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Ua1c4/7 Student Groups & Association Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of student groups and associations not otherwise listed.

Ua1c2/31 Garrett Conference Center Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Garrett Conference Center.

Ua1c4/6 Fraternities Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of fraternity groups.

Ua1c11/98 Nina Hammer Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs of and by Nina Hammer.

Ua1c11/99 John Perkins Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs of members of the Barons fraternity collected by John Perkins.

Southern Kentucky Paddlers Society - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 619. Administrative papers and programming material from the Southern Kentucky Paddlers Society which was headquartered in Warren County, Kentucky, although some members came from adjoining counties. The group formed for educational, recreational, and conservation purposes in 1980 and disbanded sometime around 2009.

Phelps, Edwin Dolphus, 1948-2015 (Sc 2916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2916. “My Friend—Mr. Diddle,” a reminiscence by Edwin D. Phelps of WKU basketball coach E. A. Diddle. Includes an autobiographical sketch by Phelps.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Parks And Playgrounds (Sc 993), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 993. Ordinance, 1942, establishing a System of Parks and Playgrounds for the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The ordinance designates seven parcels of property to constitute the system and sets out the responsibilities of the Board of Parks and Playgrounds.

Meek And Milam - Frankfort, Kentucky (Sc 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 915. Business form letters used by Meek and Milam, the famous fishing reel company of Frankfort, Kentucky. Also, correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the reels and the men who made them.

Russellville Gun Club - Russellville, Kentucky (Sc 1788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1788. Ledger for the Russellville Gun Club containing the constitution and bylaws; membership list and list of honorary members; lists of scores, April-May 1886, April 27, 1887; and accounts Feb. 1886-June 1887. Also includes typescript of constitution and membership list (Click on "Additional Files" below).

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

MSS 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.

Ua12/2/1 Breakin' Away, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Edwards, Don. Tanning: Despite the Risks, Students Take the Chance
• Hankins, Tammy. Some Students Plan to Have a Non-Traditional Spring Break
• Flener, Arnold. Religious Groups Plan to Help Others During the Break
• Osborne, Sherri. Pumping Iron: Some Students Shaping Up Before They Ship Out
• Kemp, Bill. Professors: Work & Fun Are On the Spring Break Syllabus
• Provano, Jennifer. Travelers Should Play It Safe On the Road While Driving
• Madison, Ann. Spring Break: It Only Happens in America
• Allen, Craig. Snowy Memories Keeping Some Students Home
• Grundy, Julie. There Are a Few …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 66, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Phillips, Noelle. Students Seeking Regents’ Attention – Western XXI
• Bricking, Tanya. Climbs Peak His Interest – William Kummer aka Biff
• Hoover, Amy. Nurses’ Salaries Increasing
• Officers Have Lead in Killing of Co-ed – Kristi Hedden
• Survey Measures Students’ Concerns – Campus Crusade for Christ
• Homecoming Rally Gets New Location – Big Red’s Roar
• Humanities Fellowships to be Offered
• Meetings’ Legality Questioned - Regents
• Alpha Gamma Rho Charter Temporarily Suspended
• Board Shouldn’t Vote on Draft Monday – Western XXI
• Bradley, Jim. Editorial Cartoon Students Chasing Western …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Image In The Making, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

1989 Talisman yearbook.

• Image in the Making
• Student Life
• Black, Samuel. Do the Party a Favor – Ronald Reagan
• Carmack, Jody. One In a Million – Kentucky Lottery
• Adams, Jeanie. It’s An Uphill Battle – Cary White, Handicapped Persons
• Devaney, Mike & Jody Carmack. Coming to America – Mike Devaney, International Students, Soccer
• Hadley, Kim. Higher Education – Churches, Religion
• Black, Samuel. Better Late Than Never – Greg Frasier, Cycling
• Burton, Marsha. Geared for Speed – Lynn Ellison, Drag Racing
• Hadley, Kim. The Church Service – Concerts
• Black, Sam. Making Moo-La – Spring Female Sale, Cattle, Kentucky Charolais Association
• Image …

Ua64/10/5 Scrapbook, 1977-1989, Wku Recreation Majors' Club

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by the WKU Recreation Majors' Club for 1977-1989. Book includes photographs of events and outings, invitations, correspondence and clippings.

Ua64/10/5 Scrapbook, 1979-1980, Kentucky Recreation & Park Society Student Section

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by members of the Kentucky Recreation & Park Society Student Section for the 1979-1980 school year. Book includes photographs of events and program notices.

Ua12/2/1 September Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald includes these articles:

• Hancock, Catherin. Bored in Bowling Green: It’s Not Just the River that’s Barren
• Taylor, Susan. Still Cheering After All These Years – Cook Twins, Anna Cook Pickens, Betty Cook Gibson
• Fish, Tim. Carnival Knowledge – Beech Bend Park

Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.

Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …

Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of newspaper photographs highlighting Bowling Green and Kentucky businesses, parks, roads, industry, agriculture and pastimes. The scrapbook is not dated.