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Rediscovering Vaudeville: Influences On Film And Theatre, Audra Leigh Edwards

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The greatest thing that vaudeville contributed to the legitimate theatre and to films was talented artists. Many performers who became well known on the stage and screen began in vaudeville. It even occurred that performers with hardly any training at all had an opportunity to perform on vaudeville, and after some time became some of the best performers America has seen. Vaudeville is significant not only because it was an important part of American history in general, but also because it created and trained many artists for successful careers, particularly in film and radio. Without it, many famous and influential …

Exploring The Relationship Between Text And Dance: Seeking Music In Spoken Word, Anastasia Ellis

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

I assert that dance exists as more than a worthwhile ,inventive ,and ever-advancing art form; it also thrives as a language. The language of dance cannot say everything on its own, for body language is limited to the interpretive. Yet, speech carries limitations as well. Spoken language houses the potential for dishonesty and fails to encompass all that we notably call thought, seeing as the human mind can think in pictures and invent concepts that present themselves without labels. The two languages therefore have the opportunity to complete each other-an opportunity that I, as a dancer and choreographer, fully believe …

White Shadows: Perception And Imagination In Poetry, Madison Chartier

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

In the spring of my sophomore year, I enrolled in the introductory course to writing poetry here at Butler University. I am not naturally a poet, but I have an appreciation for reading poetry and, at the time of the course, was curious to try my hand at the craft, despite having had little experience prior to the collegiate level. As may be expected, I ran into obstacles.

I enjoyed playing with language in experiments of sound and rhythm, but, despite the vast array of assonance, consonance, enjambment, and every other technique I employed, the poems I created throughout the …

Crafting Industrial Manhood In The Manual Training Movement, 1876-1920, James Jonathan Rick

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Taking Flight, Nancy Dew Taylor

Ninety-Six Press

No abstract provided.

Amazing Grace: Messages On The Grace Of God As Manifested In The Soul's Salvation And Enrichment, George Whitefield Ridout

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.

56 | Gamla Iii: The Shmarya Gutmann Excavations 1976–1989: Finds And Studies, Part 1, Danny Syon

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

This volume is Part 1 of the publication of the finds from Gamla. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the history of Gamla and a background for the many rich finds. This first volume presents the finds related to the Jewish War and the coins, a prime chronological indicator. Part 2 (IAA Reports 59) presents the many other finds.

The Christ Of The Gospels, Henry Clay Morrison

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.

Confusión De Confusiones De Joseph Penso De La Vega (1650?-1692), Maria Del Carmen Artigas

Foreign Languages Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua1c2/42 Information Center Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Information Center.

Ua68/17/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Theatre & Dance Film/Video/Audio File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Recordings of Theatre & Dance performances.

Ua1c11/54 Nelson Graham Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs taken by Nelson Graham for Ivan Wilson's art class.

Ua1c11/56 George Page Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs taken by and of George Page.

Ua3/4/7 President's Office-Downing Personal Papers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Dero Downing.

Ua1c2/81 Career Planning & Placement Building Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Career Planning & Placement building.

Ua1c11/50 Leone Jones Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from Leone Jones scrapbook. Images of of Bowling Green Business University students and Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua1c11/47 Mae Pedigo Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from Mae Pedigo scrapbook of Rural Training School.

Ua1c11/61 Gary Ransdell Photo Collection, Wku Archives, Virginia Brothers, Aaron Shuford

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs pulled from WKU President Gary Ransdell's papers.

Ua1c11/66 Western Players / Summer Players Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs of Western Players and Summer Players productions, participants, and other activities.

Ua12/2/38 Congress Debating Club, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Congress Debating Club including minute books, programs, club constitution, and more.

Ua68/7/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Le Cercle Francais, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the French Club, known as Le Cercle Francais.

Ua68/7/2/4 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Gamma Sigma Alpha, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Eta Eta chapter of Gamma Sigma Alpha (Greek Honor Society).

Ua94/7/2 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Training School Mary Grise, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Mary Grise and collected by her during her years at College High. Mary participated in forensics, drama and music festivals hosted by Western Kentucky University and other organizations in Kentucky. She was elected as a delegate to the American Legion's Girl State and went on to represent Kentucky in Washington, D.C. at Girls Nation. The collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and papers related to all her college activities. Photographs have been removed to UA1C11.69 Mary Grise Photograph Collection.

Ua68/17/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Theatre & Dance Western Players / Summer Players, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Western Players theater group including the Summer Players.

Ua1c11/70 Talisman Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Transparencies created by Talisman photographers for publication in the yearbook.

Ua1c11/69 Mary Grise Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs removed from Mary Grise's College High scrapbooks.

Ua1c11/68 Romona Stinson Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs of College High reunions donated by Romona Stinson.

Ua37/37 Faculty Personal Papers Arndt Stickles, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Arndt Stickles, WKU History professor from 1908-1954. The collection includes articles, speeches, lecture notes and correspondence.

Ua3/8/1 President's Office-Meredith Correspondence / Subject File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence and subject files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU.

Ua1b3/5 Cherry Statue Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Cherry Statue Committee in the course of raising funds for and directing the creation of the Henry Cherry Statue by sculptor Lorado Taft. Records created include meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, financial records and dedication programs.