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  1. Papers (Ashby, Rickie Zayne, b. 1949) - Ashby, Rickie Zayne, b. 1949

    Rickie Z. Ashby, a native of Ohio County, amassed this material as he worked on various historical and genealogical research projects. The chief focus of the collection is the vigilante group known as the Possum Hunters, which operated in the first quarter of the twentieth century in various western Kentucky counties, chiefly Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio, and Daviess counties. Secondary emphasis is on other vigilante groups in southcentral Kentucky...

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    Papers (Ashby, Rickie Zayne, b. 1949)
  2. Papers (Bryan Family)

    Letters of the Bryan and associated families of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Most are written to Tennessee "Tennie" Bryan and come from friends, relatives, and ardent male admirers. Two correspondents write during their Civil War Confederate service and a cousin, Fannie Parkhurst, writes from Vermont. Fannie also writes to her cousin Byron in Illinois about local news and her studies, schoolteaching, social activities and abhorrence of intempe...

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    Papers (Bryan Family)
  3. Papers (Farmer Family)

    Letters and papers of the Farmer family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Includes items from associated families, especially the Yeaman family of Colorado. Also includes some genealogical data.

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    Papers (Farmer Family)
  4. Papers (Farnsworth Dudley Bryant, b. 1939 - Collector) - Bryant, Farnsworth Dudley, b. 1939

    Business papers of the Thomson family of Fayette County, Kentucky, most notably Patrick Henry Thomson, his son William Z. Thomson, and son-in-law Squire C. Gaines.

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    Papers (Farnsworth Dudley Bryant, b. 1939 - Collector)
  5. Papers (Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985) - Jackson, Harry Lucellus, 1907-1985

    Correspondence and papers of Harry L. Jackson, a Warren County, Kentucky native and Cleveland, Ohio executive. Includes his World War II correspondence, genealogical research, and papers of his wife Evelyn's family, the Minshalls of Ohio.

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    Harry L. Jackson
  6. Papers (Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970) - Robertson, Gabrielle, 1889-1970

    Chiefly letters to Gabrielle Robertson, History Department faculty member, Western Kentucky University, 1916 to 1960. Of particular interest are those letters from former students serving in the military during World War II. Also includes genealogical materials and family photographs.

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    1957 Talisman photo
  7. Papers (Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970) - Rodes, John Barret, 1870-1970

    Correspondence, photographs, and business and personal papers, primarily of Robert Rodes, Sr. of Danville, Kentucky, and John Barret Rodes of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes material related to their ancestors and descendants, as well as to members of the Grider, Hines, Helm, Loving and associated families.

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    John B. Rodes
  8. Papers (Warren County Courts)

    Sundry court records from Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly related to Samuel W. Young and Samuel Goode.

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    Papers (Warren County Courts)
  9. Records (Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994) - Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994

    Primarily genealogical research collected by Mildred Hardcastle. Families represented include Carpenter, Ford, George, Shobe, Stookey, Heyer, and Tucker.

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    Mildred Tucker Hardcastle
  10. Records (Jackson Family)

    Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.

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    Records (Jackson Family)
  11. Records (Simpson County, Kentucky)

    Deeds for land in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1845-1876, deed of gift for African-American woman and child, 1847, and will of E.N. Mitchell, 1872.

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    Records (Simpson County, Kentucky)
  12. Smith Family Papers

    Two items relating to the Smith family of Warren County, Kentucky: a letter, 18 November 1852, from Amanda M. F. Withers, Dripping Spring, Edmonson County, Kentucky, to Sarah Hampton in Warren County; having recently moved, she describes her labors setting up housekeeping, gives regards to her friends and Sarah's family, advises Sarah to be careful in choosing a husband, and asks to be sent some plant cuttings. Also, a codicil to the will of Sar...

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    Smith Family Papers

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