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Ua1c2/17 Cravens Graduate Center & Library Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Cravens Graduate Center & Library.

Ua1c2/57 Parking Structures Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the parking structures and parking lots.

Ua1b3/6 Parking & Traffic Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Parking & Traffic Committee.

Ua68/10/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Sociology Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about Sociology. Including Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work while a part of Potter College.

Ua1c2/4 Proposed Building Photographs, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of proposed buildings.

Ua3/1/5/3 President's Office-Cherry Campus Building Campaign, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the President's Office during the Henry Cherry administration regarding the construction of WKU. This series is not completely processed.

Ua30/2 Facilities & Campus Services Parking & Transportation Services, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Parking & Transportation Services.

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

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

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

Ua12/8 Wku Police, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the WKU Police Department.

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

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

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.

Ua1c1 Views - Wku Archives Photograph Collection, Wku Archives, James Galore

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Views of Western Kentucky University and its founding institutions showing multiple buildings. Includes aerial photographs and maps.

Save Our Old Neighborhood (Soon) (Mss 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 131. Administrative papers of Save Our Old Neighborhood (SOON), an organization formed in the College Hill area of Bowling Green, Kentucky, to maintain the area's historic integrity.

Ua68/4/1 The Master Of Public Administration, Wku Political Science

WKU Archives Records

Curriculum and requirements created for the Master of Public Administration degree program at WKU.

Recreational Master Plan For The City Of Radcliff, Kentucky, Joseph Smith

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The City of Radcliff is presently without a Recreational Department and without local recreational planning. Therefore, it was desirable to establish a plan for the development of recreation in the city – a Recreational Master Plan. The master plan is divided into four areas: Organization and Administration of Recreation; Financing of Recreation; Facilities of Recreation; and Programming of Recreation. The standards set by the National Recreation and Park Association, NRPA, was the basis for evaluation of these areas.

It was found that Radcliff’s organizational chart needed to be reconstructed to include a recreation director, recreation department, and preferably an advisory …

Ua94/6/1 Townsquares In Southcentral Kentucky, Peter Momcilovich

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Research paper for Geography 500 class.

Town squares have many varieties in types of forms and functions. From ancient Greece to the present time, the basic function of the town square has remained the same, to serve as the heart of the city. Kentucky squares, although small, serve that same basic function. Town squares of southcentral Kentucky are similar to the courthouse squares of Virginia county seats. Town squares of southcentral Kentucky, with slightly varying form, are of two major types. The square in small Kentucky towns takes on more significance, than a square in a large city.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal Commission, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

Ua3/3/1 Condemnation Of Property, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in box 19, folder 38 of President Kelly Thompson’s Subject/Correspondence File regarding Jonesville property. Consists of condemnation list, correspondence, maps and property descriptions.

• Alexander, Ellen
• Appraisals
• Coleman, Robert
• Condemnation File, 12/20/1960
• Condemnation Proceedings - Jonesville, 11/28/1960
• Cox, Lennie
• Cox, Mrs. Linnie
• Information Pertaining to Property Facing Russellville Road
• Johnson, Ida
• Jonesville, KY
• Kentucky. Finance Department
• Regents (WKU)
• Taylor, Charles
• Taylor, Dan
• Taylor, Will
• Thompson, Kelly
• Warren County Tax Assessor

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 21 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Includes correspondence, project budgets, planning map and agreements.

• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency & WKU, 4/16/1965
• Bates, Georgia
• Downing, Dero
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• Jonesville
• Lawson, Owen
• Milliken & Milliken
• Resolution That the Commission Council Amend the Jonesville Urban Renewal Loan & Grant Contract to Include an Additional $25,000.00 Non Cash Credit, nd
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 22 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. The documents are undated and include agreements, budgets and a list of properties.

• Agreement between Bowling Green and the Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency, nd
• Bowling Green. City Council
• Estimate of Federal Grant Requirements
• Jonesville
• List of Jonesville property by Lot Number, listing owner, 1st, 2nd & 3rd appraisal, HHFA amount
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal Plan, nd

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.

