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Ua30/1/1 Proposed Office & Classroom Building, R. Ben Johnson, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Plans for proposed office and classroom building for the site where Grise Hall now stands.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 43, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Book Marks
• Hilltopics
• Looking Backward
• Social Activities Calendar
• Alumni News
• Sports Slants
• Faculty Facts
• Horoscope
• Religious News
• Intramural Corner
• Bowling
• Musically

This issue contains articles:

• Nursing Program Scheduled
• Jonesville Annexing Announced
• Ballet Society Will Appear in Van Meter
• Western Offers Educational TV to Elementary Students
• Christine DeVries, Gary Kelley Reign at 1964 Sweetheart Ball
• Sandra Stuart, Bob Adams Direct Herald
• Cordell Hull Portrait Given to College
• Westerners Apply to Grad School
• Faculty Research Program Assists Five Instructors
• Drama Festival Scheduled on Hill February 29
• Top Toppers …

Ua3/3/1 Drives & Parking Areas Wksc, Frank Cain, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Map bounded by State Street, 16^th Street, Center Street & 15^th Street. Map measures 22 x 23 1/2.

Buildings:

• Cedar House
• Cherry Hall
• College High Hall
• Craig Alumni House (President’s Home)
• Diddle Dorm (Student Dorm)
• East Hall
• Garrett Conference Center (Student Center)
• Gordon Wilson Hall (Library)
• Heating Plant
• Home Economics Building
• Home Management House
• Industrial Arts Building
• Kentucky Building
• McLean Hall
• Music Hall
• Ogden Hall
• Physical Education Building (Helm Library)
• Potter Hall
• Rock House
• Schneider Hall (West Hall)
• Snell Hall
• South Hall
• Van Meter Hall (Administration)

Features:

• Cherryton
• Colonnade
• Parking lots
• Roads
• Stadium
• Swimming Pool

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 20 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Documents include correspondence, agreements, campus development plan, draft ordinances and a list of property purchased by Western Kentucky University.

• Addendum to Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green, 1/15/1964
• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and WKU, 11/4/1964
• Campus Development Plan
• Downing, Dero
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• List of owners
• Ordinance Approving the Development Program or Plan of Western Kentucky State College
• Taylor Heads Group Opposing Urban Renewal, PCDN, 2/27/1964
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• U.S. …

Ua3/4/1 Urban Renewal (Jonesville), Wku President's Office - Downing

WKU Administration Documents

Contents of Dero Downing's presidential papers box 63 folder 13 regarding urban renewal and the Jonesville community.

Ua30/1/1 Seminar Center Iii, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Floor plans for Seminar Center III drawn about 1964.

Ua37/37 The Ruins Of A Confederate Fort On The Campus Of Western Kentucky State College, Arndt Stickles

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Article regarding the preservation of Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston on the grounds of Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/3/1 Diddle Arena Dedication Program, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Program for the dedication of Academic -Athletic Building & Diddle Arena. Includes photographs of Kelly Thompson, regents, construction of Diddle Arena, completed arena, athletic facilities; floor plan, biographical sketch of E.A. Diddle, and ads of construction firms.

Ua3/3/1 Property Ownership Map, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

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Property Ownership Map, Jonesville Urban Renewal Project Kentucky R-31, Urban Renewal Commission, Bowling Green, KY, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, R-222, May 20, 1963, 1 sheet, paper, 42 1/2 x 31, scale 3"=300', (5). Map of owners, square footage and acquisition area. Map is oriented to the southeast and bounded by L&N Railroad, Old Russellville Road, 16th Street and Sumpter Avenue.

• Austin, Herschel
• Austin, Mary
• Bailey, Corinne
• Bailey, Florence
• Bailey, James
• Bailey, Porter
• Bailey, Virgil
• Barnett, Mabel
• Beeler, Fred
• Beeler, Myra
• Blakely, Sue
• Blewett, Bettie
• Blewett, Delia
• Blewett, M.M.
• Burton, Lucille
• Burton, Thomas
• Butts, Margie
• Caldwell, Emma
• Cook, …

Ua3/3/1 Letter Re: Western Area Vocational School, Phillip Hampton

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Phillip Hampton to Kelly Thompson regarding the use of Agricultural Pavilion for the Western Area Vocational School.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal File, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Box 15 Folder 7 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal. The documents are arranged in reverse chronological order and include:

