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Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Officers & Calendar
• Faculty
• Regular Courses of Study
• Subject Matter Offered in the Summer Term by Departments
• The Normal Training School
• Subjects Taught During Each Term
• Expenses – Tuition, Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Condensed Information
• List of Books Used
• Commencement Exercises

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

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:

[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.

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

My dear Mr. Cherry;

Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …

Ua94/6/2/14 Domestic Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Domestic Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis regarding fashion design. The notebook includes her sketches of clothing and costumes as well as information regarding beauty, self-image, body types, accessories, hairstyles and children's clothing.

Ua97/7 Cardinal Yearbook, Ogden College

WKU Administration Documents

Yearbook created by and about the students of Ogden College.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1914.

Ua1b1 The Farmers' Chautauqua & The Greater County Convention, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Report regarding farmers' chautauquas held in Warren County in the fall of 1913 and the Warren County Convention which was held at Western Kentucky University.

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional booklet written by Mattie McLean relating news of WKU, faculty, staff, students, alumni, sports and curriculum.

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua97/3 Commencement Program, Ogden College

WKU Administration Documents

Ogden College commencement program for Class of 1913.

Ua45/1/1/ The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Promotional document for summer school, includes articles:

• A Word to School Trustees & to All of Those Who Employ or Recommend the Employment of Teachers
• Summer School
• The Tired Teacher
• Commencement Exercises Western Normal
• Convocation of County Superintendents
• Notes on Summer School
• Music Festival
• Do You Need a Teacher?

Ua45/1/1 The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 2, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

WKU catalog of courses for summer and fall 1913. Includes many photographs of events on campus along with campus news.

Ua1b3/7 Index To Meeting Minute Book 1, 1907-1913, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Index to Faculty Meeting Minutes Book 1, 1907-1913.

Ua97/7 Cardinal Yearbook, Ogden College

WKU Administration Documents

Yearbook created by and for the students of Ogden College.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty meetings for 1913 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.

Ua94/6/2/14 Domestic Science Notebook, Annie Reis

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Domestic Science notebook kept by student Annie Reis regarding crocheting and embroidery. Includes samples of work created by Reis and patterns for underwear and sleeves.

Ua45/2 Student Register 1912-1913 Index, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Index to WKU Registrar’s Student Register 1912-1913. The book records the following information:

• Date
• Student name
• Number
• Post Office
• County
• Appointee from
• State
• Enrollment I/S
• Days Taught
• Vaccinated
• Tuition & Fees Paid
• Number of Terms Enrolled
• Remarks

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 1, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• The Pictorial Compendium of the Western Kentucky State Normal School
• Special to Former Students
• The Second Term, November 19, 1912
• The Mid-Winter Term, January 28, 1913
• The Fourth Term
• The Summer School of 1913
• Condensed News & Information
• Department of Music
• Expense – Tuition, Board
• Frisbie Hall
• Athletics in the Western Normal
• Two-Year Regular Normal Course

President's Report, Wku President's Office - Cherry

Board of Regents Documents

President Henry Cherry's report to the Board of Regents. Includes sections:

• Condition of school
• Finances
• Attendance
• Enrollment & Distribution of Students
• Religious Affiliation of Students
• Courses of Study
• Fred Mutchler’s Report on Boys’ Corn Clubs
• Domestic Science & Arts
• Other Courses
• School of Music
• Summer School
• Conference of County Superintendents
• Graduates
• Elementary Certificate
• Class of 1912
• Advanced or Life Certificate
• Former Graduates of the Advanced or Life Certificate Course
• Faculty & Salaries
• Violin Teacher
• Recitation Hall
• Sanitary & Toilet Arrangement for the Training School
• Frisbie Hall
• Rural Training School
• Improvement of Grounds, Drives, Walks, Etc.
• Culinary Department
• Acoustic Properties of …

Ua99/9 Southern Exponent Of Business Education, Vol. Vi, No. 1, Bowling Green Business University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Bowling Green Business University to promote the school. Includes descriptions of courses, lists of students and alumni and photographs.

