942 (Sc 1209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1209. Correspondence between Jessica Jane Stuart and Lawrence S. Thompson regarding a reprint of her story "A Man of Her Own Faith" for the Lost Cause Press. Includes a copy of the story, published in "Bluegrass Woman," Spring 1974. Stuart also writes of her doctoral studies and her difficulty finding a teaching position.

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Stephens, Everett James, B. 1971 (Sc 2075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Stephens, Everett James, B. 1971 (Sc 2075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2075. Journal kept by Everett James Stephens, a U.S. Marine and Western Kentucky University student, during his service in the Persian Gulf War. He records his experiences of the war, as well as his training and leisure activities while at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

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Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 2094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 2094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2094. Photocopied letters from Cale Young Rice to Henry Watterson, 1906-1917 (11), chiefly thank you notes and letters asking for the support of the 'Courier-Journal' for various causes; to Benjamin W. Huebsch, 1918 and response 1919 (2), about publishing some of his poems; and letter to William Orton Tewson, 1926 (1) in which he discusses literary criticism. Originals are held in the Library of Congress.

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Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Procter Family (Sc 2077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2077. Genealogical notes and correspondence relating to the Procter, Carson and Dinwiddie families. Includes a certified copy of the will of Evan Shelby, father of Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky.

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Pope, Leemon (Sc 2085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Pope, Leemon (Sc 2085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2085. Partial courtship letter, written from Galveston, Texas, possibly by Leemon Pope. He writes of his church attendance, his business associates and his success in his work at an insurance company.

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Chapman-Hagerman Families (Sc 2082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Chapman-Hagerman Families (Sc 2082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2082. Deeds and a power of attorney relating primarily to divisions of land in Warren County, Kentucky among heirs of the Chapman and Hagerman families. Includes a deed of land in Simpson County from Skiles family heirs.

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Simmons, James Madison, 1842-1905 & Josephus Simmons, 1844-1911 (Sc 2080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Simmons, James Madison, 1842-1905 & Josephus Simmons, 1844-1911 (Sc 2080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2080. Order granting a ten-day furlough to James Madison Simmons and his cousin Josephus Simmons, serving in the First Tennessee Cavalry, in order to return home to Sumner County, Tennessee, to obtain horses.

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Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 - Photos (Sc 2092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 - Photos (Sc 2092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2092. Slides (and pictures made from the slides) of Janice Holt Giles and her husband, Henry E. Giles, friends, and interiors of their house in Knifley, Kentucky.

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Mcconnell, Addison Mitchell "Mitch," Jr., B. 1942 (Sc 2081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Mcconnell, Addison Mitchell "Mitch," Jr., B. 1942 (Sc 2081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2081. Letter from U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell to Sue Lynn Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her concerns about cancer research and expressing support for funding the National Institutes of Health.

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Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 279. Account books and other financial records related to Jenkins-Ryan Tobacco Company of Adairville, Kentucky. Also includes financial records associated with the farms and businesses operated by Thomas Henry Baird, Jr., as well as the 1941 monthly financial reports and a label from Scott Tobacco Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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The Major Strike In Pittsburg Kansas: Strike Of 1899 On The Major Coal Mining Strike Of 1899, Chase Rietcheck Nov 2009

The Major Strike In Pittsburg Kansas: Strike Of 1899 On The Major Coal Mining Strike Of 1899, Chase Rietcheck

Theory and Practice: HIST430

The year 1899 was an explosive time for mining in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Illinois, but especially for Southeast Kansas. Many men came to Kansas seeking jobs in the mining industry. Although they knew that there were not great wages, it was still a way of supporting themselves as well as their families. As coal mining grew and prices went up, miners were starting to get a little frustrated with their wages. Some miners who still remembered the strike of 1893 decided to do something about their wages by taking a stand against the coal companies. They were looking for …

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Pope, Jo Reba (Sc 2071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Pope, Jo Reba (Sc 2071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2071. Photocopies of items from scrapbook kept by Pope, chiefly pertaining to the World War II service of Robert Fred Cope. Includes photos, birthday cards, Valentines, and information related to the light cruiser "U.S.S. Richmond."

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Oates, William C. (Sc 2088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Oates, William C. (Sc 2088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2088. Autograph album kept by William C. Oates, 1827-1933; appraisal information related to the Gerard-Bradley Funeral Home, 1988-1989; information about the apartment building at 1322-1324 Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Joiner, Sandra (Sc 2089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Joiner, Sandra (Sc 2089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2089. Scholarly papers (3) written by Sandra Joiner about Kentucky author, Janice Holt Giles. One paper is untitled; the others are titled; "Janice Holt Giles: Woman of Contradictions" and "The Concept of 'Place' in the Fiction of Janice Holt Giles." Also includes two photographs of conference attendees.

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Young Family (Sc 2068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Young Family (Sc 2068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2068. Receipt for hauling tobacco to the New Orleans market, 1817; retail licenses granted to Young & Co., Placer County, California, 1854; lists of taxable property in Barren County, Kentucky, 1861 and 1864; tax receipt, Barren County, 1876.

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Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 2073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 2073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2073. Book taken from Iraqi soldier during Operation Desert Storm; written in Arabic with some photos attached.

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Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 2076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 2076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2076. Typescript (15 pp.) titled, "Unfinished Autobiography of John Rowan Written in 1841 at Federal Hill, Ky." The text is mainly concerned with his family's emigration to Kentucky from Pennsylvania by boat down the Ohio River.

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Clark Family (Sc 2079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Clark Family (Sc 2079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2079. Postcards sent to Mr. and Mrs. Ivo Clark and Mrs. Harriet Mathis in Owensboro, Kentucky. The postcards are photo and novelty cards; one postcard shows the Little Sisters of the Poor Convent in Evansville, Indiana.

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Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Giles, Janice Holt, 1909-1979 (Sc 2090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2090. Photocopies of news clippings and photographs related to Kentucky authors, Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles. Manuscript note from Pansy Phillips to Pat Hodges; photos taken on a barge related to research for Mrs. Giles's book 'Run Me a River' (1964); and photocopies of Mr. and Mrs. Giles's wills, 1970 & 1985.

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Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 2074), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 2074), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2074. Book found on battleground during Operation Desert Storm; written in Arabic and bearing the emblem of Iraq.

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Mckenney, John Oscar, 1879-1946 (Sc 2122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Mckenney, John Oscar, 1879-1946 (Sc 2122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2122. Three notebooks of John Oscar McKenney, a Beaver Dam, Kentucky physician. The books contain notes on physiology and on the characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and diseases.

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