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Johnson, Sylvanus, 1779-1856 (Sc 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) . for Manuscripts Small Collection 34. Letter written by Sy Johnson, Mount Pinia, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to John H. White, Warren County, Kentucky concerning the hiring of slaves.

Miller, John Goodrum, Sr., 1853-1936 (Sc 2613), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2613. Bound typescript volume of the “Memoirs of John Goodrum Miller” which details Miller’s relocation to Murray, Kentucky to practice law. Also includes commentary about the history of Kentucky, particularly the Pennyrile region. He relates historical events that impacted his life and his opinions on a variety of topics.

Dalton, A. Paul, B. 1908 (Sc 2619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2619. Paper written for a Kentucky literature class titled "Shadrach Penn." This paper details the life of journlist Shadrach Penn, Lexington, Kentucky.

Lafferty, Maude (Ward), 1869-1962 (Sc 2616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2616. Typescript copies of "A Brief Sketch of Rafinesque and the Transylvania Botanic Garden" and the "Journal of Samuel Constantine Ranfiesque," by Maud (Ward) Lafferty, Lexington, Kentucky.

Stubblefield, Nathan Bowman, 1860-1928 (Sc 2636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2636. Ledger for a grocery run by Nathan Bowman Stubblefield, Murray, Kentucky, which includes brief information related to the Stubblefield Wireless Telephone Company, 1904-1907. Also includes a letter and clipping providing background on Stubblefield.

Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2633), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2633. Original typescript of a Sarah "Sadie" Frances Price bibliography compiled by Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Shreve, Royal Ornan (Sc 2611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2611. Typescript copy of “Volume II: Their Superfluous Highnesses,” by Royal Ornan Shreve. This document is from Chapter IX, titled “Richard M. Johnson,” Detailing the Life, Political and Military, of a Former United States Vice-President.

Donan, John Gillaspy, 1826-1905 (Sc 740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 740. Mexican War letter of John Gillaspy Donan, Barren County, Kentucky, to his brother, Fountain, 29 December 1847 from Jalapa regarding conditions in Mexico, morale, yellow fever, etc. Also Mustering-Out List of Co. K, 4th Regiment Kentucky Foot Volunteers, and Mason’s Diploma, 13 October 1847.

O'Hara Records (Sc 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of selected items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 735. Shipping records book evidently kept by R. R. O’Hara and Son or Gracey & O’Hara, commission merchants, Eddyville, Kentucky, and two advertisements of the firms. The bills of lading concern goods shipped from Eddyville and include information as to shipper, destination, name of steamboat carrying goods, etc.

Innes Family Papers (Sc 2610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2610. Bound typescript volume of papers accumulated by Harry Innes. Papers include inventories, orders, bonds, wills, land documents, correspondence, etc. Original housed in the Library of Congress.

Jordan, John Leland, 1869-1950 (Sc 2617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2617. Bound typescript copy of paper written by John Leland Jordan, Triune, Tennessee, in response to “‘The Rebel Raider’ A Life of General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A.” by Howard Swiggett,
Indianapolis, Indiana.

Rogers, Edmund, 1762-1843 (Sc 2634), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2634. Typescript copy of [supposed] journal of Edmund Rogers, cousin of George Rogers Clark, written for him by his daughter Edmonia Thomas (Rogers) Beauchamp; also includes
typescript of an 1892 newspaper article about Edmund Rogers.

Mammoth Cave - Deeds (Sc 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 733. Photocopies of Warren County, Kentucky, deeds, 1799-1814, pertaining to Mammoth Cave, beginning with the original 200 acres entered by Valentine Simon by virtue of a Commissioner’s Certificate.

Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 (Sc 2620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2620. Speech for a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting titled “John F. Perry, C.S.A.”, information on William F. Perry, and a letter from Willie Perry Simpson to Lila (Pendleton) Procter.

Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 (Sc 739), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 739. An invitation to a centennial party for the Adelphian Society on 26 February 1886 at the home of J.D. Hines, Circuit Clerk, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Tunks, Floyd Mckinley, 1896?-1959 (Sc 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 729. Livestock receipts (2) of Floyd McKinley Tunks, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, from Montgomery and Company, livestock dealers, Louisville, Kentucky, listing prices paid for cattle sold for Tunks.

Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee Minutes - Kentucky (Sc 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of one document only (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 734. Minutes kept by the Logan Presbyterial Executive Committee composed of ladies' auxiliaries from the Kentucky counties of Logan, Simpson and Warren.

Blackburn, William, 1808-1870 (Sc 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 32. Letter written by William and Jane Blackburn, Allen County, Kentucky, to their brother and sister, Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Billingsley, Ladoga, Indiana, concerning family news, the local political situation and the growth, trade and export of tobacco.

Four Days In Heaven Spending Four Days In Hell, John M. Rudy

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

I spent four days this past weekend wallowing in the depths of hell. Around me swirled the maelstrom of battle, a spinning vortex of blood, death, destruction and loss. Outside the windows, every patch of ground is a reminder of the sacrifice and heartache.

If you squinted your eyes, or better yet closed them completely, you could see it all. [excerpt]

The Grizzly, September 20, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Michael Klazas, Larissa Coyne, Keith Miles, Matthew Johnston, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Marcus Foster, Jarod Groome, Christine Dobisch, Olivia Z. Schultz, Michael D'Amico, Allen Weaver, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

USGA Elections • WeCAN's Wismer Plans • Yard Sale Saturday • Textbook Prices a Problem • Late Night Lower Back • SUN and UC Dems Hold Political Talk • Accessible Art in the Berman • New Chalk Rules • Opinion: Don't Rely on Social Media This Election Year; Paralympics Deserve More Coverage • Up-and-Down Week for UC Athletics • Cross Country Team Hopes the Kids are All Right • Senior Spotlight: Catherine Bitterly

Cloyd, Mary (Sc 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 31. Loom weaving drafts for Nine Snowballs and Pea Patch designs. On the back a notation from Washington County, Tennessee states: “This is the Cass and Butler drafts.”

Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria

DLPS Faculty Publications

Government workers at New York’s Ellis Island have been accused of murdering ancestral names to serve their own purposes and prejudices. Despite zero evidence to support this accusation, the myth stubbornly persists. They did not change names. They worked from manifests, which were governed by law.

Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970 (Sc 2607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2607. Typescript copy of the last will and testament of Fielding Lewis, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lewis was a brother-in-law to George Washington. This document contains information about Lewis’ land, slaves, and debts.

Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 (Sc 2606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2606. Typescript copy of the last will and testament of Fielding Lewis, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Lewis was a brother-in-law to George Washington. This document contains information about Lewis’ land, slaves, and debts.

Todd, George Davidson, 1856-1929 (Sc 2604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2604. Typescript copy of a speech given by George Davidson Todd, Louisville, Kentucky, before the Filson Club in May 1894. The title of the speech is “A Sketch of Judge Harry Innes,” and details Innes’ life as an attorney, judge, and a leader in the early development of Kentucky.

Harrodsburg, Kentucky - Petition (Sc 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 30. Petition, containing signatures of several citizens, for the sinking of a cistern in the public square of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.

Sharpsburg, Maryland: 150 Years Later, John M. Rudy

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

If you are somewhere in the mid-Atlantic region over this next weekend, are obsessed with studying and understanding the Civil War and aren't going to be trying your damnedest to be in Sharpsburg, Maryland this weekend, you might want to check your pulse. [excerpt]

Hassman, Drusilla (Hand), 1875-1971 (Mss 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 413. Chiefly courtship letters addressed to Drusilla (Hand) Hassman, Evansville, Indiana from various male admirers. Also correspondence with her husband, Fred Hassman, and letters sent to them as a married couple from friends and family.

Grafton, Sue Taylor, B. 1940 (Sc 2601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2601. Letter from author Sue Taylor Grafton, Santa Barbara, California, to Kim Nicholson, Franklin, North Carolina, enclosing autographed bookplates (not included), and commenting on her current work on her “alphabet series” of Kinsey Millhone crime novels.

You Don't Get A Tour; Come Back Next June, John M. Rudy

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

A friend of mine and former supervisor said something to me the other day. I deeply respect him; he taught me the very basics of interpretation. But his words shocked me. I still don't know exactly how to process them.

He said something like, "I saw you leading a tour on Friday with three visitors. It takes something to go out there when you know you're only going to get so few people. I respect you for it; I couldn't do it." [excerpt]