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Edwards, Jerome Cyrus, 1854-1931 (Sc 2986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards, Jerome Cyrus, 1854-1931 (Sc 2986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2986. Certificate, 26 October 1880, issued to Jerome C. Edwards, qualifying him to teach in the common schools of Barren, County, Kentucky; letter, 23 December 1921, to Jerome C. Edwards from his cousin Cyrus Edwards, Horse Cave, Kentucky, asking for data to complete a family history.
Parent Teacher Association - Austin Tracy Elementary School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parent Teacher Association - Austin Tracy Elementary School - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 2985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2985. Lists of presidents, officers and committees for the Austin Tracy Elementary School Parent Teacher Association. Includes summaries of programming for 1964-1966 and 1971-1972.
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 166. Project titled “African American education in south central Kentucky, 1920-1960.” Interviews with twenty-nine African Americans regarding their experiences as students and teachers in fourteen Kentucky counties.
Carter, Nell Bohannon, 1898-1995 (Sc 2585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Nell Bohannon, 1898-1995 (Sc 2585), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2585. Teacher’s register and gradebook of Nell Bohannon Carter, believed to be from a Smiths Grove, Kentucky or Barren County, Kentucky school. Includes absence note from the mother of a student.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, Jr., 1919-2020 (Sc 2540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2540. “Fifty Years in a One-Room School,” an account by Alfred Leland Crabb, Jr. of the teaching career of his grandfather James Wade Crabb in one-room schools, primarily in Butler and Warren counties in Kentucky. Includes data on the Crabb family, a copy of James W. Crabb’s Warren County teaching certificate, a list of Warren County schools, 1908-1919, and an early twentieth-century photo of Plum Springs Schoolhouse, Warren County. Also includes A. L. Crabb, Sr.’s account of a student’s last day at Plum Springs Schoolhouse.
Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.
Long Ago But Not So Far Away: Memories Of Lyons School Of Barren County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Long Ago But Not So Far Away: Memories Of Lyons School Of Barren County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
This book, written by James H. Richey tells of the history of Lyons School in Barren County, Kentucky. Many family names useful for genealogy are listed as well as local history.
Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp
Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp
WKU Archives Records
Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:
[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.
Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.
My dear Mr. Cherry;
Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …
Summer Shade Institute, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Summer Shade Institute, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
Scanned images of the Summer Shade Institute's 1887 school catalog, includes the courses of study, methods of instruction, expected behavior, lists of students, textbooks, examinations, boarding fees, history of Summer Shade, KY, and advertisements for many local businesses.