Tag Archives: Cool Stuff

Yesterday we received 31 more videos from our digitization vendor. Many of these are short advertisements created by WKU Public Affairs in 1974 and 1975.

• Adele Gleaves, Miss Western & Accomplished Gymnast
• Verde White, 81 Year Old Graduate – interview with White Mills teacher upon the completion of her bachelor’s degree
• Verde White Graduates
• Homecoming 1975 – this video features a young Gary Ransdell when he was working in WKU Student Affairs, see if you can spot him.
• Legislative Interns – featuring students Suzanne Held and Lisa Cornwell
• Continuing Education – featuring students Ed Blair, Charles Covington, Roger Gant and Sue Meyers
• Jesse Stuart at Home – Jim Wayne Miller interviews the Kentucky author, short version and long version
• WKU Magazine: A Program of Music featuring the WKU Choir, Tuba Ensemble, Sylvia Kersenbaum, Percussion Ensemble, Opera and Guitar Ensemble
• WKU Dialogue program featuring discussion with Richard Leakey and Paul Rono
• La Boheme, Act IV in English, features introduction by James Heldman and players Michael Dunn, David Gibson, Conra Hester, Jim Jones, William Miller and Leslie White
• Western for the ’80’s – this video was previously unidentified
• Future Farmers of America Field Day
• Big Red Marching Band
• Bicentennial Exhibit at the Kentucky Museum
• 1975 Fine Arts Festival ad
• High School Band Day
• Recreation Majors – highlighting instruction at Opryland USA
• Tech Aqua
• Biology / Allied Health Majors
• Founders Day 1974 – tribute to Henry Cherry on the re-dedication of Cherry Hall
• Bowling Green Community College
• KET University Report: Kentucky Museum – featuring conservator Bruce MacLeish and cataloger Ann Johnston

We will be uploading these “new” videos to our WKU Library Special Collections YouTube Channel.  Let us know if you can identify students and faculty included in the videos.