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Cunningham, Joe Wilson, 1945-2010 (Sc 1907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1907. Handmade Mother's Day card, 2 May 1968, and humorous printed "Notice of Return" letter, 24 October 1968, from Joe Wilson Cunningham, then serving in Vietnam, to Aileen McCormack Gregory in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Railsback, John H., 1850-1931 (Sc 1910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1910. Letter, 28 May 1919, sent from John H. Railsback, Logansport, Indiana to the stockholders of the Cromer Oil, Gas, Drilling and Refining Company, Caney, Morgan County, Kentucky, requesting that they purchase more stock.

Breeding, John Will, 1927-2001 - Collector (Sc 1902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1902. Letters sent to John W. Breeding, Rineyville, Kentucky from his brother Verlin Breeding and friend Walter D. Large describing military life in World War II; also letters from Breeding explaining the donation.

Combs, Bertram Thomas, 1911-1991 (Sc 1905), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1905. Cover of the 1962-1964 Kentucky Executive Budget bearing the signature of Governor Bert Combs.

Recipes (Fa 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 431. colletion of recipes, chiefly from the Pennyrile area of Western Kentucky.

Ua35/11 Arête May 2009, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hale, Marianne. Western Sees Fewer Donations – Fund Raising
• Ulber, Emily. New Software to Monitor Energy Use – Sustainability, Lucid Design Group
• Moore, Josh. House Aids Students with Families – Bowling Green Scholar House
• Stewart, Collen, Angela Oliver & Magen McCrarey. Local Businesses Prosper in Recession – Greener Groundz, Great American Donut Shop, Little Caesars, Aladdin’s Lamp
• Bennett, Emily. A Thousand Words – Kiara Whitney, Jay Eleazer, Bowling Green Hot Rods
• Barczak, Mary. Student Government Association Executives Veto Bill Despite Senate Support
• Brandenburg, Katie. Health Services Prepares for …

Ua12/2/1 24 Hours, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special 24 hours at WKU photojournalism edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Abby Seifert – Agriculture, University Farm
• Johnathon Hill – Bristow Elementary School
• Cynthia George / Douglas Price – CPR Training
• Timothy Payne / Christina Moore
• Mike Tonini – Tug of War, Sigma Nu, Greek Week
• Keilah Hatcher – Tug of War, Chi Omega, Greek Week
• John Cline – Music
• Charlotte Smith – Music
• Cory Gearlds – Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Abdullah Al Wosaifer / Hani Alomare / Khaled Alturkey – International Students
• Greg Capillo / JP Mayer / Emily Gilespie / Rebecca Katz – Parties
• Nate Hovee / Gary …

Briley, Aimee (Fa 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 435. Documentary film (on DVD) about Jonesville, Kentucky, an African American community that was absorbed by Western Kentucky University via urban renewal, produced by Aimee Briley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 - Collector (Sc 1891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1891. Typescript of a 1924 news clipping about the Smiths Grove Baptist Church and a holographic listing of information related to churches in Bowling Green and Warren County.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Barczak, Mary. PETA Flushes Goldfish Party – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Delta Tau Delta
• Hale, Marianne. Add/Drop Fee Increased to $50 for Fall
• Moore, Josh. Movin’ On Up – Robin Rathje, Kevin Utt, Housing & Resident Life, Dormitories
• Moore, Josh. Ecofriendly Advocates Meet for Sustainability Conference
• Hale, Marianne. Regents Approve Salary Increases
• Claybourn, Cole. Rotaract Club to Send Shoes Overseas – Africa
• Howerton, Christina. Professor Named Fulbright Scholar – John All
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Provost Barbara Burch & Budget
• Approving Salary Increases for …

Hardcastle, Mildred (Tucker), 1894-1994 (Sc 1899), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1899. Index to records of the Johnson Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1945-1957, compiled by Hardcastle.

Kerchmar, Cynthia S. (Fa 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 407. Paper: "collection of Folklore Ads in Housekeeping and Business Magazines[:] Collecting Between 9/92 and 11/92" written by Cynthia S. Kerchmar for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Kozma, Luanne Gaykowski (Fa 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 409. Paper: "The Buried Lens: Historical Examination of an Illinois Local Legend" written by LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Hughes, Debra (Fa 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 403. Interviews conducted by Debra Hughes with Neta Hughes, Arthur D. Hughes, Leiah Drake and Joe D. Patton, Sr. related to one-room and rural schools. For transcripts of four interviews with one-room school teachers click on the "Additional Files" below.

