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Ua3/3/1 President's Correspondence Re: Trade School, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence dated May 20-July 19, 1968 regarding the removal of the Western Area Vocation School buildings from the Western Kentucky University campus. Correspondents include Dero Downing, Owen Lawson, Steve Markham and Phillip Hampton.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 21 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Includes correspondence, project budgets, planning map and agreements.

• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency & WKU, 4/16/1965
• Bates, Georgia
• Downing, Dero
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• Jonesville
• Lawson, Owen
• Milliken & Milliken
• Resolution That the Commission Council Amend the Jonesville Urban Renewal Loan & Grant Contract to Include an Additional $25,000.00 Non Cash Credit, nd
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency

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

WKU Administration Documents

Contents of Dero Downing's presidential papers box 63 folder 12 regarding urban renewal and the Jonesville community from 1965 through 1968.

Ua3/3/7 Day Of Commemoration & Dedication Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook created by WKU President's Office to collect correspondence, programs and other items related to the Day of Commemoration & Dedication.

See also:

• A Day of Commemoration & Dedication Program
• College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 6, 10/14/1967
• Tennessee Tech Football Program, 10/14/1967

Ua30/1/1 Sketch Showing Proposed Dorms #8 & 9, Paul Pride, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Map showing proposed placement of dormitories #8 and 9, 1 sheet, 18" x 24". Dormitory #8 is Keen Hall and dormitory #9 is Poland Hall.

Ua30/2 Western Kentucky University Parking Map, Wku Parking & Transportation Services

WKU Administration Documents

Parking map of Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1/1180 Wku Master Plan, Wku Student Affairs, John Maupin

WKU Administration Documents

Campus master plan showing existing and proposed buildings published in the College Heights Herald.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Campus map for Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 44, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Al Stilley on Sports
• Athletics
• Cartoon
• Fraternities & Sororities
• Hilltopics
• Intramural Corner
• On the Air
• Pressbox Notebook

This issue contains articles:

• President Kelly Thompson Reveals Master Plan
• Regents Name Buildings – Taylor Agriculture Pavilion, Helm Library
• T.V. Program Set for 2 P.M. Sunday – Western 1964
• Debate Team Wins Trophies at Meet
• Philosophy Minor Will Be Offered
• $40,000 Smile – Jim Burt
• Modern Vending Machines Now in Full-Line Service
• Barr Pianists Featured in Concert Series – Howard Barr, Patricia Barr
• Cinderella Set for Alley Playhouse
• Classes …

Ua3/3/1 Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 2, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

WKU Administration Documents

Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 2, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 38 1/4 x 12 1/4, land use plan, including proposed by-pass in x-formation and proposed "Minor St." Map is oriented to the south. The boundaries are L&N Railroad to the North, Old Russellville Road to the south, and east and west boundaries are within Jonesville project.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 23 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. This file is comprised entirely of newspaper clippings:

• Almost $2 Million in Federal Funds Set for Renewal Work, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Bowling Green’s Loop District, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Chances of Early Okay for Project Improved, PCDN, 7/21/1963
• Disquieting Assault on Urban Renewal, np, 3/30/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Two Votes Advance Renewal Planning, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Western to Expand in 33-Acre Tract, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Extension of Adams Street Hits Snag, np, 11/12/1963
• Hearing Set on Western’s Development Plans, np, 2/14/1964
• Jonesville Project Established, np, 3/17/1964
• Okay Part …

Ua3/3/1 Proposed By-Pass - Exhibit 1, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Exhibit No. 1, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 25 3/4 x 16, proposed by-pass plan shaded in red. Map orientation is southwest. The boundaries are L & N Railroad on the north, McNeill School to the southwest, and 17th Street to the southeast.

Ua3/3/1 Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 1, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

WKU Administration Documents

Sketch Land Use Plan - Scheme 1, Scruggs & Hammond, Planning Consultants, Lexington, KY, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 38 x 12, land use plan, including proposed by-pass. Map is oriented to the southeast. The boundaries are L&N Railroad to the North, Old Russellville Road to the south, and east and west boundaries are within Jonesville project.

Ua3/3/1 Proposed By-Pass - Exhibit 2, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Exhibit No. 2, nd, 1 sheet, paper, 25 3/4 x 16, proposed by-pass plan shaded in red with addendum shaded in green. Map orientation is southwest. The boundaries are L & N Railroad on the north, McNeill School to the southwest, and 17th Street to the southeast.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Campus map of Western Kentucky University.

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.

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 Property Ownership Map, Wku President's Office, Scruggs & Hammond

WKU Administration Documents

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 …

Ua3/3/7 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.

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 …

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

WKU Administration Documents

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