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Ua94/6/2/14 Domestic Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Domestic Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis regarding crocheting and embroidery. Includes samples of work created by Reis and patterns for underwear and sleeves.

Ua1c3 Class Of 1913, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Unidentified portraits of the Class of 1913. If you can identify a photograph contact [email protected].

Flower - Red Clover

Colors - Green & Gold

Motto - Initia Maioruum Rerum

Officers J. Leslie Miller, president; Catherine Braun, secretary; Finley Grise, treasurer

Class Yell Wi-nip, Wi-nap, Wi-nop! Ki-lip, Ki-lap, Ki-lop Schago, Shiggo, Scheen Nizzam plus our Dean Seniors of '13!!!

Anna Adams, Ruby Alexander, Garnett Barnes, Sue Ellen Barnhill, Thurman Barton, Bessie Beck, Mrs. Blackman, Catherine Braun, Paul Chandler, Kate Clagett, Susan Cullom, Anna Lee Davis, Nettie Drane, Jake Farris, Ermine Gooch, Finley Grise, Eliza Hale, Kathryne Hawthorne, Jenny Lind Hodges, Woodfin …

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook regarding education & politics for 1911-1912 created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Child's Value 139
• A Cure for Lawlessness, Elizabethtown News 89
• A 'Practical' Education 137
• Address & Resolutions to be Presented to State-Wide Rural School Conference, March 29, 1911 18
• All Round Efficiency 4
• Beckman, F.W. A Cry from Macedonia for Teachers of Agriculture . . . 58
• Behind the School 3
• Beveridge's Eloquent Plea for Cause of Humanity 145
• Campbell, James Jr. Commission Form of Government 85
• Child Labor a National …

Ua1c Class Of 1912, Wku Archives

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Unidentified portraits of the Class of 1912. Contact [email protected] if you can identify anyone.

The members of the Class of 1912 were: Evart Bratcher, Mary Browning, Della Combest, Mary Crutcher, Rose Ditto, Lena Dulaney, Hollie Finn, E.E. Gardner, Mary Grath, B.C. Gibson, Gertrude Grimsey, Katherine Hawthorne, Avis Hinds, Howard Likens, ? London,Harvey Loy, Arleen Mannix, Mary McDaniel, Elsie McGinnis, Willie Meguiar, B.H. Mitchell, D.P. Morris, Lottie Payne, Susanna Pickering, S.C. Ray, Lula Rigsby, Gabie Robertson, Verna Robertson, Oscar Shemwell, Mabel Squire, Salee Summers, Opal Taylor, Annie Turner, Pearl Turner, George Wells and John Wortham.

Ua11/1 On Normal Heights, Wku Public Affairs

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Promotional picture booklet of Western Kentucky University which includes images of the major buildings, students working on campus, faculty, Mammoth Cave, Barren River and student body.

Ua94/6/2/14 Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis. Notes and drawings of experiments proving basic scientific principles about magnetic fields.

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

Herman Donovan's Registration & Transcript, Wku Registrar

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Registration form and transcript of Herman Donovan the first student to register at WKU. He went on to be president of Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky.

Ua3/1/4 Oratorio, Henry Cherry

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Henry Cherry's appeal to students and others to attend the upcoming Oratorio in support of WKU and Bowling Green.

Ua3/1/5/3 Will You Help? / Catechism, Western Kentucky University, Henry Cherry

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Broadside printed to raise funds for construction of Western Kentucky University. Obverse is the Plan for the Campus of the State Normal School in the Western District of Kentucky at Bowling Green by Henry Wright. Reverse is "Catechism" by Henry Cherry which was read at the first chapel exercises February 6, 1911.

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter written to Henry Cherry by Nettie Depp from Scottsville, Kentucky, Dec. 11, 1910. Transcript:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

As a matter of course I am egotistical enough to think that you would like to hear from me occasionally.

School here is progressing nicely though the school board is financially embarressed [sic] at present. You know they began the school with only a twenty cent tax and now they begin to realize that they will have to do something in order to meet the growing demands of the school.

They have called a meeting …

Ua25 Lease To Kentucky Board Of Health, Wku Finance & Administration

WKU Administration Documents

Contract between WKU and the Kentucky Board of Health to lease rooms in Recitation Hall for four years.

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry from Glasgow, Kentucky, August 20, 1910. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry,

I have been wating [sic] to know for certain just what I was to do. I go to Scottsville next week. I have charge of the 7th and 8th grades and two higher classes at $65.00 per month. This is not the work I wanted to do nor is it the price I wanted to work for, still I think it the best I can do this year and I shall go and do …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

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Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry dated July 28, 1910 from Glasgow, Ky. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear sir:

Your letter to hand and I have made the application for the school. I sincerely thank you for all you have done for me and only hope that I may be able in some way to repay you.

