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Ua68/9/2/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Orchestras & Ensembles Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, also known as The Symphony at WKU.

Ua68/9/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Bowling Green Western Choral Society, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Bowling Green Western Choral Society, aka Southern Kentucky Choral Society.

Ua68/9/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, - Marching Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Wku Marching Band, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the WKU Marching Band.

Ua1b Wku University Wide Committees/Events, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding university wide events such as lecture and concert series. See individual departments for smaller co-sponsored events.

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.

Ua94/6/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Hilltoppers Quartet, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Hilltoppers quartet. The collection includes phonograph records, copies of scrapbooks, promotional materials and sheet music.

Ua1c11/2 Dwight Pounds Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs taken by Dwight Pounds, Music Faculty. The majority are of WKU faculty members and student music groups. The collection also contains some Pounds’ art photography and family photographs.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Moore, Brian. Another Meningitis Case Found on Campus
• Dawes, Jennifer. Boy Riding Bicycle Hit on Normal – Christopher Siegrist
• Walsh, Erica. Student Government Association Election Produces Low Voter Turnout
• Hall, Rex. Alcohol to be Served in Luxury Suites – Diddle Arena
• Training Needed to Avoid Rolling – Vans
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Rolling Vans
• NCAA Stepping on Mid-Major Schools
• Hiles, Tom. Naming Revenue Needed
• Murphy, Sean. Policing the Police
• Corbin, Brett. Concrete Canoe Team Rows to Sixth Regional Win
• Hoang, Mai. Dance Company Debuts …

Interview With John Buell Edmonds (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by Michelle Ross on 18 October 2000. The purpose of the interview was to discuss Edmonds involvement with gospel music, particularly his role as a worship and choir leader in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He discusses his musical background and his musical endeavors outside the church.

Ua68/9/2/2 Big Red Marching Band Newsletter, Wku Marching Band

Student Organizations

Newsletter created for the WKU marching band.

Hillbilly Music & Early Live Radio Programming In Bowling Green & Glasgow, Kentucky: Country Music As A Local Phenomenon, James Nelson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this study, the author examines the development of country music in the area surrounding Bowling Green and Glasgow, Kentucky, from approximately 1930 to 1960 and its relation to the newly emerging medium of radio. Emphasis is placed on several performers whose careers were linked to the radio stations which began to broadcast in Bowling Green and Glasgow during the 1940s.

In the past, country music scholarship has tended to focus on phonograph records as a source of material for study and as the primary means of musical transmission. As a result, the careers of many of the lesser known …

Country Music In The Northeast: Two Careers, Joseph Ruff

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Although country music and its antecedents have received attention primarily as cultural phenomena of the South, the past twenty years have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the interplay between commercial country music, vernacular components. and performers within a regional context. The commercial product which has now attained worldwide appeal undoubtedly sustains a significant relationship to the folkways and regional identity of the South; nonetheless, performers and vernacular styles from other areas of the country have contributed to the development of country music. Most important. many areas outside of the South maintain local traditions of country music entertainment. In this …

Ua68/9/1 Requiem, Wku Music

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU Chamber Singers & University Chorale concert.

Ua3/8/10/1 Thomas Meredith Installation Banquet, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Audio recording of banquet immediately prior to the installation of Thomas Meredith as president of WKU. Larnelle Harris is featured performing three songs.

Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald featuring:

• Poore, Chirs & Rob McCracken. It’s A Family Affair – Jack Harbaugh
• Hart, John & Andy Lyons. Addiction: Research Shows Chemical Imbalance in Users’ Brains
• Chatin, John. Film Brings Deadly Legend Alive – Ron Schidknect, Legend of the Pope Lick Monster
• Tsimekles, Diane. Hatcher, Rob. Picasso’s: A Room for Bands to Grow In

Ua3/7/1 Band Uniform Report, Kent Campbell

WKU Administration Documents

Memo and report from Kent Campbell to Wayne Hobbs regarding the condition of marching band uniforms and costs to replace them.

Singing Schools In Southcentral Kentucky, Donald Beisswenger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Singing school teachers, who teach rural church congregations to sing from shape-note gospel songbooks, are still working in southcentral Kentucky, but the demand for them is smaller than it was in the first half of the twentieth century. The interdependence network in which singing school teachers, songbook publishers, and community singing events were key parts began to weaken in the 1940s as a result of the growth in popularity of professional gospel quartet concerts and gospel record albums. Many gospel music enthusiasts who once looked to songbooks as a major source for new material and for developing singing skills turned …

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed are for 108 topics beginning with H ranging from Hail Storm to Hundred Club.

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.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 9, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 8, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 6, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 5, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 4, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 3, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 2, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 12, Number 1, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 11, Number 12, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 11, Number 11, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.

Gospel Reaching Out Volume 11, Number 10, Department Of Library Special Collections

Gospel Reaching Out

The Gospel Reaching Out newsletter was produced by the Hart County Gospel Music Association which was headquartered in Munfordville, Kentucky. The newsletter contained information and calendars related to “singings” and singing conventions in south central Kentucky, area singing groups, musical trends, and features about collectors, churches and enthusiasts as well as advertisements from sponsors. Library Special Collections does not own originals or copies of this title.