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Eades, Harvey Lauderdale, 1807-1892 (Sc 243), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 243. Seven letters, 18 June 1870 to 7 October 1870, written by Eades from the Shaker communities of Pleasant Hill, and South Union, Kentucky, to John P. Morton & Co., Louisville, Kentucky, related to orders of stationery and ink supplies.

Italian Oven - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 388. Correspondence, site evaluation report, investor's notebook, invitation, menu, news clippings and sundry other items related to the opening and operation of the Italian Oven restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Carpenter, Tom W. (Sc 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 247. Letter, 15 February 1895, to Mrs. Nellie Thomas, Bowling Green, Kentucky from Tom W. Carpenter, treasurer of the Methodist church, related to her $1.00 subscription for liquidating the indebtedness of the church and parsonage. Letter sent in Carpenter’s business envelope identifying him as an agent for various manufacturers of pianos and organs.

Coolidge, William, Jr. (Sc 241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 241. Original and typescript of diary and account book kept by Coolidge, chiefly of his trip from Baltimore to New Orleans and back, 4 November 1822 to 14 May 1823. Homesick for his family, he describes his sometimes tedious, sometimes terrifying travels by stagecoach, steamboat and schooner. He offers unflattering comments about his time in Kentucky.

Essays (Sc 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 245. An essay by an unknown writer concerning the progress of musical education in this country compared to that in portions of Germany.

Robinson & Work, Attorneys - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 287. Account book, 1823, with a few notations dated 1828, of Alexander M. Robinson and George Work, attorneys in partnership at Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Durham, James S. (Sc 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 288. Account book, 1859-1868, of a general merchant at Saloma, Taylor County, Kentucky. Includes accounts of the sale of whiskey by the drink.

Craig, James Harvey, 1842-1929 (Sc 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 240. Photocopy of autobiography written by James H. Craig, possibly in 1917. He was a native of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, although he was an Arkansas resident for several years. The autobiography contains much Craig family data. In addition, there is a photocopy of Craig's essay denouncing the evils of alcohol, possibly to be delivered as a speech

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Evans, Mollie F. (Sc 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 244. Letters written by Evan, 5 January 1870 and 17 May 1870, from Russellville and Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, to Mr. J. P. Morton, Louisville, related to the possible publication of her manuscript.

Hays Family Papers (Sc 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 343. Photocopy of letter of Mrs. William Shakespeare Hays, 1928; pages from book of poetry of W. S. Hays with holographic notes by Mrs. Hays; Neel family genealogy; article and newspaper clippings about W. S., E. W., and Hugh Hays, 1927-1933 (6); and photos of various members of the Hays family (4).

Reed, Margaret (Sc 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 344. Letter written by Margaret Reed, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, to Mrs. Charles Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, declining her invitation to visit during the fair.

Taft, Ann Celine (Fa 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 49. Oral history interview with The Straightway Gospel Singers from Gallatin, Tennessee conducted by Ann Celine Taft for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Subsequent paper titled "The Straightway Gospel Singers" also included.

Autobiographical Sketch Of A Group Based Musician (Fa 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 48. “Autobiographical Sketch of a Group Based Musician,” a paper and interview executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Author chose to remain anonymous.

Walker, Josephine, 1864-1944 (Sc 2498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2498. Diary kept by Josephine Walker, Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky from 4 November 1891 to 10 October 1893. She records the weather, visits, illnesses, local births and deaths, and everyday household and farm activities such as food preparation,quilting, sewing, and her piano playing. Local family names mentioned include Traylor, Diddle, Flowers, Atkins and Murrell.

Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscritps Small Collection 342. Letters (25) written by Mrs. Giles, an author of Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky, to her friends, Joe Covington and Mitchell Leichhardt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating much about her writings.

Roberts, Ethel (Sc 2499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2499. Letter, 18 January 1923, from 16-year-old Ethel Roberts, a student in Big Creek, Kentucky, to Helen Ferenczy, Altgeld School, Chicago, Illinois. Ethel describes Christmas and other activities at her school.

