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Mills, Barbara Ann (Tucker), 1931-2020 (Sc 921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mills, Barbara Ann (Tucker), 1931-2020 (Sc 921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 921. Barbara Ann (Tucker) Mills writes of her life growing up in a home in Bowling Green, Kentucky that provided rooms and meals for students at Western Kentucky State Teachers College and Bowling Green Business University during the 1930s and 1940s. Her parents, known and “Ma Tucker” and “Pa Tucker,” operated boardinghouses located on College Street. Also includes two family photographs.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and bibliography (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 367. Correspondence, book and article manuscripts, and research material of Alfred Leland Crabb, a native of Warren County, Kentucky and later professor at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. The topics of the manuscripts include historical fiction related to Nashville and Bowling Green, biographies of prominent Nashvillians, and articles on all levels of education. Much of the unpublished material is fiction but draws from Crabb's Plum Springs school days and his student experiences at Western Kentucky University.
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 535. Interview with J. Lee Robertson conducted by Kenneth Hines and Gil Calhoun in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robertson reminisces about the U.S. Army during World war II and his long association with Western Kentucky University.
Ua77/1 Those Fabulous Fifties, Wku Alumni Relations
Ua77/1 Those Fabulous Fifties, Wku Alumni Relations
WKU Archives Records
Alumni directory for the classes of 1950 through 1959 of WKU and the Bowling Green Business University. Contains segments on homecoming, athletics, arts and student life. Also included are selected graduate biographies.
Ua37 A Factbook Of Western Kentucky University, O. J. Wilson
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.
The Development Of Education In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lula Dickey Vance
The Development Of Education In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Lula Dickey Vance
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In recent years several articles have been written concerning education in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but the writer has been unable to discover an article that has treated the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until now. It is the motive of this study to trace the development of education from the time Bowling Green was established until the present time.
Information for this thesis has been obtained from various sources, but the greater part of it has been secured through personal interviews, unpublished manuscripts, scrapbooks and histories.
Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 14, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore
Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 14, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore
WKU Archives Records
Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, B.S. Rutherford, J. Lewie Harmon, Garentte Stout, Bowling Green Women's Music Club, John Rodes,
Ua1a Students Weekly, News Publishing Company
Ua1a Students Weekly, News Publishing Company
WKU Archives Records
Weekly Bowling Green newspaper which catered to students at WKU, Bowling Green Business University and College High.
Ua1a Students Weekly, News Publishing Company
Ua1a Students Weekly, News Publishing Company
WKU Archives Records
Weekly Bowling Green newspaper which catered to students at WKU, Bowling Green Business University and College High.
Ua99/1 Scrapbook 7, Bgbu President's Office
Ua99/1 Scrapbook 7, Bgbu President's Office
WKU Archives Records
Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of speeches, photographs, postcards, poetry, correspondence and political cartoons on a variety of topics. Many items are not dated. The earliest dated item is from 1923 and the latest is from 1933.
Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office
Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office
WKU Archives Records
Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of newspaper clippings, correspondence, song lyrics, programs, postcards and poetry on a variety of topics. Many items are not dated. The earliest dated item is from 1874 and the latest is from 1933.
Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School
Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the SNS/BGBU National School of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.
Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School
Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the SNS/BGBU National School of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.