Reprint from Collections & Connections
Spring 1997, Vol. 1, No. 2

The spring semester has heralded many exciting events for the WKU Libraries and Museum. Certainly the main event was the Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Celebration kick-off which occurred March first. Many library and museum faculty and staff played a crucial role in the planning. Laura Harper Lee, Education Curator at the Kentucky Museum, is co-chair of the Bicentennial Commission. Earlene Chelf, Coordinator of Marketing and Special Events and Co-editor of this newsletter, is secretary to the Commission and helped to coordinate publicity for many of the events. Cindy Etkin, the Government Information and Law Collections Coordinator, created and is maintaining the official Bowling Green Warren County Bicentennial Web Site.

The Bicentennial Celebration kick-off was a good compliment for the Kentucky Museum's most recent exhibit, "First American Roads, Rails and Rivers: Warren County Then and Now." While the Bicentennial Commission provided an elegant repast to feed the masses during the premiere, Bowling Green Mayor Eldon Renaud and Warren Countians opened the exhibit which documents the Warren County's history and heritage. Many others were on hand for the gala opening celebration, and whether watching or participating, enjoyed some fine musical performances by Gospel Truth, the Richardsville Elementary School 5th and 6th grades, the Kentucky Bluegrass Band, Doc Livingston and Friends, and Warren Central's Brass Ensemble.

The celebration underscores the connection the University Libraries and Museum have always had with the community as repositories of knowledge and links to our past. We hope you will take the time to visit our fine collections at both the Kentucky Museum and the University Libraries and renew your connection with us!

~ Beth Knight, Co-Editor

CO-EDITORS:

Earlene Chelf
Elisabeth Knight

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:

Cindy Etkin
Connie Foster
Jonathan Jeffrey
Sandy Staebell

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Earlene Chelf
Deborah Cole
Bob Skipper
Mary Groves

CONTRIBUTORS:

Doug Wiles
Sue Lynn McGuire
Ann Madison
Deborah Cole

DEAN OF LIBRARIES AND MUSEUM:

Michael Binder

LAYOUT/GRAPHIC DESIGN:

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