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Ua11/3 General House Rules, Wku Housing & Resident Life

WKU Administration Documents

General House Rules for WKU resident halls covering social engagements, closing hours, quiet hours, guests and laundry. This document was probably created by Housing & Resident Life, however it is housed in the University Relations Building and Construction File.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/14 News Letter, Delta Tau Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Includes information about the Thirteeners and Phi Phi Kappa, forerunners of Delta Tau Delta.

Ua12/2/69 Delta Kappa Nu Respectfully Petitions Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Kappa Nu

Student Organizations

Booklet used to petition admission of Delta Kappa Nu as a colony of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

• Delta Kappa Nu members 1964-1965
• Greeks on Campus: A Brief History
• The Delta Kappa Nu Story
• Pledges Spring 1965
• Service
• Intramurals
• Varsity Sports
• Our Advisor - William Hourigan
• Our Sweethearts - Brenda Haynes, Bonnie MacDonald
• Acknowledgements - Edward Breathitt, Kelly Thompson, Petition, Walter Weis

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1500-1600:

• 1935-1965 – 165
• A Folk Drugstore – 49
• A Shrinking World – 27
• A Tater on the Spout – 175
• A Valuable Acquisition – 9
• Adjusting to Our Times – 79
• Ashamed to Play – 23
• Autumns of Long Ago – 191
• Barefoot Boy – 179
• Becoming a Passing Institution – 31
• Calling Animals – 193
• Calling the Animals – 21
• Cash on the Barrel Head – 139
• Cats & Saurians – 55
• Chores – 105
• Contradictory Signs – 135
• Country-School Alumni – 181
• D-Day Plus One – 47
• Don’t – 195
• Explaining a …

Ua12/2/14 Pledgeship Outline, Clair Nichols

Student Organizations

Pledge requirements for Phi Phi Kappa written by pledge master Clair Nichols

Ua12/2/14 The Fraternity Movement At Western, Phi Phi Kappa

Student Organizations

Report regarding history of fraternities at WKU by the Phi Phi Kappa fraternity. Phi Phi Kappa were originally the Thirteeners and became Delta Tau Delta when the Greek system was instituted at WKU.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 42, No. 21-Z251, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Looking Backward
• Alumni News
• Society – Weddings – Engagements
• Faculty Facts
• Sports Slants
• Book Marks
• Social Activities Calendar

Articles in this Issue:

• Western Breakfast Set April 19
• 8 Major Building Projects Totaling $5.4 Million Scheduled This Year
• Pershing Rifles Take Top Honors in National Pistol Match
• Dr. Albert Burke to be Rodes-Helm Lecturer
• Dr. Wade Hall to Speak at English Club Banquet
• Cast Named for Western Players’ Version of All My Sons
• Two Seniors Receive National Graduate Defense Loan Awards – Jan Bilik, …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1401-1498:

• A Bigger World – 7
• A Great Leveler – 103
• Accepting the Universe – 121
• Acquired Characteristics – 67
• Another Barrier Removed – 135
• Beating the Other Fellow – 83
• Bees & Such – 123
• Being Queer – 21
• Between the Rivers – 149
• Cake & Pickle – 65
• Cashing in on Our Folkways – 155
• Continuity – 105
• Country Origins – 119
• Cussing & Near-Cussing – 15
• Doing Some Digging – 151
• Don’t Look Now, But . . . – 11
• Elocution Again – 147
• Entertaining Oneself or Being Entertained – 19
• Evaluating …

Ua45/1/2 College Heights Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 5, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog and informational booklet regarding Western Kentucky University graduate courses.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1300-1400:

• A Century Later – 113
• A Community, Then & Now – 175
• A Fruitless Search – 167
• A Little Red Wagon – 193
• After the Sunday Dinner – 159
• Anachronisms – 125
• Another Anniversary – 147
• Asleep at the Show – 11
• Back Yonder – 197
• Bee Honey – 35
• Being Apologetic – 13
• Birds & Folks – 5
• By the Company He Keeps – 107
• Calomel & Quinine – 137
• Changing Conceptions of Age – 43
• Changing Good Manners – 83
• Chapters of History – 93
• Chips Again – 121
• Clodhoppers – 53 …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore, nos. 1201-1299:

