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Mclean, Eli, 1793-1870 And John Mclean, 1796-1862 (Sc 3192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3192. Papers of Eli and John McLean, members of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky: a bill to Eli for medicinal supplies; an order to Eli for carpet; a letter to John asking forbearance on payment of a note due; and a letter to Eli regarding the purchase of a sow.

Eisenhart, Wilson A., 1868-1937 (Sc 3190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3190. Letter of Wilson A. Eisenhart, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to the members of the church, asking them to concur in the vote of the Official Board to accept his resignation effective April 1. He reminds them of their obligation to represent the congregation at the next meeting of the Logan Presbytery, expresses affection and gratitude for his six years at the church, and regrets that “the call of duty” compels him to accept another pastorate.

“The Vegetables Really Get More Tender Care”: An Introduction To Death And Dying In The Civil War, Zachary A. Wesley

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

The Victorian world was one of ceremony and order, even in death. Deathways–the practices of a society regarding death and dying–in 19thcentury America focused on elaborate rituals that earned the country the grisly distinction of possessing a “culture of death.” The American Civil War presented a four-year window in which many of these traditions were radically challenged in both the North and the South, as loved ones died anonymous deaths far from the embrace of kin. Nevertheless, the warring populations attempted to maintain important traditions even as the horrors of war surrounded them, thus allowing the deathways of the antebellum …

Quisenberry, Frank E., 1892-1985 (Sc 3189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3189. Bound record book of Frank E. Quisenberry, Bowling Green, Kentucky, containing genealogical data on members of the Quisenberry and related families. Loose items included.

Stovall, Charles B., 1892-1959 (Sc 3187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3187. Letter, 20 November 1957, of Charles B. Stovall to Daskel Borders, both of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Stovall sends Borders a pin (not included in this collection) for faithful Sunday School attendance and thanks him for his support of Emmanuel Baptist Church, where Stovall was pastor.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Schools - Relating To (Sc 3188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3188. Abstract of a federally funded program proposal submitted by Bowling Green (Kentucky) City Schools for the year 1971 titled “Increasing teacher effectiveness in dealing with student behavior.” The program aimed to train teachers at Bowling Green Junior and Senior High Schools in techniques for better understanding the problems of African-American and disadvantaged students and to aid students in developing more positive behavior.

Spreading The Flames: The United States, Cuba, And The Fear Of Africanization, Savannah A. Labbe

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

In the years leading up to the Civil War, the fight over slavery played out in many different arenas, notably in Kansas and Nebraska. While Bleeding Kansas was arguably the most well-known and violent clash over slavery before the Civil War, there were others as well. One flash point over the question of slavery resulted from political unrest in Cuba. In the 1850s, Spain owned Cuba, an economically prosperous island with an economy based on African slave labor. However, Spain was under pressure from Great Britain to end slavery in Cuba, and because Spain was in enormous debt and was …

The Grizzly, February 22, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Naseem Syed, Kevin Leon, Danielle Jones, Xichang Wu, Emily Jolly, Sophia Dibattista, Robin Gow, Paige Szmodis, Gabriela Howell, Johnny Cope

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus and Sodexo Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims • Smoothie Bar Opens in Gym • Ursinus Begins Search for Director of Religious Life • Common Intellectual Experience Open to Change • Celebration of Professor Achievement • Digital Skills for the Liberal Arts • Opinions: Why Ursinus Needs a LGBTQ and Women's Center; Student Proposals Should Prioritize Poetry in CIE • New Season Begins for Women's Lacrosse • UC Clinches Fourth Seed in CC Playoffs

Conaster, Victoria (Fa 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 377. Interview with Joe H. Page conducted by Victoria Conaster on 3 April 1993. Page, a resident of Lewisburg, discusses his childhood memories of growing up on a tenant farm. Topics covered include tobacco harvests and sales, pest control, traditional farm lore, home remedies and religious life.

Helen Price Stacy Papers, Helen Price Stacy

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Bifferato, Vincent A., 1937-2014 (Sc 3186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3186. Letter from Delaware Superior Court Judge Vincent A. Bifferato, Wilmington, Delaware, to Warren Circuit Court Judge J. David Francis, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in which he expresses appreciation for his Kentucky colonelcy and includes a short essay by his daughter concerning Caesar Romney.

Lexington And Georgetown Turnpike Company (Sc 3185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3185. Financial records, including receipts, invoices, statements, treasure’s reports and sundry other records related to the Lexington and Georgetown Turnpike Company which maintained a toll road between those two cities in Kentucky. Incudes information about rock supplied, toll house maintenance, labor, supplies purchased, and services rendered in order to maintain the road.

Raymer, Lloyd Monroe, 1943-2012 (Mss 632), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 632. Family group sheets prepared by Lloyd Monroe Raymer for the Raymer family. Only rudimentary information, such as birth and death years, marriage dates, spouses, and children is provided for ancestors. Some information is also provided for allied families.

“Be Carefully Taught”: African Americans In Adams County In The 20th Century, Jennifer A. Simone

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Every year over a million visitors flood Adams County, Pennsylvania to tour the famous, or rather infamous, site of the Battle of Gettysburg. While most visitors primarily come to Gettysburg to learn about the battle, many leave with understandings of the unending impact of the Civil War on race relations. However, for a town that sparks such a progressive mentality in some, Adams County, and specifically Gettysburg, is often criticized for being ‘frozen in time,’ unwilling to keep up with progressive race relations after the battle ended. A panel entitled “Black Experiences in Adams County in the 19th & 20th …

Andrew Jackson And The Indian Removal Act Of 1830 Personal Agenda Or Territorial Expansion, Austin Valentine

Student Scholarship & Creative Works

For well over a century, historians have pondered Andrew Jackson’s motivation behind the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Was Andrew Jackson’s decision for a massive social cleansing of Native Americans motivated by a personal agenda or by American calls for westward expansion?

