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Daniel, Hannah (Lewis) Hawkins, 1833-1870 (Sc 3413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below" for Manuscripts Small Collection 3413. Letter, 31 October 1864, of Hannah Hawkins Daniel, Poplar Plains (Fleming County), Kentucky, to her brother Dr. Henry H. Lewis, Salt Lick (Bath County), Kentucky. She writes of a possible raid on Flemingsburg, and of the fate of a party of looters in the area. She also laments the difficulties of horse travel, reports hearing of conflict over the military draft from a correspondent in Iowa, and invites a member of Lewis’s household to visit “if there are no Rebs between here & there.”

Ligon, Lucy Ann (Parker) Robbins, 1833-1891 - Letters To (Sc 3278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3278. Letters to Lucy Ann Robbins Ligon, the daughter of Fulton County, Kentucky judge Josiah Parker and his wife Lucy A. Parker, written while she lived in Crittenden County, Arkansas with her late husband’s brother, and in Hickman, Kentucky after her remarriage. Lucy’s parents relay news of her siblings and of pre-Civil War Hickman, and at the outbreak of war dramatically describe the division of loyalties, the townspeople’s fear and uncertainty as invasion threatens from the North, the enlistment of local men, two destructive fires, economic conditions, …

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 62. Diary of Shaker eldress Nancy E. Moore, and a journal, probably kept by Shaker eldress Lucy Shannon. The diary and journal record life in the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, with Moore’s diary focused on the Civil War years 1863-1864.

Crase, Donny G., 1930-2005 (Sc 3046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3046. Letters written to Donny Gene Crase chiefly from his girlfriend and future wife, Cinda Sparkman, and his parents in Letcher County, Kentucky. The letters discuss family matters and local happenings.

Moore, Mary (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 - Collector (Sc 2992), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2992. Newspaper clippings, model press releases and other materials collected by Mary Leiper Moore, chairman of the publicity committee for a drive to recruit Warren County, Kentucky women for the Women’s Army Corps (WACs). Includes Moore’s letter to the commander of Louisville’s Bowman Field complaining of the Army’s poor planning of a publicity event held at Western Kentucky University on 12 November 1943.

Dallas, William Robert, Sr., 1910-1997 (Mss 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 472. Correspondence, almost exclusively between William Robert Dallas, Sr., and his girlfriend, fiancé, and later wife Virginia “Ginny” Eileen Lindsay. Dallas was in the Army Air Corps and stationed in Louisville, Kentucky, while Ginny was living in her hometown of Ventnor, New Jersey, right outside Atlantic City. The letters are courtship related and are filled with plans for their wedding on 15 September 1945.

Hume, Glee, 1902-1998 (Mss 470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 470. Letters written 1940-1946 to Glee Hume, a teacher at Burkesville High School, Cumberland County, Kentucky, by former students and relatives serving in various military service units around the world.

Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

Selby, Cornelia Frances, 1916-2005 (Sc 2530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2530. Letters from Cornelia Frances “Fran” Selby to her sister, Mary Agnes Selby in Utica, Ohio, written during Cornelia’s service in the Women’s Army Corps at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. She writes of her activities, her anticipated furlough and their male acquaintances.

Moore, Nancy Elam, 1807-1889 (Mss 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 405. Journal of Nancy Elam Moore, an eldress of the Shaker colony at South Union, Kentucky, describing life in the colony during the Civil War, 1861-1863, especially visitation and exploitation by both Union and Confederate forces. Includes a diary of unknown authorship recording daily life at the colony in 1866. The original diary is owned by the Dayton [Ohio] Public Library.

Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 236. Photocopies and typescript of 2 March 1862 letter written by Mrs. Josephine (Wells) Covington, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her father, Judge Robert William Wells of Missouri. She relates happenings in Bowling Green during its occupation and later evacuation by Confederate troops (18 September 1861-14 February 1862). Also includes information about Mrs. Covington and the Covington family. The original 2 March 1862 letter is housed at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.

Hoffman, Mary Elizabeth - Relating To (Sc 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 667. Anonymous, undated essay entitled “Incidents in the Life of Mrs. M. E. Hoffman of Cynthiana, Ky.” describing the Civil War activities of Mrs. Hoffman, a Confederate sympathizer. Includes a 1970s letter to Nancy Disher Baird giving additional information on Mrs. Hoffman’s actions during the Civil War.

Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 167. Civil War disability exemption certifiate of Felix Crady, LaRue County, Kentucky, 1864; Simpson County, Kentucky deed, 1868; statement of Nazareth College, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1868; and an agreement concerning construction of the foundation for Franklin Fremale College, Franklin, Kentucky.

Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 (Sc 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 116. Papers of Bettie Hagerman, Bowling Green, Kentucky, City Food Chairman of the Red Cross of Warren County, Kentucky, which relate to an endeavor to raise $10,000 by combining with the Fair Association and serving food contributed by donors.

Jackson, Martha Washington, 1837-1938 (Sc 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 95. Reminiscences of Martha W. Jackson, sister of Mary Frances (Jackson) Grider, 1829-1909, and sister-in-law of Tobias Smith Grider, 1824-1882. An account of affairs in Bowling Green, Kentucky during her lifetime, with emphasis on the Civil War period.

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.

Harris Family Papers (Mss 100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 100. Correspondence of the Harris family of Simpson County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of World War I letters sent from two brothers, George DeWitt Harris and Downey L. Harris, to their parents, George Calvin Harris and Amanda J. Harris, of Franklin, Kentucky. George DeWitt Harris was injured in World War I and died at Epionville, France on 7 October 1918.

Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 38. Correspondence, Civil War military and personal papers, business papers, land records, scrapbooks, account books, clippings, and genealogical records of the Lewis and Starling families of Logan and Christian counties in Kentucky, and associated families.

Items Related To The United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary (Mss 5 B1 F7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Items collected by Bowling Green, Kentucky clubwoman Mackie E. (Smith) Bennett related to the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary. The finding aid can be downloaded using the "Download" button and full-text scans of the material can be accessed by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Gorin, Rebecca. The Forts of Bowling Green
• Metamorphosis
• Gray, Nell. The Club
• Coombs, Mary. Charity
• Cobb, Pearl. The Garden
• Miller, Lula. The Widow’s Home Coming
• Porter, Jessie. The Widow Shows Her Treasures
• Dorsey, Josey. The Widow’s Grief
• Hinton, Kate. The Love Making of the Widow’s Maid & Sir Roger’s Man
• Washburn, Mary. The Delayed Letter
• Redmond, Ethel. The Effect of Sir Roger’s Death on the Widow
• Voorhees, Pansy. The Widow’s Funeral …