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

WKU Administration Documents

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 - 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.

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 - 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

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.

Ua94/6/1 Folklore 566: Oral History Materials & Methods, Makiuti Tongia

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Oral history assignment completed by Makiuti Tongia.

• 30 minute transcript of interview with Robert Wurster on the history of the WKU International Students' Office
• Summary of Wurster interview part 2
• Index of whole interview content
• Interpretative essay

Ua37/5/5 Dero Downing & Kelly Thompson Interview, Harvey Gardiner, Dero Downing, Kelly Thompson

WKU Administration Documents

Oral history conducted by Harvey Gardiner with Dero Downing and Kelly Thompson regarding E.A. Diddle.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua52/1 Alumni Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

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 Administration Documents

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 Administration Documents

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

Ua37/5/1 E.A. Diddle Speech, E. A. Diddle

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Audiotape of comments made by E.A. Diddle at unidentified event.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua37/6 Gayle Carver & L.Y. Lancaster Interview, Sara Tyler, L. Y. Lancaster, Gayle Carver

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Interviews conducted by Sara Tyler with Gayle Carver and L.Y. Lancaster. The majority of the interviews are about the history of the Kentucky Building and Kentucky Museum collections. There is also information regarding WKU in the 1910s through 1950s, student activities, WKU Bookstore, faculty and staff members, Henry Cherry and other information about the early history of WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding E.A. Diddle.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student and teacher interactions.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the Vietnam Moratorium event on the WKU campus.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding fraternities and student unrest.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Dero Downing becoming president of WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Kelly Thompson and commencement.

Ua37/44 One Hundred Commencements, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding the 100th commencement and memories of other graduations at WKU.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding retirement, reminiscing, textbooks and students.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Kelly Thompson's resignation as WKU president.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding hailstorm and the Wilson family.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Gordon Wilson Hall.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Alpha Gamma Rho and student unrest.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding Russell Miller.

Ua37/44 Diary To Kelly, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Excerpt from Gordon Wilson's Diary to Kelly regarding student unrest.