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Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Student/Alumni Papers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Scrapbook and memoirs created by alumni Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky of his activities as a soldier in World War II. Flora saw action through North Africa and Italy from 1941 to 1945.

Ua1c11/128 Lucian Flora Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs and postcards removed from Lucian Flora's World War II scrapbook.

Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of student military organizations.

Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2813. Meeting minutes of Bundles for America, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 24 January to 14 March 1945. Includes a draft thank-you letter to a sponsor summarizing the organization’s accomplishments since 1941; also includes a 1943 clipping outlining the history and work of the organization in knitting garments, salvaging metal and clothing, and making up toiletry kits for British and American soldiers and their families.

Ua1c11/36 Robert Johnston Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs donated by Robert Johnston.

Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1937 (Mss 415), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 415. This collection includes eight interviews with various people around the world that were associated with the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) during World War II. Interviews were conducted by Nancy Disher Baird.

Ua94/5/5 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Bowling Green Business University Rex Toothman, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Scrapbooks and correspondence created by Rex Toothman during his time at Bowling Green Business University and while in the Navy.

Ua64/25/5/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations 321st Detachment, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the 321st Detachment of Army Air Force cadets.

Chelf, Owen Ross, 1918-1997 (Mss 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 151. Papers chiefly of Owen Ross Chelf, a native of Lebanon, Kentucky, with most of the collection focusing on his World War II army service in Europe and his avid interest in muskie fishing.

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.

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

WKU Archives Records

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.

Ua3/4/8/4 Radio Broadcast Transcript, Dero Downing, Dan Modlin, Jack Thacker, Edward R. Murrow

WKU Archives Records

Dero Downing and Jack Thacker interviewed by Dan Modlin regarding the D-Day invasion. Includes recordings of Edward R. Murrow and an unidentified BBC correspondent from 1944.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Pence, Carter. Toppers Host Middle Tennessee State University in 43^rd Homecoming
• Fletcher, Barry. First WKU Homecoming Observed Nov. 5, 1927
• Groves, Cindy. Students Centers Have Always Stressed Hospitality
• Madison, Stephanie. Homecoming Has Lot to Offer
• Hayes, Judy. Early Catalog’s Worry: School’s Moral Safety
• Register, Mona. College Newspaper Traces Development of Homecoming
• Turner, Tom. Nipped: Guy Newcom Remembers 1950 Tilt
• Clayton, Craig & Dennis Tomek. Jimmy Feix aka Botts and Butch Gilbert Team Up to Defeat Maroons
• Watson, Brad. Beanies Are Freshmen
• Hilltoppers Quartet Revive …

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 1, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

First half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Also included are items related to his life in Affinity, WV prior to the war. There are post cards and photographs of Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and Ireland.

See second half of the scrapbook here.

Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook 1, Rex Toothman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Rex Toothman from 1937-1955. Contains clippings, programs, tickets, greeting cards and a variety of other memorabilia related to his hometown of Barrackville, West Virginia, the Bowling Green Business University, Toppers, Pi Tau Nu and Alpha Sigma fraternities.

Ua3/2/1 War Memorial Committee Report, Wku War Memorial Committee

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Earl Moore to WKU president Paul Garrett explaining the work of the WKU Alumni Association War Memorial Committee. List of 39 recommendations for creation of a war memorial room and sketches. This material is housed in UA3/2/1 President's Office - Garrett, Student Union Building. A war memorial room was created in the student union (Garrett Conference Center) when it was built in 1952-1953. The card file mentioned in recommendation #20 is available in UA94/6/4 Student/Alumni WKU Veterans.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 23, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Veterans Views
• Alumni Flashes
• Faculty Notes
• Society Page
• Kentucky Building News
• Spikes, Cleats & Sneakers
• To the W Club
• Sound Off! – ROTC
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Alumni Flock to Hill Once More
• Vets Wives Believe Adage About the Way to a Man’s Heart
• Education Week Begins Monday
• Western Senior Places Second - Matilda Price
• Concert Drive Ends Tomorrow
• Mason, Pat. Never a Dull Moment at the College Switchboard
• Pearce, Bob. Crack Pershing Rifles Unit is Reactivated
• Western Named Map Depository
• Vincent, Bert. Vincent …

Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook Ii, Rex Toothman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Rex Toothman from 1940 to 1946. Contains clippings, cards, correspondence, graduation programs, theatrical programs, church bulletins related to Bowling Green Business University, U.S. Navy and World War II.

