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

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Awards given to Paul Garrett during his administration.

Ua3/4/2 President's Office-Downing Construction File, Wku Archives

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Records regarding the planning, construction and maintenance of buildings on the WKU campus. Downing held several positions at WKU before becoming president. Some of these records date to that earlier period.

Ua3/4/1 President's Office-Downing Subject/Correspondence File, Wku Archives

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Subject file regarding the Dero Downing administration.

Ua3/4/7 President's Office-Downing - Speech File, Wku Archives

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Speeches delivered by Dero Downing at various functions.

Ua3/6/5 President's Office-Zacharias - Speech File, Wku Archives

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Unprocessed speeches written and delivered by Donald Zacharias.

Ua3/3/5 President's Office-Thompson Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral history tapes of and about Kelly Thompson and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/6/6 President's Office-Zacharias Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral histories by and about Donald Zacharias.

Ua3/4/8 President's Office-Downing Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral histories by and about Dero Downing.

Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral histories with and about Kern Alexander.

Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral history tapes of and about John Minton and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua1b Wku University Wide Committees/Events, Wku Archives

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Records regarding university wide events such as lecture and concert series. See individual departments for smaller co-sponsored events.

Ua1c11/17 Alumni Relations Photo Collection, Wku Archives

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Photographs and digital images transferred to University Archives from Alumni Relations. Includes images of reunions and events sponsored by Alumni Relations.

Ua2/1 Board Of Regents Meeting Minutes, Wku Archives

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The Regents began by meeting quarterly in March, June, September and December with a special meeting to be called at graduation for the signing of diplomas. The basic agenda for meetings is:

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Reading of Minutes
4. President's Report
5. Communications
6. Bills and Orders
7. Report of Standing Committees
8. Reports of Special Committees
9. Miscellaneous Business

The minutes are photocopies of originals and are arranged in chronological order. For every year there will be information regarding budgets, faculty and staff hired along with salaries, and changes in curriculum. Early minutes include lists of graduates.

Executive Committee meeting minutes have been …

Ua21/1 Office Of Equal Opportunity / 504 / Ada Compliance Publications, Wku Archives

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Publications created the Office of Equal Opportunity / 504 / ADA Compliance.

Ua2/3 Wku Board Of Regents - Appointments, Wku Archives

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Appointments to the Board of Regents by the Governor.

Ua1b3/1 Campus Master Plan Committee, Wku Archives

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Unprocessed records created by and about the Campus Master Plan Committee.

Ua1b2/1 Anniversaries - Wku, Wku Archives

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Records regarding anniversaries celebrated by the university, includes 75th and centennial celebrations.

Ua3/1/4 President's Office-Cherry Speeches & Publications, Wku Archives

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Addresses, chapel talks, notes and educational and political speeches written and delivered by Henry Hardin Cherry and others typed on loose leaf pages. There are also quotations, reports, wills, correspondence and a political cartoon. Many items have no attribution as to author or source. Other authors include A.C. Burton, A.W. Mell, Mattie McLean and J.S. Dickey. Some items are repeated throughout the series and others have been edited. Volume 5 has been digitized for use by researchers.

Ua9/5 Institutional Advancement - Hilltopper Athletic Foundation, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about the Hilltopper Athletic Foundation. Series consists mainly publications created for members. Other records include fundraising correspondence, membership brochures, directories and financial report.

Ua56/4 Institutional Research Correspondence/Subject File, Wku Archives

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Correspondence and subject file created by the department of Institutional Research. The series includes correspondence, miscellaneous documents and reports concerning enrollments, employee compensation, Information Systems and Higher Education.

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

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Publications created by the department of Military Science.

Ua100/2/1 Training School & College High Administration, Wku Archives

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Records created by administrators of the school. Records include accreditation reports, attendance data, curriculum guides, textbook reports, letterhead, student teacher evaluations and commencement programs.

Ua56/3/1 Institutional Research Reports File Internal, Wku Archives

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Internal reports created by the department of Institutional Research. Reports include statistical analyses, surveys and evaluations of faculty, salaries, program and student enrollments, degree programs, at WKU. Series also includes Instructional Indices which provide information on student/faculty ratios by dept and college.

Ua35/2/1 Provost's Office Committees Academic Council, Wku Archives

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Meeting minutes of the Academic Council. Meeting agendas are typically arranged as follows:

I. Disposition of minutes
II . Report from the Chair
III. New Business
A. Committee Reports
B. Graduate Council
C. Course proposals
IV. Other Business

Ua35/2/2 Provost's Office Committees Faculty Research Committee, Wku Archives

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Meeting minutes of the Faculty Research Committee. Meeting agendas are typically arranged as follows: I. Disposition of minutes II. Consideration of Proposals A. Applications for Research Grants III. Other business

Ua1b3/3 Athletic Committee, Wku Archives

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This is an artificial series created by culling Athletic Committee records from the President's Office files. It consists of meeting minutes, correspondence and reports. The early meeting minutes are incomplete through 1950. Topics routinely discussed were athletic schedules, awards, varsity standing of sports and compliance with conference and NCAA policies. Ohio Valley Conference meeting minutes and summaries of NCAA meetings are generally included.

Ua60/2 Library Science, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about the department of Library Science.

Ua68/7/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Publications, Wku Archives

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Publications created by and about the Modern Languages department.

Ua45/6 Registrar Commencement File, Wku Archives

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Commencement and baccalaureate programs. Commencement programs list students authorized to graduate. Commencement schedules are included with the programs when they exist. These include information regarding concerts, alumni meetings and other activities during commencement week. Also includes audio and video tapes of commencements.

Ua100/2/4 Training School & College High Parent Teacher Association, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about the Training School / College High Parent Teacher Association. Includes bylaws, meeting minutes, programs, awards and scrapbooks.