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Bibliography, Selena Sanderfer Jan 2023

Bibliography, Selena Sanderfer

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Selena Sanderfer Doss.


Bibliography, Andrew Rosa Jan 2023

Bibliography, Andrew Rosa

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Andrew Rosa.


Autherine Lucy & The University Of Alabama Integration At U Of A 1952-1956, Tamera Lott May 2022

Autherine Lucy & The University Of Alabama Integration At U Of A 1952-1956, Tamera Lott

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the University of Alabama was chartered in 1820 and is Alabama’s oldest public university. Prior to 1956, the University was segregated; admission was limited to white men and women. On February 3, 1965, Miss Autherine Lucy stepped foot on campus for the first time to attend classes at the University; history was made as she was the first African American present. Lucy’s attendance stirred conflict throughout campus and the state of Alabama. Unbeknownst to many, Lucy’s attendance garnered both national and international attention. The central argument here is that Lucy’s experiences at the University of Alabama …


Ua3/10/4 Naming & Symbols Task Force Report & Recommendations, Wku President's Office - Caboni Jun 2021

Ua3/10/4 Naming & Symbols Task Force Report & Recommendations, Wku President's Office - Caboni

WKU Archives Records

Report of the Naming & Symbols Task Force concerning four major areas:

  • Solicit input and perspectives from a broad range of constituencies and stakeholders that will guide us as we examine the origins of the names and symbols used on campus.
  • Audit the names used on buildings and other campus symbols to determine which may be connected to exclusion, segregation, racism or slavery.
  • Create a set of guiding principles and a range of options for how we should address any issues raised.
  • Provide to University leadership a set of recommendations.


Reconstruction Embattled: The Memphis Race Massacre Of 1866 In The Press And Tennessee's First Year Of Interracial Democracy.", Morgan Nicole Baxter Jul 2020

Reconstruction Embattled: The Memphis Race Massacre Of 1866 In The Press And Tennessee's First Year Of Interracial Democracy.", Morgan Nicole Baxter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The racial violence that occurred in Memphis, Tennessee on the first three days of May 1866 was no sudden accident. Following the abolition of slavery and the fall of the Confederacy, race riots and racial violence in general intensified as a result of fluctuating race relations in southern states whose social hierarchies were built upon the degradation and supposed inferiority of blacks. The Memphis Massacre of 1866 was one such expression of white anger and bitterness over the disenfranchisement of former Confederates, the increasing numbers of educated, wealthy blacks coming into Memphis, and the disturbance of the old status quo …


Ua1c6/1 Demonstration / Protest Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2018

Ua1c6/1 Demonstration / Protest Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of student / faculty demonstrations and protests of various types.


Ua1f Wku Cultural Diversity, Wku Archives Jan 2017

Ua1f Wku Cultural Diversity, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Bibliography of sources related to cultural diversity at WKU.


Ua1f Wku Greek & Service Organizations Bibliography, Wku Archives Jan 2016

Ua1f Wku Greek & Service Organizations Bibliography, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Bibliography of sources related to discipline, honor, Greek and service fraternities and sororities at WKU.


Ua1c11/80 Wku Photo Album, Wku Archives Jan 2016

Ua1c11/80 Wku Photo Album, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

WKU photograph album, available online at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/4210


Ua12/2/33 Black History Month, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History Feb 2014

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.


Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part Ii, Wku Student Affairs Jan 2014

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 …


Ua12/2/2 2014 Talisman: Reckoning, Part I, Wku Student Affairs Jan 2014

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, …


Ua12/2/33 Whips & Chains, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History Feb 2013

Ua12/2/33 Whips & Chains, Wku Association For The Study Of African American Life & History

WKU Archives Records

Invitation to first WKU Association for the Study of African American Life & History event entitled Whips & Chains.


Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives Jan 2013

Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Special correspondence regarding Western Kentucky University. This series runs concurrently with the General Correspondence and there is no indication of what makes it special. Of special note is correspondence regarding the Student Army Training Corps, World War I veterans and construction of Cherry Hall. Incoming letters are mainly addressed to Henry Hardin Cherry. Responses are made by Cherry and occasionally by faculty and staff. The president's secretary Mattie McLean is the author of some of the letters signed by Cherry.