• A Good Provider – 31
• A Healthier World - 27
• A Living Passing Institution – 129
• A Motel at Fidelity – 103
• A Museum Piece – 51
• A Whole New World – 87
• As Others See Us – 137
• Attending a Sale – 39
• Bells, Bells, Bells – 3
• Blood Kin – 107
• Boys’ Side – Girls’ Side – 71
• Bringing in the Sheaves – 119
• Calling Animals – 91
• Clothes & the Man – 117
• Cloud-Walking Country – 79
• Country & City – 9
• Dashing Through the Snow – 191
• Different Levels of …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1050-1105; 1109-1200:

• A Fur Piece – 233
• A Quart of Kerosene – 131
• A Quarter a Day – 215
• A Sense of History – 65
• A Touch of Sadness – 175
• Ain’t Youse Got No Lakes? – 129
• All Wool & a Yard Wide – 277
• An Unsung Hero – 275
• And Battles Long Ago – 279
• And the Smell Comes Pouring Out – 281
• And There is a Little Queer – 141
• And This is Uncle George – 255
• Apples, Then & Now – 55
• As It Was In the Beginning - 289
• Banter …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 900-989, 999-1049:

• A Cheerful Liar – 252
• A Mother in Israel – 219
• A Neighborhood Sheik – 215
• A Thin Veneer – 244
• Amen – 109
• Appropriate Food – 99
• Asafetida Bags & Sulfa Drugs – 250
• Awards Day – 278
• Bad Connections – 276
• Ballad Situations – 113
• Becoming a Back Number – 27
• Bells, Bells, Bells – 83
• Blab Schools – 169
• Bottomless Pits – 201
• Burning Off the Woods – 151
• But Not Homer – 47
• By the Highway – 159
• By the Side of the Road – 25
• Calf Rope – …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 750-799, 803-804, 807-831, 833-857, 859-899:

• A Changing World – 167
• A Cycle of Folk Culture – 215
• A Few Lines – 257
• Across the Creek – 241
• Adults & Children – 3
• All Mixed Up – 65
• And Thee Is a Little Queer – 69
• Anecdotal Wisdom – 15
• Another Barrier Removed – 83
• Beauty & Prejudice – 163
• Beauty & Religion – 139
• Being Typical – 23
• Better But Sadder – 51
• Blue Monday – 111
• Boogers – 177
• Brave Men, Living & Dead – 77
• Candy Kisses – 37
• Canopus – 149
• Changing …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 676-749:

• A Changing Christmas – 79
• A Dry Moon – 42
• A Folk Triumph – 4
• A Folklore Map of Kentucky – 46
• A Glossary of Passing Words – 135
• A Healthful Sign – 10
• Advancing or Retreating? – 36
• Analogy, Good & Bad – 28
• Ancestry & Common Sense – 105
• Another Dopester Wrong – 66
• Are You Superstitious? – 44
• Back on the Old Party Line – 145
• Blind, Deaf & Dumb – 141
• Bossy & Dobbin – 91
• Bucket Jelly – 16
• By Any Other Name – 147
• By Eye or By …

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 566-669:

• A Few Generations – 57
• Agreeable Fans – 7
• All Tied Up with Memories – 95
• An Ivory Tower – 15
• As In the Days of Methuselah – 188
• Bowser & the Wildcat – 126
• By Their Fruits – 154
• Chicken Coops & Horse Troughs – 196
• Chicken Hawks & Tom Paine – 47
• Childish Fears – 27
• Chimneys – 140
• Communal Culture – 51
• Contiguous Areas – 138
• Country Hicks – 112
• Cradles – 108
• Culture in Hymns – 59
• Cycles of Teaching – 162
• Didn’t It Rain? – 164
• Digging in the …

