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Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed are for 108 topics beginning with H ranging from Hail Storm to Hundred Club.


Ua37/6 Gayle Carver & L.Y. Lancaster Interview, Sara Tyler, L. Y. Lancaster, Gayle Carver Jan 1973

Ua37/6 Gayle Carver & L.Y. Lancaster Interview, Sara Tyler, L. Y. Lancaster, Gayle Carver

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Interviews conducted by Sara Tyler with Gayle Carver and L.Y. Lancaster. The majority of the interviews are about the history of the Kentucky Building and Kentucky Museum collections. There is also information regarding WKU in the 1910s through 1950s, student activities, WKU Bookstore, faculty and staff members, Henry Cherry and other information about the early history of WKU.


Ua51/1/4 Scrapbook 2, Wku University Libraries Jan 1959

Ua51/1/4 Scrapbook 2, Wku University Libraries

WKU Archives Records

WKU Libraries scrapbook documenting library activities and staff during the 1950's. The scrapbook includes photographs, news clippings, invitations and memorabilia.


Ua51/1/4 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 1, Wku University Libraries Jan 1955

Ua51/1/4 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 1, Wku University Libraries

WKU Archives Records

WKU Libraries scrapbook 1911-1955 documenting the first 40 years of library activity at Western Kentucky University. Scrapbook includes clippings regarding the first time the library was open on a Sunday in 1943, photographs, letters to the editor and news clippings.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 18, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Jan 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 18, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Carolyn Seward, Sarah Taylor, Geraldine Stephan and W.L. Matthews.


Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 15, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore Jan 1936

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 15, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Archives Records

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Harvey Gardiner, Margie Helm, Owen Seitz, Caroline Hines and Robert Laymon.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xi, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs Feb 1935

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xi, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Advice to the Lovelorn
  • Alumni News
  • Athletics
  • Class & Club
  • Collegiate Days & Nights
  • Daily at 9:30
  • Personals
  • Society
  • The Sport Light

This issue contains articles:

  • KIAC Meet Opens Here Feb. 21
  • Glee Club Gives Annual Home Concert
  • Enrollment Is Satisfactory
  • Rural School’s Toy Orchestra Gives Program
  • A Senior Is Uncertain Whether He Is a Senior
  • Growth of College Band Is Reviewed by R.D. Perry
  • Dr. D.W. Richards Made Choir Director at Christian Church
  • Paul McNutt Slated to Speak Here on February 22
  • W. C. Bell, …


Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria Sep 202

Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria

DLPS Faculty Publications

Government workers at New York’s Ellis Island have been accused of murdering ancestral names to serve their own purposes and prejudices. Despite zero evidence to support this accusation, the myth stubbornly persists. They did not change names. They worked from manifests, which were governed by law.