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Dinwiddie, James Baker N., 1853-1873 (Sc 3492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3492. Items related to attendance of James Baker N. Dinwiddie, Henry County, Tennessee, at the Kentucky Military Institute from 1869-1872. Includes a report card, tuition invoice and letters of receipt, copy of a photograph of Dinwiddie, two letters from his sister Pattie with news from home, and a 1985 letter regarding Dinwiddie’s record at KMI.

Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives

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Personal papers created by and about Lowell Harrison.

Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives

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Images of Florence Schneider Hall also known Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science in Kentucky

Huenefeld, Earl Warren, B. 1921 And Alvis Marie (Dunaway) Huenefeld, 1922-1994 (Mss 606), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 606. Courtship letters of E. Warren Huenefeld, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and his fiancé and eventual wife, Alvis Marie Dunaway, while she was teaching school in Madison County and Pulaski County, Kentucky. Includes some elementary music teaching Material and a pencil sketch of Alvis Huenefeld.

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

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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.

Ua37/30/1 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone

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Correspondence and subject files created by Lowell Harrison.

Ua1b1/7 Wku Ceremonies, Dedications, Groundbreakings, Wku Archives

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Records regarding special ceremonies, dedications, groundbreakings not already housed in a particular office.

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.

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

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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.

Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives

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Small collections of items donated by or about Ogden alumni.

Ua3/2/2 President's Office-Garrett Awards, Wku Archives

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Awards given to Paul Garrett during his administration.

Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

Ua94/6/5 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Edgar Stansbury, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about Edgar Stansbury.

Ua60/3/1 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by the department of Military Science.

Ua60/3/3 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Student Organizations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by student organizations sponsored by the department of Military Science.

Ua60/3/2 Applied Arts & Health Military Science Correspondence, Wku Archives

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Correspondence regarding the administration and activities of the WKU Military Science department.

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

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

Ua45/2 Registrarstudent Registers, Wku Archives

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Student registers of varying types. Student registers contain name, address and county. Enrollment books also contain the number of hours a student has completed. Aviation Cadet records include name, rank, serial number, course(s) taken and grades.

Ua37/17 Faculty Personal Papers Robert Green, Wku Archives

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Documents regarding Robert Green and his work at Western Kentucky University. The bulk is correspondence regarding students, speaking engagements, county institutes and ordering textbooks.

Settle, Margery Lucille, 1899-1980 (Mss 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 7. Letters written by various armed forces personnel during World War I (7 items), World War II (77), and police duty following (6). The letters were written to Margery Lucille Settle, a secondary teacher and administrator in the McLean County and Daviess County, Kentucky school systems.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Porter, Donald And Janice A. (Insko) Porter (Mss 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Manuscript Collection 173. Correspondence between Donald Porter and Janice Insko, his future wife, during and just after the Korean War, while Don was serving in a medical support division in Germany and she was a student at Western. Letters concern military life abroad and the everyday life of a student at Western Kentucky State College.

Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter (1855) written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the encroaching Christmas holiday. Also included in a four-page sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry during the Civil War.

Ua3/9/5 Special Unveiling Of Granite Panels On The Guthrie Bell Tower, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Program and talking points used by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the unveiling of the granite panels on the Guthrie Bell Tower honoring WKU servicemen and veterans.

Ua1b2/1 War & Wku, Kim Purvis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A paper regarding how WKU was affected by war during the 20th century, includes an overview of protest movements and underground newspapers in the late 1960's.

Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 (Sc 1373), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1373. Letters written by Dero G. Downing as a Western Kentucky University student, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1942, and as a Navy officer, 1944- 1945, to his parents, Horse Cave, Kentucky and Dunbar, West Virginia. Discusses events as a member of WKU's basketball team that played in NCAA tournament. Includes some news of his naval life.

Ua3/9/5 Guthrie Bell Tower Dedication, Wku President's Office

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Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Guthrie Bell Tower dedication ceremony in honor of the Guthrie family and WKU's servicemen.

Ua3/4/8/6 Harriett Downing Oral History, Harriett Downing, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel

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Harriet Downing interviewed by Sue Lynn McDaniel regarding student life during World War II and her experiences as wife of WKU's fourth president, Dero Downing.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 69, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Broadbent, Stephanie. New Plan Blocks Students from Parking Lot
• Poynter, Chris. On This Hill, I Thee Wed – Cindy Lee, Doug Kimbler, Weddings
• Flynn, Leslie. Group May Sue for Prize Money – United Student Activists
• Brewer, Mike. Faculty: Some Say More Representation Is Needed
• Phon-A-Thon Close to Pledge Goal
• Justice Ignored in Howard Lindsey Case – Dining Services
• Lee, John. Editorial Cartoon Howard Lindsey Human Sacrifice
• Scott, Michael. All Shouldn’t Pay for Others’ Health Care
• People Poll: Should the United States Send More Troops to Somalia?
• Godsted ...

Ua12/2/1 Hillside, Wku Student Affairs

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Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Poynter, Chris. Vietnam: Effects of a War – Larry Powell, Veterans
• Varney, Dennis. For the Team – Zack Stroble, Athletic Trainers