The Vernon White Collection
The Vernon White Collection
The Vernon White Collection represents the interests of White (1915-2008), a native of Hardin County, Kentucky and a Sociology Department faculty member at Western Kentucky University from 1966 to 1980. The collection contains information about White's military experience and his academic career, but more importantly it documents his research interests outside his field of study, including: covered bridges, grave markers, archaeology, and American folkways. White's research on these topics led to the publication of several articles and two books: Covered Bridges: Focus on Kentucky (1985) and Grave Covers: Our Cultural Heritage (2005). His collection contains research field notes as well as hundreds of slides. To see the finding aid to the Vernon White Collection, which includes a brief biography, click here. For an index to the slides included in the collection, click here.
Bennetts Mill Bridge, Greenup Co., KY (Br1c)
Oldtown Bridge Hwy 1, Greenup Co., KY (Br2c)
Cabin Creek Bridge, Lewis Co., KY (Br3c)
Covered Bridge, Goddard, KY (Br4c)
Ringos Mill Bridge, Hillsboro, KY (Br5c)
Beech Fork Covered Bridge, Chaplin, KY (Br13c)
Switzer Covered Bridge, Switzer, KY (Br14c)
Switzer Covered Bridge, Switzer, KY (Br14c)
Switzer Covered Bridge, Switzer, KY (Br14c)
Colville Bridge, Millersburg, KY, (Br15c)
Johnson Creek Bridge, Blue Lick Battlefield, KY (Br16c)
Walcott Bridge, Bracken Co., KY (Br17c)
Walcott Bridge, Bracken Co., KY (Br17c)
Dover Bridge, Dover, KY (Br18c)
Hillsboro Bridge, Hillsboro, KY (Br19c)
Humpback Covered Bridge Covington, VA (Br6c)
Yatesville Bridge, Louisa, KY (Br21c)
Pike Valley Bridge Maysville, KY (Br23c)
Mud River Bridge, Milton, WV (Br24c)
Iron Bridge, Edmonton, KY (Br25)
Campbell Bridge, Gowensville, SC (Br26c)
Bridge - No Truss, Simpsonville, KY (Br27c)
Iron Bridge, Dawson Springs, KY (Br39)
Bridge over the Kentucky River, Lawrenceburg, KY (Br40)
Gasper River Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br41)
Iron Bridge over Nolin River, White Mills, KY (Br42)
College St. Iron Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br43)
Harcout Bridge, White Mills, KY (Br44)
Warrensburg Bridge, Warrensburg, TN (Br45c)
George Miller Bridge, Decatur, OH (Br49c)
Gasper River Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br59)
Trammel Creek Bridge, Allen County, KY (Br60)
Medora Covered Bridge, Medora, IN (Br61c)
Stone Arched Bridge, Shelbyville, KY (Br77)
Stone Arched Bridge, Shelbyville, KY (Br77)
Iron Bridge, Edmonton, KY (Br78)
Replica of Portal Camp, Camp Nelson, KY (Br79c)
Abutment Camp Nelson Covered, Camp Nelson, KY (Br79c)
Phillips Covered Bridge, Rockville, IN (Br82c)
Iron Bowstring Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br84)
Iron Bowstring Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br84)
Iron Bowstring Bridge, Falls of Rough, KY (Br85)
Iron Bowstring Bridge, Falls of Rough, KY (Br85)
Bean Blossom Bridge, Bean Blossom, IN (Br86c)
Poinsett Stone Bridge, Tigerville, SC (Br87)
Iron Bridge, Blue Lick Park, KY (Br88)
Stone Arch Bridge, Goodlettsville, TN (Br89)
Iron Warren Pony Truss, Morrowbone, KY (Br90)
Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge, Buckeye Furnace, OH (Br93c)
Warren Pony Truss, Hardin Springs, KY (Br104)
Iron Bridge, Masonville, KY (Br105)
Pratt Pony Truss, Masonville, KY (Br106)
Warren Pony Truss, Masonville, KY (Br107)
Concrete Arch Bridge built in the 1920s, Prestonsburg, KY (Br108)
