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Cloud, Emma Lily (Barnes), B. 1929 (Sc 2490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2011

Cloud, Emma Lily (Barnes), B. 1929 (Sc 2490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2490. School autograph books (2), correspondence, and substitute teacher reports of Emma (Barnes) Cloud of Ohio County, Kentucky. Includes a letter and Christmas card from her future husband, Allen C. Cloud, written during his Air Force service.


Confucius Institute Fall 2011 Publication (Report), Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Director Oct 2011

Confucius Institute Fall 2011 Publication (Report), Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Director

The Confucius Institute Publications

No abstract provided.


Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club (Sc 2469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Constitution and bylaws of the Kentucky American Legion School Masters' Club, an organization formed to advance the goals of education and open to Legionnaires with teaching experience.


Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2011

Hampton, Jeanette, 1913-2007 - Letters To (Sc 2467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2467. Three letters to Jeanette Hampton, Rockfield, Warren County, Kentucky. The first letter, February 1933, informs her that she has been approved as teacher of the Ellis school. Two 1935 letters from friends Minnie and Thala discuss schools, parties, quilting, and visits.


Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History Jul 2011

Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Archives Records

WKU History Department alumni newsletter reporting activities of the department, faculty, staff and students.


Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979 (Mss 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

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.


Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Dickey, Robert W., B. 1933 (Sc 2449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2449. Letter, dated 30 January 1963, from attorney Marshall Funk to Robert W. Dickey related to an school integration lawsuit in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also includes the political platform and biographical information for Raymond McClard's 1973 state Senate race.


Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Thwing, Frederick F., 1858-1931 (Sc 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 225. Diary, 1912, of Thwing, professor of mathematics and member of the Athletic Board of Manual Training High School, Louisville, and later at Male High School, Louisville. He comments about the weather and his activities at home, church, and school, as well as about the night class he is teaching at the Y.M.C.A. Includes a copy of his obituary and other biographical information.


Young, Berenice, B. 1866? (Sc 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2011

Young, Berenice, B. 1866? (Sc 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 172. Letters, 1889-1893, of Berenice Young to Jennie McKenney, Maquon, Illinois. She writes of her activities and their mutual friends, including former classmates at Glasgow Normal School, Glasgow, Kentucky. She also writes of her visit to a clairvoyant and teaching in Texas and Mississippi. Includes 1966 letters of McKenney's niece with biographical information.


Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Watwood, Warren G., 1922-1996 - Collector (Sc 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 167. Civil War disability exemption certifiate of Felix Crady, LaRue County, Kentucky, 1864; Simpson County, Kentucky deed, 1868; statement of Nazareth College, Nelson County, Kentucky, 1868; and an agreement concerning construction of the foundation for Franklin Fremale College, Franklin, Kentucky.


Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Franklin Female College - Franklin, Kentucky (Sc 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 501. Certificates of proficiency from the Franklin Female College, 1874 (4), of Maud McCutchen and autograph album of Maud Blair which she had while a student at the college, 1886-1888.


Browne Family - Account Book, 1872-1948 (Sc 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Browne Family - Account Book, 1872-1948 (Sc 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 211. Account book that lists expenditures for Edmonia, Susie, and James Harvey Browne of Bardstown, 1872-1884; also, for Mary Marshall and Susie Beauchamp, 1882-1884. Book includes the will of Sue Browne Elliott, recipes, and a tuition receipt from the Bardstown Female Academy, 1873. A 1948 letter relates to the Browne family.


Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Thompson, Harry Edgar, 1865-1964 (Sc 165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 165. Materials related to education and teaching career of Harry Edgar Thompson. Includes commencement invitation and program of Southern Normal School, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1888; letters of recommendation, 1888-1893; Kentucky and Texas teaching certificates, 1885-1891; clippings; photographs; and autobiographical note, 1958, of Thompson, later a chiropractor in McPherson, Kansas.


Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Rust, Jacob Ward, 1819-1890 (Sc 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 163. Account book, 1874-1877, for students of Bethel Female College, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; undated list of Bethel Female College students; and letters, 1882, to Jacob Ward Rust, president of the college.


Confucius Institute Spring 2011 (Report), Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Director Apr 2011

Confucius Institute Spring 2011 (Report), Dr. Wei-Ping Pan Director

The Confucius Institute Publications

No abstract provided.


Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Dero Downing Part 2, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Dero Downing Part 2, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized veritcal file materials regarding WKU President Dero Downing and his tenure as president 1969-1979.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Thomas Meredith Part 3, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Thomas Meredith Part 3, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Thomas Meredith and his tenure as president 1988-1997.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 3, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 3, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Donald Zacharias and his tenure as president 1979-1985.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Kelly Thompson Part 1, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Kelly Thompson Part 1, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Kelly Thompson and his tenure as president 1955-1969.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Henry Cherry 1906-2002, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Henry Cherry 1906-2002, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Henry Cherry, his tenure as president 1906-1937 and his political campaigns.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Thomas Meredith Part 4, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Thomas Meredith Part 4, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Thomas Meredith and his tenure as president 1988-1997.


Ua98/2 Potter College For Young Ladies Administration, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua98/2 Potter College For Young Ladies Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Administrative records related to Potter College. The series includes grade books, textbook list and a receipt.


Ua98/1 Potter College For Young Ladies Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua98/1 Potter College For Young Ladies Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by Potter College. This series consists of catalogs, yearbooks and the college newsletter.


Ua3/1/3 President's Office-Cherry - Scrapbooks, Wku Archives Jan 2011

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

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, articles and publications of interest to WKU President Henry Cherry. These include education religion, state and national politics, prohibition and Western Kentucky University.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Paul Garrett Part 1, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Paul Garrett Part 1, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file letter sized materials regarding WKU President Paul Garrett and his tenure as president 1937-1955 and his death.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - John Minton Part 2, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - John Minton Part 2, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized veritical file letter sized materials regarding WKU President John Minton and his tenure as interim president 1979 and other positions held at WKU.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 2, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 2, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized veritcal file materials regarding WKU President Donald Zacharias and his tenure as president 1979-1985.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 1, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 1, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Donald Zacharias and his tenure as president 1979-1985.


Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Dero Downing Part 3, Wku Archives Jan 2011

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Dero Downing Part 3, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Dero Downing and his tenure as president 1969-1979.