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Ua3/2/4 Acceptance, Paul Garrett

WKU Administration Documents

Paul Garrett's acceptance speech on being named the second president of WKU.

Ua45/1/1 Catalog Vol. Xvi, No. 5, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog for the school years 1937-38, 1938-39 which includes:

• Board of Regents
• Officers of Administration
• College Calendar
• General Information
• Admission, Credits & Curricula
• Departments & Courses

Executive Committee Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of executive committee meeting of WKU Board of Regents includes resolution to issue Bess Henry Cherry's August paycheck to Bess Cherry, Cherry statue, janitors, hiring an electrician and insurance.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing summer term graduates.

Executive Committee Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of executive committee meeting of WKU Board of Regents. Naming of Cherry Hall, purchase of car, radio broadcasts and statue of Henry Cherry.

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding the location for the statue on campus.

Ua30/1/1 New School Of Music Building, James Ingram, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

A New School of Music Building includes elevations, cross sections, lintel schedule, 38 x 20.

Executive Committee Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of executive committee meeting of WKU Board of Regents repairs and construction, campus master plan, faculty and salaries, post office and WPA funding.

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding collection of pledges, delivery of the statue and Henry Cherry's burial.

Executive Committee Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of executive committee meeting of WKU Board of Regents death of Henry Cherry, repairs and construction.

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of special meeting of the WKU Board of Regents to appoint temporary successor on the event of Henry Cherry's death.

End Comes To Dr. Henry Hardin Cherry Sunday Afternoon At Home Here, The Bowling Green Times Journal

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Obituary of Henry Cherry published by the Bowling Green Times Journal. It is also an account of the first thirty years of Western Kentucky University.

Henry Cherry Lying In State With Honor Guard, Franklin Studio

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Henry Cherry lying in state in Van Meter Hall with two unidentified honor guards.

Henry Cherry's Funeral, Franklin Studio

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Photograph of Henry Cherry's funeral in Van Meter Hall.

Floral Offering At Ogden Vault, Franklin Studio

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Flowers at the Robert Ogden Vault in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The vault was made available to the Cherry family temporarily until a decision was made as to Henry Cherry's permanent resting place. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery with his wife Bessie (Fain) Cherry.

Robert Ogden was the founder of Ogden College which was merged with WKU in 1929. Ogden College was on the site now occupied by the Ogden College of Science & Engineering.

Ua1b3/5 Dr. H.H. Cherry Bronze Statue Fund Form Letter, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Form letter used to raise funds for the Cherry Statue after Henry Cherry's death on August 1, 1937.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Club Notes
• Hilltopics
• Personals
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Many Teaching Posts Secured by 1937 Graduates
• Joseph F. Hale Gets Fellowship Award at Iowa State University
• ‘Kentucky Day’ Closing Drama Attracts 2,000
• 3 Former Students Commissioned as Second Lieutenants
• Give Yourself a Test; Grade Your Own Paper
• John Vincent Elected Music Department Head
• James Randolph Has Two Books on Press
• H.A. Coconaugher Heads Rural Conference
• John Claggett, on First Cruise, Stops 4 Days in Germany
• Louis Harman Jr., W. L. Matthews Jr. Home …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Personals
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Western’s First Kentucky Day Slated for July 14
• Neville Miller Will Speak at Vesper Service
• Men Go ’Round an’ ’Round and Come out Anywhere
• 119 Graduates Get Degrees in June Exercises
• Dr. Earl Moore Delivers Sermon
• Silas Bent, Author of ‘Ballyhoo,’ Speaks Here
• Russell Ireland
• Plan Proposes War Debts Be Paid in Scholarships
• Second Rural Life Meet to Be Held July 8
• Roy S. Kelly Left to Take West Point Final Exam June 30
• Willard Peebles Will …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 13, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

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Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 16, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Teachers College Heights magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered.

• Homecoming1937
• Matthews, W.L. College Heights Training School
• Kentucky Day
• Athletics
• Questions Concerning Western -- Answered
• Military Science at Western
• Faculty directory
• The New Classroom Building, Cherry Hall

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding insuring the statue.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates with picture of Cherry Hall.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1937 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – E.A. Diddle
• Foreword
• In Memoriam – Macon Leipr, John Clagett, Robert Layson
• Views
• Personnel
• Seniors – Class of 1937
• Juniors – Class of 1938
• Sophomores – Class of 1939
• Freshmen – Class of 1940
• Training School
• Features
• Athletics
• Flashes at the SIAA Tournament – Basketball
• Clubs
• Talisman
• College Heights Herald
• Music
• ROTC
• Pershing Rifles at Western
• Military Club
• Snapshots
• Donations

Ua99/6/2 1937 Towers, None

WKU Administration Documents

1937 Towers yearbook.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Club Notes
• Humor
• Personals
• Society
• Sports Shorts

This issue contains articles:

• ? Baldwin Goes to Mountan Laurel Festival Wednesday
• William & John Jouetts, 2 of ‘em, Charles Runyan, W.W. Bogie Are to Sail
• Fish Story True – James Hall, Guy Forman
• Commencement for College High School Held Thursday
• Training School Presents 3^rd Operetta Here
• Commencement Speeches Given by Local Professors
• Social Security Board to Have Meeting June 7
• Plans for Kentucky Day Program are Complete
• Nine Men are Commissioned on Field Day …

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding contracts for casting the statue in bronze.

Ua1b3/5 Contract For Bronze Statue Of Henry Cherry, Bronze, Incorporated, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Contract between Bronze, Incorporated and the Cherry Statue Committee of Western Kentucky University to complete Lorado Taft's statue of Henry Cherry.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting construction of Cherry Hall, WPA contracts and landscaping.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xiii, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Club Notes
• Humor
• Personals
• Society
• Sports Shorts

This issue contains articles:

• Plans for New Music Building Await Approval
• Norris Vincent Says Contest ‘Best’
• Music Department Presents Chapel Program Recently
• William Terry Honored with Top Post of State Group – Gander Terry
• Bowling Green Player’s Guild Here Presents ‘Pizen Song’
• Western Pre-Med. Students to Enter Medical Schools
• Annual Junior-Senior Prom Well Attended Here
• Henry Cherry, Party Visit at Hot Springs, Ark.
• Winifred Wallace Kentucky Education Association Secretary
• Glee Club in Season’s Last Concert Tour …

Ua1b3/5 Meeting Minutes, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the WKU Cherry Statue Committee regarding organization for soliciting funds from local citizens.