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Ua3/3/1 Integration, Wku President's Office - Thompson

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Integration file in WKU President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File Box 8, Folder 14. Correspondence regarding integration and a questionnaire from the Commission on Civil Rights.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1946-1949, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Book Marks
• Rural School Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Kentucky Building News Society Page
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• Hilltopics

This issue contains articles:

• KIAC Champs Will Meet No. 2 Team Tomorrow
• Prof Horace McMurtry Dies at City Hospital
• Candidates Named for Annual Feature Honors
• World Student Service Fund Begins Work on Campus
• Two Westerners Declared Dead - Harold Burkhead, Charles Embry
• Sunday Broadcasts Heard on Campus
• Six Seniors to Receive Degrees
• Former Westerner Dies of Injuries – Wallace Southard
• Grid Mentor Resigns Job …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1940-1945, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 20, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• The Chapel Hour
• Alumni Flashes
• Weddings – Engagements
• Personals
• Music Notes
• Daily Doings
• The Service Column
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• Faculty Notes
• Here and There

This issue contains articles:

• Financial Success of Talisman Now Assured
• Western Grad to be Instructor at Vassar College – Doris Hutchinson
• Soldier of the Week Announced Regularly – Douglas Clarke
• William Bassett Killed in Crash
• Buildings on Campus Receive Coat of Point
• Gwen Billings and Bebe Binzel Crowned Queens
• It’s Patriotic to Make-over Clothes
• Dr. H.A. Morgan is …

Ua12/2/2 1942 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

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1942 Talisman yearbook.

• Foreword & Dedication p. 5
• Department Heads p. 6
• Administrative Staff p. 7
• Buildings & Campus pp. 8-11
• Freshman Class pp. 12-16
• Sophomore Class pp. 16-19
• Junior Class pp. 19-22
• Senior Class pp. 22-29
• Faculty pp. 30-31
• Athletics pp. 32-41
• Clubs pp. 42-55
• Military pp. 56-64
• Features / Popular Students pp. 65-70
• Candid Photos / Events pp. 71-82
• Training School pp. 83-91
• Index pp. 92-end

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 17, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Club - Notes
• Engagements – Weddings
• Faculty Notes
• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Sports Spotlight

This issue contains articles:

• College Heights Herald Rated as Second Best State College Paper
• Seelbach Scene of Kentucky Education Association Meeting
• Pershing Rifles Unit Adopts ‘C’ Average as Admittance Requirement
• Regional Music Festival Billed Here Tomorrow
• Feature Section of 1941 Talisman Is Revealed
• Mother’s Day Set for May 2
• Many Western Pre-Medical Students Admitted to Vanderbilt
• President Paul Garrett Unanimously Re-Elected
• Reds, Germans Invade Campus – Communists, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 17, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Club - Notes
• Engagements – Weddings
• Faculty Notes
• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Sports Spotlight

This issue contains articles:

• Englishman Will Air Views on ‘Battle of Britain’ – Roy Gilks
• Success Factors Being Tabulated
• Spring Symphonic Concert Is Scheduled for Palm Sunday
• Plan M. C. Ford Memorial Fund
• 4000 High School Seniors on Hill Today
• Garrett, Paul. Greetings!
• Geography Meet Held on Hill
• Negro Tenor Roland Hayes to Give Concert April 9
• Talisman Staff Gives Program Names Winners
• Herald Defends Kentucky Intercollegiate …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 17, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Club - Notes
• Engagements – Weddings
• Faculty Notes
• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Sports Spotlight

This issue contains articles:

• Geography Meet Scheduled for Hill Tomorrow – Pennyroyal Council of Geography Teachers
• Success Factors Being Tabulated
• Spring Symphonic Concert Is Scheduled for Palm Sunday
• Plan M. C. Ford Memorial Fund
• 400 Visitors Expected for Senior Day
• “SIAA Champion” Gets New Home
• Talisman to Have Chapel April 2
• Negro Tenor Roland Hayes to Give Concert April 9
• Englishman Will Air Views on ‘Battle of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 17, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Club - Notes
• Engagements – Weddings
• Faculty Notes
• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Society – Personals
• Sports Spotlight

This issue contains articles:

• Enrollment for Second Semester Shows Increase
• Toppers, Breds in Same Draw
• “First Novels Are Easy to Sell,” Says Famous Grad – Ann Davis
• Keith Chloe, Robert Todd, and Woodford Moseley Selected
• Fund Allotted for New Drill Field
• English Group Convenes on Hill Tonight
• Pictures Due for Talisman
• “I’d Like to Cook for Him” – Cora Edson
• Famed Biologist to Speak Tonight – Thomas …

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1931-1939, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 24, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

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Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This particular show is a play written using letters owned by Lenora Lindley of Livermore, Kentucky written by a freed slave in Liberia to her former owner in Ohio County, Kentucky.

