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Bowling Green, Kentucky - Waterworks (Sc 3488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Waterworks (Sc 3488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of documents (Click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Small Collection 3488. “Changes in Plans and Specifications for Water Works Improvements, Contracts Nos. 1 to 5, Incl[usive] for the City of Bowling Green, Bowling Green, Kentucky, December 12, 1947.”
Bridges - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 3308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bridges - Barren County, Kentucky (Sc 3308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3308. Specifications, including sketches, for the construction of a bridge across Skaggs Creek in Barren County, Kentucky. The detailed specifications as to design, dimensions, materials, and method of construction were prepared by a commission appointed by the Barren County Court. Unable to secure a bid to erect the bridge for the appropriated sum of $1,000, the commission recommended an additional appropriation in order to accept a bid of $1,200.
Bandy, Richard Lewis (Sc 3305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bandy, Richard Lewis (Sc 3305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3305. Letter, 9 November 2018, of Richard L. Bandy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Mary Alice Oliver, in response to her article in a local magazine about Massey’s Mill in Warren County, Kentucky. Bandy provides recollections of a water-powered mill located on property owned by his family on Middle Fork Creek at Drake, Kentucky. Includes two photographs of the mill, a map showing its location, and Oliver’s reply to the letter.
Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 651. Letters and papers of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and related members of the Rumsey and Miller families. Well-to-do merchants and farmers, the Weirs were leading supporters of the Union during the Civil War, providing advocacy, financial support, and military service. Includes full-text scans of a letter from the brother of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey defending his legacy as an innovator; James Weir's journal; James Weir's will; the annotated recollections of Edward Weir, Sr.; and two letters from former Weir slaves recolonized in Liberia (Click on "Additional files" below).
Abraham, John E., 1844-1925 (Sc 3233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Abraham, John E., 1844-1925 (Sc 3233), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3233. Letter, 8 March 1886, of John E. Abraham, Beattyville, Kentucky, to Captain Thomas J. Hardin, Monterey, Kentucky. He discusses timber transactions and meeting with a supplier of stone in connection with a bid to construct dikes on the Ohio River.
Powers, Doug (Fa 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Powers, Doug (Fa 954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 954. Paper titled: “Montgomery’s Mill.” Includes description, terms illustration, and photos of Montgomery’s Mill in Green County, Kentucky.
Harbison, Kay (Fa 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Kay (Fa 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 957. Paper titled: “Watermills.” Includes survey sheets of descriptions of watermills in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and a photo of a watermill.
Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 955. Paper titled: “Sawmills Past and Present in Hart, southern LaRue, and western Green County.” Includes description, terms, illustration, and photos of sawmills in the Penny Royal Region of Kentucky.
Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 951. Paper titled: “Hardin Springs.” Includes description, terms, beliefs, and photos of Hardin Springs and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 952. Paper titled: “[Student Collections: Watermills]," WKU Professor Lynwood Montell’s compilation of survey sheets from various collections by students with brief descriptions of watermills in Kentucky and Connecticut. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, a photo and/or illustration.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 949. Paper titled: “[Student Collections: Watermills]," WKU professor Lynwood Montell’s compilation of survey sheets from various collections by students with brief descriptions of watermills, farm implements, steam engines, etc. from the Knobs and Penny Royal Regions in Kentucky and Connecticut. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, a photo and/or illustration.
Griffin, Edra (Fa 948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffin, Edra (Fa 948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 948. Paper titled: “[Falls of Rough]” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the mill at Falls of Rough in Grayson County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of each aspect, uses, implements, and photos.
Sutton, Bobby A. (Fa 946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sutton, Bobby A. (Fa 946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 946. Paper titled: “History of the Litsey Mill.” Includes information about the Litsey Mill in Washington County, Kentucky, including a description of the workings of the flour mill, terms, implements, map, deeds, and photos.
Harbison, Kay (Fa 947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Kay (Fa 947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 947. Paper titled: “Watermill.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of watermills in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, uses, and some photos.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 958. Project titled: [Student Collections: Bridges] Includes survey sheets of descriptions of various type of bridges in the counties of Adair, Bourbon, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, LaRue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Nelson, Russell, Taylor, Washington in Kentucky, Connecticut, and Ohio. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and photos of bridges.
