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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Mathematical Models Of Zea Mays: Grain Yield And Aboveground Biomass Applied To Ear Flex And Within Row Spacing Variability, Todd Curtis Ballard
Mathematical Models Of Zea Mays: Grain Yield And Aboveground Biomass Applied To Ear Flex And Within Row Spacing Variability, Todd Curtis Ballard
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Field studies were conducted during the summers of 2007 and 2008 at the Agricultural Research and Education Complex, Western Kentucky University, Warren County, KY and commercial production fields in Caldwell County, KY, Warrick County IN, and Vanderburgh County, IN. The goals of these studies were to further validate the Duncan grain yield model, the Russell aboveground biomass model, and to study the effect of inconsistent spacing within rows on Zea mays L. yield. Plant spacing other than uniform decreases grain yield and profitability. The population experiments conducted at the Warren County location were a randomized complete block design with three …
Kamper Re-Visited Concert (Program), Klaus Kamper, Janet Bass Smith
Kamper Re-Visited Concert (Program), Klaus Kamper, Janet Bass Smith
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
One hundred years ago, a young German engineer named Max Kämper, came as a visitor to Mammoth Cave. He became so enchanted with the cavern he obtained permission to map the vast system. For the next eight months Max, along with assistance from cave guide Ed Bishop, meticulously put together a highly detailed and accurate map revealing more of the cave than ever before. He probably never realized his work would be admired by generations to follow. Some admire its artistic expression of the cave. Others see beauty in its precision. Ultimately, it has become the iconic map for generations …
Slave Guide Legacy At Mammoth Cave, Joy Medley Lyons
Slave Guide Legacy At Mammoth Cave, Joy Medley Lyons
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
Serving as guides and explorers at Mammoth Cave partially rescued four men from the obscurity of enslavement. Stephen Bishop, Materson Bransford, Nicholas Bransford and a young man named Alfred all had their very existence documented in the written journals and diaries of various nineteenth century Mammoth Cave visitors. They were physically described, their personalities contemplated, their intelligence gauged, their dialects imitated. At least one abolitionist characterized Stephen Bishop as a charismatic natural leader who could govern the citizenry of freed men in Liberia, should he choose to relocate there.
Max Kämper’S Introduction To The New World, Stanley D. Sides, M.D.
Max Kämper’S Introduction To The New World, Stanley D. Sides, M.D.
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
Twenty-seven year old engineer Max Eduard Kämper arrived in America at 4:00 pm on May 16, 1907 and was greeted by a thunderstorm. His presumed goals were to study American manufacturing methods, learn English, and enrich himself musically. New York had so many German immigrants at the time that German was the second most common language spoken in the city. He stayed at the Belvedere House at the corner of 4th Avenue and 18th Street, and the next day visited acquaintances in Newark. He visited New York landmarks and May 20 visited the famed Hippodrome theater. He moved on May …
Searching For Max: The Engineer, The War And The World´S Longest Cave (Part 1), Bernd Kliebhan
Searching For Max: The Engineer, The War And The World´S Longest Cave (Part 1), Bernd Kliebhan
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
In 1908 the German engineer Max Kämper mapped 35 miles of Mammoth Cave, KY. The “Kämper Map,” forgotten in the archives for half a century, is nowadays considered as a masterpiece of underground cartography. Little was known about Max Kämper despite several attempts of American speleo-historians. Most traces were wiped out in two world wars. Nevertheless the authors could find out details of the biography of Max Kämper in German archives. The text is based based upon the radio story “Suche nach Max,” broadcasted by Hessischer Rundfunk - hr1 December 26, 1999, audio download available on http://www.kliebhan.de/kaemper.htm
Mammoth Cave International Center For Science And Learning, Rick Toomey, Shannon R. Trimboli, Bob Ward, Mike Adams, Blaine Ferrell
Mammoth Cave International Center For Science And Learning, Rick Toomey, Shannon R. Trimboli, Bob Ward, Mike Adams, Blaine Ferrell
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning (MCICSL) is a cooperative venture of Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky University. Funding, logistical support, and governance of MCICSL are shared equally by both entities. MCICSL is part of a national network of research learning centers located within the National Park Service.
The goals of MCICSL and the other research learning centers are to:
I. Facilitate the use of parks for scientific inquiry.
II. Support science-informed decision making.
III. Communicate the relevance of and provide access to knowledge gained through scientific research.
IV. Promote science literacy and resource stewardship. …
The Lamps That Lit Their Way, Rick Olson
The Lamps That Lit Their Way, Rick Olson
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
The distinctive lanterns used at Mammoth Cave from the middle 1800s until 1938 appear to be a locally derived design. Early whale oil railroad lanterns share some characteristics of the Mammoth Cave lanterns, but L&N Railroad lanterns do not appear to have influenced the design. At this time, the design pathway appears to lead from simple open-flame tin candle lanterns to the same lantern with a petticoat lamp affixed in place of the candle, and then finally to the font or oil container being soldered onto the lamp base as one unit. This basic Mammoth Cave lantern varied somewhat over …
A Long History Of Linkages And Synergy: Western Kentucky University And The Mammoth Cave System, Deana Groves, Chris Groves, Weldon Hawkins
A Long History Of Linkages And Synergy: Western Kentucky University And The Mammoth Cave System, Deana Groves, Chris Groves, Weldon Hawkins
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
No abstract provided.
The Puzzling Mr. Janin And Mammoth Cave Management, 1900-1910, Katie Algeo
The Puzzling Mr. Janin And Mammoth Cave Management, 1900-1910, Katie Algeo
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
Albert Covington Janin was the key architect of tourism development at Mammoth Cave for two decades at the start of the twentieth century, yet little has been written about his tenure. This paper explores his background and accomplishments for the period 1900 to 1910 as an initial attempt to understand his contributions to Mammoth Cave. Material about his activities in relation to Mammoth Cave is synthesized from primary sources in the archival collections of the Huntington Library (HL) of San Marino, California, and the Historical Society of Washington, DC (HSW).
