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Bibliography, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Bibliography of publications by Christy Spurlock.

Ua37/44 Faculty Personal Papers Gordon Wilson, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Personal papers of Gordon Wilson.

Ua1f A Mascot For The Western Hilltoppers, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Article written by Chester Travelstead about his adventures as athletic mascot for E.A. Diddle.

Interview Sue Williams Spurlock: Collegiate Oral History Interview, Christy L. Spurlock

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Interview with Sue Williams Spurlock about her college experience at Western Kentucky University in the late 1950s early 1960s.

Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories regarding the Snowball Express train which was stranded in the snow solicited by WKU Archives.

Ua3/3/5 President's Office-Thompson Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about Kelly Thompson and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/4/8 President's Office-Downing Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Dero Downing.

Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU alumni regarding their favorite professors solicited by WKU Archives.

Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.

Ua1b2/1/3 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Mary Sample

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Mary Sample regarding her time as a student, College High teacher and executive secretary to Dero Downing from 1957 to 2005.

Ua1b2/1/5 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Charles Anderson

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Charles Anderson, retired Vice President for Information Technology.

Ua1b2/1/4 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Ray Buckberry

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Ray Buckberry, WKU alum.

Ua1b2/1/7 Oral History, Lydia Kullman, Gary Ransdell

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Lydia Kullman with Gary Ransdell. This oral history interview was created for Andrew McMichael's History and the Internet Class, 2004.

Ua1b2/1 A History Of Western Kentucky University: Inspired By Oral Accounts, Lydia Kullman

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Overview of WKU as told through oral history interviews with Gary Ransdell, Anna Cook, Betty Cook, Dero Downing and many others housed in WKU Archives. Includes notes taken while listening to oral history tapes.

Ua1d We Were One And Two Teammates, Vernon Hornback

WKU Archives Records

Undated autobiographical sketch written by Ted Hornback. He includes his experiences as a Hilltopper basketball player under E. A. Diddle, work as coach at Elkhorn and experiences working as Diddle's as assistant coach.

Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Herald homecoming magazine with articles:

• Holm, Hollan. Big Red Evolves from Joke to Icon
• Hellmueller, Anthony. What’s Happening for Homecoming?
• Moore, Michael. Refrigerator Bowl Veterans Reunite
• Farner, Keith. Colonnade Used to Be Place to Watch Pigskin Fly – Stadium
• Lord, Joseph. 1962 Basketball Player Remembers Living with Coach E.A. Diddle – Bobby Rascoe, Diddle Dorm
• Schoenbaechler, Danny & Hollan Holm. 1972 Fraternity Brothers Reunite, Relive Days in Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
• Robinson, Jocelyn. 1983 The Cellar: From Boogie Nights to Study Nights – West Hall
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. 1994 Potter Hall Provided Location Near Classes
• Lowther, Clare. 2002 Tailgating …

Ua3/4/8/6 Harriett Downing Oral History, Harriett Downing, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel

WKU Archives Records

Harriet Downing interviewed by Sue Lynn McDaniel regarding student life during World War II and her experiences as wife of WKU's fourth president, Dero Downing.

Ua52/1 Hail Storm Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU faculty, staff, alumni and the general public regarding the 1988 hail storm solicited by WKU Archives.

Ua68/6/1 Broomsedge Chronicles: Farm Living In South Central Kentucky, Wku English, Wku Glasgow

WKU Archives Records

A collection of essays written by English 100 Freshman Composition and English 200 Introduction to Literature students attending WKU Glasgow from 1983 through 1992 taught by Loretta Murrey. Student authors are: Joyce Alford, Joyce Amer, Jeff Ballard, Sandie Barrick, Jerry Bean, Shela Bingham, Brent Bledsoe, Steven Bunch, Billy Carver, Angela Cowan, Karen Decker, Betty Dillahay, Dibbie Dilley, Amy Doyel, Jeff Duncan, Craig Emmitt, Barbara England, Kathy Fancher, Amanda Gillon, Michelle Glover, Jeanelle Gooch, Faye Johnson, Celena Martin, Sonia Martin, Tracy Mathews, Ila Moody, Angela Morris, William Myatt, Judy Parker, Dorothean Powell, Maria Pulanco, Diane Rather, Jennifer Reneau, LaDarra Rich, Pam …

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - U-V Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 55 topics beginning with U & V ranging from Underground Papers to Voting - Regents.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - B Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 197 topics beginning with B ranging from BUWKY to Business-Government Department.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - C Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 429 topics beginning with C ranging from Cabell Hall to Cuthbertson, Sterrett.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - A Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 170 topics beginning with A ranging from AAUP to Awards.

Ua52/1 College High & Training School Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of College High, University High and Model Training School alumni solicited by WKU Archives.

Ua52/1 Alumni Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU and other alumni solicited by WKU Archives.

Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions, Rebecca Morse

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Tinsley Bottom lies adjacent to the Cumberland River in Jackson and Clay Counties in north central Tennessee. The rich rolling bottomland totaling approximately two thousand acres on the south bank of the Cumberland River lured several families to purchase land and take residence there in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

The history of Tinsley Bottom is not found in written records or annals of Tennessee history. No person of reknown sprang from the cultural context of this community. Yet tales are told of how Daniel Boone hunted in the Bottom and slept in a cave overlooking the River, and …

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Archives Records

An interview on October 20, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

“They Made Us Dance In The Pig Trough!” Mrs. Blanche Story’S Oral Accounts Of Dating, Courtship, Marriage And Sexual Attitudes In Northcentral Nebraska, 1885-1910, Gayle Waggoner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oral recollections concerning dating, courtship, marriage and related attitudes were collected from a single informant, Mrs. Blanche Story of Butte, Nebraska. Through in-depth questioning during twelve tape-recorded interview sessions, value- and attitude-oriented accounts were secured for the years 1885 to 1910, the late frontier period in northcentral Nebraska. These detailed reminiscences focus on common life experiences related to interpersonal relationships and the institutions related to them, resulting in a personal or folk history. The single greatest problem in research was the lack of documentation for the attitudinal content of the texts. Corroboration of both specific information and broad patterns of …

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Archives Records

An interview on June 27, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, J. Crawford Crowe

WKU Archives Records

An interview on January 2, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Crawford Crowe.