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Harris, George Dewitt, 1876-1918 (Sc 1032), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1032. Chiefly letters and documents related to the World War I service of George DeWitt Harris, a Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, native. Includes eight letters written to him by his father, mother, and siblings before his death in France. Also includes four 1899 reference letters from his law professors at the University of Michigan, and a business card from his time as an attorney in St. Louis.

Spurlock, Christy Leigh, B. 1963 (Mss 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 451. Paper titled “White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green, KY” written by Christy Leigh Spurlock for a Western Kentucky University history department independent study project. Includes research materials such as maps, deeds, photos, and transcriptions of interviews with former quarry employees and their family members.

Fox Family Papers, 1918-1986 (Mss 459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 459. Chiefly military personnel records of Arthur Smith Fox, Hopkins County, Kentucky. Also includes information related to Mr. Fox’s father-in-law, William Bugg Kerr, and brief genealogical information about the Bowman Coffelt, and Hope families.

Hodge, Iris, B. 1947 (Sc 1027), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1027. Paper titled “A History of Longview Methodist Church in Hardin County, Kentucky,” written by Iris Hodge for a Western Kentucky University history class.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Williams, Joanna. Student Looks for Children of Immigrants to Be Able to Carry Flag During Graduation – Valeria Carlin, Commencement
• Koch, Cameron. Campus Feels Katie Autry Murder Effects After a Decade
• Burton, Kristina. Z Is for Zen – Yoga
• Holloway, Kaely. WKU Prepares to Move Forward on Upcoming Building Project – Honors College & International Center
• Grogg, Mitchell. City Commission Rezones WKU Land, Discusses Plans for Future Bike Path – Student Life Foundation
• And the Award Goes to . . . Marsupial Awards
• Harrison, Taylor. One of WKU’s Lawsuits …

Coombs, Elizabeth Robertson, 1893-1988 (Sc 2708), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2708. Handwritten memorandum and notes of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs relating to Emanie (Nahm) Sachs and her 1960 book A Pot With Feeling: Flower Paintings, With a Short Autobiography. Coombs compares the paintings in the book unfavorably with those of another local artist, and remarks critically on Emanie’s personality and motivation.

Talbott, John Daniel, 1883-1950 (Sc 2707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2707. Letter, 27 October 1939, from J. Dan Talbott to “All Employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” with lists of duties to be performed before and on Election Day, 7 November, including letter-writing, personal contacts, providing transportation to the polls, and handing out sample ballots. The letter urges every employee to “do his duty” to ensure election of the Democratic ticket in the state.

Smith, Elizabeth, 1824-1920 (Sc 2706), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2706. Mimeographed copy (no. 30 of an edition of 55) of “Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith as Seen by a Daughter,” a memorial sketch written for Bishop Alfred Lee of Delaware by Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith. Includes annotations by Eugene Hester Thompson, Jr. with additional family and biographical information.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Loyalty Oaths (Sc 2705), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2705. Blank oath of allegiance and United States bond, to be sworn by residents of Warren County, Kentucky.

When God Dies: Deconversion From Theism As Analogous To The Experience Of Death, William David Simpson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis, I explore the psychological and experiential aspects of the shift from a supernatural theistic worldview (specifically born-again Christianity) to a
philosophically naturalistic and atheistic worldview in the context of the religious
landscape in the U.S. I posit that certain features of this transition, which is known as "deconversion,” can be thought of as potentially analogous, both psychologically and subjectively, to the experience of another's death as an objective environmental change. I provide anthropological and psychological evidence that believers often experience the God of born-again Christianity as an independently existing and active agent in the world. The similarities …

