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Full-Text Articles in United States History
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 731. Correspondence, biographical data, planning and publicity materials relating to Duncan Hines Week on 9-15 November 1986 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Hines’s guidebook Adventures in Good Eating, and material relating to subsequent annual events under the names Duncan Hines Celebration and Duncan Hines Festival.
Strode Family Collection (Mss 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strode Family Collection (Mss 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 729. Papers, primarily land records, of the Strode family of Monroe County, Kentucky.
Kyrock Oral History Project (Fa 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kyrock Oral History Project (Fa 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 167. Interviews conducted February April 1981 with Edmonson County, Kentucky, residents concerning the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company. Includes information on the Methodist church, schools, social life and customs, United Mine Workers of America Local #72, and working conditions.
Monroe, Thomas B. And Benjamin F. Pleasants (Lg 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Monroe, Thomas B. And Benjamin F. Pleasants (Lg 468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding and and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 468. Original land grant, 21 February 1820, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas B. Monroe and Benjamin F. Pleasants 275 acres in Barren County, Kentucky.
Holloway, Grant (Lg 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holloway, Grant (Lg 469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 469. Original land grant, 12 December 1833, by which John Breathitt, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Grant Holloway, assignee of William H. Wilson, assignee of William Butler as agent for the Monroe County Court, 90 acres in Monroe County, Kentucky.
Page, Fleming Smith, 1803-1857 (Lg 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Page, Fleming Smith, 1803-1857 (Lg 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 466. Original land grant, 2 July 1849, by which John J. Crittenden, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to F. S. Page 25 acres in Monroe County, Kentucky.
Bushong, George (Lg 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bushong, George (Lg 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 467. Original land grant, 6 December 1832, by which John Breathitt, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to George Bushong 250 acres in Barren County, Kentucky.
Helm, John Blakey, 1889-1979 (Sc 3619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Helm, John Blakey, 1889-1979 (Sc 3619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3619. Miscellaneous letters to John Blakey Helm, Louisville, Kentucky, relating to various civic matters. One asks his help in staffing a precinct with primarily African-American voters in a 1923 election; two refer to his participation in Constitution Week in Louisville; others acknowledge his views on political issues.
Wilk, Joseph Peter, 1926-1994 (Mss 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilk, Joseph Peter, 1926-1994 (Mss 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 728. Printed matter, photographs, and correspondence relating to a small number of commissions executed by Bowling Green, Kentucky architect Joseph P. Wilk. Also includes some biographical data.
Bowling Green Woolen Mills - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green Woolen Mills - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3616. Pages from a payroll ledger, March-July 1875, of the Bowling Green Woolen Mills, Bowling Green, Kentucky, listing employees’ names and wages paid. Includes data on scoured and unscoured jeans manufactured in 1874. Some data is incomplete due to damaged and mutilated pages. Also includes historical notes on the business collected in 1955 by WKU librarian Elizabeth Coombs.
Brown, James (Sc 3615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brown, James (Sc 3615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3615. Notes written to Bowling Green, Kentucky merchant James Brown, mainly requests to supply goods to the bearer on account.
Moore, George, 1771-1812, And Robert Moore, D. 1819 (Sc 3614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, George, 1771-1812, And Robert Moore, D. 1819 (Sc 3614), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3614. Warren County, Kentucky court documents pertaining to or signed by brothers George and Robert Moore, considered to be the founders of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes summons issued by George Moore as Justice of the Peace; receipts; settlements of accounts; and a bond given in connection with an attachment.
Us 31w Resource Inventory - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Us 31w Resource Inventory - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 726. Historic resource inventory (data sheets and photographs) of structures and sites along US Highway 31W in Warren County, Kentucky. The inventory and photos were prepared in 2000, but data sheets from earlier inventories and other supporting material may be included.
Southern Kentucky Fair - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southern Kentucky Fair - Warren County, Kentucky (Mss 724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 725. Correspondence, planning documents, financial and other records of the Southern Kentucky Fair, Warren County, Kentucky. Much of the material relates to the procurement of equipment and arrangements for entertainment--rides, bands, circus and novelty acts, livestock shows, etc.--as well as for concession booths and exhibits.
Gospel Center - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gospel Center - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3613. Two record books, 1937-1947 and 1956-1960, of the Gospel Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The books record membership, meeting minutes, and financial data. Also included is a list of baptisms, 1937-1943.
Neal, Harry Clay, 1899-1977 (Sc 3611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Harry Clay, 1899-1977 (Sc 3611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3611. Diary of Harry C. Neal, of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He writes of working at his uncle Taylor Neal's store in Auburn, Kentucky, his family, his school attendance and leisure activities, and his employment in Detroit Michigan. He also refers to his marriage and the birth of his daughter. Includes an annotated and illustrated typescript of the diary prepared by a descendant.
