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Warren County Bar Association - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 2399), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2399. Memorial resolution of Warren County Bar Association on the death of William H. Sterrett, an officer of the county court.

Warren County, Kentucky - Wills (Mss 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 54. Original wills, made mostly in Warren County, Kentucky from 1798-1881, but including wills made elsewhere. Also includes some legal documents relating to wills. A name index is included in the finding aid. The is only a small portion of the original wills filed at the Warren County courthouse form 1798 to 1915.

Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, 1788-1792 (Sc 2355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2355. Photocopy of the "Journal of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky," covering proceedings held from 28 July 1788 through 18 April 1792.

Rorie, Wendell H. (Sc 2322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2322. Paper by Wendell H. Rorie titled "The Diary: My Legal Journey with Herman Southall" and presented to the Athenaeum Society in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The paper describes Rorie's personal and professional relationship with Southall, a Hopkinsville attorney, and includes anecdotes about other local attorneys and legal matters.

Snell, Commodore Perry, 1821-1881 (Sc 2307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2307. Divorce decree for Commodore Perry Snell and Ellen A. Snell, granted 13 February 1866 in Warren County, Kentucky. The certified copy was made from Warren Circuit Court Record Book 23.

Bush, Ann Patricia (Mcreynolds), 1922-2022 (Mss 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 328. Proof copy of "Executive Disorder: The Subversion of the United States Supreme Court, 1914-1940," written by Ann (McReynolds) Bush. The book follows the career of U.S. Attorney General (1913-1914) and Associate Supreme Court Justice (1914-1941) James Clark McReynolds, a native of Todd County, Kentucky.

"The Urban Praetor's Tribunal" In Spaces Of Justice In The Roman World, Eric Kondratieff

History Faculty Publications

"Book abstract: Despite the crucial role played by both law and architecture in Roman culture, the Romans never developed a type of building that was specifically and exclusively reserved for the administration of justice: courthouses did not exist in Roman antiquity. The present volume addresses this paradox by investigating the spatial settings of Roman judicial practices from a variety of perspectives. Scholars of law, topography, architecture, political history, and literature concur in putting Roman judicature back into its concrete physical context, exploring how the exercise of law interacted with the environment in which it took place, and how the spaces …

Moore-Mulligan-Brown Collection (Mss 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 219. This collection consists chiefly of correspondence of the Moore, Mulligan, Brown and Johns families, who are interrelated. The correspondence deals chiefly with family matters and events occurring in Trigg County, Kentucky and Allen County, Kentucky.

Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137. This collection contains the extant Equity Court cases for Warren County, Kentucky, from Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). The cases are arranged in numerical order. Information in this finding aid includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. To search this document, download it and then use the "Find" function. When searching for a name, it is suggested that you search only the surname. Please remember to search for variant spellings, as there are many in these early records.

Evans, Walter, 1842-1923 (Sc 2018), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2018. Letters of Walter Evans, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to Robert Ludlow Fowler, a New York jurist and author.

Now He Belong To The Ages: Memorializing Abraham Lincoln, Jonathan Jeffrey

SCL Faculty and Staff Publications

Reviled by many of his fellow Kentuckians while he was president, Abraham Lincoln became Kentucky’s, and America’s, idol during the 20th century. The Commonwealth is home to a growing list of notable Lincoln memorials. This article examines the history and folklore surrounding a number of these monuments.

Rowan, John, 1773-1843 (Sc 1787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1787. Photocopy of will of prominent Kentucky jurist and Congressman John Rowan, written 28 June 1840 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Reynolds, Charles H., 1924-1996 (Sc 1778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1778. Tributes to Charles H. Reynolds, justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, on his death. Includes eulogy by Chief Justice Robert F. Stevens, funeral homily by his son Rev. James Patrick Reynolds, and a resolution adjourning the Kentucky State Senate in his memory. Also includes a subsequent tribute by his son Mike Reynolds at the unveiling of his portrait at the Warren County Justice Center.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Paul, Corey. Fights & Frenzy
• Day, Michelle. Gunfire Unconfirmed, Investigation Continues
• Hale, Marianne. Campus, Community Voice Concerns
• Timeline of Events
• Slitz, Alex. A Thousand Words – Charus Changchit
• Howerton, Christina. Enrollment Increases 2.6 Percent
• Howerton, Christina. Task Force Explores Ways to Make College Cost Less
• Gadbois, Chris. Rudeness Isn’t an Issue with Shuttle Drivers
• Bonneau-Kaya, Chrystal. Objectification of Women is Dehumanizing, Wrong
• Schwab, Edmond. Learn the Background of the Financial Troubles
• Bybee, Sarah. Please Slow Down and Watch Out for Pedestrians
• Cawthorn, Shawna. Poor Football …

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (Sc 1768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1768. Letter, 26 April 1825, from Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tennessee to A. P. Maury, also of Nashville, in which he declines to act as guardian for the children of the late Major John Reid owing to ill health and increased responsibilities.

Monroe County, Kentucky - Records, 1826-1842 (Sc 1761), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1761. Record book of William G. Howard documenting his duties as a Justice of the Peace. It includes stray notices, legal judgments, and marriages performed (Click on "Additional Files" below for typescripted list of marriages.)

Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written …

Brown, Austin, 1786-1863 (Sc 1671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1671. Documents from the lawsuit of Thomas J. Hudnall vs. Elizabeth Brown related to the disposition of the Austin Brown estate.

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 (Mss 201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 201. Correspondence and research notes relating to biographical information compiled for labels attached to portraits of Warren County, Kentucky Circuit Court judges. Copies of the labels and photos of five of the portraits are included. Detailed information about Judge John B. Rodes is included.

Barren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1916 (Mss 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 198. Three indices for Barren County, Kentucky Quarterly Court records; the actual court records are not part of this collection and are located in the Barren County courthouse. Two of the indices are not dated, and the third one marked "Executions" is dated 1916.

Northcott Collection (Mss 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 40. Fifty-three diaries (1859-1918) and other writings of Henry Clay Northcott, 1822-1918, Methodist circuit preacher and farmer of northern Kentucky; correspondence (1870-1883) of his daughter, music teacher Kate N. Thomas, 1850-1889; and her husband, Bruce F. Thomas, 1853?-1882, lawyer of Vanceburg, Kentucky.

Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church - Fountain Run, Kentucky (Sc 1456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1456. Monroe County Circuit Court case involving members of the Fountain Run Missionary Baptist Church. The injunction enjoined certain members (or ex-members) from threatening, etc., those in the majority.

Bullitt, William Grigsby, 1833-1901 (Sc 1533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1533. Autograph album of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate W.G. Bullitt of McCracken County. Includes autographs of delegates and stenographic staff. Many delegates include brief biographical information such as date and place of birth.

Boone, George Street, 1918-2004 (Sc 1530), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1530. Letter, 18 September 1987, from George Street Boone, an attorney In Elkton, Kentucky, to Senator Wendell H. Ford, Washington, D.C., discussing the candidacy of Robert H. Bork, Jr. as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Martin, Mary P. (Sc 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1347. Legal response of those charged by the sheriff of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, to appraise land owned by the Green River Coal, Iron & Manufacturing Company as ordered by the Warren County Circuit Court, to satisfy a judgment against the company in favor of Mary P. Martin.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 1468), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1468. "Memoranda from the Records in the Warren County Circuit Court Clerk's Office" copied by Judge John B. Rodes. Includes notes on the establishment and evolution of Kentucky county courts.

Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

2007 WKU Police departmental newsletters.