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Mallie Cody Turner Collection, Mallie Cody Turner, Lawrence Carr Turner

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

Hines, John Pipe, 1927-1987 (Sc 3560), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3560. Correspondence of John P. Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding boat tours on the Green and Barren Rivers. Included are thank-you letters for his participation in tours, and correspondence with Captain C. W. Stoll regarding their shared interest in steamboats and river travel.

Morton, Lilith - Keepsakes, 1884-1907 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Keepsakes related to Lilith Morton of Mortons Gap in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Click on "Additional File" below to see more information about Lilith Morton and the keepsakes.

Morton, Mandelbert Mansfield - Relating To (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Material related to Mandelbert Mansfield Morton, father of Lilith Morton.

Morton, Lilith - Letters To, 1902-1914 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Letters addressed to Lilith Morton of Mortons Gap in Hopkins County, Kentucky, 1902-1914. Click on "Additional File" below to see more information about Lilith Morton and the letters.

Mammoth Cave Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that contain materials relating to Mammoth Cave. Our collections include descriptions of the Cave by visitors and guides, operation of the Cave as a tourist attraction, archaeology at the Cave, and the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

World War I Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to World War I. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, research projects, photographs, scrapbooks and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians at home and overseas, and of others who found themselves in Kentucky (most notably, at Camp Zachary Taylor, the Army training facility in Louisville) during the war and its immediate aftermath.

Church Records Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that consist of church records. Most of the churches are in Kentucky, but the collection includes a few records of churches in other states.

Shaker Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate primarily to the United Believers in the Second Coming of Christ, commonly known as the Shakers. Most of the collections relate to the Shaker society at South Union in Logan County, Kentucky, but materials relating to other societies are also included.

Morton, Lilith - Letters To, 1901-1902 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Letters addressed to Lilith Morton of Mortons Gap in Hopkins County, Kentucky, 1901-1902. Click on "Additional File" below to see more information about Lilith Morton and the letters.

Brewing History: How Local Option And Prohibition Altered The Texas Brewing Industry, Shelby Winthrop Dewitt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The prohibition movement began decades before the Civil War but did not gain considerable support in Texas until the late nineteenth century. While local option elections and calls for statewide prohibition in Texas failed, national prohibition efforts culminated in the instatement of the Eighteenth Amendment in January 1919 and the Volstead Act in October 1919. This thesis details the prohibition issue through an analysis of eight larger, better-funded Texas breweries who used evolving social and political conditions to combat prohibition and grow their companies, laying the foundation for the Texas brewing industry. This thesis and subsequent digital exhibit provide a …

Publicly Accessible National Security Information Resources: An Untapped Treasure Trove, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This presentation demonstrates the wide variety of publicly accessible U.S. Government national security information resources. It includes information on the U.S. constitutional foundations of national security policy, a recent annual defense spending bill, documents from the White House/National Security Council, Department of Defense, various military branches including professional military educational institutions, assorted U.S. intelligence agencies, congressional legislation, congressional committee reports on legislation, congressional committee hearings, and reports from congressional support agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office. It concludes by stressing the multiple benefits provided by having public access to these information resources.

The Good War?: Reinterpreting The Second World War In Contemporary Musical Theatre, Leana Sottile

SURF Posters and Papers

For years, American musicals have contributed to the mythologization of the Second World War and upheld ‘Greatest Generation’ nostalgia in mainstream war memory. For example, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific is effectively silent on the brutality and dehumanization of the Pacific Theater and exoticizes the experience of service members. In the past five years, the New York theatre scene has seen three shows that portray the Second World War more accurately and less romantically: Allegiance, Bandstand, and Alice by Heart. While none of these shows ran for longer than a few months in New York, in that short …

"Rebel Girls" Reevaluated: Gender In The Lives Of Three Wobbly Women, Jake Andersen

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

No abstract provided.

The "Science Of Motherhood", Bethany Morey

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

No abstract provided.

Immigrant Hospitals: Centers Of Charity And Agents Of Social Change, Elyse Slabaugh

The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing

No abstract provided.

Morton, Lilith - Letters To, 1897-1900 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Letters addressed to Lilith Morton of Mortons Gap in Hopkins County, Kentucky, 1897-1900. Click on "Additional File" below to see more information about Lilith Morton and the letters.

Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3553. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the activities of the Estill County, Kentucky Republican Committee. Topics discussed include the election of Governor Edwin Morrow, assessment of post-World War I political sentiment, investigation of political campaign expenditures, party publications, and the coming 1920 election. Also includes a blank form for polling voters in the county school districts.

Garrard, James, 1749-1822 (Sc 3557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3557. Appointment of Isaac Lansdale as Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Kentucky, signed by Governor James Garrard, 2 April 1799. The state seal of Kentucky is affixed.

Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3551. Correspondence and papers related to Louisville, Kentucky accountant Kessel P. Rider’s campaign for election to the city’s Board of Aldermen. Includes invitations to candidates’ events, congratulatory letters, and Rider’s Notary Public certificate.

Owsley, William, 1782-1862 (Sc 3556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3556. Letter, 9 February 1841, from William Owsley, Frankfort, Kentucky, to U.S. Representative John B. Thompson, Washington, D.C., asking Thompson’s assistance in securing an appointment as Indian agent for Samuel Tillett of Garrard County, Kentucky.

Greenville, Kentucky - First Map (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

First map of Greenville, Kentucky.

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index For 1850, 1860, 1870 And 1880 Census (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky: Index for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census compiled by Brenda Collier Doss.

Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3558. Miscellaneous letters, mostly to Kentuckians from their party officials, congressmen or senators regarding election campaigns, routine political matters or courtesies. Includes a letter from then-Senator Lyndon Johnson to the Chief Clerk of the U.S. Senate regarding Johnson’s 1955 surgery for kidney stones.

Crump, Malcolm Hart, 1849-1925 (Sc 3555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3555. Letter, 12 March 1907, from Malcolm H. Crump, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to The Sicilian Asphalt Paving Company, New York City. Crump asks the principals to meet with the former manager of an Edmonson County, Kentucky stone and paving company during his coming visit to New York and obtain his advice on the production of rock asphalt. Written on the letterhead of the Kentucky Jamestown Exposition Commission, the letter displays a graphic of a replica of Fort Boonesboro (Kentucky’s building at the Exposition) and lists the Commissioners.

Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3552. Biographical data sheets for Democratic Party candidates for state and local offices in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1953. Also includes a blank 1959-1961 roll call tally sheet for the Louisville Board of Aldermen.

Gregg, Robert Miles, 1890-1962 (Sc 3559), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3559. Letter, 4, February 1916, to Robert M. Gregg, Louisville, Kentucky from “Gip” Gregg (possibly his brother William), Bowling Green, Kentucky. He congratulates Robert on his marriage, outlines his plans for a visit to Louisville, and remarks on his shorthand and bookkeeping studies.

Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection SC 3554. Materials relating to the campaign of Andrew Broaddus for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: a campaign biography, his opening campaign speech delivered on radio, and a copy of the trade publication The Louisville Grocer containing an endorsement of Broaddus.

Ski Lifts, Inc. Bring Tows To The Northwest, John W. Lundin

Works by Local Authors

In the fall of 1937, Ski Lifts, Inc., owned by James Parker, Chauncey Griggs and others, built rope tows at Snoqualmie Summit, Mount Rainier and Mount Baker, bringing the latest in ski technology to the northwest. Those lifts transformed local skiing, as skiers no longer had to hike up hills with skins on their skis for a short run down, but could ride to the top and take what seemed like unlimited runs throughout the day.

Amjambo Africa! (August 2020), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue...

News from Africa ........................p.2

Art Shows....................................p. 3

Publisher’s Editorial ....................p. 4

French .......................................... p.5

Swahil............................................p.6

Somali ...........................................p.7

Canada-U.S. Border.....................p.7

COVID-19 Tips ...........................p. 8

Mills Administration ...................p. 9

Finance/Building Credit ...........p. 10

World Market Basket ..........p. 12/13

Leyla Hashi ................................p. 14

Election season .........................p. 15

Blaine House Visit ....................p. 16

Angolan Community of Maine p. 16

Legislative Update.....................p 17

Awards to community groups p. 17

Kinyarwanda .............................p.18

Portuguese .................................p.19

In Her Presence ....................... p. 20

Columns ....................................p. 21