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Manikin, Display - 1996.39.10

Record Type: Object

Paper: " A Study of the Black Cosmetology Field" written by Barbara J. Chase for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Record Type: Archive

Papers - Morgan, Nyla Margaret (Hammers) Moore, 1918-2007

Information collected by Nyla (Hammers) Morgan about Butler County, Kentucky history and historical organizations. Genealogical records related to Morgan, Moore, and Johnson families (particularly the children of Christopher Columbus "Lum" Johnson, 1847-1921), as well as allied families. Includes two boxes of material related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, particularly its Women’s Re...

Record Type: Archive

Papers - Reed, Ashlee Catara, b. 1986

Contains three papers: "Permanent Wave Machine," "The Hot Comb" about African American hairstyling, and "The Telephone Switchboard," about an early switchboard on display in Barren County, Kentucky. Includes color illustrations. This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Record Type: Archive

Papers (Bouldin Family)

Business and personal correspondence, and account books of the Bouldin Family of Cumberland County, Kentucky, and of Walter H. Parks of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Of special interest is an account book kept for Albert J. Armes, a patient at Central Kentucky Hospital in Lakeland, Kentucky.

Record Type: Archive

Papers (Melton Family)

Correspondence, receipts, legal and financial papers of the Melton family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Also includes data about the Lively, Poole, and Strum families of Henderson County.

Record Type: Archive

Papers (Olson, Celia (Ross), 1854-1937) - Olson, Celia (Ross), 1854-1937

Letters to the editor of Fort Dodge Times, Fort Dodge, Iowa, written by Celia (Ross) Olson, Shelby County, Kentucky. Having emigrated from Iowa in 1874, Olson's writings contrast her present environment with her previous one, describing especially the Kentucky ladies. Also, photographs, obituary, and informational letter.

Record Type: Archive

Papers (Russell, William Allen) - Russell, William Allen, 1902-1990

Promotional letter sent by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Russell, owners of Irene's Beauty Shop, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to their customers advising them of classes they have taken in St. Louis in the care of hair and skin and inviting their customers to visit them soon.

Record Type: Archive