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Ua1b1/7 Wku Ceremonies, Dedications, Groundbreakings, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding special ceremonies, dedications, groundbreakings not already housed in a particular office.

Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 70. “History of ROTC.” Collection contains interviews, field notes indexes and cassettes of project completed with Frank Allen Minner by Eleonore Beck Mitchell. Collection was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interview covers topics such as the history of ROTC, the ROTC program at Western Kentucky University, recruitment, and differences in training between ROTC and military academies.

Ua64/25/5/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations 321st Detachment, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the 321st Detachment of Army Air Force cadets.

Ua1f Military Bibliography, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Bibliography of source materials regarding military science, soldiers, Persian Gulf War, Pershing Rifles, Scabbard & Blade, veterans, Vietnam and World War II in relation to WKU students, alumni and campus.

Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Irene Gullette. This collection contains correspondence with WKU librarians and administrators regarding her time at WKU and her later accomplishments in the field of Library Science.

Ua68/8/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Oral History Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Oral History Committee. Series includes oral history interview tapes and transcriptions.

Ua3/1/3 President's Office-Cherry - Scrapbooks, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, articles and publications of interest to WKU President Henry Cherry. These include education religion, state and national politics, prohibition and Western Kentucky University.

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.

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.

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.

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2200. Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes e-mails, newspaper articles, and information on sending supplies to troops.

Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2003. A collection of items, chiefly e-mails and letters, sent from participants in the Iraq War to family and friends in the United States. The items are arranged alphabetically by the sender.

Stars, Bars, And More Cars: Adventures In Exhibit Planning, Donna C. Parker, Sandra Staebell, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Presentation made at the AASLH annual meeting at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2010.

Ua60/3/1 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by the department of Military Science.

Ua60/3/2 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Correspondence, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence regarding the administration and activities of the WKU Military Science department.

Ua64/25/2 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Awards, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Awards presented to the department and to cadets.

Ua60/3/3 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Student Organizations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by student organizations sponsored by the department of Military Science.

Wheeler, Ernest Eugene, 1921-1944 (Mss 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 210. Correspondence between Ernest Eugene "Gene" Wheeler and his fiance and future wife, Alma Blancett of Calhoun, Kentucky. The correspondence begins while Wheeler was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and continues when he enters the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed on D-Day. Also contains Alma's 1945 diary.

Mccay, Kelly Matthew, B. 1978 (Sc 1844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1844. Letters from students at Muhlenberg North High School, Greenville, Kentucky, as well as e-mails, greeting cards, etc. sent to Kelly Matthew McCay while he served with the U.S. Army in Iraq.

Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.

Kleiderer, Charles W., D. 1999 (Sc 1628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1628. Letters from Henderson native Charles W. Kleiderer, Silver Spring, Maryland to his aunt Mary Moore, Bowling Green related to his development of the Variable Time (VT) Fuze. Accompanying photographs show how this fuze, used in artillery shells, contributed to the Allied vicotry in World War II.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscript Collection 173. Correspondence between Donald Porter and Janice Insko, his future wife, during and just after the Korean War, while Don was serving in a medical support division in Germany and she was a student at Western. Letters concern military life abroad and the everyday life of a student at Western Kentucky State College.

Ua64/25/5/1 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Hugh Ridenour

WKU Archives Records

Collection of memories regarding the Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes from the 1960s. Includes biographical sketches of Fred Alcott, Sandy Carneal, George Case, Blake Clark, Steve Crider, Ramey Cunningham, Rita Davis, Pat Dillard, Ron Dillard, Mike Divine, Jerry Froedge, Jerry Fussell, Joe Galloway, Bill Houston, Eddie James, Nancy Jasper, Ed Karr, Mike Kenney, Kandi Kohlmeyer, Tom Lewman, Carol Mays, Mike Meuth, Bill Mize, Wayne Moore, Ellis Morrow, Ron Osburn, Bill Pearson, Glen Ping, Hugh Ridenour, Bill Ritter, Jackie Roper, Ken Scott, Janice Toppass, Don Traughber, Doug Verdier, John Vititoe, Beverly Westerfield and Roye Wilson.

Ua3/9/5 Special Unveiling Of Granite Panels On The Guthrie Bell Tower, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Program and talking points used by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the unveiling of the granite panels on the Guthrie Bell Tower honoring WKU servicemen and veterans.

Ua1b2/1 War & Wku, Kim Purvis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A paper regarding how WKU was affected by war during the 20th century, includes an overview of protest movements and underground newspapers in the late 1960's.

Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1373. Letters written by Dero G. Downing as a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1942, and as a Navy officer, 1944-1945, to his parents, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Dunbar, West Virginia. Discusses events as a member of the WKU basketball team that played in the NCAA tournament. Includes some news of his naval life.

Ua3/9/5 Guthrie Bell Tower Dedication, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Guthrie Bell Tower dedication ceremony in honor of the Guthrie family and WKU's servicemen.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 77, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hall, Rex. Insurance Premiums to Increase
• Shinall, Dave. Gables Apartment Fire Leaves 46 Homeless
• Hoang, Mai. Newest Ombudsman Appointed – Sonya Gray
• Dittmeier, Kate. TVs Removed from Dorm Lobbies to Cut Noise Level
• Lord, Joseph. Terrorist Attack may Alter Debate Topic – Forensics Team
• USA, Hilltoppers Are On in the Same – Homecoming
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon re: War Against Terrorism
• Glaser, Joe. War: What Is It Good For? – 9/11 Attack
• Tucker, Kyle. Beware: Sleeping Giant Now Awake – 9/11 Attack
• Brazley, Erin. Safety Walk Finds Poor Lighting …