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dale, James Arthur, Sr., 1931-2015 (Mss 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 721. Letters (Click on "Additional Files" for typescripts) of James A. Dale, Sr., Louisville, Kentucky, written to Barbara “Bobbie” Dearing while stationed at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base at San Diego, California. He describes his military and recreational activities and writes affectionately in anticipation of their future together as husband and wife. Includes a biography of Dale and his family (Click on "Additional Files").
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 720. Appraisals of certain properties in Bowling Green, Kentucky as of 31 December 1946, conducted by G.B. Howard doing business as the Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company. Includes appraisal certificates, exterior photographs and sketch plans.
Thomson, Amelia Hubbard, 1859-1953 (Sc 3604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomson, Amelia Hubbard, 1859-1953 (Sc 3604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3604. Journals (2 vol.) of Amelia Hubbard Thomson of Fayette County, Kentucky. Written for her nephew Dudley Hughes Bryant, they contain genealogical data, narratives, and anecdotes. Thomson recalls in detail her parents and ancestors, growing up at the family home, “Hurricane Hall,” and other aspects of life in Fayette County. Volume 1 includes an index at the back.
Bryant-Farnsworth Genealogy (Sc 3603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant-Farnsworth Genealogy (Sc 3603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
No abstract provided.
Bryant-Hughes Family Papers (Sc 3602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant-Hughes Family Papers (Sc 3602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3602. Miscellaneous papers of the Bryant and associated families relating to the estates of Susannah Hughes and Oliver D. Bryant; also includes deeds of Joel W. Singleton of Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Thomson, Roger Quarles, 1853-1926 And Patrick Henry Thomson, 1864-1926 (Sc 3601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomson, Roger Quarles, 1853-1926 And Patrick Henry Thomson, 1864-1926 (Sc 3601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3601. Accounts and business papers of brothers Roger Quarles Thomson and Patrick Henry Thomson. Includes invoices of merchants in Lexington, Kentucky and elsewhere for hardware and provisions, bills of sale for cows, and insurance policies in connection with property in Washington County, Mississippi.
Hilleary, Elizabeth Claypool, 1895-1975 (Sc 3600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hilleary, Elizabeth Claypool, 1895-1975 (Sc 3600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3600. Pledge, 2 October 1918, of Elizabeth Hilleary, Louisville, Kentucky, accepting a commission in the Louisville Women’s Liberty Loan Legion; letter, 9 December 1918, to Hilleary from United War Work Campaign, Louisville and Jefferson County, thanking her for her participation.
Lehman, Hampton & Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lehman, Hampton & Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 276. Account book of Lehman, Hampton & Company, merchants in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Bethany Children's Home, Inc. - Wolfe County, Kentucky (Sc 3599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bethany Children's Home, Inc. - Wolfe County, Kentucky (Sc 3599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3599. Letters, 7 June 1955 and 25 March 1960, to Mrs. Clarence Uhl, Wooster, Ohio, from Margaret Miller, public relations secretary of The Bethany Children’s Home, Inc. (formerly Bethany Orphanage), Wolfe County, Kentucky. The first thanks her for a gift of chicks, and the second inquires about purchasing 500 chicks in the same manner as the preceding year. The 1960 letterhead includes images of the Home’s 1926 facility and of a 1958 dormitory.
Davidson, Daisy D., 1875-1895 (Sc 3598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davidson, Daisy D., 1875-1895 (Sc 3598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3598. “In Memory of Daisy Davidson,” a tribute to a young Auburn, Kentucky woman who died just prior to her 20th birthday.
Morgan Family Papers (Sc 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan Family Papers (Sc 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 88. Diary and journal (typescript), 1808-1851, kept chiefly by Abel Morgan of Logan and Caldwell counties, Kentucky; certificate, 1777, relating to William Morgan and signed by George Washington; and genealogical material concerning the Morgan and Caldwell families.
Players' Guild - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Players' Guild - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3597. Notebook of Mabel Thomas, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing planning materials and programs for performances by the Players’ Guild, an amateur theater group in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Aftermath Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 3287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Aftermath Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 3287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3287. History of the Aftermath Club, a women’s literary club organized in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1896; club yearbooks, 1951-1952, 1952-1953; and correspondence regarding donation of the materials to WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections.
Bryant, Hal Farnsworth, 1888-1975 (Mss 716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bryant, Hal Farnsworth, 1888-1975 (Mss 716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 716. News items and features written for syndication by Bryant and his partner James M. Ross, both of the Lexington (Kentucky) Leader; correspondence and papers relating to Bryant’s subsequent career as a statistician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.