Contributions To Karst Science And Education From The Mammoth Cave Region, Chris Groves, William B. White
Contributions To Karst Science And Education From The Mammoth Cave Region, Chris Groves, William B. White
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
No abstract provided.
Mammoth Cave: What A Difference A Few Friends Can Make, Lajuana S. Wilcher
Mammoth Cave: What A Difference A Few Friends Can Make, Lajuana S. Wilcher
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
No abstract provided.
Mapping Of Mammoth Cave: How Cartography Fueled Discoveries, With Emphasis On Max Kaemper’S 1908 Map, Roger W. Brucker
Mapping Of Mammoth Cave: How Cartography Fueled Discoveries, With Emphasis On Max Kaemper’S 1908 Map, Roger W. Brucker
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
Maps came first at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Then came explorers who used the maps to make discoveries as they gained a more comprehensive understanding of the longest cave in the world. The saga of mapping at Mammoth Cave parallels the mapping of North America from the 1600s onward. The first map was an “Eye-Draught Map of Mammoth Cave”, penned from memory in 1811, not a survey, to acquaint merchants with the location of saltpeter dirt. In 1835 the managers of Mammoth Cave hired a surveyor, Edmond Lee, to survey and map and profile the main cave passages. Stephen Bishop, a …
Max Kaemper’S Unique Selection Of Place Names For His 1908 Map Of Mammoth Cave, Charles A. Swedlund, George M. Crothers
Max Kaemper’S Unique Selection Of Place Names For His 1908 Map Of Mammoth Cave, Charles A. Swedlund, George M. Crothers
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
In this paper we present Max Kaemper’s unique selection of Place Names for his 1908 map of Mammoth Cave. He realized the importance of Place Names and they became a feature on his map. His sensitive selection of Place Names provides a greater cultural emphasis, when compared to the previous maps.
The Evolution Of Cave Mapping And Cartography, Pat Kambesis
The Evolution Of Cave Mapping And Cartography, Pat Kambesis
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
“Does it go?” Is the initial question that has inspired many a cave explorer to push the extent of a cave system. But the answer only brings more questions…how far, how long, how deep does it go? During the exploration process, as a cave system reveals its complexity, the questions also change – what is the cave’s relationship to the surface, and to surrounding caves? What are the features and obstacles that the cave contains? Those involved in cave exploration know that the only way to answer these questions is with systematic documentation in the form of cave and surface …
Mammoth Cave National Park's Max Kaemper Centennial Symposium & 9th Science Symposium: Cultural History And Research, Shannon Trimboli , Editor
Mammoth Cave National Park's Max Kaemper Centennial Symposium & 9th Science Symposium: Cultural History And Research, Shannon Trimboli , Editor
Mammoth Cave Research Symposia
No abstract provided.
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County, Kentucky Garden Club - Scrapbook, 1933-1956 (Sc 1740), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1740. Scrapbook compiled by Ethel Alma Folllin containing minutes, news clippings, programs, etc. related to the activities of the Warren County Garden Club and its members.
Conversion Of Traditional Observation-Based Botany Labs To Investigative Inquiry Learning, Hajara Mahmood
Conversion Of Traditional Observation-Based Botany Labs To Investigative Inquiry Learning, Hajara Mahmood
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.” - Chinese Proverb. Involvement in learning implies possessing skills and attitudes that permit students to seek resolutions to questions and issues while constructing new knowledge.
Low enrollment in Plant Biology and Diversity and upper level plant science courses has been noticed at Western Kentucky University. In addition, graduating students performed below the national average on the senior assessment examination in the area of botany content knowledge offered by WKU’s Biology Department. This may be due to the fact that observation-based botany has been taught in …
Genetic Diversity In Native And Invasive Rubus (Rosaceae), Ashley A. Wint
Genetic Diversity In Native And Invasive Rubus (Rosaceae), Ashley A. Wint
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Invasive species are an increasing threat to biological diversity as well as a leading cause of recent species’ extinctions. Invasives spread quickly and efficiently, and the U.S spends millions of dollars annually in the control and eradication of these species. More information is necessary in order to predict which species may become invasive. Rubus (Rosaceae) was chosen for study because this genus includes various ploidy levels, reproductive modes, and species that are invasive as well as native.
Three Rubus species were chosen to represent apomictic and tetraploid invasives (Rubus armeniacus), a sexual and diploid native species (R. occidentalis), and a …
Price, Sarah Frances "Sadie," 1849-1903 (Mss 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Price, Sarah Frances "Sadie," 1849-1903 (Mss 212), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 212. Journal articles, scrapbook and botanical illustrations of Sarah Frances "Sadie" Price, a Bowling Green, Kentucky naturalist and artist. Also includes a copy of her book "Flora of Warren County, Kentucky" and a botanical card game, "Phaenogamia," that she developed.
Owsley, Rebecca (Fa 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owsley, Rebecca (Fa 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 258. Paper: "Farm Folklore" written by Rebecca Owsley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Ua1c1 Views - Wku Archives Photograph Collection, Wku Archives, James Galore
Ua1c1 Views - Wku Archives Photograph Collection, Wku Archives, James Galore
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Views of Western Kentucky University and its founding institutions showing multiple buildings. Includes aerial photographs and maps.
Ua37/13 Faculty Personal Papers Charles Crume, Wku Archives
Ua37/13 Faculty Personal Papers Charles Crume, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
The series includes papers and publications related to Crume's work as a naturalist as well as reproductions of some of his artwork and biographical data.