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Mallory, Robert, 1815-1885 (Sc 641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 641. Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Robert Mallory, Oldham County, Kentucky and U.S. Representative from Kentucky, relating to the appointment of Dr. L. L. Mathers for the position of regimental surgeon. He is recommended by the entire Kentucky Union delegation in Congress. Mallory congratulates Lincoln on the news from the Kentucky elections.

Lowther, Charles Ernest, B. 1951 (Sc 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 649. Photocopies of letters written to Charles Ernest Lowther, of Nortonville, Kentucky, and a history student at Western Kentucky University, from various members of the U.S. Congress in reply to Lowther’s letter regarding the Nixon-Cox incident.

Eisenhower, Mamie Geneva (Doud), 1896-1979 (Sc 579), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 579. Letter written to Nellie Virginia Heasley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from Mamie Geneva (Doud) Eisenhower, expressing thanks for Mrs. Heasley’s message of good wishes following Dwight D. Eisenhower’s election as President.

Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Sc 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 535. Facsimile of George Washington’s 14 April 1789 letter to John Langdon, president pro tempore of the Senate, accepting the presidential office.Includes a discussion of the events surrounding the occasion written by Paul M. Angle.

Jonson, Jeptha Crawford, 1833-1912 (Sc 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 503. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Jeptha Crawford Jonson of McLean County.

Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.

Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 504. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Robert Rodes of Warren County. Also includes a typescript of the album’s contents.

The Influence Of European Union Policy On Capital Punishment In The United States Judicial System, Jennifer Thomas

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Capital punishment has been present for the entirety of American history. Despite this, there have been active supporters for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States since the early 1960’s. Considering the growing importance of the individual state’s participation on the global stage, including the effects of globalization, international law, and human rights standards, the European Union’s capital punishment policy may have an increasing influence over Supreme Court’s interpretations of the constitutionality of capital punishment. This research intends to evaluate the factors that indicate a nation’s likelihood to abolish the death penalty. It will then explore the …

Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904 (Sc 2521), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2521. Letter, 17 July 1888, from William Campbell Preston Breckinridge to an unknown correspondent. He advises of his intention to seek reelection to Congress and asks friends in his district for support.

Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1865-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2520. Letter, 25 June 1914, from Johnson N. Camden, U.S. Senator (Democrat) from Kentucky, in Washington, D.C. to Cicero Coleman, Lexington, Kentucky, asking for support in the upcoming election. Camden filled a vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley

Brown, Eugene Scott, 1846-1892 - Letters To (Sc 2519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2519. Letters of a political nature addressed to Eugene Scott Brown, a prominent attorney and Republican from Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Several contain precinct election results for Allen and contiguous counties.

James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 400. Photocopy of a letter press book kept by Addison Davis James during the time he was U.S. Marshal for Western Kentucky. James was a physician and a prominent Republican from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 372. Letter, 26 August 1912, of U.S. Representative Oscar W. Underwood, Washington, D.C., to John M. Bogart, New York City, declining an invitation to a dinner honoring Kentucky governor Augustus Wilson because of matters of importance requiring his return to Alabama.

Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 367. Letter to Miss Elizabeth N. Duncan, Denver, Colorado, concerning the availability of tickets to the Democratic Convention. Urey Woodson was Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.

Donaldson, William M. (Sc 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 346. Circular letter written by in behalf of Henry E. Youtsey who was imprisoned for his actions in the murder of Governor William Justus Goebel. Signatures on a petition were to be obtained with petition being returned to Mr. Donaldson, Newport, Kentucky.

Patterson, F. Youree, 1869-1936 (Sc 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 246. Campaign letter, 25 July 1913, written by F. Youree Patterson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning his candidacy for the Warren County Clerk’s office in the primary election on the dry ticket.

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 (Sc 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 239. Letter written by Alben Barkley, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, to J. Marion Robertson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, expressing his gratitude for Robertson’s work in Warren County during the recent primary election.

Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889 (Sc 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 280. Photostat of a letter written at Washington, D.C. on 20 January 1861 by Jefferson Davis to President Franklin Pierce advising of his resignation from the U.S. Senate and his intention to return to Mississippi. Davis also comments on the unsettled conditions following Mississippi's secession from the Union. Original in Library of Congress.

Phelps, Lilburn, 1870-1956 (Sc 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 699. Papers of Lilburn Phelps, a lawyer and State Representative of Jamestown, Ky., which chiefly relate to his professions. They mainly include speeches and letters to the editor that he penned. See Scrapbook Collection for additional material.

Onyekwuluje, Anne B. (Sc 2473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2473. Interviews conducted by Anne B. Onyekwuluje with seven individuals about the life and influence of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers, the first woman elected to the Kentucky state Senate in 1963. They discuss their political relationships with Powers and her influence in politics and the Civil Rights movement.

Humphreys, George Gary, B. 1949 (Fa 564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 564. Interview conducted by George Gary Humphreys with Lexington attorney and political memorabilia collector Julius Edward Rather. Rather discusses 20th century politicians he knew and how he got involved in collecting political memorabilia.

Tosh, Ted Rockwell (Sc 2462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of manuscript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2462. Compact disc with electronic copy of "Benjamin Helm Bristow," a biography of the Elkton, Kentucky native, state senator and U.S. Solicitor General by Ted Rockwell Tosh. The 494-page biography includes bibliography and index.

Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2461.  Interview conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel with Julius Rather on 14 June 2011 at his office in Lexington, Kentucky.  The interview topic was Rather's collection of political memorabilia which he began amassing in 1964 and the establishment of the Julius Rather Political Memorabilia Collection at Western Kentucky University.

Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 821.  Facsimiles of two letters to Magoffin while he was governor of Kentucky. John E. Records, a Falmouth Democrat, writes of his reaction to the newly-founded Republican Party in his 31 March 1860 letter. Major General Leonidas Polk writes from Columbus 9 September 1861, telling  of the occupation of this Mississippi River town by Confederate troops. Also, photocopies of census records.

Electoral College (Sc 2451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2451.  Certification of George B. Hodge, James McKenzie, James M. Bigger, S. P. Love, R. S. Bevier, J. M. Atherton, Richard A. Jones, H. Cox, W. C. P. Breckinridge, Robert E. Little, A. L. Martin, and H. L. Stone, electors for Kentucky, as to the outcome of their votes for president and vice president of the United States, 1872.  Includes notice of certification for 1880 bearing the signatures of the electors only.

Parrish, Erin Kate, B. 1989 (Fa 558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 558.  Includes interviews conducted by Erin Parrish with James Pennycuff, Shelby Ferrill and James Bray about campaiging for political office in Clinton County, Kentucky.  Also includes campaign ephemera from various informants.

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 342. Family correspondence of Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson, attorney, judge, and governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931. Includes correspondence of Sampson, his wife, daughter and their families, and miscellaneous papers.

Hale, Robert Earl, B. 1894 (Sc 2387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2387. "The Successors of the Whig Party in Kentucky," by Robert Earl Hale, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1925.

Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 (Sc 2363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2363. "John Rowan" by Frances Richards, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1930.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wilson, Laurel. Tuition Hike Limited to 5 Percent
• Wilson, Laurel. Halftime Adjustments: Gary Ransdell Reflects as Administrative Changes Bring Transition
• Harris, Shakia. Regents Approve New Programs – Art History, Asian Religions & Cultures, Organizational Leadership, Water Resource Management
• Duvall, Tessa. Community Colleges Pledge to Improve Graduation Rates – Kentucky Community & Technical College System, KCTCS
• Kasnic, Dave. A Thousand Words – Nell Ferguson, Jamboree Barn, Rosine, Kentucky, Bluegrass
• Duvall, Tessa. Land Sale Approved for Greek Village – Regents, Planning, Design & Construction, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu
• Simpson, …