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Bath County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2015

Bath County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2958. Correspondence of two related Bath County, Kentucky families. A lonesome Sarah L. Boyd writes to her mother, Elizabeth A. “Lizzie” Rogers, from boarding school in Fleming County, Kentucky in 1865, where she discusses having her photograph taken, “hateful” schoolmates, and provisions from her family of clothing, whiskey and bitters. In the 1880s, Ida Lee Bell receives letters from cousins, friends and suitors with family news and local gossip. One of her letters voices disapproval of young men who drink when calling on ladies. The letters mention many family members by first name.


Gemini 75 Memories, Bobbi Clark Dec 2015

Gemini 75 Memories, Bobbi Clark

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Bobbi (Battle) Clark's answers to questionnaire regarding WKU's Gemini jazz bands. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.


Gates, Nellie Gertrude, 1856-1950 (Sc 2948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2015

Gates, Nellie Gertrude, 1856-1950 (Sc 2948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2948. Diary kept by Nellie Gates, Calhoun, Kentucky, from 12 March 1872 to 25 October 1873. Also includes a brief note, dated 24 January 1942, written by Gates in which she reminisces about the visit of a friend on 24 January 1881.


Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 561. Personal diaries of Clara (Wright) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, kept during her marriage to food critic Duncan Hines and after his death. Includes some correspondence, travel itineraries, and miscellaneous papers.


Jackson, Mary Nancy "Nannie" (Taylor), 1893-1974 - Letters To (Sc 2923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2015

Jackson, Mary Nancy "Nannie" (Taylor), 1893-1974 - Letters To (Sc 2923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2923. Courtship letters, 1911-1919, to Nannie Taylor, Logan County, Kentucky, from “Shine” in Woodburn, Kentucky, including a letter expressing his intention to leave the state now that another has “won your love from me.” Also includes a 1919 letter from Nannie’s future husband Sam F. Jackson, and a 1945 letter from her uncle in Magnolia, Arkansas.


Current Events Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Current Events Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 543. Minutes, yearbooks, administrative papers and program information related to the Current Events Club, a ladies literary club in Bowling Green, Kentuckyk, that was founded in 1902.


Ua68/18/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives Feb 2015

Ua68/18/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Events sponsored by Gender & Women's Studies.


Ua68/18/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Awards, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua68/18/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Awards, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Awards and certificates presented to the Women's Studies & Support Program.


Ua68/18/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Administration, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua68/18/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Gender & Women's Studies Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the administration of Gender & Women's Studies.


Ua12/2/62 Delta Sigma Theta, Wku Archives Jan 2015

Ua12/2/62 Delta Sigma Theta, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Delta Sigma Theta sorority.


Ua19/16/1 2015-16 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2015

Ua19/16/1 2015-16 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU track and field media guide for 2015-16 season.


Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs Jan 2015

Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

2015 Talisman yearbook.

  • Osborne Sam. Into the Woods – Big To-Do Music & Arts Festival
  • Spalding, Shelley. The Outliers – Greeks
  • Badjie, Haddy. The Right to Live – Racism
  • Gibson, Helen. Net Worth – Soccer
  • Greer, John. Sustaining Seasons – Sustainability
  • Wegert, Sally. Bloom – Eva Ross
  • Cislo, Everett. Harvest – Hemp
  • Kolb, William. Preserve – John All
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Making Strides – Track & Field
  • Greer, John. The Science Guy – Bill Nye
  • Cole, Tanner. Lip Service – Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Belknap, Abby. Race to the Senate
  • Gibson, Helen. Game of Loans – Student Financial Aid
  • Belknap, Abby. …