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The Grizzly, September 13, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Rosemary Clark, Austin Fox, Michael D'Amico, Amanda Frekot, David Marino, Chelsea Callahan, Keith Miles, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Christine Dobisch, Courtney Scott, Vivek Reddy, Chris Rountree, Olivia Z. Schultz, Jordan Demcher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC Remembers Lindsay Budnick • Greek Recruitment Changes • UC Fringe Returns • Film Fest to Celebrate Cultures • Bear Bucks Defined • CIE Fellows Aid CIE Students • CAB Welcomes New Executive Board and Events • Tree Planting Efforts Along the Perkiomen Creek • Opinion: New Allowances Limit SPINT Events; DNC Speakers Successfully Promote Obama • Season Preview: Women's Soccer • Coach Profile: Kelly Wakeman, Women's Soccer • Men's Soccer Goes Young for Success

Susan Anderson-Freed, Susan Anderson-Freed, Meg Miner

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Dr. Susan Anderson-Freed began teaching in the Sociology Department at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1977. A few years later she was reappointed to a position in the Computer Science program where she remained until her departure in 2008.

Anderson-Freed left teaching due to the effects of cancer treatments she was receiving and died on November 4, 2012. A long-time knitting enthusiast, she used the time of her treatments to design patterns and published two books on the subjects. Proceeds from these volumes, which have already been translated into several languages, are designated for the Community Cancer Center, Normal, Illinois. Her …

Munday, Walter Irvin, 1895-1965 (Sc 2608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2608. Photostat copy of a memorial to Valentine Cook, and a “Celebration of the Rise of Camp Meetings Beginning On Muddy River, Logan County, Ky.” Also includes a paper by Walter Irvin Munday, Russellville, Kentucky, titled “Logan County’s Contribution to Methodism” read at the Valentine Cook Celebration.

Woolfolk, Dorothy (Gregory) (Sc 713), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 713. Letter written to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Dorothy (Gregory) Woolfolk, Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, in which she describes the tornado that devastated the town on 3 April 1974.

Atkinson Collection (Sc 715), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of 19th Century materials (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 715. Copies of letters written by John and Jane Atkinson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to friends and relatives in England, 1866-1879 (4 items), which contain family news, information about Bowling Green during the Civil War, description of their return trip from England, 1873, correspondence concerning these letters, 1960-1961 (12), and a photograph.

Vincent, Beverly Mills, 1890-1980 (Sc 717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 717. Letter written to Margaret Calvert, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Beverly Mills Vincent, Washington, D.C. Vincent, U.S. Representative from Kentucky, thanks her for her letter in which she expressed her choice for the postmaster appointment to be filled in Bowling Green.

Rothert, Otto Arthur, 1871-1956 (Sc 716), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 716. Letter written to Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Otto Arthur Rothert, Louisville, Kentucky, in which he thanks her for a recent letter and invites her to visit him when she next comes to Louisville.

Halleck, Annie Jeanette (Ainslie), 1839-1915 (Sc 719), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 719. Letter written to Bessie Oates, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Annie (Ainslie) Halleck, Louisville, Kentucky, replying to an inquiry for information for a research paper about her grandfather, Hew Ainslie.

Thomas, B. W. And Edward Davis (Sc 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 721. Writ of fi. fa., 1840, against the estate of B. W. Thomas and Edward Davis of McCracken County, Kentucky, for a debt owed to James Brown. Property sold at an auction included two enslaved persons.

Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 726. Letter to Frances Richards, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, Dallas, Texas, an author and native of Bowling Green, stating that her publishers will send copies of two of her books for the Kentucky Library Collection. Also she relates her concern for the collection of textiles for the Kentucky Museum.

Ellis, Courtney M., 1888-1964 (Sc 714), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 714. Photocopy of letter written to J. Porter Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Courtney M. Ellis, Nashville, Tennessee, regarding mutual friends and their mutual interest in steamboating.

Davison, Learner Blackman, 1813-1898 (Sc 718), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 718. Memoir of Learner B. Davison, a Methodist clergyman, originally of Grayson County, Kentucky, taken from the minutes of the 1898 Louisville Annual Conference; and a photocopy of a letter he wrote to a relative on the day he was killed by a train in Louisville, Kentucky, 29 June 1898.

Mather, Otis May, 1868-1950 (Sc 2609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2609. Photostat copy of a memorial to Valentine Cook, and a “Celebration of the Rise of Camp Meetings Beginning On Muddy River, Logan County, Ky.” Also includes a paper by Walter Irvin Munday, Russellville, Kentucky, titled “Logan County’s Contribution to Methodism” read at the Valentine Cook Celebration.