See also:

• A Day of Commemoration & Dedication Program
• College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 6, 10/14/1967
• Tennessee Tech Football Program, 10/14/1967

Ua3/3/1 Apartment Concentration By Areas Map, City Of Bowling Green Kentucky, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Map showing the number of apartments in a half mile and mile radius from Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 23 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. This file is comprised entirely of newspaper clippings:

• Almost $2 Million in Federal Funds Set for Renewal Work, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Bowling Green’s Loop District, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Chances of Early Okay for Project Improved, PCDN, 7/21/1963
• Disquieting Assault on Urban Renewal, np, 3/30/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Two Votes Advance Renewal Planning, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Western to Expand in 33-Acre Tract, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Extension of Adams Street Hits Snag, np, 11/12/1963
• Hearing Set on Western’s Development Plans, np, 2/14/1964
• Jonesville Project Established, np, 3/17/1964
• Okay Part …

Ua3/3/1 Drives & Parking Areas Wksc, Frank Cain, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Map bounded by State Street, 16^th Street, Center Street & 15^th Street. Map measures 22 x 23 1/2.

Buildings:

• Cedar House
• Cherry Hall
• College High Hall
• Craig Alumni House (President’s Home)
• Diddle Dorm (Student Dorm)
• East Hall
• Garrett Conference Center (Student Center)
• Gordon Wilson Hall (Library)
• Heating Plant
• Home Economics Building
• Home Management House
• Industrial Arts Building
• Kentucky Building
• McLean Hall
• Music Hall
• Ogden Hall
• Physical Education Building (Helm Library)
• Potter Hall
• Rock House
• Schneider Hall (West Hall)
• Snell Hall
• South Hall
• Van Meter Hall (Administration)

Features:

• Cherryton
• Colonnade
• Parking lots
• Roads
• Stadium
• Swimming Pool

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 20 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Documents include correspondence, agreements, campus development plan, draft ordinances and a list of property purchased by Western Kentucky University.

• Addendum to Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green, 1/15/1964
• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and WKU, 11/4/1964
• Campus Development Plan
• Downing, Dero
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• List of owners
• Ordinance Approving the Development Program or Plan of Western Kentucky State College
• Taylor Heads Group Opposing Urban Renewal, PCDN, 2/27/1964
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• U.S. …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal File, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Box 15 Folder 7 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal. The documents are arranged in reverse chronological order and include:

• 385-Acre Area Due to Benefit from University of Louisville Expansion, LCJ, 8/31/1961
• American Council on Education
• American Council on Education. Special Report on Federal Programs, Vol. I, No 2, 2/1963 - The University & Urban Renewal
• Bowling Green Planning & Zoning Commission
• Funds Given for Renewal Study at University of Louisville, np, nd
• Grant to City Will Help University of Louisville to Expand, np, nd
• Kentucky. Economic Development. Bulletin 1 Does Your Community Have …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 19 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding Urban Renewal of Jonesville. Consists of correspondence, meeting notes and agreements.

• Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green
• Bates, Georgia
• Bowling Green Electric Plant
• Bowling Green Urban Renewal Commission
• Bowling Green. Mayor
• Cherches, Charles
• Clark, H.B.
• Jenkins, William
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Division of Planning & Zoning
• Lawson, Owen
• Program for Community Improvement
• Scruggs & Hammond
• Taylor, J.H. Letter to the Editor, PCDN, 10/2/1963
• Thompson, Kelly
• WKCT

Ua3/3/1 Condemnation Of Property, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in oversize box 143 folder 10 of President Kelly Thompson’s Subject/Correspondence File regarding Jonesville property. Consists of correspondence and court orders.

• Board of Regents of WKSC et al vs. Ida Belle Johnson, et al
• Coleman, Robert
• Jonesville, KY
• Kentucky. Finance
• Kentucky. Purchases
• Lawsuits
• Report of Commissioners
• Thompson, Kelly

Ua30/1/1 Veterans Village, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Archives Records

Western Kentucky Teachers College Veterans Housing Project (Vet Village), National Housing Agency and Federal Public Housing Authority, project # KY-V-15158, 12 sheets, paper (fragile and fairly damaged). Includes two site plans, utility plan, site improvement details, building type list, typical floor plans, elevations, miscellaneous details, disassembly and erection details and plumbing and lighting schematics.