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Full-Text Articles in History
Newman, Elizabeth Claire (Jolly), 1909-1973 (Sc 2108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Elizabeth Claire (Jolly), 1909-1973 (Sc 2108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2108. Letter, 7 December 1927, from Elizabeth (Jolly) Newman to Emily Jones, Strawberry, Kentucky. She describes the circumstances of her hasty marriage to James C. Newman that same day: her drunkenness during their date a few days earlier; his attempt to visit her late at night, which resulted in her eviction by the housemother at her residence; their train trip to marry in Jeffersonville, Indiana, with its abundance of “marriage parlors”; their return to Louisville, Kentucky to shop for a ring; and her plans to visit her …
Warren County, Kentucky - Roads (Sc 3629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky - Roads (Sc 3629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3629. “A list of hands to be allotted on the road from Wm R Paynes mill to the Nashville Road at Abner Evins’s on a direction to Warren Court House.” The February 1812 document lists the names of 37 citizens assigned to the work, with an “order to warn all such persons as are not on this list who are living within two miles of sd Road and not allotted on other Roads.”
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 (Sc 3627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 (Sc 3627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3627. Letter, 11 March 1920, to her friend “Mabel” (suffragist Mabel Vernon?) from author, reformer and activist Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Arlington, Vermont. She reports on seeing mutual friends at a speaking engagement but expresses an unwillingness to accept further invitations in favor of home life and a “big piece of work” she has recently undertaken. She also refers to her three-year residence in France, which put her out of touch with news at home.
Squirrel Hunters (Sc 3628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Squirrel Hunters (Sc 3628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3628. Notice, 4 March 1863, to Charles Wilson, Cuyahoga County, Ohio from Governor David Tod awarding him a certificate of service in the “Squirrel Hunters,” volunteers who responded to his call to defend Cincinnati and southern Ohio against threatened invasion by Confederate forces in September 1862. Includes an honorable discharge (mutilated) issued to Wilson.
Peete Family Papers (Sc 3626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peete Family Papers (Sc 3626), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3626. Letters, 4 and 20 August 1923, and a letter fragment from Weldon Peete, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to his parents describing his automobile trip through New York and Canada; also U.S. Army discharge certificate and enlistment record, 19 November 1918, for Weldon’s uncle Charles S. Peete.
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Mss 142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Natcher, William Huston, 1909-1994 (Mss 142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 142. Correspondence, journals, scrapbooks and printed matter documenting the career of Natcher, a Representative from Kentucky who served in the United States Congress from 1953-1994. Click on “Additional Files” below for a separate inventory of photographs and an index of names and subjects in the photographs.
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2021-22 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1/5 Lady Topper Golf 2021-22 Season Statistics, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Statistical analysis of the 2021-22 women's golf team season.
Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/2 Softball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Press releases, photos and game statistics for WKU softball team in 2022.
Ua1c11/119 Douglas Verdier Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/119 Douglas Verdier Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Digital images of members of WKU Pershing Rifles.
Ua94/6 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Doug Verdier
Ua94/6 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Doug Verdier
Student/Alumni Personal Papers
Personal narratives of members of the Pershing Rifles compiled by Doug Verdier.
Ua94/6 Wku Pershing Rifles Company B-3 Vietnam Timeline, Doug Verdier
Ua94/6 Wku Pershing Rifles Company B-3 Vietnam Timeline, Doug Verdier
Student/Alumni Personal Papers
Timeline of Vietnam War events 1963-1975 experienced by Pershing Rifles members compiled by Doug Verdier.
Progress In The Bluegrass: An Analysis Of Grassroots Organizing In Kentucky Post 1970, Brooklyn Lile
Progress In The Bluegrass: An Analysis Of Grassroots Organizing In Kentucky Post 1970, Brooklyn Lile
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
While historians and other scholars have explored grassroots organizing in Kentucky, most historiography on this topic is limited to the 1930s through 1970s and focused on coal, labor, and the Civil Rights Movement. This paper fills a gap within the historiography by extending the discussion of grassroots organizing in Kentucky past the 1970s. Through the examination of organizational documents, membership newsletters, and oral histories, this paper explores the transformation of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) from 1981 to 2020. KFTC began as a small Eastern Kentucky organization focused predominantly on fair taxing practices in coal companies. Through efforts to diversify …
Servant Leadership And Adult Volunteers In The Boy Scouts Of America, Andrew Koontz
Servant Leadership And Adult Volunteers In The Boy Scouts Of America, Andrew Koontz
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) features several leadership theories and models in their trainings and programs for youth members and adult volunteers. Servant leadership was an integral model in BSA trainings, in the 2000 to 2021 timeframe, and influenced the attitudes and approaches of youth and adult leaders in the organization and beyond. However, there is only a small body of scholarly work on the relationship between servant leadership and the BSA. Additionally, scholarship on the topic has overlooked the key nature of BSA leadership trainings and the adult volunteer perspective in the overall relationship. Through a primary source …
Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/2 Volleyball Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Administration Documents
Press releases, photos and game statistics for WKU volleyball team in 2022.