Allison, Young Ewing, 1853-1932 (Sc 723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 723. Two letters written by Young Ewing Allison, journalist and author, Louisville, Kentucky, to Edward A. Jonas, editor, Louisville, thanking Jonas for his kind remarks.

Logan County, Kentucky - Surveys And Surveying (Sc 722), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 722. Photocopies of survey taken for 666 2/3 acres for George Washington in 1785 in Logan County, Kentucky, which he never claimed, and survey done for 1500 acres for one of his relatives, Burgess Ball, in 1796.

Patrons Of Husbandry Lodge #1372 - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 712), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 712. Charter for the establishment of lodge #1372 of Patrons of Husbandry at Salome, Barren County, Kentucky.

Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875 (Sc 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 720. Letter written by Thomas Elliott Bramlette, Louisville, Kentucky, to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., concerning recommendation that Bramlette had made for a state political appointment which he wants disregarded as he has learned that the man recommended “is a radical of the negro suffrage and impeachment school.”

Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 2598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2598. Letters from artist Joseph Dudley Downing, France, to Elinor Green (later Hunter), who worked for the United States State Department in Bern, Switzerland. They discuss their shared interest in art and discuss upcoming visits. Also includes letters from Joseph’s brother, Dero Downing, to Green discussing the possibility of donating artwork to Western Kentucky University.

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 2594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2594. Miscellaneous letters to Margie May Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and to family members. Includes notecards and a postcard with Shaker themes. Also includes a letter to Jane Helm from a friend regarding rooming together in college, and a speech by Margie Helm on the early history of the Little Muddy Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Reid, Josephine Rogers (Rowan), 1838-1911 (Sc 2593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scans and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2593. Letters of Josephine Rogers (Rowan) Reid, written from Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky to a friend, “Mary.” She writes in 1860 of treatment for an injured foot and an offer of marriage; reacts to Mary’s marriage to a Mr. Keating, notes the anniversary of her brother John’s death, and reports on her brother Lytle’s Civil War service in 1863; and writes of her own marriage and forthcoming move to New Orleans in 1865.

The Grizzly, September 6, 2012, Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Larissa Coyne, Rosemary Clark, Austin Fox, Amanda Frekot, David Marino, Emerson Miles Hawkins, Alexa Lamontagne, Rayleen Rivera-Harbach, Michael Klazas, Courtney Scott, Kyu Chul Shin, Chris Rountree, Samantha Salomon, Jordan Demcher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Welcomes New Dean • Wismer Changes • Orientation Update • Dr. Heinzl Lecture • Gary Hodgson's Tenure as Campus Safety Officer • Meet Mike Mullin, New R.D. • Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Arrive on UC Campus • Residence Life Offers Support for the Class of 2016 • Opinion: Athletes Frustrated by Dining Changes; Senator Rubio Would Have Been a Better V.P. Choice for the GOP • Field Hockey Looks to Keep Tradition • Under New Coach, Volleyball Begins 2012 Season • Lofty Expectations for Bears Football

Panel Discussion: Remarks By Heath Martin, Heath Martin

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

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Panel Discussion: Comments By John Burger, John Burger

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

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Associate Dean Mary Beth Thomson’S Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Mary Beth Thomson

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

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Cultural Institutions In The Digital Age: Finding Common Ground, David S. Ferriero

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

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Provost Tracy's Remarks At Wpa Celebration, Timothy Tracy

Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future

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Miller, Carl Haskell, 1889-1964 (Sc 2587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2587. Daily diary and journal of Carl Haskell Miller, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. A manager on the Chautauqua circuit, Miller writes in a detailed but lighthearted way of his family, his life at home and of his travels in the United States and Mexico. He also reproduces some of his personal and professional correspondence, and writes of his mother’s death in 1927.

Ware, Josiah William, 1802-1883 (Sc 2561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 2561. Letter of Josiah William Ware, written from Greensburg, Kentucky to his cousin Winnifred Williams, Paris, Kentucky. Ware provides anecdotes relating to his travel, including an acquaintance’s account of a conversation with the guards of accused murderer Jereboam O. Beauchamp about evidence of his guilt.

Maddox Brothers Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2586. Letter, 1920, from Maddox Brothers Tobacco company, Mayfield, Kentucky, soliciting orders for tobacco.

Local Option Election - Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1960 (Sc 2592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2592. Handbill and voting precinct information relating to a local option vote in Bowling Green, Kentucky.