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January 18, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about the "glorious" scenery where she is staying. She writes of the mountains, streams, tall oak trees, and blossoms as the season changes from winter to spring.

Ua98/2 Grade Book, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Ledger book arranged alphabetically by student. Indicates year in school, class and examination grades, attendance, deportment and housekeeping of room.

• Amos, Lutie
• Andrews, Kate
• Arnold, Les
• Barr, Corinne
• Blake, Cliftine
• Bolton, Elizabeth
• Bottom, Sarah
• Brite, Frances
• Bryan, Helen
• Buchanan, Clara
• Buchanan, Pauline
• Buckberry, Edith
• Bunker, Lydia
• Camak, Gerster
• Carr, Blanche
• Cherry, Eunice
• Cole, Nellie
• Coover, Janie
• Coover, Kate
• Crosson, Hazel
• Crowe, Lucile
• Dickerson, Clyde
• Dorsey, Josie
• Dulaney, Lena
• Duncan, Elizabeth
• Eastland, May
• Ederington, May Eva
• Epler, Clara
• Falcenor, Mary
• Foster, Willia
• Gaberon(?), Marie
• Gardner, Jessie
• Gatling, Elizabeth
• George, Betty
• Hagan, Alice
• Hagan, Burris
• Hagan, Nell
• Hall, Bertha
• Hancock, Elizabeth
• Hanes, …

Ua98 1907 Potter College Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

1907 Talisman yearbook produced by Potter College for Young Women.

• Biography – Benjamin Cabell
• Talisman Staff
• Teachers & Officers
• Class of 1907
• History of the Senior Class – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Senior Class Poem
• Junior Class - Class of 1908 (PC)
• Junior Class History
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• Sophomore Class History
• Freshman Class – Class of 1910 (PC)
• Freshman Class History
• The Specials
• Irregulars
• Sigma Theta Phi
• Delta Chapter of Mu Phi Psi Sorority
• Delta Pi Kappa Sorority
• Delta Sigma Omicron
• Lectures & Entertainments
• Young Women’s Christian Association
• Ossolian Literary Society
• Hypatian Literary Society
• Athletics – …

Announcement And Prospectus Of Belmont College, Belmont College For Young Women

Miscellaneous

The prospectus describes the classes and offerings for young women at Belmont College.

Le Travail, Marguerite Durand, Michèle C. Magnin

Tome 1

Réunion de plusieurs textes consacrés à la question du travail des femmes, qui est l’un des thèmes majeurs de la réflexion et de l’action de Marguerite Durand. Le premier texte, qui date de 1907, année de la fondation par Marguerite Durand de son Office du travail féminin, est consacré au travail des ouvrières de la Compagnie générale d’électricité d’Ivry-sur-Seine, et illustre bien les problématiques chères à la journaliste : remise en cause des lois prétendument protectrices, égalité des salaires, etc.

December 26, 1906, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets to thank her for the Christmas gifts. She describes the table that they set for a traditional western-style Christmas. They invited a Japanese couple, who were described by Cora to be very fascinated with the Christmas decor. She also tells Mrs. Tibetts about her coming vacation with George to Oshima, as there is a volcano there that they are intending to climb.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. V, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Teddy Bears
• Byrd, Nettie. Old Foes with New Faces
• Galceran, Marie. Physics
• Gardner, Jessie. Unfinished Business
• Gorin, Rebecca. The Song of a Bard
• Edrington, May. A Boarding School Tragedy
• Senior Class – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Junior Class – Class of 1908 (PC)
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• Freshman Class – Class of 1910 (PC)
• Hypatian Society
• Ossolian Society
• YWCA Notes
• Methodist Reception
• New Girls’ Reception to the Old …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Gorin, Rebecca. The Forts of Bowling Green
• Metamorphosis
• Gray, Nell. The Club
• Coombs, Mary. Charity
• Cobb, Pearl. The Garden
• Miller, Lula. The Widow’s Home Coming
• Porter, Jessie. The Widow Shows Her Treasures
• Dorsey, Josey. The Widow’s Grief
• Hinton, Kate. The Love Making of the Widow’s Maid & Sir Roger’s Man
• Washburn, Mary. The Delayed Letter
• Redmond, Ethel. The Effect of Sir Roger’s Death on the Widow
• Voorhees, Pansy. The Widow’s Funeral …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• The Evolution of Personality
• Hurt, Lillian. The Evolution of Personality in Nineteenth Century Poetry
• Alcestis – Dramatic Monologue Based on Euripides’ Play
• Coombs, Belle. Sir Roger Falls in Love
• Hobson, Margaret. The Dinner at the Inn
• Washburn, Mary. Sir David Dundrum & the Widow
• Sanders, Nora. The Poodle
• Crandell, Pearl. After the Dinner at the Inn
• Washburn, Mary. Sir David Dundrum Becomes Infatuated with the Widow
• Drake, Elizabeth. The Dinner at …

