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Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101 Descriptive Inventory MSS 209 STICKLES, Arndt Mathis, 1872-1968 15 boxes. 129 folders. 2,709 items. Originals & photocopies. 1821-1996. 1969.6.1 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Arndt Mathis Stickles was born in Patricksburg, Indiana, 4 January 1872, the son of Mathis and Elizabeth (Kiefaber) Stickles. He was educated in the Patricksburg public schools then attended the University of Indiana where he received his A.B. in 1897, his M.A. in 1904, and his Ph D. in 1923. He also received a second master’s degree in 1910 from Harvard University where he held a teaching scholarship from 1909 to 1910. He began his career in education in 1899 as a teacher and principal in the Yorktown, Indiana schools. From 1901 to 1903 he was head of the Department of History and Economics at the high school in Elkhart, Indiana. It was in 1908, while he was head of the Department of History at Evansville Central High School, that he was invited by Dr. Henry Hardin Cherry to become head of the History Department at Western Kentucky State Normal School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In this position, as one of Western’s first faculty members, Dr. Stickles would become a noted historian, teacher, and author, not retiring until 1954. At that time, his 46 ½ years of service was a national record for a professor at the same accredited institution of higher learning. During his tenure at Western, Dr. Stickles published the following works: Elements of Government: Political Institutions, Local and National, in the United States (1914), The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, 1819-1829 (1929), and Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight (1940). In 1954 he co-authored the textbook The Story of Kentucky with T. C. Cherry. Other scholarly production included: “Pioneer Kentucky from 1792-1800 as Mirrored in the Kentucky Gazette,” and “The Ruins of a Confederate Fort on the Campus of Western Kentucky State College.” Professionally, Dr. Stickles was a member of the Southern Historical Association, the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, and the Kentucky Education Association. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Church, the local Masonic lodge, and a charter member and past president of the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club. In his leisure time he was an avid gardener and fisherman. Arndt Stickles married Henderson, Kentucky native Laura Gorden Chambers 26 July 1911 in Louisville, Kentucky. They had three children: Elizabeth Hume Stickles, Harriet Henry (Stickles) Griffith, and James Channing Stickles. Mrs. Stickles died 4 January 1953. Dr. 2 Stickles died 13 October 1968 and is buried next to his wife in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. COLLECTION NOTES The bulk of the collection (Boxes 4-12) consists of correspondence, research and chapter drafts for Stickles’ book Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight. Boxes 1, 2, 14 and 15 also contain correspondence and writings about Buckner, including (Box 2, Folder 6) correspondence from Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. The remainder of the collection consists primarily of materials relating to Stickles’ other professional activities, research and publications, but also includes some personal and family correspondence (Boxes 1-2). Of particular interest in the personal materials is a lengthy autobiographical reminiscence (Box 1, Folder 2) written by Stickles for his children. Box 3 contains correspondence and drafts relating to Stickles’ book The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, including his 1923 dissertation on the subject. Box 13 contains correspondence relating to Stickles’ service on the historical markers committee of the Kentucky Progress Commission. Boxes 14 and 15 include miscellaneous speeches, papers, sketches, poems and family photographs. SHELF LIST BOX 1 Stickles, Arndt Mathis 1879-1996 366 items Folder 1 Inventory and biographical data 1933-1996 35 items Folder 2 Paper: “Some Personal Reminisces [sic] n.d. 1 item for my Children,” 114 p. Folder 3 Teachers licenses, letters of recommendation, 1879-1927; n.d. 30 items etc. Folder 4 Indiana University materials 1894; 1897 9 items Folder 5 Class notebook – “History of Modern Europe” May 22- 1 item June 9, 1899 Folder 6 Correspondence – Family 1894-1905; 43 items 1922-1965; n.d. Folder 7 Correspondence 1896-1934 39 items Folder 8 Correspondence 1935-1939 68 items MSS 209 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Library Special Collections – Western Kentucky University 3 Folder 9 Correspondence 1940-1953 72 items Folder 10 Correspondence 1954-1959 68 items BOX 2 Stickles, Arndt Mathis 1934-1969 266 items Folder 1 Correspondence 1960-1961 48 items Folder 2 Incoming letters 1962-1969 45 items Folder 3 Correspondence, misc. 1936-1965; n.d. 38 items Folder 4 Sympathy letters received following his wife’s Jan.