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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

Ua3/1/3 Political Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook of political clippings created by the WKU president's office. Page numbers refer to original scrapbook, not pdf.

• A Trumpet Call - 33
• A.O. Stanley Announces for Governorship - 32
• Address, J. Mace. Solving Country Life Problems in Massachusetts, nd - 28
• An Open Letter Denhardt to Hines A Peppery Document - 42
• An Opportunity for the Churches - 6
• Apples for Commercial Purposes - 30
• Are We Forgetting the Farewell Admonitions of the Republic's Founder? - 43
• Asks Stanley to Name Men He Denounces - 51
• Baiting the Railroads - 30
• Beckham Chokes and Swallows - 52
• Beckham Espouses …

Ua3/1/3 Speeches: Henry Cherry, A.O. Stanley, Edwin Morrow Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure regarding speeches made by Henry Cherry, A.O. Stanley and Edwin Morrow. Page numbers are from original book and may not match the pdf file.

• 10,000 Voices Cheer Stanley, p. 5
• A Fighting Speech, p. 1
• A Man - His Platform, p. 6
• America, The World's Leader, p. 3
• Baker Lauds Wilson as Prince of Peace and Guiding Genius in Democratic Legislation, p. 4
• Beveridge Scores Weak-Kneed Policies of President and Urges Election of Hughes as Hope of Nation, Louisville Herald, Oct. 6, 1916, p. 8
• Din and the Deathbed, …

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 …

Ua3/1/3 Henry Cherry Governor Race, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created by and about Henry Cherry's run for Kentucky governor. Page numbers are from original scrapbook and may not match pdf.

• A Scholar as a Statesman - 5
• Back to Old Job - 4
• Beckham And O'Rear Paying Own Expenses - 25
• Bell, J. Franklin. Conditional Surrender Only Lesson for German of Today Declares U.S. Camp Commander - 26
• Benedict, Robert. Floating - 15
• Better Farming and Better Farm Life by Building Up Rural Communities - 27
• Bled White? - 31
• Bubbles and Bums! Cartoon - 40
• Campaign Card - 14
• Cherry Again Head of Western Normal - 8 …

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 4, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• General Information
• Good Board at Reasonable Rates
• Frisbie Hall
• Loyalty, Mutual Helpfulness & Good Fellowship Among the Students
• Oratorio Society
• Forensics

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 3, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• The Opening of the Fall Session
• Come & Secure a State Certificate
• Free Tuition
• Reasonable Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Opening of Second Term
• Last Summer School
• Commencement
• Resignation of Honored Faculty Member – Laura Frazee
• Miss Mattie Hatcher Accepts the Place
• New Athletic Director – J.L. Arthur
• Illustrated Catalog Free
• Graduates Secure Good Positions
• Members of Faculty at Universities
• Class of 1914 (WKU)
• Courses of Study Offered in the Western Normal
• Cherry, Henry. To the Former Students

Ua45/6 Commencement Concerts, Wku Registrar

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

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 2, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Officers & Calendar
• Faculty
• Regular Courses of Study
• Subject Matter Offered in the Summer Term by Departments
• The Normal Training School
• Subjects Taught During Each Term
• Expenses – Tuition, Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Condensed Information
• List of Books Used
• Commencement Exercises

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 …

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

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Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1914.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Registrar

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Promotional booklet written by Mattie McLean relating news of WKU, faculty, staff, students, alumni, sports and curriculum.

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

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

Ua45/1/1/ The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 3, Wku Registrar

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Promotional document for summer school, includes articles:

• A Word to School Trustees & to All of Those Who Employ or Recommend the Employment of Teachers
• Summer School
• The Tired Teacher
• Commencement Exercises Western Normal
• Convocation of County Superintendents
• Notes on Summer School
• Music Festival
• Do You Need a Teacher?

Ua45/1/1 The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 2, Wku Registrar

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WKU catalog of courses for summer and fall 1913. Includes many photographs of events on campus along with campus news.

