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Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 176. Copies of Civil War remembrances of John S. Jackman and John M. Porter. Also, copies of materials related to other Civil War activities and to service in the Orphan Brigade and in Morgan's Cavalry.


Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1550. Graduate Western Kentucky University geography paper by Edward J. Smith in which he examines the history of the buildings in the 100 block of Main Street and the 800 block of Adams Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1549. A typescripted reminiscence about Warren Landrum Tinsley's World War II experiences in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a typescript of a diary kept during his military service , and a typescripted reminiscence about his early church experiences in Logan County, Kentucky.


Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents Dec 2007

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents special meeting to approve purchase of 513 Regents Avenue property.


Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar Dec 2007

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Commencement program listing graduates.


Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 189. Appointment books and financial records relating to Graham's Bowling Green, Kentucky dental practice in the 1930s. Includes information about his education, Kiwanis club activities, and copies of family photographs.


Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate Dec 2007

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding curriculum committee and faculty workload.


Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 35. Account books, 1857-1858, of G.W. Edwards and T.W. Cobb, general merchants at East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky.


Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.


Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1511. World War II letter written by Henry E. Hills from Italy to his cousin, William P. Stamps, Jr., in which he describes a battle that took place in Sicily. He makes some deprecatory remarks about the Italians and notes the fierce and smart fighting of the Germans.


Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1510. Letters, 1985-1997 (19); military papers, 1942-1990 (14); photos (21); newspapers clippings, 1942, 1992-2006 (5); of Marion Earl Honaker, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a Navy pharmacist mate stationed in the Pacific Area during World War II.


Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928 (Sc 1540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928 (Sc 1540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1540. Letter from Richard Felton Outcault of Outcault Advertising Company, Chicago, Illinois to Bud Crewdson. The letter incudes a drawing of Buster Brown and his dog Tige, with a caption referring to the illness of Crewdson's daughter.


Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 29. Production ledgers of the mines operated by the McHenry Coal Company. Also includes invoices and account books of the company stores in Ohio County, Kentucky.


Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on "Additional Files" below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled "My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough." This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.


Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.


Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 31. Manuscripts, letters, writings, etc., of the Thomas family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, including sermons and speeches of Frank Morehead Thomas, Methodist minister (1868-1921); and poems, essays and newspaper articles written by his mother, Elizabeth (Wright) Thomas (1842-1931). Full-text scans are available (Click on "Additional Files" below) for the Spanish-American War letters that Frank Thomas sent home to his family.


Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Selected items from the collection can be viewed in full text by clicking on the "Additional Files" links below.


Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty afterward (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.


Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 26. Correspondence and legal papers, 1894-1941, of B.F. Procter, 1848-1944, a Bowling Green lawyer; and correspondence, 1899-1932, speeches, diaries, and Stockton genealogy of Lila Pendleton Procter, 1850-1932. Correspondence, sermons, 1866-1889, journal, and notebook of J.M. Pendleton, 1811-1891, a minister of the First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, from 1837-1857. Includes a 1932 affidavit detailing the history of Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).


Arête December 2007, Honors College Dec 2007

Arête December 2007, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1316. Comments written by Causey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the proposed industrial Trimodal Transpark that would be located near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, if approved.


Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1314. Letters written by U.S. Senators Jiml Bunning and Mitch McConnell, Washington, D.C., to constituent Sue Lynn Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her opposition to the appointment of John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General.


Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1309. Writings by Robert D. Cron, Roundhill, Kentucky, about the Honaker family and the Warren County, Kentucky community of Naker. Includes a copy of a published article about the family and community, 2001; a Naker postmaster's certificate, 1936; and photocopy of a photograph.


Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1312. Thesis entitled "Will S. Hays[:] His Life and Works", written by George Calvin Grise, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for George Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council Dec 2007

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of December 5, 2007 meeting.


The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier Dec 2007

The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier

Lynn E. Niedermeier

Since WKU purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.


The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier Dec 2007

The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier

WKU History

Since Western purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.


Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2007

Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 181. Research material related to the history of Bullitt County, Kentucky. Also includes notebooks concerning drugs, chemical compounds, and jewelry and watch repairs compiled by David W. Crume of Bardstown. Detailed drawings of a timepiece by D.W. Crume and slides of Jesse Hilton Stuart and the sorghum molasses making process are part of the collection. Also includes personal correspondence and items of Charles Thomas Crume, Sr.


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Dec 2007

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding plus/minus grading, oasis, dormitory renovations and legislation.


Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association Dec 2007

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for December 4, 2007 meeting.