Departmental Photos
College Heights Herald, 5/1925
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May Out of the Box
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Out of the Box – March
Bill 1985-5-F – SGA Grade Point
Carlton Jackson
College Heights Herald 3/19/1954
Donald Zacharias Installation File
Student Teacher Placement Cards
WKU Favorite Professor(s) – Carlton Jackson 1933-2014
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February Out of the Box
Beta Gamma Sigma – photo collection inventory
The Elevator
Elevator – read the latest WKU news ca. February 1914
Faculty Senate Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 1979
Honors Program – collection inventory
Junior American Dental Hygienist’s Association – 1992 scrapbook
Letter Henry Cherry to George Cherry, 8/12/1927 re: WKU Talisman and the political climate in Kentucky
Libraries Update 2/1989 – newsletter created by WKU Libraries
Newman Center Dedication Program, 1968
Rodes-Harlin Hall – building history and sources
Teachers Side of the Case – poem by Miss Lincoln ca. 1920
Thomas Meredith Calendar File – collection inventory
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Pig in Class
Belmont Forsythe
with Socrates-Kruger
During the school break between the summer and fall semester of 1939 I obtained Socrates-Kruger from my father’s farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was six weeks old. He became well trained and responded very obediently while on hiis pig’s leash. Socrates-Kruger soon became a campus celebrity as he accompanied me to class and around the campus (he was always fastened to the outside doorknob of the classrooms. I was firing a coal fed furnace at a boarding house on State Street, Socrates-Kruger stayed with me in my basement room which ws located next to the coal bin. He continued to get into the coal bin, and therefore needed a bath everyday. After six weeks of enjoying his celebrity status he was returned to my father’s farm when in 2 years he joined his ancestors, Socrates & Kruger. He is pictured here in front of H.H. Cherry Hall. Belmont Forsythe, AB ’40.
Socrates-Kruger was named for the Greek philosopher and General Paul Kruger of South Africa.
Check out KenCat for more images of WKU students and alumni.
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December Out of the Box
Athletic Media Relations Photos collection inventory
BUWKY Dec. 1942
BUWKY, December 1942
Christmas – lots of information regarding Christmas celebrations at WKU
College Heights Herald, January 1929
Diddle Arena Dedication Program 50 years ago
John Minton Swearing In listen to the audiotape and read along
Registrar’s Degree File collection inventory
Schneider Hall building history with links to documents and photos
Snow read about and see images of snow covered WKU campus through the years
Thomas Meredith WKU’s eighth president 1988-1997
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November Out of the Box
Amazing Tones of Joy – student organization
Chi Omega papers – collection inventory
Amazing Tones of Joy
College Heights Herald 11/1929
Henry Cherry – founder and first president
Postcards – collection holds all kinds of postcards, not just of campus
Warner Brownfield papers – collection inventory
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Tate Page Hall
Learn more about Tate Page Hall
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A recent donation of 11 stereographic cards opens up a view of early Bowling Green, KY. These images are from 1886 and show downtown Bowling Green, the Barren River, an early school, the Fairview Cemetery, Southern Normal School, Main and State Streets and two bridges. Many of these albumen images have not been seen before. Stereographs like these were a vehicle for popular education and entertainment in the latter part of the nineteenth century. These images were mounted on cardboard with two almost identical photographs, side by side, and they had to be viewed with a stereoscope. Viewing them in this way created a three-dimensional effect. These images gave an opportunity for many to see views of far-away lands in a way that was not available to the general population. Their affordability and easy availability also made stereography a popular pastime that lasted over six decades. See other images of Bowling Green, KY by using KENCAT at kencat.wku.edu
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October 10, 2013 · 7:55 pmWKU Hangouts
The Goal Post, Hilltoppers Lunch, HUB Pizzeria, Nite Class just to name a few. Did you / do you have a favorite hangout? Tell us about it.
Hilltoppers Lunch
Goal Post
Nite Class
Check out this map of BU-related sites and hangouts as well.
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Oh, The Places You Can Go…..Through Photographs
Maurice K. Gordon was born in Hopkins County, Kentucky in 1878. He saw service in World War 1, achieving the rank of major and returned to Madisonville, KY where he worked as an attorney. Gordon was very involved with the American Legion and was a world traveler. He was also an avid collector of books, manuscripts and autographs many of which were purchased by the Kentucky Library/Special Collections after Gordon’s death in 1974. One of the most interesting acquisitions from this purchase was one of Gordon’s photograph albums (partial) that show his travels in the Mediterranean area, Western Africa and Israel. One horrific photograph (not identified) shows the loss of life and destruction of war. The Special Collections library holds many photographic images with global perspectives some of which may be seen by searching KenCat.
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