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Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 372. Letter, 26 August 1912, of U.S. Representative Oscar W. Underwood, Washington, D.C., to John M. Bogart, New York City, declining an invitation to a dinner honoring Kentucky governor Augustus Wilson because of matters of importance requiring his return to Alabama.

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Papers (Sc 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescripts (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 371. Correspondence, 1862-1863 (8), and pardon, 1864, of Union soldiers from the Kentucky counties of Hopkins and McLean; official program for Soldiers’ Reunion in Evansville, Indiana, 1887; and words of a Union song.

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Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles, 1838-1918 (Sc 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles, 1838-1918 (Sc 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 373. Letters of Blackburn, 24 July 1884 to “My dear Genl” and 20 February 1889 to General Duncan S. Walker, New York City, regarding personal favors requested; and images (3) of Blackburn, a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Kentucky.

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Kelly, Walter Mynatt, 1931-1994 (Sc 2506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Kelly, Walter Mynatt, 1931-1994 (Sc 2506), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2506. Letters from Walter M. Kelly, serving in the Korean War, to his girlfriend Lois Bushman, Fort Worth, Texas, in which he talks about his family and interactions on the military base in Korea.

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Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Brown, Archie Lee, 1897-1989 (Sc 2504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2504. Letter, 10 February 1919, from Archie L. Brown, serving in France during World War I, to his father J. L. Brown, Rockport, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home.

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Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Parnell, Willard Shelby, 1918-1984 (Sc 2507), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2507. World War II service records for Willard Shelby Parnell, Perry County, Tennessee, and Jean Walker Sr., Wayne County, Tennessee. Includes discharge papers for both and several flight records for Walker.

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Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Davenport, Bowman, Jr., 1927-2003 (Sc 2508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2508. Letters from Bowman Davenport, Jr., while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to his mother Margaret L. Davenport , Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he inquires about home and mentions his interactions on the military base.

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Helm, Carrie (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Helm, Carrie (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 66. “Woodburn: A Memory Just Beneath the Surface”, an interpretive paper and interviews executed by Carrie Helm for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1989.

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The Grizzly, February 23, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, Caroline Edler, James Noebels, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Michael Schmidt, Sophie Zander, Sarah Bollert, Lauren Goldstein, Melissa Rutkowski, Anna Larouche, Anjali Patel, Victoria Cameron, Matthew Johnston, Shane Eachus Feb 2012

The Grizzly, February 23, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, Caroline Edler, James Noebels, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Michael Schmidt, Sophie Zander, Sarah Bollert, Lauren Goldstein, Melissa Rutkowski, Anna Larouche, Anjali Patel, Victoria Cameron, Matthew Johnston, Shane Eachus

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Dates for Charity Event Breaks Record • Student Curates New Berman Exhibition • MajorPalooza Highlights Options • Grenade Found on, Removed From Campus • Judge Scirica Speaks to Ursinus • Emery Finds Internship at Career Services Fair • "Two Artist Talks" • Sankofa Umoja Nia Revitalized • Opinion: How to be Both a Woman and Funny; Controversial YouTube Video Causes Laughter, Reaction • Swimming Sets New Standards at Championships • Men's Basketball Sets Off Triad of Seniors • Women's Track Poised for Championship Run

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History Not Hokum: Learning From Specters, John M. Rudy Feb 2012

History Not Hokum: Learning From Specters, John M. Rudy

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

What are we to make of those who literally try to raise the dead at our nation's historical locations? Can ghost tours ever be a successful medium (pun intended) for interpretation? [excerpt]

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Mcgready, James, 1758-1817 (Sc 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Mcgready, James, 1758-1817 (Sc 370), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 370. Letters (2), Henderson County, Kentucky, to Archibald Cameron, Shelby County, Kentucky. Concerns matters relative to the Presbyterian Church of which they were ministers and especially discusses the influence of Shakerism in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.

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Hayes, Geraldine Alice (Page), 1928-2006 (Sc 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hayes, Geraldine Alice (Page), 1928-2006 (Sc 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 369. Letter, 24 September 1992, written by Geraldine Hayes, Homestead, Florida, to her sister-in-law Mildred Gipson, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, describing the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Includes a recipe for “Andrew Stew,” and a letter, 1993, identifying the persons named in the earlier letter.

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Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger, 1826-1899 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Alexander, C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger, 1826-1899 (Sc 2410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2510. Letter of C. Emmaline (Norman) Ballenger Alexander, written from Gallatin, Tennessee, to her granddaughter Lelia, presumably in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She mentions local social activities and refers to a recent fire in Bowling Green.

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May, Gloria Miller (Binzel), 1929-2016 (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

May, Gloria Miller (Binzel), 1929-2016 (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2512. Two letters from Gloria May (Mrs. Philip S. May, Jr.), Jacksonville, Florida, to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky, with personal news. She also relates anecdotes about the shopping habits of Pauline Tabor, a Bowling Green madam, and the luxuries she afforded her employees.

