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Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Students' Army Training Corps and students who served in World War I. There is also a biographical sketch of Henry Cherry.

Ua3/1/2 Henry Cherry - Earl Sullenger Correspondence, T. Earl Sullenger, Henry Cherry

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Letter from T. Earl Sullenger WKU alum requesting a recommendation from Henry Cherry in order to obtain a commission in the U.S. Navy. Text:

Allison DII
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington, D.C.

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

My dear Friend:

Please pardon me for asking for another favor, but I am making application for a Commission in the U.S. Navy. I know that a letter from you will be a great assistance to me.

Hoping to receive the letter at once and thanking you in advance, I am

Your W.K.S.N. friend
T. Earl Sullenger

Cherry's reply recounts the establishment of …

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on rural education and military training.

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

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

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

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Rural Life & Rural School Conference.

Ua45/1/3 Military Training, Wku Registrar

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Broadside announcing military training to begin at WKU in the fall of 1918.

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

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Newsletter promoting Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog this issue promotes Patriotic Week.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 1, No. 5, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the patriotic conference and World War I.

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

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Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly.

• Condensed Information
• To High School Graduates
• The Cherry Club Banquet
• Kentucky Educational Association
• The Music Festival
• Summer School
• Commencement
• The New Catalog

Ua45/6 Commencement Concerts, Wku Registrar

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Commencement concert program and graduation program listing music certificate / diploma recipients.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. I, No. 11, Western Kentucky University

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Newsletter sent out by WKU features events at the school, activities faculty and former faculty and recruitment information.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. I, No. 10, Western Kentucky University

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Recruitment newsletter sent out by WKU.

Ua12/2/1 Western Normal Letter, Vol. 1, No. 8, Western Kentucky University

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School of Music issue of recruitment newsletter issued by WKU.

Ua12/2/2 Vista, Western Kentucky University

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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 …

Ua11/1 On Normal Heights, Wku Public Affairs

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Promotional picture booklet of Western Kentucky University which includes images of the major buildings, students working on campus, faculty, Mammoth Cave, Barren River and student body.

Ua3/1/3 Education & Politics Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook regarding education & politics for 1911-1912 created by the WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Child's Value 139
• A Cure for Lawlessness, Elizabethtown News 89
• A 'Practical' Education 137
• Address & Resolutions to be Presented to State-Wide Rural School Conference, March 29, 1911 18
• All Round Efficiency 4
• Beckman, F.W. A Cry from Macedonia for Teachers of Agriculture . . . 58
• Behind the School 3
• Beveridge's Eloquent Plea for Cause of Humanity 145
• Campbell, James Jr. Commission Form of Government 85
• Child Labor a National …

Herman Donovan's Registration & Transcript, Wku Registrar

2015: Cherry Statue Time Capsule

Registration form and transcript of Herman Donovan the first student to register at WKU. He went on to be president of Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky.

Ua25 Lease To Kentucky Board Of Health, Wku Finance & Administration

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Contract between WKU and the Kentucky Board of Health to lease rooms in Recitation Hall for four years.

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

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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

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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

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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 …

Ua1b3/7 Oratorical League Committee, Wku Faculty

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Correspondence regarding proposed constitution of the Central Oratorical League consisting of Indiana State University, Eastern Kentucky University and Ohio University. William Craig was appointed a committee of one to study the viability of WKU's participation. Includes program for oratorical contest held May 27, 1910 in Van Meter Hall.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. Iii, No. 2, Wku Registrar

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Course catalog & newsletter:

• New Site for the State Normal
• What Prominent Men Think About the New Site for the Western Kentucky State Normal
• No Contagious Disease in Bowling Green
• The Summer School
• Texts Used in Normal
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Educational Reform in Kentucky
• The Spring & Summer Terms

Ua1c4/5/327 Warren County Students, Western Kentucky University

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Composite photograph of the Warren County students enrolled at WKU in 1909. Top center is A.J. Boatright, middle center is Henry Cherry, bottom center is Emery White. The photo was made by Cayce Photo. If you recognize this photo and can help identify the people in it, please send feedback to archives@wku.edu.

Ua45/1/1 First Life Certificate Graduate, Wku Registrar

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Broadside about Flora Stallard, the first life certificate graduate.

Kentucky Statutes Chapter 102, Kentucky General Assembly

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Chapter 102 An Act to establish a system of State normal schools in Kentucky; to create a board of regents for the general management thereof; to create a normal executive council, which shall determine the requirements for admission and graduation and the courses of study for the said schools; to create a commission which shall determine the location of said schools, and to appropriate funds for their maintenance.

Western Kentucky State Normal School and Eastern Kentucky State Normal School were created by this legislation.

Ua3/1/3 Scrapbook, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Scrapbook created by Southern Normal School president Henry Cherry regarding anti-cigarette league, manufacturing in the South and education.

• A Beautiful Thought, p. 63
• A Divided Heart, Hosea 10:2, p. 63
• A Fickle Life, p. 42
• Anti-Cigarette League, p. 49
• As a Beacon Light – Vitae-ore, p. 89
• Awarding Business College Diplomas, p. 47
• Awarding November College Diplomas, p. 37
• Be Ready Pa, p. 2
• Bogus Advertising, p. 60
• Brilliant Sayings of Robert Ingersoll, p. 71
• Capital Turning to the South, p. 85
• Carnegie, Andrew, p. 65
• Charge to the Pastor, p. 64
• Cherry, Henry. The Balancing Pole, p. 253
• Cigarette …