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Ua68/8/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Publications, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua68/8/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the History Department.


Ua85 Wku Women, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua85 Wku Women, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by WKU Women also known as the Faculty Wives Club. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, committee files, newsletters and publications.


Ua64/25/4/1 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Pershing Rifles, Wku Archives Dec 2010

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.


Ua5/3 University Attorney - Committee File, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua5/3 University Attorney - Committee File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed committee files created by the University Attorney. Committees include the Council on Higher Education Special Committee on Minority Affairs, Administrative Council and Teacher Admissions, Certification, and Student Teaching Committee. This record group is unprocessed and must be reviewed for potential restricted materials before access is granted. Please contact the University Archivist prior to your visit.


Ua3/8/9 President's Office-Meredith Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/8/9 President's Office-Meredith Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Thomas Meredith.


Ua3/2/2 President's Office-Garrett Awards, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/2/2 President's Office-Garrett Awards, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Awards given to Paul Garrett during his administration.


Ua3/3/5 President's Office-Thompson Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/3/5 President's Office-Thompson Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about Kelly Thompson and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.


Ua3/6/6 President's Office-Zacharias Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/6/6 President's Office-Zacharias Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Donald Zacharias.


Ua3/4/8 President's Office-Downing Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/4/8 President's Office-Downing Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Dero Downing.


Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Kern Alexander.


Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about John Minton and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.


Ua1b Wku University Wide Committees/Events, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua1b Wku University Wide Committees/Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding university wide events such as lecture and concert series. See individual departments for smaller co-sponsored events.


Ua1c11/12 Pershing Rifles Photo Collection, Wku Archives Dec 2010

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.


Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding the Martin Luther King Forum.


Ua3/1/7/1 President's Office-Cherry Family Papers, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua3/1/7/1 President's Office-Cherry Family Papers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Henry Cherry which includes correspondence with his mother, wife, children, brothers, nieces and nephews.


Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2010

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.


Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.


Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2393. "A Selective View of the Politics of Higher Education in Kentucky and the Role of H.H. Cherry, Educator-Politician," a dissertation presented by Carl Chelf in partial fulfillment fo the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968.


White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2010

White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2314. Paper: "Professor Franz Joseph Strahm" written by Arthur Carlton White, Jr. for an "American Music" class at Western Kentucky University.


Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2256. Transcription of an interview with Tim Lee Carter, former U.S. Representative of Kentucky's 5th Congressional district, by Dr. Carl P. Chelf, government professor at Western Kentucky University, 21 October 1982.


Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History Apr 2010

Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.


Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2228. Correspondence, minutes and programs relating to Cook’s service on the Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital Commission Advisory Board and the board of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc. The materials concern the relocation of the hospital and the organization of the Free Enterprise Fair, an event sponsored jointly by Western Kentucky University and the Bowling Green-Warren County Chamber of Commerce. Includes a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc.


Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

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 Mar 2010

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.


Kentucky Building - Guest Book (Sc 2167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Kentucky Building - Guest Book (Sc 2167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2167. Guest book kept for the Kentucky Building at its opening in 1939 and for special events. The book was donated by the Western Kentucky State Teachers College class of 1935. It is housed in a tooled leather slipcover featuring the seal of Kentucky and inscribed "Distinguished Guests, The Kentucky Building."


Stars, Bars, And More Cars: Adventures In Exhibit Planning, Donna C. Parker, Sandra Staebell, Christy L. Spurlock Jan 2010

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 Jan 2010

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

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by the department of Military Science.


Henry Hardin Cherry: The Early Period Of A Life's Work, Kevin T. Smiley Jan 2010

Henry Hardin Cherry: The Early Period Of A Life's Work, Kevin T. Smiley

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The first fifty years of Henry Hardin Cherry show a very formative period of his life. Born in 1864, Cherry left his family farm at the age of 21 to pursue his own education and by 1892 become head of a school in Bowling Green that was in trouble financially and and also had a shrinking enrollment. He began the transformation of this school and it became his life's work. This work included keeping the Southern Normal School afloat in its assorted difficulties, getting the school installed as a state-supported normal school and gaining adequate funding from the state to …


Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU alumni regarding their favorite professors solicited by WKU Archives.


Ua68/9/2 The Symphony, Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra Jan 2010

Ua68/9/2 The Symphony, Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra

WKU Archives Records

Program outlining the 2010-11 season of the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra. Includes article by Jonathan Jeffrey entitled "Homecoming" regarding the return to the renovated Van Meter Hall. Also a description of the Pre-College Strings Program.