Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Oral History Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 31 - 60 of 68

Full-Text Articles in Oral History

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student morals at WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Wilson's college friends.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student life early 20th century.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding early classes at WKU and bookstores in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding original WKU dormitories Cherry Hall, Frisbie Hall and Bailey Hall.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding house mothers at WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding chapel at WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Henry Cherry.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the beginnings of WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Dec 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding WKU students and professors.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Oct 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding school spirit.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Oct 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding parking on WKU campus.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Jul 1967

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the growth of WKU.


Ua37/44 From The Sidelines, Gordon Wilson Apr 1967

Ua37/44 From The Sidelines, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpts from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly. A look at WKU from an outsider's point of view on 18 points:

  1. Non-attendance of Juniors & Seniors
  2. Voting of Students
  3. Student Self-Government
  4. Fraternities & Sororities
  5. Image of Western
  6. Faculty Conduct
  7. Religious Atmosphere
  8. Integration of Western
  9. The Tail & the Dog
  10. Recognition
  11. Provincialism
  12. Age 65
  13. University High School
  14. McNeill School
  15. Thompson Science Complex
  16. Tenure
  17. Retired Teachers
  18. Duplication of Effort


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Oct 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the early years of WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Aug 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the razing of the Bowling Green Business University.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Aug 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly reminiscing about the early days of WKU.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Aug 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding commencement and the Class of 1914.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Aug 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding freedom of speech and communism.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Aug 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the English department and the organization of WKU in the early days.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Jun 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Jun 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding moving day 1911.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Jun 1966

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding university status and WKU becoming a 4 year college.


Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson Jan 1964

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Diaries written by former English professor Gordon Wilson to WKU president Kelly Thompson reminiscing over old times at Western Kentucky University.

  • 4:30 PM, 3/22/1964
  • A Common Cultural Background, 3/12/1964
  • A Widening Influence, 3/4/1964
  • Again & Again, 3/19/1964
  • An Unending Process, 3/12/1964
  • Curriculum, Curricula, 3/1/1964
  • If?, 3/9/1964
  • Learning in the One-Roomed Country School, 3/2/1964
  • Loses & Gains, 3/11/1964
  • Our Big, Big Group, 3/18/1964
  • Our Small World, 3/2/1964
  • Preparation of Our Faculty, 3/24/1964
  • Programs, 3/19/1964
  • Recognition of Research, 3/6/1964
  • Second Wind, 3/1/1964
  • Simplicity & Sophistication, 3/28/1964
  • So Young & Yet So Old, 3/3/1964
  • Some Evidences of Culture, 3/4/1964
  • Some Lost History, 3/28/1964 …


Ua37/44 Western Big Events In Late 1963, Gordon Wilson Dec 1963

Ua37/44 Western Big Events In Late 1963, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding events of late 1963.


Ua37/44 My Speech To The English Majors & Teachers, Gordon Wilson Oct 1963

Ua37/44 My Speech To The English Majors & Teachers, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding a speech he delivered to the WKU English Department.


Ua37/44 Memories Of The Old Chestnut Hunt, Gordon Wilson Oct 1963

Ua37/44 Memories Of The Old Chestnut Hunt, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding chestnut hunts, boat excursions and other student entertainment in the Southern Normal School.


Ua37/44 Further Ranges, Gordon Wilson Sep 1963

Ua37/44 Further Ranges, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding the Southern Normal School.


Ua37/44 Our Golden Wedding, Gordon Wilson Sep 1963

Ua37/44 Our Golden Wedding, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding Wilson's 50th wedding anniversary and the Southern Normal School.


Ua37/44 Our Early Crowded Conditions At The Normal, Gordon Wilson Sep 1963

Ua37/44 Our Early Crowded Conditions At The Normal, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly, Addition to 1963 Supplement regarding the Southern Normal School.