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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rankin, Frank Gilbert, Jr., 1906-1994 (Mss 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 176. Copies of Civil War remembrances of John S. Jackman and John M. Porter. Also, copies of materials related to other Civil War activities and to service in the Orphan Brigade and in Morgan's Cavalry.
Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Edward J. (Sc 1550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1550. Graduate Western Kentucky University geography paper by Edward J. Smith in which he examines the history of the buildings in the 100 block of Main Street and the 800 block of Adams Street in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinsley, Warren Landrum, 1922-1987 (Sc 1549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 1549. A typescripted reminiscence about Warren Landrum Tinsley's World War II experiences in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a typescript of a diary kept during his military service , and a typescripted reminiscence about his early church experiences in Logan County, Kentucky.
Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Vere, 1897-1971 (Mss 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 189. Appointment books and financial records relating to Graham's Bowling Green, Kentucky dental practice in the 1930s. Includes information about his education, Kiwanis club activities, and copies of family photographs.
Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928 (Sc 1540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928 (Sc 1540), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1540. Letter from Richard Felton Outcault of Outcault Advertising Company, Chicago, Illinois to Bud Crewdson. The letter incudes a drawing of Buster Brown and his dog Tige, with a caption referring to the illness of Crewdson's daughter.
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hills, Henry E., 1917-1975 (Sc 1511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1511. World War II letter written by Henry E. Hills from Italy to his cousin, William P. Stamps, Jr., in which he describes a battle that took place in Sicily. He makes some deprecatory remarks about the Italians and notes the fierce and smart fighting of the Germans.
Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards & Cobb Collections (Mss 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 35. Account books, 1857-1858, of G.W. Edwards and T.W. Cobb, general merchants at East Fork, Metcalfe County, Kentucky.
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Honaker, Marion Earl, 1914-2006 (Sc 1510), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1510. Letters, 1985-1997 (19); military papers, 1942-1990 (14); photos (21); newspapers clippings, 1942, 1992-2006 (5); of Marion Earl Honaker, Bowling Green, Kentucky, a Navy pharmacist mate stationed in the Pacific Area during World War II.
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Jane (Hines), 1904-1989 - Letter To (Sc 1512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1512. Telegram sent by the Bowling Green Public Library Board refusing the resignation of Jane (Hines) Morningstar from the Board.
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas Collection (Mss 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 31. Manuscripts, letters, writings, etc., of the Thomas family of Bowling Green, Kentucky, including sermons and speeches of Frank Morehead Thomas, Methodist minister (1868-1921); and poems, essays and newspaper articles written by his mother, Elizabeth (Wright) Thomas (1842-1931). Full-text scans are available (Click on "Additional Files" below) for the Spanish-American War letters that Frank Thomas sent home to his family.
Hays, William Shakespeare (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, William Shakespeare (Mss 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 28. Correspondence, poems, lyrics for songs, newspaper marine columns, and royalty and copyright contracts related to William Shakespeare Hays, a poet, composer, and newspaper columnist of Louisville, Kentucky. Many clippings of a biographical nature and of his works. Attached (Click on "Additional Files" below) is full text scan of a diary kept by Hayes from 1864 to 1865 and titled "My Leisure Moments to Belle McCullough." This diary is found in Box 3, Folder 4 of the collection.
Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mchenry Coal Company - Ohio County, Kentucky (Mss 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 29. Production ledgers of the mines operated by the McHenry Coal Company. Also includes invoices and account books of the company stores in Ohio County, Kentucky.
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Mss 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 27. Correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc., covering Bowling Green native Victor Herbert Strahm's U.S. Air Force career. There are over 100 letters written to his parents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing his World War I activities and 27 letters to his mother detailing his participation in the early days of World War II.
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calvert-Obenchain-Younglove Collection (Mss 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 30. Correspondence, diaries, writings, business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, genealogical notes, weather records, and photographs of the Calvert, Obenchain, and Younglove families of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Selected items from the collection can be viewed in full text by clicking on the "Additional Files" links below.
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty afterward (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.
Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Procter-Pendleton Papers (Mss 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 26. Correspondence and legal papers, 1894-1941, of B.F. Procter, 1848-1944, a Bowling Green lawyer; and correspondence, 1899-1932, speeches, diaries, and Stockton genealogy of Lila Pendleton Procter, 1850-1932. Correspondence, sermons, 1866-1889, journal, and notebook of J.M. Pendleton, 1811-1891, a minister of the First Baptist Church, Bowling Green, from 1837-1857. Includes a 1932 affidavit detailing the history of Bowling Green's sewerage system (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan).
Arête December 2007, Honors College
Arête December 2007, Honors College
Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashcroft, John, B. 1942 (Sc 1314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1314. Letters written by U.S. Senators Jiml Bunning and Mitch McConnell, Washington, D.C., to constituent Sue Lynn Stone, Bowling Green, Kentucky, responding to her opposition to the appointment of John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General.
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Grise, George Calvin, 1918-1960 (Sc 1312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1312. Thesis entitled "Will S. Hays[:] His Life and Works", written by George Calvin Grise, Bowling Green, Kentucky, for George Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee.
Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cron, Robert D., B. 1940 (Sc 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1309. Writings by Robert D. Cron, Roundhill, Kentucky, about the Honaker family and the Warren County, Kentucky community of Naker. Includes a copy of a published article about the family and community, 2001; a Naker postmaster's certificate, 1936; and photocopy of a photograph.
Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Causey, Robert Lewis, B. 1927 (Sc 1316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1316. Comments written by Causey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning the proposed industrial Trimodal Transpark that would be located near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, if approved.
The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
The Best-Laid Plans: Building On The Hill, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
Since WKU purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.
Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crume, Charles Thomas, Jr., 1933-1996 - Collector (Mss 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 181. Research material related to the history of Bullitt County, Kentucky. Also includes notebooks concerning drugs, chemical compounds, and jewelry and watch repairs compiled by David W. Crume of Bardstown. Detailed drawings of a timepiece by D.W. Crume and slides of Jesse Hilton Stuart and the sorghum molasses making process are part of the collection. Also includes personal correspondence and items of Charles Thomas Crume, Sr.
Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edwards Collection (Mss 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 22. Twelve patients' account books of Dr. Martin Van Buren and William T. Edwards, brothers, of Horse Cave, Kentucky, are the nucleus of this collection which also includes several G.A.R. Dept. of Ky. Robert Storie Post #104, Hiseville, items fo Cyrus Edwards, a second cousin, and several Horse Cave items.
Commissioners Report On The Shoals In The Ohio River (Sc 1545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Commissioners Report On The Shoals In The Ohio River (Sc 1545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1545. Photocopy (made in 1970) of handwritten Ohio River survey done in 1819 related to river navigation in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Indiana. It includes many hand-drawn maps. There is a large, undated map in a pocket on inside back cover.
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney, Elise, 1894-1966 (Mss 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscript Collection 24. "Recollections of Bowling Green, Kentucky", written by Elise Dulaney in 1961 with emphasis on the Covington, Dulaney, and Wells families, various individuals, Christ Episcopal Church, and local schools. Also cemetery deed, 1881; Warren County tax receipt, 1882; letters, 1953-1962 (6); and miscellaneous items.
Perkins Collection (Mss 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins Collection (Mss 20), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 20. Letters, genealogical charts, clippings, etc., mainly of Warren County, Kentucky families. Letters: Briggs family, 1812-1842; Curd family, 1832-1865; Finch family, 1826-1919; and Perkins family, 1851-1918. Genealogy records on the families; plus the record of the Morehead family and the autobiography of Charles Robert Morehead, Sr. (Click on "Additional Files for typescript).
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
O'Hair, James (Sc 1538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
O'Hair, James (Sc 1538), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1538. Notecard featuring silk painting of a sailboat sent from James O'Hair in Vietnam to John W. Breeding of Rineyville, Kentucky, wishing him a happy New Year.
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1547), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1547. Report, dated 14 November 2007, that documents payments made on behalf of the Bowling Green Rotary Club to community members in Kasigau, Kenya, so they could attend school. Includes receipts and thank you letters from students.