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Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2798. Letter of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky attorney Douglas Keen, 28 October 1929, setting out his qualifications, deploring political “mud-slinging” against him, and seeking support in his electoral campaign as the Republican nominee for County Attorney.


Ua12/2/1 Stressbusters, Wku Student Affairs Dec 2013

Ua12/2/1 Stressbusters, Wku Student Affairs

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Special finals week edition of the College Heights Herald.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs Dec 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Metcalfe County, Kentucky - Elections And Election Campaigns (Sc 1268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Metcalfe County, Kentucky - Elections And Election Campaigns (Sc 1268), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1268. Unsigned letter, 5 November 1909, written to Bruce Taylor, East Fork, Kentucky, asking repayment of money loaned to Taylor for his unsuccessful political campaign.


Autographs - Political (Sc 1234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Autographs - Political (Sc 1234), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1234. Autographs of Robert T. Lincoln as U.S. Secretary of War and Frederick T. Frelinghuysen as U.S. Secretary of State.


Clinton, William Jefferson, B. 1946 (Sc 1267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Clinton, William Jefferson, B. 1946 (Sc 1267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1267. Letter written to Bowling Green, Kentucky dentist Michael W. Howell by President Bill Clinton in response to Howell’s letter expressing concerns about Social Security.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs Dec 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Uncertainty, Individual Differences, And Paranormal Beliefs, Kelly Mccoy Dec 2013

Uncertainty, Individual Differences, And Paranormal Beliefs, Kelly Mccoy

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The current study examined the relationship between uncertainty and supernatural beliefs, as well as the link between individual personality traits and supernatural beliefs. Participants were placed in four different prime conditions: self uncertainty, other uncertainty, self affirmation, or other affirmation. The current study was created due to the widespread belief in supernatural phenomena in America and its effect on society. Results suggest that uncertainty increases religious beliefs but not paranormal beliefs when the self is threatened. Results also suggest that narcissism and neuroticism have a negative correlation with paranormal beliefs, inconsistent with previous research. The search for meaning in life …


Conscious Reconstruction: The Effects Of Second Language Acquisition On Self-Perception Of Gender Identity, Geneva Ged Dec 2013

Conscious Reconstruction: The Effects Of Second Language Acquisition On Self-Perception Of Gender Identity, Geneva Ged

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Gender interacts with other facets of English Language Learners’ social identity like race and ethnicity to guide their learning experiences, desires, and outcomes; however, much of traditional Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) research has focused on how motivation and language learning beliefs differ between male and female English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) students with the intent to identify difference, if it exists. English Language Learners who are studying abroad or who have immigrated to the United States have already established a gender identity influenced and created by their experiences in their first language …


Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Bowling Green Music Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 457. Minutes, governing documents, yearbooks, programs for public concerts, membership information, various reports, and news clippings for the Woman’s Music Club, the Bowling Green Music Club and the Bowling Green Junior Music Club.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald Holiday Guide, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald Holiday Guide, Wku Student Affairs

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Special holiday issue of the College Heights Herald.

  • Sproles, Katherine. Groups Compete In Christmas Tree Decorating Competition – Kentucky Museum
  • Pait, Ryan. ‘Tis the Season for Holiday Episodes – Television
  • Conniff, Ben. Holly Jolly Holiday Films to Watch – Movies
  • Roederer, Anna. Circle K Club Gets Into Spirit of Giving with Clothing Drive – Charities
  • French, Jackson. International Students Share Their Holiday Plans
  • Crumbie, Trey. Kentucky Museum Store Offers Unique Gifts for the Holiday Season
  • Koch, Cameron. A Guide to Video Game Deals This Black Friday
  • Boyd, Kayla. Black Friday Brings Deals for Shoppers, Stress for Workers



Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Bowling Green, Kentucky Musical Fund Society (Mss 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 460. Minutes, financial records, governing documents and miscellaneous items of the Bowling Green Musical Fund Society, which was established in 1872 for “the cultivation of music and the social enjoyment of its members.”


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1192), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1192. Card from former Bowling Green, Kentucky madam Pauline Tabor Webster to David Helm in Bowling Green, promising to look for a catalog of her 1973 antiques sale and offering to send him an antique item as a gift.


Whitfield, Jon A. (Sc 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Whitfield, Jon A. (Sc 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1219. Letter written by Jon A. Whitfield, Brandenburg, Kentucky, to Connie Foster, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in reaction to an article she prepared for Kentucky Libraries. He related his experiences as a librarian at the American Community School in Cobham, Surrey, England, in 1984.


Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc 1222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 (Sc 1222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1222. Letter, 5 September 1840, written by Henry Clay, Ashland, Kentucky, to Henry Henion, Rushville, New York. Clay responds to a letter received from the Rushville Tippecanoe Club asking his opinion of the prospects of Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison in the upcoming presidential election.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Webster, Pauline (Martin) Tabor, 1905-1992 (Sc 1180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1180. Cards and letters, 1984-1991 (10), from Pauline Tabor Webster, Universal City, Texas, to Mitchell Leichhardt, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Originally from Bowling Green, Webster discusses mutual friends, family affairs, and past and present events. Also related data.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 Basketball Section, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 Basketball Section, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring basketball.

  • Aulbach, Lucas. Expect Big Things from Both WKU Teams This Year – Basketball
  • Players to Watch: Lady Toppers – Chastity Gooch, Chaney Means, Bianca McGee, Alexis Govan
  • Players to Watch: Toppers – T.J. Price, George Fant, Brandon Harris, Aleksey Rostov
  • Lashbrook, Tyler. English Forward Ben Lawson Brings Unique Skill Set to WKU – International Students
  • Aulbach, Lucas. Toppers Beginning Quest for Third Straight Sun Belt Title
  • Williams, Kyle. Alexis Govan or Go Home
  • Williams, Kyle. Lady Toppers Not Sneaking Up on Anyone This Season
  • Lashbrook, Tyler. Point Taken: Ray Harper Looks …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932 (Sc 2777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932 (Sc 2777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2777. Letter, 6 December 1902, from Caleb Powers to Lovin Richards, Hillsdale, Kentucky, thanking him and other Republican residents of Simpson County Precinct Number 1 for donations toward his legal expenses in connection with his retrial on a charge of complicity in the assassination of Kentucky governor William J. Goebel. Includes the list of donors and amounts contributed; also includes a letter, 25 July 1903, from J. B. Howard to the postmaster of Hickory Flat, Kentucky, requesting a house-to-house canvass for donations to defend against the same …


Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.


Ua12/2/1 Bright Lights, Red City, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 Bright Lights, Red City, Wku Student Affairs

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Special homecoming edition of the College Heights Herald.

  • Duvall, Tessa. The Best Homecomings Are Yet to Come
  • Crumbie, Trey. #RedCity Homecoming Theme Embraces the Big City
  • Koch, Cameron. Homecoming Parade Continues to Grow In Size
  • Osborne, Sam. Former Refrigerator Bowl Team Remains Close After 61 Years – Football
  • Mathews, Mackenzie. Alums Set to Get Married on Campus Homecoming Weekend – Kyle Norris, Azlisya Ismail
  • O’Neal, Arla. Give Me Justin Moore: Rising Country Artist Headlines Homecoming Concert
  • WKU Homecoming 2013 Schedule
  • WKU to Induct Four Members to Athletics Hall of Fame – Romeo Crennel, James Edwards, Brandi Carey, Curtiss Long
  • French, …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2013

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.