Ua98 1906 Potter College Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

1906 Talisman yearbook produced by Potter College for Young Ladies.

• A Bit of History Concerning Potter College
• Faculty & Officers
• Senior Class - Class of 1906 (PC)
• Steph, Mamie. Ode to the Seniors
• Senior Prophecy
• Kirby, Clara. History of the Senior Class
• Steph, Mamie. Senior Rest!
• Senior Specials
• Junior Class - Class of 1907 (PC)
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1908 (PC)
• Faucett, Ethel. Class Prophecy 1908
• Freshmen Class – Class of 1909 (PC)
• The Creed of the Freshmen
• Lost Pony
• The Specials
• Kentucky Club
• Tennessee Club
• Mississippi Club
• Arkansas Club
• Louisiana Club
• Texas Club
• North-South-Western Club
• Mu Phi Psi …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Kirby, Clara. The Course of Love
• Hill, Louise. Comparison of Prometheus Unbound (Shelley) & Manfred (Byron)
• Gilbert, Sarah. With Margaret & Jackie
• How the Cow Jumped Over the Moon
• Signs of Fine Frenzy
• Liquid Air – Chautauqua Lecture
• Radium – Chautauqua Lecture
• Mr. Pearson’s Lecture – Chautauqua Lecture
• Richard Hobson – Chautauqua Lecture
• Flag Rush
• Old Girls’ Reception to the New
• Reception by the New Girls
• Junior Feast – Class of …

Ua98/2 Commencement Invitation, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement invitation, program and list of class of 1905.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Santo Domingo & the United States
• Kirby, Clara. A Dead Letter
• Willis, Effie. Milton’s Minor Poems
• Baker, Louise. Uncle Reuben’s Baptism
• Myers, Willie. Was Godfrey Cass a Victim of Circumstances?
• Gorin, Rebecca. The Expression of the Emotions in Cats
• Faculty & Students’ Reception
• Mr. Walter Spry’s Recital
• The YWCA Reception
• Reception for Seniors & Sophomores
• YWCA Notes
• Exchange

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Editorial
• Obenchain, Margery. Milton’s Angels
• Potter, Reed. The Song of Roland
• Elmore, Cynthinia. Robin Hood
• Brownell, Estelle. Sir Roger de Coverley
• Deane, Everett. A Dream in the Tenses
• A Study of Three Plays of Shakespeare – Richard III, Richard II & King John
• To Psychology
• Senior Notes – Class of 1905 (PC)
• Junior Notes – Class of 1906 (PC)
• Sophomore Notes – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Freshman Notes – Class of …

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Ii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• The Degeneracy of the Modern Novel
• A Plea for the New Novel
• The Home Makers
• Faculty of Potter College
• Aunt Charlotte
• Our Next Presidential Campaign
• Memories
• Societies
• Dead Sea Fruit
• Why I Disliked the Last Book I Read
• The Last Book I Read
• Exchange
• Mrs. Smith’s Forget-Me-Not Party
• The Senior Reception – Class of 1904 (PC)
• Alumnae Notes
• College Notes

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Ii, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Cave Mill & Its Associations
• A Psalm of Potter’s Girl’s Life
• Massey’s Springs
• In the Evening
• Twilight in the Country
• Incidents of My Life
• Magee, Louis. A Spring Lament
• Mary’s Change of Opinion
• Adventures of an Apple
• Garlic
• Burr, Lehigh. Applied Mathematics
• Exchange
• Starr, A.E. The Grind
• YWCA Notes
• Athletics
• College Notes

The Blue And The Bronze, Belmont College For Young Women

Miscellaneous

The Blue and the Bronze literary magazine for Belmont College for Young Women.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Ii, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Some Scenes in Kentucky
• College Yells
• Less – Leslie Jenkins
• Kuntz, Eugene. The Voiceless Melody
• Senior Class – Class of 1904 (PC)
• Place & Function of a College Magazine
• The Potter Mouse
• Senior Notes – Class of 1904 (PC)
• Junior Class – Class of 1905 (PC)
• Sophomore Class – Class of 1906 (PC)
• Freshmen – Class of 1907 (PC)
• Ossolian Society
• Hypatian Society
• Exchange
• Alumnae Notes
• YWCA Notes
• Grinds
• College Notes …