Pace, Clint And Linda Pace (Fa 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pace, Clint And Linda Pace (Fa 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 879. Project titled: “Water-powered Mills in Warren County, Kentucky.” Includes history of water run mill sites in Warren County, Kentucky, mill terms, and survey sheets with brief descriptions of mills. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and an illustration of the water mill.
Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 953. Paper titled: “White Mills.” Project includes a description and photo of White Mills village and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.
The Lagging State Of Renewable Energy In Kentucky, John Evans
The Lagging State Of Renewable Energy In Kentucky, John Evans
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
It is evident that Kentucky's energy landscape is characterized primarily by coal and, to a lesser degree, natural gas and oil. It seems there's almost no room for renewable energy sources in Kentucky’s energy sector despite plentiful evidence of global climate change caused largely by carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. Other states are paving the way in the renewable energy industry by investing in solar, wind and geothermal energy among other forms while Kentucky continues to sit back seemingly content with utilizing energy practices that are several decades old. In this project, I will be addressing reasons for the …
Louisville And Nashville Railroad - Horse Cave, Kentucky (Sc 2951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Louisville And Nashville Railroad - Horse Cave, Kentucky (Sc 2951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2951. Correspondence, sketches, blueprints and drawings relating to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad depot at Horse Cave, Kentucky, the adjacent tracks, roads and properties, and licenses for use of railroad rights-of-way. Blueprints and drawings have been catalogued as AD 1515.
Bugg, Becky (Fa 815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bugg, Becky (Fa 815), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 815. Paper titled “ Process of Milling: Case Studies,” prepared by Becky Bugg a folk studies student at Western Kentucky University. Bugg documents flour mills in Mercer County and Meade County, Kentucky.
Kirby, Leonard Tarrant, 1760-1842 - Relating To (Sc 2907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kirby, Leonard Tarrant, 1760-1842 - Relating To (Sc 2907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2905. Typescripted letter to the editor of the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Democrat, 16 January 1873, from “Allen,” relating the memories of Len Kirby of Allen Springs regarding early Bowling Green, the railroad, and travel between Bowling Green and Scottsville, Kentucky.
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 531. Correspondence, research, historical and archaeological reports, contracts, budgets and other documents relating to the 1970s excavation and restoration of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky.
Warren County, Kentucky - Roads, Proposed (Sc 1381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Roads, Proposed (Sc 1381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1381. Subscribers’ list of contributors for the construction of a proposed road from Barren River Road to the Barren River ferry at Greencastle in Warren County, Kentucky.
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1328. Letters, written by South Union, Kentucky Shaker leaders, to leaders of the Hancock Shaker Society, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, discussing the building of mills and dam, economic conditions, and religious affairs. The original letters are in the Library of Congress.
Fiegel, Kurt H. (Sc 1257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fiegel, Kurt H. (Sc 1257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1257. Paper, “Historic and Archival Photographic Documents of the 1869 Bowling Green Water Works Engine/Boiler Room, Repair Shop and Pump House: A Contributing Element of WA-B-3, the Bowling Green Water Works, Warren County, Kentucky” by Kurt H. Fiegel, Frankfort, Kentucky. Includes historical narrative, construction details, maps and photographs. This project documented the structure prior to its demolition.
Spurlock, Christy Leigh, B. 1963 (Mss 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spurlock, Christy Leigh, B. 1963 (Mss 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 451. Paper titled “White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green, KY” written by Christy Leigh Spurlock for a Western Kentucky University history department independent study project. Includes research materials such as maps, deeds, photos, and transcriptions of interviews with former quarry employees and their family members.
Green River - Locks And Dams (Sc 1009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green River - Locks And Dams (Sc 1009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1009. Survey for tract of land at southern end of Lock and Dam Number 5 on Green River at Glenmore in Warren County, Kentucky.
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Porter, William Logan, 1842-1937 (Sc 567), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 567. Letter, 1 March 1935, from William Logan Porter, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, to Cyrus Edwards, Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky, concerning historical matters, especially the route of the old Lexington and Nashville Road through Allen and Barren Counties.
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 524), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 524. Receipt written15 June 1836 by Nathaniel Hardy of Day, Schmitz and Baldwin, Louisville, Kentucky, to Eli McLean, South Union, Kentucky, for payment of $300 on castings for water works for the Shaker Society at South Union.
Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Freight Depot - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.