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American Association Of University Women - Danville, Kentucky (Mss 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2019

American Association Of University Women - Danville, Kentucky (Mss 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 687. Records of the Danville branch of the American Association of University Women, including minutes, president’s reports, newsletters, historical information, programming materials and other miscellaneous items. Also includes more limited material about the state and regional divisions of the AAUW.


Bowling Green Woman's Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2017

Bowling Green Woman's Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 601. Minutes, membership lists, publications, press books, event programs, and other records of the Bowling Green Woman’s Club, a civic organization in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some materials relating to its affiliation with the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs.


Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2015

Girls Club Of Bowling Green - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2933. Clippings from the Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) relating to the history and activities of the Girls Club of Bowling Green. Includes a letter of Elaine (Eakles) Goad outlining her involvement with the Club as a member and Director, and a clipping describing her wedding held at the Club.


Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2871. “A Dark and Bloody Ground: A Synopsis of the Lives of Micajah and Wiley Harpe,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. The illustrated paper, the basis for a presentation to the E.Q.B. Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounts the lives of Kentucky outlaws Micajah and Wiley Harpe.


Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 457. Minutes, governing documents, yearbooks, programs for public concerts, membership information, various reports, and news clippings for the Woman’s Music Club, the Bowling Green Music Club and the Bowling Green Junior Music Club.


Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 460. Minutes, financial records, governing documents and miscellaneous items of the Bowling Green Musical Fund Society, which was established in 1872 for “the cultivation of music and the social enjoyment of its members.”


Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Commission (Mss 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Commission (Mss 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 122. Correspondence, minutes, calendars, financial reports, and promotional material of the Commission which was created to oversee the bicentennial celebrations of Warren County, Kentucky (1 March 1997) and Bowling Green (1 March 1998).


Mothers Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Mothers Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 113. Organizational records including minutes, financial and attendance reports, yearbooks, and newspaper clippings related to the Mothers Club, a group of concerned mothers who formed the Bowling Green club in 1925 for educational purposes. The group formally dissolved in 1998.


Third District, Kentucky Branch Of The National Congress Of Parents And Teachers - Minutes (Sc 2687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Third District, Kentucky Branch Of The National Congress Of Parents And Teachers - Minutes (Sc 2687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts 2687. Minutes of the Third District, Kentucky Branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Minutes were kept in a notebook in chronological order.


Hines, Margaret Gates (Nicholls), 1878-1941 (Sc 669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Hines, Margaret Gates (Nicholls), 1878-1941 (Sc 669), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 669. History of the Current Events Club, formed in 1902, written by Mrs. Margaret (Nicholls) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes a typescripted 1931 newspaper article with club history.


Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2012

Fortnightly Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 432), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 432. Minutes, membership lists, yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous records of the Fortnightly Club, a men’s literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2012

Sumpter, William Cullin, 1862-1958 (Sc 748), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 748. Membership book of Aeolian Lodge Number 51 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Bowling Green, Kentucky, retained by William Cullin Sumpter. Information includes name, residence, occupation, and age of each applicant.


Larths Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Larths Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 395. Minutes, yearbooks, correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other records of the LARTHS Club, a literary club founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1925.


Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 393. Minutes, correspondence, programs, historical sketches, and miscellaneous material of the Ladies Literary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Constitution and bylaws of the Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club, an organization formed to advance the goals of education and open to Legionnaires with teaching experience.


Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Delineator Club (Mss 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 369. Records of the Delineator Club, a Bowling Green, Kentucky literary club for women. Includes constitution, bylaws, minutes, financial records, yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, and summary historical notes prepared for the club's 25th anniversary.


Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2011

Young Men's Christian Association - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 371. Constitution and by-laws, histories, subscriber list, news clippings, photos, and sundry printed promotional pieces used in the campaign to erect a Y.M.C.A. building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This material was found in a tin box in the cornerstone of the building when it was razed in 1985.


Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Rotary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 350), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 350. Items related to the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as well as Rotary International. The minutes, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, reports, clippings, and photographs highlight the organization's many years of service projects and civic involvement.


Severance Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Severance Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 360. Minutes and yearbooks of the Severance Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2008

Benevolent And Protective Order Of Elks - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1597. Letters to William Perry Stamps and Rosalyn Stamps, Bowling Green, Kentucky, related to their leadership in the Elks and its auxiliary. Includes constitution and by-laws of the ladies auxiliary of the Bowling Green lodge.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs Mar 1934

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School Notes
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • College Entertains Official Group – Kentucky General Assembly
  • Jim Cotton Roby Is Injured in Accident
  • Men Dancers Appear Here – Ted Shawn
  • Western to Encounter University of Louisville in SIAA Meet
  • Jubilee Singers Will Be Here Soon
  • Congressman William Upshaw Speaks in Assembly
  • Mrs. W.M. Bailey, Former Matron Here, Dies
  • Students Have Parts in Local Guild Production – Under Cover
  • Appear on Program
  • Mary Travelstead and …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs Feb 1934

