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Ua30/1/1 A New Rotc Building, Wku Planning, Design & Construction, J. M. Ingram

WKU Administration Documents

A New ROTC Building for Western Kentucky State Teachers College, J.M. Ingram, no #, no date, 4 sheets, 23 ½ x 18, Scale 1/8”=1”. Set includes a front elevation and floor plans for ground floor, first and second floors.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xii, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Personals
• Society
• The Sport Light
• Throbbing Hearts

This issue contains articles:

• Academy of Science Convenes Today
• Mothers Are to Be Honored on Hill Today
• Junior Prom Tonight
• Dr. Judson Griffin to Sponsor Ten Day Tour through Virginias
• Commencement Plans Complete
• Dorothy Kash Has Poem in Modern Poetry Anthology
• Men’s Glee Club Ends Tour Today
• Dr. Gordon Wilson
• Bowling Green Stone to Be Put in New Building – Cherry Hall
• Congress Club Banquet Is Set for Wednesday
• State Association Honors Librarian – Margie Helm …

Isaac Shelby: Pioneer, Soldier, Statesman, Mrs. W. E. Shirley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to find the hidden facts of a man who has done much to illuminate Kentucky's greatness and glory. Yet little but his name is known to the youth of the land. As death has fixed the seal of glory on his life, history should assign to him his rank. Much of the data in this sketch has been gathered from source material.

Tennessee During Secession & Reconstruction, Edward Taylor

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present work is intended as a survey of events and conditions in Tennessee during the decade from 1860 to 1870 when the entire nation was torn by sectional strife, racial antagonism, and economic and social disorder. The writer can make no pretension of having made a comprehensive or exhaustive study of the sources. That would involve a paper far beyond the scope of the present study. At best I have only scratched the surface; merely opened avenues for future study.

Official Bulletin, National Committee For The Reception Of United Spanish War Veterans (Ephemera W-72), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Official Bulletin for the Reception of the United Spanish War Veterans, Number 2, Thirtieth National Encampment, U.S.W.V., Oct. 7-12, 1928. Cover titled: Official Bulletin Cuban National Committee. Includes program, tourist sites for Spanish-American War veterans to visit such as battlefields, casinos, hotels and restaurants, map, photos program dignitaries. Ephemera W-72.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald Vol. 3, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni News
• Athletics
• Campus News
• Chapel
• Club News
• Editorials
• Hilltop Breezes by Zypher
• News Heard Around the Campus
• Society

This issue contains articles:

• Department of Physics Makes Demonstration
• F.C.G. Classical Club Elects New Officers
• Students Hear Veteran Officers – A.W. Mell
• Sermons Broadcast by Local Minister – M.L. Moore
• Board of Regents Buys Farm Land
• English Club Holds First Meeting
• New Teachers Added to College Faculty
• New Semester Begins with Enthusiasm
• Students Are Given Physical Inspection
• Murray Hill Speaker at Congress Club
• Rifle Team of ROTC …

Minutes Of The Second Annual Meeting Of Department Encampment Of The United Spanish War Veterans Of Kentucky (Sc 911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 911. Minutes of the second annual meeting of the United Spanish War Veterans of Kentucky held at Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, 5- 6 May 1925. Also, 1941 obituary of Frank L. Strange, Bowling Green, Kentucky, who was the commander of the 1925 veterans encampment.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Report Of The War Historical Work Of The Kentucky Council Of Defense, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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. 2, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

WKU Administration Documents

Speech by Henry Cherry regarding soldiers in World War I.

Ua45/1/3 Military Training, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

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

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua99/6/1 Debate Program, Big Four, Coreco

Student Organizations

Program for debate between Big Four and Coreco on topic that a large navy tends to peace. Lists participants.

