Farmers Tobacco Union (SC 2042)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2042. Letter to A. B. Bucher, Paulding, Ohio, from W. C. Rives, Farmers Tobacco Union, Paducah, Kentucky. The letter solicits orders for tobacco, provides prices, and includes an order card addressed to W. C. Rives Company, Paducah, Kentucky

Boatman, John, 1842-1916 (SC 1611)

Finding aid and typescript (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1611. Letter dated 10 September 1861 from Union soldier John Boatman, Paducah, Kentucky, to his family in Paris, Illinois describing conditions in Paducah. Envelope imprinted with red and blue patriotic image of clasped hands and the phrase Our hearts and hands for the Union

Thorpe, Herbert C., 1873-1904 (SC 2764)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2764. Letters of Herbert C. Thorpe, General Manager and Assistant Treasurer, United States Gas, Coal, and Coke Company, to his wife and father. Writing from Sturgis and Paducah soon after his arrival in Kentucky from New Jersey, Thorpe describes the stresses of his new management responsibilities and the challenges to the company in the event of a miners’ strike, and criticizes the work ethic of the miners. Thorpe died in Paducah of typhoid fever on 31 July 1904

Miller, John A., Sr., 1840-1905 (MSS 514)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 514. Receipts, correspondence, bills of lading ledger, 1870-1874, and account book, 1864-1866, for Miller’s jewelry businesses in Alton, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. Miller later operated a jewelry store in Cairo, Illinois

Fresh, Mary A. Elizabeth (Logan), 1816-1894 - Letter to (SC 2774)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2774. Letter to Eliza Fresh, Auburn, Kentucky, from a niece, Anna, in Paducah, Kentucky. She writes of the death of her sister, Lizzie, from typhoid fever on 18 October, the circumstances of her death, and the family\u27s sadness

Mammoth Cave - Letter (SC 1509)

Finding aid and typescript (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1509. Letter by an unnamed tourist staying at the Hotel Sinnott, Paducah, which talks about her family\u27s tour of Mammoth Cave. She also mentions several other area caves

Poak, David W., 1842-1879 (SC 1584)

Finding aid and typescript (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1584. Civil War letter, Union, from David W. Poak, of the 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Camp McClernand near Cairo, Illinois, to his sister Sadie J. Poak, New Castle, Pennsylvania. He discusses some maneuvers in western Kentucky, near Columbus and Paducah

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (SC 1422)

Finding aid and typescript (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers

Morgan, Martha F., b. 1935 (SC 1303)

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1303. Short story (7p.) entitled Adventure and Romance, written by Morgan concerning a weekend visit with her grandmother Nellie Ada (Jeffords) Fox in Paducah, Kentucky, when Martha was ten years old