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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hebron, John L., 1842-1914 (Sc 3323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 3323. Letter, 20 February 1862, from John L. Hebron to his mother in Steubenville, Ohio. He reports his regiment’s arrival on the outskirts of Bowling Green, Kentucky, taken from Confederate forces “without firing a gun,” and describes attempting to cross a ruined bridge, his living quarters in a deserted house, and available food supplies. In a 25 February postscript from Nashville, Tennessee, he writes of the troops’ continued lack of success in crossing the river into Bowling Green, and mentions reports that the Confederates plan to “make a stand” south of Nashville. …
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lancaster, Lennie Young, 1893-1980 - Letters To (Sc 3325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3325. Letters to Dr. L. Y. Lancaster, professor of biology at WKU and creator of its pre-med program, from friends, colleagues and former students. They write of their health, travel and activities, and congratulate Dr. Lancaster on the naming of a clinic at WKU in his honor. Some reference a shared interest in wildlife and the outdoors.
Minton, John Dean, Sr., 1921-2008 (Mss 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Minton, John Dean, Sr., 1921-2008 (Mss 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 660. Letters written by John D. Minton, Sr. to his brother, Layton Minton, while both were in military service during World War II. The collection also contains a small amount of Minton family correspondence and some vocational agriculture notebooks kept by the brothers while in high school.
Mitchell, Samuel Williamson, 1833-1902 (Sc 3324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mitchell, Samuel Williamson, 1833-1902 (Sc 3324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3324. Letter, 24 December, 1856?, of Samuel W. Mitchell, Danville, Kentucky (where he graduated from Centre College in 1857 and from the theological seminary in 1860) to H. B. Craig, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Mitchell tells of his profitable resale to area Presbyterians of books purchased from an agent, and of meeting a “very fine” young lady. Describing Christmas in Danville, he notes the noisy firecrackers and the visibility of local African Americans, who uncharacteristically venture into the cold under the “impulse” of the liberty granted them during …
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.
Camp Paradise - Calloway County, Kentucky (Sc 3322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Camp Paradise - Calloway County, Kentucky (Sc 3322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3322. Letter, 7 June 1957, to a Mr. Hicks from Sid and Florence Jobs, owners and operators of Camp Paradise at Kentucky Lake, Calloway County, Kentucky, with suggestions on timely scheduling of a reservation. Includes a two-page mimeograph describing the Camp’s location, amenities, lodging facilities and rates; a color postcard of the camp, and black and white photographs of fishermen and of the Camp’s cottages.
Molloy, John Calhoun, 1855-1923 (Sc 3321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Molloy, John Calhoun, 1855-1923 (Sc 3321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3321. Letter, 14 December 1891, of John C. Molloy, Pastor of Fourth Street Presbyterian Church, Owensboro, Kentucky, to Reverend E. W. Bedinger, Anchorage, Kentucky. He encloses his church’s donation to the Synod’s Evangelistic Fund and hopes to add to it during the coming winter. Includes envelope bearing the postmark “Owensborough Ky.”
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott Family - Letters To (Sc 3318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3318. Letters to the Scott family of Ashland, Kentucky, chiefly to Sarah Asenath Scott from Fred Osborne, written from Clinchco, Virginia prior to their marriage. Fred refers to his work and health, their marriage plans, and a pending legal case. Other letters to Sarah are from childhood friends and classmates and friends of her mother. Includes a family letter to Sarah’s mother, and letters to her father from his sister and her children in Knoxville, Tennessee, which refer to farming operations and hopes for an improved economy under the new president, Franklin Roosevelt.
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Ruth R., 1907-1992 - Letters To (Sc 3320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3320. Invitation to a children’s party on 19 October 1912 sent to Ruth Smith, postmarked Johnston City, Illinois; also letter, 18 August 1922, to Ruth in Sebree, Kentucky, regarding graduation ceremonies for Webster County schools. The letter includes the program for the ceremony on 30 August 1922 and recommends attire for graduates.
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 3319. Letter, 27 February 1909, of Alice E. Cunningham, Louisville, Kentucky, to her cousin Earle Cunningham. The letter is addressed to Georgia, but Earle appears to be in Florida. Alice teases him with a description of a “Southern beauty” visiting her home and asks him to write with news of his “numerous love affairs” with Southern girls. She also describes attending a church social “overrun” with seminary students attracted by the food, a Martha Washington Tea held by her Young Ladies Society, and a show at Louisville’s …
Puckett, Dillon Huette "D. Hugh," 1929-2010 (Mss 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Puckett, Dillon Huette "D. Hugh," 1929-2010 (Mss 658), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 658. Lewis family genealogy collected by Dr. Dillon Huette Puckett covering descendants in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri. Allied family files (those found in Box 4) are available in digital format only in TopSCHOLAR.
