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The Colonelette (March 1970), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Conrad, Peggy. Miss Western Title at Stake
• Kentucky Education Association Walkout Hinders Student Teaching
• NBC’s Chet Huntley Set to Speak Here March 10
• Todd, Tom. Former Editor, Associated Students Officials Air Problems – Bruce Tucker
• ‘Trojan Women’ Cast Listed
• Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Schedule Dance Tonight at Armory
• Nominations Due for Mt. Laurel
• Mitch Taub, Ralph Partridge Score at Memphis – Forensics Team
• Sororities Pledge 39 Coeds
• Fraternities Begin Spring Pledgeship
• Elections to Determined Role of Associated Students in Future
• Western’s ‘Educators’ Should Burn Kentucky Education …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Hightower, Paul. Committee Constitutes Efforts to Change Associated Students Constitution
• Wilson Foundation Cites Foundation Coed – Carol Davis
• Ticket Sales Outlined for NCAA First Round
• Regents Okay New Department – Mass Communications
• Filing Opens for Offices
• Two Studio Productions Billed for 8:15 Tonight
• Mardi Gras Ball Slated Tomorrow
• Pershing Rifles Score at Purdue University
• WKU Sharpshooters Outshoot Kentucky
• Lyne, John. Fifth Dimension Loves to Entertain and Westerners Love Their Style
• Students Should Be Aware of Rights Concerning Police
• Good Publicity Pays Dividends
• Regents Vote Bill …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Hightower, Paul. Resolution Condones Movie ‘Witch Hunt’
• Associated Student Government Enlarging Committees
• Todd, Tom. Forum Probes Relevance of College Curriculum
• Cinema ’70 Film Series Premier Billed Tonight
• Drill Teams Face Stiff Challenge in Purdue Meet
• Debaters Travel to Memphis State
• Concert to Accent Beethoven Music
• Greek Activities Focus on Election of Officers
• Resolution Poses Serious Threats – Movies
• NCAA Ticket Sales Should Be Changed
• Wilder, Jerry. Chides College – Bruce Tucker
• Walls, Gary. Survival Threatened
• McMahon, William. Ponders Curriculum
• Smith, Don. Skirting the Issue
• Miss …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Associated Student Congress to Discuss Constitution Changes
• 5^th Dimension Here Thursday
• ‘Miss Western’ Search Begins Reception
• Spring Term Enrollment Up
• Associated Student Forum to Consider Relevance of Education
• Hightower, Paul. Judicial Council Offers Appeal Route
• Cadets to Begin Skydiving – ROTC
• Hightower, Paul. Drug Problem Surfaces Again
• Scientific Paper by Westerners Gains Prominence
• David Nickel Awarded Airco Fellowship
• Teacher Walkout: Their Last Resort – Kentucky Education Association
• Budget Won’t Suffer If Fines Are Paid
• Bailey, Don. Supports Bruce Tucker
• Tomlin, D.J. Equal Rights?
• Waters, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Editor Resigns After Dispute – Bruce Tucker
• Forum Slated for Tuesday
• Hightower, Paul, Jerry Potter & Tom Todd. Wilmot Hess Says Goal of Space Program to Learn Origin of Solar System
• Wilkerson, Larry. Survey Reveals Political Attitudes of Area Youth
• Music Lecture Billed Monday
• 5^th Dimension Coming
• Sweetheart Ball Slated Tomorrow
• De Cormier Singers to Appear Monday
• Candidates Must Consider Issues – Associated Students
• People Deserve Free Choice – Movies
• American Association of University Professors Support Regent Vote
• Nickel, David. Expresses Concern
• Hickey, Timothy. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Neumayer, Rick. Associated Students Seeking Voting Rights – Student Regent
• Wilmot Hess to Speak at 8 Tonight
• Neumayer, Rick. ‘Nickle Bag’ Offers Patrons Coke, Cops and Controversy
• Harris, Mike. Dorm Occupancy Hits New Low
• Spring Fraternity Rush Continues with Smokers
• Brenda Stephens in Beauty Pageant
• Wilkerson, Larry. ‘Associate’ Regents Want Voting Power
• Cinema Guild to Present ‘Sunset Boulevard’
• Need Rule of Law Not Rule of Men – Nickle Bag
• Broad Support Needed for Senate Bill 75
• Stuart, Katherine. Attacks Textbooks
• Watkins, E.R. Charges Editor
• The …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Wilkerson, Larry. Dero Downing Opposes Voting Privileges – Student Regent
• Wilmot Hess to Speak Here Tuesday
• Neumayer, Rick. Judge Orders Probe of Activities at Controversial ‘Nickel Bag’
• Tucker, Bruce. Black Student’s Housing Search is Odyssey of Deceit – Wayne Harris
• 5^th Dimension Booked for Concert
• Harris, Mike. Home Proposed for Unwed Mothers
• The Dero Downing Paradox: Words Versus Deeds
• Mass Media Threatened by Federal Subpoenas
• Gildersleeve, Kent. Charges Herald
• Lyne, John. Higher Head Fee Needed
• Neumayer, Rick. How Cold is It?
• Tucker, Bruce. Shadow …

The Colonelette (February 1970), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Ua60/3/3 January Commissioning Exercises Program, Wku Military Science

WKU Administration Documents

Program for ROTC commissioning exercises.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Neumayer, Rick. Associated Students Congress Joins Fight to Oppose Superboard
• Work Halts on Constitution
• Neumayer, Rick. Student Seeking Right to Vote on Board – Paul Gerard
• Symphony Season to Begin Tonight
• Seniors Reach Award Finals
• Programs Offer Foreign Travel – Modern Languages, Geography & Geology
• Gerald Else to Speak Here Tonight
• Try Outs for Play to Begin Feb. 4
• Independent Poll Needed for Teacher Evaluation
• Student Regent Deserves Vote
• Constitution Overdue
• Eldridge, Charles. E.A. Diddle
• Could Congress Do Better by Learning Facts First?
• McDaniel, Mike. …