Ua3/1/3 Athletics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Athletics scrapbook for the period 1930-1932. Contains other types of clippings as well. Index from book:

• Athletics 1-75, 240-250
• Concerts 76-100
• General - Local, State and National News of Interest to the Institution 101-150
• General News of the School 151-200, 281
• Kentucky Education Association 250-265
• Parent Teacher Association 201-209
• ROTC 221-230
• State Department 231-239
• State Parks 210-220, 266-280

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

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

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Chapel
• Class News
• Club News
• Editorials
• Kempusology Inside Out by Kelly Thompson
• Kollege Kampus Ravings by A. Shavings
• Personals
• Rambling ‘Round by Leon Cook
• Training School Notes

This issue contains articles:

• Miss Julia Duvall Dies Suddenly of Pneumonia
• Western Student is Injured When Cars Crash on State St. – Sewell Welch
• Sophie Braslau Makes Great Hit in Concert Here
• Dudley Talks to Historians on the Hill
• State Champs – Lady Hilltoppers
• Faculty Gives Reception for Student Body
• Prof. J.R. Alexander Attacks Modern Life …

Ua3/1/3 General Scrapbook Part I, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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General scrapbook part 1. Index from book:

• Adds [Advertisements] 65-67, 295-297
• Art Exhibit & Museum 266-267
• Athletics 8-9, 38-53, 156-204, 249-252, 280-284
• Book - Henry Cherry's 14, 16-18
• Cadman, ? 98
• Cherry, Henry Lectures 133-134
• College Heights Personals 31-35
• Commencement 107-111
• Committees of House Selected 229
• Concerts 270-279, 285-288
• Coolidge, Calvin & Cabinet 96
• Debating 27-29, 146
• Editorials on Henry Cherry's Book 14, 16-18
• Farm Agent & Work 147-151
• General - Articles on Education / General Interest 235-239
• General - Kentucky & Bowling Green 22, 24, 118-1132
• General News of School 1, 6, 10, 13, 55-62, 84-95, 135-143
• Griggs, ? …

Ua3/1/3 General Scrapbook Part Ii, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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General scrapbook for 1924-1929 part 2. Index from book:

• Adds [Advertisements] 65-67, 295-297
• Art Exhibit & Museum 266-267
• Athletics 8-9, 38-53, 156-204, 249-252, 280-284
• Book - Henry Cherry's 14, 16-18
• Cadman, ? 98
• Cherry, Henry Lectures 133-134
• College Heights Personals 31-35
• Commencement 107-111
• Committees of House Selected 229
• Concerts 270-279, 285-288
• Coolidge, Calvin & Cabinet 96
• Debating 27-29, 146
• Editorials on Henry Cherry's Book 14, 16-18
• Farm Agent & Work 147-151
• General - Articles on Education / General Interest 235-239
• General - Kentucky & Bowling Green 22, 24, 118-1132
• General News of School 1, 6, 10, 13, 55-62, 84-95, 135-143 …

Ua12/2/2 1929 Talisman, Western Kentucky University

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1929 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – William Craig
• Foreword
• College
• Faculty
• Classes
• Normal Class
• Talisman Staff
• Military Department
• Features
• Athletics
• Advertisements

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 1, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Noted Author Speaks at Chapel – Walter Hart
• Gordon Wilson & L.Y. Lancaster Conduct River Tour
• Miss Ella Jefferies at University of Chicago
• Townsend, Arlie. Mammoth Cave Party
• Sandwich Shop Has Splendid Success
• A.B. Class of 1925 Much Sought by Schools
• A Diversity of Sports Holds Forth on the Hill for the Summer
• Wilson, George. Passing Institutions of the Teachers College – Uncle Ed
• Dr. Frost Visitor Here
• Prof. Franz Strahm Receives Notice of Death of Kin – Susan Jones
• Miss Jane Culbert is Married in Nashville
• Twilight …

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook regarding education & politics for 1911-1912 created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Child's Value 139
• A Cure for Lawlessness, Elizabethtown News 89
• A 'Practical' Education 137
• Address & Resolutions to be Presented to State-Wide Rural School Conference, March 29, 1911 18
• All Round Efficiency 4
• Beckman, F.W. A Cry from Macedonia for Teachers of Agriculture . . . 58
• Behind the School 3
• Beveridge's Eloquent Plea for Cause of Humanity 145
• Campbell, James Jr. Commission Form of Government 85
• Child Labor a National …

