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0685: United Daughters Of The Confederacy. W. Va. Division Records, 1898-2004, Marshall University Special Collections

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Includes minutes, rosters of Confederate veterans, programs of meetings and proceedings of state conferences of women’s organization established to promote historical, benevolent, educational, patriotic and memorial objectives and honor the men and women of the confederacy.

Naccs 25th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
June 24-27, 1998
Hilton Mexico City Reforma

Naccs 24th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Chicana y Chicano Scholarship: Un Compromiso Con Nuestras Comunidades
April 16-19, 1997
Radisson Hotel

Daughters Of The American Revolution, Archibald Bulloch Chapter Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection includes the scrapbooks and meeting minutes that document the activities of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1964 to 2021. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, correspondence, event and activity information, genealogical information of Revolutionary War veterans, and local history. The minutes detail Chapter meetings from 1964-2016, though the minutes from September 1984-May 1996 are missing.

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Mrs Cowan's Clock: The Location Of The Edith Cowan Memorial, Paul Wycherley

Research outputs pre 2011

When the septuagenarian Mrs Edith Dircksey Cowan (nee Brown) OBE, J P died on 9 June 1932 few denied, at least overtly, that she deserved an appropriate memorial. Edith Cowan is remembered today as the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament as the Member for West Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for three years from 12 March 1921 until defeated in the 1924 election...

0663: Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman Collins Papers, 1909-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, resident. Papers relate to the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR and local history materials about Mason Co., West Virginia, including black and white photographs of Mason County historical highway markers.

The Greens Of Falls Of Rough: A Kentucky Family Biography 1795-1965, Hugh Ridenour

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of writing about the Greens of Falls of Rough is to record the extraordinary lives of three generations of a prominent, but somewhat neglected, Kentucky family that contributed greatly to the history of the Commonwealth. This family’s activities parallel that history in social, economic and political aspects from the state’s inception to the 1960s.

In addition, this thesis should alleviate a pervasive misunderstanding regarding the identity of Willis Green, founder of the Greens of Falls of Rough. Mr. Green, a prominent Kentuckian in his own right, has been confused with another Kentuckian, a Willis Green of Danville. The …

0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, teacher. Papers consist primarily of letters written to Mrs. Rayburn from West Virginia state legislators regarding her lobbying efforts to raise teacher retirement benefits. Includes material related to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and local history of Point Pleasant and Mason Co., West Virginia.

Nacs 22nd Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Expanding RAZA World Views: Sexuality and Regionalism
March 29-April 1, 1995
Northern Aztlan

0609: Association Of Southern Women For The Prevention Of Lynching Records [Microfilm], 1930-1942, Marshall University Special Collections

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The papers of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching include correspondence, reports, pamphlets, legislative materials, and meeting minutes that trace the Association’s activities to address the problem of lynching of African Americans through public education rather than federal government intervention. Each format is not divided neatly into series and is available on multiple reels. Also in the collection is a guide covering in more detail what content is on reel, titled, The Commission on Interracial Cooperation papers, 1919-1944 and the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942 : a guide to the …

Nacs 21th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Redefining Chicano and Chicana Studies
March 24-27, 1993
Fairmont-Club Regent

Nacs 20th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Twenty Years of NACS Scholarship: 500 Years of Struggle and Change
March 25-28, 1992
University of Texas at San Antonio

0546: High School Bowl Questions, 1985-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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Questions used in the local Hi-Q, or High School Bowl, competition televised locally using area high schools as contestants Dr. Cusick was a coordinator.

Nacs 19th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Los Dos Méxicos
The University of Arizona
April 24-27, 1991

0534: Huntington League Of Women Voters, 1950-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbook and files of various community projects undertaken by this civic group.

Nacs 18th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Tradition and Change: Culture and Politics in the Chicano Community
March 28-April 1, 1990
Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, The University of New Mexico

0515: Ladies Monument Association Of Point Pleasant, W.Va., 1860, Marshall University Special Collections

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Photocopy of minutes of two meetings of the association formed to erect a monument to militia men who fell at the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774.

