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Backwards In High Heels: Examining The Careers And Artistic Contributions Of Fred Astaire’S Female Dance Partners, Fiona Mowbray

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This project examines the careers and contributions of three of Fred Astaire’s female dancing partners during the golden age of movie musicals: Ginger Rogers, Vera-Ellen, and Cyd Charisse. These women receive less recognition than their male co-star, due in part to the political and social environment from the 1930s to the 1950s in America, sexism and competition within Hollywood, and personal obstacles. Rogers, Vera-Ellen, and Charisse are all important as individual performers as well as for the part they played in enhancing Astaire’s legacy. My goal is to bring these women back into the musical theatre narrative in a compact …

Ua3/9/7 Message, Wku President's Office - Ransdell, Wku Philosophy & Religion

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff regarding anti-Muslim sentiments. Includes messages from Eric Bain-Selbo and Lhousseine Guerwane.

Elliott Carter’S March: An Applicable Analysis, Troy W. Palmer

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis, in summation, can be divided into two parts. The first half focuses on the story of Eight Pieces for Four Timpani, composed by Elliott Carter and published in 1968. Both its compositional and performance history are addressed. The compositional history starts with the writing of the first version of Carter’s music, Six Pieces for Kettledrums, written in 1950; next, the revision process is addressed, including the actual revisions seen in March. The performance history consists of a study done to determine which piece from the Eight Pieces is the most performed piece; to the author’s …

Bath County, Kentucky - Letters (Sc 2958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2958. Correspondence of two related Bath County, Kentucky families. A lonesome Sarah L. Boyd writes to her mother, Elizabeth A. “Lizzie” Rogers, from boarding school in Fleming County, Kentucky in 1865, where she discusses having her photograph taken, “hateful” schoolmates, and provisions from her family of clothing, whiskey and bitters. In the 1880s, Ida Lee Bell receives letters from cousins, friends and suitors with family news and local gossip. One of her letters voices disapproval of young men who drink when calling on ladies. The letters mention many family members by first name.

Elections And Election Campaigns - Gallatin County, Kentucky (Sc 2960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2960. Certification of vote results in an election in Gallatin County, Kentucky on 3 November 1868 for electors for President and Vice President of the United States and for Member of Congress for Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District. Includes names and the number of votes received.

Gnau, Ferdinand A., 1886-1971 (Sc 2959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2959. Letter, 12 February 1926, of Ferdinand A. Gnau, 52nd District Representative in the Kentucky House of Representatives, to George E. Finch, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He outlines the steps he has taken to settle Finch’s claim for payment for time worked at Bowling Green and denied by the District Commercial Superintendent. The envelope identifies Finch as a Western Union telegraph operator.

Sawyer, Charles W., 1887-1979 (Sc 2961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2961. “Barkley,” a narrative by Charles Sawyer describing his experiences as a delegate-at-large from Ohio to the 1952 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and particularly his efforts to promote the nomination for President of then-Vice President Alben W. Barkley. He includes an anecdote about attending the 1956 convention as an observer.

Smyth, Alexander (Sc 2957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2957. Letter, 1 October 1869, written from Marion County, Kentucky by Alexander Smyth to his brother “Bob.” He discusses a rendezvous with his brother and “Bill” after he sells some livestock to pay for his travel.

Roberts, Samuel F., B. 1823? (Sc 2956), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2956. Mortgage of a one-third interest in a steam sawmill in Lewis County, Kentucky, given by Samuel F. Roberts to Leonard B. Cox and James Bowman, his securities on a peace bond given to the Fleming County, Kentucky Circuit Court, and as security for a promissory note for the legal services of L.M. Cox and L.B. Cox.

Bale, Edward Lewis, 1824-1884 (Sc 2955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2955. Letter, 7 February 1848, written from Green County, Kentucky by Edward Lewis Bale to Edward Lewis Bale, his cousin of the same name, in Petersburg, Illinois. Bale describes recent weather and flood damage, Including destruction of the Aetna Forge, quotes farm prices, and mentions the formation of Taylor County from a portion of Green County. He also discusses a lawsuit between several named heirs over farmland devised under a grandfather’s will, and inquires about the willingness of family members to sell their interests as part …

Felts Log House (Mss 551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 551. Photos, transcripts, design plans, and education materials about the Felts Log House, a log structure originally built in Logan County, Kentucky, in the early nineteenth century and moved to the campus of Western Kentucky University in 1978. Contains a variety of worksheets for children, furnishing plans by WKU, and news clippings about the house. It also contains transcripts of interviews about the house from Felts descendants and Sam Watkins.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mayo, Marcel. Departments Lose Funding to Judicial Council Ruling – Student Government Association
• Student Government Association Chief Justice Resigns, Senator Not Censured – John Winstead, Kelsey Luttrell
• Sproles, Katherine. Refugee Families Encounter Food Struggles – Reh Family
• Sullivan, Tommy. Facilities Projects Near Completion – Construction
• Benkato, Leanora. Kentucky Legislature to Vote on Prohibiting Palcohol in 2016
• Profumo, Morgan. Create Healthy Habits to Do Your Best on Finals Week
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Big Red as Santa
• ‘Tis the Season: The College Heights Herald’s 2015 Christmas Presents
• Critchelow, Andrew. The …

Kerr, David Warren, 1922-1982 (Sc 2954), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2954. Letter of David Kerr, 14-16 November 1944, to Frances Ann Wade, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Writing from an undisclosed overseas location while serving in the armed forces, he describes his surroundings in general and his work on a painting detail. He also encloses a marksman’s medal (not included in this collection) and praises the athletic achievements of his hometown Ohio high school.

