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Full-Text Articles in United States History
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 160. This collection contains a paper entitled “The Strange Little Stone House: The History Of The Underwood Home – 1529 State Street,” written by Robert Harbison as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1992. Also included is a Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory sheet detailing the Underwood Home.
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."
To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa
To Make A Better World Tomorrow: St. Clair Drake And The Quakers Of Pendle Hill, Andrew Rosa
History Faculty Publications
This article is part of a larger project by the author to record St. Clair Drake’s contribution to the black radical tradition. Here he examines Drake’s involvement with the Quakers in the early years of the Depression. Drawing on writings in African American and Popular Front periodicals of the time, it considers how a Quaker community shaped Drake’s identity as an intellectual activist and how his encounter suggests the ways in which black intellectuals engaged with non-violence as a philosophy and strategy for social change before he civil rights movement. Drake’s participation in non-violent campaigns for workers’ rights, world peace …
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Sc 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 625. Photocopies of records – letters, lists, autobiographies – pertaining to Ivan Wilson of Hazel, Kentucky, an art teacher at Western Kentucky University for years and an artist, whose paintings were sold through the Kentucky Museum from 1955-1973. These transactions were handled and the records kept by Gayle Carver, Kentucky Museum curator.
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thornberry, Martine (Calhoun), 1905-1972 (Sc 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and representative scans of over 200 items (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 609. Papers relating to Martine (Calhoun) Thornberry’s position as postmaster at Livermore, McLean County, Kentucky; papers relating to the duties as postmaster and to keeping the position when a change in political parties occurred in 1954. Also some references to her work as a teacher on Indian reservations, 1927-1938, 1947-1950, and as the first woman from Kentucky to become a Marine officer, 1943-1945, 1954.
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 - Relating To (Sc 2545), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2545. Guest register from a reception for Allan Trout held at the Kentucky Building, Western Kentucky University, on 18 May 1969 to mark the first public exhibit of a collection of papers and artifacts Trout donated to the University.
Calhoun, Stella (Fitch), 1914-1993 (Sc 2532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Calhoun, Stella (Fitch), 1914-1993 (Sc 2532), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2532. Letter to her “Dearest Son," Gilbert T. Calhoun, Jr., from Stella Calhoun reminiscing about growing up in 1920s Bowling Green, Kentucky, with particular emphasis on Western Kentucky University and her neighbors in the 1300-1400 blocks of College Street.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.
Cox, Carolyn Ann (Helm) (Fa 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Carolyn Ann (Helm) (Fa 79), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 79. “1920-1930 Logan CountyFurnishings: The Felts House,” oral history project executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Interviews were recorded on cassette tape and are indexed.
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 383. Transcripts, notes, and cassette tapes for interviews conducted by Dr. Wilford Fridy with individuals who knew or knew about John Wesley Venable, Jr., the person on whom Robert Penn Warren based the character Bolton Lovehart in his novella "Circus in the Attic." Interviews mention other people and places that Warren knew in Todd County, Kentucky. Also includes tapes of Robert Penn Warren giving a speech, reading some of his work, and an interview with Warren.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.
Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Weaver, Billy Lewis "Bill," 1941-2020 (Mss 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 389. Correspondence between Bill L. Weaver, a graduate of Western Kentucky University and former history instructor, and WKU history professor Lowell H. Harrison. Most of the correspondence took place during Weaver’s tenure as an administrator at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine.
The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa
The Roots And Routes Of "Imperium In Imperio": St. Clair Drake, The Formative Years, Andrew Rosa
History Faculty Publications
Marking the centenary of St. Clair Drake's birth, this examination begins the project of recovering one of the most underrated minds of the twentieth century by situating him within the community(s) that initially served to form him. Illustrative of the social theory of a black community outlined in Black Metropolis, Drake's lineage and formative years suggests that his was a cultural identity rooted in and routed through a series of racially constructed, semi-autonomous black life worlds, each held together by the collective desires of those made most vulnerable by the upheavals of capitalism and the caste-enforcing structures of segregation …
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Mss 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Ivan, 1889-1981 (Mss 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 356. Correspondence, photographs, sketches and drawings, writings, journals and clippings of or relating to Ivan Wilson, an artist and faculty member in the Art Department at Western Kentucky University from 1920 to 1958. Includes some materials related to other artists.
Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 99. Paper, 1935 (41 p.), entitled "Handwoven Textiles," written by Louise Tate Bousman, Louisville, Kentucky, which is a summary of material gathered for a textile show held at the Kentucky Library & Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. There are photos and samples included and the the paper is indexed. Also letters of Miss Bousman, 1935, 1945, news clipping and printed item related to weaving.
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - John Minton Part 2, Wku Archives
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - John Minton Part 2, Wku Archives
WKU Administration Documents
Digitized veritical file letter sized materials regarding WKU President John Minton and his tenure as interim president 1979 and other positions held at WKU.
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 1, Wku Archives
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Donald Zacharias Part 1, Wku Archives
WKU Administration Documents
Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU President Donald Zacharias and his tenure as president 1979-1985.
Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives
Ua1b1/5 Martin Luther King Forum, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding the Martin Luther King Forum.
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, J. Lee, B. 1922 (Fa 535), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 535. Interview with J. Lee Robertson conducted by Kenneth Hines and Gil Calhoun in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Robertson reminisces about the U.S. Army during World war II and his long association with Western Kentucky University.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2393. "A Selective View of the Politics of Higher Education in Kentucky and the Role of H.H. Cherry, Educator-Politician," a dissertation presented by Carl Chelf in partial fulfillment fo the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968.
White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
White, Arthur Carlton, Jr. (Sc 2314), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2314. Paper: "Professor Franz Joseph Strahm" written by Arthur Carlton White, Jr. for an "American Music" class at Western Kentucky University.
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chelf, Carl Philip, 1937-2011 (Sc 2256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2256. Transcript of an interview with Tim Lee Carter, former U.S. Representative of Kentucky's 5th Congressional district, by Dr. Carl P. Chelf, government professor at Western Kentucky University, 21 October 1982.
Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cook, Paul Burton, B. 1933 (Sc 2228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2228. Correspondence, minutes and programs relating to Cook’s service on the Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital Commission Advisory Board and the board of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc. The materials concern the relocation of the hospital and the organization of the Free Enterprise Fair, an event sponsored jointly by Western Kentucky University and the Bowling Green-Warren County Chamber of Commerce. Includes a copy of the articles of incorporation of the Bowling Green Free Enterprise Foundation, Inc.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2200. Materials relating to an effort by the Kentucky Library & Museum to collect letters and e-mails of soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Includes e-mails, newspaper articles, and information on sending supplies to troops.
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Iraq War, 2003 (Sc 2003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2003. A collection of items, chiefly e-mails and letters, sent from participants in the Iraq War to family and friends in the United States. The items are arranged alphabetically by the sender.
Kentucky Building - Guest Book (Sc 2167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Building - Guest Book (Sc 2167), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2167. Guest book kept for the Kentucky Building at its opening in 1939 and for special events. The book was donated by the Western Kentucky State Teachers College class of 1935. It is housed in a tooled leather slipcover featuring the seal of Kentucky and inscribed "Distinguished Guests, The Kentucky Building."
Ua68/9/2 The Symphony, Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra
Ua68/9/2 The Symphony, Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra
WKU Administration Documents
Program outlining the 2010-11 season of the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra. Includes article by Jonathan Jeffrey entitled "Homecoming" regarding the return to the renovated Van Meter Hall. Also a description of the Pre-College Strings Program.
Stars, Bars, And More Cars: Adventures In Exhibit Planning, Donna C. Parker, Sandra Staebell, Christy L. Spurlock
Stars, Bars, And More Cars: Adventures In Exhibit Planning, Donna C. Parker, Sandra Staebell, Christy L. Spurlock
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Presentation made at the AASLH annual meeting at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2010.
Warren, Rosanna, B. 1953 (Sc 2056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Rosanna, B. 1953 (Sc 2056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2056. Letter from Rosanna Warren, the daughter of Robert Penn Warren, to Dr. Henry Hardin, thanking him for his hospitality when she and her mother attended the Robert Penn Warren Symposium at Western Kentucky University on 26 April 1992. She expresses her hope to write a poem about the ticking clock in Hardin's home.