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Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2020

Martin, Jerry Wayne, B. 1935 (Sc 3535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3535. Two monographs by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, Bowling Green, Kentucky: “Reflections at the Wall,” presented at the Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. on 8 September 2001, and “A Bone Called Luz,” prepared in connection with a presentation to the EQB Club, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


The Importance Of Clothing In 1960s Protest Movements, Nicole Ziege Apr 2019

The Importance Of Clothing In 1960s Protest Movements, Nicole Ziege

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The 1960s became one of the most tumultuous decades in American history because the decade experienced ideological polarization between the younger and older generations, and there was a mass influx of protests by many from the country’s younger generation in support of political and social changes for the country. Protest movements, including the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women’s liberation movement and the Civil Rights movement, became significant to the political and ideological landscape of the 1960s. Clothing became a central visual tactic to create cohesion between the protesters of these movements in order to make their protests more effective and …


Sanders, William Willard "Whitey," 1930-2021 (Mss 659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2019

Sanders, William Willard "Whitey," 1930-2021 (Mss 659), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 659. Correspondence, articles and miscellaneous material documenting the career of newspaper editorial cartoonist Bill “Whitey” Sanders. Includes letters from readers, public figures and fellow cartoonists, video of programs and appearances, and material related to Sanders’ books and his participation in professional organizations.


Blotner, Joseph Leo, 1923-2012 (Mss 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2018

Blotner, Joseph Leo, 1923-2012 (Mss 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 200. Research material collected by Joseph Leo Blotner for his literary biography of Robert Penn Warren. Includes Warren’s correspondence (photocopies from various repositories), interview transcripts, notes, news clippings, critical essays, and other documentation about Warren. Also includes drafts, galley proofs, and permissions related to the biography.


Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2018

Helm, Margie May, 1894-1991 (Mss 636), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 636. Correspondence and papers of Margie Helm, Auburn, Kentucky native and longtime Western Kentucky University head librarian, relating principally to her work for the Presbyterian Church. Also includes materials documenting her service on the Inter-Racial Commission of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Rice, Laban Lacy, 1870-1973 (Mss 605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2017

Rice, Laban Lacy, 1870-1973 (Mss 605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 605. Correspondence, writings, photographs, clippings, and papers of Laban Lacy Rice, a Webster, County, Kentucky native, educator, author, lecturer, poet, and president of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. Includes his scientific writing, principally on astronomy, relativity and cosmology, as well as fiction, poetry, and autobiographical writing. Also includes some correspondence and papers relating to his brother, poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice, and sister-in-law, author Alice Hegan Rice.


Joiner-Rogers Collection (Mss 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2016

Joiner-Rogers Collection (Mss 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 590. Personal and professional papers of Christian County, Kentucky teacher and administrator Erleen (Joiner) Rogers, and novels, poems, skits, epigrams and witticisms written by her father, Robert Tinnon Joiner. Includes a collection of Joiner’s writings titled Nonsense and Wisdom From Flat Lick, Rogers’ family history titled Seven Generations in and From Flat Lick, other family data, and photographs.


Phelps, Edwin Dolphus, 1948-2015 (Mss 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Phelps, Edwin Dolphus, 1948-2015 (Mss 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 557. Letters written by Edwin D. Phelps to his parents, Edwin Foch Phelps and Effie (Miller) Phelps, Bowling Green, Kentucky, while he is serving in the Vietnam War. Phelps discusses his training, his daily life and the activities of his unit.


Elmore, Donald Ray, B. 1938 (Sc 2891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Elmore, Donald Ray, B. 1938 (Sc 2891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of memoir (click on "Additional Files" below) for Mansucripts Small Collection 2891. Biographical memoir, well illustrated, of Donald R. Elmore, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native, describing his family, childhood, career in the U.S. Army, which included tours in Germany and Vietnam, and post-military life in California. A DVD contains images of Elmore’s drawings, craft work, military photographs, and miscellaneous biographical data on his jobs, travels, etc.


Cockrill, David Steven, B. 1949 (Sc 1548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Cockrill, David Steven, B. 1949 (Sc 1548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1548. Correspondence between David Steven Cockrill, Louisville, Kentucky, and Ta Thi Chien, Da Nang, Vietnam, relating to their marriage. Includes photographs.


Kelly, Arthur Lancaster, B. 1925 (Sc 2863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Kelly, Arthur Lancaster, B. 1925 (Sc 2863), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2863. Collected materials relating to Washington County, Kentucky native Colonel Arthur L. Kelly and his book Battlefire! Combat Stories fromWorld War II (University Press of Kentucky, 1997). Includes copy of book jacket, correspondence, reviews, notices and information on Colonel Kelly and his military career and honors.


Photos That Changed The World: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Chris Riehl Sep 2014

Photos That Changed The World: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Chris Riehl

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.


Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 492. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, audiotapes, film and miscellaneous material relating primarily to the political career of Democrat Frank L. Chelf, who represented Kentucky’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1944-1966. Includes Chelf’s voting record and bills, research and speeches related to his legislative interests.


