Title
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Papers (Coombs Family)
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Description
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Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University.
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Collection
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Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Object Name
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Correspondence
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Date
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1777
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Year Range From
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1777
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Year Range To
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1976
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Other Number
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MSS 349
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Subjects
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African Americans Artists Astrology Authors Autographs Birth announcements Cemeteries Cemeteries --Kentucky --Warren County Certificates Christmas cards Churches Circuses & shows Civil defense Clergy Clubs Courtship Diaries Diplomas Diseases Divorce Dressmaking Elections Estates Evacuations Exhibitions Fairs Farming Farms Ferries Freemasons Genealogy Gold rushes Historic sites History History Horses Horticulture Hymns Invitations Language Lease & rental services Legislators Librarians Livestock Loyalty oaths --United States. Marriage certificates Medical education Medicine Menus Merchants Mexican War, 1846-1848 Military education Military service Militias Money Mules New Year cards Ocean travel Pensions Phrenology Physicians Poetry Postcards Postmasters Prisons Prohibition Railroad passes Railroads Revolutions --America --History --18th century. Schools Shakers Shakers--Kentucky--South Union Silversmiths. Slavery Social life Songs Spanish-American War, 1898 Stock certificates Surveying Surveys Telephones Theaters Tobacco Tornadoes Travel Valentines War bonds & funds Wills Women World War I, 1914-1918 World War II, 1939-1945 Yellow fever
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People
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Adamson, Robert Edward, 1872-1935 Anderson, Henry Clay, 1891-1959 Barriger, William Allen, 1834-1912 Beard, Mary Atwood (Hobson), 1884-1962 Beauchamp, Jereboam O., 1802-1826 Beckwith, Louise (Taylor), 1882-1959 Bland, Samuel Knight, Jr., d. 1894 Bothe, Edna E., 1900-1981 Brackette, C. H. Calvert, Margaret (Younglove), 1829-1920 Christian, Catharine S. Christian, Edmund Davis Clarke, Marcellus Jerome, 1844-1865 Claus, Santa Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Coleman, John Winston, Jr., 1898-1983 Collins, Percival, Jr. Combs, Josiah Henry, 1886-1960 Cooke, Isaac B., 1855-1921 Coombs, Edwin H., b. 1869 Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 Coombs, Lattie (Robertson), 1870-1958 Coombs, Martha Caroline (Hampton), 1836-1912 Coombs, Pearl (Potter), 1864-1955 Coombs, Phineas Hampton, 1869-1919 Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1800?-1830 Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1861-1914 Coombs, William Parrish, 1870-1948 Duncan, Mary Eads, Harvey Lauderdale, 1807-1892 Edmonds, Mary Ann, d. 1821 Eubank, H. H. M. Faxon, May Belle (Lyon), 1889-1966 Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 Garrett, Paul Loos, 1893-1955 Graham, Sarah Clifton (Rodes), 1905-1995 Groseclose, Edwin H., b. 1892 Groseclose, William B. Groseclose, William Day, 1889-1959 Hagerman, Bettie (Robertson), 1867-1926 Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 Hagerman, Henson Hagerman, Marion Fenton, 1898-1956 Hagerman, Ruth (Ricketts), 1782-1880 Hagerman, Thomas Harrison, 1824-1902 Halsell, John Edward, 1826-1899 Halsell, William J. Hampton, Phineas Dewalt, 