Through a brief analysis of Andrew Jackson’s long and winding road to the White House, I hope to shed light on Andrew Jackson and his call for the forced removal of Native American inhabitants residing east of the Mississippi River. With such, I hope to give the reader a better understanding of Jackson’s attitude, military strategies, calls for …

The Grizzly, February 15, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Sophia Dibattista, Kevin Leon, Naseem Syed, Julie Krasutsky, Emily Jolly, Paige Szmodis, David Mendelsohn, Zach Brink, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Opportunities Await Students at Job Fair • Make Love? Not in War • Vagina Monologues Flesh Out "Culture of Vaginas" • Denison Culture Survey to Assess Ursinus Workplace • Everyone Can Make an Impact on the World • Take a Sip at LGBTea Time • Opinions: The Super Bowl was a Giant Loss for a Giants Fan; Safe Injection Sites Should Inspire More Drug Policy Changes • Fly, Eagles, Fly!: Ursinus Celebrates Historic Super Bowl Victory after Philadelphia Beats New England, 41-33 • Men's Lacrosse Begins New Season

“Give Them Liberty Or Give Me Death”: The Unionist Espionage Of Elizabeth Van Lew: An Interview With Elizabeth Varon, Ashley Whitehead Luskey

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Elizabeth Varon, Associate Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. A specialist in the Civil War era and 19^th-century South, Varon is the author of We Mean to be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (UNC Press, 1998); Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, A Union …

Alford, Florence (Marshall), 1920-2001 (Sc 3184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3184. Speech delivered by Florence Alford to The Girls Auxiliary missionary organization at First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about the church’s history and mission as well as a building program at the church.

Ham, Mordecai Fowler, 1877-1961 (Sc 3182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Small Collection 3182. Typescript of funeral service for Reverend Mordecai F. Ham, held in Louisville, Kentucky. Includes lengthy remarks by Reverend Billy Graham, who assisted in the service. Also includes Ham’s obituary from the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3183. Letter, 7 August 2006, of Robert Lee Gillan, Thorntown, Indiana, to Martha Harrison. He refers to his interest in genealogy and relates anecdotes about “Aunt Nancy,” an African American woman and caregiver to local families in Barren County, Kentucky. He includes particulars of some of her household advice, folk medicinal treatments and beliefs. He notes that she is buried in Lyons (Lyon) Cemetery.

I Have Been Wanting To Write To You For Some Time., Dodie [Unknown]

Sandra Featherman Correspondence

Handwritten letter from Dodie to Sandra Featherman congratulating Featherman on her retirement and thanking her for the honorary degree.

For The Cobweb Club: Mottoes, Margaret J. M. Sweat

Annals of the Cobweb Club

Ribbon-bound booklet containing handwritten mottoes for the Cobweb Club.

Your Messages Of Springtime Happiness Came..., Sue Mcconkey

Sue McConkey Papers

Handwritten letter from Sue McConkey.

Should I Call Her Or Just Show Up?, Donna M. Loring

Donna M. Loring Correspondence

Handwritten note between Donna Loring and Deb, regarding a meeting, showing both answer and reply.

Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 374. Student oral history project titled “The Effects of Logan County School Consolidations on the Students of Lewisburg and the Community” in which Heather-Kristen Brooks conducts research on the centralization of five county schools in 1983. Brooks’ two informants touch on issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms. Collection contains one paper, two indexes and transcripts, and two cassette tapes.

The Grizzly, February 8, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Sophia Dibattista, Kevin Leon, Ana Dersimonian, Emily Jolly, Johnny Myers, Danielle Jordan, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

CNN News Anchor Speaks on National Security • SUN Shines on Black History Month • Diversity Monologues Now Accepting Submissions • Breakaway Seeking Student One-Acts • Major Setback Requires Minor Improvisation • In Remembrance of Gary Hodgson • Opinions: "Get Out" is Still the Most Deserving Film of 2017; Women in Music Don't Need to "Step Up" to Earn Grammys • Bermudez Makes UC Proud at Super Bowl LII • Suler Out for Season with Knee Injury

Night Riders - Relating To (Sc 3179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3179. Correspondence of Hal F. Bryant, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding a search for photographs in his possession of a Night Rider raid in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Includes a photocopy of one, an image of an officer posing in a captured Night Rider uniform, made from a glass plate negative held by the Department of Library Special Collections, WKU.

Woosley, Naomi E. (Thurman), 1918-1980 (Sc 3181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3181. Letter, 4 May 1948, to Dr. Bert Raldon Smith, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from former student Naomi Thurman Woosley. Writing from Munich, Germany, where her husband is a hospital chaplain, she describes a day spent in Rotterdam, Netherlands during a soccer match, and seeing Eleanor Roosevelt with Princess Juliana at The Hague. Remarking on animosity toward Germany, where her brother was a prisoner-of-war, she nevertheless regrets the hunger among the poor. She also describes her husband’s duties performing funerals for American soldiers and civilians. Includes 3 small …

F. A. Ames Company - Owensboro, Kentucky (Sc 3180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3180. Letter, 22 December 1906, of the sales manager of F. A. Ames Company, Owensboro, Kentucky, makers of “Pleasure Vehicles and Carriage Materials,” to W. E. Shelton, a dealer in Mayfield, Kentucky. The letter discusses substituting parts to remedy errors in two orders, and the catalog pricing for an earlier delivery of parts. The company letterhead includes an image of its factory and the motto, “Buggies Bred in Old Kentucky.”

Hilleary Family - Relating To (Sc 3178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3178. Two color renderings of the coat of arms of the Hilleary family. The designs vary slightly but both bear the motto Virtute Nihil Invium.