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Full-Text Articles in History
Ua37/33 Faculty Personal Papers Tate Page, Wku Archives
Ua37/33 Faculty Personal Papers Tate Page, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Tate Page.
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stansbury, Edgar Bryant, 1906-2009 (Mss 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 438. World War II diary kept by Edgar Bryant Stansbury, 1942, as well as articles by Stansbury, his thesis about industrial arts in Kentucky high schools, a scrapbook about his sports participation at Western Kentucky University, and several other items related to his experiences in World War II.
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 166. Project titled “African American education in south central Kentucky, 1920-1960.” Interviews with twenty-nine African Americans regarding their experiences as students and teachers in fourteen Kentucky counties.
Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
DLPS Faculty Publications
Government workers at New York’s Ellis Island have been accused of murdering ancestral names to serve their own purposes and prejudices. Despite zero evidence to support this accusation, the myth stubbornly persists. They did not change names. They worked from manifests, which were governed by law.
Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 2598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downing, Joseph Dudley, 1925-2007 (Sc 2598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2598. Letters from artist Joseph Dudley Downing, France, to Elinor Green (later Hunter), who worked for the United States State Department in Bern, Switzerland. They discuss their shared interest in art and discuss upcoming visits. Also includes letters from Joseph’s brother, Dero Downing, to Green discussing the possibility of donating artwork to Western Kentucky University.
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Francis J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.
Strahm, Franz Joseph, 1867-1941 (Sc 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strahm, Franz Joseph, 1867-1941 (Sc 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 474. Postcard and letter written by Franz Joseph Strahm, while on a visit to Germany, to Walter Pearce, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The picture post card is of Strahm’s birthplace, and the letter concerns opera in Germany. Includes two cards of Pearce showing the grades he received in Strahm’s music classes at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 160. This collection contains a paper entitled “The Strange Little Stone House: The History Of The Underwood Home – 1529 State Street,” written by Robert Harbison as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1992. Also included is a Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory sheet detailing the Underwood Home.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa
To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa
History Faculty Publications
This article is part of a larger project by the author to record St. Clair Drake’s contribution to the black radical tradition. Here he examines Drake’s involvement with the Quakers in the early years of the Depression. Drawing on writings in African American and Popular Front periodicals of the time, it considers how a Quaker community shaped Drake’s identity as an intellectual activist and how his encounter suggests the ways in which black intellectuals engaged with non-violence as a philosophy and strategy for social change before he civil rights movement. Drake’s participation in non-violent campaigns for workers’ rights, world peace …
Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History
Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 625. Photocopies of records – letters, lists, autobiographies – pertaining to Ivan Wilson of Hazel, Kentucky, an art teacher at Western Kentucky University for years and an artist, whose paintings were sold through the Kentucky Museum from 1955-1973. These transactions were handled and the records kept by Gayle Carver, Kentucky Museum curator.
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and representative scans of over 200 items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 609. Papers relating to Martine (Calhoun) Thornberry’s position as postmaster at Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky; papers relating to the duties as postmaster and to keeping the position when a change in political parties occurred in 1954. Also some references to her work as a teacher on Indian reservations, 1927-1938, 1947-1950, and as the first woman from Kentucky to become a Marine officer, 1943-1945, 1954.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2545. Guest register from a reception for Allan Trout held at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, on 18 May 1969 to mark the first public exhibit of a collection of papers and artifacts Trout donated to the University.
Calhoun, Stella (Fitch), 1914-1993 (Sc 2532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calhoun, Stella (Fitch), 1914-1993 (Sc 2532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2532. Letter to her “Dearest Son," Gilbert T. Calhoun, Jr., from Stella Calhoun reminiscing about growing up in 1920s Bowling Green, Kentucky, with particular emphasis on Western Kentucky University and her neighbors in the 1300-1400 blocks of College Street.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.
Cox, Carolyn Ann (Helm) (Fa 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Carolyn Ann (Helm) (Fa 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 79. “1920-1930 Logan CountyFurnishings: The Felts House,” oral history project executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interviews were recorded on cassette tape and are indexed.
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 383. Transcripts, notes, and cassette tapes for interviews conducted by Dr. Wilford Fridy with individuals who knew or knew about John Wesley Venable, Jr., the person on whom Robert Penn Warren based the character Bolton Lovehart in his novella "Circus in the Attic." Interviews mention other people and places that Warren knew in Todd County, Kentucky. Also includes tapes of Robert Penn Warren giving a speech, reading some of his work, and an interview with Warren.
User Expectations Of Library Genealogy Databases V. What They Actually Get, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
User Expectations Of Library Genealogy Databases V. What They Actually Get, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria
DLPS Faculty Publications
An analysis and comparison of two genealogical databases: Ancestry.com and Heritagequest.com.
Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scans of two out of thirteen papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 74. [Supernatural Experiences] Project completed by Western Kentucky University students for a folk studies class taught by Lynwood Montell. Collection focuses on short supernatural events experienced by informants. Subjects include dreams, ghosts, Ouija boards, sleepovers, church experiences and others.
Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives
Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives
WKU Administration Documents
Memories regarding the Snowball Express train which was stranded in the snow solicited by WKU Archives.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.
Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 389. Correspondence between Bill L. Weaver, a graduate of Western Kentucky University and former history instructor, and WKU history professor Lowell H. Harrison. Most of the correspondence took place during Weaver’s tenure as an administrator at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine.
Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 70. “History of ROTC.” Collection contains interviews, field notes indexes and cassettes of project completed with Frank Allen Minner by Eleonore Beck Mitchell. Collection was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interview covers topics such as the history of ROTC, the ROTC program at Western Kentucky University, recruitment, and differences in training between ROTC and military academies.
The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa
The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa
History Faculty Publications
Marking the centenary of St. Clair Drake's birth, this examination begins the project of recovering one of the most underrated minds of the twentieth century by situating him within the community(s) that initially served to form him. Illustrative of the social theory of a black community outlined in Black Metropolis, Drake's lineage and formative years suggests that his was a cultural identity rooted in and routed through a series of racially constructed, semi-autonomous black life worlds, each held together by the collective desires of those made most vulnerable by the upheavals of capitalism and the caste-enforcing structures of segregation …
Ua68/8/3/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Student Organizations Phi Alpha Theta, Wku Archives
Ua68/8/3/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Student Organizations Phi Alpha Theta, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by Eta Pi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta history honor society. Includes correspondence, publications and scrapbook.
Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Irene Gullette. This collection contains correspondence with WKU librarians and administrators regarding her time at WKU and her later accomplishments in the field of Library Science.
Ua94/6/11 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Darwin Newton, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/11 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Darwin Newton, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Notebooks, notes and papers written by Darwin Newton during his time as a student at WKU.
Ua64/25/5/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations 321st Detachment, Wku Archives
Ua64/25/5/3 College Of Education & Behavioral Sciences Military Science Student Organizations 321st Detachment, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about the 321st Detachment of Army Air Force cadets.
Ua1f Military Bibliography, Wku Archives
Ua1f Military Bibliography, Wku Archives
WKU Administration Documents
Bibliography of source materials regarding military science, soldiers, Persian Gulf War, Pershing Rifles, Scabbard & Blade, veterans, Vietnam and World War II in relation to WKU students, alumni and campus.