Black Student Enrollment At Kentucky Independent Colleges & Universities, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Handout for the January 12, 1970 meeting regarding black student enrollment in Kentucky colleges.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Patterson, Tom. Western Says Goodbye to ‘Uncle Ed’ – E.A. Diddle
• Neumayer, Rick. Suggestions Sought on Student Power
• Wilkerson, Larry. $28.3 Million Proposed for WKU
• Top Scholar Dies in Crash – Margaret Woodall
• Students Honored at Awards Assembly
• Executive Club to Meet Tuesday – Third District Education Association
• Activity Almanac
• Alpha Omicron Pi Elects Officers
• He Captured the Love of Thousands – E.A. Diddle
• Bloodmobile Deserves Wide Student Support
• Martin, Bill. Advises Involvement
• Ferguson, Brent. Favors Curriculum Change
• Bowles, David. Defends ROTC
• McDaniel, Mike. Father …

Whop 30th Anniversary Special, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

1940:

- (00:01:45) Heck Lackey announced at 6:00pm on January 8^th, 1940, that WHOP would begin broadcasting on channel 1200. Eventually the station would be moved to channel 1230.

- (00:03:20) Until a flood emergency in 1937, local radio stations were not very common (or even seen as necessary) only large cities like Louisville or Paducah had stations. However, by 1939, Lackey’s vision for Hopkinsville to have a local radio station was growing.

- (00:06:20) A relative of Lackey who helped found WHOP claimed the two began the process without much prior knowledge on the subject. Despite having …

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding E.A. Diddle.

Lucas, Nathaniel, 1755?-1807 (Sc 1419), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1419. Letters (pasted on inside backs of a Bible), 1781, 1786, written by soldier Nathaniel Lucas, Camp Surrey, Virginia, to his sweetheart Sarah Rivers, Brunswick County, Virginia, describing Revolutionary War events; 1786 letter to now wife Sarah containing family news. Later associated items relate to the weaving interests of Louisa Tate Bousman.

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

Student Organizations

Scrapbook chronicling Gamma Sigma Sigma activities and events of 1970.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - E.A. Diddle, 1964-1970, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding E.A. Diddle's career between 1964 and 1970.

Ua68/6/1 Zephyrus, Western Kentucky University

Student Creative Writing

The fine arts magazine of Western Kentucky University at Bowling Green.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1970, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1970 nursing class: Joyce Allen, Mary Belcher, Judy Booth, Kathy Bowling, Charleye Bruce, Donna Carroll, Marie Curry, Kathryn Davis, Carol Edwards, Sharon Embrey, Jennifer English, Marilyn Ferguson, Susan Flatt, Ruth Freels, Jane Frost, Sandy Fulkerson, Sharon Graham, Sherry Harper, Teresa Haskins, Donna Hayes, Judith Hayes, Donald Irwin, Bonnie Jackson, Patricia Keltner, Diana Laffoon, Ginger Lally, Anna Lewis, Benita Lynch, Linda Mason, David Morris, Joan Mudgett, Margot O'Brien, Sammy Oldham, Kathy Pike, Pat Pinder, Helen Powell, Mary Priddy, Mary Quinn, Marilyn Reever, Charlotte Reeves, Michael Rush, Pearl Satterfield, Donna Schupp, Annetta Shelton, Toni Thomas, Sandra Thompson, Barbara Wagoner, …

Ua3/9/4 Scrapbook I, Wku President's Office - Downing

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook regarding WKU administration, history, faculty, staff and students for period June 1969 through July 1970 compiled by the president's office. Of particular interest are obituaries of E.A. Diddle, Gordon Wilson, Gabrielle Robertson as well as Strike Western and the Vietnam Moratorium.

Ua62/7 Archaeological Survey & Testing Of Section 3, Interstate Highway 24, Kentucky, Jack Schock, James Wyss

WKU Administration Documents

Occasional Papers in Anthropology, No. 1 archaeological survey of I-24 by WKU Sociology & Anthropology

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

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

1970 Ray Family Papers, Department Of Library Special Collections

Ray Family Papers

No abstract provided.

Pearce, James Anderson, 1777-1825 (Sc 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1365. Letter, 6 August 1813, written by James A. Pearce, Louisville, Kentucky, to Armistead Morehead, Russellville, Kentucky, regarding land that Pearce had sold to the South Union Shaker Society in Logan County, Kentucky. Also data from Shaker Record "A" and a local history about this transaction.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1970 Part 1, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1970 Part 2, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua37/5/6 Coach E.A. Diddle Memorial Service, Western Kentucky University

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Brief memorial service held for Coach E.A. Diddle by the student body of Western Kentucky University. An unidentified man makes the introduction of Dero Downing who makes a few remarks and a Miss Martin who sings the national anthem.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student and teacher interactions.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Tucker, Bruce. No Cases Reported of Discrimination
• Regents Announce Promotions; Paul Cook Named to Assist Dero Downing
• E.A. Diddle Improving
• Harris, Mike. Dero Downing Takes Negative View of Superboard
• Vacation Begins Friday for Most
• University Involvement Needed in Housing Cases
• Nixon’s Troop Cuts
• Christmas Comes, Goes but Poverty Remains
• Fuller, Thomas. Would Retain College High
• Barlow, Sharon. Enough on Dixie
• Huff, Gary. Wants Busses
• Lyne, John. Faculty Pressured to Avoid Students?
• 269 Needed from Pool for Draft Next Month
• Christmas Party Scheduled Today – Panhellenic …