• Typewriter Expert at University Writes 119 Words in a Minute – J.L. Hoyt
• Mr. O.M. Hinton
• $225 a Month
• Strollers Quartet at Bowling Green Business University
• Still Succeeding
• $1500 a year
• Stenotypy
• Seven Operators Go to Positions in One Day
• Commencement
• Tuition Rates
• Mammoth Cave
• The New Catalog
• Special Penmanship
• A Beautiful Act – Alice Whobrey
• What They Say
• An Interesting Contest
• The Annual Debate – Corecos, The Big Four
• The Land of the Midnight Sun
• Continental …

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Courses of Study
• County Certificate Course
• Preparatory Course
• Rural Teachers’ Course
• Regular Normal Course
• School of Music
• McLean, Mattie. School News
• Condensed Information
• Expense – Tuition & Board
• Frisbie Hall

Ua45/6 Commencement Concert, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

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

Ua45/1/1 State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Course catalog & newsletter:

• Summer School
• The New Normal Site
• Recitation Hall
• Cabell Hall
• The New Vanmeter Auditorium & Administration Building
• The Tired Teacher
• Courses Offered
• The Normal Training School
• English
• History
• Physical Sciences
• Physiology II
• Mathematics
• Drawing
• The Library
• The School of Domestic Science & Domestic Arts
• Nature Study & Elementary Agriculture
• Do You Need a Teacher?
• Physical Education
• Excursion from the Western Normal Summer School to the Kentucky Educational Association
• For High School Teachers
• Geography
• Special Announcement Summer School Western Normal
• Headquarters of Western Kentucky State Normal School at the Kentucky Educational Association
• Kindergarten Department
• Stewart, Cora. The …

Ua3/1/7 Letter To John Cherry, Henry Cherry

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Letter regarding family members and the administration of WKSNS.

Ua2 The State Normal Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2, Wku Board Of Regents

WKU Administration Documents

Biennial report of the WKU Board of Regents includes reports of president Henry Cherry, McKenzie Todd, state inspector, budget, curriculum, alumni, national rankings, county superintendent reports and photographs of the school.

Ua3/1/7 Letter To Henry Cherry, John Cherry

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Letter from John Cherry to Henry Cherry regarding report on WKSNS to the legislature.

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

WKU Administration Documents

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 …

Ua1a Capt. C.J. Vanmeter, Times-Journal & Warren County Courier

WKU Administration Documents

Biographical sketch and image of Capt. Charles Joseph Vanmeter, benefactor of the Southern Normal School.

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

WKU Administration Documents

Education & Politics 1906-07; 1911-12 scrapbook created by WKU President's Office during Henry Cherry's tenure. Page numbers from original scrapbook and may not match pdf file.

• A Commoner's University, p. 28
• Aim and Object of Two State Normal Schools Set Forth, p. 1
• American History, p. 93
• Appeal for Funds, p. 99
• Approves Wealth Rightly Gotten, p. 81
• Arithmetic, p. 93
• Better Schools Must Come First, p. 39
• Big Reception is Voted Huge Success, p. 9
• Carmack, E.W. A Beautiful Tribute, p. 24
• Cherry, Henry. Untitled, p. 34
• Circular No. 5 re: Virginia schools, p. 66
• Compulsory Education, p. 5 …

Ua3/1/2/1 Correspondence - Van Meter Auditorium, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Correspondence of Henry Cherry with a variety of contractors regarding the construction of Van Meter Hall. Also includes information regarding the dedication and general reception when the building opened.

• American Seating Company
• Jake Bornstein
• C.E. Morris
• Superior Seating Company
• R.W. Koch
• Andrews Company
• Brinton Davis
• A.J. Anderson & Company
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
• S. Keighley Metal Ceiling & Manufacturing Company
• Dow Wire & Iron Works
• First National Bank of Louisville
• Bowling Green Machine Company

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of WKU faculty meetings for 1912 from Books 1 and 2. The books have slight variations. See also Book 1 Index.