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Gemini 13 Memories, Eddie Key Dec 2019

Gemini 13 Memories, Eddie Key

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Answers given by Eddie Key to WKU Gemini jazz bands questionnaire in winter of 2019. See Gemini Jazz Bands online exhibit for more information.


Ferrell, Ann Katherine, B. 1972 (Fa 1381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2019

Ferrell, Ann Katherine, B. 1972 (Fa 1381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1381. Interview conducted on 11 December 2019 by Ann Ferrell with Michael Ann Williams, who discusses her education and academic career as a folklorist and vernacular architecture historian. From 1987-2018, Williams was a faculty member in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at Western Kentucky University.


Ua19/16/1 2019-20 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jul 2019

Ua19/16/1 2019-20 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

WKU track and field media guide for 2019-20 season.


Reed, Sheryl Diane (Ct 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Ct 2044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2044. Interview with Mary Julia Neal conducted by Sheryl D. Reed on 28 April 1992 in which Neal discusses her work at the Kentucky Building at WKU and her Shaker research and publications.


Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Ct 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Ct 2043), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Cassette Tape 2043. Recording of a presentation made by Mary Julia Neal titled “Reflections of a Former Director” in which Neal discusses her role as the Director of the Kentucky Building from 1964 to 1972. She discusses the condition of the building and collections when she came and some of the collections she helped acquire. This presentation was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Kentucky Building, which opened in 1939. Kentucky Museum Education Curator Dianne Watkins provides an introduction.


Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program (Sc 3386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program (Sc 3386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3386. Materials relating to the Kentucky Historical Society’s Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program, consisting mostly of correspondence of WKU President Kelly Thompson, a member of the Committee to Edit Inscriptions, and WKU faculty member Frances Richards, who consult with the state and Warren County chairmen concerning the content of proposed markers. Includes a 1963 report and other statistical data for the 1960s.


Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3348. Letter, 5 March 1958, of author Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Urbana, Illinois, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards. Owing to a previous engagement, she declines an invitation to WKU’s Leiper English Club dinner.


Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text scan of memoirs and photographs and digital files of interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below to access) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3329. Memoirs, sundry papers, and oral histories of Joseph Malchus Ray, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, who went on to teach at universities in Texas, Alabama and Maryland. He ended his career as president of the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, but stayed on afterwards as the H.Y. Benedict Professor of Political Science at UTEP. The memoirs discuss in detail his professional and personal life and the values that shaped …


Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Civil War Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that relate to the Civil War. Included are letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, military records and papers, and other, mostly unpublished material. Our collections are particularly strong on Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Civil War history and in documenting the experiences of Kentuckians or those who passed through Kentucky and surrounding states during the war.


Campbell, Christopher Coe (Sc 3330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2019

Campbell, Christopher Coe (Sc 3330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3330. Summary of Dr. Delroy & Patricia Hire Internship performed by Christopher Coe Campbell in the Spring 2018 semester at Library Special Collections, Western Kentucky University. Includes interview with Jewell Keen about Douglas Keen of Scottsville and typescript of the same.


Ua37/30/3 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Book, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua37/30/3 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Book, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Drafts and other records related to the publishing of Lowell Harrison's book Western Kentucky University.


Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua94/6/4 Student / Alumni Wku Veterans, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Compilation of clippings, photographs and notes regarding WKU students, faculty and staff who participated in World War II. Occasional mention of veterans from other wars.


Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua64/25/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the WKU Military Science department.


Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/25 Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Fort Albert Sidney Johnston.


Ua19/16/1 Lady Topper Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations Jan 2019

Ua19/16/1 Lady Topper Basketball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Archives Records

2019-20 women's basketball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.


Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c2/71 Schneider Hall Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Florence Schneider Hall also known Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science in Kentucky


Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c4/8 Military Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of student military organizations.


Ua1c4/9 Sororities Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c4/9 Sororities Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of sorority groups.


Ua1c5/3 Basketball - Womens Photos, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua1c5/3 Basketball - Womens Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of women's basketball teams and games.


Ua12/2/25 United Student Activists, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/25 United Student Activists, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about United Student Activists.


Ua12/2/36 Gamma Sigma Sigma, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/36 Gamma Sigma Sigma, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Gamma Sigma Sigma at Western Kentucky University.


Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/42 Student Mobilization Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Student Mobilization Committee.


Ua19/15 Women's Swimming, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua19/15 Women's Swimming, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the swimming coaches.


Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua37/30/4 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers created by and about Lowell Harrison.


Ua32/4/2 Gender & Women's Studies Student Organizations, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua32/4/2 Gender & Women's Studies Student Organizations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding student organizations sponsored by Gender & Women's Studies.


Ua32/4/2 Gender & Women's Studies Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua32/4/2 Gender & Women's Studies Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about Gender & Women's Studies after 1995


Ua32/4/1 Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua32/4/1 Gender & Women's Studies Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding events sponsored by Gender & Women's Studies


Ua37/35/3 Faculty Personal Papers O.J. Wilson Wku History Project, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua37/35/3 Faculty Personal Papers O.J. Wilson Wku History Project, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Research and writing about WKU history by O.J. Wilson in 1967-1969. Includes research materials, typescripts of chapters and oral history audiotapes.


Ua12/2/66 Sigma Kappa, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua12/2/66 Sigma Kappa, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Sigma Kappa sorority.


Ua64/25/4/4 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Rotc, Wku Archives Jan 2019

Ua64/25/4/4 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations Rotc, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Reserve Officer Training Corps.