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Reynolds Family Papers (Sc 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 154. Legal documents relating to the Reynolds and Wolford families of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in Virginia, including land lease, 1777; deeds of trust, 1842; agreements, 1843-1844; deed, 1844; power of attorney, 1853; and promissory notes, 1855. Also includes deed to land in Texas, 1876.

Gingles, Mabel (Mercer), 1891-1970 - Collector (Sc 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 114. Chiefly letters written by William Harris to his wife, Louranah Harris, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he details his experiences as a California Gold Rush adventurer, 1850-1852 (9 items); other letters describe Texas in 1855 and Civil War activities at Corinth, Mississippi, 1862. Also Bowling Green Home Telephone Company stock certificate, 1913.

Beckwith, Louise (Taylor), 1882-1959 (Sc 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 200. Letter, 10 September 1941, from Louise Beckwith, Pasadena, California, to Camilla Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating information about Beckwith's mother, Carrie (Burnam) Taylor, who had a well-known dress-making establishment in Bowling Green from 1878 until her death in 1917. Also includes copy of a 1914 newspaper article about Mrs. Taylor and her business.

Helm, John, 1741-1825 (Sc 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 199. Copy of John Helm's appointment as an ensign in the Bedford County, Virginia militia. Signed, 17 November 1775, in Williamsburg, Virginia by members of the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia.

Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851 (Sc 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 198. Copy of marriage bond issued to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks in Washington County, Kentucky, and the minister’s return of the marriage. Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks are the parents of President Abraham Lincoln.

Wright, George H. (Sc 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 196. Oath of allegiance to the United States taken 12 June 1865 by Confederate soldier George H. Wright of McLean County, Kentucky, upon his release from the Union prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware.

Simpson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1820 (Sc 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 197. Photocopy and typescript of agreement between Simpson County commissioners and Micajah Clark, Jr., Abraham North, and Micajah Clark, Sr. for the construction of a county clerk's office. The document provides specifications for the building, including location, dimensions, and materials.

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Initial Announcement, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Fox, Henry J., 1812-1899 (Sc 113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 113. A typed manuscript entitled "Recollections of Henry Fox, Aged 86" that was given orally by Fox, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends in 1898 and which chiefly pertains to the history of Bowling Green.

The Rebel Flag: Offputting Symbol Or Point Of Pride?, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

In 2004, Gettysburg College hosted an art exhibit by John Sims, a Florida based artist and ethnomathematician. The exhibit focused on varied recolored versions of the Confederate Flag. The press outrage was quick and damning. I should know, I was quoted in it (in the Civil War News).

Back in 2004, I called the exhibit, "sickening," and condemned the college for, "trying to distance itself from the town by rejecting the Civil War past in which it is steeped." I was wrong. I figured that out no sooner than passing through the doors of the art gallery and viewing …

Long, Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western, 1835-1909 (Mss 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 361. “‘Betwixt,’ or A Story of the War, by a Kentucky Woman,” an unpublished memoir (290 pp.) by Bowling Green native Juliette Blanche (Underwood) Western Long of her experiences during the Civil War. The daughter of a Unionist family, Juliette married a supporter of the South who served in the Confederate Army.

Mcgoodwin, Henry Kerr, 1871-1927 (Sc 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 153. Letter to Florence Ragland from Henry Kerr McGoodwin, a Boston, Massachusetts architect and Bowling Green, Kentucky native, praising her and women in general. Includes a manuscript booklet compiled by McGoodwin consisting of verses of published sons with his remarks.

Maddox, Larry (Sc 2429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2429.  A typed manuscript titled "Walton's Creek Baptist Church" which is a history of that Ohio County, Kentucky church.  Includes footnotes and references.

Pulliam Collection (Sc 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 152. School tuition invoices to James D. Pulliam, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, 1865-1869; letter written on behalf of the Baptist Church in Petersburg, Illinois, 1867, regarding preacher Moses Akin's commerce in whiskey; and dry goods receipt, 1856.

