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Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 20 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Documents include correspondence, agreements, campus development plan, draft ordinances and a list of property purchased by Western Kentucky University.

• Addendum to Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green, 1/15/1964
• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and WKU, 11/4/1964
• Campus Development Plan
• Downing, Dero
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• List of owners
• Ordinance Approving the Development Program or Plan of Western Kentucky State College
• Taylor Heads Group Opposing Urban Renewal, PCDN, 2/27/1964
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• U.S. …

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Moulder To Murray, Wku College Of Education

WKU Administration Documents

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Moulder to Murray.

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Mitchell To Montgomery, Wku College Of Education

WKU Administration Documents

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Mitchell to Montgomery.

Ua19/17/5/134 Tangerine Bowl Chapel Celebration, Wku Athletic Media Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Audiotape of chapel service celebrating the WKU football team's victory in the Tangerine Bowl on December 28, 1963.

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 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.

Ua1b5 Western Extends Welcome To New Faculty Members, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU new faculty reception includes biographical sketches of new faculty members.

• Allen, Rachel
• Beard, Jerry
• Bradshaw, William
• Carter, Floyd
• Cates, Clyde
• Chelf, Carl
• Clark, Charles
• Crisp, Mary
• Davis, James
• Dell, Howard
• Detwiler, Betty
• Ebbert, Edward
• Erskine, Irene
• Foshee, Beverly
• Fuller, William
• Gibson, Lurene
• Gordon, Joe Ann
• Harkins, William
• Hays, Charles
• Holland, J.C.
• House, James
• Huey, Mrs. Johnni
• Jenkins, Jeff
• Jones, Thomas
• King, Dan
• Lair, George
• Lane, Johnnie
• Lively, Louise
• Lockhart, Carol
• Martin, Vernon
• Masten, John
• McGee, LeRoy
• Miller, Jim
• Morrell, Francis
• Mueller, Robert
• Murphy, Earl
• Neel, Virginia
• Patrick, Michael
• Quindry, Kenneth
• Richards, Randolph
• Richards, Walter aka Jody
• Rollins, …

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

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

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

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

Ua99/3 Commencement Program, Bgbu Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates of the Bowling Green Business College Class of 1963.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 42, No. 11-Z251, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features:

• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Looking Backward
• Alumni News
• Society – Weddings – Engagements
• Faculty Facts
• Sports Slants

Articles in this issue:

• Western Receives Grant for 5^th Summer Science Program for High School Pupils
• College Advancing in Many Respects
• Delta Sigma Delta Win TV Set
• University of Kentucky Graduate School Offering Assistantships
• 29^th Annual Military Ball Scheduled This Friday Night
• Dr. Raymond Cravens Named Outstanding Young Man
• Classes Elect Mr. & Miss
• Verdier, Douglas. Years of Progress – Campus Master Plan
• West, Jim. Housing Office Kept …

Ua1b5 Welcome To Western, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Booklet listing new faculty with biographical sketches.

• Adams, John
• Ahsan, Reza
• Arvin, Louis
• Bailey, Donald
• Barnhardt, Edward
• Benson, LaVon
• Boaz, Holland
• Boaz, Polly
• Boggs, Joseph
• Brackett, W.L.
• Broach, Alba
• Capps, Randall
• Crisp, Jeff Jr.
• Curey, Edith
• Dawson, Robert
• Dobson, Wayne
• Ecker, Judy
• Ecker, Tom
• Fields, Noland Jr.
• Foster, John
• Fox, James
• Fuller, Ruth
• Goodman, Mrs. James
• Grinstead, Kenneth
• Hall, Robert
• Harris, Donald
• Head, Carolyn
• Hedges, Roy
• Holman, Bobby
• Holman, Mary
• Hudson, Mary
• Jackson, Audrey
• Jacobi, Walter
• Jones, Bertha
• Kirby, Henry
• Laman, Archie
• Laman, Edna
• Lange, Glen
• Laux, William
• Lee, John
• LeRoux, G.A.
• Levensohn, Stephen
• Lowman, Pauline
• Malone, Preston
• Matthews, J.F. …