The Forgotten Middle Class Of Picher Oklahoma 1928-1931, V. Genile Dennison

Theory and Practice: HIST430

In 1928, the United States had a thriving middle class. Picher, Oklahoma was no exception to that normal state of affairs. In every year, in every city there are diverse incomes and activities. In this era of social history, many historians concentrate on the poorest residents of a given city. This can give a casual history buff the impression that everyone in the city was desperately poor and struggling for survival. That limited presentation negates the impact that the people of middle income had on society. The local Picher newspaper, The King Jack was like many local papers of its …

Patterson, F. Youree, 1869-1936 (Sc 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 246. Campaign letter, 25 July 1913, written by F. Youree Patterson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning his candidacy for the Warren County Clerk’s office in the primary election on the dry ticket.

Brown, John H., 1832-1866 (Sc 285), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 285. Account book, 1856-1862, of John H. Brown, a Kentucky-born druggist doing business in Cairo, Illinois. Includes accounts of customers designated “Dutch sausage maker”; “Irishman, Big, who stays with little Scotchman”;” Washwoman”; “Sore mouth gentleman at Mr. Hanes,” etc.

Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.

Anniversaries, John M. Rudy

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

It has been one year since the birth of this blog. Not one year since our first post. If you run back in our roll, the first post was February 1st 2011. Still, this blog was born on this day one year ago, or at least the ethic which leads me to post week in, week out was. I didn't even realize that fact until a few weeks ago. [excerpt]

Pursuing The Dream For 20 Years, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The schedule for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Smith, W. H. (Sc 2483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional File below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2483. Letter of W. H. Smith, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brother Joseph Smith in Warrenton, Virginia. Smith mentions an upcoming Whig festival to celebrate the Battle of the Thames, recounts the various illnesses of family members, and discusses his acquisition of a slave. He also comments on their mother's distress at the prospect of a slave being whipped.

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 284. Typed manuscript of "A Wind Harp,' a compilation of published and unpublished poems by Eliza Calvert Hall [pseudonym of Lida Calvert Obenchain].

Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 283. Correspondence, financial records and reports relating to services provided to personnel of nearby military camps by the Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee of the Defense Service Council.

I Like Ike's Memorial: Who Owns A Legacy?, John M. Rudy

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

In 1963, former president Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke in the cemetery at Gettysburg to help celebrate the centennial of Lincoln's Address. His own speech was somewhat lackluster, largely skirting the issue of the war's legacy in the racially charged aftermath of freedom summer. [excerpt]

Baird, William J. (Sc 2497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2497. V-mail letter from William J. Baird to H. H. Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Writing from a military posting overseas, Baird comments briefly on the German cigars he intends to send, as well as the quality of European tobacco.

Lane Collection (Sc 233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 233. Papers of Joseph and Charles W. Lane and their family, Green County, Kentucky. Includes deeds from Barren and Green Counties, 1818-1832; Green County survey, 1866; Charles Lane’s Civil War discharge, 1864; Green County tax receipts, 1875 and 1882; an early plan of the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky; and miscellaneous letters from family and friends

Shannon Family Letters, 1784-1968 (Sc 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 563. Three letters, 1784-1788, of Samuel and Jean Shannon, English’s Station, in what is now Lincoln County, Kentucky, and Nashville County, North Carolina, to son, Thomas, in Montgomery County, Virginia. The letters comment on travel difficulties, Native Americans, and the health of family members. Also Includes two letters giving Shannon family genealogy.

Dillard, Lewis (Sc 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 282. Photostat of letter, 3 November 1822, written by Lewis Dillard, editor of The Backwoodsman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to U.S. Secretary of State John Q. Adams soliciting an appointment as a public printer of Kentucky. Dillard objects to other patronage appointments and contrasts his paper favorably with the (Russellville, Kentucky) Weekly Messenger. Original in National Archives.