Puckett, William - Collector (Sc 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 151. Deeds for land in Hart County, Kentucky, 1852, 1859 (2), and notary public commission of Thomas W. Cobb for Green and Hart Counites, signed by Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1890. An image of the commission can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

Severance Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 360.  Minutes and yearbooks of the Severance Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Baker, Samuel, 1812-1888 (Sc 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 195. Letters and certificates of Samuel Baker, a Baptist minister who came to America from England in 1834, eventually holding pastorates in Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, Indiana, and Illinois . He was instrumental in establishing Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky, and Bethel Female College in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The materials from the 18^th century and early 19^th century are facsimiles.

Calloway County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 150. Docket book, April 1831-August 1837; miscellaneous documents including promissory note, surety bond, receipts, and writs of execution, 1832-1837.

Murphy, Robert Lee, 1870-1942 - Collector (Sc 147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 147. Surveys for lands in Kentucky (Fayette, Jefferson and Kentucky County), 1780-1785; land entries, 1780-1783; and U.S. Circuit Court summons, 1822.

Page, Auguston Alvin, 1899-1981- Collector (Sc 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 149. Papers evidently sent to the County Court Clerk, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Includes a letter from John C. Underwood regarding his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1874; a nominating certificate for John S. Rhea as Democratic candidate for Congress from Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District, 1898; a request for tobacco crop figures, 1898; letters and forms relating to delivery (1888) and printing (1898) of public documents; and statements relating to the free silver controversy, 1898.

Varlie, Margaret (Roemer), 1896-1976 (Sc 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 148. Christmas letter written by Margaret Roemer Varlie, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which she briefly recounts trips she took to New England and to the Orient during 1963.

On Dogs And Ponies And 'Three Days In July' Syndrome (Part 2), John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

What happened in Chambersburg and Fairfield in April of 1861? Certainly not events which were earth shattering for the nation as a whole. But to the citizens of the bustling southern Pennsylvania urban centers, it was their world. [excerpt]

Youtube Wednesday: Why I'M Celebrating The Civil War 150th (And Why You Should Too), John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

There's quite a bit of talk within the interpretive community about the word, "celebration." The word is tiptoed around and eschewed. Its use raised ire in Charleston Harbor this past December. These debates over commemoration versus celebration, no doubt, will crop up again and again over the next few years. We, as a community, are nearly afraid of one misstep. We catch our words as they escape our mouths, quickly correcting ourselves every time "celebration" accidentally emerges trips over our teeth. We seem afraid to say that we are celebrating an American bloodbath of biblical proportions. I can understand this …

Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2419. Miscellaneous Barren County, Kentucky legal and court records, including administration bonds and renunciations, estate accounts, deeds of sale and mortgage, marriage contract, power of attorney, and bastardy suit.

Pillar, Samantha R. (Sc 2426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2426.  "'It Wasn't Elaborate, But It Was Modern':  The Cardinal Motel," paper written by Samantha R. Pillar for a history of architecture class at Western Kentucky University.

Composers - Kentucky (Sc 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 109. Letters and forms received by Clara Elledge, member of the Music Department, Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in response to her inquiries concerning Kentucky composers and their works and includes listing of both.

Sublett Family (Sc 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 146. Bill of Charles Sublett for tanning calf skin, 1808; tax receipt (fragment) to Charles Sublett, Warren County, Kentucky, 1817; promissory note signed by William Sublett, 1826; three notes on religious doctrine; scrapbook of articles and poems about Kentucky and Kentuckians compiled by Paul H. Murphy, 1932.

Deupree Family Letters, 1865 (Sc 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 189. Letter, 30 May 1865, to James R. Deupree, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky from his sister-in-law, Sarah H. E. Deupree, Richmond, Virginia, and letter, 2 June 1865, to James R. Deupree from William L. Salmon, Henrico County, Virginia. They both relate to the death of James’s brother, Stephen, who was killed in an explosion while serving in the Confederate army. They also write of the effects of the war on everyday life in the Richmond area.

Allen Family Collection (Sc 108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 108. Letters to Mrs. A. C. & Mollie Allen, Simpson County, Kentucky, 1868-1893 (3), unpublished poetry written by various authors, 1893 (14), and printed songs, n.d. (5).

Mcclanahan Family Papers (Sc 194), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 194. Photocopies of legal papers such as deeds, surveys, land grants, slavery bills of sale, and other miscellaneous documents related to the McClanahan family of Simpson County, Kentucky.