Hansen, Gregory Alfred (Fa 396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text of paper (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 396. Paper: "[Nautilus Center at Lovers Lane Racquetball Club]" written by Gregory Alfred Hansen for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 412. Paper: "Hazel Famer Martin and the Farmer Family Gospel Music Tradition" written by Kelly A. Lally for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Swigert, Anne Howe, 1825-1845 - Letter To (Sc 1892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1892. Letter, 22 September 1840, from "Nannie," Paris, Kentucky, to her classmate Anne Swigert, telling of her vacation, her reading materials, and general gossip about her classmates.

Law, Robert Cornwell, B. 1937 (Sc 1894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1894. Genealogical material compiled by Robert C. Law related to the Helm family; also includes Bible records for the Carson and McAllister families (Click on "Additional Files" below for scans) and information about the McReynolds Cemetery in Christian County, Kentucky.

Hancock, Elizabeth Ann (Moore), 1924-2019 (Sc 1900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1900. Letters and portions of letters written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky to her daughter Elizabeth, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Includes references to her family and friends, her daily life, and her writing habits.

Oakland Christian Church - Oakland, Kentucky (Sc 1890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1890. Abstracted sections from church minutes, 1840-1888, and a list of members from 1835-1908 compiled by Mildred (Tucker) Hardcastle; also a commemorative history, 1974.

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Churches - Presbyterian (Sc 1893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1893. A typed list of members of Bowling Green's Presbyterian Church from 1819 to 1888; includes membership, baptisms, ordinations, dismissals, etc.

Hawkins, Jeff (Sc 1898), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1898. Newsletters from Jeff and Lou Ann Hawkins concerning their ministry in eastern Kentucky at Cody Bible Church, Viper, Perry County, Kentucky, and Twin Rocks Bible Camp, Red Fox, Knott County, Kentucky.

Faulkner The Humanist: How His Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Changed How We Interpret "Barn Burning", Jessie L. Magee

Student Research Conference Select Presentations

No abstract provided.

Protecting Walden Pond: A Step Towards Defending Ordinary Nature In The United States, Jessie L. Magee

Student Research Conference Select Presentations

No abstract provided.

Bush, Brendan David (Fa 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 175. Paper: "Millennium Virus," written by Brendan David Bush for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The Washington Post and the New York Times are referenced.

Forgy, Samuel Walton, 1866-1927 (Mss 254), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 254. Correspondence related to the legal career of Forgy, of Todd County, Kentucky, as well as to his personal business dealings. Includes political correspondence related to Kentucky’s 1915 governor’s race.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hale, Marianne. Student Government Association Negotiates Change to $30 Student Fee Proposal
• McCrarey, Magen. Movie Theaters Provide Temporary Relief – Economics
• Ulber, Emily. Landlords Look for Innovative Ways o Attract, Entice Student Tenants – Economics
• McLaughlin, Ariana. A Thousand Words – Spoon Man, Panhandling
• Moore, Josh. Sustainability Contest Winners Announced – Ryan McPeak, Chase Goff, Tom Cannon, Beth Meyer
• Domestic Partners Deserve Benefits Too – Health Insurance
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Vandalized Sculptures
• Gilley, Regan & Kevin Smiley. Student Government Association Works to Answer Students’ Concerns
• Schwab, …

White, Vernon, 1915-2008 (Mss 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 255. Correspondence, research notes, slides, and photographs related to Vernon White's interests: covered bridges, hominy holes, archaeology, and grave covers, chiefly in Kentucky. Also includes drafts of his books and information about the White family of White Mills, Hardin County, Kentucky as well as information about White's participation in World War II. To view a selection of illustrative material from the White Collection go to this website: http://www.wku.edu/library/dlsc/vernonwhite.php

Campbell, D'Ann, B. 1949 (Sc 1928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1928. Letter to friends from D'Ann Campbell and her husband, Richard Jensen, concerning their family's move to West Point where they both are teaching for the year.