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Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2544. Reminiscences of Esther (Lamastus) Smith of her family and childhood on a farm in Butler County, Kentucky. Smith provides family information and covers topics such as livestock raising, school games, spinning wool, transportation, telephone service, hair styles and other aspects of rural life. Includes poems, presumably by Smith.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2545. Guest register from a reception for Allan Trout held at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, on 18 May 1969 to mark the first public exhibit of a collection of papers and artifacts Trout donated to the University.
Smith, Alexander (Sc 596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Alexander (Sc 596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 596. Ciphering book, 1799, made by Alexander Smith, who was a school master in Prince George County, Virginia. Henry Oiler? states that it is his ciphering book, so perhaps he was a student of
Smith’s. A few business accounts of Oiler’s are recorded.
Davis, William M. (Sc 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, William M. (Sc 585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 585. Letter written from DeKalb County, Georgia, by William M. Davis, to William R. Griffith, Owensboro, Kentucky, pertaining to attempts being made to move the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. Davis was employed by the federal government to induce the Indians to emigrate. He also mentions the gold region that is in the Indian Territory.
Perry, Minerva W. (Martin), 1820-1906 (Sc 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perry, Minerva W. (Martin), 1820-1906 (Sc 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 592. Ciphering book kept by Minerva W. (Martin) Perry of Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, with the only date noted being that of 28 June 1830. Other names are written in the book, and
birth and death dates of members of a Martin family are listed.
Browning, George Strother, 1789-1849 (Sc 598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Browning, George Strother, 1789-1849 (Sc 598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 598. Memorandum book of George Strother Browning, Russellville, Kentucky, pertaining to the estate of John Duncan, of which Browning was administrator, 1825-1834; listing of property Browning gave to Duncan’s children, 1831-1847; and various receipts.
Hamilton, William D. (Sc 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hamilton, William D. (Sc 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 590. Ciphering book, writer unknown, possibly kept during the 1830s. W.D. Hamilton’s name with notes dated in the 1870s appears on several pages of the book and his address is listed as Hamilton, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Halcomb, Warren G. (Sc 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halcomb, Warren G. (Sc 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 587. Ciphering book of Warren G. Halcomb’s of Caswell County, North Carolina, which he kept from 11 September 1809 to 15 July 1815. Other entries in the book include a few family names and dates, personal business notes, and a recipe for the cure of rheumatism. Loose items, 1840-1854, found in the book concern the slave trade, 1840 and 1849.
Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gatewood, Williamson (Sc 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 595. Legal papers, including license, 1808, copy of patent, 1812, with attached drawing of machine for shelling corn invented by Paul Pilsbury in 1803, and papers pertaining to lawsuit which evolved from the purchasing of the license by Williamson Gatewood of Bowling Green, Kentucky, for rights to sell the machine south of the Green River in Kentucky, 1812-1815. From Warren County Circuit Court Records #149.
Troubetskoy, Amelie (Rives), 1863-1945 (Sc 574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Troubetskoy, Amelie (Rives), 1863-1945 (Sc 574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 574. Holographic letter to the editor of Harpers Magazine which concerns letter of acceptance for Amélie (Rives) Troubetskoy’s story, “Her Christmas Caddy” and revisions made under the direction of Mr. Alden.
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 550. Letter, 19 March 1949, to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from poet David Morton, Deerfield, Massachusetts, concerning his visit to Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green. Also, a printed copy of one of his poems as requested. Morton was originally from Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.
Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 553. Booklet compiled by Perry Canby Ellis, chiefly about George Rogers Clark, which contains pictures and original poetry by Ellis and also contains some information about poet Henry C. Blount as well as biographical information about Ellis.
Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Plaschke, Paul Albert, 1880-1954 (Sc 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 576. Letter from Paul Albert Plaschke, Louisville, Kentucky, to Henry Hardin Cherry, President of Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating that Plaschke is sending a painting-- “Capitol Hill, Frankfort, Kentucky”–for the Kentucky Building.
Innes, Harry, 1752-1816 (Sc 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Innes, Harry, 1752-1816 (Sc 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 575. Letter to Willis Atwell Lee, Clerk of the General Court, Franklin County, Kentucky, from Harry Innes, of Franklin County and executor of the estate of Edmund Lyne, Bourbon County, Kentucky, certifying the amount of money spent by him for the maintenance of the young negroes liberated by Lyne.
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 578. Photocopies of a letter written by Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, author, from Dallas, Texas, to Otto Rothert, author, Louisville, Kentucky, which contains literary and family information; an article written by Mrs. Obenchain and published in McCall’s Magazine; and some biographical notes.
Wilcox, Ella (Wheeler), 1850-1919 (Sc 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilcox, Ella (Wheeler), 1850-1919 (Sc 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collecction 577. Letter written by Mrs. Ella (Wheeler) Wilcox, a poet, to Mr. Bery?, replying to his inquiry about her writings. Also, holographic copy of one of her poems is included.
Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Ewing M., 1811-1878 (Sc 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 549. Letter, 7 April 1848, from Ewing M. Robertson, Mexico, to his father, John M. Robertson, Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. He advises his father how he wants the money spent that he is sending home; also, how to divide his money if he should not return.
Finn, William R. (Sc 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Finn, William R. (Sc 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 555. Photocopy of personal letter written by William R. Finn, Louisville, Kentucky, to Felix G. Hansford, Kanawha, Virginia, describing the cholera epidemic in Louisville and surrounding area. Finn contracted the disease. Finn also discusses his religious convictions. Original letter in Felix G. Hansford Collection, West Virginia University.
Stubblefield, Richard C., 1763-1847 (Sc 558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stubblefield, Richard C., 1763-1847 (Sc 558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 558. Typescripts of letters, 8 October 1828, and 9 October 1837, from Richard Stubblefield, Rockingham County, North Carolina, to his son, Robert C. Stubblefield, Hartsville, Sumner County, Tennessee (1828), and Calloway County, Kentucky (1837). He relates news concerning his family, crop prices, and religious activity. Also, a letter 24 August 1954 from Lawrence S. Thompson, Lexington, to Mrs. Mary Moore, Bowling Green, related to the Stubblefield letters.
Linton, Maurice Ragland, 1898-1980 (Sc 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Linton, Maurice Ragland, 1898-1980 (Sc 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 548. Letter, 7 May 1967, from Maurice Ragland, Russellville, Kentucky to Julia Neal, Librarian, Kentucky Library, Bowling Green, containing a biographical sketch of Walter Butt, Frankfort, originally of Logan County, Kentucky.
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wickersham Family Papers (Sc 560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 560. Bound typescripts of 73 letters, 1861-1877, and an 1887 deed of the Wickersham family, Mercer County, Kentucky. The collection includes 53 Civil war letters, chiefly written to the family by brothers William, Jacob and George Wickersham, who served with Kentucky Union regiments. The majority of these letters are from William who prayed for peace and to be reunited with his family, but he died in 1863. Additionally, there are other family letters from 1863 to 1877.
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fenwick, John, 1890-1937 (Sc 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 552. Letter written to Miss Florence Schneider, Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably by John Fenwick of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was serving with the American Expeditionary Forces
in France. He gives brief but vivid descriptions of his experiences. Also includes information about Fenwick.
Bennett, R. C. (Sc 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bennett, R. C. (Sc 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 562. Letter, 13 April 1966, written by R.C. and Mary E. Bennett, Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, to George Dabbs, Morgantown, containing the history of the steamboat Colonel G.L .Gillespie as related by George Ankerman of Calhoun, Kentucky.
Muir, John Wakefield, Sr., 1909-1991 (Sc 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Muir, John Wakefield, Sr., 1909-1991 (Sc 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 551. Paper written by John Wakefield Muir, Sr. about his ancestor Dr. William Muir, and an account by Muir of the visit he and his wife made to Kilmarnock and Ayrshire, Scotland in June 1972.
Hanna, John Harris, 1787?-1861 (Sc 559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanna, John Harris, 1787?-1861 (Sc 559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 559. Form book owned and probably kept by John Harris Hanna, of Frankfort, Kentucky, as a law student. Contains examples of how to conduct various legal actions such as oaths, writs, and court proceedings. Index in back. Handwriting varies.
Harrison, James Orlando, 1804-1888 (Sc 556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harrison, James Orlando, 1804-1888 (Sc 556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 556. Letter from James Orlando Harrison, 13 July 1833, Lexington, Kentucky, to his brother, Jilson P. Harrison, Vicksburg, Mississippi, which describes the cholera epidemic in Lexington. Original in Micajah Harrison Collection, Kentucky Historical Society.
Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Potter, Clinton C., 1849-1934 (Sc 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 557. Original and typescript of the diary of Clinton C. Potter, businessman and farmer, of Warren County,Kentucky, chiefly covering the years 1870-1873. He comments on many aspects of everyday life, records local marriages and deaths, and includes information related to his tobacco trade, 1879-1889. The typescript contains a proper name index but excludes various pages of the original. Page numbers indicated in the subject analytics below refer to the original diary.
Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964 (Sc 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964 (Sc 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 581. Facsimile of letter written by Herbert Clark Hoover, New York City, to J. Mitchel Thorsen of Cosmopolitan Magazine, commending a story concerning the eastern European famine that was
written by Philip Gibbs, and which was published in Cosmopolitan.
May, George (Sc 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
May, George (Sc 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 582. Letter written to Robert Craddock at Danville, Kentucky from George May in regards to land litigation, mentioning that May was acting on behalf of Robert Bolling.
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 (Sc 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 (Sc 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collectin 580. Letter to John G. Woods, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Cordell Hull, concerning Southern Normal School and Business College of Bowling Green, which Hull attended in 1886-1887.