The Research Collections comprise a unique research center of primary sources for both the university community and general public users. Originally called the "Kentucky Library" with a mission to collect "all things Kentucky," the collection quickly grew to encompass the world. We house rare books, photographs, sheet music, rare periodicals, and specialized research collections in diverse languages or formats dating from the 15th century to today.
Our holdings are unique artifacts of local, national and international importance. Current collection holdings include more than 75,000 books and periodicals, thousands of unique extant examples of ephemera, music and political memorabilia, and an ever growing number of photographs, images, and sound / video recordings. Our materials can be accessed through the One-Search Box, TOPCAT, TopSCHOLAR®, KenCat, and in-house paper finding aids.
Submissions from 1967
Corbin Daily Tribune: 75th Anniversary and Progress edition (Section A), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Submissions from 1964
Handbook of Information for Caneyville Graded and High School, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1962
Bowling Green Telephone Directory, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Old Homes In and Near Bowling Green, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1960
History of the Old Breen River Union Meeting House At Richardsville, Warren County, KY, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Women of Bowling Green, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1953
Complete Home Washing Guide, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Survey of Agriculture in Fulton County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1951
Mustang State Street School Yearbook, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1950
Telephone Directory for Glasgow, KY with Cave City and Hiseville Listings, 1950, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1949
Bristow High School Comet Yearbook, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Taylor Chapel A.M.E Bulletin, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Telephone Directory Bowling Green, KY, Morgantown, KY, Woodburn, KY, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1948
Bristow High School Sentinel Yearbook, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Souvenir Program of the Inaugural Flight of Eastern Airlines, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1947
Classical Music in Early Kentucky, 1850-1889, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Kentucky Masonic Directory, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Parks and Water Works System of Bowling Green, KY, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1945
The Spanish-American War by John Schoenborn (E715 .S34 1945), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Submissions from 1944
Gothic Glasgow Training School Yearbook, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1939
The Youth Worker, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Youth Worker, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Youth Worker, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1938
Souvenir Book: Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment and Twelfth Annual Convention Ladies' Auxiliary, Department of Kentucky, United Spanish War Veterans, June 5,6,7, 1938, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Ephemera W-30), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Submissions from 1937
Robert Ground Family Tree, Mamie Ground Hays and Pleasant Ground
Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company "KYROCK", Kentucky Library Research Collections
Architecture Address Delivered by Brinton B. Davis, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1934
The Sequence of the Human Occupance in Wayne County, Kentucky: An Historical Study, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1932
Kentucky Negro Educational Association - KNEA Journal, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1931
Compilation of Smith's Index to Littell's Laws of Kentucky which Relate to Barren County and Selected Areas, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Park City Daily News Monthly Magazine Section, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1930
Address of the Hon. Maurice H. Thatcher, Delivered Before The Alumni Association of the University of Alabama, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Bowling Green, Kentucky Classified Business Directory, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Flowing Stream, Kentucky LIbrary Research Collections
Submissions from 1929
Smiths Grove Times, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Bulletin Taylor's Chapel A.M.E. Church, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1928
Oil and Gas Map of Warren County, KY, Eyl, W. C.
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Kentucky LIbrary Research Collections
History of Influence Roads Had in Developing [Warren] County, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Official Bulletin, National Committee for the Reception of United Spanish War Veterans (Ephemera W-72), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1926
Catalog of Annville Institute, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Owensboro, Kentucky Junior High News, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Telephone Directory for Bowling Green, Rockfield and Woodburn, Kentucky 1926, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Submissions from 1925
Telephone Directory for Bowling Green, Rockfield and Woodburn, Kentucky 1925, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Bowling Green, Kentucky Classified Business Directory, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Bus Schedules, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Index to Coats of Arms in the Journal of American History, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Memoirs of a Jockey, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Olde Kentucky Quilts: Their Traditions, Their Beauty, Their Place in Present Day Homes, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Opening of the Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1924
Catalog of Fine Memorial Goods of the H. F. Wendell & Company, Kentucky Library Research Collections
The Bulletin Taylor's Chapel A.M.E. Church, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1922
History of Prominent Old Families Buried in the Old [Pioneer] Cemetery on College Street and Fairview Cemetery, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Progress in Race Relations in Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1921
Telephone Directory for Bowling Green, Rockfield and Woodburn, Kentucky 1921, Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
Eadens - Morgan Family Bible, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Report of the War Historical Work of the Kentucky Council of Defense, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1920
Telephone Directory for Bowling Green, Rockfield and Woodburn, Kentucky 1920, Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
History of Warren County, KY in the World War, 1917 - 1919, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1919
Individual Records of Men in the Service From Warren County Kentucky in the World War A-K, Kentucky LIbrary Research Collections
Individual Records of Men in the Service From Warren County Kentucky in the World War L-Y, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1918
The Journal of Negro History: Slavery in Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1916
North and South: A Magazine Published for the Northern Farmer, Trucker, Horticulturist, Gardener, Dairyman, Stockman and Poultryman, Describing the Resources of the South, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1914
Catalogue and Course of Study of the Caneyville Public Schools, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1913
Fire Insurance Rates on Dwellings and Private Barns for Bowling Green Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Caneyville Public Schools, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Old Hickory Trucks, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1911
Park City Daily News Industrial Edition Section Three, Kentucky Library Research Collection
Hogwallow Kentuckian, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Park City Daily News Industrial Edition Section Two, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Park City Daily News Past Present and Future, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1910
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1910-1911 (MSS 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1909
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1909-1910 (MSS 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1908
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1908-1909 (MSS 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1907
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1907-1908 (MSS 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Ordinary Meeting, The Panama Canal, The Lock Canal type and the Straits of Panama Type, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1906
Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1906-1907 (MSS 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1904
Blue Bell: March Song and Chorus by Edward Madden and Theodore F. Morse (SM03156), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Submissions from 1903
Eagle Eye, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Eagle Eye, Kentucky Library Research Collections
News of the Neighborhood: Cairo, KY from the Henderson Daily Gleaner, Kentucky LIbrary Research Collections
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Kentucky Crop Production), Kentucky LIbrary Research Collections
Tragedy of the Lost City: A Story of the Pioneer Days of Martinsville, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1900
Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Kentucky Library Research Collection
Index to Bowling Green, KY Special Editions Newspapers, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Warren County Marriage Books Q - Z 1883 - 1900, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Submissions from 1899
Souvenir Sketch and Roster of the Third Kentucky U.S.V.I. (E726 .K37 R8), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Submissions from 1898
Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March by P. Marcel (SM00575), Kentucky Library Research Collection
My Father Was a Sailor on the Maine by Hattie Nevada (SM00641), Kentucky Library Research Collection
Novelty War Primer, Kentucky Library Research Collection
Headlight Bowling Green, KY, Kentucky Library Research Collections