New Negroes On Campus: St. Clair Drake And The Culture Of Education, Reform, And Rebellion At Hampton Institute, Andrew Rosa Jan 2013

New Negroes On Campus: St. Clair Drake And The Culture Of Education, Reform, And Rebellion At Hampton Institute, Andrew Rosa

History Faculty Publications

On March 15, 1925, Walter Scott Copeland, owner and editor of the Newport News Daily Press, charged that Hampton Institute was teaching and practicing “social equality between the white and negro races . . . The niggers in that institution,” he wrote, “were being taught that there ought not to be any distinction between themselves and white people.” His observation came from his wife, who was distraught after having seen a performance of the Denishawn Dancers while seated next to a black women in Hampton’s Ogden Hall only two weeks before.4 Based in Los Angeles and New York, the …


To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa Jul 2012

To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa

History Faculty Publications

This article is part of a larger project by the author to record St. Clair Drake’s contribution to the black radical tradition. Here he examines Drake’s involvement with the Quakers in the early years of the Depression. Drawing on writings in African American and Popular Front periodicals of the time, it considers how a Quaker community shaped Drake’s identity as an intellectual activist and how his encounter suggests the ways in which black intellectuals engaged with non-violence as a philosophy and strategy for social change before he civil rights movement. Drake’s participation in non-violent campaigns for workers’ rights, world peace …


The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa Jan 2012

The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa

History Faculty Publications

Marking the centenary of St. Clair Drake's birth, this examination begins the project of recovering one of the most underrated minds of the twentieth century by situating him within the community(s) that initially served to form him. Illustrative of the social theory of a black community outlined in Black Metropolis, Drake's lineage and formative years suggests that his was a cultural identity rooted in and routed through a series of racially constructed, semi-autonomous black life worlds, each held together by the collective desires of those made most vulnerable by the upheavals of capitalism and the caste-enforcing structures of segregation …


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.


Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives Jan 2009

Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 47 [51], Wku Student Affairs May 2006

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 47 [51], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Brandenburg, Katie. Commuters Join Global Fight - Uganda
  • Brandenburg, Katie. Student Government Association Budget has $30K Remaining
  • Coulter, Amber. Sigma Alpha Epsilons Break Ground on New House
  • Harrell, Bobby. Searching for Truth, Team Finds Trophies – WKU Forensics Team
  • McNamara, Andrew. Campus Updates, Repairs Picked Based on Priority
  • Wooden, Kevin. Herald Not Responsible for Lack of Student Government Association Enthusiasm on Campus
  • Kerby, Molly. Western Should Not be Deterred by Arson Attacking Cherry
  • BSAs Should be Thanked – Building Service Attendants, Cherry Hall
  • Coulter, Amber. …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 28 [32], Wku Student Affairs Feb 2006

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 28 [32], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Paul, Corey. Western Students Enjoy Performance at Ag Center - Rodeo
  • Harrell, Bobby. Diversity Sees 50th Year on Hill
  • Caudle, Leah. Taxis Confused with Free Rides
  • Coulter, Amber. Smaller Increase Expected – Budget
  • Pell Grants are Vital
  • Wallace, Robert. Campus Rudeness is Not Welcome
  • Walker, Carli. Campus Should Carry Non-Dairy Products
  • North, Amber. Valentine’s Day Should Be Great Day for Everyone
  • Coulter, Amber. Discrimination Case Delayed – Ingrid Woods
  • Brandenburg, Katie. Student Organizations Discuss Diversity – Diversity Council
  • Brandenburg, Katie. Student Government Association May …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 26 [28], Wku Student Affairs Jan 2006

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 26 [28], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Harrell, Bobby. Nursing Waiting List Grows Long
  • Bosken, Nina. Chinese Celebrate New Year
  • Richardson, Kelly. Students, Faculty Join Local Protest – Greenwood High School Dress Code
  • Coulter, Amber. University Presidents to Speak on Budget
  • Paul, Corey. Student Arrested During Class – Montez Johnson
  • Paul, Corey. Professor Stable after Severe Fall – Youn Kim
  • Coulter, Amber. Kentucky State Supreme Court to Review Melissa “Katie” Autry Estate Appeals
  • Fee is Fine
  • Ploch, William. Governor’s Races Could Take Center Stage
  • McNamara, Andrew. Indiana Coal May Cut Costs at …


Ua1b2/1 A Commemoration Of Wku's Integration: 1956-2006, Monica G. Burke, Sherese Martin Jan 2006

Ua1b2/1 A Commemoration Of Wku's Integration: 1956-2006, Monica G. Burke, Sherese Martin

