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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Collection Inventories WKU Archives 2015 UA3/8/1 President's Office-Meredith Correspondence / Subject File WKU Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid Part of the African American Studies Commons, Construction Engineering Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Landscape Architecture Commons, Leadership Studies Commons, and the Race and Ethnicity Commons Recommended Citation WKU Archives, "UA3/8/1 President's Office-Meredith Correspondence / Subject File" (2015). WKU Archives Collection Inventories. Paper 460. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/460 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Collection Inventories by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Western Kentucky University UA3 President’s Office Series 8 Thomas Meredith Subseries 1 Correspondence / Subject File Contact information: WKU Archives 1906 College Heights Blvd.#11092 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Phone: 270-745-4793 Email: [email protected] Home page: https://wku.edu/library/archive © 2019 WKU Archives, Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Administrative History: The president's office was created in 1906. The search for a new president began with Kern Alexander's resignation announcement on April 11, 1988. The Board of Regents elected Thomas Meredith as president August 5 and installed September 21, 1988. Under Meredith's leadership, the campus expanded with the purchase of the Bowling Green Center, creation the Institute of Economic Development and the implementation of the first strategic plan Western XXI. He also hired WKU's first female vice president, Barbara Burch. Meredith had served the university for a little over eight years when he announced his resignation February 5, 1997. Thomas Carter Meredith was born in Owensboro December 7, 1941. He obtained his BS from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1963, his MS from WKU in 1966 and his PhD from the University of Mississippi in 1971. His early career was spent teaching high school in Owensboro, Kentucky and LaHarpe, Illinois. From there he moved into administrative positions in Jeffersonville, Indiana and the board of trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi. Meredith was vice chancellor for executive affairs at the University of Mississippi when he came to WKU in 1988. Description: Correspondence and subject files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU. Dates: 1966-1998 Extent: 17.2 cu. ft., oversize Subject Analytics: Administrative Council (WKU) Awards Advertising Banking Affirmative action programs Baptist Student Union (WKU) African Americans Beauty contestants AIDS (Disease) Beauty contests Alexander, S. Kern, Jr. b. 1939 Blacks Alumni Relations (WKU) Bowling Green Business University Anniversaries Brescia College (Owensboro, KY) Architects Budget. Buses Meredith, Thomas Carter, 1941- Cedar House (WKU) Military service Censorship Minorities Cherry Statue (WKU) Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant (Louisville, KY) College Heights Foundation (WKU) Miss Western College Heights Herald Ogden College (Bowling Green, KY) Correspondence Parking Demonstrations Parking lots Diddle Park (WKU) Politicians Dining Services (WKU) Potter Hall (WKU) Dormitories Prayer Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 Press conferences Employee fringe benefits Preston Health & Activities Center (WKU) Ethics Protest movements Exhibitions Real property Fraternities & sororities Residential facilities Freedom of the press Sexual harassment Fund raising Signs (Notices) Gifts Smoking Gordon Ford College of Business (WKU) Soccer Holidays South Africa Honors Program (WKU) Spirit Masters (WKU) Housing & Residence Life (WKU) Student Affairs (WKU) International Programs (WKU) Thompson, Kelly, 1909-1993 Intramural & Recreational Sports (WKU) University Libraries (WKU) Intramural Sports Complex (WKU) University Senate (WKU) Jones-Jaggers School (Bowling Green, KY) Wages Kentucky Building (WKU) Western Kentucky University Kentucky Library & Museum (WKU) Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus - Land Between the Lakes Elizabethtown/Radcliff / Ft. Knox Logos WKU Glasgow Mammoth Cave National Park WKU Owensboro Master Plan (WKU) Zacharias, Donald Wayne, 1935-2013 Meetings Digital Commons: African American Studies Landscape Architecture Architecture Leadership Studies Construction Engineering Race and Ethnicity Higher Education Administration Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Journalism Studies University Extension Accession Information: These records transferred to WKU Archives from the President’s Office in accordance with the records retention schedule. Access Restrictions: Building plans are closed. Allied