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Ua1c3/1 Administrator Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of administrators of Western Kentucky University and its founding institutions.

Ua1c3/2 Faculty/Staff Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University and its founding institutions.

Ua1c4/1 Administrator Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of administrative groups.

Ua1f Ogden Trustees Scholarship Award Winners, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

List of Ogden Trustees scholarship award winners.

Ua1f Ogden Trustee Medal Winners, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

List of Ogden Trustee medal winners, 1890-1927.

Ua1f Ogden-Robinson Oratorical Contest Winners, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

List of winners of the Ogden-Robinson oratorical contests. These two oratorical contests originated in the Ogden College in 1885. The Robinson award is given to the winner of a contest for freshmen and sophomores. The Ogden Medal is given to the winner of the upperclassman contest. Since the merger of Ogden College and WKU the even is generally held on or near Ogden College Founders’ Day which is observed on the first Friday of April.

Ua97/5 Ogden College Departments, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and regarding the departments of Ogden College. Series contains brief records from the Athletic, English and Science departments.

Ua97/3 Ogden College Registrar, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and regarding the Registrar's Office of Ogden College. Series is comprised of class lists, grade books and commencement programs.

Ua97/7 Ogden College Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about Ogden College. Series includes a full run of the Course Catalogs/Bulletins, Cardinal Newspaper and Yearbook as well as several histories of Ogden College.

Ua97/2 Ogden College President's Office, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the President of Ogden College. Records survive from Charles Whittle's administration.

Ua97/4 Ogden College Faculty, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and regarding the faculty of Ogden College. Series consists of two volumes of faculty meeting minutes.

Ua97/1 Ogden College Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Regent and Trustees of Ogden College and the Ogden Foundation. This series includes information regarding Robert Ogden's estate, a list of regents, Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes and information regarding the lease of Ogden College to Western.

Ua37/25 Faculty Personal Papers Jesse Johnson, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created and collected by Jesse Johnson, Ogden College faculty member and athletic coach. These records include a scrapbook of football clippings and flyers, clippings regarding basketball and track, faculty schedules, research notes on accreditation and student organizations and his thesis "History of Ogden College."

Ua37/11 Faculty/Staff Personal Papers James Cornette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications related to Western Kentucky University and Bowling Green by James Cornette.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - A Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 170 topics beginning with A ranging from AAUP to Awards.

Ua37/30/2 Sarah Thompson, Lowell Harrison, Sarah Pearce Thompson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Letter from Sarah Thompson to Lowell Harrison regarding WKU / Bowling Green relations. Harrison's research notes.

Ua37 A Factbook Of Western Kentucky University, O. J. Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

A factbook compiled by O.J. Wilson regarding the pre-history of WKU and the history of the university from 1907 through 1967. It includes chapters:

• Genealogical Background
• The Presidents
• Academic Expansion at Western
• The Physical Plant
• Traditions at WKU
• Intercollegiate Athletics at Western
• Sixty Years of Vital Statistics
• Chronology of Historical Events
• Western's Faculty & Staff

An appendix is listed, but was not included with the factbook.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Archives Records

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees for 1934:

• June 1
• no date, circa 1934

Topics include: purchase of property, investments, bids for building improvements to various holdings of the trustees in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights, Vol. 10, No. 4, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. Articles:

• Rural Education & Rural Life One of the Outstanding Features of the First Summer School of 1928
• Special Features
• Primary Work
• Twilight
• Westerns Again Take Rifle Honor – ROTC
• Renewal of Certificates
• What Makes a Great Summer School?
• Special Railroad Rates to Summer School
• Many Worthwhile Books Added to the Library
• Ogden College is Now Merged with Western
• Do You Need a Teacher?
• Free Tuition & Reasonable Board
• Some of the Leading Educators of Kentucky . . . Will be Instructors
• A Large Attendance
• Reserve …

Ua1a Trade Journal, Bowling Green Trade Journal

WKU Archives Records

Photo spread section of the Bowling Green Trade Journal featuring images of homes of prominent citizens, business and school. Includes images of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green Business University and Ogden College.

Ua97/6 Founder's Day Banquet Program, Ogden College Literary Society

WKU Archives Records

Program created for the Founder's Day banquet hosted by the Ogden College Literary Society. Includes list of officers, members and toasts given.

Ua97/3 Roll Of Students At Ogden College 1883-1894, Ogden College Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Roll of students and candidates for admission to Ogden College from 1883 through 1894. Enrollment lists give students' name, matriculation date, parent/guardian, address, name of boarding house and courses taken. The book also contains enrollment statistics, honor rolls

Ua97/7 Ogden College Catalog, Ogden College Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Ogden College course catalog for the 1891-92 school year, includes list of students and course descriptions.

Ua97/7 Ogden College Catalog, Ogden College Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Ogden College catalog for the school year 1890-91, includes list of students and course descriptions.