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Ua94/6/18 Stephen Flora Student / Alumni Papers, Wku Archives Jan 2024

Ua94/6/18 Stephen Flora Student / Alumni Papers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Stephen Flora during his years as a student at Western Kentucky University.


Ua94/6 Wku Pershing Rifles Company B-3 Vietnam Timeline, Doug Verdier Jan 2022

Ua94/6 Wku Pershing Rifles Company B-3 Vietnam Timeline, Doug Verdier

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Timeline of Vietnam War events 1963-1975 experienced by Pershing Rifles members compiled by Doug Verdier.


Ua94/6 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Doug Verdier Jan 2022

Ua94/6 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Doug Verdier

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Personal narratives of members of the Pershing Rifles compiled by Doug Verdier.


Ua1c11/119 Douglas Verdier Photo Collection, Wku Archives Jan 2022

Ua1c11/119 Douglas Verdier Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Digital images of members of WKU Pershing Rifles.


World War I Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

World War I Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to World War I. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, research projects, photographs, scrapbooks and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians at home and overseas, and of others who found themselves in Kentucky (most notably, at Camp Zachary Taylor, the Army training facility in Louisville) during the war and its immediate aftermath.


Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to the Civil War. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong on Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Civil War history and in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians or those who passed through Kentucky and surrounding states during the war.


Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Compilation of clippings, photographs and notes regarding WKU students, faculty and staff who participated in World War II. Occasional mention of veterans from other wars.


Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Fort Albert Sidney Johnston.


Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Student Mobilization Committee.


Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers created by and about Lowell Harrison.


Ua36/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Administration, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua36/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence to and from the department of Military Science.


Ua1c2/19 Veterans Village Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/19 Veterans Village Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Veterans Village and individual trailers.


Ua12/2/59 Class Of 1946, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/59 Class Of 1946, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Class of 1946.


Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone Jan 2019

Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by Lowell Harrison while serving as University Historian and writing the 75th anniversary history "Western Kentucky University" as well as numerous articles about the university.


Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the barracks


Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Florence Schneider Hall also known Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science in Kentucky


Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of student military organizations.


Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the WKU Military Science department.


Ua64/25/4/4 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Rotc, Wku Archives Jan 2019

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

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Reserve Officer Training Corps.


Ua12/2/32 Student Veterans Alliance, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/32 Student Veterans Alliance, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Student Veterans Alliance.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 94, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2018

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 94, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Heicelbech, Evan & Rebeckah Alvey. Molded – Dormitories
  • DeLetter, Emily & Nicole Ziege. 348 Minton Hall Residents Spend Weekend Relocating
  • DeLetter, Emily. WKU to Continue Saudi Scholarship Between Countries
  • DeLetter, Emily. ROTC Celebrates 100 Years at WKU, Honors Veterans
  • Non-Binary: Proposal Disregards Science, Harms Non-binary Rights
  • Allen, Ellie. Editorial Cartoon re: Gender Does Not Equal Sex
  • Hanks, Michelle. Teaching Diversity
  • Sisler, Julie. Review: Hair and the Call to Freedom & Expression – Theatre & Dance
  • Holland, Kelley. In Formation – Marching Band
  • Bryant, Maxis. Fresh …


Ua1c11/79 Rotc Photo Collection, Wku Archives Jan 2016

Ua1c11/79 Rotc Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from ROTC scrapbooks.


Ua37/37 Faculty Personal Papers Arndt Stickles, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua37/37 Faculty Personal Papers Arndt Stickles, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Arndt Stickles, WKU History professor from 1908-1954. The collection includes articles, speeches, lecture notes and correspondence.


Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives Jan 2014

Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs donated by Robert Johnston.


Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Persian Gulf War, 1991 (Sc 1160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1160. Clippings from various Kentucky newspapers resulting from a Kentucky Building press release requesting donation of Persian Gulf War letters.


Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.


Fox Family Papers, 1918-1986 (Mss 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Fox Family Papers, 1918-1986 (Mss 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 459. Chiefly military personnel records of Arthur Smith Fox, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Also includes information related to Mr. Fox’s father-in-law, William Bugg Kerr, and brief genealogical information about the Bowman Coffelt, and Hope families.


Fleenor, Kenneth Raymond, 1929-2010 (Mss 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Fleenor, Kenneth Raymond, 1929-2010 (Mss 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid, scans of prisoner of war letters, and photo (For scans and photo click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 444. Correspondence and documentation related to the military career of Kenneth Raymond Fleenor, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose plane was shot down near Hanoi, Vietnam in 1967. A prisoner of war (POW) for over five years, Fleenor served part of that time at the “Hanoi Hilton.” Collection contains letters written while a POW and subsequent documentation about his POW experience. Also includes photos of celebratory events held after his release in March 1973 and miscellaneous material …


Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives Jan 2013

Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Special correspondence regarding Western Kentucky University. This series runs concurrently with the General Correspondence and there is no indication of what makes it special. Of special note is correspondence regarding the Student Army Training Corps, World War I veterans and construction of Cherry Hall. Incoming letters are mainly addressed to Henry Hardin Cherry. Responses are made by Cherry and occasionally by faculty and staff. The president's secretary Mattie McLean is the author of some of the letters signed by Cherry.


Ua37/30/1 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone Jan 2013

Ua37/30/1 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence and subject files created by Lowell Harrison.