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Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.
Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 384. Correspondence, class materials, published and unpublished papers, and research material collected by Dr. Wilford E. Fridy in his study of Robert Penn Warren and his writings. Includes an untitled and unpublished novel by Robert Penn Warren, correspondence between Fridy and Warren, and photos of Warren and Guthrie, Kentucky, Warren’s hometown.
Wku Libraries: Using Pastperfect To Open Hidden Collections, Nancy Richey
Wku Libraries: Using Pastperfect To Open Hidden Collections, Nancy Richey
SCL Faculty and Staff Publications
Traditionally, access records for the Department of Special Collections were produced in analog forms which limited their use to in-house researchers.
The author chronicles the library/museum decision to purchase, PastPerfect, collection management software and reviews the product from a librarian’s point of view
Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History
Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History
WKU Archives Records
WKU History alumni newsletter reporting on activities of the department, faculty, staff and students.
Goodman, Julian, 1922-2012 (Mss 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Goodman, Julian, 1922-2012 (Mss 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
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.”
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 482. Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Mildred (Potter) Lissauer of Bowling Green and Louisville, Kentucky and of her family, especially her mother, Martha (Woods) Potter and her aunt, Elizabeth Moseley Woods. Includes a World War I scrapbook created for and about Mildred's brother John (Click on "Additional Files" below).
Where's Jonesville? How The Destruction Of Jonesville Left A Legacy Of Housing Discrimination In Bowling Green, Ky, George Carpenter
Where's Jonesville? How The Destruction Of Jonesville Left A Legacy Of Housing Discrimination In Bowling Green, Ky, George Carpenter
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Jonesville was a small tight-knit African-American community in Bowling Green, Kentucky with a unique cultural identity. Family-oriented and extremely self-sufficient, Jonesville thrived as a prime example of southern black culture in the mid 20th century. However, Jonesville did not stand a chance placed against a powerful local institution. In the late 1950s and early 1960s the community was destroyed to create space for an expanding Western Kentucky University. Fueled by the entirely unjust urban renewal legislation, Kentucky Project R-31, Jonesville was wiped from the Bowling Green map. Due to locally sanctioned discriminatory action, the displaced citizens of Jonesville were …
Chaffin, Cyndi M. (Sc 1290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chaffin, Cyndi M. (Sc 1290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1290. Research paper, written 1981 or later, by WKU student Cyndi Chaffin, titled “Russell Miller and His Contributions to the Theatre in Bowling Green [Kentucky] from 1947-1968.” Miller taught drama and speech and directed theater productions at WKU.
Ua12/2/33 Black History Month, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History
Ua12/2/33 Black History Month, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History
WKU Archives Records
WKU Black History Month events poster.
Interview Sue Williams Spurlock: Collegiate Oral History Interview, Christy L. Spurlock
Interview Sue Williams Spurlock: Collegiate Oral History Interview, Christy L. Spurlock
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Interview with Sue Williams Spurlock about her college experience at Western Kentucky University in the late 1950s early 1960s.
Could The Girls Be Counseled?, Christy L. Spurlock
Could The Girls Be Counseled?, Christy L. Spurlock
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Females attending Western Kentucky University in the late 1950s and 1960s had a much different dress code and residence hall rules than their male counterparts.
Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part I, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part I, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
2014 Talisman yearbook.
- Wegert, Sally. Stoop Kids
- Cole, Tanner. Green Thumbs – Horticulture, Facilities Management
- Kriz, Lindsay. A Driving Force – Steve White, Automobiles
- Cole, Tanner. Pitch Forward – Soccer
- Smith, Mary-Kate. Love of the Game – Soccer Club
- Kriz, Lindsay. Runners Without Borders – Track & Field
- Cole, Tanner. Lines & Angles – Raymond Poff, Recreation, Fishing
- Reckoning
- Beasecker, Allyson. Five-Year Leaders – Football, Luis Polanco, Chuck Franks
- Pratt, Elliott. Throwing in the Towel – Bobby Petrino, Football
- Cole, Tanner. Surrounded by Sound – Revolution 91.7, Versie Parker
- Belknap, Abby. A Clean Sweep – Shaker Village, Barrett Rogers
- Pointer, …
Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part Ii, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part Ii, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
2014 Talisman yearbook.
- Hutchins, Seth. A Cut Above – Chris Page, Barbers
- Rogers, Shelby. Out with the Old – Thompson Science Complex
- Melcher, Jaclyn. East Meets Western – Shima Alessa, Saudi Arabia, International Students
- Swanson, Kayla. Deep End: Tim Slattery – Swimming
- Swanson, Kayla. Tackling Time: Jim Meyer – Football
- Swanson, Kayla. Beyond the Basket: Kami Howard – Basketball, Class of 1986
- Moster, Brittany. Right Kind of Writing – Walker Rutledge, English
- Smith, Mary-Kate. A Bug’s Life – Keith Philips, Biology
- Kirz, Lindsay. Honors with Par – April Butler, Golf
- Belknap, Abby. Setting the Tone – Greek Week, Spring Sing …
Ua1c11/64 Anna & Betty Cook Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/64 Anna & Betty Cook Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs of Anna & Betty Cook removed from scrapbook.
Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Robert Johnston.
Ua94/6/13 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Jeff Baynham, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/13 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Jeff Baynham, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
WKU memorabilia collected by Jeff Baynham includes athletic trading cards, posters and basketball tournament programs.
Ua68/8/5 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Class Projects, Wku Archives
Ua68/8/5 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Class Projects, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Class projects of students in the History Department.
Ua68/8/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Administration, Wku Archives
Ua68/8/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Administrative records created by the History department.
Ua68/8/3/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Student Organizations Stickles History Club, Wku Archives
Ua68/8/3/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Student Organizations Stickles History Club, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by the Stickles History Club.
Ua19/16/1 2014-15 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 2014-15 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
WKU track and field media guide for 2014-15 season.