Ua3/8/1 Letter To Thomas Meredith, Wku President's Office - Meredith, John Hager

WKU Administration Documents

Letter to Thomas Meredith from Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer editor John Hager regarding the presidential search. Includes editorial "Martha Layne Collins Not Best Choice for Western."

Nacs 17th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Community Empowerment and Chicano Scholarship
March 29-April, 1989
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

0491: Carrie Eldridge Combined Collection, 1678-2014, Marshall University Special Collections

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Carrie Eldridge is a genealogical researcher in Chesapeake, Ohio. This collection contains photocopies of many county record books of the Appalachian areas of West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, ranging from the American Revolution until the early twentieth century. It also contains her personal research files on topics related to slavery and the Underground Railroad in Ohio and West Virginia as well as local history topics such as church and family histories.

0505: Webb/Swann Family Records, 1780-1945, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection contains of two manuscripts bound together, “George Webb Family Deeds Recorded in States of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia” and “Family Bible of Benjamin Franklin Swann, Louisa Jane Hatfield Swann”. These manuscripts were copied by Marion S. McCullough and Helen B. Webb, both members of the Westmoreland Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. They former manuscript contains transcriptions of six deed records while the latter contains four pages of birth, marriage, death, and other family bible records. An index is included.

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 4, No. 1, Wku Journalism

WKU Administration Documents

Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

• Cobble, Eugene. Jesse Jackson: The Pros & Cons of Chances in '88
• Stewart, Nikita. Scoutchie: Local Barber Pleases Himself, Customers from All Walks of Life
• Richardson, Jeffery. Disease Has Workers Worried Over Health - Corvette Plant
• Butler, Darcie. Secretary Enjoys Work with Judge - Jackie Lively
• Johnson, Felicia. Howard Bailey Cares About People
• Briggs, Andrea. Shirley Malone's Goal is Enhancing Opportunities
• Richardson, Jeffery. Employees Tell Painful Stories
• Rucker, Taisha. Alan Anderson & Civil Rights are Perfect Match
• Butler, Darcie. WKU Lagging but Still Hopes …

Nacs 14th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Decisions for the Future in Critical Times
April 10-12, 1986
University of Texas, El Paso

Nacs 13th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

March 21-23, 1985
Hotel El Rancho, Sacramento

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - D 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 139 topics beginning with D ranging from Dad's Day to Duplication.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - G 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 140 topics beginning with G ranging from G.I. Bill to Gymnastics.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - Q-R 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 118 topics beginning with Q & R ranging from Qualifications: Teachers to Russian Taught.

0475: Nancy Murray Mann Papers, 1914-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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The Nancy Murray Mann papers consist of correspondences, speeches in various paper formats, newspaper clippings, government publications, photographs, copies of Mann’s passport, land deeds, and research notes from Ben Riley, a Marshall University graduate student from 1983-1985. The focus of the collection primarily covers Mann’s political and social activities, particularly her political involvement during the 1928 presidential campaign for Herbert Hoover and her subsequent work during his administration. Several of her letters are addressed to President Hoover; however almost of the responses come from his secretary Lawrence Richey. The inclusive dates range from 1914 - 1985, however most materials consist …

0412: Nsdar Genealogical Records, 1985-2000, Marshall University Special Collections

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The collection contains a compilation of genealogy and local history materials created or copied by NSDAR members while conducting chapter activities. Materials are primarily focused on Wood and Wayne County deeds, birth, death, and will data, but also includes family Bible records submitted by NSDAR chapter members throughout the state of West Virginia in addition to miscellaneous county records, include deeds, will abstracts, and cemetery records, from around the state.

Nacs 12th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Voces de la Mujer
March 8-10, 1984
University of Texas, Austin