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by | April 6, 2010 · 7:05 am

The Vista

The Vista

You may know the Talisman and may have heard about the Towers, but did you know that the first Western Kentucky State Normal School yearbook was The Vista? Published in 1915, it was a one off. There would not be another yearbook until the Talisman debuted in 1924. The Vista has the expected campus views, faculty and student photographs. It also includes class wills, poems and songs as well as snap shots of student life. Take a look at campus life 95 years ago. The Vista and other school yearbooks were digitized during the WKU Centennial and are available online.

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by | April 2, 2010 · 10:57 am

Felts Log Cabin at WKU>http://www.loganjournal.com/guestarticle48.php

Follow the link to an article on the history of the Felts Log cabin located on the campus of WKU.  The article was written by the KY Library & Museum’s own Christy Spurlock.

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by | · 10:06 am

Java City Performance

Belly Dancer at Java City Beautiful weather made it a great day for a performance by Zingara outside of Java City in Helm.  The crowd was entertained by belly dancers Lee Ann Bledsoe and Nadia DeLeon (and some library staffers who joined in the fun!) on Wednesday, March 31st at the noon performance sponsored by Independence Bank.

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by | March 31, 2010 · 10:00 am

Kate Matthews and “The Little Colonel”

Photographer Kate Seston Matthews (1870-1956) was born in New Albany, Indiana, but she lived most of her life in rural Pewee Valley, Kentucky, a small community near Louisville. Matthews used this community and her friends and family as her subjects, but she is most well known today for her photographs depicting characters in the children’s book series, The Little Colonel. These stories were written by her neighbor, Annie Fellows Johnston. Matthews also loved to pose living pictures or tableaux vivants, whereby she captured on film a “water colored” view of her community and life in rural Kentucky. A patron has donated some of these original model prints depicting characters from the series to the Kentucky Library’s Photographic Archives. These materials are available for research Monday through Saturday (9-4) and may also be viewed at our online catalog, KenCAT.Little Colonel Series Models

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by | · 6:58 am

Training School & College High Collection

Girls Basketball Team 1927

Girls Basketball Team 1927

Founded as a teachers college in 1906, WKU soon found the need to have a training school located on campus. The first was located in the old Southern Normal Training School building. Upon moving to the Hill, the training school was moved to the original Potter Hall. Lastly, in 1925 the training school and high school moved into its own building, currently known as the Science and Technology Building.

University Archives holds about 10 cubic feet of records from the training school and high school. These include class rolls, catalogs, scrapbooks, photographs, basketball scorebooks, event programs, curriculum guides and cookbooks.

These materials are available for researchers in the Harrison-Baird Reading Room, Monday to Saturday 9 to 4.  Check out KenCat  to see digitized photographs.  See also the new online exhibit in commemoration of the rededication of the Science & Technology Building.

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by | March 25, 2010 · 11:44 am

WKU Favorite Professor(s)

Carol Crowe-Carraco  Who do you remember most? Which one was your favorite? Why?

We’re taking nominations . . . check out the Favorite Professor website and add your thoughts.

Send you nominee to archives@wku.edu

  Carol Crowe-Carraco

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by | · 7:54 am

Spring Food Drive at WKU Libraries

Win-win opportunity for WKU students and Bowling Green/Warren County community!

Beginning Monday, March 22, WKU Libraries will accept food donations for a local food pantry in exchange for overdue library fines. For every food item brought to Cravens 4th floor, we will forgive $1 of the student’s fines up to $10. Recommended foods to bring are canned fruits or vegetables, hearty soups like chili or beef stew, peanut butter, bagged beans, crackers, pastas. Food may be taken to any WKU library location. However, to have fees forgiven, food must be brought to the 4th floor of Cravens Library.

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by | March 24, 2010 · 7:00 am

Zephyrus

In Greek mythology, the Anemoi were the wind gods. Zephyrus was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes.

1969 Cover

1969 Cover

At WKU, Zephyrus is the fine arts magazine published annually by the English department. It features art, poetry and short stories created and written by students. University Archives holds the full run of this magazine which first appeared in 1969. We are in the process of digitizing every issue for publication on TopScholar.  Originals are available for researchers in University Archives UA68/6/1.

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by | March 19, 2010 · 10:38 am

US Bank Art Show higlighted on WBKO’s “A View from the Hill”

Tonight (March 18) on WBKO at both 5 pm and 10 pm, Amy DeCesare will be featuring our US Bank art show in her “View from the Hill” segment. Be sure to watch our program being highlighted.

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Far Away Places – John Moore, the Road to Santiago & Pilgrimage

John Moore talked about the Road to Santiago & Pilgrimage as part of the WKU Libraries' Far Away Places series at Barnes & Noble, Bowling Green, KYOur Far Away Places series featured John Moore on the evening of March 25 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He gave a talk entitled “The Road to Santiago and Pilgrimage.”

John is a Road Scholar with the Alabama Humanities foundation, and in May of this year he will lead a group of students on “The Road to Santiago.” It is the famous walk across Spain sometimes called the French Road to Santiago de Compostela where some believe the remains of the first martyred apostle of Jesus, St. James are housed. People have been following this pilgrimage route since the medieval period. It’s now designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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