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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2008

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

  • Bennett, Emily. On Her Toes – Martha Madison
  • Ulber, Emily. Bowling Green Benefits from Adult Literacy Program
  • Carey, Ryan. Sixth-Seeded Lady Tops Win Sun Belt Title - Volleyball
  • Hale, Marianne. Task Force to Evaluate Western’s Growth – Task Force on Quality & Access
  • Be Proactive, Not Reactive: University Officials Need to be Policy Driven
  • Milam, Dustin. Fight for Rights, Liberation, Equality
  • Jones, Ashley. Praxis vs. Western Football – Parking
  • Schwab, Edmond. Change I Can’t Believe In
  • Stewart, Colleen. Vigil Honors Victims of Transgender Hate Crimes …


Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2008

Bethel College - Matriculation Records, 1854-1919 (Mss 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 182. Matriculation book (414 p.) for Bethel College, 1854-1918. Bethel, a Baptist school located in Russellville, Kentucky, started as a high school, evolved into a four-year college, and finally became a junior college.


Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2008

Simmons, Stella (Sc 1810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1810. Paper: "Science Hill School: English and Classical School for Girls, Shelbyville, Kentucky" written by Stella Simmons for a Western Kentucky State Teachers College literature class. Includes requirements for admission and graduation taken from the school catalog.


Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Russellville Institute - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1789. Register of the Russellville Institute, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky listing names of students, a conduct report for each, and tuition payment. Also birth, death, and marriage records of the Goucher family.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2008

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

  • Paul, Corey. Fights & Frenzy
  • Day, Michelle. Gunfire Unconfirmed, Investigation Continues
  • Hale, Marianne. Campus, Community Voice Concerns
  • Timeline of Events
  • Slitz, Alex. A Thousand Words – Charus Changchit
  • Howerton, Christina. Enrollment Increases 2.6 Percent
  • Howerton, Christina. Task Force Explores Ways to Make College Cost Less
  • Gadbois, Chris. Rudeness Isn’t an Issue with Shuttle Drivers
  • Bonneau-Kaya, Chrystal. Objectification of Women is Dehumanizing, Wrong
  • Schwab, Edmond. Learn the Background of the Financial Troubles
  • Bybee, Sarah. Please Slow Down and Watch Out for Pedestrians
  • Cawthorn, Shawna. Poor Football …


Mason, John Robert Lee, 1865-1956 (Sc 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Mason, John Robert Lee, 1865-1956 (Sc 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 70. Handmade, heart-shaped school award presented to John Robert Lee Mason when he was about nine years old and a pupil of Harrison L. Gary at Snider School, Spring Lick, Grayson County, Kentucky.


Ua1b5 New Faculty 2008-2009, Western Kentucky University Oct 2008

Ua1b5 New Faculty 2008-2009, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

List of new WKU faculty.


Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Bate, Aaron, 1846-1863 (Sc 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 48. Awards of merit in grammar and arithmetic, 1860-1861, presented to Aaron Bate by Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. They are printed and written in Latin.


Barnes, Carlisle Brown, Sr., 1894-1974 (Sc 1703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2008

Barnes, Carlisle Brown, Sr., 1894-1974 (Sc 1703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1703. Letters to politicians from Carlisle Brown Barnes, Bowling Green, Kentucky related to his son's appointment to West Point.


Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 1697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2008

Gardner, Tandy Thomas, 1865-1963 (Sc 1697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1697. Teacher's register, 1883-1897, kept by Tandy Thomas Gardner, Green Hill School, Warren County, Kentucky. Also, printed examination questions for teachers, 1905; news clippings about Gardner; and his obituary.


