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Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Mss 679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2019

Miller, Harold Asher, B. 1939 (Mss 679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 679. Correspondence, speeches, political material and notes related to Harold Asher Miller’s political career, which included several terms on the Bowling Green City Commission and one term as the city’s Mayor in the 1980s. It also includes material related to several Miller campaigns for the Warren County Judge Executive position.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - Fire Department (Sc 3489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2019

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Fire Department (Sc 3489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of documents (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3489. Compiled correspondence and documents related to the purchase of fire trucks for the cities of Bowling Green and Smiths Grove in Warren County, Kentucky. Most of the material was scanned and is only available in digital format, but a few original letters and documents were retained.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - Waterworks (Sc 3488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2019

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Waterworks (Sc 3488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of documents (Click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Small Collection 3488. “Changes in Plans and Specifications for Water Works Improvements, Contracts Nos. 1 to 5, Incl[usive] for the City of Bowling Green, Bowling Green, Kentucky, December 12, 1947.”


Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 - Relating To (Sc 3404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Edens, William Jeptha, 1898-1969 - Relating To (Sc 3404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3404. Report of an interview conducted by WKU student Mary Helen Jenkins of William J. Edens, a former WKU agriculture professor and Arkansas State College president who was then serving as attaché with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The interview discusses his education and career, particularly as an agricultural advisor overseas.


Warren County, Kentucky - Area Solid Waste Management Plan (Sc 3315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2019

Warren County, Kentucky - Area Solid Waste Management Plan (Sc 3315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3315. Five year update, covering the years 2018-2022, of Warren County, Kentucky’s Area Solid Waste Management Plan. Prepared by the Warren County Fiscal Court, it consists of data and supporting documentation submitted to the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Division of Waste Management. This collection is in digital format only in TopSCHOLAR.


Camp Paradise - Calloway County, Kentucky (Sc 3322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2019

Camp Paradise - Calloway County, Kentucky (Sc 3322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3322. Letter, 7 June 1957, to a Mr. Hicks from Sid and Florence Jobs, owners and operators of Camp Paradise at Kentucky Lake, Calloway County, Kentucky, with suggestions on timely scheduling of a reservation. Includes a two-page mimeograph describing the Camp’s location, amenities, lodging facilities and rates; a color postcard of the camp, and black and white photographs of fishermen and of the Camp’s cottages.


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.


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.