Howell Family (Sc 2953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2953. Farm ledger belonging to the Howell family of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes a letter, 26 April 1925, drafted in Alvaton, Kentucky, to Clarence Howell and family.

Nursing: The Career That Saves Lives [Career Paper], Maggie Flanagan

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

Ua94/6 Gemini 75 Memories, Bobbi Clark

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Bobbi (Battle) Clark's answers to questionnaire regarding WKU's Gemini jazz bands. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.

Sports Broadcasting News Analysis [Career Paper], Jefferson Sanders

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

How To Start A Movement: Ted Talk Annotated Resource List, Daulton Cowan

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

Ua1c11/57 Fall Graduation Photos, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Unidentified photos of the fall Nursing graduation. Includes images of Gary Ransdell and David Lee.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. WKU Seeks Alternative to Noncredit Courses
• Davis, Sydney. Colleagues, Students Reflect on Life of Long-time History Professor – Jack Thacker
• Kast, Monica. Hoverboards Included in WKU Recreational Mobility Policy
• Wright, Samantha. WKU Receives Award for Treatment of Military Students, Veterans – Military Services
• Wright, Samantha. New Advanced Manufacturing Program to Launch December 1 – WKU On Demand, Architectural & Manufacturing Sciences
• Kask, Emily. Live Free – Homeless
• Hardin, Scout. How to Dress This Holiday Season
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Go Tops – Football
• Pack the Houch: Football …

Ua12/2/1 Stress Busters, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special finals week edition of the College Heights Herald.

“Looking Skyward: An Analysis Of ‘Augress’ By Michael Shewmaker”, Lydia Anvar

Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture

No abstract provided.

"A Life And Death Dilemma", Christy Lester

Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture

No abstract provided.

“Son Of Man (Of Steel): Messianic Imagery In Zach Snyder’S Man Of Steel (2013)", Jordan Upton

Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture

No abstract provided.

Mills Family Letters (Sc 2952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2952. Letters to Edgar L. Mills, his wife Thelma Rose Mills and daughter Diana, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Thelma’s mother and sister write of general news and health problems, and Thelma’s brother Ray D. Brown writes of his work in Florida. Includes a postcard from Ray’s brother to his parents in Brandenburg, Kentucky.

Louisville And Nashville Railroad - Horse Cave, Kentucky (Sc 2951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2951. Correspondence, sketches, blueprints and drawings relating to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad depot at Horse Cave, Kentucky, the adjacent tracks, roads and properties, and licenses for use of railroad rights-of-way. Blueprints and drawings have been catalogued as AD 1515.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mayo, Marcel. Student Government Association Supports Vaccination Requirement
• Harney, Lashana. Friends Reflect on Time Spent With Shanece Sullvian – Suicide
• Sullivan, Tommy. Associate Vice President of Research Set to Retire – Blaine Ferrell
• Kast, Monica. University Libraries Prepare for New System
• Editorial Cartoon Pearce-Ford Tower Remembers Shanece Sullivan
• Winstead, John. Take Time to Grieve After This Week’s Events – Terrorism, Suicide
• Profumo, Morgan. Join the Fight to End Alzheimer’s Disease
• Moore, Brittiny. Former Professor to Present Memoir – Molly McCaffrey, Adoption
• Wright, Samantha. Building Blocks – Minecraft, Autism, Christina …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Henderson, Andrew. Students in Paris Discuss Friday Attacks, Aftermath – Charlie Hebdo Attack, Paris, France, 2015, Study Abroad, Terrorism
• Henderson, Andrew. Campus Police Arrest Student for Social Media Threat – Ryan Ashford, WKU Police, Terrorism
• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. Students Gather in Remembrance of Deceased Student – Shanece Sullivan, Suicide
• Austin, Emma. Community Members Rock for Renters’ Rights – WKU Student Coalition for Renters’ Rights
• Wright, Samantha. Hunger Banquet Seeks to Highlight the Problem of Global Poverty – Housing & Residence Life
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon Sexual Health
• Tops on Top …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Henderson, Andrew. Investigation Into Kappa Sigma Fraternity Chapter Ongoing
• Mayo, Marcel. Uproar from Dub the Pub Competition Continues – Topper Pub & Grill
• Lunsford, Matt. A Salute to Their Service Photospread – Veterans Day, Soldiers
• Henderson, Andrew. Art Guild Hosts Silent Art Auction
• French Film Festival to Enrich Students Culturally
• Bruce, Shelby. Literary Event Tonight to Engage Students – University Libraries
• Sullivan, Tommy. Students Host South African Luncheon
• Critchelow, Andrew. Great Albums Released by Kentuckians – Music Review
• Profumo, Morgan. Power Down Your Body to Power Up Your Brain …

Interview With Senida Husic (Fa 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcript of oral history interview with Senida Husic conducted by Kate Horigan on 11 November 2015 at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center as part of Western Kentucky University's 2017 International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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