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Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 3639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2022

Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 3639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3639. Postcard advertising the spring opening, 10 February 1915, of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, inviting patrons to inspect fabrics and designs and offering samples by mail.


Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2018

Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1131. Collection contains Interviews, photographs, and informant data sheets relating to Sandy Staebell's project with quiltmakers in Allen County and Monroe County, Kentucky and Macon County, Tennessee for the 2017-2018 Osby Lee Hire and Lillian K. Garrison Hire Memorial Lecture Series.


Garrison, Kathryn (Topmiller), 1917-2012 (Sc 3117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2017

Garrison, Kathryn (Topmiller), 1917-2012 (Sc 3117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3117. Two letters of Kathryn Garrison, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her godchild “Betsy,” regarding hats made by Wilhelmina Howard, a Bowling Green milliner who was Betsy’s grandmother and Kathryn’s cousin.


Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs Jan 2015

Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

2015 Talisman yearbook.

  • Osborne Sam. Into the Woods – Big To-Do Music & Arts Festival
  • Spalding, Shelley. The Outliers – Greeks
  • Badjie, Haddy. The Right to Live – Racism
  • Gibson, Helen. Net Worth – Soccer
  • Greer, John. Sustaining Seasons – Sustainability
  • Wegert, Sally. Bloom – Eva Ross
  • Cislo, Everett. Harvest – Hemp
  • Kolb, William. Preserve – John All
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Making Strides – Track & Field
  • Greer, John. The Science Guy – Bill Nye
  • Cole, Tanner. Lip Service – Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Belknap, Abby. Race to the Senate
  • Gibson, Helen. Game of Loans – Student Financial Aid
  • Belknap, Abby. …


Martin, Lanna Gayle, B. 1961 (Sc 1023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Martin, Lanna Gayle, B. 1961 (Sc 1023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1023. Paper titled “Sadie F. Price: Artist, Botanist, Author, and Naturalist,” written by Lanna Gayle Martin for a Western Kentucky University class.


Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2546. Laura Elizabeth Richardson’s notebook containing holographic notes about the history of quilting. Notebook includes hand executed quilt pattern images in ink, poems, definitions of quilting terms, and textile descriptions. Includes notes about the provenance of Richardson’s quilt collectionand her furniture.


Ua37/21/2 Research Interview, William Jenkins, Suzanne Hansen Jan 1992

Ua37/21/2 Research Interview, William Jenkins, Suzanne Hansen

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Research interview with Suzanne Hansen owner-operator of Recycled Revolution. The tape has quite a lot of background noise which occasionally make it difficult to hear what is being said.

For more information regarding Recycled Revolution see:

  • Apodaca, Rose. New-Age Junkies, Los Angeles Times, 4/23/1993.


Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology Oct 1970

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 5 – Pre-Adulthood Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology

WKU Archives Records

Table of Contents:

  • Angrist, Shirley. Personality Maladjustment & Career Aspirations of College Women
  • Belcher, John C. Living Arrangements of Youth
  • Bregenzer, John M. Campus Dress Styles as Communication
  • Longino, Charles F. Jr. Student Ecology: The Sociology of College Life
  • Reed, John P. & Robin S. Reed. Profile of the Student Censor: A Research Note on Pornography
  • Richard, Michel P. Encounter with Deserters
  • Shostak, Arthur B. Young Adulthood in the Blue Collar Class
  • Simmons, Robert H. & A. Didrick Castberg. The Political Context of Student Protest
  • Stanfield, Robert E. A Typology of Student Role Orientations


Ua94/6/1 Mildred Mcgaw Autograph Book, Mildred Willett Mcgaw Jan 1926

Ua94/6/1 Mildred Mcgaw Autograph Book, Mildred Willett Mcgaw

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Autograph book owned by Mildred (Willett) McGaw with items dated between June 29 to July 17, 1926 includes a list of teachers and courses.

People mentioned in the book:

  • Adkins, Valinda
  • Barton, Emma
  • Barttger, Beulah
  • Beall, William
  • Billings, ?
  • Bondurant, Winnie aka Bill
  • Braden, J.W.
  • Brooks, Mattye
  • Clark, Ethel
  • Constance, Clyde
  • Cox, Forda
  • Craig, G.G.
  • Day, Lottie
  • Dean, Ruby
  • Denton, Dollie
  • Durrett, Ellis
  • Els, Virginia
  • Farris, Cecil
  • Griffey, J.D.
  • Hall, Margaret
  • Harper, Gertrude
  • Harper, Letha
  • Hayes, Ruby
  • Hillyard, Elisabeth
  • Jackson, Larena
  • King, Bertie
  • Lancaster, L.Y.
  • Lee, ?
  • Lindow, C.W.
  • Mann, Gertrude
  • Masters, Stella
  • McClure, Alma
  • McClure, Mary
  • Nichols, Lelia
  • Patterson, …


Ua94/6/2/14 Domestic Science Notebook, Annie Reis Jan 1913

Ua94/6/2/14 Domestic Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Domestic Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis regarding crocheting and embroidery. Includes samples of work created by Reis and patterns for underwear and sleeves.


Ua98 1909 Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies Jan 1909

Ua98 1909 Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Archives Records

1909 Talisman yearbook produced by the Potter College for Young Ladies.

  • Faculty
  • Talisman Staff
  • Brief History of Potter College
  • Teachers & Officers
  • Departments
  • Class of 1909
  • Senior Class History
  • Falter, Elizabeth. Incarnation
  • Ballard, Trudie. WIll of Class of 1909
  • Junior Class
  • Hogin, Inamay. Junior Class History
  • Sophomore Class
  • Keith, Katherine. Nineteen Hundred & Eleven
  • Freshman Class
  • Mitchell, Katherine. Freshman Class History
  • Specials & Irregulars
  • Beta Sigma Omicron
  • Sigma Iota Chi
  • Eta Upsilon Gamma
  • Phi Mu Gamma
  • Cabell, Benjamin. Compensation
  • Young Women's Christian Association
  • Hypatian Literary Society
  • Ossolian Society
  • Green & Gold Staff
  • Tennis Club
  • Basketball
  • Bowling Club
  • Departments
  • To the …