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Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone Jan 2019

Ua37/30/2 Faculty Personal Papers Lowell Harrison Wku Research, Wku Archives, Sam Bruer, Bess Mchone

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by Lowell Harrison while serving as University Historian and writing the 75th anniversary history "Western Kentucky University" as well as numerous articles about the university.


Ua1f A Mascot For The Western Hilltoppers, Wku Archives Jan 2017

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.


Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives Feb 2012

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.


Ua68/8/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Oral History Committee, Wku Archives Jan 2012

Ua68/8/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters History Oral History Committee, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Oral History Committee. Series includes oral history interview tapes and transcriptions.


Ua6/1/1 Lost River Cave & Valley - Oral History Project, Wku Archives Dec 2010

Ua6/1/1 Lost River Cave & Valley - Oral History Project, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Unprocessed oral history files regarding Lost River Cave & Valley.


Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives Jan 2010

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 Jan 2009

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.


Ua1b2/1/4 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Ray Buckberry Jul 2005

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 Mar 2004

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 Feb 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.


Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2002

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 …


Ua52/1 Hail Storm Memories, Wku Archives Apr 1998

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.


Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - U-V Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

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 - C Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

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.


Ua52/1 College High & Training School Memories, Wku Archives Jan 1982

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 Jan 1982

Ua52/1 Alumni Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Memories of WKU and other alumni solicited by WKU Archives.


“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 Jul 1977

“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 …