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Civilian And Soldier Names Of Hundred Dome (Coach) Cave, Kentucky, 1859-1862, Marion O. Smith, Joseph C. Douglas

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Research And Resources In Wku Special Collections, Nancy Richey

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Flint Ridge Cave History And Legends, Norman L. Warnell, Stanley D. Sides

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Where Did They Go? An Analysis Of Out-Migration From Mammoth Cave National Park During Creation, Collins Eke

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Ethnographic Overview And Assessment Of Mammoth Cave National Park: A Progress Report, Michael Ann Williams, Kristen Clark, Eleanor Haskin, Rachel Haberman

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Proceedings For Celebrating The Diversity Of Research In The Mammoth Cave Region: 11th Research Symposium At Mammoth Cave National Park, Shannon R. Trimboli Editor, Luke E. Dodd, Editor, De'etra Young, Editor

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

2016 Symposium Schedule Of Events, Shannon R. Trimboli Education Coordinator

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

This is the Schedule of Events for Mammoth Cave National Park's 11th Research Symposium.

Upshaw, Alice Zane (Lewis), 1813-1902 (Sc 3004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3004. Letter, 15 September 1860, of Alice Z. Upshaw, Fulton County, Kentucky, to her niece Jane D. Lewis in Louisville, Kentucky. She mourns their family’s neglect of letter-writing and advises Jane not to procrastinate. She mentions several family members by first name and sends her regards.

Ua3/9/7 Passage Of Biennial Budget, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding the budget.

Red River Church - Robertson County, Tennessee (Sc 3002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3002. Minutes of Red River Church, Robertson County, Tennessee. Includes minutes of meetings and membership lists. Also includes the constitution and rules of decorum of the Cumberland Baptist Association. A typescript is available in the Kentucky Library Research Collections (F443 .R55 1983)

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee assignments, athletic contracts, president search, Title IX, faculty handbook, transitional retirement, salaries, building projects and elections.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

Besten & Langen - Louisville, Kentucky (Sc 3003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3003. Letter to Camilla H. Gerard, Bowling Green Kentucky, from the Fur Storage Department of Besten & Langen, Louisville, Kentucky, advertising its storage and cleaning services for furs.

Upton, Larry Thurman, B. 1940 (Mss 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 553. Letters from Stella Minton to her daughter, Elizabeth Allen “Betty” Minton, about family matters, local happenings in Bowling Green and Warren County, church affairs in the local Mormon congregation, quilting, gardening, and cooking. Includes research notes by Larry Thurman Upton for his book Memory is a Wonderful Thing that goes over the history of the Upton family. In addition the collection contains information about the beginning of stock car racing at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

April Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Dick, Jacob. Tyler Higbee to Plead Not Guilty
• Skipworth, Dustin. Home on the Hill - $100 Solution House
• Collins, Emma. Attorney General Sues Governor Over Budget – Andy Beshear
• Skpworth, Dustin. Engineering Students Take First Place in Competition – Concrete Canoe
• Kast, Monica. Students Meet with Third Honors College Associate Director Candidate – Dana Bradley
• Collins, Emma. Construction on Several Facilities to Continue During Summer – Helm Library, Thompson Science Complex, Confucius Institute
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon UTuber
• Johnson, Jack. Batguy Fights Alien Dude: The Movie – Batman vs. …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of April 13, 2016 meeting.

Field Methods In Ethnography (Fa 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 849. This collection consists of student projects conducted in their “Field Methods in Ethnography” class. Some projects included topics on recipes, plastic canvas crafts, and the music scene in Bowling Green, Kentucky. These Western Kentucky University students provide photos, transcribed interviews, and written papers.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Dick, Jacob & John Reecer. Former WKU Tight End Arrested for Assault, Public Intoxication – Tyler Higbee
• Harney, Lashana & Erick Murrer. Finding Alex Miller – Transgender
• Collins, Emma & Monica Kast. WKU Hears About Importance of Voting from Acclaimed Speakers – Politics
• Collins, Emma. University Presidents Suggest Compromise on Budget Cuts
• Moore, Mollie. Take A Daily Break With a Good Book
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Register to Vote
• Rock the Vote – Politics
• Hardin, Scout. The Down-Low on Getting a Glowing Complexion
• Scarlett, Gabriel. Back on Track – …

Burch, Kelly Calvert, B. 1964 (Sc 3001), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3001. Script for a one-act play titled “Allen County: A Work in Progress” written by Kelly C. Burch in commemoration of the bicentennial of Allen County’s formation in 1815. Includes script, program, DVD, and news clipping about the play’s performance on 28 June 2015 at Allen County-Scottsville High School.