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Iv, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Gorin, Rebecca. The Forts of Bowling Green
• Metamorphosis
• Gray, Nell. The Club
• Coombs, Mary. Charity
• Cobb, Pearl. The Garden
• Miller, Lula. The Widow’s Home Coming
• Porter, Jessie. The Widow Shows Her Treasures
• Dorsey, Josey. The Widow’s Grief
• Hinton, Kate. The Love Making of the Widow’s Maid & Sir Roger’s Man
• Washburn, Mary. The Delayed Letter
• Redmond, Ethel. The Effect of Sir Roger’s Death on the Widow
• Voorhees, Pansy. The Widow’s Funeral …

Blue Bell: March Song And Chorus By Edward Madden And Theodore F. Morse (Sm03156), Kentucky Library Research Collection

Research Collections

Sheet music: "Blue Bell: March Song and Chorus," words by Edward Madden and music by Theodore F. Morse. SM03156

Discharge Certificate From The Spanish-American War And News Clippings About Charles Potter Walton (Sc 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Finding aid and full-text scan of Spanish-American War related items (Click on "Additional Files" below) from Manuscripts Small Collection 1120. Walton went on to become a Methodist minister who served churches in the south central Kentucky region.

Letter From W.D. "Pete" Bogan To His Mother Ella Bogan (Sc 1479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Letter written by W. D. Bogan, in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, to his mother Ella Bogan, Franklin, Kentucky. It includes descriptions of battles in which he participated.

Souvenir Sketch And Roster Of The Third Kentucky U.S.V.I. (E726 .K37 R8), Kentucky Library Research Collection

Research Collections

"Souvenir Sketch and Roster of the Third Kentucky U.S.V.I." (Savannah, Ga.: The Morning News Print, 1899) edited by J. M. Russell and E. J. Hobdy.

Writings And News Clippings Related To The Spanish-American War Collected By Edward Richard Vance (Mss 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Finding aid for complete collection information and full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for material related to the Spanish-American War from the collection of Edward Richard Vance (1833-1902), Warren County, Kentucky native and career U.S. Army officer. Retired at the time of the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Vance followed the conflict with interest. He collected clippings and wrote short essays about current developments, including the treatment of Cuban civilians in detention camps, Cuban soldiers, and the poor treatment of African-American soldiers returning home after the war.

Spanish-American War Items Related To Soldier Fred Jaynes Gorham (Mss 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for items from Manuscripts Collection 583. These items relate to the Spanish-American War and World War I service of Fred Jaynes Gorham and include a pamphlet about the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, a smallpox vaccination certificate issued in Cuba in 1901, an application for members in the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary, and news clippings about Fred J. Gorham and Thornton Gorham.

Letters Written By Frank Morehead Thomas To His Family While He Served As A Chaplain During The Spanish-American War (Mss 31 B3 F1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Letters written by Frank Morehead Thomas to his family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, while he served as chaplain during the Spanish American War, 1898-1899. To see full-text scans of the letters click on "Additional Files" below.

Letters Written By James Mcmillian Scott During The Spanish-American War (Mss 628 B1 F3&4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Finding aid and full-text scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 628. The scans contain letters written by James McMillian Scott while he was in service during the Spanish-American War to his friend, and later wife, Sarah Elizabeth "Ellie" Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky.

Letter From Walter S. Forrester To Robert Morningstar About Spanish-American War Military Service (Sc 2762 #1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Letter from Walter S. Forrester, Kentucky's Assistant Adjutant General, to Colonel Robert Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the possibility of fighting during the Spanish-American War. Forrester assures Morningstar: "...there will not be any fighting. That is certain, while the present administration holds its present foreign policy."

Patriotic Speech Given By Richard Curd Pope Thomas On Receipt Of A Regimental Flag (Sc 1486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

Finding aid for Manuscripts Small Collection 1486. Speeches made by Richard Curd Pope Thomas at various fraternal, civic, educational, and religious events. Also includes several poems written by John A. Logan. A patriotic speech given by Thomas after receipt of a regimental flag for a local company during the Spanish-American War can be viewed by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

A Soldier's Valentine Written The Spanish-American War By C. L. Wedding (Sc 3053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Primary Sources

"A Soldier's Valentine," a Spanish-American War-era poem by C. L. Wedding from Ohio County, Kentucky. Also includes clippings about the poem.