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Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 8, 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:

• Valedictory by Nancy Shehan
• Clark by E.H. White
• The Crying Need of the Public School System by E.H. Turner
• Married at Gallatin
• The Sophomores
• The Juniors
• The Seniors
• Senior Class 1910-11
• Echoes from Mammoth Cave by Hunter Gingles and Katesie Bailey
• Normal Lights
• Editorials
• The University of Wisconsin by Will Taylor
• Two Ways of Telling a Story
• Foreword by G.C. Morris
• Moving Day Cartoon
• The Trip to Richmond
• The KEA
• De Pilae Quodam Ludo by Henry Wesley …

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Eastern Kentucky University, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Box 1 Folder 7 of President Henry Cherry’s Correspondence, General File regarding the relationship between WKU and Eastern Kentucky University. This file is comprised entirely of letters, the majority from EKU’s president Ruric Roark.

• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 1/25/1907 – congratulations on creation of WKU, questions about curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/3/1907 – Kentucky Education Association resolution re: diplomas
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/7/1907 – appropriations for EKU
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/24/1907 – curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 7/25/1907 – diplomas …

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, 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:

• Louisiana State University by James Knoll
• Valparaiso University by Frank Turner
• The Oratorical Contest by Hollie Finn
• The Ball Game
• Phantasies
• A Monologue by Mr. Byrn
• Book Review
• Ohio County by E.Y. Allen
• Illinois by Madge Hunter
• Livingston County by Jake Farris
• Eastern District by H.M. Guffey
• Simpson County by Leland Bunch
• Breckinridge County by James Basham
• Meade County by J.G. Board
• McCracken County by Margaret Acker
• Daviess County by G.C. Morris
• Bullitt County by Ina Foster …

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

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, 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:

• Vanderbilt's Educational Atmosphere by O.S. Guy
• The University of Georgia by P.M. Davis
• Memoirs of an Old Timer
• The Life Class by Nellie Smith
• Echoes from the Diamond
• As Told by the Guide
• A Veracious Melodrama Entitled "On to Athens"
• A Word Concerning the Libraries by Florence Ragland and Mary Jarboe
• Editorials
• Exchanges
• Smilets
• Normal Lights

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting includes list of property transferred from Southern Normal School to WKU including library.

Ua99/6/1 Debate Program, Coreco, Big Four

Student Organizations

Program for debate between Big Four and Coreco on topic that woman suffrage would be hazardous to the best interests of our country.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 5, 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 Chosen People by Melvin Judd
• Some Harvard Impressions by A.M. Stickles
• Memoirs of an Old-Timer
• Retribution
• Chapel Influence by C.J. Bibb
• The Moot Court
• Editorials
• Lamentations
• Book Reviews
• Exchanges
• Weather Forecasts of the Faculty
• Notes from the Societies [Alumni News]
• Library Notice
• Modern Philosophy
• Near to Grins
• Normal Lights

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 4, 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 Other Side by C.M. Sammons
• A Woodland Playground by S.C. Coots
• Extracts from Recent Finals by J.B. Johns
• The Negro Question by G.C. Morris
• Christmas Sentiment
• My Impressions of Yale by H.M. Denton
• Welcome (To the New Students) by Nancy Shehan
• Editorials
• A Tragic Tragedy, Entitled "The Breaking of the Golden Bowl"
• At Which to Grin
• Exchanges
• Personals

Ua3/1/4 Western Kentucky State Normal School, Henry Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Speech written by WKU president Henry Cherry regarding WKU. He cites enrollment statistics and the role of education in democracy.

Hines, Margaret Gates (Nicholls), 1878-1941 (Sc 3251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3251. Stock certificate for five thousand shares in the Cold Air Double Action Motor Company of Louisville, Kentucky, a notice of shareholders meeting, and a Better Business Bureau query about the company.

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.

Ua1c1/71 Wku Campus View, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus view showing Recitation Hall, Cabell Hall and Van Meter Hall.

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.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, 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 Sacrifice of the Teacher by F.E. Cooper
• Epitaphy
• Scientific Class, 1908-1909
• The University of Chicago
• Life Class 1908-1909
• Thanksgiving by Loraine Cole
• To the Rhetoric Class
• Editorials
• The Life Class by Ruth Alexander
• The American Farmer by E.E. Gardner
• Results
• The American Public School by Eugene Wood
• James Lane Allen by Mary Jarboe
• Book Review
• Exchanges
• Personals

The Sentinel - Muhlenberg County, Ky. (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Genealogical Records

Newspaper clippings, dated 1910-1911, from a newspaper titled "The Sentinel" which was published in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

Box 30, Folder 16 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence regarding proposed constitution of the Central Oratorical League consisting of Indiana State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Ohio University. William Craig was appointed a committee of one to study the viability of WKU's participation. Includes program for oratorical contest held May 27, 1910 in Van Meter Hall.

Ua1c3 Class Of 1910, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Portraits of the Class of 1910.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Davis, Brinton, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence between Henry Cherry and architect Brinton Davis regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall.

Adairville Training School [Catalog], 1910-1911 (Mss 701), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Catalog for the Adairville Training School, Adairville, Kentucky, 1910-1911.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 2, 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 Relation that Should Exist Between the State Normal and City Schools by Herman Lee Donovan
• Some Very Lion Stories by Theodore Roosevelt
• A Prophecy by Myrtle Duncan
• Testimonials
• Editorials
• The Library
• The Life Class by Nell Smith
• The Kit Kats by Novice Madison
• With the Pyerians by H.W. Gingles
• The Four-Year Class by Jake Farris
• The Poet's Lair
• Consistency
• Owed to a Mosquito by Carl Adams
• The Soliliquy of W.S. Taylor
• The Chestnut Hunt of 1909 …

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting regarding construction and purchase of property.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 1, 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:

• Child Labor by Joseph Roemer
• As to the Library
• Plan of the Campus by Henry Wright
• Generally Speaking
• Fall Term
• The Acts of the Athletic Disciples
• Review of Late Books
• Side Issues
• Personals

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

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Schaefer, Ada. Commencement Week – Class of 1909 (WKU)
• Calendar 1909-1910
• Free Tuition
• Perspective of the New Proposed Plant of Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Cherry, Henry. Editorial
• Graphic Representation of the Influence of the Western Kentucky State Normal School

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog which includes:

• Faculty
• History of WKU
• Free Tuition
• Course of Study
• School of Music
• Religious & Moral Influences
• Faculty notices
• Class of 1909
• Sharon, J.A. Dr. Ruric Nevel Roark biographical sketch
• Expenses
• Register of Students - Sept. 1908 - July 1909
• Register of Training School Students

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting.

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