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Ua99/7 Minute Book, Bgbu Alumni Association

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Minute book created by the Bowling Green Business University Alumni Association. Contains minutes of meetings held in 1916, 1917 and 1918. The book includes class lists with city and state and notations. In addition, J. Lewie Harman added notations regarding deaths of individual alums.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter promoting Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 4a, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue highlights a practical course in canning due to World War I.

Ua97/7 Cardinal Yearbook, Ogden College

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Yearbook by and about the students of Ogden College.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. I, No. 10, Western Kentucky University

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Recruitment newsletter sent out by WKU.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. I, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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Recruitment newsletter sent out to high school students by Western Kentucky University.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 1, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Superintendent Thomas J. Coates
• Holiday Happenings
• How to Secure Admission & Free Tuition in the State Normal
• County Certificate Course
• Advantages to the Student Arising from Preparing for the County Examination in the State Normal School
• Summer School Term
• Lectures
• Physical Education
• Lyceum Course
• January Program
• Mid-Winter Term
• Spring Term
• Summer Term
• Expenses – Board

Ua12/2/2 Vista, Western Kentucky University

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1915 Vista yearbook.

• Greeting
• Dedication – Henry Cherry
• The Fort
• C.S. Brown – Dormitory Manager
• Faculty & Board of Regents
• Dreams
• Class of 1915
• Senior Editorial
• Midsummer Nights Dream – Senior Play
• Privileged? Hardly
• Alice in Seniorland
• Class Poem
• Annual Debate of the Senior Girls
• Know Em?
• Owed to Senior Note Books
• Senior Class Song – We’re a Jolly Band of Seniors
• Concerning a Senior and Geometry I
• Ex Parte
• Class Song
• Class Will
• Juniors – Class of 1916
• Sophomores – Class of 1917
• Freshmen – Class of 1918
• Class Editorials, Poems, Prophecies, Songs
• White Butterfly
• Effects of the Son …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:

[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …

Ua97/7 Cardinal Yearbook, Ogden College

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Yearbook created by and about the students of Ogden College.

Ua1b1 The Farmers' Chautauqua & The Greater County Convention, Western Kentucky University

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Report regarding farmers' chautauquas held in Warren County in the fall of 1913 and the Warren County Convention which was held at Western Kentucky University.

Ua1b3/7 Index To Meeting Minute Book 1, 1907-1913, Wku Faculty

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Index to Faculty Meeting Minutes Book 1, 1907-1913.

Ua97/7 Cardinal Yearbook, Ogden College

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Yearbook created by and for the students of Ogden College.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Courses of Study
• County Certificate Course
• Preparatory Course
• Rural Teachers’ Course
• Regular Normal Course
• School of Music
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Condensed Information
• Expense – Tuition & Board
• Frisbie Hall

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook regarding education & politics for 1911-1912 created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Child's Value 139
• A Cure for Lawlessness, Elizabethtown News 89
• A 'Practical' Education 137
• Address & Resolutions to be Presented to State-Wide Rural School Conference, March 29, 1911 18
• All Round Efficiency 4
• Beckman, F.W. A Cry from Macedonia for Teachers of Agriculture . . . 58
• Behind the School 3
• Beveridge's Eloquent Plea for Cause of Humanity 145
• Campbell, James Jr. Commission Form of Government 85
• Child Labor a National …

Ua12/2/22 Proceedings, Wku Moot Congress

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Proceedings of the 1912-1913 sessions of the WKU Moot Congress. This student organization was created to teach students about government and hone their debating skills.

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

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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

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

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

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter written to Henry Cherry by Nettie Depp from Scottsville, Kentucky, Dec. 11, 1910. Transcript:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

As a matter of course I am egotistical enough to think that you would like to hear from me occasionally.

School here is progressing nicely though the school board is financially embarressed [sic] at present. You know they began the school with only a twenty cent tax and now they begin to realize that they will have to do something in order to meet the growing demands of the school.

They have called a meeting …

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

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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

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry from Glasgow, Kentucky, August 20, 1910. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry,

I have been wating [sic] to know for certain just what I was to do. I go to Scottsville next week. I have charge of the 7th and 8th grades and two higher classes at $65.00 per month. This is not the work I wanted to do nor is it the price I wanted to work for, still I think it the best I can do this year and I shall go and do …

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

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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

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry dated July 28, 1910 from Glasgow, Ky. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear sir:

Your letter to hand and I have made the application for the school. I sincerely thank you for all you have done for me and only hope that I may be able in some way to repay you.

I have not been at home long enough to visit any schools but hope to do so soon.

Yours for success

Nettie B. Depp

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

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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. 3, Western Kentucky University

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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

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

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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.

Ua12/1/1 Elevator, Vol. I, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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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. Iii, No. 3, Wku Registrar

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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

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

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Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Toast to Potter
• Redmond, Ethel. A Negro Sermon
• McCurdy, B.O. Never Seem to Be What You Are Not
• Eastland, May. A New “Brer Rabbit & Brer Possum” Story
• The Universal Sovereign
• Postlewaite, Delphia. Pat’s Joke
• Description of the Azores
• Sanders, Norah. Ghosts
• Barr, Corrine. Interpretation of Prometheus Unbound
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Misfortunes of Rastus
• Earth’s Pain
• The Passing of Pleasant Potter College
• Wilford, John. The Passing of Pleasant J. Potter College …