UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Administrative History: The first faculty members were hired by Henry Hardin Cherry and consisted of A.J. Kinnaman (dean), Fred Mutchler (science), Frederick Roman (history and literature), J.M. Guilliams (English and mathematics), J.R. Alexander (mathematics and physics), R.P. Green (geography and ancient classics), Sarah Scott (education), W.L. Gebhart (music), C.W. Fulton (drawing and penmanship), Irene Russell (music) and Annie Marie Egenhoff (expression). Since then many more faculty and staff members have served Western Kentucky University and its students. Faculty and staff members have from time to time donated their personal and professional papers to the Special Collections Department. Some of these are maintained in the Manuscript & Folklife Archives while others are housed in the University Archives.

Description: Records created by and about faculty and staff during their tenure at Western Kentucky University and/or its founding institutions. The records are arranged in series by individual person. The records represent all areas of the university.

Dates: 1906-present

Series:

1. Cherry, Bess Fayne
2. Individual items

• Albers, Jo-Ann
• Alexander, James R.
• Baker, James
• Beach, Bennie
• Billings, Marion
• Bothe, Edna
• Capps, Randall
• Clagett, John
• Clagett, Marjorie
• Clark, Charles
• Cockrill, Willard
• Combs, Whitney
• Craig, Gavin
• Crowe, Crawford
• Dabbs, Elizabeth
• Deeb, Norman
• Denes, Nick
• Denman, Clarence
• Egbert, Ercell
• Feix, Jimmy
• Frazee, Laura
• Gour, Robert
• Grise, Finley
• Guilliams, John
• Guthrie, Vera
• Hill, Will
• Kinnaman, Andrew
• Leiper, Macon
• McLean, Mattie
• Miller, Russell
• Moore, Mary
• Richards, Frances
• Russell, Marvin
• Strunk, Flonnie
• Terry, William "Gander"
• Traylor, Orba
• Tyler, Sara
• Van Dyke, Arvid
• Vincent, John
• Whitmer, Joseph
• Wilgus, Donald
• Wittman, James
• Wurster, Robert
• Yarbrough, Henry

3. Crabb, Alfred Leland
4. Strahm, Franz – Music
5. Diddle, Edgar Allen – Athletics
6. Lancaster, Lennie Young
7. Brown, Hayward - Agriculture
8. Brownfield, Warner - BGBU
9. Carpenter, James - Education
10. Cloe, Mary - Art
11. Cornette, James - English
12. Craig, William - Chemistry, Alumni Association
13. Crume, Charles - Physical Education
14. Farley, Seth - Education
15. Dooley, Glenn - Chemistry
16. Ford, M.C. - Agriculture
17. Green, Robert - Geography, Classics
18. Haskins, Clem - Athletics
19. Burton, Alonzo Carroll - Rural Education
20. Helm, Margie - University Libraries
21. Jenkins, William - Business
22. McChesney, H.F. - Foreign Languages
23. Moore, Earl - English
25. Johnson, Jesse - Ogden College

Subjects:

Bowling Green Business University
Ogden College (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Western Kentucky University

Accession Information: See series descriptions for specific information regarding acquisition.

Access Restrictions: none

Copyright Notice:

Preferred Citation: UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers, WKU Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.

Processing Information: See series descriptions for specific information regarding processing.