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Lewis, Brandon (Sc 1064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Lewis, Brandon (Sc 1064), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1064. Paper, “The Spring Storm,” written by Brandon Lewis for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998. He helped move cars from a flooded campus parking lot.


Justice, Angela (Sc 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Justice, Angela (Sc 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1062. Paper written by Angela Justice for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a severe storm that occurred 16 April 1998 while she was at home in the Nashville, Tennessee area.


Haney, Brad (Sc 1060), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Haney, Brad (Sc 1060), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1060. Paper, “My Lucky Day,” written by Brad Haney for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his reaction to having missed the severe storm that occurred on 16 April 1998. He was at home in Ohio County.


Justice, Angela (Sc 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Justice, Angela (Sc 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1062. Paper written by Angela Justice for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a severe storm that occurred 16 April 1998 while she was at home in the Nashville, Tennessee area.


Mastrean, Dena (Sc 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Mastrean, Dena (Sc 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1068. Paper, “As Time Flies By, I Miss the Storm,” written by Dena Mastrean for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.


Mexic, Darren, B. 1979 (Sc 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Mexic, Darren, B. 1979 (Sc 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1069. Paper, “April 16, 1998,” written by Darren Mexic for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.


Renfrow, Damon (Sc 1073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Renfrow, Damon (Sc 1073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1073. Paper, “Spring Storm, ‘98,” written by Damon Renfrow for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.


Whitehead, Kristy (Sc 1078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Whitehead, Kristy (Sc 1078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1078. Paper written by Kristy Whitehead for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.


Williams, Jamie (Sc 1079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2013

Williams, Jamie (Sc 1079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1079. Paper, “The Wrath of Hail,” written by Jamie Williams for an English class at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing a storm that occurred on 16 April 1998.


Morris, Walter B. (Sc 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2012

Morris, Walter B. (Sc 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 29. Photocopies of letter written by Walter B. Morris, Gallatin, Tennessee, to his brother, Eastin Morris, Fort Pickering, Tennessee, pertaining to a shower of flesh and blood near Lebanon, Tennessee, on 17 August 1841, and of an article from American Journal of Science, 1841, pertaining to the same event. Also a letter to Julia Neal regarding photocopies, 1968.


Caswell County, North Carolina - Weather (Sc 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Caswell County, North Carolina - Weather (Sc 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 406. Notes by an unknown observer of the weather in Caswell County, North Carolina, 25 December 1844 to 6 January 1845.


Eggleton, Freida K. (Sc 1642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Eggleton, Freida K. (Sc 1642), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1642. Compilation of 20 e-mail responses by Western Kentucky University (WKU) faculty and staff, solicited by Registrar Freida Eggleton, regarding the 10-year anniversary of the 16 April 1998 hailstorm that damaged structures in Bowling Green and on WKU's campus.


Ua12/2/1 Special Storm Coverage, Wku Student Affairs Apr 1998

Ua12/2/1 Special Storm Coverage, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special hail storm coverage edition of the College Heights Herald:

  • Batcheldor, Matt. Campus Damage Exceeds $4 Million; No One Hurt – Hail, Flooding
  • Moore, Leigh. Downing University Center Roof Destroyed; Food Services Continue – Hail, Dining Services
  • Batcheldor, Matt. Weather or Not . . . Hail, Flooding



Ua52/1 Hail Storm Memories, Wku Archives Apr 1998

Ua52/1 Hail Storm Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU faculty, staff, alumni and the general public regarding the 1988 hail storm solicited by WKU Archives.


Regional Temperature Trends & Variations In The Contiguous United States From 1935 To 1986, Fahad Alkolibi Jul 1991

Regional Temperature Trends & Variations In The Contiguous United States From 1935 To 1986, Fahad Alkolibi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The temperature trends and variations of the contiguous United States as a whole and ten designated regions were investigated from 1935 to 1986. To obtain reliable results, 263 stations of the Historical Climate Network (HCN) were used. The HCN stations are corrected for many non-climatic factors which may bias the data. The data for the contiguous United States reveals that the annual, summer, and winter temperatures are free of clear positive or negative trends. Unlike the annual and summer data, winter temperatures exhibit relatively strong variations.

Each region was then studyed individually. The summer temperatures for all the ten regions …


Ua35/11 Wku Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku University Honors Program Jan 1988

Ua35/11 Wku Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku University Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The Western Kentucky University Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers represent work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Kesselring, Marcia. Attitudes Toward the Need for Computer Literacy
  • Tuck, Janna & Karen Wiggins. Methylation and Confirmation of PGE
  • Lewis, Gloria. John Donne's Attitude Toward Love
  • Johnson, Linda. International Telecommunications Trade with Japan
  • Sharpe, Greg. Precipitation Patterns in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1980-1985
  • Smith, Sandy. Religion and the Media: Alliance or War?
  • Bell, Suzanne. Early Secret Involvement of the United States Military in Cambodia
  • Scariot, Linda. Parental Divorce and Childhood Emotional Disturbances
  • Daniel, Janice. …