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Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1037), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1037. Promotional materials sent to James Mauldin, Bowling Green, Kentucky, appealing for assistance with the project G.I. Christmas Gift Pacs. Includes an endorsement of the project by Art Linkletter and a Christmas card that could be mailed to a soldier stationed overseas.

Beatty, Roger Dean (Sc 1039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1039. Thesis titled “Chester Cornett: A Study of the Effects of Culture Change on a Traditional Craftsman,” by Roger Dean Beatty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1975.

Strong, Beulah, 1866-1951 (Sc 1041), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 1041. Letter written by retired art professor Beulah Strong from Florence, Italy, 2 December 1933, to friends in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She comments on her travels in Italy and Germany during the past year and refers to restrictions placed on German Jews. Also includes biographical data about Strong.

Christ Episcopal Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 464. Correspondence, programs for special events, (particularly building projects and anniversaries) directories, minutes of annual vestry meetings, lists of church lay leaders, news clippings, etc. from Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Thompson, Thala E. (Layne), 1907-2003 - Collector (Sc 2744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2744. Record book for the Hadley Homemaker Club, 1965-1966 and 1991-1992; postcard send by Thompson from China, 1987; election return receipt for Warren County, Kentucky, 1956; and a birthday card sent from President and Mrs. Bill Clinton to Thompson.

Bradburn, Ethel (Huffines), 1889-1954 (Sc 2740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2740. Paper titled “History of the Logan Presbyterial Society, 1887-1950” about a female missionary society in the Logan Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in south central Kentucky.

Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2741), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2741. Paper titled “The History of the First Baptist Church of Russellville, Kentucky, 1818-1958.”

Haverly, Jessie R. (Sc 2743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2743. Paper titled "History of Level Green Christian Church" which is about a church in Laurel County, Kentucky. The paper was written by Jessie R. Haverly for a Education class at Eastern Kentucky University.

Greensburg Presbyterian Church - Greensburg, Kentucky (Sc 2742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2742. Script titled “Historical Drama Written for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church” in Greensburg, Kentucky. Also includes a homily by Reverend James E. Evans entitled “Rousing the Saints.”

Watt-Flora Cemetery - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2737), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2737. Data sheets for grave marker survey of Watt-Flora Cemetery, located in the Sand Hill area of Warren County, Kentucky. The sheets include text and other particulars about the markers, and photographs. Includes information on likely burials that were not marked or poorly marked. The survey resulted in a book about the cemetery, a copy of which is held in the WKU Special Collections Library.

Stormclouds Gather On The Horizon, John M. Rudy

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

The first few stanzas of a poem by Howard Glyndon from the folds of The Lutheran and Missionary from late August of 1863:

The days of June were nearly done;The fields, with plenty overrun, Were ripening 'neath the harvest sun In fruitful Pennsylvania!

[excerpt]

Harris, Downey Lamar, 1875-1956 (Sc 1033), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1033. World War I letters written by Downey L. Harris from Camp Lee, Virginia to his family in Franklin, Kentucky, consoling them over the loss of his brother, George DeWitt Harris in France. The letters also contain information about Downey’s work as a physician at Camp Lee during the war.

Duckett, Zula (Young), 1890-1974 (Sc 1035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1035. Chiefly letters to Zula (Young) Duckett), Warren County, Kentucky, from family and friends while she was a patient at Saint Joseph Infirmary, Louisville, Kentucky.

Oakland, Kentucky - Municipal Government (Sc 1034), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1034. Oakland municipal ordinance related to a Planning Commission (of Bowling Green and Warren County) agreement with the city regarding compensation to the Commission for activities that benefit Oakland. Also includes a memo from the mayor of Oakland, Craig Taylor, responding to the agreement.

Law, Robert Cornwell, B. 1937 - Collector (Sc 2736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2736. Materials relating to the Helm family: tribute delivered at memorial service for Harold H. Helm; letter of Bob Law providing an author with editorial comments about his book’s contents relating to the Helm family; and compact disc containing Some Descendants of Christopher Helme of Rhode Island and Some North American Descendants of John Elmes of Lincolnshire, England through his Great-Grandson, Christopher Helme of Rhode Island.

Tapp, George Hambleton, 1900-1994 (Sc 2739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2739. Paper titled “Should Kentucky Revise Her 1891 Constitution by Convention?” written by George Hambleton Tapp and dated August 1947.

Riggs, Hazel (Sc 2738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2738. Paper titled “Early Transportation in Kentucky” written by Hazel Riggs for an economics class at Western Kentucky University.