Materials: UA1C11/103 WKU President’s Office Photos UA1F WKU Archives Multimedia Resources / Vertical File UA2 Board of Regents Preferred Citation: UA3/8/1 President’s Office-Meredith Correspondence/Subject File, WKU Archives, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. Processing Information: Records processed and collection inventory created 2008, revised 2020. Finding Aid Report 02/18/2020 UA3.8.1 Records Date Level Subseries Linked toUA3.8 Title UA3 President's Office Series 8 Thomas Meredith Collection Subseries 1 Correspondence / Subject File Scope & Content WKU Archives Correspondence and subject files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU. This series is not completely processed. Container List Container Folder Creator Date Title Box 1 1 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1988-1996 Correspondence/Subject - A Description Aaron, Jann Subjects Correspondence Abramson, Jerry Absher, Vance Adams, Buddy Adams, Ronald Aldridge, Bob Alexander, Doug Alexander, Livingston Anderson, Charles Anderson, Ralph Appleberry, James Ashley, Frank Box 1 2 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1991-1997 Correspondence/Subject - American Association of State Colleges & Universities Description Alexander, Kern Subjects Correspondence American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, AACTE American Association of State Colleges & Universities, AASCU American Council on Education, ACE Appleberry, James Central State Missouri University Eaglin, Ronald Elmendorf, Edward Frostburg State University Hensley, Fred Kentucky Council on Higher Education Lauth, Rosemary Lewis, Ron Meredith, Thomas. Statement to the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Committee on Appropriations, US House of Representatives, 5/14/1991 Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer Presidential Commission on Teacher Education Reinhard, Herb Scott, Joyce Student Affairs Subcommittee TRIO (WKU) United States. House of Representatives. Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education University of South Carolina Box 1 4 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1990-1995 Correspondence/Subject - Academic Excellence Fund Description Academic Budgets & Administration (WKU) Subjects Correspondence Academic Center for Excellence (WKU) College Heights Foundation (WKU) Garmon, Cecile Haynes, Robert Lohr, Glenn Public Health (WKU) Ramsey, James Box 1 5 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1988-1997 Correspondence/Subject - Accreditation Description Accreditation Subjects Correspondence Addington, Jackie Alexander, Livingston American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, AASCB Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges, AGB Council of Academic Deans (WKU) Council on Higher Education Accreditation, CHEA Cox, Gary Gordon Ford College of Business (WKU) Haynes, Robert Ikenberry, Stanley Murray State (Murray, KY) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, SACS Wilkins, Deborah Box 1 12 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1988-1996 Correspondence/Subject - American College Testing Program Description Admissions (WKU) Subjects Correspondence American College Testing Program, ACT Anzalone, J.S. Chambliss, Cheryl Flynn, Lana Gray, Debi Institutional Research (WKU) Miller, Jerry Wilder, Jerry Box 1 6 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1990-1995 Correspondence/Subject - Administrative Council Description Administrative Council (WKU) Subjects Correspondence Institutional Research (WKU) Knicely Institute for Economic Development (WKU) Student Affairs (WKU) Wilder, Jerry Box 1 7 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1995-1996 Correspondence/Subject - Administrative Exchange Description Administrative Exchange Program (WKU) Subjects Correspondence Gordon Ford College of Business (WKU) Haynes, Robert Kentucky Library & Museum (WKU) Ogden College of Science & Engineering (WKU) Potter College of Arts & Letters (WKU) Student Affairs (WKU) University Attorney (WKU) Box 1 8 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1995 Correspondence/Subject - Administrative Restructuring Description Craig, J. Subjects Correspondence Cravens, Raymond Education & Behavioral Sciences (WKU) Garmon, Cecile Houston, Martin Ogden College of Science & Engineering (WKU) Psychology (WKU) Box 1 9 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1990 Correspondence/Subject - Advertising Policy Description Hensley, Fred Subjects Correspondence University Relations (WKU) Box 1 10 WKU President's Office - Meredith 1990-1996 Correspondence/Subject - Affirmative Action Description Addington, Jackie Subjects Correspondence American Council on Education, ACE Bailey, Howard Dale, Michael Equal Opportunity / 504 / ADA Compliance (WKU) Garmon, Cecile Glisson, Tony Haynes, Robert