Ua45/2 Student Register 1912-1913 Index, Wku Registrar

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Index to WKU Registrar’s Student Register 1912-1913. The book records the following information:

• Date
• Student name
• Number
• Post Office
• County
• Appointee from
• State
• Enrollment I/S
• Days Taught
• Vaccinated
• Tuition & Fees Paid
• Number of Terms Enrolled
• Remarks

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

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• The Pictorial Compendium of the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Special to Former Students
• The Second Term, November 19, 1912
• The Mid-Winter Term, January 28, 1913
• The Fourth Term
• The Summer School of 1913
• Condensed News & Information
• Department of Music
• Expense – Tuition, Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Athletics in the Western Normal
• Two-Year Regular Normal Course

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

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

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

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Summer School
• The New Normal Site
• Recitation Hall
• Cabell Hall
• The New Vanmeter Auditorium & Administration Building
• The Tired Teacher
• Courses Offered
• The Normal Training School
• English
• History
• Physical Sciences
• Physiology II
• Mathematics
• Drawing
• The Library
• The School of Domestic Science & Domestic Arts
• Nature Study & Elementary Agriculture
• Do You Need a Teacher?
• Physical Education
• Excursion from the Western Normal Summer School to the Kentucky Educational Association
• For High School Teachers
• Geography
• Special Announcement Summer School Western Normal
• Headquarters of Western Kentucky State Normal School at the Kentucky Educational Association
• Kindergarten Department
• Stewart, Cora. The …

Ua2 The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2, Wku Board Of Regents

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Biennial report of the WKU Board of Regents includes reports of president Henry Cherry, McKenzie Todd, state inspector, budget, curriculum, alumni, national rankings, county superintendent reports and photographs of the school.

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 …

Ua1a Capt. C.J. Vanmeter, Times-Journal & Warren County Courier

WKU Administration Documents

Biographical sketch and image of Capt. Charles Joseph Vanmeter, benefactor of the Southern Normal School.

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

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Education & Politics 1906-07; 1911-12 scrapbook created by WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Commoner's University, p. 28
• Aim and Object of Two State Normal Schools Set Forth, p. 1
• American History, p. 93
• Appeal for Funds, p. 99
• Approves Wealth Rightly Gotten, p. 81
• Arithmetic, p. 93
• Better Schools Must Come First, p. 39
• Big Reception is Voted Huge Success, p. 9
• Carmack, E.W. A Beautiful Tribute, p. 24
• Cherry, Henry. Untitled, p. 34
• Circular No. 5 re: Virginia schools, p. 66
• Compulsory Education, p. 5 …

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Van Meter Auditorium, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Correspondence of Henry Cherry with a variety of contractors regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall. Also includes information regarding the dedication and general reception when the building opened.

• American Seating Company
• Jake Bornstein
• C.E. Morris
• Superior Seating Company
• R.W. Koch
• Andrews Company
• Brinton Davis
• A.J. Anderson & Company
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
• S. Keighley Metal Ceiling & Manufacturing Company
• Dow Wire & Iron Works
• First National Bank of Louisville
• Bowling Green Machine Company

Ua11/1 On Normal Heights, Wku Public Affairs

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Promotional picture booklet of Western Kentucky University which includes images of the major buildings, students working on campus, faculty, Mammoth Cave, Barren River and student body.

Ua12/2/22 Proceedings, Wku Moot Congress

WKU Administration Documents

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. 1, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• Special to Former Students
• The Students’ Edition of the State Normal Bulletin
• The Demand for Teachers
• The Opening of the Fall Session
• The Second Term, November 21, 1911
• The Mid-Winter Term
• The Fourth Term
• The Summer School of 1912
• Courses of Study
• The County Certificate Course
• The School of Music
• The New Catalog
• A Word to School Trustees & to All of Those Who Employ or Recommend the Employment of Teachers

Ua3/1/1 President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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President Henry Cherry's report to Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction Ellsworth Regenstein. Includes review of curriculum and certificates granted.