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

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Correspondence regarding proposed constitution of the Central Oratorical League consisting of Indiana State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Ohio University. William Craig was appointed a committee of one to study the viability of WKU's participation. Includes program for oratorical contest held May 27, 1910 in Van Meter Hall.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vi, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Camak, Gerster. The State at Present
• Burnside, Blanche. Interpretation of Ancient Mariner
• Falter, Elizabeth. A Nebraska Wooing
• Booth, Blanche. When Greek Meets Greek
• Buchanan, Pauline. Why Uncle Josh Unjined
• What I Would Do If I Were Left Upon My Own Resources – Class of 1911 (PC)
• The Snow Image – Class of 1912 (PC)
• Courage
• YWCA Notes
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Great Stone Face
• Commencement Calendar
• Programmes
• Senior Class Day Program …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. V, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• McKinney, Luna. The Nineteenth Century Modification of the Epic: The Ring & the Book
• Compensation
• Stevens, India. A Pleasant Prescription
• Gay Motes that People the Sunbeams
• Epler, Clara. A Realized Ideal
• Lewis, Lena. January Nineteenth
• Bryan, Helen. A Year in the Philippines
• Patterson, Maggie. Aunt Hannah’s Experience
• Mu Phi Psi
• Sigma Theta Phi
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Delta Pi Kappa
• New Year Reception
• Presbyterian Reception
• YWCA Notes
• In Memoriam – Alice Moore …

Ua98 1907 Potter College Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

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1907 Talisman yearbook produced by Potter College for Young Women.

• Biography – Benjamin Cabell
• Talisman Staff
• Teachers & Officers
• Class of 1907
• History of the Senior Class – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Senior Class Poem
• Junior Class - Class of 1908 (PC)
• Junior Class History
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• Sophomore Class History
• Freshman Class – Class of 1910 (PC)
• Freshman Class History
• The Specials
• Irregulars
• Sigma Theta Phi
• Delta Chapter of Mu Phi Psi Sorority
• Delta Pi Kappa Sorority
• Delta Sigma Omicron
• Lectures & Entertainments
• Young Women’s Christian Association
• Ossolian Literary Society
• Hypatian Literary Society
• Athletics – …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Santo Domingo & the United States
• Kirby, Clara. A Dead Letter
• Willis, Effie. Milton’s Minor Poems
• Baker, Louise. Uncle Reuben’s Baptism
• Myers, Willie. Was Godfrey Cass a Victim of Circumstances?
• Gorin, Rebecca. The Expression of the Emotions in Cats
• Faculty & Students’ Reception
• Mr. Walter Spry’s Recital
• The YWCA Reception
• Reception for Seniors & Sophomores
• YWCA Notes
• Exchange

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Ii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• The Degeneracy of the Modern Novel
• A Plea for the New Novel
• The Home Makers
• Faculty of Potter College
• Aunt Charlotte
• Our Next Presidential Campaign
• Memories
• Societies
• Dead Sea Fruit
• Why I Disliked the Last Book I Read
• The Last Book I Read
• Exchange
• Mrs. Smith’s Forget-Me-Not Party
• The Senior Reception – Class of 1904 (PC)
• Alumnae Notes
• College Notes

Ua1a The Illustrated South, Vol. 3, No. 1, The Illustrated South

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Single sheet newspaper printed in Louisville, Kentucky.

• Graduating Class of Potter College at Bowling Green, 1901
• The Girl He Married Secret
• Joseph Reed, President Lawyers' Club
• If You Would Read Character Study Lips
• After the Quarrel
• Lynchings
• O'Malley, Charles. Hush, Hark, the Fairyland Bells Are Ringing

Ua3/1/3 Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created by Southern Normal School president Henry Cherry regarding anti-cigarette league, manufacturing in the South and education.

• A Beautiful Thought, p. 63
• A Divided Heart, Hosea 10:2, p. 63
• A Fickle Life, p. 42
• Anti-Cigarette League, p. 49
• As a Beacon Light – Vitae-ore, p. 89
• Awarding Business College Diplomas, p. 47
• Awarding November College Diplomas, p. 37
• Be Ready Pa, p. 2
• Bogus Advertising, p. 60
• Brilliant Sayings of Robert Ingersoll, p. 71
• Capital Turning to the South, p. 85
• Carnegie, Andrew, p. 65
• Charge to the Pastor, p. 64
• Cherry, Henry. The Balancing Pole, p. 253
• Cigarette …

Ua3/1/4 Speeches & Ideas Book, Henry Cherry

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Notebook created by Henry Cherry entitled Talks Made at Morning Exercises. It contains handwritten speeches, clippings of sermons, poetry, cartoons and illustrations. Many pages were blank, those pages were not digitized. Page numbers match pdf file.

• A Dream Dreamed Over 37
• A Proposition from Epictetus 58
• A Railroad Man’s Prayer 2
• A Scientific Demonstration 54
• A Valuable Reminder, Ram’s Horn, nd 90
• A Vision, np, nd 37
• A Wasted Life 55
• An Important Question, Ram’s Horn, nd 86
• Bab’s Liberal Sermon – Worship in Church & In Green Fields Compared, np, 7/30/1896 7
• Baptist & Reflector, Vol. X, No. 9, …

Ua96/3 Southern Normal School - Class Lists, Southern Normal School

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Class lists for Southern Normal School and early Bowling Green Business University 1876-1910. These lists are incomplete and are part of UA96 Southern Normal School Records. Check KenCat for extant corresponding class portraits.