Goodman, Julian, 1922-2012 (Mss 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Goodman, Julian, 1922-2012 (Mss 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 489. Correspondence, press releases and speeches of Julian Goodman related to his work as a news journalist and later as president of television network NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation). A number of the speeches relate to, or comment on, Goodman’s negative opinion of the “Fairness Doctrine.”


Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Lindsey, Zanga Anne, B. 1968? (Sc 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1263. Paper, “Remembering the Rift,” by Zanga Anne Lindsey, Edmonson County, Kentucky, written for a WKU history class. Lindsey focuses on the views of her mother, Zanga Vincent Lindsey, concerning the Vietnam War and society during that troubled period.


Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Thompson, Douglas (Sc 1265), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1265. Paper, described as a report from “an average American Joe,” written by Douglas Thompson for a WKU history class. He writes about his interview with Joe Neil Blair, who recounted his experiences in the Vietnam War. Includes Blair’s service record and his Bronze Star citation.


Rhoton, Fred, B. 1946 (Sc 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Rhoton, Fred, B. 1946 (Sc 1198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1198. Vietnam War letters, written by Fred Rhoton (of Clay County, Tennessee), to his aunt Ina Davis and family, Rockfield, Kentucky, describing his military experiences.


Rood, Bryan, B. 1948 (Sc 1184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Rood, Bryan, B. 1948 (Sc 1184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1184. Letter from Bryant Rood to his girlfriend describing his experiences in the Vietnam War.


Campney, Sheri L. (Sc 1264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Campney, Sheri L. (Sc 1264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1264. Untitled paper written by Sheri Campney for a WKU history class in the early 1990s. She relates the experiences and attitudes of her father, Allan Campney, a member of the U.S. Army Reserves during the Vietnam War.


Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Soldiers From - Tennessee (Sc 1119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1119. Telegrams (7), 1971, to Susan E. Powell, Martin, Tennessee, informing her of her husband's war injuries and his well-being; telegram from husband Lt. William E. Powell, Jr., to Susan; and clipping expressing the couple's thanks to their friends for kindnesses shown them.


Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 80. Correspondence, photographs, audiotapes, film, clippings, general office files, and records of legislative proceedings relating to the political career of Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative (Republican) for Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, 1965-1981.


Strode, Wendell Kay, B. 1948 (Sc 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Strode, Wendell Kay, B. 1948 (Sc 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 926. Letter, 16 April 1969, to Charles Arterburn, Flippin, Monroe County, Kentucky, thanking him for his letter which Strode received in Japan while recuperating from an injury suffered in Vietnam. He further relates that he will be returning to Vietnam in thirty days. The stationery is imprinted with a military cartoon.


Matthews, James (Sc 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Matthews, James (Sc 957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 957. Letter to James O. Fahling, Sr., Mundelein, Illinois, from James Matthews who is serving in Vietnam. He describes a successful skirmish that his group of eight fought against a Viet Cong column of thirty.


Spainhoward, William C., B. 1948 (Sc 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Spainhoward, William C., B. 1948 (Sc 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 960. Letter, 6 June 1970, of William C. Spainhoward, Henderson County, Kentucky, from Vietnam to his mother, detailing the treatment given to Vietnamese children during the Vietnamese Conflict; and notes on his interview by Barbara Smith, 1995, and Vietnam photos. Also notes on Smith’s 1995 interview with James T. Smith, Warren County, Kentucky, about his service in Europe during World War II, etc.


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 …


Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Oral History Project - History Department - Western Kentucky University (Mss 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 411. Interviews with Kentuckians conducted by students in American and Kentucky history classes at Western Kentucky University. Typical subjects discussed include childhood, rural life, the Great Depression, civil rights, military service, education and work. Most interviews include a summary paper, transcript (complete or partial) and audiocassette.


Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Sc 843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Bradley, Robert Michael, 1947-2006 (Sc 843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 843 and full text of selected letters (Click on "Additional Files" below). Original Vietnam War letters written by Robert Michael Bradley, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Miss Glenn Wheeler, also of Bowling Green, Christmas 1968- 30 May 1969. Also included are newspaper clippings concerning the award to Bradley of two Purple Hearts.


Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Oliver, James Earl (Sc 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 874. Letters, 1967 (12), written chiefly by Private James Earl Oliver from Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to his wife Elizabeth, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He describes his day-to-day military life.


Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Peck, Chad W. (Sc 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 856. Paper discussing Charles Salyers’ 1970 military experiences in Vietnam and its aftermath, written by Chad W. Peck for a Western Kentucky University United States history class, November 1990.


Buchsbaum, Lee Michael, B. 1972 (Sc 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Buchsbaum, Lee Michael, B. 1972 (Sc 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 848. Paper written by Lee Michael Buchsbaum titled “Sherwood Rudin: Excerpts From a Life,” written in November 1990 for a Western Kentucky University history class. Includes essay by Rudin entitled “To Preserve the Dignity and Honor,” n.d.