Concrete Arch Bridge built in the 1920s, Prestonsburg, KY (Br108)
Concrete Arch Bridge built in the 1920s, Prestonsburg, KY (Br108)
Concrete Arch Bridge built in the 1920s, Prestonsburg, KY (Br108)
Concrete Arch Bridge built in the 1920s, Prestonsburg, KY (Br108)
Iron Railroad Bridge, Knoxville, TN (Br112)
Iron Bridge, Columbia, KY (Br113)
Iron Pony Truss, Edmonton, KY (Br114)
Iron Pony Truss, Athertonville, KY (Br115 )
Iron Bridge, Blue Lick, KY (Br116)
Iron Bridge, Rectorville, KY (Br118)
Iron Bridge, Flemingsburg, KY (Br119)
Clifty Hollow Railroad Bridge, Big Clifty, KY (Br120)
Iron Railroad Bridge, Shepherdsville, KY (Br121)
Busching Bridge, Park, IN (Br122c)
Gilford Covered Bridge, Gilford, IN (Br123c)
Bebb Park Bridge, Scipio, OH (Br124c)
Concrete Bridge, Short Creek, KY (Br141)
Concrete Bridge, Fordsville, KY (Br142 )
Concrete Bridge, Dundee, KY (Br143)
Iron Bridge Bowling Green, KY (Br144)
Warren Pony Truss Iron Bridge, Somerset, KY (Br145)
Iron Pony Truss, Greenville, KY (Br148)
Iron Pony Truss, Grayson, KY (Br165)
Wood Howe Truss Bridge, Richmond, KY (Br179 )
Warren Truss Iron Bridge, Boston, KY (Br180)
Iron Bridge, Hawsville, KY (Br181)
Iron Pony Truss Bridge, Bowling Green, KY (Br183)
Iron Bridge, Livingston, KY (Br212)
Iron Deck Truss Bridge, Munfordville, KY (Br215)
Iron Bridge over Little Sandy River, Sandy Hook, KY (Br216)
Stone Bridge, Versailles, KY (Br217)
Iron Bridge, Bardstown, KY (Br225)
Stone Arch Bridge, West Point, KY (Br232)
Iron Bridge, Hazard, KY (Br237)
Bridge over the Kentucky River, Lexington, KY (Br246)
Stone Arch Bridge, Wilmore, KY (Br258)
Stone Arch Bridge, Wilmore, KY (Br258)
Stone Arch Bridge, Wilmore, KY (Br258)
Iron Bridge, Gravel Switch, KY (Br266)
Iron Bridge, Grayson, KY (Br268)
Stone Arch Bridge Danville, KY (Br286)
Stone Arch Bridge, Danville, KY (Br286)
Iron Bridge, Calhoun, KY (Br288)
First Baptist Church Frankfort, KY (Ch178)
Old Roller Mill Oakland, KY (Bu163)
Log Tobacco Barn Land Between the Lakes, KY (Bn4)
Old House Shelbyville, KY (Bu157)
Train Station Hopkinsville, KY (Bu74)
White Hall Richmond, KY (Bu59)
Lost River Cave Bowling Green, KY (Wa25)
Choctaw Indian Academy Georgetown, KY (Bu177a)
Old Train Station Berea, KY (Bu57)
First Presbyterian Church Flemingsburg, KY (Ch42)
Log Tobacco Barn Murray, KY (Bn38)
Old Bank Adairville, KY (Ba17)
Citizens Bank Drakesboro, KY (Ba10)
School Built by WPA in 1938 Prestonsburg, KY (Bu176)
Old Jail Franklin, KY (Bu162)
Commercial Bank 1907 Dawson Springs, KY (Ba4)
Olde Bethlehem Academy Inn Elizabethtown, KY (Bu204)
Mill Springs Mill Monticello, KY (Wa2)
Old Stone Building Hardin Springs, KY (Bu139)
Community Building Elkton, KY (Bu178)
Octagon Hall Franklin, KY (Bu260)
Barn with Hay Fork Canton, KY (Bn1)
Hillsboro Deposit Bank Hillsboro, KY (Ba18)
Old Depot Hawsville, KY (Bu197)
Springhouse Georgetown, KY (Bn17)
Old Ebenezer School Greensburg, KY (Bu192)
Barn on Pete Cahill Farm Williamstown, KY (Bn5)
Waveland, built by Joseph Bryan, Lexington, KY (Bu242
Old Talbott Tavern, damaged by fire, Bardstown, KY (Bu83)
Shaker Tavern Bowling Green, KY (Bu22)
Greensburg Deposit Bank Greensburg, KY (Ba13)
Bank Building, 1903 Gamaliel, KY (Ba16)
Farmer's State Bank Augusta, KY (Ba14)
Old-Time Five and Dime Store Mount Vernon, KY (Bu261a)
G.W. Dawson & Co. Bankers Auburn, KY (Ba3)
Smithfield Mill Smithfield, KY (Wa16)
Grayson Springs Hotel Clarkson, KY (Bu44)
Old Barn Winchester, KY (Bn33)
