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Ua1c2/68 Rock House Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/68 Rock House Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Rock House.
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1239. Student folk studies project titled “Sequent Occupance of the Main Business District of Hodgenville, Kentucky,” which includes a list of illustrations with brief descriptions of residents and buildings in the main business district of Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky. List entries may include a brief description of building, resident, location, donor, and photo.
Carroll, Julianne And Emily Hudson (Fa 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Julianne And Emily Hudson (Fa 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1219. National Register of Historic Places nomination form to register the Cedar Ridge Historic District in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by Julianne Carroll and Emily Hudson, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the 43 single and multi-family structures in the neighborhood, the earliest dating from 1920.
Zurowski, Susan K. And Lynn Coulter David, B. 1941 (Fa 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Zurowski, Susan K. And Lynn Coulter David, B. 1941 (Fa 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1218. Student folk studies project titled: ““The Hick’s House: A Warren County, Kentucky Central Passage Log House” which includes documentation of a log building with modern white clapboard siding in the Hadley area of Warren County, Kentucky. Documentation includes descriptions and illustrations of traditional log building practices, photos, and historical research of the property along with information about later additions and renovations. Photos include the house and outbuildings.
Reynolds, V. Lynn (Fa 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, V. Lynn (Fa 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1217. National Register of Historic Places nomination form to expand the boundaries of the College Hill National Register District in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by V. Lynn Reynolds in 1994, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the 33 structures in the initial College Hill National Register District established in 1979; 115 structures were added in 1994 and one more in 1996. A survey inventory updated in July 2003 is also included along with Kentucky Historic Resources Individual Survey forms from 2006. Small color photos are not of …
Trafton, Paula Burt (Fa 1214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trafton, Paula Burt (Fa 1214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1214. National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Taylor Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by Paula Burt Trafton, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the church.
Methodist Church Of Island, Kentucky (Sc 3279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Methodist Church Of Island, Kentucky (Sc 3279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3279. Contracts, 13 December 1904 and 14 March 1949, with specifications for construction of a church building at Island, Kentucky. Includes photocopy of an undated photograph of the building.
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Historic Houses - Warren County, Kentucky (Sc 3253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3253. Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Inventory forms for historic properties in Warren County, Kentucky; survey only, drawings were not executed for these houses. Some forms include photocopies of photographs or additional notes.
Myers, Lloyd (Sc 3237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Myers, Lloyd (Sc 3237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3237. Letter, 16 January 1889, of Lloyd Myers, clerk of the Duncan Hotel, Henderson, Kentucky, on hotel letterhead. He asks for a quote on materials to construct columns, an ornamented pediment, and window hardware for a two-story building and includes a rough design sketch of a storefront.
Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1153. Student paper titled “Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village: The Shakers Today” in which Jovanna Kezar details her visit to the Shaker community located near Poland, Maine. Kezar gives a brief, albeit thorough, history of the Shaker experienceas it relates to spirituality, organization, and guiding principles such as mottos, beliefs and practices, forms of worship, and governmental structure. Kezar also describes her trip to the Shaker village and provides color photographs and slides of buildings and photographs along with newspaper clippings, postcards, and assorted stationery.
Wright, Curtis William (Fa 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wright, Curtis William (Fa 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1159. Student folk studies project titled “Amish” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Amish life in Howard County, Indiana. Sheets may include an interview, brief description, informant’s name, and address. The project also includes “A Story of Isaac S. Miller” by O. G. M.
Wood, Diane (Fa 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Diane (Fa 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1155. Student folk studies project titled “Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Pennsylvania German and other folk art collected in Burton, Ohio and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an item or representation of folk art, brief description, photograph, and origin.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
The Fine Arts In Architecture: Creation Of The Wku College Of Fine Arts, Austin Young
The Fine Arts In Architecture: Creation Of The Wku College Of Fine Arts, Austin Young
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Over the years, the fine arts have served as the embodiment of a cultures beliefs and practices. From Art and Music to Language and Communications, the fine arts have shaped the way we interact and live our daily lives. Architecture is considered one of the many fine arts. Architecture has served as a physical monument of the representation of these ideals. Many artistic principles such as rhythm and repetition are prevalent in the detail orientation of architecture, and other principles such as performance and expression, showcase the beauty behind design that influences people’s thoughts and feelings. This research will establish …
Shake Rag Clippings File, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Shake Rag Clippings File, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
The Shake Rag Historic District, located along the north end of State Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in September 2000. It is Bowling Green’s first National Register District recognized for its significance to African American history. The Shake Rag Neighborhood developed around Lee Square, a parcel of land donated in 1802 for use as a public square. From https://www.visitbgky.com/shakerag/, see for more information.
Ua1c2/1 Academic Athletic Performance Center Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/1 Academic Athletic Performance Center Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Academic Athletic Performance Center also called Diddle Arena.
U.S. Geological Survey (Usgs) Topographic Map Collection, Kentucky Library Research Collections
U.S. Geological Survey (Usgs) Topographic Map Collection, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
This is a listing of the Topo maps housed in the KLRC; 7.5, 15 and 30 minute Kentucky and Boundary State Maps. These maps are helpful in genealogy to show how the landscape may have changed and they may have the locations of lost towns and cemeteries and indicate houses, barns, and other structures and how place names, roads, and streams changed over time.
Ua1c6/6 Dedications Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c6/6 Dedications Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of dedications and groundbreakings.