Phylogeny Of The Oniticellini And Onthophagini Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) From Morphological Evidence, T. Keith Philips

Biology Faculty Publications

A phylogenetic study was conducted to hypothesize relationships of most of the genera of the Oniticellini and Onthophagini for the first time using morphological characters from a diverse array of external and internal sclerites. The monophyly and sister relationship of both tribes was found using Bayesian and parsimony analyses with heavily to moderately weighted data. An alternative hypothesis based on parsimony analyses of unweighted or slightly weighted data show a paraphyletic Oniticellini without the Onthophagini, although recognition of the subtribe Helictopleurina as a tribe would eliminate non-monophyly.

Of the three Oniticellini subtribes, the Helictopleurina and Drepanocerina are monophyletic. There is …

Ua3/9/7 Topper Orientation Program (Top) Sessions, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding the Topper Orientation Program.

Ua3/9/7 Budget Update, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding the budget.

Ua61/1 External Advisory Board Meeting, Wku School Of Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Powerpoint presentation for WKU School of Nursing external advisory board meeting.

Underwood, Joseph Rogers, 1791-1876 (Sc 2999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collections 2999. Photocopied typescript of a report by Joseph Rogers Underwood dated 13 February 1868 regarding business and tourist activity at Mammoth Cave in 1867. Submitted to the beneficiaries of a trust created after the death of the property’s last private owner, the report covers income and expenditures, the status of leases, and a plan to acquire land with a spring for water supply. Underwood also discusses the necessity of appointing his successor as trustee and finding lessees with management skills, or selling the property. The original typescript is in the Janin Collection, Huntington …

Barr, Edward Wallace, 1887-1962 (Mss 576), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 576. Papers, lecture notes and appointment book relating to Dr. E. Wallace Barr’s training and service as a dentist with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; includes a few items of family correspondence.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Skipworth, Dustin. Secretary of State Alison Grimes to Visit WKU Thursday
• Kast, Monica. Fresh Digs – Ogden College Hall
• Mathews, Carly. Enactus Team to Compete in National Competition – Gordon Ford College of Business
• Moore, Elisabeth. Guidelines for 10^th President Approved by Student Government Association – Presidential Search
• Clark, Samantha. Student Employment Program Moves to Bowling Green – WKU Learn & Earn
• Collins, Emma. WKU to Use Reserve Funds to Cover Executive Order Shortfall – Budget
• Kast, Monica. Director of Sponsored Programs Resigns, Interim Director Named – Nancy …

Womi Radio - Owensboro, Kentucky (Ct 2042), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2042. Recording of an online observation of the tenth anniversary of the WOMI radio station in Owensboro, Kentucky. Includes greeting from the mayor, county judge executive and WOMI’s president as well as the reading of congratulatory telegrams and letters from other dignitaries.

Durbin Family Papers (Sc 2998), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2998. Includes a Durbin family genealogy compiled in 1989; digital photos of Durbin family members and of the Durbin department store in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. The digital photographs are stored in the Photo Archives.

Hanes, Dorothy Louise (Taylor), 1928-2021 - Collector (Sc 2997), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2997. Miscellaneous papers consisting of a 1919 subscription solicitation from the Louisville (Kentucky) Herald; a 1932 letter from their daughter to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Board, Rockfield, Kentucky; and an uncorrected transcript of a 1973 interview with Mrs. Ruby Taylor, Laurinburg, North Carolina, regarding her husband Otis B. Taylor, his family, and his career as an agronomist, biologist and wildlife technician with the National Park Service.