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Yearbooks Online

 

Below are links to pdf files of yearbooks from WKU and its founding institutions. The files are VERY LARGE and download time will be dependent upon connection speed. You will need a PDF reader to view these files.

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The yearbooks were scanned for the WKU Centennial celebration by personnel in Academic Technology, University Archives and Kentucky Museum. A special thanks goes to Ms. Kathy Barnes of Academic Technology.

The first WKU yearbook to be published was the Vista in 1915.

WKU Talisman published annually 1924-1994; 2003-2008

        1924 1925

1926
not all

1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948-1
1948-2
1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967-1
1967-2
1968 1969-1
1969-2
1970-1
1970-2
1971-1
1971-2
1972-1
1972-2
1973-1
1973-2
1974-1
1974-2
1975 1976 1977 1978-1
1978-2
1979-1
1979-2
1980 1981 1982 1983-1
1983-2
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994          
      2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Talisman Xposure published quarterly:

Xposure - Prejudice: Beyond Black & White
Xposure - Rites of Passage
Xposure - Canvas Flesh
Xposure - The Power of Prayer
Xposure - Vol. 73, Issue 2, Spring 1996
Xposure - Vol.73, Issue 3, Summer 1996

Bowling Green Business University Towers published annually 1926-1963

            1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963            

Ogden College was founded in 1877 and the students created their own yearbooks called the Cardinal. These were published in 1913, 1914 and 1917.

Potter College was founded in 1889, the property being sold to WKU in 1909. The students' yearbooks were Golden Rod published in 1898 and the original Talisman published in 1906, 1907 and 1908.

 
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