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Ua96/2 Southern Normal School Board Of Directors, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Southern Normal School Board of Directors. Series includes certificates of incorporation, meeting minutes, financial records, construction records, contracts, correspondence and scrapbooks.

Ua68/6/2 Chapel Program, Louis Yandell

Student Organizations

Early history of WKU's founding institutions presented at chapel. Louis Yandell was a member of the Class of 1931.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. I, No. 12, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Kentucky Educational Association issue promoting attendance at the meeting and the meeting of the Cherry Club for Southern Normal School alumni.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Course catalog and newsletter:

• Board of Regents
• Calendar 1907
• Platform of the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• 510 Free Scholarships
• Courses of Study
• Conditions for Admission
• Condensed Information
• Summer School
• Moral & Religious Influences
• Faculty
• Educational Paragraphs
• The Opening – Western Kentucky State Normal School
• The Southern Normal School
• Outings
• Lecture Course
• The November Bulletin
• The May Issue of the Bulletin
• College Notes
• Personal Notes
• Dr. A.J. Kinnaman
• Guilliams, J.M. Pointed Paragraphs
• Free Tuition
• Scott, Sarah. Department of Method, Observation & Practice
• Vocal Music in the Public Schools
• Other News
• Calendar
• Expenses
• Board

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed.

• Catalogue Information
• Literary Societies
• Important Suggestions
• Our Platform
• Library
• Our School May Not Suit You
• You Will Be Pleased
• Practical Information
• Teachers’ Department
• Some Advantages of the Teachers’ Course
• Course of Study in Southern Normal School
• Remarks on the Preparatory Course
• Scientific Course
• Classical Course
• Other Features Free
• J.S. Dickey
• Elocution & Oratory
• Conservatory of Music
• A Safe Place for Young Students at School Away from Home – Frisbie Hall
• Class of 1906 (SNS)
• Class of 1906 (BGBU)
• Editorial Notes – Western …

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Archives Records

Extant 1906 meeting minutes of the Southern Educational Building Company. Discussion of possible placement of Normal School in Bowling Green and transfer of property to state of Kentucky.

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol.2, No. 4, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed.

• School of Shorthand
• Another Record
• Civil Service Opportunities
• School of Telegraphy
• A Business College
• Can You Beat Them?
• Class of 1906 (BGBU)
• Alumni of Southern Normal School
• To Our Boys & Girls
• Rates of Tuition Bowling Green Business University
• A New & Valuable Feature – Lectures by Businessmen
• Points
• A Rare Opportunity
• The BGBU Man
• Board
• Can I Get a Position?
• Special
• A Strong Address – W.S. Ashby
• The Southern Normal School

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Archives Records

Extant 1905 meeting minutes of the Southern Educational Building Company directors. Discussion of property dispute with Mrs. Thomas Wright, transfer of stock, and dissolution of Southern Educational Building Company.

Ua96/1 The Southern Educator, Vol. 2, No. 2, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the Southern Normal School to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

• Found Every Term at Southern Normal
• Cramming for Examinations
• Basketball
• Calendar
• Summer School
• Editorial
• The Law School
• Scientific Notes
• The Classical Course
• Why Not?
• Hints to Teachers
• Our School for Shorthand
• Bowling Green Business University
• Our School of Telegraphy
• Are You Plastic?

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. I, No. 4, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed. The paper has been scanned for searching, but is not 100% full-text searchable.

• Graduating Class of 1905
• Scientific Department
• Cherry, T.C. Lessons from Spring
• Extracts from Chapel Talks Made by Prof. J.R. Alexander
• McElroy, C.U. General Robert E. Lee
• Our School May Not Suit You
• You Will Be Pleased
• A Public Educational Institution
• The Charter
• An Education at Nominal Cost
• [Train] Parties of Students from the South
• Announcement
• Editorial
• The Geology & Botany Class – Mammoth Cave
• Lecture Course
• Commencement 1905 …

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. 1, No. 2, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed. The paper has been scanned for searching, but is not 100% full-text searchable. Name index available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/284/

• Green, Robert. Value of a Liberal Education
• Educational Corporation Organized
• Law Department of the Southern Normal School
• Law Students
• Education the Road to Civic Power
• Governmental Repressiveness
• Guilliams, J.M. Some Hints on Teaching Arithmetic
• Guilliams, J.M. Some Definitions of Grammar
• Capt. C.J. Vanmeter
• A College for Teachers
• Frisbie Hall
• Harman, J. Lewie. Will It Pay to Study Shorthand?
• Ashby, W.S. The Origin & …

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Normal School & Bowling Green University

WKU Archives Records

Extant 1904 meeting minutes of the Southern Normal School & Bowling Green University. Discussion of incorporation, selection of Henry Cherry as president, budget, salaries and employees.

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Archives Records

Extant 1903 meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company. Discussion of sale of property.

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

WKU Archives Records

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 …

Ua96/2 Scrapbook, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Clippings regarding lectures, commencement exercises, steamboat excursions and faculty members. Marriage announcement of Leslie Cary and Lula Gray.

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. V, No. I, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the Southern Normal School to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs. This issue is incomplete with just pages 1-2 & 7-8.

• Cherry, Henry. Annual Announcement
• On A Grand Scale – Commencement, Class of 1900
• Our Museum
• Department of Music
• Our Spirit
• Are Happy
• The Summer School
• The First Doctrines
• That Fence
• General W.F. Perry

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Archives Records

1900 meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company. Include discussion of contractors' bids and sale of bonds.

Ua96/2 Scrapbook, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Accounting ledger used as scrapbook for items related to the Southern Normal School.

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Archives Records

Meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company for 1899. Creation of committee to choose location, purchase of property, Creedmore Flenor chosen architect and construction

Ua96/2 Scrapbook, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook 6 1/2" x 8" in Composition notebook with 1890 label on spine. Inscription: Specimens of stationery used by the Southern Normal School and Business College while H.H. Cherry had charge of the commercial Dept.

Also contains samples of documents and publications from other schools:

• Bellewood Female Seminary & Kentucky Presbyterian Normal School (Anchorage, Ky.)
• Canada Business College (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
• Cedar Rapids Business College (Cedar Rapids, Ia.)
• Central Business College Central University (Richmond, Ky.)
• Hellmuth College (London, Ontario, Canada)
• National Normal University (Lebanon, Oh.)
• Northern Indiana Commercial College (Valparaiso, Ind.)

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

WKU Archives Records

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.