Ua99/3 Commencement Program, Bgbu Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing Bowling Green Business University graduates in the Class of 1962.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Record Number Enrolled in 1961 Summer Session
• Nineteen Win Grants for Graduate Work
• College Heights Herald Expands to Weekly
• Science Institute Enrolls 81 High School Teachers
• Western’s 55^th Year of Operation Opens Sept. 11
• 314 to Receive Degrees at August Commencement
• Players Plan Bus Stop and the Curious Savage
• Western First in State With Counseling Program …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• 329 to Receive Degrees in June Commencement
• Governor Bert Combs Asks Western Seniors to Stay in Kentucky After Graduation
• Marta Melendez Winner of Varieties
• Dr. Lewis Cochran Speaks to Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Banquet
• Fourteen Will Receive Army Commissions
• World War Three Wins Robinson – Pat Chamberlain
• Thirty-Five Seniors Will Graduate With Honors
• Kentucky Building News
• Madison, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• The Elijah Scheduled for Sunday
• Western Shares One-Third in Million Dollar Grant
• Robinson Oratorical Slated for May 16
• Former Education Professor Dies After Brief Illness – Bert Smith
• Danny Boggs is Webtex Winner
• Educational TV Network in Legislative Parley
• Band Presents Spring Concert
• Dr. Loren Carlson Speaks May 18 on Medical Center
• Dr. William Jenkins to Head …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Hilltop Welcomes 3,000 Potential Toppers Today
• Alice Chumbley and Tom Covington Talisman King and Queen
• Math Meet on Campus Tomorrow
• William Bivin Will Speak at Commencement
• Senior Class Banquet is Set for May 9
• Assistantships Available Now!
• Former Faculty Member has Fatal Heart Attack – Robert Ross
• Dark of the Moon Slated for May 2,3, and 4 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Regents Approve Record $2 ½ Million 61-62 Budget
• A Capella Choir Begins Tour Apr. 18
• Music Recitals Tonight by Two Western Seniors
• Lt. Gov. Wilson Wyatt Challenges Student Body in Address
• Talisman Ball Features Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
• Dr. Charles Keenan is Speaker to Chemistry Meet
• Dark of the Moon to Be Players Final Production
• Dr. D.K. Wilgus …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Million-Dollar Loan Approved for New Six Story Women’s Dormitory – McCormack Hall
• Westerners - - Past and Present - - Look to Kentucky Education Association
• Former Head of Home Economics Department Dies – Lotta Day
• Senior Day Will Be April 28
• Lt. Gov. Wilson Wyatt in Chapel Apr. 12
• Twenty Students Participate in Pre-Med Tour
• Western Receives …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• College Heights Herald Wins Top Columbia Award
• Annual Kentucky Education Association Breakfast is April 7
• Dr. A.L. Crabb Will Address English Banquet
• First Semester 2.5-3.0 Student Announced
• Kentucky Education Association Will Be April 5-7 in Louisville
• Fabulous Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra to Highlight Talisman Ball
• President Kelly Thompson Speaks to Senior Class
• Susan Lones is College High Valdictorian …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• National Science Foundation Grants $23,420 for Summer High School Program
• Dr. William Jenkins is Editor of New Publication
• Teacher Percentage Rises
• Kathy Adkins Wins Student National Education Association Speech Contest
• Robinson Oratorical is May 16
• Student Advisory Council Begins Committee Work
• Marta Melendez and David Williams in Music Contest
• Need Field Will Travel – Baseball
• Industrial Arts …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Summer Institute in Mathematics and Science Will Begin June 12
• President Kelly Thompson 1960 Kentuckian of the Year
• Karlsrud Chorale Will Sing Sunday in Van Meter
• College High Grad Named Courier Managing Editor – Ben Reeves
• Roy O’Donnell to Receive Ph.D. Degree
• Jerry Hornback Wins Rotary Fellowship
• Joe Given Elected to Beta Phi Mu
• Drama Festival Will …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• 2 ½ Million Dollar Combined Gymnasium, Classroom Building Will Seat 10,000 – Diddle Arena
• We’ll Walk Alone Wins for Susan Moses
• Evening Classes Herald Adult Education Program
• The Little Show Gives 61 Revue During Chapel
• Former Herald Editor Killed in Accident – George Grise
• Dr. D.K. Wilgus Named Folklore Society Fellow
• Roy O’Donnel Awarded PhD by Peabody …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Kentucky Building
• Hilltopics
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• From the Endzone
• Looking Backward

