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First Degree Graduate - Belle Potter, Wku Registrar

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Registration form and transcript of Belle Potter, the first student to obtain an A.B. or bachelor of arts degree from WKU.

Important To The Citizenship Of Bowling Green & Warren County, Western Kentucky University

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A broadside promoting Western Kentucky University and its benefit to Bowling Green and Warren County.

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence, Henry Cherry, Lalla Boone

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Correspondence between Lalla Boone and Henry Cherry regarding her returning to work at WKU, enrollment, appropriations and the $100 she donated to start the College Heights Foundation.

Transcript of her letter:

2054 Webster St., Oakland, California, June 30, 1922

Dear Mr. Cherry,

I have feared you had forgotten me until to-day, when I received the invitation to commencement. I had received other invitations to that event; but your invitation gave me courage. Courage I needed. I have been wanting to tell you for a long while now that I want to come back. If you ever expected to get rid …

Tablet Inscription, Western Kentucky University

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Class of 1922 tablet inscription in honor of Henry Cherry. It reads: Out of Grateful Hearts. Students of the Western Normal School of 1922 have erected this tablet as a tribute to commemorate the untiring labors of Henry Hardin Cherry in elevating this institution to the rank of a college. This realization of his life-long dream marks the dawn of a new era for Western Kentucky, bringing a college education within the reach of every aspiring teacher within its borders.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 4, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University.

Ua60/3/3 Kentucky Men In Student's Army Training Corps, Wku Military Science

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List of men who served in the Student's Army Training Corps at Western Kentucky Teachers College during World War I supplied to the Kentucky State War Historian in 1921.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 4, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue describes student housing and includes a photo of Cherryton.

Ua3/1/2 Letter To Roemer Brothers, Wku President's Office

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Letter from the WKU President's Office to Roemer Brothers of Bowling Green regarding the construction of a temporary gymnasium. The letter outlines the specifications for the building.

Ua3/1/4 Support Of Education By Assignment Of Revenues, Henry Cherry

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Undated speech written by Henry Cherry regarding state supported education and a plan to change the Kentucky budget process to allow all funds to be used for education.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog, this issue promotes the Training School.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog, this issue promotes teacher education.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on agriculture and home economics.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on the Summer School and veterans of World War I.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on rural education.

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, J. L. H.

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Form letter sent to supporters of Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, T. H. Beard

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Form letter sent to supporters of Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, Edwin Thompson

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Form letter sent to supporters of Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, J. Whit Potter

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Form letter sent to supporters of Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.

Ua3/1/7/2 Henry Cherry Campaign Letter, Robert Rodes

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Form letter sent to supporters of Henry Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Students' Army Training Corps and students who served in World War I. There is also a biographical sketch of Henry Cherry.

Ua3/1/2 Henry Cherry - Earl Sullenger Correspondence, T. Earl Sullenger, Henry Cherry

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Letter from T. Earl Sullenger WKU alum requesting a recommendation from Henry Cherry in order to obtain a commission in the U.S. Navy. Text:

Allison DII
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, D.C.

Pres. H.H. Cherry
Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Friend:

Please pardon me for asking for another favor, but I am making application for a Commission in the U.S. Navy. I know that a letter from you will be a great assistance to me.

Hoping to receive the letter at once and thanking you in advance, I am

Your W.K.S.N. friend
T. Earl Sullenger

Cherry's reply recounts the establishment of …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on rural education and military training.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on summer school.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Rural Life & Rural School Conference.

Ua3/1/3 Scrapbook - General Subjects 1916-1918, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created in the president's office of clippings related to World War I, Henry Cherry's bid for governor and United States politics during the war. Page number correspond to original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• . . . Tells How He'd March to Mexico, p. 17
• A Perfect Picture of German Work, p. 34
• A Veritable Flashlight, p. 19
• Abercrombie, John. Speech, Congressional Record, June 2, 1916, p. 12
• Addresses Made at Flag Raising, 1917 p.9
• All Kentucky is in Food Crusade, p. 13
• America at War in Self Defense, Declares Lane, p. 11
• America Now at Point …

Ua3/1/4 Lost Sheep In The Army, Henry Cherry

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Speech by Henry Cherry regarding soldiers in World War I.

Ua45/1/3 Military Training, Wku Registrar

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Broadside announcing military training to begin at WKU in the fall of 1918.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 1, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter promoting Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog this issue promotes Patriotic Week.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the patriotic conference and World War I.