WKU Archives
Location:Kentucky Building
Harrison Baird Reading Room
Hours: Monday – Friday 9 – 4*
Closings: July 4
Telephone: 270-745-4793
Email:archives@wku.edu
Address: 1906 College Heights Blvd., #11092, Bowling Green, KY, 42101-1092
Highlights
- 100,000+ photos, 17,000+ digitized in KenCat
- 2500+ cubic feet of paper records
- 450+ collection inventories in TopScholar
- 10,000+ digitized items in TopScholar
- 275+ videos on YouTube
- Read our Out of the Box newsletter.
- WKU Thesis Digitization Project
Resources for Students / Researchers
- Building Histories
- Collection Inventories
- Genealogy
- Hilltopper Heritage
- KenCat
- Newspapers
- Online Exhibits
- Cherry Statue Time Capsule
- Education
- Finding Our Way: Maps & Mapmaking
- Gemini Jazz Bands
- Get on the Bus: 40 Years of Political Activism
- Historic Schools of Warren County, Kentucky
- Parking: Past & Present at WKU
- Playing Our Song: Southern Kentucky Notes
- P.S. I Love You: Hilltoppers Quartet
- Something Called Horsepower: History of Transportation
- Training School / College High
- WKU Centennial
- WKU Founders Day
- WKU Royalty
- Photograph Collection
- Research Strategies
- Subjects
- Western Kentucky University by Lowell Harrison
- WKU Timeline
- Yearbooks
- YouTube
- Site Index
Resources for Faculty / Staff
- *Bibliographic Instruction - schedule an evening class
- *Evening Hours - schedule an evening class
- Faculty List
- Hands-on Learning
- On-demand Instruction
- Records Management
- Research Strategies
- Weekend Hours - schedule a weekend class
- Western Kentucky University by Lowell Harrison
- Site Index
Services Provided
- Basic Reference - Ask a Question
- Internships
- Services & Fees
- Student employment - no current vacancies
- Volunteer Opportunities
Formats
- Architectural Plans, Renderings, Blueprints
- Books
- Film/Video Recordings
- Images
- Maps
- Memorabilia
- Newspapers
- Oral Histories
- Other Formats
- Paper
- Sound Recordings
- Yearbooks
About WKU Archives
WKU Archives serves the university's historical, administrative, legal and records management needs by overseeing permanent records created by and about Western Kentucky University. WKU Archives also functions as the collective memory of the institution by preserving materials produced by faculty, staff, students and alumni. Holdings include but are not limited to administrative records, newspapers, minutes, departmental files, university publications, photographs, memorabilia and audiovisual materials.
WKU Archives is open to all researchers interested in the history of WKU, its founding institutions, employees and students. For full access to materials visit us in the Harrison-Baird Reading Room located on the second floor of the Kentucky Building. Researchers are invited to request information via mail, email and telephone. In order to provide the best care for our collections our stacks are secure and items non-circulating. Please assist us by following the reading room policies . Click here to submit a reference request via e-mail or write to us.
We are happy to assist you during your visit and all researchers are encouraged to consult with the archivist prior to their visit in order to maximize research time.
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- Do you have these items? - WKU Archives Wish List
- Tell us about Your Discovery in the WKU Archives
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