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Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Memories of WKU alumni regarding their favorite professors solicited by WKU Archives.

Stamper, Sylvania Book 7, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Book 7 of the family history of Sylvania Stamper, daughter of George Washington Stamper, Sr. and Catherine Dyer Stamper of Carter County, Kentucky.2010

White County Heritage 2010, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication
Presidental Message by Mary Beth Waters
Buford M. Maddox
White County Publications
Recently Reprinted Works
My Father Was A Cpl. In the U.S. Army by Diann Poe
Azalee by Ray Tolar
Things sure have changed!!
Little League Baseball in Searcy Began Sixty Years Ago
1950’s Sandwich Menu from Woodworths
Up from the Cotton Fields by Helen Stinnett
Houseboat Child by Fannie Brown
New Dixie Drive-In Theater
Jack Edward Caldwell
The John P. May Family in Searcy by Milton Davis May
A Different Use for Onion?
Reflections On A Local Legend by Cliff Roberts
Searcy Population Tops …

Stamper, Asa, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

A family history of Asa Stamper, son of Dock Stamper and Ellen Taulbee Stamper, and his wife Treva Holliday Stamper of Carter County, Kentucky.

Erwin - Misc. Book 1, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Miscellaneous Book 1 of the genealogy of the Erwin family of Carter County, Kentucky.

Stamper Family - Lawrence County, Ohio, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

A family history of the Stamper family of Lawrence County, Ohio.

Stamper, Permilia "Millie" Book 3, Carter County Genealogical Society

Carter County Genealogy Collection

Book 3 of Permilia "Millie" Stamper, 6th child of James W. "Pewter John" Stamper and Sarah "Sallie" Stamper, family genealogy of Carter County, Kentucky.

To Leave Or Not To Leave: The Boomerang Migration Of Lillian Jones Horace, Karen Kossie-Chernyshev

Department of History, Geography and General Studies

This examines the impact of Lillian Jones Horace's various migrations for educational and professional purposes and their impact on her life.

Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2010, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Beth Laskowski

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Ursinus lauded by Middle States visiting team • Upcoming exhibitions • Berman Museum expansion on target during 20th anniversary year • Alumni critical in Ursinus admissions effort • Project Delphi takes CIE one step further • Ursinus gets greener: New initiatives • Professor melds science and art • New faculty • Determined to make a difference: Ursinus students raise awareness for conflict in Congo • Middle East expert and best-selling author lectures at Lenfest • Ursinus welcomes Jill Leauber Marsteller 1978 as Senior Vice President for Advancement • Faculty expertise: Patrick Hurley • Dairy queen: Anne Mendelson's fresh perspective on …

'A Little Bit Of Love For Me And A Murder For My Old Man': The Queensland Bush Book Club, Robin Wagner

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This paper addresses rural book distribution in an era before free public libraries came to Australia. Well-to-do, city women established clubs, which solicited donations of “proper reading matter” and raised funds for the purchase of books for their “deprived sisters” in the Outback. They took advantage of a well-developed rail system to deliver book parcels to rural families. In New South Wales and Queensland they were known as Bush Book Clubs.

Testimonials found in the Clubs’ annual reports provide a snapshot of the hard scrabble frontier life and the gratitude with which these parcels were received. This paper looks at …

Democratic Triumph, Scholarly Pessimism, Bruce Gilley

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article discusses how the democratic form of government has gone from an oddity to the most common form of government in the world. The written works on democracy in the past twenty years have dealt primarily with the writers' growing sense of insecurity, the belief that history runs in cycles, and the belief that democracy will run its course and the world will find itself returned to an authoritarian existence. Samuel P. Huntington expressed his pessimism with democracy in his book "The Third Wave." Huntington believes that only countries with a substantial Western influence will be able to sustain …

Die Darstellung Der Evangelischen Kirche Als Eine Neue Familie In Erich Loests Nikolaikirche, Beth A. Roberts

Honors Projects

Throughout the end of the 1980s the Lutheran Church in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) experienced a surge of attendance and social activism in an otherwise secularized society. Research shows that the church was the sole island of dissent within the communist GDR. St. Nicolas Church in the city of Leipzig became the prototype of social involvement; visionary pastors opened their doors to every citizen and provided a space for congregations to voice concerns, organize interest groups, and plan peace protests. The construction of an open environment in which citizens could speak and interact gave rise to a greater sense …

Past Tense, 2010, Retired Association Of Portland State

Past Tense columns of the RAPS Sheet

January, 2010 "PSU and the Nike Swoosh"

February, 2010 "Florestan Trio enriches PSU"

March, 2010 "Ferdinand Society"

April, 2010 "Dick Halley: GI to PSU"

May, 2010 "An Offensive Outburst"

June, 2010 "Vikings Outlast Ducks"

September, 2010 "Portland State College's first president"

October, 2010 "Building a library from scratch . . . Twice"

November, 2010 "Remembering Kathy Greey: the Quintessential Academic Librarian"

December, 2010 "The mad dash between State Hall and Old Main"

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Articles, Part 1, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of published articles related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The articles were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Newspaper Clippings, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of newspaper clippings related to Cora Wilson Stewart and the Moonlight School Program. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Moonlight School Curriculum, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of curricular materials used by Moonlight Schools in the United States. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools : Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Schools, Family, And Woman's Club, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of biographical materials related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The materials were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Cora Wilson Stewart Papers: Articles, Part 2, Yvonne Baldwin

Rowan County Histories Collection

A collection of published articles related to Cora Wilson Stewart. The articles were collected by Yvonne Baldwin during her research for the book Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America.

Rowan County Historical Society Newsletters, 2004-2010, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

The Rowan County (Kentucky) Historical Society newsletters from 2004 to 2010.

One Room Schools Of Rowan County, Kentucky, M-Z, Rowan County Historical Society.

Rowan County Histories Collection

Contains a collection of newspaper clippings, photographs, and research documents on the history of one-room schools in Rowan County, Kentucky.