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Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Oakland, Kentucky - Incorporation (Sc 1537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1537. Motion and judgment, Warren Circuit Court, to incorporate the City of Oakland, Kentucky. Includes a petition listing the names of those requesting the incorporation, a metes and bounds description of the corporate limits, and a sketch map. Also includes correspondence identifying the documents.


Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 (Sc 1313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1313. Letter written by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., to clergyman H.F. McChesney, Bowling Green, Kentucky, commenting on the newly enacted Social Security Act and asking for data about his community's needs.


Ored Quarterly Newsletter, Sadiq Shah Oct 2007

Ored Quarterly Newsletter, Sadiq Shah

ORED Quarterly Newsletter

Connecting Knowledge with Businesses and Society to Promote Economic Growth and to Enhance the Quality of Life


Thugs And Drugs: The Terrorists And Drug Networks Of The Islamic Movement Of Uzbekistan, Ian Nash Oct 2007

Thugs And Drugs: The Terrorists And Drug Networks Of The Islamic Movement Of Uzbekistan, Ian Nash

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Recent analyses of terrorist groups reveal their dependency on complex logistical, financial, and operational relationships with other groups. Advantaged by the technological advancements of the last two decades, many terrorist and criminal organizations are now linked through complicated networks. Therefore, experts dedicated to uncovering and unraveling terrorist strategy, can easily get lost in the scattered patterns of today’s terrorism. A web-like structure allows for flexible, though well-connected leadership, and widespread recruitment opportunity. One recent terrorist group that has benefited from network organization is the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). The IMU was a formidable group because of its experienced and …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2007

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Sep 2007

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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


England, Nannie Rogers (Willett), 1878-1955 (Sc 1469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2007

England, Nannie Rogers (Willett), 1878-1955 (Sc 1469), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1469. Correspondence relating to the appointment of the postmaster in Lebanon, Kentucky. Nannie R. England and John B. Wathen were candidates for the position. The letters indicate the politics involved in postal appointments.


Collections & Connections, Cindy Troutman Apr 2007

Collections & Connections, Cindy Troutman

Collections & Connections

Collections & Connections used to be a tri-annual publication (now it is bi-annual) of Western Kentucky University Libraries, featuring the Libraries' major events. This April '07 issue highlights the following events: Southern Kentucky Book Fest that hosted headline authors like Pat Conroy, the Kentucky Literary Awards, the First Annual Graduating Senior Exhibition, the Margie Helm Award Winners, the Kentucky Writers Conference, and the resignation of Jayne Pelaski, former manager of the Libraries' community outreach activities.


Volunteerism Comes Alive, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding, Cheryl Kirby-Stokes Mar 2007

Volunteerism Comes Alive, Paul N. Markham, Aurelia Spaulding, Cheryl Kirby-Stokes

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.


The Law Of Libraries And Archives: Chapter 1: Libraries And The U.S. Legal System, Bryan M. Carson Jan 2007

The Law Of Libraries And Archives: Chapter 1: Libraries And The U.S. Legal System, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

The law should be accessible to every professional, which is the philosophy behind The Law of Libraries and Archives. In this invaluable book, legal concepts are explained in plain English so that librarians and archivists will be able to understand the principles that affect them on a daily basis. This book provides its readers with answers and raises issues for them to think about. In addition to providing a basic overview of the law, this work contains enough details to allow readers to make informed choices and to converse intelligently with legal counsel.
Some of the issues included in …


Collections & Connections, Cindy Troutman Jan 2007

Collections & Connections, Cindy Troutman

Collections & Connections

Collections & Connections used to be a tri-annual (now bi-annual) publication of Western Kentucky University Libraries, featuring the Libraries' major events. In this January '07 issue, the following events are highlighted: One Campus-One Community-One Book event, Jim Johnson's Reception of Distinguished Service Award, the Academic Librarian of the Year, the Black History Month that presented Sheila Williams, and the "Kentucky Live" program that presented Kentucky's forensic anthropologist Emily Craig.


Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police Jan 2007

Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

2007 WKU Police departmental newsletters.


Ua64/25/5/1 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Hugh Ridenour Jan 2007

Ua64/25/5/1 Company B 3rd Regiment Pershing Rifles Wku 1960s, Hugh Ridenour

WKU Archives Records

Collection of memories regarding the Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes from the 1960s. Includes biographical sketches of Fred Alcott, Sandy Carneal, George Case, Blake Clark, Steve Crider, Ramey Cunningham, Rita Davis, Pat Dillard, Ron Dillard, Mike Divine, Jerry Froedge, Jerry Fussell, Joe Galloway, Bill Houston, Eddie James, Nancy Jasper, Ed Karr, Mike Kenney, Kandi Kohlmeyer, Tom Lewman, Carol Mays, Mike Meuth, Bill Mize, Wayne Moore, Ellis Morrow, Ron Osburn, Bill Pearson, Glen Ping, Hugh Ridenour, Bill Ritter, Jackie Roper, Ken Scott, Janice Toppass, Don Traughber, Doug Verdier, John Vititoe, Beverly Westerfield and Roye Wilson.