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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association Passes No-tobacco Resolution
• Zukic, Rialda. Unveiling Culture – Muslims
• Waters, Rachael. WKU Prepares for Parent & Family Weekend
• Justice, Maciena. WKU Program Helps Veterans Adjust Before College – Veterans Upward Bound
• Kriz, Lindsay. C is for Chess – Samuel Hunt
• Williams, Joanna. Conference Examines Kentucky’s Higher Education
• Bratcher, Nick. Construction Funding Delayed at WKU with Economy Suffering
• Frasier, Aaron. Professor Continues Projects with NASA – Louis Strolger
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Graduation Stunts
• Jenkins, Spencer. Senior Starting to Feel Old
• Stanford, Nick. Student: …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Bratcher, Nick. Colonial Court to Remain as Green Space
• Aulbach, Lucas. Moving On Up – Volleyball
• Young, Amanda. Cage the Elephant Returns to the Hill
• West, Natalie. Choir Gives Students a Break from School – Music
• Allen, Kevin. WKU Hosts 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
• Young, Amanda. ALIVE Center Hosts 9/11 Memorial on South Lawn Saturday
• Bratcher, Nick. Summer Heat Affected WKU Employees’ Conditions
• Wade, Katherine. Regents Bylaw Could Impose Further Term Limits
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Recycling
• Live Sustainably. Go Green
• Salman, Andrew. In-class Medical Response Needed
• Lintner, Jonathan. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Kriz, Lindsay. Remembering 9/11
• Koch, Cameron. 9/11 Themed Constitution Week Kicks Off Saturday
• Wade, Katheirne. School Hosting Auditions for Face of WKU Spirit
• Arnold, Lauren. B Is for Band Member – Quintin Lyttle
• WKU from A to Z
• McKay, Michael. Graduation Stressed to WKU Class of 2015
• Williams, Joanna. New Financial Aid Rules Could Affect Thousands
• Duvall, Tessa. Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Tau Omega Lose Homecoming Pairings
• Editorial Cartoon re: 9/11
• Jenkins, Spencer. War Apathy: There’s No Real Excuse
• Ardrey, Saundra. Join in Constitution Week Activities
• Hardesty, Melissa. Alpha …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra - The New Face Of Wku's Defense, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Claybourn, Cole. WKU Planning Patriotic Home Opener – Football
• Stephens, Brad. Three Keys to Victory
• Stephens, Brad. WKU Prepares for Navy’s Option Offense
• Stephens, Brad. Andrew Jackson Becoming a Defensive Force
• Lanter, Austin. Now a Senior, Libby Stout a Head Figure for WKU Soccer Team
• Lanter, Austin. Lady Toppers Not Overlooking Belmont, Eastern Michigan – Soccer
• Aulbach, Lucas. Ashley Potts Leading Lady Toppers’ Defense – Volleyball
• Aulbach, Lucas. Lady Tops Expect Big Crowds for First Home Matches – Volleyball
• Trent, Mercedes. Deus Rwaheru Fighting Back from Injury to Prepare for Olympics …

Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 569), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 569. Paper: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Study of a Funeral Ribbon Quilt" written by Lynne Marrs (Hammer) Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 570. Paper: [Examination of a Speech Titled "Shake Rag Revisited"] written by Lynne Marrs Hammer Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The speech was delivered on 21 October 2004 by Herbert Oldham at the dedication of a historical marker in the neighborhood.

Wall, William Ketchum, 1786-1853 (Sc 2475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2475. Two letters from William K. Wall, a lawyer and state legislator, written from Frankfort, Kentucky. He writes of domestic matters, his health and churchgoing, and briefly of legislative affairs in Frankfort, Kentucky, including the prevalence of divorce bills and his successful application to obtain a pardon for a former client. He also comments, at times critically, on several individuals who may be his children.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Zukic, Rialda. International Tuition Reaching New Heights
• Bratcher, Nick. New Surplus Coordinator Brings Creativity to the Job – Sara Ferguson
• Wood, Shane. WKU Professor Paints Fresco in Van Meter Hall – Mike Nichols
• Frasier, Aaron. Confucius Institute to Offer Chinese Courses
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association Member Creates Test Prep Website – Kendrick Bryan
• Let Our Sophomores Go
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re Dormitories
• Hughey, Aaron. Professor Urges People to Think Different About Education System
• Wade, Katherine. WKU Diversity Plan Nearing Approval
• Justice, Maciena. Students Assist Police’s Search for …

Onyekwuluje, Anne B. (Sc 2473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2473. Interviews conducted by Anne B. Onyekwuluje with seven individuals about the life and influence of Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers, the first woman elected to the Kentucky state Senate in 1963. They discuss their political relationships with Powers and her influence in politics and the Civil Rights movement.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics. Articles:

• Claybourn, Cole. Enough About the Logistics; Let’s Just Play Football
• Stephens, Brad. Fired Up Toppers Look for Milestone Win Over Kentucky in Nashville – Football
• Stephens, Brad. Bobby Rainey Looking to Improve on Record-Setting Season
• Players to Watch – Kawaun Jakes, Wes Jeffries, Quanterus Smith, Tyree Robinson
• Stephens, Brad. Willie Taggart’s First Recruits Now Looking to Lead WKU – Football
• Carson, Kurt. Students Making Plans for WKU – University of Kentucky – Football
• Lanter, Austin. Strong Start A Dream Come True for Freshman Leslie Chinn – Soccer
• Stephens, Brad. Defensive …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Claybourn, Cole. All Students Get in Free to University of Kentucky Game – Football
• Duvall, Tessa. Amy Eckhardt Files Complaints Through Civil Court, EEOC
• Wade, Katherine. Branding WKU
• Wade, Katherine. WKU Pushing Social Media
• Bratcher, Nick. WKU Adds Salad Bar, Izzi’s to Downing University Center Food Court
• Englehart, Jerry. A Thousand Words – Color Guard
• Williams, Joanna. WKU Forms Retention Task Force
• Willams, Joann. Low-enrolled Classes Cut
• Editorial Cartoon re: Wildcat Tormenting Big Red
• Home Is Where the Stadium Is
• Lintner, Jonathan. From the Editor: Let Us Tell Your …

Humphreys, George Gary, B. 1949 (Fa 564), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 564. Interview conducted by George Gary Humphreys with Lexington attorney and political memorabilia collector Julius Edward Rather. Rather discusses 20th century politicians he knew and how he got involved in collecting political memorabilia.

Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Constitution and bylaws of the Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club, an organization formed to advance the goals of education and open to Legionnaires with teaching experience.

Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 369. Records of the Delineator Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club for women. Includes constitution, bylaws, minutes, financial records, yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, and summary historical notes prepared for the club's 25th anniversary.

Staynings, Laura Jo (Burnett), B. 1976 (Fa 562), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 562. Paper: "Bybee Pottery: A Family's Presentation of History and Tradition" written by Laura Staynings for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Tosh, Ted Rockwell (Sc 2462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of manuscript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2462. Compact disc with electronic copy of "Benjamin Helm Bristow," a biography of the Elkton, Kentucky native, state senator and U.S. Solicitor General by Ted Rockwell Tosh. The 494-page biography includes bibliography and index.

Jameson, Jennifer Michelle, B. 1987 (Fa 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 561. An annotated collection of playlists for the Freeman Kitchens collection of audio recordings (chiefly reel-to-reel tapes) held by the Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University. A second listing includes "notable items" within the collecction as identified by the compiler.

Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

WKU History Department alumni newsletter reporting activities of the department, faculty, staff and students.

Mcdaniel, Sue Lynn, B. 1959 (Sc 2461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2461. Interview conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel with Julius Rather on 14 June 2011 at his office in Lexington, Kentucky. The interview topic was Rather's collection of political memorabilia which he began amassing in 1964 and the establishment of the Julius Rather Political Memorabilia Collection at Western Kentucky University.

Daughters Of The American Revolution - Samuel Davies Chapter - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 363. Records of the Samuel Davies Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes membership applications and data, minutes, yearbooks and financial records.

Harmon, Mary - Letters To (Sc 2450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2450. Letters (2) written to Mary Harmon from Arch Hunt and Sarah Goode, all likely of Simpson County, Kentucky. Hunt mentions "ole abe Lincoln is dead with out a doubt." Goode's letter is filled with news about household affairs, social and recreational activities including a revival meeting and fishing, and her health.

Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 371. Constitution and by-laws, histories, subscriber list, news clippings, photos, and sundry printed promotional pieces used in the campaign to erect a Y.M.C.A. building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This material was found in a tin box in the cornerstone of the building when it was razed in 1985.

Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885 - Letters To (Sc 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Fidning aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 821. Facsimiles of two letters to Magoffin while he was governor of Kentucky. John E. Records, a Falmouth Democrat, writes of his reaction to the newly-founded Republican Party in his 31 March 1860 letter. Major General Leonidas Polk writes from Columbus 9 September 1861, telling of the occupation of this Mississippi River town by Confederate troops. Also, photocopies of census records.

Electoral College (Sc 2451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2451. Certification of George B. Hodge, James McKenzie, James M. Bigger, S. P. Love, R. S. Bevier, J. M. Atherton, Richard A. Jones, H. Cox, W. C. P. Breckinridge, Robert E. Little, A. L. Martin, and H. L. Stone, electors for Kentucky, as to the outcome of their votes for president and vice president of the United States, 1872. Includes notice of certification for 1880 bearing the signatures of the electors only.

Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2449. Letter, dated 30 January 1963, from attorney Marshall Funk to Robert W. Dickey related to an school integration lawsuit in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes the political platform and biographical information for Raymond McClard's 1973 state Senate race.

Written In Stone, Michelle Day

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

John Peter Zenger, Elijah Lovejoy, Gordon Parks, Walter Winchell and Katherine Graham were five famous journalists who impacted the industry in enduring ways. Whether writers, publishers or a photographer, these storytellers have had their stories told countless times over many years. This project seeks to combine journalistic research with a personal experiment in creative writing. Each chapter consists of story about one of the journalists, told either from their own perspective or someone else’s. Each piece should be considered historical fiction — not nonfiction — but the overall message and basic facts are true. Each story is different but reflects …

Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 176. Printed invitation, 15 June 1932, to Miss Sarah Leat for a July 4th ball at B. Vance's Hotel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and newspaper clipping, 1929, concerning the invitation. Also holographic copy of lyrics of "Old Folks at Home."

Changes In Newspaper Portrayals Of Women, 1900-1960, Laurel Wilson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis will show how mainstream newspapers depicted women in the first half of the twentieth century, and how these portrayals changed alongside society’s view of women during this time. In addition, it will look at how coverage of women and the transformations occurring during these fifty years may have influenced and affected each other, as well as how media treatment of women contributed to the beginnings of the second wave of feminism that started in the second half of the century.

Shirley, Mrs. W. E. - Collector (Sc 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 174. Research materials collected by Mrs. W. E. Shirley for her master’s thesis (Western Kentucky State Teachers College, 1934) on Isaac Shelby (1750-1826). Includes typescripts of Shelby’s gubernatorial correspondence (1793-1794); his will (1826); his autobiography; a pamphlet (1828) by Shelby’s son relating to the Chickasaw Treaty of 1818; and a letter to Mrs. Shirley from the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, regarding the source of the typescripted autobiography.