Moser, John G. (Sc 2728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2728. Paper titled “A History of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1941-1951” in which John G. Moser examines “events of major importance” that occurred at Fort Campbell during that ten years.

Raymer, Lloyd Monroe, 1943-2012 (Mss 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 449. Genealogical reports and records generated by professional genealogist, Lloyd M. Raymer of Warren County, Kentucky, for clients across the country. Raymer specialized in research on Warren, Butler, Logan, Allen, and Simpson counties in Kentucky. Reports include genealogical information about specified families with the related reference sources properly cited. Files sometimes contain correspondence with clients, photocopies of source material, and pedigree charts.

Bay's Fork Association Of United Baptists - Kentucky (Sc 2735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2735. Minutes of the Bay’s Fork Association of United Baptists, 1848-1887 and the Drakes Creek Association of Baptists, 1830-1847. Also includes a historical sketch of the Green River Association of United Baptists.

George C. Wallace: Schoolhouse Door To Gettysburg, John M. Rudy

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

In the days after his famed stand in the schoolhouse door, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace attended to the business at hand on his desk in Montgomery. Wallace served as chief executive in an office in the first home of the Confederacy. One of the things awaiting Wallace on his return from Tuscaloosa was a letter from Paul L. Roy of Gettysburg. [excerpt]

Jones, Drucilla Montgomery (Stovall), 1907-2007 (Mss 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 463. Chiefly genealogical files compiled by Drucilla M. Jones from the late-1950s until 2004. Most of the older dates on the material reflect photocopies, not originals, of documents. The subject analytics include both family names and names of correspondents.

Smith, Travis Edwin, B. 1898 (Sc 2734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2734. Three documents related to the history of education in Kentucky which were prepared by Travis Edwin Smith for his doctoral dissertation. One document concentrates on teacher education, one on education law in Kentucky, and the last document is an overview titled “Education in Kentucky.” The documents concentrate on sources to be used in the dissertation.

Kompha Seth Interview About The Cambodian Association Of Illinois, Matthew Mrozinski

Asian American Art Oral History Project

About the Organization:

“Founded in 1976, the Cambodian Association of Illinois (CAI) serves some 5,000 Cambodians in Illinois via senior health intervention; child and youth services; family health, citizenship and employment. CAI enables refugees and immigrants from Cambodia residing in Illinois, especially those in metropolitan Chicago, to become self-sufficient, productive participants in American society while preserving and enhancing their cultural heritage and community.”

About the co-Founder:

“Kompha Seth, co-Founder and Executive Director of CAI since 1981. He was a Buddhist monk in Cambodia for 23 years before emigrating to the U.S. in 1975. He has received numerous national, state and …

Vick, Velma Gertrude (Brown), 1892-1978 (Sc 2732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2732. Bound volume of news clippings typescripted by Velma Vick about the history of Russellville and Logan County, Kentucky. The articles came from a scrapbook compiled by the Russellville Daughters of the American Revolution chapter.

Jordan Family Papers (Sc 2733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2733. Miscellaneous papers of the Jordan family of Bowling Green, Kentucky: an autograph album of Bess Claypool; a letter relating to the Masonic record of Edward M. Jordan; a 1954 Masonic newsletter; and the 1960 constitution and by-laws of the Electrical Clearing House of Bowling Green, an association for the professional improvement of members of the electrical services industry.

Jones, Eugene & Sarah F. J. Jones (Sc 2729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2729. Deed of Eugene Jones and Sarah F. J. Jones to J. E. Jones of lands in Warren County, Kentucky. The deed describes lands that were subsequently conveyed to Western Kentucky University by a later owner. Part of the document has been cut off at the right margin.

Fitch, Henry Dumesnil, 1874-1959 (Sc 2730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2730. Copy of deed from Henry D. Fitch and other grantors, being the owners of certain lots at Main and State streets, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The grantors conveyed to each other certain land at the rear of the lots fronting on State Street for use as a private alleyway or passway. Includes survey and explanatory letter of Henry D. Fitch.

Barr, Lockwood Anderson, 1883-1969 (Sc 2726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2726. Compiled list titled “List of Owners of Kentucky Silver” by Lockwood Barr. Compiler lists name of silversmith at top of page and owners of pieces in the 1950s on the left margin as well as the pieces they owned, i.e. spoon, ladle, etc.

Woman's Missionary Union - Gasper River (Kentucky) Association (Sc 2731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2731. Minutes, programs, financial reports, and administrative papers for the Gasper River (Kentucky) Association’s Woman’s Missionary Union.