I have not been at home long enough to visit any schools but hope to do so soon.

Yours for success

Nettie B. Depp

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Eastern Kentucky University, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Box 1 Folder 7 of President Henry Cherry’s Correspondence, General File regarding the relationship between WKU and Eastern Kentucky University. This file is comprised entirely of letters, the majority from EKU’s president Ruric Roark.

• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 1/25/1907 – congratulations on creation of WKU, questions about curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/3/1907 – Kentucky Education Association resolution re: diplomas
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/7/1907 – appropriations for EKU
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/24/1907 – curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 7/25/1907 – diplomas …

Ua94/6/2/14 Physiography Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Physiography notebook kept by student Annie Reis in 1910. Notebook includes notes and drawings related to physical geography such as solar systems, rivers, faults, weather and glaciers.

Ua1c1/71 Wku Campus View, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus view showing Recitation Hall, Cabell Hall and Van Meter Hall.

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence regarding proposed constitution of the Central Oratorical League consisting of Indiana State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Ohio University. William Craig was appointed a committee of one to study the viability of WKU's participation. Includes program for oratorical contest held May 27, 1910 in Van Meter Hall.

Ua1c3 Class Of 1910, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Portraits of the Class of 1910.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• New Site for the State Normal
• What Prominent Men Think About the New Site for the Western Kentucky State Normal
• No Contagious Disease in Bowling Green
• The Summer School
• Texts Used in Normal
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Educational Reform in Kentucky
• The Spring & Summer Terms

Ua1c4/5/327 Warren County Students, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Composite photograph of the Warren County students enrolled at WKU in 1909. Top center is A.J. Boatright, middle center is Henry Cherry, bottom center is Emery White. The photo was made by Cayce Photo. If you recognize this photo and can help identify the people in it, please send feedback to [email protected].

Ua45/1/1 First Life Certificate Graduate, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Broadside about Flora Stallard, the first life certificate graduate.

Ua1c3 Class Of 1908, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Portraits of members of the Class of 1908: William E. Bohannon, Frank Cooper, Herman Donovan, Verbal McMullan, Nancy McNeal, Wylle McNeal, Betsey Madison, B.W. Sherrill, Flora Stallard, Nellie Stuart, Anna Proctor, Roy Tuck, and Herman West.

Ua1a Kentucky Statutes Chapter 102, Kentucky General Assembly

WKU Administration Documents

Chapter 102 An Act to establish a system of State normal schools in Kentucky; to create a board of regents for the general management thereof; to create a normal executive council, which shall determine the requirements for admission and graduation and the courses of study for the said schools; to create a commission which shall determine the location of said schools, and to appropriate funds for their maintenance.

Western Kentucky State Normal School and Eastern Kentucky State Normal School were created by this legislation.

Ua3/1/3 Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created by Southern Normal School president Henry Cherry regarding anti-cigarette league, manufacturing in the South and education.

• A Beautiful Thought, p. 63
• A Divided Heart, Hosea 10:2, p. 63
• A Fickle Life, p. 42
• Anti-Cigarette League, p. 49
• As a Beacon Light – Vitae-ore, p. 89
• Awarding Business College Diplomas, p. 47
• Awarding November College Diplomas, p. 37
• Be Ready Pa, p. 2
• Bogus Advertising, p. 60
• Brilliant Sayings of Robert Ingersoll, p. 71
• Capital Turning to the South, p. 85
• Carnegie, Andrew, p. 65
• Charge to the Pastor, p. 64
• Cherry, Henry. The Balancing Pole, p. 253
• Cigarette …

Ua3/1/4 Speeches & Ideas Book, Henry Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Notebook created by Henry Cherry entitled Talks Made at Morning Exercises. It contains handwritten speeches, clippings of sermons, poetry, cartoons and illustrations. Many pages were blank, those pages were not digitized. Page numbers match pdf file.

• A Dream Dreamed Over 37
• A Proposition from Epictetus 58
• A Railroad Man’s Prayer 2
• A Scientific Demonstration 54
• A Valuable Reminder, Ram’s Horn, nd 90
• A Vision, np, nd 37
• A Wasted Life 55
• An Important Question, Ram’s Horn, nd 86
• Bab’s Liberal Sermon – Worship in Church & In Green Fields Compared, np, 7/30/1896 7
• Baptist & Reflector, Vol. X, No. 9, …