1806-1874 Helm, Harold Holmes, 1900-1985 Helm, John Blakey, 1889-1979 Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 Herdman, Virginia Wallace (Meyler), 1875-1960 Hines, Alice Thomas, 1866-1924 Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 Hines, Henry Blanton, 1863-1941 Hines, James Davis, 1838-1911 Hines, Marion, b. 1890? Hines, Samuel Davis, 1868-1932 Hines, Thomas Henry, 1838-1898 Hines, Walker Downer, 1870-1934 Hobson, Margaret Morehead, 1890-1987 Houghton, Henry Seymour, 1896-1970 Houghton, Sarah Crane (Preston), b. 1865 Hughes, Birdie McGee, 1871-1911 James, Elias Olan, 1879-1954 Jepson, Jesse James, 1890-1945 Jetmore, Brewer Johns, Blanch Genevieve (Robertson), 1879-1974 Johns, Robert Wesley, 1875-1943 Kany, Julius Franz, 1889-1967 Kemble, James A. Kingston, Philip, 1884?-1927 Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 LeMond, Laura (Potter), b. 1883 Lessley, Lucy A., b. 1833? Lewis, Mary Ann Elizabeth (Malone), 1827-1852 Longman, Dorothea Churchill Mallory, John Helm, 1844-1903 Malone, Clement T., 1823-1848 Malone, Judith A. C., b. 1820 Malone, Sarah Ann Frances, b. 1830 Malone, Stith Malone, William Herbert, b. 1825 Malone, William, b. 1792 Marcosson, Isaac Frederick, 1877-1961 McGregor, Tracy William, 1869-1936 McKee, Lena S. (Meyler), 1874-1955 McNeill, Sarah Pryor (Carroll), b. 1948 McWilliams, Andrew B., 1800-1871 McWilliams, Asberry Stone, 1827-1857 McWilliams, Martha C., 1835-1905 McWilliams, Rebecca Adeline, 1821-1909 McWilliams, William E., 1812-1889 Meyler, Marjorie Stewart, 1880-1949 Monroe, J. P. Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 Neel, Emma H. (Robertson) Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 Ortiz, Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino Maria, 1886-1942 Potter, David T. Potter, Jerome Whitfield, 1851-1923 Potter, Julian Whitfield, 1889-1926 Potter, Lewis W., 1810-1895 Potter, Margaret (Holland), b. 1845 Potter, Pleasant J., 1820-1915 Potter, Virgil Millard, 1855-1886 Potter, William J., 1860-1952 Procter, Benjamin Franklin, 1849-1944 Procter, Lila (Pendleton), 1850-1932 Redford, Joseph F., b. 1864 Robertson, Agnes Robertson, Alabama L., b. 1830 Robertson, Bettie Fannie Robertson, Eleanor J. Robertson, Elizabeth Maria (Ryan) Eubank, 1789-1862 Robertson, Elvira Jane (Halsell), d. 1864 Robertson, Ewing Monroe, 1811-1878 Robertson, Fielding Robertson, H. T., b. 1850? Robertson, Jane Elizabeth (Potter), 1835-1906 Robertson, John Marion, 1787-1848 Robertson, John Marion, 1862-1942 Robertson, John Ryan, 1899-1985 Robertson, L. J. H. Robertson, Louisa M. (Smith), 1826-1892 Robertson, Margaret Gallagher (Whitehead), 1874-1926 Robertson, Ryan Monroe, 1827-1883 Robertson, Susan E. Robertson, William House, 1794-1874 Robertson, William House, Jr., b. 1836? Robertson, William Marion, 1902-1922 Robertson, Winfield Marion, 1825-1858 Rothert, Otto Arthur, 1871-1956 Sharp, Solomon Porcius, 1787-1825 Sharpe, Blanche Genevieve (Jamison) Potter, 1860-1942 Sherwood, Anne Margaret, 1934-2008 Sherwood, Charlotte Whitehead (Robertson) Kingston, 1900-1982 Sherwood, Jean Mary "Jenny," 1944-1973 Sherwood, Martin, 1886-1962 Sherwood, Patrick George Martin, 1932-2014 Sims, Nathaniel Porter, 1887-1959 Skaggs, Eliza Jane, 1832-1905 Skaggs, Ellen Josephine (Robertson), 1830-1869 Skaggs, Ewing Mordock, b. 1825 Skaggs, Henry Clay, 1823-1894 Skaggs, James Madison, b. 1834 Skaggs, Rhoda Bowe (Smith), 1793-1855 Smith, Alex C. Smith, Benjamin Bosworth, 1794-1884 Smith, George M. Snell, Commodore Perry, 1869-1942 Speakes, Katie Dee (Cooke), 1886-1967 Stagner, William Monroe, 1871-1949 Storts, Thomas H., 1832-1903 Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 Taylor, Rupert, 1883-1964 Thomas, Wesley Thompson, Edwin Kelly, 1909-1993 Townsend, Beulah (Eubank), 1867-1939 Townsend, John Wilson, 1885-1968 Underwood, Elizabeth Threlkeld (Cox), 1818-1884 Underwood, John Cox, 1840-1913 Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 Waller, Ida Thomas (Hines), 1877-1965 Weeks, Estella Terry, 1886-1969 Whitesides, Berry, 1826-1896 Whitesides, William Franklin, 1827-1905 Whitley, Edna Talbott, 1891-1984 Wiley, Henry D. Wilkins, R. H. Williams, Simon, b. 1753 Wilson, Thomas Woodrow, 1856-1924 Wood, James Philip Sampson, 1824-1902 Wylie, Margaret (Christian), b. 1891 Younglove, John Edwards, 1826-1917
