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Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (Nov. 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Poverty In The Prosperous Years: The Working Poor Of The 1920s And Today, Brian Payne

Bridgewater Review

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White, Donna - Letters To (Sc 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1166. Desert Storm letters (4) written by three Grayson County servicemen to Donna White's class at Grayson County Middle School, Leitchfield, Kentucky.

Raabe, Sandra M. - Letters To (Sc 1171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1171. Desert Storm letters (8) written by four service people to Sandra M. Raabe, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also included is correspondence related to the donation of the collection to WKU.

Taylor, Jerome W. (Sc 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Desert Storm letters (4) written by Jerome W. Taylor to his brother Joe W. Taylor of Alvaton, Kentucky. One letter gives an interesting description of a makeshift, open-air church built in the desert.

Newspaper Carriers - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 1176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1176. Letters (2) and Christmas parody from newspaper carrier to customer Riley Handy, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The carrier relates her wedding plans and wishes Handy a Merry Christmas. Later letter details why the couple is quitting the business.

Ryan, P. A. (Sc 1178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1178. Order written by P. A. Ryan to William Matlock detailing when a regimental training would be held for the 107th Regiment of the Kentucky Militia in Franklin, Kentucky.

'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler

Student Publications

The Scott v. Sandford decision will forever be known as a dark moment in America's history. The Supreme Court chose to rule on a controversial issue, and they made the wrong decision. Scott v. Sandford is an example of what can happen when the Court chooses to side with personal opinion instead of what is right.

Hume, Nevins S., B. 1870 (Sc 1170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1170. Letter written by Nevins S. Hume, Circuit Court Clerk, Cumberland County, Kentucky, to C.E. McClellan, Nashville, Tennessee, regarding the cancellation of the fall court term because of the flu epidemic. Also, he outlines for McClellan steps he needs to take regarding a certain claim.

Giles, Janice Meredith (Holt), 1905-1979 - Relating To (Sc 1172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1172. Photographs taken at the Giles House, Spout Springs, Adair County, Kentucky, on the occasion of the first autographing event by Dianne W. Stuart for Janice Holt Giles: A Writer’s Life.

The Grizzly, October 31, 2013, Sabrina Mcgettigan, Briana Mullan, Bethany Mitchell, Deana Harley, Vivek Reddy, Briana Keane, Shawn Hartigan, Adebayo Adeyemo, Caroline Sandberg, Mary Deliberti, Derrick Falletta, James Wilson

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Scudera Discusses Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania • "Bell, Book and Candle" Premieres This Halloween • Bard College Sustainability Webinar Occurs This March • Record Donation to Honor UC Professor • Senior Halloween Celebration Returns • UC Singers to Perform Opera • History Professor Teaches by Example • Opinion: In Defense of the Men's Lacrosse Team; Gender-Neutral Housing Fosters Equality • DiJoseph More Than Just an Athlete • NFL's "A Crucial Catch" Under Scrutiny • Week in Sports: Mixture of Wins and Losses

Bunning, Mary (Sc 1167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1167. Thank you note from Mary Bunning, Southgate, Kentucky, to Earlene Chelf, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Bunning expresses delight for tour of the Kentucky Building at WKU, that Chelf hosted. Notecard is print of one of Mary’s paintings.

Addressing “This Woeful Imbalance”: Efforts To Improve Women’S Representation At Cia, 1947-2013, Brent Durbin

Government: Faculty Publications

This collection consists of some 120 declassified documents, the majority of which are being released for the first time. The collection includes more than 1,200 pages from various studies, memos, letters, and other official records documenting the CIA's efforts to examine, address, and improve the status of women employees from 1947 to today.

Key documents include the 1953 Panel on Career Service for Women (dubbed the "Petticoat Panel"); a 1976 letter written by DCI George H.W. Bush nominating three female officers for the Federal Woman's Award: a poignant 1984 memo on career opportunities for women; a 1992 summary of he …

Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.

Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932 (Sc 2777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2777. Letter, 6 December 1902, from Caleb Powers to Lovin Richards, Hillsdale, Kentucky, thanking him and other Republican residents of Simpson County Precinct Number 1 for donations toward his legal expenses in connection with his retrial on a charge of complicity in the assassination of Kentucky governor William J. Goebel. Includes the list of donors and amounts contributed; also includes a letter, 25 July 1903, from J. B. Howard to the postmaster of Hickory Flat, Kentucky, requesting a house-to-house canvass for donations to defend against the same …

Book Review Of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter Of Monticello: Her Life And Times By Cynthia A. Kierner, Dinah Mayo-Bobee

ETSU Faculty Works

Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times. By Cynthia A. Kierner. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Pp. ix, 281.)

