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Ua64/25/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Pershing Rifles, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records by and about the Pershing Rifles.

Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of items donated by or about Ogden alumni.

Ua3/2/2 President's Office-Garrett Awards, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Awards given to Paul Garrett during his administration.

Ua1c11/12 Pershing Rifles Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Digitized Images and newspaper clippings belonging to various members of the Pershing Rifles.

Elrod, Cecil Murray, 1923-2002 (Mss 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscript Collection 352. Material related to Cecil Murray Elrod, chiefly about his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-21. Includes notes on planes and guns discussed during training, aviators flight log books, and other military papers. Also includes information about reunions of the Valley High School (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Class of 1943.

Rich, Louis Arnold, 1921-1944 (Sc 2402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2402. Letters of Louis Arnold Rich, a U. S. Army private from Tompkinsville, Kentucky, written to his wife and in-laws during his military training and while hospitalized for a long illness that resulted in his death on 3 August 1944. He writes of his medical condition and mentions other soldiers from home. Includes letters from his wife, Martha, to her parents and grandmother discussing his medical treatment. Also includes an unidentified soldier’s letter and a child’s letter to her father.

Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 535. Interview with J. Lee Robertson conducted by Kenneth Hines and Gil Calhoun in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robertson reminisces about the U.S. Army during World war II and his long association with Western Kentucky University.

When Curiosity Kills More Than The Cat: The Perils Of Unchecked Scientific Inquiry, Jamie Shannon

Pomona Senior Theses

This work analyzes the ecological, physical, emotional and health impacts of the US nuclear testing done in the Marshall Islands in the mid-20th century.

The Israeli Armored Paradigm In The Yom Kippur War: An Evaluation, Joseph C. Leonhardt

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The Yom Kippur War of 1973 saw Israel suffer nearly twice the casualties and triple the duration of the previous war. This is in contradiction to the fact that Israel, following its spectacular success in the Six-Day War of 1967, was in a far better position than it had been in 1967. This work will analyze the problem of Armor preeminence in the Israeli Defense Force first to prove the existence of preeminence, then to qualify its effect in the war and then to qualify its importance in the differing factors between the 1967 and 1973 Wars. This will be …

Lest We Forget: The Library Of Congress's Veterans History Project And "Radical Trust", Christopher Michael Jannings

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the Veterans History Project (VHP), an official U.S. government project created under a bill signed into law by President William J. Clinton on October 27, 2000 to document the experiences of American veterans and their supporters in time of war. It explores the intersections between, cultural, social, public, and military history and addresses the following questions: Who created the VHP, what were the motivations, and what resources did Congress allocate the Library of Congress, the federal agency selected to fulfill the mandate? Who was charged with implementing the VHP, why, and what resources did they employ? In …

Conspicuous Publicity: How The White House And The Army Used The Medal Of Honor In The Korean War, David Glenn Williams

Masters Theses

During the Korean War the White House and the Army publicized the Medal of Honor to achieve three outcomes. First, they hoped it would have a positive influence on public opinion. Truman committed to limited goals at the start of the war and chose not to create an official propaganda agency, which led to partisan criticism and realistic reporting. Medal of Honor publicity celebrated individual actions removed from their wider context in a familiar, heroic mold to alter memory of the past. Second, the Army publicized the Medal of Honor internally to inspire and reinforce desired soldier behavior. Early reports …

Challenges And Strategies Of Mobile Advertising In India, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

Advertising is paid communication through a medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled. Every major medium is used to deliver these messages, including: television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, the Internet and today’s growing mobile advertising. Advertisements can also be seen on the seats of grocery carts, on the walls of an airport walkway, on the sides of buses, heard in telephone hold messages and instore PA systems but get paid for reading SMS on our mobile phones .It is the new way of marketing strategy for reaching subscribers. Mobile advertising is the business of encouraging …

Changing Mutual Perception Of Television News Viewers And Program Makers In India- A Case Study Of Cnn-Ibn And Its Unique Initiative Of Citizen Journalism, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

The Indian television system is one of the most extensive systems in the world. Terrestrial broadcasting, which has been the sole preserve of the government, provides television coverage to over 90% of India's 900 million people. By the end of 1996 nearly 50 million households had television sets. International satellite broadcasting, introduced in 1991, has swept across the country because of the rapid proliferation of small scale cable systems. By the end of 1996, Indians could view dozens of foreign and local channels and the competition for audiences and advertising revenues was one of the hottest in the world. In …

Muncy, William Mckinley, 1894-1963 (Sc 2400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2400. Two letters from William M. "Mack" Muncy to Eliza Ranson, written from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky while serving with the 159th Depot Brigade. He writes of drills, vaccinations and social activities. He also refers to desertion and suicide among his comrades and to the treatment of conscientious objectors by the military.

