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Farley, Seth Thomas, Jr., 1917-1999 (Mss 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 617. Correspondence, documents, news clippings and ephemera from Seth Thomas Farley, Jr., a life-long educator. This collection includes a good deal of information about Farley’s teaching career prior to his work as a professor at WKU, his involvement in organizations that fought alcoholism and gambling (particularly the lottery in Kentucky), his church work, and his service on a committee to choose a federal magistrate for the western district of Kentucky. The collection includes an entire box of assessment related material related to Fort Knox Dependent Schools in the mid-1960s.

Interview Conducted By Joseph Carl Ruff With Herbert Alexander Oldham (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview conducted by Joseph Carl Ruff with Herbert Alexander Oldham on 15 May 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They discuss African American education in Bowling Green, Kentucky, integration, and segregation. They also discuss Oldham's education at St. Augustine College in Raleigh, North Carolina, his teaching career and education administration positions in Bowling Green, his family background, and his experiences as an African American youth in Bowling Green.

"We've Just Got To Get Together": African-American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier

Lynn E. Niedermeier

In the early 1970s, African-American students at WKU took the first steps toward organizing themselves into a strong voice on campus, supporting a curriculum of black studies, sponsoring social and cultural events, and protesting discriminatory treatment.

Ua1b2/1 A Commemoration Of Wku's Integration: 1956-2006, Monica G. Burke, Sherese Martin

WKU Archives Records

A publication that chronicles the history of WKU's desegregation efforts. This commemorative publication is also an historical document that highlights the prolific accomplishments of WKU African American graduates. The impact of Western's spirit on countless African American graduates and the Bowling Green community unfolds in the pages that follow. The joy of having access to an education, the struggles of transforming an institutional climate, the kindness of WKU faculty, staff, and students and the rewards of walking across the stage in Diddle arena are chronicled by those who experienced it firsthand.

Ua1b2/1 Integration At Western Kentucky University, Jason Brown

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A brief overview of the integration process at WKU, includes some newspaper clippings and primary source materials.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Mcdaniel, Mike. Open (Closed?) Housing Affects WKU
• Wilkerson, Larry. Political Independents Vie for City Commission Seats
• Irving Levine to Speak Here on Europe of 1970’s
• National Ballet Company to Perform Here Tonight
• Wilkerson, Larry. John Cooper May be Campaigning for Governorship After All
• Catacombs Hosts Halloween Bash
• High Court Hits School Stalling - Desegregation
• UNICEF Spooks College to Help Less Fortunate
• United Givers Fund Effort Deserves Community Support
• Sullivan, Marta. Nixon Calls for Revamping of Draft, Drug Laws
• McDaniel, Mike. Judge Judged as Rushee
• UNICEF …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 48, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletics and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Rally, Bonfire to Kindle Hot Weekend
• Homocoming Queen to be Named at Game
• Richard Nixon, Marlowe Cook Win Mock Election
• Connelly, Linda & Gail Barton. Bergen Evans Challenges Never Stop Searching for Meaning of Justice
• Community Concert Year to Open with James Dick
• Tonight - 'Apollo' Opens
• Grades Overshadow Classroom Learning
• George Wallace Support Threatens Two-Party Political System
• Public Defenders React Ominously to Discontent
• Tucker, Bruce. The George Wallace Myth
• Student Editors Choose Richard Nixon in Nation-Wide Collegiate Poll
• McDaniel, Mike. Negro Athletes Spark Controversy
• Can Mother Beat Draft? …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 46, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Clubs Calendar
• WKU and Me
• Alumni News
• Coming Events Calendar
• Toppertalk
• West on Western Sports
• Activity Almanac
• Dear Mom

This issue contains articles:

• Walters, Sandra. Award-Winning Author to Address Campus February 7 – Pearl Buck
• Record Enrollment Expected for University Spring Term
• Attendance Board Sees No Immediate Changes
• Agriculture Department Gets $10,000 Holstein Bull
• Marks Released in Ballroom Starting Feb. 1
• 2,846 Toppers from Jefferson, Warren Counties
• Climate Advantages for Relations Program
• Story Advising Freshmen Reprinted Elsewhere
• Scholarship Established by Gordon Smith & Company
• Federal Exams …

Ua3/3/1 Correspondence Re: Minorities, James Pope, Kelly Thompson, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Correspondence between Kelly Thompson and James Pope of the Louisville Courier-Journal regarding the racial makeup of the student body and faculty in 1961 and 1963.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 14-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Sagabiel, Jack. 190 Will Receive Degrees Friday
• Seniors Present Memorial – Paul Garrett Portrait
• Students, School Groups Honored on Awards Day
• Luncheon Slated for 1 PM Friday – WKU 50^th Anniversary
• H.B. Gray, Part Time Western Instructor Dies
• Dr. H.L. Stephens Speaks at Iva Scott Banquet
• Let’s Go Swimming
• A Graduation Question – editorial
• A Great Loss to Western – H.B. Gray …