Nell Robert’S Scrapbook, Nell Roberts

Scrapbooks

Nell Roberts was born on May 2, 1886, in Harriman, Tennessee. She attended Belmont College for Young Women during the 1904-1906 school years. After school, she married Charles W. Whitcomb and became a homemaker. The pair that three children: James, Dorothy, and Mary. Sadly, Nell died after an operation on January 7, 1929. Her husband would pass on March 28, 1959.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. 1, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Drake, Sallie. History of Bowling Green Part III, 1870-1903
• Payne, Llewellyn. History of Bowling Green
• Payne, Llewellyn. Pleasant J. Potter
• Kuntz, Eugene. I Dreamed of You
• Chronicles of the Class of 1903
• Senior Prophecies – Class of 1903 (PC)
• Class Poem
• Editorial
• YWCA
• Societies
• Exchanges
• College Notes

Ua98/2 Commencement Invitation, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement invitation, program and list of class of 1903.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. 1, No. 2, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Claypool, Cary & Celeste Cuthbertson. History of Bowling Green, Part II 1860-1870
• Starr, Aljean. Ode to April
• McNeal, Ethel. Rev. Benjamin Francis Cabell
• Obenchain, Jeanette. Ellen Douglas Cabell
• Warwick, Margaret. Mother Mine
• Editorials
• Exchanges
• College Notes
• Mrs. Benjamin Cabell’s Reception for Mrs. M.E. Shelburne
• Alumnae Notes

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. 1, No. 1, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Greeting
• Crofton, Ruby. History of Bowling Green, Part I
• Warwick, Margaret. Little Pink Dress
• Lawrence, Mary. A Trip to Niagara
• Wise, Florence. Thanksgiving
• Obenchain, Margery. An Autumn Ramble
• Warwick, Margaret. A Medley in Thoughts
• Warwick, Margaret. A Stroll Underground – Caves
• Dotter, Minnie. A Day in San Francisco
• Gorin, Rebecca. The Great Stone Face
• College Notes
• Williams, Mabelle. The Recital
• Wise, Florence. Thanksgiving at Potter
• Piner, Rena. Athletics
• Senior Notes – …

My Window Is Open And The Children Are All In The Streets..., Sarah Orne Jewett

Sincerely Yours, Letters From The Maine Women Writers Collection (Multi-Page Items)

Letter from Sarah Orne Jewett to Annie Fields discussing Jewett's health and her wishes to be together with and caring for Fields.

Cabinet Photograph Of Millie [And] Christine, "The Two Headed Nightingale," N.D., Ollivier

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Cabinet card is 6.5in (16.5cm) tall and 4.5in (11cm) wide. Millie and Christine are photographed in full portrait, each in fine clothes and shoes, each grasping the curtains that frame them in the photographer's studio. Christine, presumably the figure on the right, hold a fan in her right hand.

Lucile Frizzelle's Scrapbook Ii, 1898-1902, Lucile Frizzelle

Scrapbooks

Lucile Frizzelle attended Ward Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee for three years, beginning in 1898. Her scrapbook contains information about her fellow students, teachers, and experiences at the school. This scrapbook is accompanied by a first book, 2023.6.1.

Letter From H. C. Barnes To Eartha White, H. C. Barnes

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Correspondence: Letter from H. C. Barnes to Eartha White appealing for aid because his family lost their possessions in a house fire. Date: September 28, 1900

Féminisme – La Politique Des Femmes, Marguerite Durand, Michèle C. Magnin

Tome 1

Long ensemble de textes - réunis à la suite dans ce tome 1 mais écrits dans des circonstances et à des dates diverses – consacrés à la place des femmes dans l’histoire, à leur nécessaire accès à toutes les professions et à la vie politique.

La Traite Des Enfants, Marguerite Durand, Michèle C. Magnin

Tome 1

Texte bref, en deux versions différentes, sur la « puissance paternelle » et ses abus.

The Economist, A Practical, Common Sense Book Containing Tested And Proved Recipes

To Keep A Home: Advice To Women On The Domestic Arts, 1870-1960 (Multi-Page Items)

Several pages (2-3, 16, 57, 58) of The Economist, a Practical, Common Sense Book Containing Tested and Proved Recipes, containing advertisements, recipes and "How to Cook Husbands."