Richard D. Dunphy: A Frank Request To Gideon Welles, Kevin P. Lavery

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

By January 1866, the war had concluded and the country’s divisions had begun to heal. Richard Dunphy, meanwhile, devoted himself to claiming his pension and his medal. When the Medal of Honor he had earned during the Battle of Mobile Bay was lost amidst the naval bureaucracy, Dunphy took it upon himself to write a letter directly to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. He believed that Welles, who had been involved in the creation of the award, would be able to help obtain his well-deserved medal. This letter, owned by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, provides unique insight directly into …

The Grizzly, October 24, 2013, Sabrina Mcgettigan, David Rogers, Bethany Mitchell, Deana Harley, Nicholas Dimuzio, Vivek Reddy, Shawn Hartigan, Brandon Patterson, Adebayo Adeyemo, Dom Roher, Briana Mullan, Mary Deliberti, Derrick Falletta, Austin Fox, James Wilson

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Receives Largest Private Donation in History • Parking at Ursinus • History Department Takes Students to Gettysburg • Pennsylvania Senator Rafferty and Representative Vereb Speak in Bear's Den • UC Students Volunteer to Plant Trees for Non-Profit • UC Energy Games • UC Jazz Ensemble Performance • New Galleries at the Berman • Opinion: Don't Take Safety for Granted in Reimert; Slut-Shaming Persists as a Double Standard • Controversy Surrounding 2014 Winter Games • McIntyre Striving for Excellence, On and Off Court • Centennial Conference: Where the Bears Stand

Only Hindsight: Where Are The Historian Futurists?, John M. Rudy

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

A friend who is planning a pie-in-the-sky conference (about which I'm super excited) texted me today with a quick question. "Who would be a good 'Historian of the Future?'" he asked, adding the bonus that I could dream big. "Money no object," the next text read.

I was at a loss for a few minutes. Who is the historian of the future? Who is trying to visualize that skill-set, categorize that life, read the trends of the past and plot the course of history yet to come? [excerpt]

Fonville Family (Sc 1117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1117. Genealogy records, 1822-1945, removed from the Fonville family Bible. Also contains Hinton family records.

Howell, Timothy Keith (Sc 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1144. Desert Storm letters (9) written by Timothy Keith Howell to the Snider family of Louisville and a letter from James C. Snider explaining the collection and providing information about Howell and his friends.

East Tennessee Telephone Company - Nashville, Tennessee (Sc 1130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1130. Letter, 31 March 1911, from Leland Hume, general manager of the East Tennessee Telephone Company, Nashville, Tennessee, to the company's customers explaining the dismissal of Mr. & Mrs. F.G. Harrison as managers of the company's franchise in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Gutierres, Kelvin (Sc 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1140. Desert Storm letter from Kelvin Gutierres to Carly Michelle Hobbs, an eight-year-old student at Foster Heights Elementary School in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Hart, Christopher (Sc 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1143. Desert Storm letters (2) from Christopher Hart to Brenda Bush and family, Elizabethtown, Kentucky discussing his training in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War.

Laduke, Edith S. "Edie" (Cornell), 1933-2021 - Letters To (Sc 1145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1145. Desert Storm letters (2), greeting card, and post card, sent to Edie LaDuke, Louisville, Kentucky, by Pamela D. Malone Hubbard, Kevin Clenney, and Clifton David Thomas. Also included is biographical information about Hubbard and Clenney.

Lindsey, Guy (Sc 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1146. Desert Storm letters (2) and Christmas card sent to Patty Wimsatt’s first grade class at Oakland Elementary School, Oakland, Kentucky, from Guy Lindsey. Also included is letter from Wimsatt explaining the letters.

Scott, Kevin (Sc 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1155. Desert Storm letters (5) written by Kevin Scott to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scott, Coronado, California, and to his Uncle Robert and Aunt Jane Walker, Cadiz, Kentucky. Also includes a travel account of this trip aboard a ship to the Persian Gulf in Spring 1989, and newspaper clippings about Scott.

Sanders, Richard "Richie" A., Jr., B. 1963 (Sc 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1154. Desert Storm letters (3) sent to Kentucky state senator Richard "Richie" Sanders, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, by servicemen.

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1160. Clippings from various Kentucky newspapers resulting from a Kentucky Building press release requesting donation of Persian Gulf War letters.

Dismore, Karen (Sc 1134), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1134. Patriotic letter written by Karen Dismore to soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf War, and two notes explaining when and why she wrote the letter which was published in a number of newspapers.