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Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Henry Herring, 1902-1991 - Collector (Mss 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 279. Account books and other financial records related to Jenkins-Ryan Tobacco Company of Adairville, Kentucky. Also includes financial records associated with the farms and businesses operated by Thomas Henry Baird, Jr., as well as the 1941 monthly financial reports and a label from Scott Tobacco Company of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Stephan, Geraldine (Sc 2087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stephan, Geraldine (Sc 2087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2087. Outline for a paper: "Social and Economic Problems of Bowling Green" written by Geraldine Stephan. Her only topic was transportation, and she discusses the railroad, bus, steamboat, and trucking lines that serviced Bowling Green, Kentucky as well as upcoming postal airline service. She notes the amount of fuel sold and the number of service stations located within the city in 1929.
Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, William Makel, 1806-1886 (Sc 2049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2049. Account book of William Makel Miller, Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky, showing accounts rendered. Loose items found in book include a handwritten copy of Miller's will dated 10 March 1886. Also includes photocopy of a photograph of Miller and his wife from (Hartford, Kentucky) "Times-News," 19 August 1999.
Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gerard, John Claude, 1816-1899 (Sc 2027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2027. Business papers relating to John Claude Gerard and his Bowling Green, Kentucky cabinetmaking and undertaking establishment. Includes receipts for purchases of lumber and other goods and services, business licenses and Gerard family genealogical information.
Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jureka, Theresa L. (Sc 2025), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2025. "Women and Work at the Turn of the Century: The Mrs. A. H. Taylor Dressmaking Company," M.A. thesis submitted by Theresa L. Jureka to WKU Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies.
Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Centers, Janice Faye Walker (Sc 2024), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2024. "A Kentucky Dressmaker, Mrs. A. H. (Carrie) Taylor: An Examination of Her Role in Fashion at the Turn of the Century," M.S. thesis submitted by Janice Faye Walker Centers to WKU Department of Home Economics and Family Living. Includes typescripts of correspondence with descendants of Taylor and her customers.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2019. Minute book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some financial information and related correspondence.
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2004. Letters, chiefly to William Russell Reynolds, Jr., Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, in his role as an agent or "sovereign" for the Woodmen of the World.
Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sugar Creek Creamery Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 1976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1976. Letter from Sugar Creek Creamery Company, Louisville, Kentucky, soliciting cream for manufacture of Sugar Creek butter.
Walker, Marion (Kumler), B. 1864 (Sc 1948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Walker, Marion (Kumler), B. 1864 (Sc 1948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1948. Letter to prospective sales agents and promotional material for a beauty aid product produced and distributed by Mrs. Marion Walker of Louisville, Kentucky.