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Braun, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 2012

Braun, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

From the time the story was leaked in early December, I had a feeling that Ryan Braun was going to be the first player to successfully appeal a positive drug test. I based this on two notions. First, someone sometime was going to be the victim of a false positive or some breach in the security of the urine sample. Second, I had a difficult time believing that someone of Braun’s obvious talent and public image, who did not exhibit a huge jump in his offensive numbers, was taking performance enhancing drugs. In most of the power categories (doubles, triples, …


Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe, 1816-1865 (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Jackson, Alfred Metcalfe, 1816-1865 (Sc 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 306. Account book of Alfred Metcalfe Jackson, a physician in South Carrollton, Kentucky.


Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Adams, George Bradley, 1819-1854 (Sc 305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 305. Account book, 1847-1848, of a blacksmith at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.


Perringer & Wile - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Perringer & Wile - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 304. Account book, 1857-1858, of general merchants at Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.


Robertson, Smoot & Brown - Woodburn, Kentucky (Sc 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Robertson, Smoot & Brown - Woodburn, Kentucky (Sc 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 307. Two account books, 1860-1864, of Robertson, Smoot & Brown, general merchants at Woodburn, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes records of cash payments, credit accounts, and prescription accounts.


J. H. Wilson Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

J. H. Wilson Tobacco Company - Mayfield, Kentucky (Sc 2514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2514. Advertising circular of J. H. Wilson Tobacco Company, a mail order firm in Mayfield, Kentucky. Includes details of the company’s reopening under a new tobacco tax imposed by the Revenue Act of 1918, testimonials, price list, order form, and offer of a free book by J. H. Wilson.


Imf: Predatory Lender Or Latin America’S Best Chance?, Paul Thomas Smith Mar 2012

Imf: Predatory Lender Or Latin America’S Best Chance?, Paul Thomas Smith

Political Science Theses and Capstones

Recently, there has been heated debate as to whether or not assistance from the International Monetary Fund has proven to be a great humanitarian effort or a scheme by Western governments to keep emerging Latin American countries in debt. The IMF partners with numerous governments in order to create a collective monetary community from which all may benefit in times of need. These partnered countries are also able to apply for assistance if they find themselves in monetary hardships. Some studies have shown that the IMF has been too heavy handed, while other studies have shown that recipient governments may …


Asoka As Philanthropist, Roger A. Lohmann Mar 2012

Asoka As Philanthropist, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Philanthropy is one of the oldest concepts associated with western civilization. Although it is generally traced to ancient Greece, there is no clear indication where the Greeks got the idea. My earlier paper on Buddhist philanthropy was one of the first published studies in the third sector literature of evidence of Buddhist practices in this area. This unpublished paper explores more fully the history and legends associated with one of the major figures in the Buddhist philanthropic division. Asoka was the third ruler of the Maurian empire in northern India. A great warrior, Asoka is reputed to have given up …


Ada News - 02/20/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division Feb 2012

Ada News - 02/20/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.


Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Account Books (Sc 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 303. Two account books, 1852-1855, of a general merchant, possibly at Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Mcgoodwin & Parks? - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 302. Ledger of sales, 1896-1898, of a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky, possibly the firm of McGoodwin & Parks.


Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Hatfield, Samuel (Sc 301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 301. Account book, 1830-1873, of Samuel Hatfield, a general merchant in eastern Simpson County, Kentucky. Includes accounts of tobacco notes, tobacco, meal, and mules and pigs bought.


Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Davis, Robert (Sc 300), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 300. Account book, 1846-1847, of the estate of Robert Davis, a merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a list of notes and accounts due, and cash received from the sale of his goods and chattels, including slaves.


2012-02-16 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Feb 2012

2012-02-16 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress special meeting minutes for February 16, 2012.


Dinwiddie, William, 1787-1865 (Sc 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Dinwiddie, William, 1787-1865 (Sc 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 297. Account book of William Dinwiddie, a saddler and harness maker at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes loose sheets of account records.


Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Burnam, Tom L., 1830-1885 (Sc 299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 299. Book containing invoices, 1857-1858, rendered to Tom L. Burnam, a general merchant at Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Coleman, James Pemberton, 1826-1888 (Sc 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 298. Account book of James P. Pendleton, a grocer at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes “List of cases in Police Court and my fees in same.”


Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Renick Account Books (Sc 296), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 296. Account books, 1816-1821 and 1846-1885, of the Renick family, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, containing records of work done by a blacksmith for barter, with accounts noted in pounds and shillings; and of a general merchant, whose records include an estate appraisal; and miscellaneous notes.


Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Gatewood & Chapline (Sc 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 294. Account book, 1806, of William Chapline and Williamson Gatewood, general merchants in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.


Ada News - 02/06/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division Feb 2012

Ada News - 02/06/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.


2012-02-06 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Feb 2012

2012-02-06 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for February 6, 2012.


Maxey, John (Sc 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Maxey, John (Sc 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 293. Account book, 1837-1848, of lumber accounts, and lists of employees’ work and pay, by wages and goods, in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.


Account Book (Sc 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Account Book (Sc 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 291. Account book of a general merchant, probably of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Shakers (Sc 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Shakers (Sc 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 356. Letters, 1834-1851 (6), of the Shakers, chiefly of South Union, Kentucky, concerning the seed industry, religious affairs, economic conditions, wagon blueprint, etc., and receipts, 1868, 1870 (2).


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Sc 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 355. An incident related by Margie Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding her grandfather, Churchill H. Blakey, and the boyhood experience he had while selling Bibles in Logan County, Kentucky, with friends, David Morton and Eckstein (Ex) Norton.


Younglove, Joseph Isaiah, 1818-1894 (Sc 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Younglove, Joseph Isaiah, 1818-1894 (Sc 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 260. Three letters of Joseph I. Younglove, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his brothers, David and James, and sister, Jane, New York state, relating news of his drugstore, of his upcoming marriage to Sarah Morehead, and the effect of the Civil War on conditions in Bowling Green; a candy order for the drugstore, 1847; and a certificate attesting to his business integrity, presented by the Merchants Protective Association.


Jeffries & Myers (Sc 289), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Jeffries & Myers (Sc 289), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 289. Daybook, 1834-1840, of James Jeffries and Harvey Myers, leather dealers at Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky. Also includes a booket of notes due labeled, “Jeffries & Bush, Note Book, Nov. 4th, 1837.”


Mcreynolds Store (Sc 290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Mcreynolds Store (Sc 290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 290. Account book, 1883-1888, of a general store at Lewisburg, Logan County, Kentucky. Some pages have been used as a scrapbook and include clippings of poems and essays, and colored cards.


Volkerding Family Papers (Mss 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Volkerding Family Papers (Mss 385), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 385. Letters written chiefly by Herman Frederick Wilhelm Volkerding, of Louisville, Kentucky, to his wife Mary Elizabeth (Hauber) Volkerding while traveling as a salesman for the John T. Barbee distillers. Volkerding pines for home and describes the scenery, hotels, amusements and rail travel in the western United States.


Italian Oven - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Italian Oven - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 388. Correspondence, site evaluation report, investor's notebook, invitation, menu, news clippings and sundry other items related to the opening and operation of the Italian Oven restaurant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.