Ua37/38 Correspondence, John Vincent

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Correspondence from John Vincent to Alan Lomax regarding the Rosenwald Project, the collection of folk songs and shortages caused by World War II. Three letters from October 1942 through January 1943.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 428-503:

• A Cycle of Fences – 100
• Afraid of Science – 90
• Art Through the Side Door – 116
• As Big as All Out-of-Doors – 134
• Asking the Way – 108
• Backing Up the Preacher – 96
• Barriers – 72
• Baying the Moon – 46
• Blackberries – 86
• Borrowing Books – 118
• Bound Each to Each – 126
• Branch Water – 94
• Brandon’s Mill – 12
• Come to Dinner – 128
• Condescension – 68
• Cutting a Splurge – 88
• Elocution – 18
• Eyes That See Not – 50
• Fidelity – Where Is It? – 34 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xvi, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Blow Blarney Bluff
• College High Times
• Faculty Notes
• Personals
• Society
• Student Organizations
• Tower Light
• Vox Studentium

This issue contains articles:

• Pay, Robert. 4,400 High School Seniors Visited Hill Last Friday
• Spring Term Opened Monday, April 1
• Kentucky Education Association to Hear Faculty Members
• Talisman Feature Section Unveiled
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association Meeting Starts Tomorrow
• Music Festival to Begin Tomorrow, Ends Saturday
• Hughes, Harold. Clean-up Spirit Abroad on Hill
• Nineteen Receive Craig Penmanship Certificates
• Winners of Poster Contest Announced
• Snapshots
• Welcome Change
• Carver, Gayle. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xvi, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Blow Blarney Bluff
• College High Times
• Faculty Notes
• Music Morsels
• Payoff with the Pay
• Personals
• Society
• Student Organizations
• Tower Light
• Vox Studentium

This issue contains articles:

• Hughes, Harold. Art Exhibit Will Run Two Weeks
• E.B. Crabill Appoints ROTC Officers
• SIAA Basketball Crown Stays on Hill for Fourth Straight Time
• Money in Snapshooting
• Strange Skeleton Finally Identified – Saltpeter Cave
• Music Contest to Be Held Here
• Professor Franz Strahm Ill
• Paul Rutledge Places Second in State
• Our Bit
• Weakness from Strength
• Chapel Manners
• We …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 77, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Reid Sterrett and J.H. Poteet discussing the historic triangle of Virginia.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 200-300:

• A House by the Side of the Road – 192
• A Piece of the Way – 132
• A Tent Photographer – 7
• A Tent Show at Fidelity – 20
• A Village Oracle – 60
• Bark Whips – 128
• Better Than His Bond – 84
• Buggy Fixin’s – 130
• Burdock, Jimson Weeds & Cockleburs – 74
• Burning Down the House I Was Brung Up In – 158
• Buttons – 34
• Chestnuts – 162
• Children’s Post Offices – 126
• Children’s Superstitions – 124
• Company – 142
• Confederate Reunions – 52
• Consule Planco – 70
• Corn – …

Ua1b1 Memorial Service - Henry Hardin Cherry, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Program of memorial service held for WKU's first president Henry Cherry upon his death in 1937.

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.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 50, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Gordon Wilson, William Lukes, Dale Grabill, Jimmie Arnold, Randall Atcher, Lavelton Dye and Jimmie Rutan.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 101-199:

• A Chapter on Boots & Shoes – 15
• A Country Parson – 102
• A Cycle of Houses – 106
• A Singer of Ballads – 127
• A Village Wag – 96
• Afraid of the Dark – 86
• Almost a Pioneer – 133
• Boils, Carbuncles & Risings – 153
• Books & Playtime – 26
• Carpentry of Other Years – 120
• Changing Styles of Houses – 125
• Christmas Like It Used to Be – 40
• Church-Door Johnny – 191
• City Folks at Fidelity – 187
• Cutting Down Clothes – 98
• Cutting Sprouts – 195
• Dolls Old & …

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 24, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This particular show is a play written using letters owned by Lenora Lindley of Livermore, Kentucky written by a freed slave in Liberia to her former owner in Ohio County, Kentucky.