WKU History Copyright (c) 2013 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist Recent documents in WKU History en-us Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:25:42 PDT 3600 WKU Buildings & Property Lists http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/31 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/31 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:51:12 PDT A compilation of lists of WKU buildings indicating namesake, date built, architects, replacement value, construction type and brief histories. Buildings included are:

Academic Complex, Barnes-Campbell Hall, Barracks, Bates-Runner Hall, Bemis Lawrence Hall, Cabell Hall, Central Hall, Cherry Hall, Cherryton, College High Building, Colonnade, Copy Center, Craig Alumni Center, Cravens Graduate Center, Denes Field, Diddle Arena, Diddle Dorm, Downing Student Center, East Hall, Environmental Sciences & Technology, Faculty House, Frisbie Hall, Ft. Albert Sidney Johnston, Garrett Conference Center, Gilbert Hall, Gordon Wilson Hall, Grise Hall, Hardin Planetarium, Helm Library, Home Management House, Industrial Education, Industrial Education Annex, Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Building, Jones-Jaggers School, Keen Hall, Kentucky Building, McCormack Hall, McLean Hall, Miller Theatre, Music Building, North Hall, Ogden Hall, Parking Structure, Pearce-Ford Tower, Pioneer Cabin, Pioneer Log Cabin, Poland Hall, Potter Hall, President’s Home, Rock House, Rodes-Harlin Hall, Rural Training School, Schneider Hall, Science & Technology Building, Smith Stadium, Snell Hall, South Hall, Supply Services Building, Taylor Agriculture Center, Thompson Complex for Science, Van Meter, West Hall and Wetherby.

]]> WKU Archives The Higher Road: The Life of Nelle Gooch Travelstead http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/30 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/30 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:30:38 PDT Article originally published in Landmark Report, March & August 2003. Posted with author's permission.

]]> Nancy Richey The Refrigerator Bowl http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/29 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/29 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:03:12 PDT Brief synopsis of the Refrigerator Bowl game played Dec. 8, 1952 between WKU and Arkansas State University in Evansville, Indiana.

]]> Suellyn Lathrop A Towel Comes Out of the Air, Lands on Spectator, And Diddle Has Made a Friend http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/28 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/28 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:28:16 PDT Article by Chip Royal which appeared in the Park City Daily News on February 14, 1943.

]]> Chip Royal Diddle Arena http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/27 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/27 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:11:31 PDT Article written for WKU Spirit regarding the history of Diddle Arena.

]]> Suellyn Lathrop WKU Genealogy Chart http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/26 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/26 Wed, 18 May 2011 08:58:38 PDT Genealogical chart showing the evolution, name changes, splits and mergers that have occured in WKU's history.

]]> WKU University Archives All Dolled Up for Commencement http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/25 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/25 Mon, 16 May 2011 10:13:29 PDT Photo essay by Joe Creason regarding the reseeding-resodding landscape project at WKU. The Louisville Courier-Journal is available on microfilm at WKU Libraries.

]]> Joe Creason Western 100: The Life of a Student http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/24 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/24 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:05:32 PDT Powerpoint presentation created by Sue Lynn McDaniel for WKU's Centennial celebration. It has been edited to reflect the current University Archives website.

]]> Sue Lynn McDaniel Tour of BU-Related Sites & Hangouts http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/23 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/23 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:35:31 PST Map of Bowling Green, Kentucky with inset of downtown area 15th to 2nd Street and Center to High Streets showing the location of various buildings for the period 1935 through 1963. These include restaurants, boarding houses, theatres and other establishments frequented by BU students. A list of establishments is provided along with the location and the establishment in that location in 2001.

]]> Sue Lynn McDaniel et al. "We've Just Got to Get Together": African American Students Unite in the 1970s http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/22 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/22 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:37:08 PDT In the early 1970s, African American students at Western Kentucky University took the first steps toward organizing themselves into a strong voice on campus, supporting a curriculum of black studies, sponsoring social and cultural events, and protesting discriminatory activity.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Western Kentucky University - History The Mammoth Cave Party http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/20 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/20 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:37:06 PDT In the early twentieth century, groups of students from the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now Western Kentucky University) observed an annual tradition by embarking on field trips to Mammoth Cave. They fondly remembered their experiences hiking, camping, and touring the great natural wonder.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Western Kentucky University - History Henry Hardin Cherry, Suffragist http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/18 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/18 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:37:04 PDT In the first decade of the twentieth century, Western Kentucky University’s first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, supported local suffragists in their work to secure votes for women.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Western Kentucky University - History G. G. Craig, Western's Master Penman http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/17 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/17 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:37:02 PDT Gavin G. Craig (1896-1976) joined the faculty of the Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in 1922 and taught penmanship there for more than forty years. He also gave instruction to the public by mail, grading his correspondents’ work according to his own Advanced Handwriting Scale.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Western Kentucky University - History A Master Recruiter http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/16 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/16 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:37:00 PDT Western Kentucky University’s student recruitment strategies were enthusiastically devised by its first president, Henry Hardin Cherry, who used extensive mailing lists, clever advertising, and on-campus programs to attract new students to campus.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Western Kentucky University - History Education: The Basis of Democracy http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/14 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/14 Wed, 14 May 2008 07:33:39 PDT This book is a compilation of chapel talks made by President Henry Hardin Cherry in response to a resolution passed by the student body of Western Kentucky State Teachers College and Normal School, August 6, 1925.

]]> H H. Cherry The Best-Laid Plans: Building on the Hill http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/11 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/11 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:16:11 PST Since Western purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier The Dogs of Western http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/10 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/10 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:28:59 PDT Throughout Western's history, dogs belonging to faculty and staff, as well as strays who simply appear and make the Hill their home, have earned the affection of the campus community. A few of their stories are told here.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Speak Up: It's Leap Year! http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/9 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/9 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:11:02 PDT The legend that on leap year day (February 29) a man was obligated to accept a woman's proposal of marriage dates back many generations. At Western, the tradition translated into Leap Year Dances and teas, to which women students invited the young men of their choice. The introduction of Sadie Hawkins Day, inspired by the comic strip "L'il Abner," gave a new and lively twist to this female prerogative.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier Measuring Up: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Return to Western http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/8 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/8 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:06:20 PDT Since 1912, Western had fielded women's athletic teams, but after 1930 they were restricted to intramural competition. In 1972, with the implementation of Title IX on the horizon, physical education faculty members and students began to lobby for the quick restoration of an intercollegiate athletics program for women. Although they met with some resistance, by 1973-74 Western women were competing again on an intercollegiate basis in basketball, tennis, golf, gymnastics, track and riflery.

]]> Lynn E. Niedermeier "We Are Not Aliens": Women's Hours at Western http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/7 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_wku_hist/7 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:28:42 PDT Beginning in the 1960s and up until the enactment of Title IX, women students living on Western's campus lobbied for the abolition of residence hall curfews and other restrictions that gave them less freedom than male students.

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