Old Toll House at Bridge Bowling Green, KY (Bu106)
Old Barn with Mail Pouch Sign Williamstown, KY (Bn7)
My Old Kentucky Home Bardstown, KY (Bu7)
Smiths Grove Baptist Church Smiths Grove, KY (Ch56)
Old Hotel Canton, KY (Bu54)
Red River Furnace Estill Co., KY (Fu9)
Green Mill Falls of Rough, KY (Wa9)
Halfway Masonic Lodge Halfway, KY (Bu110)
Old Stone Jail Carrollton, KY (Bu182)
Old Courthouse Greensburg, KY (Bu111)
United Methodist Church Sonora, KY (Ch105)
Post Office Oakland, KY (Bu101)
Summit School Elizabethtown, KY (Bu99)
Walnut Grove School Caneyville, KY (Bu27)
Offur-Cole Tavern Georgetown, KY (Bu95)
Bank Mayslick, KY (Ba12)
Kirby Buidling, torn down in 1987, Bowling Green, KY (Bu172)
Swiss Colony Church Bernstedt, KY (Ch181)
Hexagon Barn Lexington, KY (Bn42)
Christian Church Leesburg, KY (Ch176)
Old Fort Harrod House Harrodsburg, KY (Bu252)
Courthouse Greenville, KY (Bu75)
Old Barn Augusta, KY (Bn36)
Bethel Baptist Church Morgantown, KY (Ch66)
United Methodist Church Hopkinsville, KY (Ch106)
Mariah Moore House Bowling Green, KY (Bu53)
Farmer's Bank Building Smiths Grove, KY (Ba5)
Green River Bank Rochester, KY (Ba7)
Jack Thomas House Leitchfield, KY (Bu26)
Depot, Now Gift Shop Shelbyville, KY (Bu45)
Old Mulkey Meeting House Thompkinsville, KY (Ch24)
Bells Tavern Park City, KY (Bu153)
Doe Run Inn Brandenburg, KY (Bu11)
Minnie Carroll House White Mills, KY (Bu125)
Wagon Shed Richardsville, KY (Bn23)
Little Muddy School Hadley, KY (Bu255)
Log Corn Crib Holland, KY (Bn24)
Nahm Building Bowling Green, KY (Bu52)
Augusta High School Augusta, KY (Bu30)
Old Jail Bedford, KY (Bu179)
Courthouse Springfield, KY (Bu208)
Hobson House Bowling Green, KY (Bu62)
Old Store Building Morgantown, KY (Bu82)
Holt Giles House Knifley, KY (Bu175)
Great Western Iron Furnace Land Between the Lakes, KY (Fu3)
Devasher School House Scottsville, KY (Bu259)
Austin Tracy Elementary School Lucas, KY (Bu9)
Cottage Furnace Furnace, KY (Fu10)
Old Train Station Russellville, KY (Bu246)
Old House Mt. Sterling, KY (Bu241)
Post Office Canneyville, KY (Bu122
Old Depot Fordsville, KY (Bu231)
Josie Hawkins School House Prestonsburg, KY (Bu257
Log Cabin Lexington, KY (Bu243)
Tobacco Barn Murray, KY (Bn39)
Old Log House Central City, KY (Bu194)
St. Francis Catholic Church Georgetown, KY (Ch23)
Bourbon Iron Works Owingsville, KY (Fu7)
Opera House Springfield, KY (Bu124)
Old South Bank of Kentucky Russellville, KY (Ba6)
Nolynn Baptist Church Glendale, KY (Ch55)
Tobacco Barn, Weather Boarded Hazel, KY (Bn40)
Iron Marker, Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, FL (MS325b)
Concrete Mausoleums, City Cemetery Poplar Bluff, MO (MS363)
Open Box Covers at Rock Castle, Hendersonville, TN (MS338)
Bonnie and Pete Crum Gravehouse, Mt. Pleasant Church Corinth, MS (MS344)
Grave Stand with Flower Bed, Maplewood Cemetery, Bloomfield, KY (MS336)
Gravehouse, Fellowship Cemetery, Smyrna, TN (MS341b)
Stone Gravehouse, Roughcreek Church, London, KY (MS369)
Corbeled Arch, White Oak Church, London, KY (MS370)
Lichgate Cemetery, Hammonsville, KY (MS368a)
Davis Chapel Methodist Church Albany, KY (MS179b)
Siltstone Lynnville, IN (MS377d)
Concrete Log House Mitchel, IN (MS379)
Open Box at Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, TN (MS360a)
Headstone of John Bitler Thell Orleans, IN (MS380a)
Discoldal Headstone, Mt. Zion Church Sparta, TN (MS361)
Corbeled Arch, White Oak Church London, KY (MS370)
Box Grave Cumberland Co., KY (MS266)
Old Cemetery Pulaski, TN (MS322a)
