UA3 President's Office

Series 1 Henry Hardin Cherry, 1906-1937

Description

Records created by the President's Office during the Henry Hardin Cherry administration. This series is broken down into the following sub-series:

Dates: 1906-1937

Administrative / Biographical History

The president's office was created in 1906 along with the Western Ketucky State Normal School. Henry Hardin Cherry served as founder of the modern WKU and it's first president, a position he held until his death in 1937.

Henry Hardin Cherry was born November 16, 1864 in Warren County, Kentucky, the son of George Washington and Frances (Stahl) Cherry. He attended the Southern Normal School and Business College along with his brother Thomas Crittenden Cherry. After college the Cherry brothers taught in rural schools and Henry returned to teach at the Southern Normal. They purchased the school in 1892 with Henry filling the main administrative role. Cherry actively pursued the creation of a state funded teacher training school and in 1906 succeeded in converting the Southern Normal into the Western Kentucky State Normal School.

Highlights of his administration include the purchase of the Potter College for Young Ladies property which resulted in the relocation of the school to "the Hill," the merger with Ogden College, construction of buildings, hiring of faculty and the evolution of the training school into a four year college.

Some of Cherry's personal papers are also found in this series most notably those pertaining to his political aspirations and two candidacies for the Kentucky governorship.

Subjects:

Athletics
Baseball
Bethel College (Hopkinsville, KY)
Bonds (Negotiable instruments)
Bowling Green Business University (Ky.)
Chautauquas
Cherry, Bess Fayne, 1877-1954
Cherry, Henry Hardin, 1864-1937
Cole, H.K.
Commencement
Construction
Crabbe, J.G.
Davis, Brinton B. (1862-1952)
Dedications
Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY)
Ford, M.C.
Gooch, W.J.
Hamlett, Barksdale
Haswell, John
Kentucky Board of Health
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Department of Education
Kentucky Educational Association
Kentucky Illiteracy Committee
Kentucky State Inspector & Examiner
Lowman, Josephine Cherry, 1900-1983
Mark, E.H.
McCreary, James B., 1838-1918
McLean, Mattie
Miller, Ashli Marie
Mutchler, Fred
Political campaigns
Potter College (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Regenstein, Ellsworth
Richards, C.W.
Roark, Ruric Nevel (1859-1909)
Southern Educational Association
Southern School Journal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Education
University of Kentucky
Van Meter Hall (WKU)
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University. Board of Regents
Western Kentucky University. President's Office
Western Kentucky University--Faculty
Wilson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931
Wilson, Gordon

Accession Information: These records were transferred to the University Archives upon its creation.

Access Restrictions: none

Copyright Notice:

Preferred Citation: UA3 President's Office, Series 1 Henry Cherry Administration, WKU Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.