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Ua3/3/7 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook 3 created during Kelly Thompson's tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the year 1962. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction.

Ua3/3/1 Map Of Western Kentucky State College, Wku President's Office - Thompson, J.R. Hagan, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

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Area bounded by 14th Street, State Street/Normal Boulevard, [University Drive] and L&N Railroad. Base map created in June 1960. Annotated and divided into eleven plots, August 17, 1961:

• Plot No. 1 Central campus, 15th Street to 16th Street 40.7 acres
• Plot No. 2 16th Street to Trade School driveway 14.7 acres
• Plot No. 3 Trade School driveway to 17th Street 9.7 acres
• Plot No. 4 Pavilion area, 17th Street South 40.4 acres
• Plot No. 5 Academic Athletic-Maintenance Service Buildings area 14.0 acres
• Plot No. 6 Kentucky Building grounds 12.9 acres
• Plot No. 7 15th Street & Center Street corner .4 …

Ua11/3 Campus Construction And Improvements 1955-1961, Robert Cochran

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding construction and renovation projects at WKU for the period 1955-1961. Includes yearly list of work to be done, projected costs and photographs of buildings and grounds. Buildings included are

Cedar House, Cherry Hall, Diddle Dormitory, East Hall, Garrett Student Center, Gordon Wilson Hall, Health & Physical Education Building, Heating Plant, Home Economics Building, Home Management House, Industrial Arts Building, Kentucky Building, Maintenance Service Building, McLean Hall, Music Building, North Hall, Pylon, Ogden Hall, Potter Hall, President's Home, Rock House, Rock walls Snell Hall, South Hall, Stadium, Swimming Pool, Thompson Science Complex, Training School, Van Meter Hall, Veteran's Village, …

Ua1c11/103 President's Office - Urban Renewal Images, Wku President's Office - Thompson

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Artificial collection of images removed from WKU President's Office - Kelly Thompson Papers related to Urban Renewal. These images show various homes and buildings in the Jonesville area that were purchased by WKU in the 1960s.

Ua3/3/4 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

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Scrapbook 2 created during Kelly Thompson's tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the years 1960 through 1961. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction.

Ua3/3/1 Map Of Western Kentucky State College, Wku President's Office - Thompson, J. R. Hagan, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

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Map of WKU campus created by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry Consulting Engineers of Owensboro. The map measures 30 x 54 and the scale is 1" = 100'.

Map of area bounded by 14th Street, State Street/Normal Boulevard and Old Russellville Road.

Campus buildings include:

• Agriculture Pavilion
• Bates-Runner Hall
• Cherry Hall
• Cherryton
• College High Hall
• Craig Alumni House (President’s Home)
• Diddle Dorm (Men’s Dormitory)
• East Hall
• Garrett Conference Center (Garrett Student Union)
• Gordon Wilson Hall (Library)
• Heating Plant
• Home Economics Building
• Industrial Arts Building
• Kentucky Building
• Log Cabin
• McLean Hall
• Music Hall
• Ogden Hall
• Parking Structure (Maintenance Building)
• Physical Education Building …

Ua30/1/1 Contour Map, Western Kentucky State College, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

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Map of WKU campus, 55" x 31"

Legend: Contour Map Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Scale 1" = 100'
June 1960
Prepared by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry Consulting Engineers, Owensboro, KY.

Boundaries - Louisville & Nashville Railroad on north, 14th Street on east, Normal Boulevard on south and approximate location of University Boulevard on west.

Includes good representation of the African American community Jonesville north of Old Russellville Road, indicating the location of homes and other buildings.

Campus features obsolete items such as the railroad spur to the Heating Plant, Rock House, Diddle Dormitory, Home Economics Building, Ogden …

Ua30/1/1 Western Kentucky State College Map, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Western Kentucky University campus map which includes:

1. Van Meter Hall
2. Gordon Wilson Hall
3. Cherry Hall
4. Training School
5. Faculty House
6. Diddle Dorm
7. Home Economics Building razed 1982
8. Garrett Conference Center
9. Potter Hall
10. Industrial Arts Building
11. Helm Library
12. Swimming Pool
13. Home Management House
14. Music Building razed 1975
15. East Hall
16. South Hall
17. Colonnade
18. Cherryton
19. McLean Hall
20. Schneider Hall
21. Kentucky Building
22. Heating Plant
23. Craig Administration Building
24. Bates-Runner Hall

• Western Trade School
• Veteran's Village
• Agriculture Pavilion burned 1963
• Ogden Hall razed 1966
• Snell Hall
• Rock House

Ua30/1/1 Western Kentucky State College Map, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Western Kentucky University campus map includes buildings:

• Administration Building - Van Meter Hall
• Library - Gordon Wilson Hall
• Training School
• Cherry Hall
• Cedar House - Faculty House
• Athlete's Dorm - Diddle Dorm
• Industrial Arts Building
• Home Economics Building razed 1982
• Physical Education Building - Helm Library
• Swimming Pool
• Home Economics Management House
• Music Building razed 1975
• Men's Dorm #13 - East Hall
• Men's Dorm #14 - North Hall
• Student Union - Garrett Conference Center
• West Hall - Schneider Hall
• McLean Hall
• Cherry Town - Cherryton
• President's Home - Craig Administration Building
• Kentucky Building
• Heating Plant
• Industrial Arts Lumber Shed
• Western …

Ua30/1/1 Proposed Student Union, J. M. Ingram, John F. Wilson

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An 6 sheet set of drawings for proposed student union building. These were not used in the construction of Garrett Student Center.

