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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Howerton, Christina. Iran In Reality – Kathy Boka
• Stewart, Colleen. Study: Web Classes Work – SRI International, Division of Extended & Outreach
• Wilson, Laurel. Where’s the Turkey? – Dining Services, Restaurants, Meal Plan
• Thirteen Students Assumed to Have Swine Flu – Influenza
• Harris, Shakia. Kevin Smiley Nominates Brother – Eric Smiley, Student Government Association, Nepotism
• Bilby, Tara & Spencer Jenkins. Back to the Beginning – Fall Semester
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Poor Morale Monster
• From the Bottom Up: Western’s Faculty Members Need a Serious Boost
• Baker-Jordan, Skylar. …

Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2019. Minute book of the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes some financial information and related correspondence.

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.

Evans, Walter, 1842-1923 (Sc 2018), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2018. Letters of Walter Evans, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to Robert Ludlow Fowler, a New York jurist and author.

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records, 1805-1865 (Sc 2017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2017. Stray court records, including wills, deeds, peace warrants, teacher's contract, and other miscellaneous documents from Warren County, Kentucky. Chiefly concerning the Isbell family of said county.

Gerard, Martha Jane (Buchanan), 1869-1962 (Sc 2008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2008. Correspondence and genealogical material relating to an alleged inheritance from the estate of William Buchanan, a cousin of President James Buchanan. Includes a press statement to claimants issued by New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt that the estate was fictitious and pursuing claims would be fruitless.

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 12, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

State Street Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2010. Monthly statement assessing amount due for "support of the Gospel," issued by State Street Methodist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky to Mrs. James A. Mitchell.

Warren County (Kentucky) Strawberry Growers' Association (Sc 2014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2014. Minute book, 1912-1915, by-laws, articles of incorporation, financial statements, and correspondence for the Association, as well as sundry receipts.

Ua35/11 Arête September 2009, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Field, Robert Willis, B. 1841? (Sc 2016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2016. Discharge and pension papers of Robert Willis Field, a native of Shelby County, Kentucky who served in several units during the Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Perryville. Includes correspondence to and from his attorneys.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wilson, Laurel. University to Transform Colonial Community – Apartments, Kat Wilson
• Wilson, Laurel. On-campus Housing Bursting at the Seams – Housing & Residence Life
• Waggoner, Tabitha. The Swine Flu & You: Campus Has Plan in Place – Influenza, Pandemics
• What’s New – College Heights Herald
• Slitz, Alex. A Thousand Words – Will Gilkey, Lois Long
• Stewart, Collen. Growth Prompts Campus Change
• Ulber, Emily. Gary Ransdell Focusing on Morale Issues – Faculty/Staff
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Overcrowding, Housing & Residence Life, Brian Kuster
• A Full House: Unique Solutions …

Bratcher, John W., 1834-1920 (Sc 2012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2012. Discharge and pension papers for John W. Bratcher, who served in Company H, 35th Regiment of Kentucky Mounted Infantry during the Civil War.

Carosella, Roland Michael, 1920-2005 (Sc 2015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2015. Letter from Roland M. Carosella, a U.S. Army private stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to his girlfriend, Marie Marzo, Buffalo, New York. He complains about a cancelled furlough and comments on mutual friends and Army life. Letter is on illustrated stationery that depicts scenes at Fort Knox. The envelope features an American flag with troops standing at attention.

Martin, Tom (Sc 2006), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2006. Chiefly deeds, leases, and mortgages for land near the corner of 10th and Center Streets in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky; includes a small survey map of the area done in 1945.

Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 2009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2009. Letter from Pauline Tabor Webster to David Helm, Bowling Green, Kentucky, postmarked 25 March 1991, with color photograph of Webster taken Christmas 1990. The letter refers to the upcoming birthdays of Webster and her sister, and compliments Helm's mother.

Schroeder, Ralph Louis, 1885-1976 (Sc 1971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1971. Letter, 14 February 1930, from Ralph Louis Schroeder, a physician, to Dorothy Blocher, Owensboro, Kentucky discussing details about automobiles and the furniture and equipment in his office. Also includes a brief biography of Schroeder.

Graham, Robert Duke, 1900-1984 (Sc 1972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1972. Specifications from Ingram and Ingram, Architects and Engineers (Louisville, Kentucky) for a new residence to be built for Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Graham, 1716 Normal Drive, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Logan, Leland Hallowell, 1905-1980 (Sc 1974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1974. Composition book containing thoughts and quotations kept by Leland Hallowell Logan, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He makes references to his father, U.S. Senator Marvel Mills Logan, his twenty-fifth birthday, and to his sweetheart.

Fuller, Don (Fa 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 464. Paper: "The Gathering" written by Don Fuller for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - City Council (Mss 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 276. Minute books of Bowling Green, Kentucky Board of Councilmen (1948-1967), Board of Aldermen (1952-1967), and Board of Commissioners (1967-1987).

Baird, Thomas Henry, 1933-2009 (Sc 2007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2007. Narratives written by Thomas Henry Baird, a Bowling Green, Kentucky physician, describing hunting trips to Mozambique and northern New Mexico, and fishing trips to Quetico Provincial Park in northern Ontario, Canada.

Reynolds, William Russell, Jr., 1878-1955 (Sc 2004), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2004. Letters, chiefly to William Russell Reynolds, Jr., Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky, in his role as an agent or "sovereign" for the Woodmen of the World.

Covert, Craig H., B. 1965 (Sc 1990), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1990. Correspondence of Craig H. Covert while serving in Iraq War from January to May 2004. As a member of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Close Protection Team based in Basra, Iraq, Covert provided protective support to CPA South Administrator Patrick M. Nixon.

Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 202. Project includes 22 interviews with African Americans concerning their lives as Taylor County, Kentucky residents. Interviews are on compact discs with interviewer's notes included. Topics discussed include: family life, when and why they live in Taylor County, childhood experiences, community involvement and personal opinions about Taylor County.

Center Baptist Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 274), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 274. Records of Center Baptist Church, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes minutes of congregational meetings and membership lists. Indexes of the records for 1810 to 1877 are included.

Polston, James T. (Sc 1952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1952. Letters (5) from James "Todd" Polston to his mother Janet Polston in Jamestown, Kentucky, while serving in the Persian Gulf War. Includes two copies of "Faithful and True Command Letter," the 4th Battalion 5th Field Artillery newsletter sent to military families.

Steele, Henry N., 1833-1865 (Sc 2309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2309. Diary kept by Confederate Henry N. Steele, a second lieutenant serving in the Warren Light Artillery, Warren County, Mississippi, from 17 August 1861 to 31 December 1861. Brief entries discuss troop movements and skirmishes in Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and especially southcentral Kentucky. He makes more in-depth comments about a skirmish at Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky on 17 December 1861.

Logan County, Kentucky - Red Cross (Sc 1957), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1957. Chiefly letters from U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan thanking the Logan County, Kentucky Red Cross for the items they provided that were distributed to military personnel stationed there.

Barlow Family Papers (Mss 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 259. Chiefly letters sent to Georgetown, Kentucky native James Edward Barlow, who was employed in the electrical engineering field. The letters are generally from friends inquiring about his work, health, and interests in electronics and photography. Also includes correspondence of his parents, Edward Calistis Barlow and Lily (Robertson) Barlow of Georgetown, Kentucky.