Brick Arch Cover, Pebble Hill Plantation Cemetery Thomasville, GA (MS324b )
Boxed with Comb Top, New Hope Cemetery, Cornersville, TN (MS311)
Brick Grave House, Hillsboro United Methodist Church, Hillsboro, TN (MS308)
Corbeled Arch, Presbyterian Church Beech Grove, TN (MS306c)
Brick Grave House Manchester, TN (MS307b)
Brick Grave House Manchester, TN (MS307b)
Stone Arch, Lavender Cemetery Morgan Co., TN (MS304)
Corbeled Arch, Coffin-shaped Top Beech Grove, TN (MS332)
Box Covers, Church of God, Epperson, KY (MS381)
Box Covers, Church of God, Epperson, KY (MS381)
Limestone Mausoleum Somerset, KY (MS372)
Box Covers Sparta, TN (MS302)
Concrete Grave House, Presbyterian Church, Beech Grove, TN (MS306)
Corbeled Arch Lynchburg, TN (MS309)
Open Box Cover Gallatin, TN (MS305)
Boxed Graves, Village Cemetery, West Union, OH (MS250)
Two Double Graves, Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, KY (MS56)
Four Boxed Graves Millersburg, KY (MS227)
Lichgate Cemetery Paris, KY (MS335)
Box Vault, Mt. Olivet Church, Bowling Green, KY (MS218)
Dinkelspiel Family, Jewish Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Lichgate, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Park City, KY (MS366c)
Thick Box, Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, KY (MS222)
Two Child Box Covers Shelby, NC (MS312a)
Aluminum Awning Grave House, Mt. Pleasant Church, Corinth, MS (MS344e)
Carver Grave, Bethelhem Baptist Church, Scottsville, KY (MS184a)
Box with Comb Top, New Hope Cemetery, Cornersville, TN (MS311)
Bronze Marker Hawsville, KY (MS220e)
Bronze Marker Russellville, KY (MS301)
Brick Cover Greenville, SC (MS313)
Lowry Family Cut Limestone, Forestville Baptist Church, Wake Forest, NC (MS145)
Coffin Box with End Stones, Davis Chapel, Albany, KY (MS179)
Grave Covered with Shedrock Macedonia, GA (MS235)
Corbeled Arch, Presbyterian Church Beech Grove, TN (MS306)
Corbeled Arch, White Oak Church, London, KY (MS370)
John Huston Bronze Monument, Winchester, KY (MS358)
Stone Gravehouses, Rough Creek Church, London, KY (MS369)
Brick Gravehouses, Mt. Pleasant Church, Corinth, MS (MS344a)
New Gravehouse Eulia, TN (MS321)
Double Open Box, Springhill Cemetery, Nashville, TN (MS360b )
Soul in Flight, Mt. Olivet Church, Bowling Green, KY (MS218)
Four Piece Boxed Grave, Green Lawn Cemetery, Franklin, KY (MS222)
Gravehouse, Antioch Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC (MS315)
Gravehouse Eulia, TN (MS321)
Gravehouse, Neal Cemetery, Flippin, Kentucky (MS95)
Coffin-shaped Stone Grave, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Sunnybrook, KY (MS100a)
Thick Stone Box Kingston, TN (MS291)
Coffin Box Grave, Wiley's Chapel, Logan Co., KY (MS276)
Boxed Grave Versailles, KY (MS213)
Four Piece Base Box, Westwood Cemetery, Shawneetown, IL (MS287)
Box Covers Gainsboro, TN (MS297)
Minton Bronze Marker White Mills, KY (MS347)
Mausoleum Logan Co., KY (MS268)
Box Covers Harrodsburg, KY (MS65c)
Large Bronze Marker Murfreesboro, TN (MS295b)
Thick Slab Graves Lexington, KY (MS294)
Two Boxes On Top of Each Other, Memory Gardens, Hawsville, KY (MS220)
Coffin Box Grave Dunmor, KY (MS261)
Boxed Grave, Lee Cemetery, Nancy, KY (MS232)
Double Box Cover Columbia, TN (MS292)
Atwood Grave, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Scottsville, KY (MS184c)
Gravehouse, Neal Cemetery, Flippin, KY (MS95)
Westgraves, Baptist Church, Sacramento, KY (MS245b)
Comb Covers, Falling Springs Baptist Church, Allred, TN (MS199b)
