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Wilk, Joseph Peter, 1926-1994 (Mss 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilk, Joseph Peter, 1926-1994 (Mss 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 728. Printed matter, photographs, and correspondence relating to a small number of commissions executed by Bowling Green, Kentucky architect Joseph P. Wilk. Also includes some biographical data.
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company - Franklin, Tennessee (Mss 720), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 720. Appraisals of certain properties in Bowling Green, Kentucky as of 31 December 1946, conducted by G.B. Howard doing business as the Southern Engineering & Appraisal Company. Includes appraisal certificates, exterior photographs and sketch plans.
Ua3/1/1 President's Office-Cherry Reports, Wku Archives
Ua3/1/1 President's Office-Cherry Reports, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Reports made by Henry Cherry to the Board of Regents and departmental reports made to Henry Cherry.
Ua1c11/108 Jonathan Jeffrey Negative Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/108 Jonathan Jeffrey Negative Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Negatives taken by Jonathan Jeffrey.
U.S. 31-W To Interstate 65 Connector Project (Mss 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
U.S. 31-W To Interstate 65 Connector Project (Mss 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 663. Reports, correspondence, and data related chiefly to Section 106 Review of the connector project which covered the project’s potential effects on historic resources within the area affected. This connector was proposed to allow easier access from the Kentucky Transpark in northern Warren County, Kentucky to Interstate 65.
Liberty Hall Association - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Liberty Hall Association - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3335. Letter, 13 November 1936, to Bertha (Mrs. A. Edwin) Rice, Russellville, Kentucky from E. Leland Taylor, president of the Liberty Hall Association. The letter solicits subscriptions to enable the Association to exercise an option to purchase Liberty Hall in Frankfort, Kentucky and open the house to the public. The letter notes the purchase price of $30,000, a figure that includes a Gilbert Stuart portrait, and lists other historical and patriotic organizations cooperating in the effort.
Blair, Robert M., Et Al. (Fa 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blair, Robert M., Et Al. (Fa 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1260. Student collection titled “Buggy Shed” in which Robert Blair, Kenneth Conrad, and Bernal Buis briefly describe the construction and function of several “buggy houses” throughout Kentucky. Collection includes photographs of outbuildings.
Petot, Virginia (Fa 1249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Petot, Virginia (Fa 1249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1249. Student folk studies project titled “The Status of the Country Store,” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of structures in Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a name of the business, location, dates, and photo. Paper discusses the demise of the general store in rural Taylor County.
Wagner, Betty Ann, Et. Al (Fa 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wagner, Betty Ann, Et. Al (Fa 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1250. Student collection titled “Folk Architecture” in which students survey buildings and naturally occurring geological formations throughout several counties in Kentucky. Students researched barns, churches, shacks, restaurants, banks, and courthouses. Black and white photographs are included within the collection along with a brief description of each location. Some photos missing from collection.
Scott, Helen May (Fa 1255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, Helen May (Fa 1255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1255. One-page paper titled “Wash House” in which Helen May Scott describes a wash house located in Lewisburg, Kentucky. Scott interviewed Mrs. A. L. Johnson about her daily use of the outbuilding. The paper includes a single black and white photograph of the wash house.
Wooley, Linda (Fa 1246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wooley, Linda (Fa 1246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1246. Student paper titled “The Taylor County Post Offices Now and Then” in which Linda Wooley examines the history, construction, location, and daily operation of post offices throughout the county. The paper includes several black and white photographs of both the interior and exterior of the post offices.
Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1245. A collection of materials relating to research on the Felts Log House undertaken by Betsy Tyrie and Colin Stephen. The documentation seeks to interpret the social aspects of the log house as well as architectural changes made to the structure over the course of nearly 150 years. The report also provides insight into the house’s history, its construction, and its eventual relocation to WKU’s campus in the late 1970s. Recorded audio interviews, black and white and color photographs, newspaper articles, and a brief personal essay are also included in the ...
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1244. Student folk studies project titled “Country stores in Lincoln County, [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with narrative descriptions of general stores in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the building, its history, and photos.
Newton, Gil (Fa 1242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newton, Gil (Fa 1242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1242. Student folk studies project titled “Housing [Clark County, Indiana],” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of structures in the area surrounding Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana. Sheets may include a brief description of the structure, location, history, floor plan, and photo.
Ua1c2/31 Garrett Conference Center Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/31 Garrett Conference Center Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Garrett Conference Center.
Ua1c2/65 Presidents' Home Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/65 Presidents' Home Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the WKU presidents' homes at 1700 Chestnut and State Street.
Ua1c2/76 Wetherby Administration Building Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/76 Wetherby Administration Building Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Wetherby Administration Building.
Ua1c2/79 Van Meter Hall Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/79 Van Meter Hall Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Van Meter Hall.
Ua1c2/36 Hardin Planetarium Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/36 Hardin Planetarium Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Hardin Planetarium
Ua1c2/27 Environmental Sciences & Technology Building Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/27 Environmental Sciences & Technology Building Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Environmental Sciences & Technology building.
Ua1c2/13 Cherry Hall 1937+ Photographs, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/13 Cherry Hall 1937+ Photographs, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Cherry Hall.
Ua1c2/35 Guest House Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/35 Guest House Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of guest houses. One of these buildings was also known as the Pest House and used to quarantine students with communicable diseases.
Ua1c2/43 Ivan Wilson Center For Fine Arts Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/43 Ivan Wilson Center For Fine Arts Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts
Ua1c2/5 Barnes-Campbell Hall Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/5 Barnes-Campbell Hall Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Barnes-Campbell Hall.
Ua1c2/69 Rodes-Harlin Hall Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/69 Rodes-Harlin Hall Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of Rodes-Harlin Hall
Ua1c2/73 Seminar Center Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/73 Seminar Center Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Seminar Center.
Ua1c2/74 L.T. Smith Stadium Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/74 L.T. Smith Stadium Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of L.T. Smith Stadium, originally named Academic Athletic Building Number 2. Includes images of Feix Field.
Ua1c2/11 West Hall Photographs, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/11 West Hall Photographs, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of West Hall which became Southwest Hall.
Ua30/1/3 Planning, Design & Construction Capital Construction Disbursements & Receipts, Wku Archives
Ua30/1/3 Planning, Design & Construction Capital Construction Disbursements & Receipts, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
This series documents the disbursement of funds for capital construction projects at WKU. As defined by KRS 7A.010 (1), capital project means (a) any undertaking which is to be financed or funded through an appropriation by the General Assembly of general fund, road fund, bond fund, trust and agency fund, or federal funds; (b) any undertaking which is to be financed by a capital expenditure for use by state government or one of its departments or agencies; (c) any capital construction item, or combination of items necessary to make a building or utility installation complete, estimated to cost $600 ...
Ua1c2/54 Bowling Green Business University Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/54 Bowling Green Business University Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of structures on the Bowling Green Business University campus.