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Full-Text Articles in History
Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Perkins, Abraham S., 1820-1891 (Sc 1473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1473. Document prepared for Perkins and dated 23 September 1864 in which he provides a substitute, Thomas Esherwood Leslie, for service in the U.S. Army during the U.S. Civil War.
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stamps, William Perry, Jr., 1914-2006 (Sc 1470), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1470. Chiefly incoming letters to William P. Stamps, Jr., while he served in the Air Force during World War II. Included are report cards, sympathy letters written to Stamps on the death of his aunt and guardian, Sallie Hills, letters from friends serving in World War II, and a small notebook of flower orders kept by Stamps while in the Air Force.
Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Skaggs, Linda (Sc 1464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1464. Reminiscence about Linda Skaggs's grandfather, James Henderson Gross, and his work with the Kentucky Rock Asphalt company in the Edmonson County community of Kyrock. Includes photocopies of photographs of the asphalt processing facilities and scenes from the Kyrock vicinty.
Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dulaney Family (Sc 1466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1466. Letter, December 1855, written from Annie E. Dulaney to her brother, William L. Dulaney, in which she discusses her schoolwork and the approaching Christmas holiday. Also included (Click on "Additional Files" below for scan) is a sketch (1909) of Hiram W. Dulaney's service in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A) during the Civil War.
Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Orr, S. H. (Sc 1463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1463. Handwritten report card for Orr prepared by a teacher, J.O. Edwards, in Grayson County, Texas. The report deals with conduct and attendance rather than academic subjects. The original text is surrounded by five hand drawn leaves which have been filled with quotations.
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hawkins, Percival B., 1817-1893 (Sc 1481), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1481. Receipt, 1860, for tuition paid by Joseph D. Duncan for his two daughters (Drucilla A. Duncan and Eliza Cornelia Duncan) to attend school at Percival B. Hawkins's school in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hutchings, James William, 1836-1913 (Sc 1476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1476. Account book for James W. Hutchings who practiced medicine in north Logan County, Kentucky. The accounts include name of patient, date visited, service performed and charge for services.
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox Family Collection, 1919-1945 (Mss 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 161. Correspondence, legal papers, and farm records of the Cox family of Hart County, Kentucky. Consists chiefly of letters sent to John Howard Cox, Sr. from his children and in-laws. Includes World War II letters from John Howard Cox, Jr. to immediate family members.
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 30, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 30, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter
No abstract provided.
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African-American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African-American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
Lynn E. Niedermeier
In the early 1970s, African-American students at WKU took the first steps toward organizing themselves into a strong voice on campus, supporting a curriculum of black studies, sponsoring social and cultural events, and protesting discriminatory treatment.
Traces Volume 35, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Traces Volume 35, Number 4, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter
Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.
Clerical Marriage And Territorial Reformation In Ernestine Saxony And The Diocese Of Merseburg In 1522-1524., Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer
Clerical Marriage And Territorial Reformation In Ernestine Saxony And The Diocese Of Merseburg In 1522-1524., Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer
History Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
"We've Just Got To Get Together": African American Students Unite In The 1970s, Lynn E. Niedermeier
WKU History
In the early 1970s, African American students at Western Kentucky University took the first steps toward organizing themselves into a strong voice on campus, supporting a curriculum of black studies, sponsoring social and cultural events, and protesting discriminatory activity.
Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2007-2008, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2007-2008, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog
The Kentucky Humanities Council is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities committed to providing programs and services that facilitate an understanding and appreciation of Kentucky’s cultural heritage and future. The Council’s program catalog features scholars from across the Commonwealth who make presentations on a myriad of humanities topics. Later, costumed actors, who delivered dramatic monologues about Kentucky’s famous, infamous, and composite personalities, were added. The catalog has gone by various titles over the years: Kentucky Humanities Resource Center, Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, Whole Humanities Catalog, and Humanities Catalog. This …
South Union Messenger (Winter 2007), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger (Winter 2007), Kentucky Library Research Collections
South Union Messenger
No abstract provided.
Park City Daily News Obituary Index For 2007, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Park City Daily News Obituary Index For 2007, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
No abstract provided.
Ua64/25/5/1 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Hugh Ridenour
Ua64/25/5/1 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Hugh Ridenour
WKU Archives Records
Collection of memories regarding the Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes from the 1960s. Includes biographical sketches of Fred Alcott, Sandy Carneal, George Case, Blake Clark, Steve Crider, Ramey Cunningham, Rita Davis, Pat Dillard, Ron Dillard, Mike Divine, Jerry Froedge, Jerry Fussell, Joe Galloway, Bill Houston, Eddie James, Nancy Jasper, Ed Karr, Mike Kenney, Kandi Kohlmeyer, Tom Lewman, Carol Mays, Mike Meuth, Bill Mize, Wayne Moore, Ellis Morrow, Ron Osburn, Bill Pearson, Glen Ping, Hugh Ridenour, Bill Ritter, Jackie Roper, Ken Scott, Janice Toppass, Don Traughber, Doug Verdier, John Vititoe, Beverly Westerfield and Roye Wilson.
Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police
Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police
WKU Archives Records
2007 WKU Police departmental newsletters.
Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1360. Letter, 9 October 1933, written by Oliver Kemp, Lansing, Michigan to Edward Cave, New York City, thanking Cave for his friendship and remarking about his own lack of work because of the Depression.
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Simpson, George Franciscus, 1869-1934 (Sc 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1367. Courtship letters, 1884, written by George F. Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, to Amanda Park, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, expressing his delight in visiting with her as well as enjoying his profitable hunt for wild game. They married in 1885. Also genealogical data.
Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, William Rogers, 1791-1851 (Sc 1465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1465. Deed, 1826, conveying 200 acres in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from William R. and Polly Drake to Isaac Reynolds.
Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Banks, Edgar James, 1866-1945 (Sc 1462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1462. Scraps of a report signed by Banks in which he verifies the authenticity of eight Babylonian tablets and indicates that they contain an inventory of items found in a temple dating from around 2350 B.C. Banks was used as one of the prototypes for the fictional character, Henry W. Jones, Jr., of the popular "Indiana Jones" movies.