Gravehouse, Wolf River Cemetery Pall Mall, TN (MS97)
Gravehouse, New Hebron Church Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co., KY (MS263)
Small Child's Gravehouse, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Sunnybrook, KY (MS98)
Coffin Box, Hazel Creek Baptist Church, Belton, KY (MS262)
Box Vault, Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY (MS217e)
Grave Stone, John H. Hanna, Frankfort, KY (MS226)
Concrete Log Gravehouse, Memory Gardens, Hawsville, KY (MS220)
Child Box Grave, Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, KY (MS217)
Stone for a Race Car Driver Russellville, KY (MS301)
Graves Covered With Mussel Shells, Hill Grove Baptist Church, Edmonson Co., KY (MS144)
Walled Graves, Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, KY (MS56)
Buelah Ware, Bellvue Cemetery, Danville, KY (MS234a)
Angel Statue Auburn, KY (MS300)
Coffin Box, Draper Cemetery, Gainsboro, TN (MS297)
Angel Statue, Long Cemetery, Spencer, TN (MS104e)
Boxed Graves Morgantown, KY (MS96)
Gravehouse Wayne Co., KY (MS277)
Aluminum Awning Grave House, Mt. Pleasant Church, Corinth, MS (MS344d)
Bluegrass Seed Stripper, owned by Victor White Louisville, KY (To25)
Spinning Wheel, Lincoln Center, Dale, Indiana (Ho1)
Windmill Smiths Grove, KY (Po22w)
Cane Mill, Ellis Farm, Gravel Switch, KY (To26)
Gate & Rock Wall, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bowling Green, KY (Fe13)
Iron Fence, Courthouse, Bowling Green, KY (Fe43)
Slat Fence Short Creek, KY (Fe22)
Rock Fence Bowling Green, KY (Fe12)
Sandstone Fireplace Morgantown, KY (Cy16)
Seth Thomas Clock, owned by Vernon White, Bowling Green, KY (Ho14)
Sandstone Chimney Todd Co., KY (Cy7)
Jugs and Wood Bucket Bowling Green, KY (Ho12)
Stone Fireplace, Skew Arch, Allen Co., KY (Cy12)
High Chair, Holson House, Bowling Green, KY (Ho15d)
Chimney Arch, W.G. White Farm, White Mills, KY (Cy8)
Rug, woven by Victor White Louisville, KY (Ho13)
Rock Fence Bowling Green, KY (Fe59)
Smithfield Mill Smithfield, KY (Wa16)
Saw and Broad Axe owned by Victor White Louisville, KY (To13)
Poll Axe, owned by Emerson Simpson, Williamstown, KY (To29)
Wood Trestle Maud, KY (Rr6)
Steam Engine Murray, KY (Po19)
Dam and Mill Site White Mills, KY (Wa8)
Wood Latch Winchester, KY (Wo6)
Dazy Churn owned by Ira White Louisville, KY (Ho3)
Baby Bed, Hobson House, Bowling Green, KY (Ho15e)
Push Plow & Spades Bowling Green, KY (To47)
Batten Door & Latch Maysville, KY (Wo7)
Cultivator, Stone Farm, Bowling Green, KY (To5)
Boring Machine, Woodbury Museum, Woodbury, KY (To7)
Auger and Broadax Woodbury, KY (To9)
Knapping Hammer Sonora, KY (To48)
Plank Fence Shadow Lawn Farm, Midway, KY (Fe40)
Bread Trays, Rolling Pin & Biscuit Cutter Bowling Green, KY (Ho9)
Rock Fence Millersburg, KY (Fe8)
Stoneware Jars owned by Ira White, Louisville, KY (Ho2)
Thrashing Machine Adams, TN (To4)
Adze owned by Mike Matlock, Bowling Green, KY (To28)
Barrel Churn owned by Romanza Johnson Bowling Green, KY (Ho7)
Trundle Bed, Hobson House, Bowling Green, KY (Ho15b)
Maul and Hatchet Bowling Green, KY (To12)
Caboose Junction City, KY (Rr14)
Trying Plane owned by Vernon White, Bowling Green, KY (To42)
Pit Saw Big Stone Gap, VA (To39)
Mill Springs Mill Monticello, KY (Wa2)
Scythe & Fork, owned by Ira White, Louisville, KY (To35)
Farmall Tractor Crofton, KY (Po18g)
Coffee Mill & Coffee Pot, owned by Romanza Johnson, Bowling Green, KY (Ho1)
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