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Ua11/1 On Normal Heights, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional picture booklet of Western Kentucky University which includes images of the major buildings, students working on campus, faculty, Mammoth Cave, Barren River and student body.

Ua3/1/1 President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction Ellsworth Regenstein. Includes review of curriculum and certificates granted.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 7, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Back to Manhood by Gordon Wilson, Opal Taylor and Eva Becker
• Delights of the Simple Life
• Music by Bessie Beck
• Normal Heights
• A Flower Garden by L.F. Carwile
• Western Normal Yells
• Student Loyalty
• The Infinitesimal
• The Dedication
• The Convocation and Dedication by Maude Hurt
• Greetings Given by Students on the Evening of the Dedication, May 5th
• XchanG
• Jokes
• Normal News
• Reception to Citizens
• Music Festival

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• Normal School News
• Alumni by Mattie Reid
• Letter to Glasgow and Southern Normal Alumni by J.R. Alexander
• Literary Notes
• Cleaning-Up Day
• As the Editor Seeth, the Dedication
• The Out-of-Doors
• Spring Fever
• The Rusher vs. the Plodder
• May Issue
• Normal Doings
• The First Spring Outing
• Chapel Echoes
• Exchanges
• A Part Payment on an Owed to Examinations
• What It Means for Some People to Complete a Course in the Normal by P.G. Smith
• Laugh If You Want To

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Cherry, Henry. Letter to Readers
• The Catalog Number
• The Students’ Edition of the Bulletin
• School of Music
• Course of Study
• School of Music
• Expenses – Tuition, Board, Frisbie Hall
• Editorials
• The Elevator

Ua94/6/2/7 Physiography Notebook, Carl Ellis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Atlas Science Table for Laboratory Notes and Drawings in Physiography notebook used by Carl Ellis for Robert Green's class.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty meetings for 1911 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. Ii, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

The Elevator was published by the Western Kentucky State Normal School student body, monthly during the school year between 1909-1916.

Table of Contents:

• The Memory of the Violets by Della Langston
• Christmas Thoughts
• Christmas Greetings by Nellie Smith
• Our Santas cartoon
• Leiper's Christmas cartoon
• About the Normal
• The Colonel is My Teacher by Blanche Vanmeter
• Ars Dicendi
• The Christmas Elevator
• A Change of Printers
• The Short Story
• Our Story
• Ode to L. of E. by Alfred Crabb
• The Teacher's Work by L.F. Carwile
• Glad Tidings
• First District Association
• Exchanges

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 4, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Cherry, Henry. Letter to Reader
• Course of Study
• Life Certificate Class, 1910
• Cherry, Henry. Educational Greeting from the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• The Summer School
• The Elevator
• Course in Agriculture
• Professor Franz Strahm

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Courses of Study
• Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Cherry, Henry. An Educational Creed
• The Alumni Association
• Reduced Railroad Rates for Summer School
• Cherry, Henry. Editorial
• Dr. Len G. Broughton
• Faculty
• Regents
• Commencement Exercises

Ua94/6/2/14 Physiography Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Physiography notebook kept by student Annie Reis in 1910. Notebook includes notes and drawings related to physical geography such as solar systems, rivers, faults, weather and glaciers.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty weekly meetings for 1910 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President's report to the Board of Regents. Includes these sections:

• Condition of school
• Attendance
• Purpose of the Normal
• Financial statements
• Regular tuition
• Boarding homes
• Courses of study
• Model school
• Library
• School of Music
• School of Science
• Model rural school
• Summer school
• Faculty & salaries
• General statements of a miscellaneous nature

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

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• The Summer School Begins June 15, 1909
• To the Trustees of Western Kentucky
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Program – Third Educational Conference & Convocation of County & City Superintendents of Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Texts Used in the Normal
• Expenses – Tuition & Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Faculty
• Regents
• Commencement Exercises

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1909-1910 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1909-1910.

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

WKU Administration Documents

News magazine and catalog:

• Graphic Representation of the Influence of WKSNS
• The Summer School
• Cherry, Henry. To Our Former Students
• The First Life Certificate Graduate – Flora Stallard
• Life Certificate Graduates Western Kentucky State Normal School – Class of 1908
• Crabb, Alfred. The Cave Trip
• Faculty
• Graduates Scientific Class Southern Normal School Regents
• Frisbie Hall
• Calendar 1908-1909
• Bowling Green
• General Information
• Expenses – Board & Tuition
• Lyceum Course

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty weekly meetings for 1908 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Ua99/1 Scrapbook, Bgbu President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1908-1909 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1908-1909.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, August 1907, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog which includes:

• Faculty
• Platform of the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• History of WKU
• Courses of Study
• Music
• State Normal School
• Guilliams, J.M. Pointed Paragraphs
• Col. J.M. Guilliams biographical sketch
• Southern Normal School Echoes
• Expenses
• Register of Students January - July 1907
• Register of Model School Students

Ordinary Meeting, The Panama Canal, The Lock Canal Type And The Straits Of Panama Type, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Article from the Journal of the Society of Arts by M. Philippe Bunauvarilla, Bunau-Varilla helped turn the vote toward choosing the Panama site; he became minister plenipotentiary to the United States. He discusses success and failures in building of the canal.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty weekly meetings for 1907 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1907-1908 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1907-1908.

Ua45/1/1 The State Normal Bulletin Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog for the school year 1906-07 which includes:

• History of the School
• Mission Statement
• Courses of Study
• Faculty List

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1906-1907 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1906-1907.

Maps Of Countries Other Than The United States And Canada, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Maps and Plates from 1902 Encyclopedia

Maps of continents and countries outside of North America that were published in the 1902 edition of the "Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas" compiled under the direction of Charles Kendall Adams (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1902)

Special Purpose Maps From 1902, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Maps and Plates from 1902 Encyclopedia

Special purpose maps published in the 1902 edition of the "Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas" compiled under the direction of Charles Kendall Adams (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1902)

Maps Of U.S. States And Canadian Provinces, 1902, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Maps and Plates from 1902 Encyclopedia

State and province maps from the United States and Canada that were published in the 1902 edition of the "Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas" compiled under the direction of Charles Kendall Adams (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1902)

Maps Of Cities Worldwide, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Maps and Plates from 1902 Encyclopedia

Maps of cities worldwide that were published in the 1902 edition of the "Universal Cyclopedia and Atlas" compiled under the direction of Charles Kendall Adams (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1902)

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. V, No. V, Southern Normal School

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed. The paper has been scanned for searching, but is not 100% full-text searchable. Name index available at: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlsc/ua/bgbu-a.htm