The U2 Spy Plane Crisis: Turning Point In The Cold War, William Weiss

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

When the Soviets shot down Francis Gary Powers’ U2 spy plane in 1960, it caused an international crisis. Thanks to recently declassified US and former Soviet archives, we can now hear the inside story of what really happened as told by an American History writer & lecturer.

Pace, Stanley Carter, B. 1921 (Fa 532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 532. Presentation made by Stanley Carter Pace, a Kentucky native, to an unidentified group at the Eldorado Country Club, Indian Wells, California, on 25 March 1998 about his experiences in World War II. Pace served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. In August 1944 he was shot down in Austria and placed in a hospital and then transferred to a German prisoner of war camp. He was liberated in April 1945. Videotaped by Dreamweaver Video of Palm Desert, California, 1998.

Wise Family Papers (Mss 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 341. Correspondence of the Wise family of Ohio County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes letters of Levi Franklin Wise, serving with Union forces in Bowling Green, Kentucky 1864. A few letters have been typescripted. Click on "Additional Files" to see several of the typescripts.

Nunn, Louie Broady, 1924-2004 (Sc 2396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2396. Letter, 12 January 1968, from Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn to Dr. Thomas H. Baird in Bowling Green, Kentucky, nominating him for appointment as Medical Advisor, Local Selective Service Board No. 95, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes envelope with postage due stamp.

Coffman, Edward Mckenzie (Sc 2391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2391. "The Civil War Career of Thomas Henry Hines," a thesis presented by Edward M. Coffman in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1955.

Faught Family Papers (Sc 2382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2382. Correspondence, deeds, and sundry other items of the Faught family of Ohio County, Kentucky, chiefly Marion F. and Alice M. Faught. Includes Civil War military discharge for Bagges M. Faught, 17th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. Also includes a baby diary for Juanita Chloris Faught.

Allen, Mary Bernard (Sc 2369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2369. "Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General (1862-1875): A Study in the Treatment of Politcal Prisoners by the United States Government During the Civil War," by Mary Bernard Allen, a dissertation submitted for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1927.

Sanders, Robert Lee, B. 1912 (Sc 2368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2368. "The Military Career of Don Carlos Buell During the Civil War," by Robert Lee Sanders, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1937. Includes a biographical sketch of the author.

Community Radio:History,Growth,Challenges And Current Status Of It With Special Reference To India, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting content that is popular to a local audience but which may often be overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. Modern-day community radio stations often serve their listeners by offering a variety of content that is not necessarily provided by the larger commercial radio stations. Community radio outlets may carry news and information programming geared toward the local area, particularly immigrant or minority groups that are poorly served by other major media outlets. Philosophically two distinct approaches to community radio can be discerned, …

Dickerson-Venable Family Papers (Mss 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 334. Correspondence, clippings and genealogical data relating to the Dickerson and Venable families of Warren County, Kentucky, and related families. Includes military papers from the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

Bowker, Lewis Gray, 1840-1863 (Sc 2349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2349. Letters (5) of Lewis Gray Bowker, written from Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky while serving in Company F of the 111th Infantry Regiment Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Includes biographical data, an image of Bowker, service records, and a letter sent to a family friend reporting on Bowker's death.

The Octofoil, October/November/December 2010, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

Ms-116: 1864 Diary Of Corporal Robert Ridge, Thomas P. Lester

All Finding Aids

The diary contains information on the activities of Robert Ridge during 1864, and the first two months of 1865. It contains daily entries, list of proverbs, important events and dates, mail sent, mail received, members of Company B 95th Illinois Volunteers, money sent home, clothing acquired, addresses, rations, and Army Corps commanders.

Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website https://www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/collections/ …

Ms-117: Papers Of George H. Sweet Jr. ’42, Elizabeth M. Ungemach

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This collection gives insight into the pre- and inter-wartime life of George H. Sweet Jr. ’42 as a member and captain of L.S.T. 358 in the Mediterranean. It also provides general information about World War II in the Mediterranean and L.S.T.s. It further gives a glimpse of the experiences of Donald Sweet ’49 as an aircrewman in the Pacific theater, specifically about life and important happenings during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.

Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about …

Forgy, James Monroe, 1820-1895 (Sc 2354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2354. Partial account book of James Monroe Forgy, Morgantown, Kentucky, recording his work as pension agent for Civil War veterans. Includes some miscellaneous personal accounts. Also includes biographical data.

Stanley, William, 1832-1921 (Sc 2353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2353. Morning report of Captain William Stanley's Company G, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, a Confederate regiment. The report shows numbers present, absent, and sick, but does not name individual members.