Oral History Commons^™

Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua94/6/7 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Irene Gullette, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Irene Gullette. This collection contains correspondence with WKU librarians and administrators regarding her time at WKU and her later accomplishments in the field of Library Science.

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.

Ua3/8/9 President's Office-Meredith Interviews/Oral History, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Thomas Meredith.

Ua3/5/2 President's Office-Minton - Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral history tapes of and about John Minton and subjects related to Western Kentucky University.

Ua3/7/4 President's Office-Alexander Interviews/Oral History File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories with and about Kern Alexander.

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.

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.

Ua3/6/6 President's Office-Zacharias Interviews/Oral Histories, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Interviews and oral histories by and about Donald Zacharias.

Ua52/1 Favorite Professors, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Ua94/6/1/1 Virginia Robertson Oral History, Virginia Robertson, Jennifer Howard

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Virginia Aileen Mansfield Robertson, 1940 graduate of Western Kentucky State State Teachers College. In this interview she discusses student life at Western, but this portion has not been transcribed.

Partial transcript of oral history interview with Virginia Robertson, November 16, 2006, by Jennifer Howard.

Ua1b2/1/6 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Gertrude Bale

WKU Administration Documents

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Gertrude Bale, retired music education teacher.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Ua1b2/1/9 Oral History Part Ii, Paula Trafton, Owen Lawson

WKU Administration Documents

Part II of an interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Owen Lawson former WKU Physical Plant director.

Ua1b2/1/8 Oral History Part I, Paula Trafton, Owen Lawson

WKU Administration Documents

Part I of an interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Owen Lawson former WKU Physical Plant director.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

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

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Ua19/5/1 Marti Whitmore Interview, Marti Whitmore, Wku Athletics

WKU Administration Documents

Audiotape interview of women's basketball coach Marti Whitmore at end of her career at WKU.

Ua1d We Were One And Two Teammates, Vernon Hornback

WKU Administration Documents

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 Administration Documents

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 …

Ua94/6/1 Cook Twins Oral History, Sue Lynn Mcdaniel

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

An interview with Anna Jo Cook Pickens and Betty Jo Cook Gibson, Class of 1948 conducted by Sue Lynn McDaniel. The Cook Twins were recruited by E.A. Diddle as WKU cheerleaders in 1941.

Ua94/6/1/5 Boyce & Amelia Tate Interview, Boyce Tate, Amelia Tate, Sue Mcdaniel

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Interview of Boyce and Amelia Tate members of the class of 1950. Boyce Denton Tate native of Hardinsburg, KY graduated from WKU in 1950 and joined the faculty at WKU in 1965 as an assistant professor of math. In 1967 he was named Director of Engineering Technology. He married Amelia Meador while attending WKU.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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.

Ua3/4/8/4 Radio Broadcast Transcript, Dero Downing, Dan Modlin, Jack Thacker, Edward R. Murrow

WKU Administration Documents

Dero Downing and Jack Thacker interviewed by Dan Modlin regarding the D-Day invasion. Includes recordings of Edward R. Murrow and an unidentified BBC correspondent from 1944.

Ua52/1 Hail Storm Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua3/4/8/3 Dero Downing Interview, Dero Downing

WKU Administration Documents

Dero Downing interviewed regarding Wilson Wyatt.

Ua77/2/1 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Induction, Alva Matherly Clutts

WKU Administration Documents

Speech by Alva Matherly Clutts upon her induction into the WKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni.