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A paper regarding how WKU was affected by war during the 20th century, includes an overview of protest movements and underground newspapers in the late 1960's.

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Ua94/6/1 Professor Franz Joseph Strahm, Arthur White Jr. Apr 1982

Ua94/6/1 Professor Franz Joseph Strahm, Arthur White Jr.

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Term paper written by Arthur White for American Music class profiling Franz Strahm, early WKU music professor. Introduction:

The School of Music was established in 1909 as part of the Normal School. The following year, 1910, is a most important year in the musical growth of Bowling Green. It was at this time that Franz Joseph Strahm was appointed Dean of this School of Music. The following year, Professor Strahm organized the Oratorio Society.

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Ua94/6/1 Correspondence, Western Vietnam Moratorium Committee Jan 1969

Ua94/6/1 Correspondence, Western Vietnam Moratorium Committee

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Open letters to the faculty and staff of Western Kentucky University regarding the Vietnam Moratorium staged at WKU on October 15, 1969. Includes Student Call for a Vietnam Moratorium and schedule for the Give Peace a Chance Rally.

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Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 1, Lucian Flora Jan 1956

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 1, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

First half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Also included are items related to his life in Affinity, WV prior to the war. There are post cards and photographs of Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; and Ireland.

See second half of the scrapbook here.

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Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook 1, Rex Toothman Jan 1952

Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook 1, Rex Toothman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Rex Toothman from 1937-1955. Contains clippings, programs, tickets, greeting cards and a variety of other memorabilia related to his hometown of Barrackville, West Virginia, the Bowling Green Business University, Toppers, Pi Tau Nu and Alpha Sigma fraternities.

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Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook Ii, Rex Toothman Jan 1946

Ua94/5/5 Scrapbook Ii, Rex Toothman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Rex Toothman from 1940 to 1946. Contains clippings, cards, correspondence, graduation programs, theatrical programs, church bulletins related to Bowling Green Business University, U.S. Navy and World War II.

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Ua94/5/6 Yank, Vol. 2, No. 11, U.S. Army May 1945

Ua94/5/6 Yank, Vol. 2, No. 11, U.S. Army

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Yank magazine removed from Lucian Flora scrapbook. This issue features the war in Italy, Germany and the Philippines.

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Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - A Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs Jan 1945

Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - A Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Information cards, clippings of service reports, marriages, births and some photographs for WKU veterans.

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Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - S Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs Jan 1945

Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - S Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Information cards, clippings of service reports, marriages, births and some photographs for WKU veterans.

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Ua94/5/6 Highlights Of My Army Career, Lucian Flora Jan 1945

Ua94/5/6 Highlights Of My Army Career, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Memoir of army life during World War II by Smiths Grove native Lucian Flora. See also his World War II scrapbook.

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Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 2, Lucian Flora Jan 1945

Ua94/5/6 Lucian Flora Scrapbook - Part 2, Lucian Flora

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Second half of World War II scrapbook compiled by Lucian Flora of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. He attended Bowling Green Business University from 1938 to 1940. This scrapbook contains materials regarding the campaigns through North Africa and Italy. Included are a set of postcards from an Italian soldier to his girlfirend. There are also post cards or Ireland, cities in North Africa and Italy, as well as Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston, Texas.

The first half of the scrapbook can be seen here.

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Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - N Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs Jan 1945