Cowan, Gilbert, 1903-1969 (Sc 3316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cowan, Gilbert, 1903-1969 (Sc 3316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3316. Letters, 28 July and 18 November 1931, of Gilbert Cowan, written to his brother Finley Cowan in Cannons Mill, Clinton County, Kentucky, while Gilbert was an inmate at the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort, Kentucky. He asks Finley to help arrange a recommendation for him to the superintendent of the prison school, and doubts that he, unlike other inmates, will be able to apply for a reduced sentence. He also wishes he could attend church with Finley in order to “get me a gal.” The institutional …
Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Child, Charles B. (Sc 3317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3317. Letter, 25 July 1869, of Charles B. Child, written on letterhead of the Office of the Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company (Northern Division), Maysville, Kentucky. He refers to an earlier report to an investor and details the current cost of construction work on the railroad, including his careful pricing of materials and rolling stock. In particular, he sets out the prices for a contract to construct 33 miles of track to Carlisle, Kentucky.
Claycomb, Marilou (Irwin), B. 1936 (Sc 3314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Claycomb, Marilou (Irwin), B. 1936 (Sc 3314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3314. Collection of four Home Worker Handbooks detailing work done by Marilou (Irwin) Claycomb for Eleanor Beard, Inc. of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Irwin did contract quilting from June 1959 until August 1966. Each of the four U.S. Department of Labor #FO-75 booklets list the date issued, number, style, article, rate, date returned, number completed, hours worked, wages and date of payment of her public contract work.
Holsapple, John Wright, 1854-1947 (Sc 3313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holsapple, John Wright, 1854-1947 (Sc 3313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3313. Letter, 4 April 1885, of J. W. Holsapple, Fairdealing, Kentucky, to J. F. McCartney, Metropolis, Illinois, on letterhead of the South Kentucky Christian Missionary and Sunday School Association. An evangelist for the Association, Holsapple advises that he is free to take engagements after the organization’s coming meeting in Henderson, Kentucky. While preferring a southern location, he encourages McCartney to make a proposal for them to discuss at the meeting.
Noel, Philip Jordan, Sr., 1874-1950 (Sc 3309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Noel, Philip Jordan, Sr., 1874-1950 (Sc 3309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3309. Image of Philip Jordan Noel, Sr. printed on paper (2 copies) and a ribbon worn at the 36th national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in August 1934. Also includes a page with some biographical information printed on it.
Ua19/16/1 Lady Topper Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 Lady Topper Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
2019-20 women's basketball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.
Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Press releases regarding WKU's softball team for 2019.
Ua19/16/2 Track & Field Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/2 Track & Field Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Press releases regarding WKU's track and field teams for 2019.
Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Press releases regarding WKU's volleyball team for 2019.
Ua12/2/54 Class Of 1930, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/54 Class Of 1930, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Class of 1930.
Ua1c2/74 L.T. Smith Stadium Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/74 L.T. Smith Stadium Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of L.T. Smith Stadium, originally named Academic Athletic Building Number 2. Includes images of Feix Field.
Ua1c2/67 Red Barn Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/67 Red Barn Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the Red Barn.
Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c2/6 Barracks Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of the barracks
Ua1c4/13 Training School Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c4/13 Training School Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of students from the training schools, rural demonstration schools, grade schools and college high.
Ua35/11/1 Chinese Flagship & Confucius Institute, Wku Archives
Ua35/11/1 Chinese Flagship & Confucius Institute, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Chinese Flagship program and Confucius Institute.
Ua1c4/14 Dignitaries/Entertainers/Visitors Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c4/14 Dignitaries/Entertainers/Visitors Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of groups of visitors, entertainers and dignitaries.
Ua51/3/3 University Libraries Library Special Collections Publications, Wku Archives
Ua51/3/3 University Libraries Library Special Collections Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about Library Special Collections.
Ua12/2/36 Gamma Sigma Sigma, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/36 Gamma Sigma Sigma, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Gamma Sigma Sigma at Western Kentucky University.
Ua1c11/5 Athletic Media Relations Photo Collection - Track & Field, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/5 Athletic Media Relations Photo Collection - Track & Field, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs taken by Athletic Media Relations staff members of WKU athletic faculty, staff, students, alumni and events. This section focuses on track and field.