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Most Popular Students Are to Be Chosen
  • Players’ Guild Is to Present “Under Cover”
  • Men’s Quartette Sings at Chapel
  • Dr. Gordon Wilson Speaks at Dixon Woman’s Club
  • Herald Features Linoleum Cuts
  • Valuable Gifts Are Presented to Kentucky Museum
  • Social Is Held at Christian Church
  • He Has Seen the World—and Photographed It Too – Raymond Hornback
  • New Teachers Are Employed for Semester
  • Six Western Athletes Coach in Ohio County
  • Faculty Hosts at …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs Jan 1934

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School Notes
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Roosevelt Ball Will Be Held on Tuesday Night
  • Seniors Present Assembly Program
  • Walter Hines, Famous Ogden Alumnus, Dies
  • “Under Cover” to Be Given by Olayers’ Guild
  • Eighteen Members for Men’s Glee Club Chosen
  • Library Unit of CWA Project Is Begun on Hill – Civil Works Administration
  • Thermostats Are Placed in Three Buildings Here – Gordon Wilson Hall, Snell Hall, Van Meter Hall
  • College Heights Publication Is …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs Jan 1934

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School News
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Western Host to Conference on January 7-9 – Adult Education
  • Hilltop Students attend Sessions of Baptist Group – Baptist Young Peoples Union
  • Ogden Grads Hold Meeting December 26
  • Dr. Henry Cherry Receives Mammoth Greeting from Entire School
  • Sings Carols
  • Receives Appointment – Lindsay Allen
  • Schultz, Raymond. Flash: “Teachers Are Human” Says Schultz
  • Annual Census of Birds Taken
  • English Club Hears Nashville Poetess – Mrs. Armstrong Allen …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs Dec 1933

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • 1934 Talisman Staff Officers Are Appointed
  • Sophomores Plan to Present Dramas
  • Addresses Class – J.H. Holmes
  • To Head Educators – Tullus Chambers
  • Miss Sibyl Stonecipher Delivers Address at Meeting, Dec. 2
  • Squad 5 of Company A Judge Best in ROTC
  • Music Groups on Hill Give ‘The Nativity’
  • Dr. R. A. Jones, Inventor, Was Once a Student Here
  • Conference of Teachers Meets Here
  • Stagecrafter Play Scheduled Tonight
  • Dora Belle Baird …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1933

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School News
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Talisman Contract Is Let to Nashville Publishing Company
  • President Henry Cherry Gives Addresses Education Week
  • Dr. Earl Moore Is Speaker
  • Teachers to Attend Meeting
  • Mrs. Mary Leiper Is Chosen to Head State Librarians
  • Northern Kentucky Alumni Have Meet
  • Commission Issues Report – Kentucky Educational Commission
  • Dramatic Club to Give ‘Kempy’ on December 8
  • Kitchen Force Has Picnic
  • Classes Train for Mighty Turkey Day Grid Battle
  • Dr. …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1933

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School News
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Staff Heads for Talisman Are Selected
  • Girls’ Volley Ball Contests Continue
  • Kiwanis Club Is Sponsoring Awards
  • Track Lettermen Meet
  • Kentucky Education Association Plans to Hold Contest
  • Martha Bass Accepts Position
  • Library Receives 400 Bethel College Books
  • Mrs. Roy Holland, Former Student, Dies Here Oct. 30
  • Miss Clara Elledge Is Honored
  • A. A. Page Is Chosen to Head County Presidents
  • Baptist Student Union Convention Held at Louisville
  • Regional Meeting of Relations …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1933

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School News
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Annual Homecoming Features Reunions, Traditional Chapel
  • W.L. Matthews Speaks
  • Chester Travelstead Attends N. Y. U.
  • Mary McChesney Is Ill
  • “W” Club Alumni Reassemble Here Homecoming Day
  • Orchestra Appears at Chapel
  • Players’ Guild Gives Seventh Heaven’ on Hill
  • Hibbs, Joe. “Must I Go?” Is Freshman’s Pitiful Plea to Prof. Page
  • Taylor, ? A Tribute to Professor A. C. Burton
  • “The Nativity” Is to Be Presented on December …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1933

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. X, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

  • Alumni News
  • Chapel Calendar
  • Class & Club
  • Editorials
  • Exchange Tidbits
  • Personals
  • Society
  • Training School News
  • Trype

This issue contains articles:

  • Disarmament Possible, Says Senator Mills Logan
  • Homecoming Advertised by Radio
  • Lectures to Frosh Are Scheduled
  • Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association Announces Individual Awards to Best Reporters
  • Faculty Continues Kentucky Education Association Membership
  • Baptists Hold Reception
  • A.C. Burton to Speak
  • New Courses Offered – Chemistry
  • Press Group Meets Here
  • Alumni of Western Hold Meet at Dixon
  • Players’ Guild Is to Stage “Seventh Heaven” on Oct. 20
  • Former Editor …