Clockwork Heroines: Female Characters In Steampunk Literature, Cassie N. Bergman

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Steampunk is a progressive literary genre that evokes, imitates, and re-imagines the nineteenth century and favors the Industrial Revolution ideals of science and technology. In a historical framework, it mixes nineteenth-century conventions and retrofuturistic machinery with science fiction and fantasy elements. Steampunk authors are able to radically redefine socio-cultural implications that affect both past and contemporary societies. The following study explores the multitude of characteristics that define Steampunk literature as an interdisciplinary study. Chapter 1 explores the definitions and literary genres that construct Steampunk and includes a brief literary history of Steampunk works. Chapter 2 focuses on Cherie Priest’s novel …

Tabor, Sharon - Collector (Sc 2704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of contents (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2704. Calendar of events, historic walking tour information, and Pioneer Cemetery Lantern Tour scripts and supporting research, all relating to Civil War Sesquicentennial commemorations in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes information on Civil War-era burials in Pioneer Cemetery.

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter (May 2013), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green Civil War Round Table Newsletter

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Notes, Phrases, And Clauses: An Examination Of Identity In Music Focused Conversation, Bryan Cannon

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Music is everywhere. From formal occasions to a person’s morning run. Music is available on cell phones, computers, in religious ceremonies, at concerts and venues. Music is seen by society to be important and a person’s choice of music can be used to present an identity. The question considered in this article is how people talk about music and how they present identity through their discussion. The current study examines eight focus groups of three actors instructed to simply talk about music. The discussions were recorded and analyzed in a conversation analytic style to identify the structures of the conversations …

Went Off To The Shakers: The First Converts Of South Union, William R. Black

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In 1807 the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (Shakers)
established a society near the Gasper River in Logan County, Kentucky. The society was soon named South Union, and it lasted until 1922, the longest-lasting Shaker community west of the Appalachians. Most of the first Shaker converts in Logan County had only a few years beforehand participated in a series of evangelical Presbyterian camp meetings known collectively as the Kentucky Revival, the Revival of 1800, or the Great Revival.Though Presbyterian revivalism and Shakerism shared certain characteristics (particularl millennialism and enthusiastic forms of worship), there were many differences between …

Star Spangled Saints: Ritual Practices That Legitimate War And Violence In The American Church, Terry Dewayne Shoemaker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The objective of this research is to analyze the ways in which the conservative,
American church has been ideologically and ritualistically shaped by an imperial culture enamored with war, the military, and violence; and how those positions and practices, in effect, legitimate war and the military. While many authors have surveyed historical Christian positions regarding war and the current nationalistic tendencies of conservative Christians, little research has been conducted to assess the effects of violence, nationalism, patriotism, and military enchantment on Christian rituals, practices, and ethos. Within this research, I argue that contemporary, conservative Christians have surpassed previously held nuanced …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Harrison, Taylor. Regents OK Land Purchase, Discuss Council on Postsecondary Education’s Tuition Decision
• Pratt, Elliott. Three WKU Players Sign with NFL Teams – Quanterus Smith, Jack Doyle, Adam Smith
• French, Jackson. Phase One of Downing University Center Renovations to be Complete by the Fall Semester
• Reinfelde, Monta. Dress for Success – Fashion
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Student Not Allowed to Carry Flag
• WKU Should Open Its Arms Wider to International Heritage – Commencement
• People Poll: Do You Think International Students Are Well Represented at WKU?
• WKU Celebrates Sustainability on …

Evans Family Papers (Sc 1022), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1022. Letters, 1890-1892 (3), to Sallie (Barclay) Evans, Bowling Green, Kentucky from husband John W. Evans, and items related to his estate. Also included are letters, 1937-1946 (13), confirming charge accounts for the Evans’ daughter, Annie May (Evans) Ervin, photographs of the Ervin family’s servants, and related items.

Noe, James Thomas Cotton, 1864-1953 (Sc 1021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1021. Published copy of James Thomas Cotton Noe’s poem, “Tip Sams of Kentucky, Patriot,” with added comments by Noe. Noe was honored as a Poet Laureate of Kentucky.

