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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.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Mss 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 63. Business records, deeds, notes, receipts, surveys, agreements, bill of complaint, etc., 1800-85; account books, 1843-89; journals, 1865-1916; agreement book of probationary members, 1858-1904; and manuscript hymnals, 1844-86 (6) of the Shaker Society of South Union, Kentucky. Journals include censuses of members. Click on "Additional Files" below for a list of deaths at South Union "from the beginning to the present date January 1st, 1879," with addenda to 1892; a name index to Shaker Record C; and a name index of probationary members signing Articles of Agreement.

South Union Shaker Village - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 3059), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3059. Letter, 1 September 2016, to friends of the South Union Shaker Village, South Union, Kentucky, soliciting funds for the purchase of two acres of land and a building, known as the 1854 Wash House or Sisters Shop, for preservation and interpretation by the Village. An enclosure provides a history of the Wash House and includes photographs.

Molesky, Constance H. And Gayle Wilson (Fa 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 858. This collection includes a paper discussing the Shakers and the craftsmanship found in their furniture designs of the region and period. Concentrates on the Shaker community at South Union, but includes general information about Shakers and specific specimens from Pleasant Hill. Black and white photos of furniture are included in the collection. This project was conducted by Constance H. Molesky and Gayle Wilson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Mount Union Baptist Church - Summersville, Kentucky (Sc 2894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2894. Minute book containing minutes from business meetings of the Mount Union Baptist Church in Summersville, Green County, Kentucky. Also includes information about offerings and lists of members. Short history of the church included.

Union County, Kentucky - Letter (Sc 2888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2888. Portion of a letter, 25 December 1865, written from Morganfield, Kentucky, by a Presbyterian clergyman to his father. After a two-year lapse in communication, he updates his father on his teaching duties at a male academy and his preaching at two churches. He also mourns social ills such as crime and intemperance, and contrasts the irreligion of the North with the growth of evangelical churches in the South.

History Of The Organization Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Comprehending All The Official Proceedings Of The General Conference; The Southern Annual Conferences, And The General Convention; With Such Other Matters As Are Necessary To A Right Understanding Of The Case, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Books

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Methodist Conferences, Annually Held In America; From 1773 To 1813, Inclusive. Volume The First., Methodist Episcopal Church

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.

Journals Of The General Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Held 1846 And 1850, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.

Appointments Of Preachers Of Methodist Church From 1786 To 1845, Methodist Episcopal Church

Books

No abstract provided.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1395. Catalog of garden seeds grown by the Shaker society at South Union, Kentucky, 1867; Shaker letterhead with cake recipe; and instructions for growing summer turnips.

Casebier, Gertrude, 1901-1996 (Sc 2785), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2785. Two-page essay written by Gertrude Casebier titled "History of Shakertown in Mercer County, Kentucky." Includes brief bibliography.

Henry Clay Morrison “Crusader Saint”, Percival A. Wesche

Heritage Material

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Halls Aflame: An Account Of The Spontaneous Revivals At Asbury College In 1950 And 1958, Robert E. Coleman, Henry C. James, Paul Rader

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.

Autobiography Of John Wesley Hughes, John Wesley Hughes, Andrew Johnson

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.

Sanders, Nolan (Sc 1798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1798. Paper: "South Union: Their Business and Life in the 1870s" written by Nolan Sanders for a Western Kentucky University history class.

Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church South - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 1534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1534. Church register for the Oakland Methodist Episcopal Church, South, located in southern Logan County, Kentucky, from December 1925 to April 1973. Register includes list of members, marriages, and baptisms. Also includes several news clippings.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1393. Journal kept by Jane Cowan from 1900 to 1903, with additional entries from 1919-1921 by other members, detailing the daily activities of the Center Family. Includes materials relating to the disbandment of the South Union Society.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan of typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1394. Graveyard book containing names of Shaker members who died between 1811 and 1881. Short biographies are provided for some of the prominent men.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald - Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Meehan, Mary. Adjust: The Nearly 390 Refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Struggle to Adjust to New Life in Bowling Green
• Sullivan, Sheila. State Theater Gets Religion
• Marty Deputy is Mom to 390 Refugees

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Roberts, Candace & Ann Hochgesang. WKU Groups Support Community
• McMurtry, Pam. Care Centers Teach Social Skills, ABC's
• Walton, Dreama. A Life Some Never Left - Mennonites

A Historical Description Of The Areal Distribution Of The Churches Of Warren County, Kentucky, Neilam Adams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Religion is a part of man and his culture. We cannot understand the totality of man if we do not understand his religion. The church structure is the visible expression of man's religion.

The purpose of this study is to describe the distribution of churches in Warren County, Kentucky, and to examine the factors that contribute to this areal pattern. In an attempt to further clarify this human-religious expression the following points will be considered: (1) the reasons for denominational change through time; (2) the association of church location and population with corresponding rural -urban shifts; and (3) the style …

Pearce, James Anderson, 1777-1825 (Sc 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1365. Letter, 6 August 1813, written by James A. Pearce, Louisville, Kentucky, to Armistead Morehead, Russellville, Kentucky, regarding land that Pearce had sold to the South Union Shaker Society in Logan County, Kentucky. Also data from Shaker Record "A" and a local history about this transaction.

A History Of Baptists In Clinton County, Timothy Cantrell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to present some of the history of the Baptist Church in Clinton County, Kentucky. A detailed study of the early church in the county also presents a picture of the county's social history as well because of the very close association between the individual and his church.

The scope of this study does not lend itself to presentation of the individual histories of all the Baptist churches in the county. It is, rather, the purpose of the author to cover the history of Baptists in the county by tracing the history of their two …

History Of Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logansport, Kentucky (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Compilation of various historical records from the Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Logansport, Butler County, Kentucky. Includes historical information, lists of leadership, and an annotated membership list. This document was prepared by several individuals at different dates, some as late as 1983.