• 385-Acre Area Due to Benefit from University of Louisville Expansion, LCJ, 8/31/1961
• American Council on Education
• American Council on Education. Special Report on Federal Programs, Vol. I, No 2, 2/1963 - The University & Urban Renewal
• Bowling Green Planning & Zoning Commission
• Funds Given for Renewal Study at University of Louisville, np, nd
• Grant to City Will Help University of Louisville to Expand, np, nd
• Kentucky. Economic Development. Bulletin 1 Does Your Community Have …

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

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Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 22" x 15". Legend includes existing and proposed buildings and proposed streets. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

WKU Administration Documents

Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 22" x 14 1/2". No legend. Dates and numbers have been written in the Jonesville lots. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Unnamed Map Of Wku & Jonesville Property, Unknown

WKU Administration Documents

Unnamed map by unknown cartographer of Western Kentucky University and Jonesville property to be acquired through urban renewal, 1 sheet, 23 1/2" x 15". There is no legend. The map is oriented to the southwest. The boundaries are 14th Street on the northeast, Chestnut & State Street and Normal Drive on the east, University Drive on the southwest, the L&N railroad on the north and US68 on the northwest.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

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Documents housed in Folder 19 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding Urban Renewal of Jonesville. Consists of correspondence, meeting notes and agreements.

• Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green
• Bates, Georgia
• Bowling Green Electric Plant
• Bowling Green Urban Renewal Commission
• Bowling Green. Mayor
• Cherches, Charles
• Clark, H.B.
• Jenkins, William
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Division of Planning & Zoning
• Lawson, Owen
• Program for Community Improvement
• Scruggs & Hammond
• Taylor, J.H. Letter to the Editor, PCDN, 10/2/1963
• Thompson, Kelly
• WKCT

Ua3/3/1 General Area Map - Jonesville Project Area - Scheme 1, Scruggs & Hammond

WKU Administration Documents

General Area Map, Jonesville Project Area, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Scheme I, scale 1" = 800" by Scruggs & Hammond of Lexington, Kentucky, nd, 1 sheet, 11 1/2" x 12". The map is oriented looking northward. The boundaries are the L&N railroad on the northeast, 14th Street on the North, US31W By-pass on the west and Maryland & Woodland Streets on the south.

The map was filed with documents dating from 1961-1965. The agreement allowing WKU's acquisition of the Jonesville property is dated 1963.

Ua3/3/7 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook 3 created during Kelly Thompson's tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the year 1962. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction.

Ua1b1/7 Dedication Of Kelly Thompson Science Building Scrapbook, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook of clippings and letters of congratulations related to the dedication of the Thompson Science Complex.

Ua3/3/1 Map Of Western Kentucky State College, Wku President's Office - Thompson, J.R. Hagan, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

WKU Administration Documents

Area bounded by 14th Street, State Street/Normal Boulevard, [University Drive] and L&N Railroad. Base map created in June 1960. Annotated and divided into eleven plots, August 17, 1961:

• Plot No. 1 Central campus, 15th Street to 16th Street 40.7 acres
• Plot No. 2 16th Street to Trade School driveway 14.7 acres
• Plot No. 3 Trade School driveway to 17th Street 9.7 acres
• Plot No. 4 Pavilion area, 17th Street South 40.4 acres
• Plot No. 5 Academic Athletic-Maintenance Service Buildings area 14.0 acres
• Plot No. 6 Kentucky Building grounds 12.9 acres
• Plot No. 7 15th Street & Center Street corner .4 …

Ua11/3 Campus Construction And Improvements 1955-1961, Robert Cochran

WKU Administration Documents

Report regarding construction and renovation projects at WKU for the period 1955-1961. Includes yearly list of work to be done, projected costs and photographs of buildings and grounds. Buildings included are

Cedar House, Cherry Hall, Diddle Dormitory, East Hall, Garrett Student Center, Gordon Wilson Hall, Health & Physical Education Building, Heating Plant, Home Economics Building, Home Management House, Industrial Arts Building, Kentucky Building, Maintenance Service Building, McLean Hall, Music Building, North Hall, Pylon, Ogden Hall, Potter Hall, President's Home, Rock House, Rock walls Snell Hall, South Hall, Stadium, Swimming Pool, Thompson Science Complex, Training School, Van Meter Hall, Veteran's Village, …

Ua3/3/4 Kelly Thompson Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

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Scrapbook 2 created during Kelly Thompson's tenure as president of WKU. This scrapbook covers the years 1960 through 1961. There are clippings regarding new faculty and construction.

Ua1c11/103 President's Office - Urban Renewal Images, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Artificial collection of images removed from WKU President's Office - Kelly Thompson Papers related to Urban Renewal. These images show various homes and buildings in the Jonesville area that were purchased by WKU in the 1960s.