This issue contains articles:

• Western Awarded $81,600 for Summer Science Grant
• Military Ball Queen is Donna Rigsby
• Student Advisory Council Elects Ronnie Sutton President
• Christmas Music Concert Will Be Sunday
• Oratorical Competition Begins Jan, 12
• Upperclassmen Elect Thirty-Four Graduating Seniors to “Who’s Who”
• Patterson, Pat. Wilder’s Our Town Ends Today
• Cattle Judges Cop Four First Places
• Two Year Self Study is Formally Initiated on College Heights …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Kentucky Building
• Hilltopics
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• From the Endzone
• Looking Backward

This issue contains articles:

• Wilder’s Our Town Will Be Given December 7-9
• Sophomores Elect Virgil Hall President
• Juniors Host Sadie Hawkins Dance Tonight
• Freshmen Choose Clarke Fenimore As 60-61 President
• Debaters in Invitational Tourney Here
• College High Holds Class Elections
• Former Dean Addresses Founder’s Day Chapel – Finley Grise
• Dr. Charles Whittle is Elected Kentucky Academy of Science President
• Who’s Who Election is November 30
• Sally …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Kentucky Building
• Hilltopics
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• From the Endzone
• Looking Backward

This issue contains articles:

• Speech and Drama Clinic Here November 21
• Western Will Offer 24 Hours Beyond Masters
• MUNAT Held Today at Transylvania – Model United Nations
• Danny Boggs Reaches National Merit Semifinals
• 60-61 Seniors Elects Ronnie Sutton President
• Phi Delta Kappa is Organized
• Air Team on Campus November 15
• Education Week Will Emphasize Quality Strength
• Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein’s Oklahoma Will Be Presented November 9-11 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Hilltopics
• Book Marks
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Looking Backward
• The Potpourri Boils
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• Above the Rim
• Sports Slants

This issue contains articles:

• Homecoming to be on Western Campus October 28-29
• President Kelly Thompson Will Speak in Two States
• Rev. Ed Beck Guest Speaker for Religious Emphasis Week
• Future Teachers of America Meet Monday on Campus
• Kentucky High School Athletic Association Rules Clinic Held on Campus
• Western Students Given Valuable Scholarships
• Oklahoma! Comes to College Heights
• Western Gets New Face …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 41, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Kentucky Building
• Hilltopics
• The Clock Says
• Religious News
• Society
• Alumni News
• Faculty Facts
• ROTC News
• From the Endzone
• Looking Backward

This issue contains articles:

• Jim Skaggs and Tom Covington Head 1960-61 College Heights Herald
• 33^rd Annual Third District Education Association Meeting Scheduled to Convene on College Heights Oct. 14
• Western Hosts Science Meet in Lousiville
• Campus Receives Improved Look
• President Kelly Thompson at Chicago Meet on Education
• Enrollment Reaches New Heights at Western
• Charles Whittle New Physics Head
• Band Day on College Heights Tomorrow
• O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a!! …

Ua1b5 Welcome To Western, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Booklet listing new faculty with biographical sketches.

• William Agee
• Charles Ambrose
• James Bennett
• Fred Boercker
• Mamie Braswell
• Philip Buchanan
• Molly Carr
• Stanley Caywood
• Paul Cook
• Carolyn Crosby
• Henry Dickason, Jr.
• Theodore Dyer
• William Eckhardt
• Jack Fox
• William Hourigan
• Helen Kelley
• Rhea Lazarus
• Patricia McCubbin
• Walter Nimocks
• W.W. Norris
• William Owens
• Frank Pittman
• Lee Robertson
• John Scarbrough
• Charles Shedd
• Imogene Simpson
• Lucile Stiles
• Richard Westlake
• Harriette Wilson
• Linda Wyman