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Students Hand-Book (1922), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first seven pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, rules, constitution/by-laws, fire regulations, points system, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

Students' Hand-Book (1921), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first six pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, rules, constitution/by-laws, fire regulations, points system, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

The Spinster (1921), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

The Spinster (1920), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

Students' Hand-Book (1920), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first seven pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, rules, constitution/by-laws, fire regulations, points system, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on the Summer School and veterans of World War I.

Students' Hand-Book (1919), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first six pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, rules, constitution/by-laws, fire regulations, points system, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 3, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on summer school.

The Spinster (1918), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Student's Handbook (1918), Y.W.C.A., Hollins College

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first seven pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back

Student Handbook (1917), Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association)

Student Handbooks

This is a small handbook published by the Hollins Y.W.C.A. chapter. The first five pages are devoted to the Y.W.C.A.'s activities while the remaining text lists additional student organizations (i.e. S.G.A.), helpful hints, daily schedule, and school songs. Published and distributed by the Y.W.C.A. from 1917-1924. Advertisements in back.

The Spinster (1917), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

November 15, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, dated to approximately 1916, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about several topics, including her teaching job, attending an exhibition, seeing the Emperor pass on the street, tea services, and describes in detail her accommodations. She says that she is very happy in Japan now that she is more used to the climate.

The Spinster (1916), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University

Ua12/2/2 Vista, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

1915 Vista yearbook.

• Greeting
• Dedication – Henry Cherry
• The Fort
• C.S. Brown – Dormitory Manager
• Faculty & Board of Regents
• Dreams
• Class of 1915
• Senior Editorial
• Midsummer Nights Dream – Senior Play
• Privileged? Hardly
• Alice in Seniorland
• Class Poem
• Annual Debate of the Senior Girls
• Know Em?
• Owed to Senior Note Books
• Senior Class Song – We’re a Jolly Band of Seniors
• Concerning a Senior and Geometry I
• Ex Parte
• Class Song
• Class Will
• Juniors – Class of 1916
• Sophomores – Class of 1917
• Freshmen – Class of 1918
• Class Editorials, Poems, Prophecies, Songs
• White Butterfly
• Effects of the Son …

The Spinster (1915), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:

[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …

The Spinster (1914), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (1913), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (1912), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

My Wife Is A Suffragette!, Freya

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Playscript written by Freya, student organization at Hollins. May Day traditions in the early 20th century at Hollins included an original play performed by the members of Freya.

The Spinster (1911), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Administration Documents

Letter written to Henry Cherry by Nettie Depp from Scottsville, Kentucky, Dec. 11, 1910. Transcript:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

As a matter of course I am egotistical enough to think that you would like to hear from me occasionally.

School here is progressing nicely though the school board is financially embarressed [sic] at present. You know they began the school with only a twenty cent tax and now they begin to realize that they will have to do something in order to meet the growing demands of the school.

They have called a meeting …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry from Glasgow, Kentucky, August 20, 1910. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry,

I have been wating [sic] to know for certain just what I was to do. I go to Scottsville next week. I have charge of the 7th and 8th grades and two higher classes at $65.00 per month. This is not the work I wanted to do nor is it the price I wanted to work for, still I think it the best I can do this year and I shall go and do …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry dated July 28, 1910 from Glasgow, Ky. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear sir:

Your letter to hand and I have made the application for the school. I sincerely thank you for all you have done for me and only hope that I may be able in some way to repay you.

I have not been at home long enough to visit any schools but hope to do so soon.

Yours for success

Nettie B. Depp

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Eastern Kentucky University, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Box 1 Folder 7 of President Henry Cherry’s Correspondence, General File regarding the relationship between WKU and Eastern Kentucky University. This file is comprised entirely of letters, the majority from EKU’s president Ruric Roark.

• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 1/25/1907 – congratulations on creation of WKU, questions about curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/3/1907 – Kentucky Education Association resolution re: diplomas
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/7/1907 – appropriations for EKU
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 6/24/1907 – curriculum and faculty
• Roark, Ruric N. to Henry Cherry 7/25/1907 – diplomas …

The Spinster (1910), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Ua98/1 Green & Gold, Vol. Vii, No. 3, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by and about the students of Potter College. The Green & Gold contains articles, short stories, poetry and news regarding events of the college, students and alumni.

• Toast to Potter
• Redmond, Ethel. A Negro Sermon
• McCurdy, B.O. Never Seem to Be What You Are Not
• Eastland, May. A New “Brer Rabbit & Brer Possum” Story
• The Universal Sovereign
• Postlewaite, Delphia. Pat’s Joke
• Description of the Azores
• Sanders, Norah. Ghosts
• Barr, Corrine. Interpretation of Prometheus Unbound
• Mitchell, Katherine. The Misfortunes of Rastus
• Earth’s Pain
• The Passing of Pleasant Potter College
• Wilford, John. The Passing of Pleasant J. Potter College …

Ua98 1909 Talisman, Potter College For Young Ladies

WKU Administration Documents

1909 Talisman yearbook produced by the Potter College for Young Ladies.

• Faculty
• Talisman Staff
• Brief History of Potter College
• Teachers & Officers
• Departments
• Class of 1909
• Senior Class History
• Falter, Elizabeth. Incarnation
• Ballard, Trudie. WIll of Class of 1909
• Junior Class
• Hogin, Inamay. Junior Class History
• Sophomore Class
• Keith, Katherine. Nineteen Hundred & Eleven
• Freshman Class
• Mitchell, Katherine. Freshman Class History
• Specials & Irregulars
• Beta Sigma Omicron
• Sigma Iota Chi
• Eta Upsilon Gamma
• Phi Mu Gamma
• Cabell, Benjamin. Compensation
• Young Women's Christian Association
• Hypatian Literary Society
• Ossolian Society
• Green & Gold Staff
• Tennis Club
• Basketball
• Bowling Club
• Departments
• To the …

The Spinster (1909), Hollins Institute

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins Institute (later College then University)