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Elkton Motor Company - Elkton, Kentucky (Sc 3526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elkton Motor Company - Elkton, Kentucky (Sc 3526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3526. Letter, December 1939, from Elkton Motor Company, Elkton, Kentucky, wishing the recipient a Merry Christmas and suggesting the purchase of a new 1940 Ford V-8 as a family gift. The letterhead features a car wrapped as a Christmas present.
Johnson Funeral Home - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson Funeral Home - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 684. Records of the Johnson Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and its predecessors Satterfield-Eakin-Dawson Funeral Home and Eakin-Johnson Funeral Home, containing data about the deceased, survivors, funeral details and expenses, and other related information.
Houchens Industries - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houchens Industries - Bowling Green, Kentucky - Relating To (Sc 3333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3333. Two historical sketches of Houchens Industries, an operator of grocery and convenience stores founded in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1917. One is compiled by Ruel Houchens and is current to 1988; the other is by an unknown author and is current to 1989.
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Mss 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 656. Collection of daybooks with daily entries of financial transactions for the Reynolds Brothers Store in Cave City, Kentucky. Books include daily sales at the store and include the purchaser’s name, items purchased and their prices.
Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3272. Undated solicitation letter (ca. 1933) from Spalding Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Louisville, Kentucky, for its Daily Infant Laundry Service. Includes a booklet for recording infant weight and height and providing diet guidelines for the first twelve months. The letter bears the National Recovery Administration’s “blue eagle” symbol.
Ratliff, Charles, 1854-1940 (Sc 3236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ratliff, Charles, 1854-1940 (Sc 3236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3236. Letter, 30 July 1889, of Charles Ratliff, Princeton, Kentucky, on his letterhead as a dealer in building material, hardware, saddlery, roofing, etc., advising of the sale of his quarry property and assuring the recipient that the new owners will promptly supply stone.
African American Funeral Home Records - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African American Funeral Home Records - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 626. Records of the Kuykendall-Abel-Boyd and Abel Brothers funeral home businesses, operated by African Americans in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Records include names of deceased, funeral dates and expenses, and in some cases family information, cause of death and place of interment. The records were photocopied from originals in the possession of Gatewood and Sons Funeral Chapel, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Miller, John A., Sr., 1840-1905 (Mss 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, John A., Sr., 1840-1905 (Mss 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 514. Receipts, correspondence, bills of lading ledger, 1870-1874, and account book, 1864-1866, for Miller’s jewelry businesses in Alton, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. Miller later operated a jewelry store in Cairo, Illinois.
Cutler-Hammer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cutler-Hammer, Incorporated - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1127. Congratulatory letters, internal memos, undated press releases, and newspaper clippings from Cutler-Hammer, Inc., in Bowling Green, chiefly related to the publication of the newsletter Cutler-Hammer News.
Oates Realty Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oates Realty Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2776), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2776. Organizational meeting minutes, directors’ minutes, and by-laws of the Cooperative Sales Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripts of stock certificates issued to the incorporators, Alva Williams, M. B. Williams, and L. E. Ringo.
Cooperative Sales Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cooperative Sales Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2775. Organizational meeting minutes, directors’ minutes, and by-laws of the Cooperative Sales Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripts of stock certificates issued to the incorporators, Alva Williams, M. B. Williams, and L. E. Ringo.
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 2711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 2711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2711. Envelope, postmarked 1 July 1947, printed “From Duncan Hines To” and addressed to Manager, The Elms Guest House, Jessup, Maryland. Includes Hines’s printed return address of P.O. Box 548, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Webb, Benedict Joseph, 1814-1897 (Sc 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 429. Statement and cover letter, 1871, to Richard Durbin, Big Reedy, Kentucky from Benedict Joseph Webb, assignee of J.C. Webb & Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Also, circular letter, 1872, from J.C. Webb announcing the opening of his wholesale and retail business in books and stationery.
Younglove, Joseph Isaiah, 1818-1894 (Sc 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Younglove, Joseph Isaiah, 1818-1894 (Sc 260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (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.
Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Duteil, Alphonse Joseph, 1824-1875 (Sc 2440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2440. Letter, 5 January 1872, from Alphonse Duteil, an importer and manufacturer of human hairwork in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. E. Hartung and Company, New York, requesting supplies. Advertisements for various Louisville merchants appear on the reverse.
Tabor Dry Goods Store - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tabor Dry Goods Store - Hartford, Kentucky (Mss 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 339. Day books, account books, and invoice books of Pardon Winfield Tabor's dry goods store in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. Includes some druggists' prescription forms and farm records of his son, Earl P. Tabor.
Kininmonth And Brother - Rochester, Kentucky (Mss 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kininmonth And Brother - Rochester, Kentucky (Mss 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 340. Two account books and day book of Kininmonth and Brother, Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky.
N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
N. Long And Company - Adairville, Kentucky (Sc 2361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2361. Account book of N. Long and Company, proprietors of a general store in Adairville, Logan County, Kentucky, 1849-1850. The book includes a record of account balances in gold, silver and currency, 1873-1880.
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gray's Hotel - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 2356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of first page (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2356. Guest register for Gray's Hotel, Russellville, Kentucky, showing guests' names, city of residence, and room number. The register includes advertisements for local businesses.
Park City Coal Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Park City Coal Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 319. Collection consists of two of the coal company's account books, 1901-1902, and 1909-1910. Entries list the purchases of coal by individuals and businesses as well as company expenses and cash on hand.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2205. Payroll book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, a Bowling Green dressmaking firm, listing names of employees, number of days worked per week, and pay rates. Includes a 1992 letter advising of the death of the donor of the book.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.