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Ua1c2/22 Southern Normal School Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Southern Normal School.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - A Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 170 topics beginning with A ranging from AAUP to Awards.

Ua37 A Factbook Of Western Kentucky University, O. J. Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

A factbook compiled by O.J. Wilson regarding the pre-history of WKU and the history of the university from 1907 through 1967. It includes chapters:

• Genealogical Background
• The Presidents
• Academic Expansion at Western
• The Physical Plant
• Traditions at WKU
• Intercollegiate Athletics at Western
• Sixty Years of Vital Statistics
• Chronology of Historical Events
• Western's Faculty & Staff

An appendix is listed, but was not included with the factbook.

Ua37/44 Our Golden Wedding, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding Wilson's 50th wedding anniversary and the Southern Normal School.

Ua37/44 Our Early Crowded Conditions At The Normal, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding the Southern Normal School.

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed.

• Catalogue Information
• Literary Societies
• Important Suggestions
• Our Platform
• Library
• Our School May Not Suit You
• You Will Be Pleased
• Practical Information
• Teachers’ Department
• Some Advantages of the Teachers’ Course
• Course of Study in Southern Normal School
• Remarks on the Preparatory Course
• Scientific Course
• Classical Course
• Other Features Free
• J.S. Dickey
• Elocution & Oratory
• Conservatory of Music
• A Safe Place for Young Students at School Away from Home – Frisbie Hall
• Class of 1906 (SNS)
• Class of 1906 (BGBU)
• Editorial Notes – Western …

Ua96/1 Southern Educator, Vol.2, No. 4, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly newspaper published by the Southern Normal School to advertise courses, publicize events on campus and keep alumni informed.

• School of Shorthand
• Another Record
• Civil Service Opportunities
• School of Telegraphy
• A Business College
• Can You Beat Them?
• Class of 1906 (BGBU)
• Alumni of Southern Normal School
• To Our Boys & Girls
• Rates of Tuition Bowling Green Business University
• A New & Valuable Feature – Lectures by Businessmen
• Points
• A Rare Opportunity
• The BGBU Man
• Board
• Can I Get a Position?
• Special
• A Strong Address – W.S. Ashby
• The Southern Normal School

Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the SNS/BGBU National School of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

Ua99/9 Sns/Bgbu National School Of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express, Bowling Green Business University, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the SNS/BGBU National School of Telegraphy, Civil Service, Railroading & Express to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

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

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by Southern Normal School president Henry Cherry regarding anti-cigarette league, manufacturing in the South and education.

• A Beautiful Thought, p. 63
• A Divided Heart, Hosea 10:2, p. 63
• A Fickle Life, p. 42
• Anti-Cigarette League, p. 49
• As a Beacon Light – Vitae-ore, p. 89
• Awarding Business College Diplomas, p. 47
• Awarding November College Diplomas, p. 37
• Be Ready Pa, p. 2
• Bogus Advertising, p. 60
• Brilliant Sayings of Robert Ingersoll, p. 71
• Capital Turning to the South, p. 85
• Carnegie, Andrew, p. 65
• Charge to the Pastor, p. 64
• Cherry, Henry. The Balancing Pole, p. 253
• Cigarette …

Ua96/3 Commencement Invitation, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Graduation invitation and list of students in the Class of 1889 of the Southern Normal School.

Class Of 1887, Shartle Studio

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Southern Normal School Class of 1887. Front row l to r: ? Motley, ?, ? Noonan, ? Craddock. 2nd row l to r: A.A. Huddleston, ? Carnes, Mollie Williams?, ? Traymins?, Mollie Williams?, ? Gillanwaters. Back row l t r: ? Green, William Baker, Alfred Livingston, J.B. Cummings, R.W. Thomas, Omera Thomas, L.P. Tanner. Names are listed on the back of the photograph.

Ua96/3 Southern Normal School - Class Lists, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Records

Class lists for Southern Normal School and early Bowling Green Business University 1876-1910. These lists are incomplete and are part of UA96 Southern Normal School Records. Check KenCat for extant corresponding class portraits.