Reprint from Collections & Connections
Spring 2000, Vol.4, No.2
 

Jim Wayne Miller Collection

Manuscripts technician Melanie Smith works with the Jim Wayne Miller Collection, a compilation of materials and correspondence associated with Miller, a professor of German at Western Kentucky University. During his lifetime, Dr. Miller donated numerous materials related to his work as a scholar of Appalachian studies, author and poet to the Manuscripts division of the Kentucky Building, a practice continued by his widow, WKU English Professor Mary Ellen Miller. (Picture)

Treasures in your attic?

Have you ever wondered what libraries and museum dream about getting when they think about adding to their collections? Do any of you have any of the following items that you'd be willing to donate? Help us preserve the history and heritage of our community! We have high hopes you can help us with our wish list.

Wanted:

• Post-1990 Bowling Green City Directories (Not Telephone Directories)
• Any or all Balloon Classic Posters
• Photos from 1998 Hailstorm
• Any political memorabilia related to Bill Natcher
• Letters from local Desert Storm participants
• 1959 & 1970 Bowling Green High School annual
• Menus from Bowling Green restaurants (past & present)
• Literature from Depression-era Agencies related to Kentucky
• Any pre-1920 Bowling Green newspaper, particularly ones from 1800s

Become A Member

Western Kentucky University Libraries and The Kentucky Museum need your support to meet the challenges of serving a global community while keeping that ever-important element of personal service.

You can help the libraries and museum provide enhanced services and resources by joining Friends of the Libraries or Museum Associates - or both! Memberships provide much needed financial assistance for:

• collection development and preservation
• acquisition of equipment and new technologies
• staff development

And, besides the personal satisfaction you will receive by supporting the libraries and museum, here are some exclusive benefits only members enjoy:

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIES BENEFITS

• library borrowing privileges
• remote password access to University Libraries electronic research databases
• invitations to library special events and workshops
• copies of and recognition in Collections & Connections

MUSEUM ASSOCIATES BENEFITS

• 20% discount at the Museum store
• free, unlimited Museum admission
• invitations to special events and exhibit openings at the museum
• copies of and recognition in Collections & Connections

Join today by checking off all boxes that apply to your desired membership level:

• $30 individual membership for Friends of the Libraries or Museum Associates
• $50 joint individual membership for Friends of the Libraries AND Museum Associates
• $65 family membership for Friends of the Libraries or Museum Associates
• $100 joint family membership for Friends of the Libraries AND Museum Associates (includes benefits for both libraries and museum, a bookplate in your name and Century Circle gift)
• $250 joint family membership for Friends of the Libraries AND Museum Associates (includes benefits for both libraries and museum, a bookplate in your name and Century Circle gift)
• $500 joint family membership for Friends of the Libraries AND Museum Associates (includes benefits for both libraries and museum, a bookplate in your name, Dean's Circle gift, your name engraved on a plaque on our "Wall of Honor"
• $1,000 joint family membership for Friends of the Libraries AND Museum Associates (includes benefits for both libraries and museum, a bookplate in your name, Dean's Circle gift, your name engraved on a plaque on our "Wall of Honor," plus invitations to WKU events, President's Circle lapel pin

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Please make checks payable to WKU Foundation and return this form with your check to: Richard Sowers (now Robbin Taylor), Office of Development, Wetherby 119, c/o Western Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576