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Diddle, John A., 1863-1942 (Sc 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Diddle, John A., 1863-1942 (Sc 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection. General store account book, 1891, kept by John A. Diddle, Gradyville, Adair County, Kentucky. Also loose receipts, 1898-1903 of Diddle and J.J. Hunter, and photos of store, which was also a post office.

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H-Diplo Roundtable On Paul Thomas Chamberlin. The Global Offensive: The United States, The Palestine Liberation Organization And The Making Of The Post-Cold War Order, Douglas Little, Jeffrey James Byrne, Craig Daigle, William B. Quandt, Brad Simpson, Paul Chamberlin Jan 2014

H-Diplo Roundtable On Paul Thomas Chamberlin. The Global Offensive: The United States, The Palestine Liberation Organization And The Making Of The Post-Cold War Order, Douglas Little, Jeffrey James Byrne, Craig Daigle, William B. Quandt, Brad Simpson, Paul Chamberlin

History Faculty Publications

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Hendricks, John (Lg 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Hendricks, John (Lg 57), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 57. Original land grant, 28 September 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to the heirs of John Hendricks 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Perkins, William (Lg 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Perkins, William (Lg 60), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 60. Original land grant, 7 October 1812, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to William Perkins, assignee of Adam Douglass, 50 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Mccombs, Jesse (Lg 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Mccombs, Jesse (Lg 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 59. Original land grant, 11 December 1812, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jesse McCombs, assignee of Michael Finley, 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky

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Mitchell, Asa T. (Lg 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Mitchell, Asa T. (Lg 58), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 58. Original land grant, 17 October 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Asa T. Mitchell, assignee of John King, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Good, Robert (Lg 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Good, Robert (Lg 56), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 56. Original land grant, 24 December 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Good, assignee of James Ligget, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Revivals - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Revivals - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1232. Instructional letter sent to crusade choir members that planned to participate in Celebration ’97, a Ralph Bell/Billy Graham Crusade in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Sc 1231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Sc 1231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1231. Certificate, 28 May 1902, appointing W. Lawrence Hazard to be notary public for the District of Columbia. Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt.

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French, Heather Renee, B. 1974 (Sc 2804), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

French, Heather Renee, B. 1974 (Sc 2804), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2804. Letter of Heather R. French, Miss America 2000, to a Mr. Leeds, expressing concern for his son Danny and responding to his request to send something to the boy. The letter was written after French had completed her term as Miss America.

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Bowling Green Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Bowling Green Academy - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1233. Letters written to Elizabeth Coombs, of the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, answering her inquiries about the Bowling Green Academy, a school for African Americans sponsored by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Hughes, George Henry, 1843-1916 (Sc 1220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1220. Civil War letters written to his future wife Sarah Catherine Prose by George Henry Hughes, while he was serving with an Ohio infantry regiment. He describes military life and battles, particularly in Tennessee and Alabama.

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Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1229), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1229. Legal papers removed from genealogy notebooks compiled by Edwin T. Roberts, including a Mississippi deed, 1867, and documents relating to Richardella Ragland’s estate, partially in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Myers, Jacob (Lg 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 54. Original land grant, 2 February 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Jacob Myers, 3,000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

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Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Vertrees, John (Lg 53), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 53. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Vertrees, 400 acres in Jefferson County on Cave Creek.

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Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Moody, Guy Chester, 1881-1898 (Sc 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Condolence letter to Guy Moody’s parents and manuscript memorial certificate with photograph of Moody, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes photocopies of carved inscriptions on wooden pointer (or cane) that were done by Guy in 1897, and of other memorials written about Moody.

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Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863 (Sc 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863 (Sc 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 1302. Letter written by John Jordan Crittenden, U.S. Senate, to Hon. A. Beatty, evidently of Rhode Island, in response to Beatty's concern about the impeding tariff legislation.

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Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1309. Writings by Robert Cron, Roundhill, Kentucky, about the Honaker family and the Warren County, Kentucky community of Naker. Includes a copy of a published article about the family and community, 2001; a Naker postmaster’s certificate, 1936; and photocopy of photograph.

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Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1305. Business papers, 1832-1895, of John Claude Gerard, Bowling Green, Kentucky, including a document written in French, 1832; naturalization certificate, 1861; receipts, 1865, 1873; and promissory note, 1895.

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Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Harling, Silas (Lg 55), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 55. Original land grant, 20 September 1786, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Silas Harding, 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

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Courage: Take A Stand For Justice - Flyer, Taylor University Jan 2014

Courage: Take A Stand For Justice - Flyer, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The flyer for the Courage: Take a Stand for Justice celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Courage: Take A Stand For Justice, Taylor University Jan 2014

Courage: Take A Stand For Justice, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day chapel in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1308. Letters, 26 August and 21 December 1969, written by Ivan Wilson, Bowling Green and Hazel, Kentucky, to the J. Crawford Crowes, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the move of Wilson and his wife to Hazel.

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I'Ve Seen The Promised Land: A Letter To Amelia Boynton Robinson, Mauricio E. Novoa Jan 2014

I'Ve Seen The Promised Land: A Letter To Amelia Boynton Robinson, Mauricio E. Novoa

SURGE

You asked if I had any thoughts or comments at the end of our visit, and I stood and said nothing. I opened my mouth, but instead of giving you words my throat was sealed by a dam of speechlessness while my eyes wept out all the emotions and heartache that I wanted to share with you. The others in my group were able to express their admiration, so I wanted to do the same. [excerpt]

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Covington, Wickliffe (Cooper), 1867-1938 (Sc 2803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Covington, Wickliffe (Cooper), 1867-1938 (Sc 2803), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2803. Letter to “Daisy,” written by Bowling Green, Kentucky artist Wickliffe (Cooper) Covington, making arrangements for Daisy to fire a chocolate pot, plate and other china.

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Confederates In The Swimming Pool, John M. Rudy Jan 2014

Confederates In The Swimming Pool, John M. Rudy

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

I was swimming last night and thinking about dead Confederates. Someday, it's utterances like that which are going to see me involuntarily committed to an asylum. But it's true. I swam and thought about dead Confederates. [excerpt]

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Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Bartel, Jean, 1923-2011 (Sc 2802), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2802. Page from an autograph book, inscribed "Best wishes, Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943."

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Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2014

Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

An original and major reinterpretation of American strategy during the Vietnam War which totally reconsiders the generalship of William Westmoreland and offers a more balanced picture of the US Army in Vietnam. The book's thesis that US strategy was more than just 'attrition' confronts decades' worth of historical narratives which argue we lost in Vietnam due to bad leadership and an incorrect strategy

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For Gods' Sake, Copy-Edit That Textbook On The Wall, John M. Rudy Jan 2014

For Gods' Sake, Copy-Edit That Textbook On The Wall, John M. Rudy

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

So, my social streams flooded on Monday with an article from the Denver Business Journal, a weekly Colorado publication with a circulation rate of about 16,000 issues. The internet is an amazingly powerful force for magnification. It can make a rant from one irate museum goer with very-close-to-nil circulation seem like a meaningful and broadly held opinion. [excerpt]

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Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Jackson, Marjorie L., 1919-1998 (Sc 2801), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2801. Letter of Marjorie L. Jackson, serving with the Women’s Army Corps at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, to her fiance Henry J. Heusinkveld, serving on the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa. She comments on the world political situation, hopes for Japan’s surrender, and expresses her love for him. She also encloses an article about Louisiana marshlands located near her home.

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