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Gemini 14 Memories, Karen Matchus Jan 2016

Gemini 14 Memories, Karen Matchus

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Karen (Warren) Matchus' answers to WKU Gemini jazz band questionnaire. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.

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Ua68/8/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Oral History Committee, Wku Archives Jan 2012

Ua68/8/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Oral History Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Oral History Committee. Series includes oral history interview tapes and transcriptions.

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Ua1b2/1/7 Oral History, Lydia Kullman, Gary Ransdell Mar 2004

Ua1b2/1/7 Oral History, Lydia Kullman, Gary Ransdell

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Lydia Kullman with Gary Ransdell. This oral history interview was created for Andrew McMichael's History and the Internet Class, 2004.

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Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2002

Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Herald homecoming magazine with articles:

  • Holm, Hollan. Big Red Evolves from Joke to Icon
  • Hellmueller, Anthony. What’s Happening for Homecoming?
  • Moore, Michael. Refrigerator Bowl Veterans Reunite
  • Farner, Keith. Colonnade Used to Be Place to Watch Pigskin Fly – Stadium
  • Lord, Joseph. 1962 Basketball Player Remembers Living with Coach E.A. Diddle – Bobby Rascoe, Diddle Dorm
  • Schoenbaechler, Danny & Hollan Holm. 1972 Fraternity Brothers Reunite, Relive Days in Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
  • Robinson, Jocelyn. 1983 The Cellar: From Boogie Nights to Study Nights – West Hall
  • Hopkins, Shawntaye. 1994 Potter Hall Provided Location Near Classes
  • Lowther, Clare. 2002 Tailgating …

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Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson Oct 1977

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Archives Records

An interview on October 20, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

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An Interpretation Of The Florida Ex-Slaves' Memories Of Slavery & The Civil War, Dianna Zacharias Mar 1976

An Interpretation Of The Florida Ex-Slaves' Memories Of Slavery & The Civil War, Dianna Zacharias

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is an analysis and interpretation of oral folk history preserved in the Florida Narratives, one state collection of ex-slave narratives from the larger Federal Writers' Project collection compiled in the 1930s. Fifty-four tales were extracted from this state collection and used as a basis for this study. These personal reminiscences, called memorates by folklorists, fell into two categories: slavery and the Civil war. The tales about slavery were compared to the theses and conclusions regarding slavery held by sociologists and The tales about the Civil War and emancipation were gathered by historians.

The comparison revealed that there …

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