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Search Terms
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Alabama Argentina Auburn University (Auburn, AL) Austria Autograph album Bankruptcy Bell Witch Bill of sale Black family Bowling Green Booster Club Bowling Green Water Works Bowling Green Woolen Mills (Bowling Green, KY) Bowling Green, KY Briggs family Buckner Guides Businesses California Caney Fork Presbyterian Church (Butler County, KY) Cape May, NJ Cedar Bluff Female College (Woodburn, KY) Chicago, IL Choice family Christ Episcopal Church (Bowling Green, KY) Civil War, 1861-1865 Columbia University (New York, NY) Consolation Constable Cooke family Coombs family Cumberland University (Lebanon, TN) Daughters of the American Revolution Deeds Dewalt family Drew family Eddyville, KY Edmonds family England Epperson family Fairview Cemetery (Bowling Green, KY) First Presbyterian Church (Bowling Green, KY) Fortifications France Funeral invitation Georgia Gilmore family Gold Rush Period Gray family Green and Barren River Navigation Company Hagerman family Hall family Hardin County, KY Harpending family Hines family Historic houses Hudspeth family Jeffersonville, KY Johns family Jones family Kentuckians of New York Society Kentucky Historical Society (Frankfort, KY) Kentucky Library & Museum (WKU) Kentucky Library Association Kirby family Korean War, 1950-1953 Lebanon, TN Lexington, KY Louisville and Nashville Railroad Louisville, KY Mansard Hotel (Bowling Green, KY) Mary Baldwin Seminary (Staunton, VA) Middleton family Moore family Morehead family Mount Lebanon, NY Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company (Bowling Green, KY) Names, Geographical Nashville College for Young Ladies (Nashville, TN) New Haven, CT New Orleans, LA New York New York, NY Old Union Missionary Baptist Church (Warren County, KY) Passes Pendleton family Porter family Potter Bible College (Bowling Green, KY) Potter family Potter Orphan Home and School (Bowling Green, Ky.) Prescriptions and remedies Price family Progressive Amusement Circuit, Inc. Randall family Rankin family Ransdell family Rationing Red Cross Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 Robertson family Rome, Italy Savannah, GA Sharp family Simpson County, KY Skiles family Slaughter family Societies Society of Kentucky Women of New York South Union, KY St. Louis Southwestern Railway Tax receipts Taylor family Tennessee Texas Thomas family Traffic Club of New York Transylvania University (Lexington, KY) Tully family U.S. Office of Price Administration University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) V-mail Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Van Meter family VonTress family War bonds War of 1812 Warren County, KY Warsaw, Poland Western Kentucky University Whitesides family Woodburn, KY Wyatt family Yale University (New Haven, CT)
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Finding Aids
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For finding aid click here - http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3091/
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Catalog Number
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1986.9.327
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Dates of Creation
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1777-1976
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Extent
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24 boxes. 227 folders. 5,868 items. Originals.
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Number of Images
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1
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