-May 1953 21 items death Folder 5 Letters received by Stickles upon his Aug. – Dec. 1954 17 items retirement Folder 6 Simon Bolivar Buckner …, c. 1940 – Letters 1934-1939 27 items chiefly from Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. Folder 7 Correspondence with publisher D.C. Heath 1937-1960 45 items and Company and other publishers Folder 8 Power of attorney – Elizabeth Ann (Stickles) 1959-1961 28 items Coffman to A. M. Stickles BOX 3 Stickles, Arndt Mathis pre-1914-1954 25 items Folder 1 Elements of Government …, c. 1914 – pre-1914 or 1914 1 item, 219 pp Typescript Folder 2 Dissertation: “The Critical Court Contest in 1923-1926 4 items Kentucky”; bibliography; manuscript and published version of “Relief Legislation and the Origin of the Court Controversy in Kentucky” Folder 3 Correspondence: The Critical Court Struggle 1924-1954 12 items in Kentucky Folder 4 The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, pre-1929 1 item c. 1929 – Drafts of chapters 1-6 MSS 209 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Library Special Collections – Western Kentucky University 4 Folder 5 The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, pre-1929 1 item c. 1929 – Drafts, Chapters 4-5 Folder 6 The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, pre-1929 1 item c. 1929 – Drafts, various Folder 7 The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, pre-1929 2 items c. 1929 – Ch. 6-7, tables B. H. Folder 8 The Critical Court Struggle in Kentucky, pre-1929 3 items c. 1929 BOX 4 Stickles, Arndt Mathis 1858-1940 672 items Folder 1 Outgoing letters of Stickles concerning 1931; May 2, 1934- 109 items Simon B. Buckner Dec. 18, 1934 Folder 2 Outgoing letters of Stickles concerning Jan. 3, 1935 - 90 items Buckner Mar. 29, 1935 Folder 3 Outgoing letters of Stickles concerning Jan 6-Nov. 12, 67 items Simon Bolivar Buckner 1936 Folder 4 Outgoing letters of Stickles concerning Simon Jan. 12, 1937- 12 items Bolivar Buckner Feb. 15, 1938 Folder 5 Incoming letters concerning Buckner materials 1934 61 items Folder 6 Incoming letters concerning Buckner materials 1935 85 items Folder 7 Incoming letters concerning Buckner materials 1936-1940; n.d. 63 items Folder 8 Correspondence concerning Simon Bolivar Apr. 4, 1935- 88 items Buckner Dec. 17, 1935 Folder 9 Buckner material found in letters 1858; 1898; 1912; 10 items 1935; n.d. Folder 10 Letters other persons wrote, in Stickles’ Sept. 24, 1934 7 items interest, concerning Buckner Folder 11 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1938-1940 38 items Correspondence about publication 1938-39 (4) and book reviews, 1940 MSS 209 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Library Special Collections – Western Kentucky University 5 Folder 12 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – Jan. 4-Oct. 11 42 items Correspondence about data for book and 1939 interest in purchasing book BOX 5 1821-1935; n.d. 230 items Folder 1 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1821; 1846-1936 62 items Research materials Folder 2 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1841; 1861-1909; 13 items Research materials 1934; n.d. Folder 3 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1841-1867 23 items Research materials Folder 4 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1847-1912; 24 items Research materials 1929-1935 Folder 5 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1848-1887 16 items Research materials Folder 6 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1858-1934 40 items Research materials Folder 7 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1858-1935 52 items Research materials BOX 6 1840-1935 246 items Folder 1 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1840-1842; 15 items Research materials 1861-1862; 1885-1935 Folder 2 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1860-1864 31 items Research materials Folder 3 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1841; 1861-1909; 17 items Research materials Folder 4 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1841; 1861-1909; 32 items Research materials MSS 209 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives – Library Special Collections – Western Kentucky University 6 Folder 5 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1862; 30 items Research materials 1894-1910 Folder 6 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1868; 1888 32 items Research materials Folder 7 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1868; 11 items Research materials 1898; 1914 Folder 8 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1869; 1890; 33 items Research materials 1909-1914; 1932 Folder 9 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1890 11 items Research materials Folder 10 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c. 1940 – 1861-1902 13 items Research materials Folder 11 Simon Bolivar Buckner… , c.