Ua30/1/1 A Campus Guide For Western Kentucky State College, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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A campus guide for Western Kentucky State College by DFH, 2 sheets measuring 8 1/2 x 11. The map shows the following buildings and features:

• Administration Building - Van Meter Hall
• Library - Gordon Wilson Hall
• Cherry Hall
• Training School
• Cedar House - Faculty House
• Home Economics Building razed 1982
• Industrial Arts
• Physical Education Building - Helm Library
• Swimming Pool - site of Cravens Library
• Home Economic Practice House
• Music Building razed 1975
• Rural School razed 1955
• Dormitory under construction - McLean Hall
• West Hall - Schneider Hall
• Potter Hall
• President's Home - Craig Administration Building
• Kentucky Building
• Ogden Hall …

Ua30/1/1 Veterans Village, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Western Kentucky Teachers College Veterans Housing Project (Vet Village), National Housing Agency and Federal Public Housing Authority, project # KY-V-15158, 12 sheets, paper (fragile and fairly damaged). Includes two site plans, utility plan, site improvement details, building type list, typical floor plans, elevations, miscellaneous details, disassembly and erection details and plumbing and lighting schematics.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 19, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Music Notes
• At the Capitol - Movies
• Weddings - Engagements
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Daily Doings
• Quotable Quotes
• On the Western Front
• The Service Column

This issue contains articles:

• Western Offers Numerous Opportunities
• Tandy Ellis Bequeaths Rare Gifts to Western
• Dr. Marshall Murphree of Africa to Speak Here Tuesday
• Muriel Dann to be Herald Editor-in-Chief
• Roger Tuggle is Prisoner of War
• Gift of Senior Class Presented
• Vespers Will be Held During Summer Terms
• Teachers Attending School …

Ua1c11/29 Franklin Studio Photograph Collection, Franklin Studio, Wku Archives

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Photographs of WKU campus created by Franklin Studios between 1930 and 1940 arranged in numerical order. Images are generally numbered and duplicates are found throughout the WKU Archives Photograph Collections, especially for individual buildings.

The New Classroom Building, Bill Bass, Western Kentucky University

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Postcard of the new classroom building which would be named Cherry Hall for Henry Cherry soon after his death. The rendering is by student Bill Bass. The back of the postcard is a description of the building. These were probably prepared to be given out as souvenirs at the dedication of the building.

Ua30/1/1 Landscape Work, Classroom Building, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Landscape Work, Classroom Building, PWA KY-1043-R, UA30/1/1 Includes plan with details and sections for area surrounding Cherry Hall and Cedar House.

Ua30/1/1 Wku Music Hall, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Floor plans for Music Hall opened in 1937 and razed in 1975.

Ua1e Souvenir Folder Of Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Curt Teich & Company

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Booklet of postcards showing buildings on the campus of Western Kentucky University and the proposed memorial tower.

Ua30/1/1 State Normal Farm Near Bowling Green, Kentucky, H. M. Yarbrough, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Map by surveyor H.M. Yarbrough showing location of 81 acres of WKU Farm. Scale is 1 inch = 15 poles, northwest orientation, 22" x 10". Includes location of Jonesville. The map is undated, 1930 is a circa date.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents. Includes sections:

• Special & Current Appropriations Since 1906
• Financial Statements 1928-1930
• Audit
• Buildings & Equipment
• Insurance
• Grise, Finley. Annual Report of Teaching Staff & Course of Study
• Suggested Outline for Syllabi
• Student Survey
• Alumni Survey
• Superintendents & Principals Survey
• Curriculum
• Report of the Registrar
• Attendance & Income Chart 1907-1929
• Capital Improvements

Ua3/1/5/3 Airplane View College Heights / An Interpretation, Western Kentucky University, J. R. Alexander

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Broadside printed as fund raiser for construction of the Kentucky Building.

Ua1c1/101 Panoramic View Of Wku Campus, Western Kentucky University

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Panoramic view of campus left to right, Cherryton, Schneider Hall, Potter Hall, Colonnade and Stadium, Van Meter, Recitation Hall and College High. Original is broken in two pieces. The photo was taken circa 1929.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents. Includes sections:

• Attendance
• Unity
• Faculty
• Quality of Students
• Graduates
• Finances
• Budget
• Capital Improvements
• Salaries

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights, Vol. 7, No. 2, Wku Public Affairs

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Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. Features in this issue:

• The Memorial Group & Tower
• The Red Bungalow & Red Fence – Philanthropy
• College Heights Foundation Articles of Incorporation
• Board of Directors College Heights Foundation
• Porter, Martha. Obligation of Kentucky Citizens to College Heights Foundation
• College Heights Foundation Composition Contest
• Dodd, J.H. College Heights Foundation
• Arnold, Margaret. College Heights Foundation
• Richards, Frances. College Heights Foundation
• Marshall, Romie. In Memoriam – World War I
• Smith, Mrs. Wallace. Memorial Health Building
• Barnes, James. College Heights Foundation
• DeSpain, Edna. Hospital or Health Building
• Parke, Elma. …

Ua3/1/5/3 Will You Help? / Catechism, Western Kentucky University, Henry Cherry

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Broadside printed to raise funds for construction of Western Kentucky University. Obverse is the Plan for the Campus of the State Normal School in the Western District of Kentucky at Bowling Green by Henry Wright. Reverse is "Catechism" by Henry Cherry which was read at the first chapel exercises February 6, 1911.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 1, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Schaefer, Ada. Commencement Week – Class of 1909 (WKU)
• Calendar 1909-1910
• Free Tuition
• Perspective of the New Proposed Plant of Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Cherry, Henry. Editorial
• Graphic Representation of the Influence of the Western Kentucky State Normal School

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

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1900 meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company. Include discussion of contractors' bids and sale of bonds.

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

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Meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company for 1899. Creation of committee to choose location, purchase of property, Creedmore Flenor chosen architect and construction