No-Knock Warrants: Unlawfully Legitimate, Isabel Pergande
No-Knock Warrants: Unlawfully Legitimate, Isabel Pergande
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was fatally shot when officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) executed a search warrant at her apartment. Breonna Taylor’s case brought national attention to no-knock warrants (NKWs), which allow police to enter private residences unannounced. It is estimated that 20,000-80,000 NKWs are executed by American police each year. This thesis explores the development of NKWs as a common, yet controversial, police tactic. The increase in NKWs is largely attributed to the federal government’s War on Drugs, beginning with Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign. However, the Supreme Court laid the foundation for NKWs …
Ua12/2/73 Alpha Omicron Pi, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/73 Alpha Omicron Pi, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Alpha Omicron Pi.
Ua1c11/121 Susan Mason Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/121 Susan Mason Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs removed from a scrapbook probably belonging to Susan Mason.
#Churchtoo: The Movement Created To Expose The Toxicity Of Gender Roles And Purity Culture In Modern Day United States Evangelicalism, Grace Alexieff
#Churchtoo: The Movement Created To Expose The Toxicity Of Gender Roles And Purity Culture In Modern Day United States Evangelicalism, Grace Alexieff
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Purity culture was born out of conservative evangelical teachings like abstinence and complementarianism. Complementarianism is a biblically based gender ideology that God created men and women as equals in worth but distinct in the roles they are meant to play in the home, the relationship, and the church. Purity culture gained popularity in the broader United States in the 1990s due to an increase in federal funding for abstinence-only sex education as well as its appeal to the heteronormative patriarchal culture already instilled throughout the United States. While purity culture fell out of fashion in the broader U.S. by the …
Does "Good" Mean White?: Understanding The Complexities Of Refugee Resettlement In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Molly Shaddix
Does "Good" Mean White?: Understanding The Complexities Of Refugee Resettlement In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Molly Shaddix
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Bowling Green, Kentucky is a relatively small town comparable to its counterparts across the South. However, Bowling Green has a significant population of refugee inhabitants that have resettled in waves since the late 1970s. This paper describes the lived experience of refugees resettling by analyzing community action and troubles faced while working for independence in their new homes. Some factors explored are access to affordable housing, language barriers, and trouble in education. In addition, this paper contextualizes their lived experiences with other resettlement communities across the United States to understand how Bowling Green fits into patterns of societal xenophobia, racism, …
Moulder-Campbell Family Papers (Mss 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moulder-Campbell Family Papers (Mss 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 734. Correspondence and papers of the Moulder, Campbell and related families of Warren County, Kentucky. Includes genealogical data.
Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 733. Journal, 1878-1880, of Mattie (Spangler) Gentry, Covington, Kentucky, chronicling her attendance at Lexington’s Hamilton Female College and at boarding school in Orléans, France; also her journal, 1889-1898, recording her life as a music teacher and her courtship and marriage. Includes photographs and a letter to Mattie in France from the president of Hamilton College (Click on "Additional Files" for typescript).
Thomson, Jean Quarles, 1894-1982 (Sc 3625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomson, Jean Quarles, 1894-1982 (Sc 3625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3625. Paper, “Political Parties in America,” by Jean Thomson, Fayette County, Kentucky. The paper, illustrated with artwork and probably written while she was a student, describes the evolution of political parties from the Revolution through the nineteenth century. Also includes notes on the War of 1812.
Stovall, Vickie Lynn (Smith) - Collector (Mss 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stovall, Vickie Lynn (Smith) - Collector (Mss 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 732. Genealogical research, narratives, clippings, photographs, and local history pertaining to the Bennett, Hunt, Taylor and associated families of Kentucky, primarily Butler, McLean, Muhlenberg and Daviess counties.
Taylor Family Papers (Mss 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor Family Papers (Mss 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 730. Letters of Aaron H. Taylor and William B. Taylor, husband and son of Carrie Burnam Taylor of Bowling Green Kentucky, written to her daughter Louise (Taylor) Beckwith regarding Carrie Taylor's estate and the affairs of Taylor’s large dressmaking business, the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company. Also includes data on Louise Beckwith and miscellaneous papers.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 3624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3624. Letters, 12 February 1963 and 15 April 1964, of author Janice Holt Giles to Mrs. William F. Barr, Rochester, Kentucky. The first outlines her research and plans for three “Green River” books (one volume was eventually published as Run Me a River) and refers to Mrs. Barr’s assistance in providing informants for the project. The second letter provides her thoughts about an interview in which her estimation of other authors and her own public image were inaccurately reported.
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 3623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Sc 3623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3623. Photographs (27) and accompanying narrative of an “adventure in good eating” of Duncan Hines and his wife Clara, consisting of a June automobile trip to restaurants and inns in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. They were accompanied by a photographer and editor for Look Magazine.
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 731. Correspondence, biographical data, planning and publicity materials relating to Duncan Hines Week on 9-15 November 1986 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Hines’s guidebook Adventures in Good Eating, and material relating to subsequent annual events under the names Duncan Hines Celebration and Duncan Hines Festival.
Strode Family Collection (Mss 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strode Family Collection (Mss 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 729. Papers, primarily land records, of the Strode family of Monroe County, Kentucky.
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Collector (Sc 3622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Frances, 1893-1991 - Collector (Sc 3622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3622. Autographs of six authors, collected by WKU English professor Frances Richards.
Kyrock Oral History Project (Fa 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kyrock Oral History Project (Fa 167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 167. Interviews conducted February April 1981 with Edmonson County, Kentucky, residents concerning the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company. Includes information on the Methodist church, schools, social life and customs, United Mine Workers of America Local #72, and working conditions.