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Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2019

Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3317. Letter, 25 July 1869, of Charles B. Child, written on letterhead of the Office of the Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company (Northern Division), Maysville, Kentucky. He refers to an earlier report to an investor and details the current cost of construction work on the railroad, including his careful pricing of materials and rolling stock. In particular, he sets out the prices for a contract to construct 33 miles of track to Carlisle, Kentucky.


Gaines Family - Business Records (Sc 3025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2016

Gaines Family - Business Records (Sc 3025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3025. Two account books of Squire C. Gaines, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1875-1878, recording time records, payments to laborers, haulage of stone and other details of work on the Cincinnati Southern Railway; unidentified notebook, 1873, with ideas and sketches for stories; unidentified account book, 1886-1887, recording expenses for individual laborers and merchandise.


Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Hays, Joseph Stephen, B. 1956 - Collector (Mss 510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 510. Correspondence, business records, account books, and miscellaneous personal papers of members of the Allen, Barner, Savage and Mallory families of Edmonson, Hart and Warren counties in Kentucky.


Lehman-Collet Papers (Mss 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Lehman-Collet Papers (Mss 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 474. Business and legal papers, primarily of Bowling Green Kentucky businessman George Lehman and his nephew George A. Collet. Includes materials relating to Lehman’s estate and to other Collet family members.


Cadiz Railroad Company - Cadiz, Kentucky (Mss 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Cadiz Railroad Company - Cadiz, Kentucky (Mss 354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 354. Business records of the Cadiz Railroad Company, Cadiz, Kentucky. Includes correspondence and memoranda, directors minutes, annual reports, passenger, freight, and mail reports, invoices, receipts, loss and damage claim records, and industry and government publications.


Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2011

Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 376. Account books, “time books” for railroad employees, conductor’s book, receipt book and other miscellaneous records found in the freight depot at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a Civil War-era “Individual Collection Register” with entries that indicate a Georgia provenance.