Ua100/1/2 Rural Training School Pta Scrapbook, Rural Training School Pta

University Organizations

Scrapbook created by the Rural Training School Parent Teacher Association. Includes lists of children, PTA members, programs and clippings.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Music Head Accepts Position With UCLA Staff – John Vincent
• Atomic Energy Disscussed – Lyle Dawson
• Dalles Frantz Performance Initiates Concert Series
• Two to be Granted Baccalureate Degree – Anna Adams, Marion Miller
• Tour Planned by Judson Griffin
• Christmas Program …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Third District Education Association Supports Retention of Tax
• Founders’ Day is Observed
• Walter Nalbach Rejoins Industrial Arts Department
• Lyle Dawson to Speak on Atomic Energy
• Reactivation of Advanced ROTC
• Pianist to Open Concert Series – Dalles Frantz
• First Student Recital …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Third District Education Association Meets on Campus Today
• Talisman Staff Members Named
• Concert Ducat Sales Urged
• Founders’ Day to be Observed
• Mary Chisholm, George Daggit Present Recitals
• Native of Syria Now Westerner – Theodore Boushy
• Education Conference Held on University …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• 15 Nominated for Who’s Who
• Tom Venable Made Senior President
• Recital to be Different Given Monday
• Western Host to Educators
• Third District Education Association Meets November 9
• Article Published on Chemical Research – Ward Sumpter, Marion Miller, Laura Hendrick
• Gilbert …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 22, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• From the Press Box
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks
• Training School Notes
• Alumni Flashes
• Dear Ma
• News from the Alumni

This issue contains articles:

• Workshops are Success
• Board Renamed for Foundation
• Staff Changes Announced
• Weldon Hart Wins First in Competition
• Veterans Swell Registration
• Training School Vacancies Filled
• Col. Elizabeth Strayhorn Commands WAC Training Center
• Concert Series Set for Year
• Miss Mattie Mclean Granted Leave …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Summer Quarter to Open on Monday, June 4
• Majorie Rickman and Helen Henry are Named as 1945-46 College Heights Herald Heads
• Forty Three Seniors to Receive Degrees
• Lt. T.C. Cherry Jr. Appointed to U.S. Council of Control over Germany
• Major James Couch Inspects ROTC
• College Chorus Gives Program
• Education Council Gives …

Ua94/5/6 Yank, Vol. 2, No. 11, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Yank magazine removed from Lucian Flora scrapbook. This issue features the war in Italy, Germany and the Philippines.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• A.L. Crabb, S.S.Hill to Address Seniors
• Future Farmers of America Meets in Snell Hall
• Don’t Take My Penny to be Presented
• David Helm to Present Program
• Oratory Contests to be Held
• Hugh Hendricks Awarded Medal
• Pres. Paul Garrett is Re-Elected
• Virginia Watts Accepts Assistantship
• Former Student Named Fraternity Head – Joseph …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Western Offers Numerous Opportunities
• Talisman and Military Queens are Crowned
• Malcolm Arnett Speaks
• Students Accept Fellowships
• Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner Once Interviewed by Arndt Stickles
• Western Players to Present Twentieth Production on May 3^rd in Van Meter
• Lt. William Hanley Killed in Action
• Mrs. Gladys Brown Receives Souvenirs
• Dr. Reid …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• College Herald is Awarded First Place
• Former Student is Liberated – Harry Burke
• Johana Harris to Present Concert in Van Meter
• Dr. T.D. Clark Gives Chapel Talk
• Col. John Williams Named for Promotion
• Dr. J. Reid Sterret Begins Rehearsals for “Far-Off Hills,” Spring Production
• History Club Gives Program
• Sophomores Plan Hay …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 21, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni Notes
• Society – Personals
• Spikes Cleats & Sneakers
• The Service Column
• Alumni Flashes
• The Chapel Hour
• Sharps & Flats
• Accidentals
• Looking Backward
• Kentucky Building News
• Book Marks

This issue contains articles:

• Rehearsals for Spring Production Under Way
• Dr. Justus Bier Pays Brief Visit to Campus
• St. Louis Sinfonietta to Present Concert
• Lt. Gavin Craig Killed in Germany
• Thomas McGown is Honored
• Col. Erskine Bassett Dies in 78^th Year
• Dr. Earl Moore Returns to Campus
• Lt. James Brookshire Is Awarded Silver Star …