WKU Archives Records

A publication that chronicles the history of WKU's desegregation efforts. This commemorative publication is also an historical document that highlights the prolific accomplishments of WKU African American graduates. The impact of Western's spirit on countless African American graduates and the Bowling Green community unfolds in the pages that follow. The joy of having access to an education, the struggles of transforming an institutional climate, the kindness of WKU faculty, staff, and students and the rewards of walking across the stage in Diddle arena are chronicled by those who experienced it firsthand.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 23 [25], Wku Student Affairs Dec 2005

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 81, No. 23 [25], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Leslie, Joey. More Students Tested During AIDS Day
  • Hupman, Samantha. J-term More Popular than Anticipated
  • Fontana, Alex. Student Government Association Proposes New Bicycles for Police
  • Bosken, Nina. Students Dodge, Duck, Dive for Charity and Prizes – Special Olympics
  • Richardson, Kelly. Kentucky Community Technical College System Requests Funding – KCTCS
  • Taking the Next Step – Cultural Diversity
  • Eoff, Allison. Pass on Adderall
  • Gabler, R. XXX Ads Disappointing
  • Williams, Suzanne. A Woman’s Heart
  • Hupman, Samantha. Two Fights Reported on Hill
  • Paul, Corey. Kwanzaa to Be Celebrated Today …


Ua1b2/1 Community Relations Powerpoint Presentation, Ali Wright, Jason Brown Apr 2004

Ua1b2/1 Community Relations Powerpoint Presentation, Ali Wright, Jason Brown

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Powerpoint presentation regarding research methodology, sources and findings regarding WKU and its relationship with the Bowling Green community. Includes information regarding the African-American community, Jonesville.


Ua1b2/1 Integration At Western Kentucky University, Jason Brown Feb 2004

Ua1b2/1 Integration At Western Kentucky University, Jason Brown

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A brief overview of the integration process at WKU, includes some newspaper clippings and primary source materials.


Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Wku Journalism Jun 2003

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Wku Journalism

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

  • Clark, Ashlee. Campus Security Tightens in Wake of Murder
  • Lau, Jessica. Diversity Grows, Problems Persist
  • Yee, April. Home of Love
  • Leong, Jennifer. State Street Baptist Church Rededication Date Set
  • Cowherd, Heather. Growing Up Black in Bowling Green
  • Clark, Ashlee & Aja Junior. Regents Approve Increased Budget
  • Leong, Jennifer. Hispanic Ministry Provides Heartfelt Worship
  • Taylor, Sean. Shake Rag Gains New Support, Awareness
  • Taylor, Sean. Patriot Act Tramples Peoples' Civil Rights
  • Clark, Ashlee. Got Ethics?
  • Winters, Jonathan. Remove Patriotism from Flames
  • Yee, April. Stereotypes
  • Jefferson, Regina …


Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2002

Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Herald homecoming magazine with articles:

  • Holm, Hollan. Big Red Evolves from Joke to Icon
  • Hellmueller, Anthony. What’s Happening for Homecoming?
  • Moore, Michael. Refrigerator Bowl Veterans Reunite
  • Farner, Keith. Colonnade Used to Be Place to Watch Pigskin Fly – Stadium
  • Lord, Joseph. 1962 Basketball Player Remembers Living with Coach E.A. Diddle – Bobby Rascoe, Diddle Dorm
  • Schoenbaechler, Danny & Hollan Holm. 1972 Fraternity Brothers Reunite, Relive Days in Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
  • Robinson, Jocelyn. 1983 The Cellar: From Boogie Nights to Study Nights – West Hall
  • Hopkins, Shawntaye. 1994 Potter Hall Provided Location Near Classes
  • Lowther, Clare. 2002 Tailgating …


Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Wku Journalism Jun 2002

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Wku Journalism

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

  • Sebastian, Kandace. Shake Rag Preparing for Revival
  • Clark, Ashlee. Concerts in Park Sizzling
  • Byrd, Candice. Actor Relives Washington's Brave Legacy - Josephy Bundy
  • Clark, Ashlee. Multi-faceted Clemette Haskins Returning to Start Foundation
  • Davis, AnCharlene. Uncle Merv Aubespin Tells Students To Make a Difference
  • Relerford, Patrice. Sullivans Share Success to Support Scholarships
  • Long, Michelle. Teacher Trying to Draw Minorities into Profession - Leislie Godo-Solo
  • Tucker, Harold. Army Sets Up Quarters on Hill
  • Belcher, Tammy. Shake Rag Deserves Support
  • Clark, Ashlee. Teach Black History Year Round …


Ua3/9/1 Challenging The Spirit, Wku President's Office Jan 2002

Ua3/9/1 Challenging The Spirit, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Progress report on WKU's strategic plan performance indicators for 2001-2002.