Agnew, William Walter, 1903-1990 (Sc 1646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Agnew, William Walter, 1903-1990 (Sc 1646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1646. "Delayed Issue" of The Quill, published for the 1980 reunion of the 1918-1924 classes of Barrett Manual Training High School in Henderson, Kentucky. It is comprised of short autobiographies of the graduates.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs Apr 2008

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • A Thousand Words
  • Annie’s Outlook comic strip
  • Beyond the Hill
  • Classifieds
  • Crime Reports
  • Diversions
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Opinion
  • Sports

Articles in this issue:

  • Brown, Holly Packing Silent Heat
  • Day, Michelle. Regents to Finalize Cuts, Raise Tuition
  • Hale, Marianne. Parking Loses Three Bus Drivers, Updates Shuttle Schedule
  • Greer, Lindsey. A Thousand Words – Mazna Al-Marzooqi
  • Siders, Neil. Ruckus Bill Shelved Because of IT Concerns
  • Wilson, Laurel. City to Auction Surplus
  • Diehm, Jan & Susie Laun. New Editors Bring Fresh Ideas
  • Abston, Jason. Extra Money Going into …


Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Bryan, Fannie Morton, 1870-1965 (Mss 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 83. Diaries, 1889-1895, correspondence, 1885-1955, photographs, and related items of Fannie Morton Bryan, a Russellville debutante and school teacher. Includes Logan Female College records, 1860-1869, and Russellville Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1863-1889.


Hoofnel, Nellie Keown, 1876-1949 (Sc 1600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Hoofnel, Nellie Keown, 1876-1949 (Sc 1600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 1600. Paper by Nellie Keown Hoofnel entitled "Rules and Regulations of Old Transylvania University," dated 10 August 1935.


Ua1b3/3 Wku Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program, Draft, Wku Athletics Committee Jan 2008

Ua1b3/3 Wku Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program, Draft, Wku Athletics Committee

WKU Archives Records

Draft policy for the WKU Faculty Athletics Mentoring Program.


Awbrey, Thomas, 1894-1973 (Sc 1556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Awbrey, Thomas, 1894-1973 (Sc 1556), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1556. Correspondence between Thomas Awbrey, Fordsville, Kentucky, and President Lyndon B. Johnson relating to Awbrey's completion of an adult education class where he learned to read at age 71. Includes a newspaper clipping about Awbrey and information from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas.


Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, 1862-1947 (Sc 1454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Cherry, Thomas Crittenden, 1862-1947 (Sc 1454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1454. Report of Thomas C. Cherry, Bowling Green, Kentucky's Superintendent of Public Schools, on teacher Margaret Calvert. She is rated on eighteen professional and personal attributes.


Ua37/2 Faculty Personal Papers Small Collections, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua37/2 Faculty Personal Papers Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small donations from individual faculty and staff members. These are generally one or two items housed in a single folder. Papers range from gradebooks and syllabi to funeral cards and obituaries. The existing records are arranged in alphabetical order by donor surname. Future donations will be arranged in the order in which they are received.


Ua37/8 Faculty Personal Papers Warner Brownfield, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua37/8 Faculty Personal Papers Warner Brownfield, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

This series consists of records created and collected by Warner Brownfield about calligraphy and penmanship. Also includes materials related to Littleford School in Ohio and Mammoth Cave.


Ua37/11 Faculty/Staff Personal Papers James Cornette, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua37/11 Faculty/Staff Personal Papers James Cornette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications related to Western Kentucky University and Bowling Green by James Cornette.


Ua37/17 Faculty Personal Papers Robert Green, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua37/17 Faculty Personal Papers Robert Green, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Documents regarding Robert Green and his work at Western Kentucky University. The bulk is correspondence regarding students, speaking engagements, county institutes and ordering textbooks.


Ua37/21 Faculty Personal Papers William Jenkins, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua37/21 Faculty Personal Papers William Jenkins, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Documents relating to the life and achievements of William Jenkins. The series contains biographical and professional data.


Ua1c6 Events Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2008

Ua1c6 Events Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of events not otherwise categorized.

  1. Demonstrations & Protests
  2. Commencement
  3. Homecoming
  4. Banquets / Dinners
  5. Conferences / Workshops
  6. Dedications
  7. Entertainment
  8. Exhibits

Includes images of College High and Training School events.