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About Manuscripts and Folklife Archives Manuscripts holdings are unpublished materials, chiefly concerning Kentucky and Kentuckians, and include letters; diaries; account books and business papers; literary papers; church and institutional minutes; theses; land grants; political papers; court records and a variety of other memorabilia. The materials document local, national, and even international events, and reveal details about day-to-day life in many settings and on varied levels, mainly in 19th and 20th century Kentucky. Among the major collections are: William H. Natcher, Tim Lee Carter, Civil War, Courtney Ellis, Janice Holt Giles, Alice Hegan Rice, Green family, South Union Shakers, 20th Century Wars and the Underwood family. Folklife Archives holdings consist of papers and projects generated by folk studies undergraduate, graduate, and faculty members coupled with reel-to-reel, audio, and videotape interviews and performances (some transcripts), about folk ways, folk songs, folk beliefs, and regional speech patterns. Two of the outstanding collections of individuals are those of Lynwood Montell and Sarah Gertrude Knott.
Hours may vary during holidays, semester breaks, and summer semesters. The Kentucky Museum and Museum Store will be open Memorial Day weekend (May 24-26). The Harrison-Baird Reading Room will be closed. Regular hours resume May 27. Search our descriptive inventories available online. These and numerous other collections are accessible through a card catalog and print inventories at the Kentucky Building. These materials do not circulate nor are they listed on TOPCAT 2000. Limited photocopying is done for patrons.
Housed in the Kentucky Building, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives is conveniently located in Bowling Green, Kentucky on the campus of Western Kentucky University. To find it on the map, look here. Traveling Southbound: From I-65 South, take exit 28 to Bowling Green. Follow 31-W South and Highway 68-80 (Adams St.) to Western Kentucky University. Just past 14th Street, look for the directional sign to the Kentucky Museum and turn left at the traffic island and proceed down Kentucky Street. There are visitor parking lots on the left and right. The Kentucky Building is 5.5 miles from exit 28. Traveling Northbound: From I-65 North, take exit 20 to the William H. Natcher Parkway (formerly the Green River Parkway). Take exit 4 and turn right onto 31-W (There is a sign for Western Kentucky University). Take 31-W to University Boulevard and turn left. Follow this street to the Kentucky Building. There is visitor parking on the left and right. The Kentucky Building is four miles from exit 4.
Contact UsManuscripts
and Folklife Archives
The Kentucky Building Western Kentucky University 1 Big Red Way Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576 |
(270)
745-6434 or email 
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