Ua30/1/1 Contour Map, Western Kentucky State College, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

WKU Administration Documents

Map of WKU campus, 55" x 31"

Legend: Contour Map Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Scale 1" = 100'
June 1960
Prepared by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry Consulting Engineers, Owensboro, KY.

Boundaries - Louisville & Nashville Railroad on north, 14th Street on east, Normal Boulevard on south and approximate location of University Boulevard on west.

Includes good representation of the African American community Jonesville north of Old Russellville Road, indicating the location of homes and other buildings.

Campus features obsolete items such as the railroad spur to the Heating Plant, Rock House, Diddle Dormitory, Home Economics Building, Ogden …

Ua3/3/1 Map Of Western Kentucky State College, Wku President's Office - Thompson, J. R. Hagan, Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry

WKU Administration Documents

Map of WKU campus created by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry Consulting Engineers of Owensboro. The map measures 30 x 54 and the scale is 1" = 100'.

Map of area bounded by 14th Street, State Street/Normal Boulevard and Old Russellville Road.

Campus buildings include:

• Agriculture Pavilion
• Bates-Runner Hall
• Cherry Hall
• Cherryton
• College High Hall
• Craig Alumni House (President’s Home)
• Diddle Dorm (Men’s Dormitory)
• East Hall
• Garrett Conference Center (Garrett Student Union)
• Gordon Wilson Hall (Library)
• Heating Plant
• Home Economics Building
• Industrial Arts Building
• Kentucky Building
• Log Cabin
• McLean Hall
• Music Hall
• Ogden Hall
• Parking Structure (Maintenance Building)
• Physical Education Building …

Ua30/1/1 Western Kentucky State College Map, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Western Kentucky University campus map which includes:

1. Van Meter Hall
2. Gordon Wilson Hall
3. Cherry Hall
4. Training School
5. Faculty House
6. Diddle Dorm
7. Home Economics Building razed 1982
8. Garrett Conference Center
9. Potter Hall
10. Industrial Arts Building
11. Helm Library
12. Swimming Pool
13. Home Management House
14. Music Building razed 1975
15. East Hall
16. South Hall
17. Colonnade
18. Cherryton
19. McLean Hall
20. Schneider Hall
21. Kentucky Building
22. Heating Plant
23. Craig Administration Building
24. Bates-Runner Hall

• Western Trade School
• Veteran's Village
• Agriculture Pavilion burned 1963
• Ogden Hall razed 1966
• Snell Hall
• Rock House

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Articles On Western Buildings, Wku Archives

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Abstracted articles from the College Heights Herald regarding the following buildings and physical features of WKU:

• Van Meter Hall
• Ogden Hall
• Pioneer Cabin
• Home Management Building
• Potter Hall
• Stadium & Colonnade
• Health & Physical Education Building aka Helm Library
• Industrial Arts Building
• Home Economics Building
• Cedar House aka Faculty House
• Rock House
• Music Building
• Fort Albert Sidney Johnston
• West Hall aka Schneider Hall
• Cherryton
• Water Tank
• Gordon Wilson Hall
• Snell Hall
• Training School / College High
• Cherry Hall
• Kentucky Building
• McLean Hall
• Garrett Student Center
• Maintenance Service Building

Ua30/1/1 Western Kentucky State College Map, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Western Kentucky University campus map includes buildings:

• Administration Building - Van Meter Hall
• Library - Gordon Wilson Hall
• Training School
• Cherry Hall
• Cedar House - Faculty House
• Athlete's Dorm - Diddle Dorm
• Industrial Arts Building
• Home Economics Building razed 1982
• Physical Education Building - Helm Library
• Swimming Pool
• Home Economics Management House
• Music Building razed 1975
• Men's Dorm #13 - East Hall
• Men's Dorm #14 - North Hall
• Student Union - Garrett Conference Center
• West Hall - Schneider Hall
• McLean Hall
• Cherry Town - Cherryton
• President's Home - Craig Administration Building
• Kentucky Building
• Heating Plant
• Industrial Arts Lumber Shed
• Western …

Ua68/17/2 Taming Of The Shrew Set Design, Wku Theatre & Dance

WKU Administration Documents

Set design drawings and paintings for production of the Taming of the Shrew.

Ua30/1/1 Proposed Student Union, J. M. Ingram, John F. Wilson

WKU Administration Documents

An 6 sheet set of drawings for proposed student union building. These were not used in the construction of Garrett Student Center.

Ua30/1/1 Proposed Student Union, J. M. Ingram, John F. Wilson

WKU Administration Documents

Set of 8 drawings for proposed student union. This plan was not used in the construction of Garrett Student Center.