Martin, Lanna Gayle, B. 1961 (Sc 1023), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1023. Paper titled “Sadie F. Price: Artist, Botanist, Author, and Naturalist,” written by Lanna Gayle Martin for a Western Kentucky University class.

Dumarey?, J. R. (Sc 1017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan of transcription (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1017. Civil War letter written by J. R. DuMarey?, Lexington, Kentucky, to his father in Delta (Fulton County, Ohio), relating camp news. Mentions an owner reclaiming his enslaved African American who had been working for one of the army captains.

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Letters (Sc 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1020. Letters, 1990-1991 (5), written by two soldiers serving in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, to Lewis and Selma Dickinson, Glasgow, Kentucky. Everyday war activities are discussed with emphasis on weather, food, and an Easter religious service.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Boyd, Kayla. Y Is for Yuck – WKU Farm, Agriculture
• Matchen, Quiche. Earth Day Festival to Encourage Being Green – Sustainability, GreenToppers
• Holloway, Kaely. Chinese Tea Ceremony Brings Culture to Campus – Chinese Club
• Grogg, Mitchell. Students Give Blood During Greek Week – Blood Drives
• Pait, Ryan. Veep is Parks & Recreation Painted Black – Television
• Hunley, Tom. WKU Needs to Prioritize – Construction, Tuition
• Stukenborg, Sarah. Rejection Against Annual Increase Sets Precedent for Future Automatic Fees – Student Government Association
• Prochazka, Tyler. Students Build Structures Out of Canned …

Marquess, Kathleen Caroline (Perkins), 1895-1973 (Sc 1018), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1018. Booklet (39 pages) of poems and brief prose, Moments of Gladness, Madness and Sadness, published by Kathleen Caroline Perkins Marquess, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She records comments about many of her writings and includes letter written to Allan Trout, 1961. In letter she discusses the details of getting the booklet published.

Artists In Residence - Boyd County (Fa 611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 611. Project conducted in Boyd County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in a county elementary school. Project coordinator Julia Morgan interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards she made presentations in schools about the information she collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.

J. W. Cardwell & Company (Sc 2702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2702. Blank agreements for the services of J.W. Cardwell & Company to procure contracts and make out claims of sundry persons for slaves in the military service of the United States. Includes the terms of compensation. One agreement is undated; the other is dated 1865 and references claims to be made in Warren County, Kentucky.

Civil War, 1861-1965 - Military Service (Sc 2703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2703. Circuit judge’s order, affidavit and statement relating to applications for discharge or exemption from military service in the U. S. Army. An underaged apprentice is discharged for enlisting without the consent of his master, one of three sons seeks exemption to care for aged parents, and an unnamed officer seeks a discharge due to poor health.

Morgan, John Hunt, 1826-1864 - Relating To, 1863 (Sc 1019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1019. Special Order Number 44, signed by Major General Wheeler, Confederate States of America Cavalry, 8^th Regiment, near Shelbyville, Tennessee, detailing plans for Morgan to proceed to Kentucky with a force of 2,000 in an attempt to destroy the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and supplies. Impressment authorization is granted to Captain McCarthy and assistants

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Cochran, Benjamin F. (Lg 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 439. Original land grant, 17 August 1836, by which James T. Morehead, Lieutenant and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Benjamin F. Cochran 160 acres west of the Tennessee River (now part of Graves County).

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Parker, Jacob. Greek Week Begins with Spring Sing – Fraternities and Sororities
• Harrison, Taylor. Board of Regents to Discuss Council of Postsecondary Education’s 3 Percent Cap on Tuition Increases
• Koch, Cameron. Faculty, Administration Disappointed Over Tuition Decision – Budget
• French, Jackson. Big Red Bikes Gets State Grant for Expansion
• French, Jackson. Gary Ransdell’s Office Could Potentially Move to Old Alumni Center – Craig Alumni Center
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Shopping for Tuition Rates
• Some Students Might Unfairly Shoulder the Budget Burden – Tuition
• People Poll: Do You …