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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …

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

WKU Archives Records

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.

Ua30/1/1 Italianate Garden, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Archives Records

Plan of the Italianate Garden sponsored by Ogden College graduate Perry Snell in 1929. The drawing is in poor condition and the name of the landscape architect has been torn away. This garden was situated between Snell & Ogden Halls on the old Ogden College campus. The four season statues are now housed in Van Meter Hall.

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

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

WKU Archives Records

Set of three floorplans for the original Snell Hall. This building no longer exists.

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

WKU Archives Records

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Campus Opinion
• Chapel
• Club News
• Editorials
• News Heard Around the Campus
• Personals
• Society
• Under the Church Spires

This issue contains articles:

• Gov. Fields Dedicates the Training School
• Western Holds Centre – 13-0
• Dedication Visitors Guests at Banquet
• Third District Teachers Ass’n Have Successful Session at T.C.
• W.H. Raymond was Builder of Fine Job
• Paul Whiteman & Orchestra in Program
• Hardware is Russell & Erwin Brand
• Bush Bricks Employed in Construction
• Quarries of B.G. Company Supply Stone
• F.C.G. Club Has 2^nd Meet – …

Ua97/7 The Cardinal, Vol. Iv, No. 3, Ogden College

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper created by the students of Ogden College a prep school for boys in Bowling Green which operated from 1877 to 1927.

Articles in this issue:

• Perry Snell Hall to be Dedicated Tonight
• Perry Snell Arrives in Town
• Program: Dedication of Perry Snell Hall
• Trophy Room Established
• E.A. Fitch Lost Exploring Cave
• Editorial: Perry Snell Hall
• Homecoming Day
• Campus Jay-Walkers
• Our Literary Societies
• A Noticeable Fact – Charles Whittle
• The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy
• School Notes
• Armistice Day Celebration
• Evansville Favors Conference Plan
• Ogden Has Glorious Past
• President’s Home Now Completed
• The Old Academic Building – Ogden Hall …

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

WKU Archives Records

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. …

Ua3/1/2 Letter To Roemer Brothers, Wku President's Office

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Letter from the WKU President's Office to Roemer Brothers of Bowling Green regarding the construction of a temporary gymnasium. The letter outlines the specifications for the building.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Van Meter Auditorium, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Correspondence of Henry Cherry with a variety of contractors regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall. Also includes information regarding the dedication and general reception when the building opened.

• American Seating Company
• Jake Bornstein
• C.E. Morris
• Superior Seating Company
• R.W. Koch
• Andrews Company
• Brinton Davis
• A.J. Anderson & Company
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
• S. Keighley Metal Ceiling & Manufacturing Company
• Dow Wire & Iron Works
• First National Bank of Louisville
• Bowling Green Machine Company

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

WKU Archives Records

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.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Davis, Brinton, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Correspondence between Henry Cherry and architect Brinton Davis regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall.

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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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

WKU Archives Records

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

Minutes Of The City Of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1850-1868 (Part 3)., Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Minutes Of The City Of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1850-1868 (Part 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Minutes Of The City Of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1850-1868 (Part 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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