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Ua12/2/74 Lambda Society, Wku Archives Jan 2023

Ua12/2/74 Lambda Society, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Lambda Society


Ua3/10/2 Wku Commons At Helm Library, Wku President's Office - Caboni Feb 2019

Ua3/10/2 Wku Commons At Helm Library, Wku President's Office - Caboni

WKU Archives Records

Email from WKU president Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff regarding construction of WKU Commons.


Ua12/2/16 Wku Spirit Masters, Wku Archives Jan 2018

Ua12/2/16 Wku Spirit Masters, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the WKU Spirit Masters .


Dropped In Without A Parachute: Library Managers’ Supervision Experiences, Simon Funge, Audrey Robinson-Nkongola, Laura Delancey, Austin G. Griffiths Aug 2017

Dropped In Without A Parachute: Library Managers’ Supervision Experiences, Simon Funge, Audrey Robinson-Nkongola, Laura Delancey, Austin G. Griffiths

Social Work Faculty Publications

A survey of U.S. library managers explored the relationship between their social identities, experiences supervising others, support from others, and their overall satisfaction in their professional role. The literature provides evidence that demographic differences give rise to challenges in the workplace. Though no statistically significant differences were found between minority and nonminority managers related to supervisees' microaggressive behaviors, written commentary provided evidence of these and other supervision challenges. A regression analysis found that supervisees' behaviors, along with a manager's age, were significant predictors of their satisfaction as a supervisor. Recommendations for further research and implications for libraries emerge from these …


Ua3/9/5 Russellville Speech, Wku President's Office Jan 1998

Ua3/9/5 Russellville Speech, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at unidentified function in Russellville, Kentucky.


Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 151 topics beginning with L ranging from L&M Bookstore to Lyne, John.


Ua3/3/7 Day Of Commemoration & Dedication Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson Oct 1967

Ua3/3/7 Day Of Commemoration & Dedication Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by WKU President's Office to collect correspondence, programs and other items related to the Day of Commemoration & Dedication.

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Ua3/3/1 Annual Report Of Director Of Library Services, 1964-1965, Margie Helm, Kelly Thompson Aug 1965

Ua3/3/1 Annual Report Of Director Of Library Services, 1964-1965, Margie Helm, Kelly Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Margie Helm's last annual report as library director. The report discusses moving into the newly renovated Health & Physical Education Building, Library Science instruction, Kentucky Library and includes College Heights Herald article "Library Expansion Plans Announced by President." The file also include a letter from Kelly Thompson to Margie Helm thanking her for her service.


Ua51/1/3 Material On The Margie Helm Library, Sara Tyler Jul 1965

Ua51/1/3 Material On The Margie Helm Library, Sara Tyler

WKU Archives Records

Report made by Sara Tyler for Robert Cochran regarding the Margie Helm Library to be used for publicity.


Ua51/1/3 Moving Library Books, Materials & Furniture, Sara Tyler Jul 1965

Ua51/1/3 Moving Library Books, Materials & Furniture, Sara Tyler

WKU Archives Records

Memo to WKU Library Staff from WKU Assistant Librarian Sara Tyler regarding the procedures for moving books from Gordon Wilson Hall to the Margie Helm Library.


Ua3/3/1 Margie Helm Letter To Kelly Thompson, Margie Helm Jan 1965

Ua3/3/1 Margie Helm Letter To Kelly Thompson, Margie Helm

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Margie Helm to WKU president Kelly Thompson regarding the naming of the Margie Helm Library in her honor:

New Year's Day, 1965

Dear Kelly:

I am still trying to get used to the wonderful thing that has happened to me. I shall write to the regents also to tell them how much I appreciate this compliment to me.

It is really a compliment to all the library staff who have cooperated with me to make the library give the best service that we could. You know how happy and yet how humble it makes you feel.

As I …


Ua51/1/3 Statement Made At Meeting Of The New Library Steering Committee, Sara Tyler Jul 1963

Ua51/1/3 Statement Made At Meeting Of The New Library Steering Committee, Sara Tyler

WKU Archives Records

Statement made by Sara Tyler to WKU New Library Steering Committee regarding conditions in Gordon Wilson Hall and options for new library building.


Ua51/1/3 Western Kentucky State College Library, Sara Tyler Jan 1963

Ua51/1/3 Western Kentucky State College Library, Sara Tyler

WKU Archives Records

Assistant Library Director Sara Tyler's history of WKU libraries and discussion of possibility of converting the Health & Physical Education Building into a library.


Ua51/1/3 New Library Building, Sara Tyler Jan 1963

Ua51/1/3 New Library Building, Sara Tyler

WKU Archives Records

Assistant Library Director Sara Tyler's report regarding a new library to replace Gordon Wilson Hall as WKU's library.


Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry Jan 1929

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Archives Records

Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

  • Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
  • Johnson, Lowe. Training School
  • Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
  • Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
  • Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
  • Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
  • Yates, Charleen. Library
  • Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
  • Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
  • College Heights Post Office
  • College Heights Herald
  • Bookstore
  • Art Museum
  • Kentucky Museum
  • Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
  • Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
  • Strahm, Franz. Music
  • Home Economics
  • ROTC
  • Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
  • Woodward, R.C. Grounds
  • Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …


Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar May 1912

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Course catalog & newsletter:

  • Summer School
  • The New Normal Site
  • Recitation Hall
  • Cabell Hall
  • The New Vanmeter Auditorium & Administration Building
  • The Tired Teacher
  • Courses Offered
  • The Normal Training School
  • English
  • History
  • Physical Sciences
  • Physiology II
  • Mathematics
  • Drawing
  • The Library
  • The School of Domestic Science & Domestic Arts
  • Nature Study & Elementary Agriculture
  • Do You Need a Teacher?
  • Physical Education
  • Excursion from the Western Normal Summer School to the Kentucky Educational Association
  • For High School Teachers
  • Geography
  • Special Announcement Summer School Western Normal
  • Headquarters of Western Kentucky State Normal School at the Kentucky Educational Association
  • Kindergarten Department
  • Stewart, Cora. The …


Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Wku Registrar Feb 1909

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Archives Records

Course catalog & newsletter:

  • New Site for the State Normal
  • What Prominent Men Think About the New Site for the Western Kentucky State Normal
  • No Contagious Disease in Bowling Green
  • The Summer School
  • Texts Used in Normal
  • McLean, Mattie. School News
  • Educational Reform in Kentucky
  • The Spring & Summer Terms