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Nicholls, Margaret Gates, 1868-1941 (Sc 2511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Nicholls, Margaret Gates, 1868-1941 (Sc 2511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2511. Notes of an address to teachers, remarking on the poor conditions in school buildings. The author is unknown; the notes were found in an envelope addressed to Margaret Nicholls, Calhoun, Kentucky.

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York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

York, John Thomas, 1926-1961 (Sc 2505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2505. Letter from John T. York, serving in the Korean War, to his sister Virginia York, Murl, Kentucky, in which he inquires about his family and briefly mentions a shelling at his camp.

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Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 303. Two account books, 1852-1855, of a general merchant, possibly at Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Washington, William Armistead, 1800-1887 (Sc 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Washington, William Armistead, 1800-1887 (Sc 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 368. Letter, 6 June 1883, written to a friend from Owensboro, Kentucky by William Armistead Washington. He tells of his attempts to overcome his ill health, recalls games of checkers and chess with members of the friend’s family, and mentions others of their mutual acquaintance.

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Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 302. Ledger of sales, 1896-1898, of a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky, possibly the firm of McGoodwin & Parks.

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Bridwell, Margaret (Morris), 1905-1973 (Sc 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Bridwell, Margaret (Morris), 1905-1973 (Sc 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 366. Letter to Mrs. E. H. Canon, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding information that Mrs. Canon had concerning silversmiths of the 1850 era. Also a paper about Asa Blanchard, an early Kentucky silversmith.

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Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 393. Minutes, correspondence, programs, historical sketches, and miscellaneous material of the Ladies Literary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 367. Letter to Miss Elizabeth N. Duncan, Denver, Colorado, concerning the availability of tickets to the Democratic Convention. Urey Woodson was Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.

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Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 301. Account book, 1830-1873, of Samuel Hatfield, a general merchant in eastern Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes accounts of tobacco notes, tobacco, meal, and mules and pigs bought.

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Dalton, Callie Lou (Fa 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Dalton, Callie Lou (Fa 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 62. “Survival is the Name of the Game or Is It?: The Role of the United Auto Workers in Bowling Green, KY,” an interpretive paper and interviews executed for an urban history class at Western Kentucky University in 1989. Includes a copy of the general agreement between General Motors and the U.A.W., and training materials.

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Johnson, James L. (Sc 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Johnson, James L. (Sc 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 365. Typescript of a speech delivered on Nathan B. Stubblefield, “Father of the Radio,” by James L. Johnson at the annual convention of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association in Louisville.

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Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 300. Account book, 1846-1847, of the estate of Robert Davis, a merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of notes and accounts due, and cash received from the sale of his goods and chattels, including slaves.

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The Grizzly, February 16, 2012, Liz Kilmer, Nick Pane, Sara Hourwitz, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Olivia Minick, James Noebels, Connor Gregory, Lauren Goldstein, Sarah Bollert, Anjali Patel, Taylor Sparks, Victoria Cameron, Matthew Johnston, Keith Baker Feb 2012

The Grizzly, February 16, 2012, Liz Kilmer, Nick Pane, Sara Hourwitz, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Olivia Minick, James Noebels, Connor Gregory, Lauren Goldstein, Sarah Bollert, Anjali Patel, Taylor Sparks, Victoria Cameron, Matthew Johnston, Keith Baker

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Professor Debuts "A Bright Swarm of Beetles" • SPINTfest Offers Alternative Housing Options • S.U.N.'s Poetry Slam Entertains with a Variety of Guests • Commencement Awards to be Chosen by Students • UC Roller Hockey Program is Looking to Expand and Improve with New Recruits • UC Students Aid Spring-Ford School District after Tragic Suicide • Neuman Interns as Education Coordinator in Lancaster, PA • Opinion: Valentine's Day Hype is Overblown; Celebrate February 14 Regardless of Relationship Status • Coach Profile: Joe Groff, Women's Volleyball • Senior Spotlight: Lindsay Teuber, Women's Basketball • Senior Wrestlers Exemplify Leadership, Excellence

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Practical Necromancy: Raising The Dead For Fun & Profit, John M. Rudy Feb 2012

Practical Necromancy: Raising The Dead For Fun & Profit, John M. Rudy

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

Our profession is a unique and somewhat strange one. We are paid, fundamentally, to give voice to the voiceless. History is taking the people of the past and breathing into their lungs, letting them speak and act again even though they are long dead. [excerpt]

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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Letters (Sc 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 364. Photocopies of Civil War letters (3), 1862, 1864, n.d. The letters were written from camps in Tennessee and Georgia by soldiers from Illinois. Includes letter relative to above letters, 1971.

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