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Wilson, Jewell Gladys (Benedict), 1908-1996 (Sc 2930), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2930. Correspondence of Gladys B. Wilson, Glasgow, Kentucky. Includes personal letters of Wilson, but many also relate to her genealogical and local history research and her work on behalf of the Barren County (South Central Kentucky) Historical Society.

Ponder, Edna Mae (Friend), 1920-2006 (Sc 2929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and image (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2929. Materials relating to design of the Kentucky Bicentennial Star Quilt by Edna Ponder, Danville, Kentucky. Includes typescript history, quilt pattern, unused pieces and cardboard template, newspaper articles, and photographs. Also includes a coloring book related to Danville history, illustrated by Ponder. The original quilt is in the Kentucky Museum collection at Western Kentucky University.

Breeding, George, 1772-1859 (Sc 2928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2928. Two slave bills of sale from George Breeding, Adair County, Kentucky, to John M. Nunn, also of Adair County. Includes a note on the Breeding-Nunn family relationship.

Carpenter, Sidney Crider, 1914-2014 (Sc 2884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2884. Digital images of photographs, passports, Kentucky Senate resolution related to 100th birthday, certificate from the Cumberland Trace Chapter of the Military Officers Association, four pieces of currency—Japanese (3) and Russian (1); military identification, from Sidney Crider Carpenter of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Most of the material relates to Carpenter's military career and his role as a coach for several national and international marksmanship teams. Also digital copies of a Korean War photograph album and a 1929 Boy Scout diary kept by Carpenter.

Interview With Deane Rast Risher, Deane Rast Risher

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Deane Rast Risher, 2004 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Joyce White Rheney, Joyce White Rheney

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Joyce White Rheney, 2001 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Judith Ann Dowty Pittard, Judith Ann Dowty Pittard

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Judith Ann Dowty Pittard, 2007 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Elsie Porth Shealy, Elsie Porth Shealy

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Elsie Porth Shealy, 1988 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Jean Orr Belcher, Jean Belcher

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Jean Orr Belcher, 2006 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Miriam Elizabeth Mclaurin Gulledge, Miriam Mclaurin Gulledge

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Miriam Elizabeth McLaurin Gulledge, 2012 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Florinette Ford Renfrow, Florinette Ford Renfrow

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Florinette Ford Renfrow, 2002 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Tempe Anne Oehler And Guest, Tempe Anne Oehler

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Tempe Anne Oehler, 1990 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Johann M. Mccrackin, Johann M. Mccrackin

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Johann M. McCrackin, 1984 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Interview With Peggy Kinney, Mrs. William Light Kinney

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Peggy Kinney, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association and South Carolina Mother of the Year Selection Committee.

Carl Hayden Quinn's United States Army Enlistment & Honorable Discharge Records, United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Carl Hayden Quinn Collection Textual Materials

Carl Hayden Quinn's United States Army Enlistment & Honorable Discharge Records. Includes some health information, some previous emplyment information, final compensation, and medals issued.

Faces Of The Civil War, Steven J. Semmel

Blogging the Library

As the internship enters its final month of the summer, I’ve been processing and looking at various Civil War collections. This era in history is well known for the bloody conflicts that separated the nation. However, not much is known about most individuals that fought in different regiments across the country, or even what they looked like. Special Collections is home to a few faces that at Gettysburg, out West, prisoners at Andersonville, or stationed in places like Florida. The collections I have recently processed included photos of those soldiers at different stages in their life. [excerpt]

Making A Statement: The Alabama Memorial At Gettysburg, Matthew D. Laroche

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns working on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. See here for the introduction to the series.

Every generation has plenty to remember about its time spent shaping the human story. But despite this, some generations are better at writing their stories than others. Or perhaps some generations leave more unfinished work for their descendants to sift through. Either way, the legacy of the Civil War still lays heavy on our shoulders. Here at Gettysburg, in particular, the memory of the …

Interview With Anne Perrin Flynn, Anne Perrin Flynn

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Anne Perrin Flynn, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Ruth Lesesne, Ruth Lesesne

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Ruth Lesesne, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Gwen P. Howell, Gwen P. Howell

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Gwen P. Howell, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Anne Porcher Perrin And Daughter, Anne Perrin Flynn, Anne Porcher Perrin, Anne Perrin Flynn

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Anne Porcher Perrin, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association and South Carolina Mother of the Year Selection Committee, and Anne Perrin Flynn, member of the South Carolina Mothers Association.

Interview With Marianna Black Habisreutinger, Marianna Black Habisreutinger

South Carolina Mother of the Year Oral History Archives

Interview with Marianna Black Habisreutinger, 2011 South Carolina Mother of the Year.

Hines, Thomas (Lg 373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 373. Facsimile of a land grant, 1780 May 11, by which Thomas Jefferson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Thomas Hines, assignee of James Robinson, 1000 acres in Kentucky County.

Stewart, James (Lg 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 376. Copy of a land grant, 1870 September 29, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Stewart, 200 acres on Big Barren River, Warren County.

Degroot, W. H. (Lg 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 375. Original land grant, 1870 August 18, by which John Stevenson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to W. H. DeGroot, H. B. Meredith, L. H. Thickstun, and L. Carmichael, 200 acres on the Kentucky River, Perry County, Kentucky.

Clark, James (Lg 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 372. Original land grant, 1842 July 5, by which Robert P. Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Clark 104 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Murton, Jessie Wilmore (Jones), 1886-1973 (Mss 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 439. Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks, and financial records of Kentucky native and poet Jessie Wilmore Murton. Although born and raised in Kentucky, she spent most of her adult life in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her poetry and prose was published in several solo books and anthologies and appeared extensively in religious publications of the mid-twentieth century. The contents of Box 9 Folder 7 related to the League for Sanity in Poetry has been scanned and can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files" below.

Heron, James (Lg 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 374. Copy of a land grant, 1798 November 15, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Heron 886 acres on Drakes Creek.

Tanksley, Edwin Roberts, 1898-1975 (Sc 2927), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2927. Transcript of a recorded interview with Edwin R. Tanksley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, an employee of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from 1925-1960. He recalls his career as a railroad clerk, the skill of his co-workers, the development of railroading in the area, and aspects of Bowling Green such as hotels, entertainment, and visits by political figures. Both the interviewer’s name and the whereabouts of the original recording are unknown.

Cavanah, David (Lg 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 371. Original land grant, 1818 December 31, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to David Cavanah, assignee of Simon Sugg, who was assignee of John M. Flint, 300 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.