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Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2577. Typescript copies of a few letters from Attie Riggs Brooks, Utica, Kentucky, to Gayle R. Carver, Greenville, Kentucky, enclosing typescript copies of several poems and articles as well as a short biography.


Morningstar, Cora Eliza (Gossom), 1866-1926 (Sc 2578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Morningstar, Cora Eliza (Gossom), 1866-1926 (Sc 2578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2578. Christmas diary kept by Cora Eliza (Gossom) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Notations describe the weather, the Christmas dinner menu, and gifts received by Cora and her son Roy.


Mcmurtry, Horace (Sc 2575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Mcmurtry, Horace (Sc 2575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2575. Paper titled: “Warren County, Kentucky,” written by Horace McMurtry. This paper discusses the geography, history, agriculture, and social life and customs of Warren County.


Condict Family Letters (Sc 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Condict Family Letters (Sc 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 21. Letter written by Rebecca Condict, Warrick County, Indiana, to her sister, Mrs. Mary Condict, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1830, advising frequent bathing as a cure for sickness, and a letter written by Uzal Condict from McLennan County, Texas, to his wife Mary, describing his trip to Texas, 1859.


Egan, Charlotte P. (Grider), 1920-2014 (Sc 2569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Egan, Charlotte P. (Grider), 1920-2014 (Sc 2569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2569. Letter of Charlotte (Grider) Egan, Sellersburg, Indiana, to Sue Lynn McDaniel and Sandra Staebell, WKU Special Collections Library and Kentucky Museum. She thanks them for publishing an article on her late sister, Dorothy Grider, in Landmark Report (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and comments on the recognition due her sister for her work as a commercial artist.


Helm, Thomas (Sc 19), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Helm, Thomas (Sc 19), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 19. Indenture between Thomas Helm, Clerk of the Lincoln County, Kentucky Court, and Edmond B. Taylor, regarding an apprenticeship for Rhoda, a free girl, mulatto, aged 13 years old. Taylor was to teach Rhoda the trade of spinning and weaving.


Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Account Book - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2570. Merchant’s account book, which includes accounts for merchandise due from early residents of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky such as Benjamin Hampton, Jacob Skiles, George Moore, Robert Lucas and Solomon P. Sharp.


Teel, Jacob, 1777-1835 (Sc 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Teel, Jacob, 1777-1835 (Sc 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 20. Two manuscript music books written by Jacob Teel of Allen County, Kentucky, a Methodist minister And a music teacher; and a biographical sketch of Teel, which includes Napier family information, written by Johncy W. Weldon in 1933.


Dinning, J. Donald (Sc 2573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Dinning, J. Donald (Sc 2573), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2573. Paper titled “Brief History of Franklin and Simpson County, Kentucky” written by J. Donald Dinning, Lexington, Kentucky, in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Kentucky. Dinning’s paper discusses the creation of the two counties, early settlement and agriculture.


York, George D., B. 1876 (Sc 2572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

York, George D., B. 1876 (Sc 2572), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2572. Manuscripts for a short book titled “Sweet Memories of Long Ago” written by Sergeant George D. York, Hartford, Kentucky. The book is based on real occurrences and memories at West Kentucky College, South Carrollton, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. York describes the town and its inhabitants in this story.


Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Pearl Perguson conducted by Kevin Eans for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Perguson discusses her life and times, including information about social life and reactions to national events in the small town of Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky.


Smith, Leslie Shively, 1908-1997 (Sc 2568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Smith, Leslie Shively, 1908-1997 (Sc 2568), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2568. Paper titled “An Abridged History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky,” written by Leslie Shively Smith on 12 July 1962. This paper was written for a history class at Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Wilson, John B., 1861-1943 (Sc 2571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Wilson, John B., 1861-1943 (Sc 2571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2571. Letter from John B. Wilson, Hartford, Kentucky to Mary Leiper Moore, Bowling Green, Kentucky, enclosing an article he wrote, titled “Lest We Forget”. This article covers the early settlement of Ohio County, including its early buildings, churches, and roadways. Also included is an article written by Wilson, titled “Fort Hartford”, concerning the settlement of Fort Hartford in Ohio County and complications with land titles.


Elkin, Gwendolyn, 1916-2009 (Sc 2596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Elkin, Gwendolyn, 1916-2009 (Sc 2596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2596. Holographic paper titled “Joel Tanner Hart” by Gwendolyn Elkin, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Biographical paper highlights Hart’s life, career and techniques as an sculptor.


Lytle, William (Sc 2605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Lytle, William (Sc 2605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2605. Bound typescript paper titled “George H. Lorimer, a Study of Lorimer, the Magnificent” written by William Lytle. Paper details the life and career of Lorimer, editor of The Saturday Evening Post.


Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2603. Chiefly typescript copies of letters from William Shakespeare Hays, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jess and Sue Barkley, Greenville, Kentucky, and a few selected poems. Poems include "Insured", "Sunday Morning", "Eli's Thanksgiving", etc. Also included is general biographical information about Hays.


Board Of Trustees - Bardstown, Kentucky (Sc 2567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Board Of Trustees - Bardstown, Kentucky (Sc 2567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2567. Bound copy of the Board of Trustees record from Bardstown, Kentucky from 1782-1826. Copied from original papers by Sisters of Nazareth, Nazareth, Kentucky.


Fox, John William, Jr., 1862-1919 (Sc 2600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Fox, John William, Jr., 1862-1919 (Sc 2600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2600. Bound volume of letters chiefly from John W. Fox, Jr., New York City, to Micajah Fible, Louisville, Kentucky. Fox writes of topics including his career in journalism and mutual friends.


Mccullock, Sue R. (Sc 2566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Mccullock, Sue R. (Sc 2566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2566. Bound copy of “History of Owensboro, Kentucky,” compiled by Sue R. McCullock. This history includes the early settlement of Daviess County, important citizens, industry, organizations, and general information about Owensboro in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.


Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.


Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Cox, Samuel K., 1849-1925 (Sc 2597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2597. Bound typescript diary of Captain Samuel K. Cox, Confederate Army, 17th Kentucky Infantry. The diary includes details about travel, camp life, and the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.


Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2602. Bound photocopy of the holographic personal diary of Samuel Williams Coombs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, detailing medical school, and his day-to-day life.


"...Our Hearts Tell Us There Is Something Else Out There.": Prowling The Halls Of The Mib, John M. Rudy Aug 2012

"...Our Hearts Tell Us There Is Something Else Out There.": Prowling The Halls Of The Mib, John M. Rudy

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

In the basement corridor of the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. is the most beautiful painting I've even seen. I've gotten the chance on a couple of occasions, while visiting the Department of the Interior Headquarters for meetings and whatnot for work to wander down outside of the cafeteria to see the mural. It is pure beauty, mostly forgotten and ignored by the folks who work in that building everyday. I get these weird looks while I stand in awe of the massive canvas, like I shouldn't stop and stare. I don't care. I take pictures. I gawk. My …


Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Sc 2564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Sc 2564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2564. Letter of Harold A. Miller, Mayor of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Frances Jones Mills, Kentucky Secretary of State, providing statutorily required information about the City of Bowling Green, namely its incorporation date (1812), its present classification as a Second Class city, and its present boundaries (detailed on a map which is not included). The date of incorporation presumably references Laws of Kentucky 1811, ch. 308 (approved 6 January 1812), which directed the town’s free white male inhabitants to assemble on the first Saturday in May 1812 …


Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hines, John, 1771-1853 (Sc 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 17. Receipt stating that John Hines’ account has been paid in full, 1814; deed for land in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; which Hines bought from Thomas Anderson, 1826; and undated statement signed by James Patterson attesting to Hines’ ownership of a slave.


Denason, Benjamin & Zachariah Denason (Sc 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Denason, Benjamin & Zachariah Denason (Sc 18), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 18. A page, probably from a docket book, which relates to the collection of a debt owed to Samuel Doyle by the Denasons of Edmonson County, Kentucky.


Homemakers Club - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 2562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Homemakers Club - Metcalfe County, Kentucky (Sc 2562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2562. Manuscript paper titled “History of Metcalfe County” compiled by the Homemakers Club and presented by Virginia Depp, Summer Shade, Kentucky, on 6 November 1950. The paper includes historical information about the towns in Metcalfe County, including Center, Sulphur Well, Knob Lick, Wisdom, Edmonton, Curtis, and Summer Shade. Also includes information about Crail Hope, Green County, Kentucky.


Land - Claims - Arkansas Territory (Sc 498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Land - Claims - Arkansas Territory (Sc 498), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 498. Claim, 1830, directed to the Register of the Land Office, Batesville, Arkansas Territory, for land evidently in the Roseville area of northwest Logan County. No name is on the claim. Because of construction of canals in Ohio, land was made available in Arkansas Territory to certain persons as directed by an Act of Congress, 14 May 1828.


County Clerk - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 2563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

County Clerk - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 2563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2563. Typescript copy (2 pages) of selected abstracts from sundry documents found in the Edmonson County Clerk’s office which explains the establishment of county government including those proffering bonds for elected positions such as sheriff, justices of the peace, etc. (1825). Also includes information about early land transactions, building projects, licenses granted, and information about the emancipation of a slave. Collected by John B. Rodes.


Thomas, Frank Morehead, 1868-1921 (Sc 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Thomas, Frank Morehead, 1868-1921 (Sc 500), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 500. Paper written by Frank Morehead Thomas in 1898 titled "The Early Exploration of Warren County, Kentucky."