UA3/7/1 Kern Alexander Subject/Correspondence File" (2013)
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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Collection Inventories WKU Archives 1-1-2013 UA3/7/1 Kern Alexander Subject/ Correspondence File WKU Archives Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons Recommended Citation WKU Archives, "UA3/7/1 Kern Alexander Subject/Correspondence File" (2013). WKU Archives Collection Inventories. Paper 332. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/332 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 7 Kern Alexander Subseries 1 Subject/Correspondence File Contact information: WKU Archives Department of Library Special Collections 1906 College Heights Blvd.#11092 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Phone: 270-745-4793 Email: http://wkuarchives.wordpress.com/about/ Home page: http://www.wku.edu/library/archive © 2013 WKU Archives Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved Biographical/Historical Note: The president's office was created in 1906. From Zacharias's 1985 summer resignation to the end of the year Paul Cook served as interim president while the Regents searched for the next president. On December 14 Kern Alexander was elected president but because of contract with the University of Florida he would not officially begin his WKU tenure until May 15, 1986. He would serve a brief two years as WKU's president. Samuel Kern Alexander was born in Marrowbone, Kentucky June 30, 1939. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, WKU and Indiana University. Part of a WKU legacy family his parents, sisters and brother all attended Western. During his early career he taught high school, worked for the Kentucky Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education. In 1968 he joined the faculty of the University of Florida in the Education department. Description: Unprocessed subject / correspondence files created by the President's Office during Kern Alexander's administration. Dates: 1986-1988 Subject Analytics: African Americans Deaf persons Alcoholism Dedications Alexander, S. Kern, Jr. b. 1939 Dormitories Basketball Drug abuse Blacks Exhibitions Blueprints Floor plans Budget Fraternities & sororities Bumper stickers Fundraising Cartoons (Commentary) Gifts Charity Handicapped persons Clippings Hazing Complaining Housing Computers Invitations Correspondence Maps Meetings Speeches, address, etc. Menus Starvation Political activity Video recording Political campaigns Western Kentucky University Politicians Western Kentucky University. Extended Residential facilities Campus-Glasgow Center. Resolutions Windows Sign language Accession Information: These records were transferred to the University Archives upon its creation. Access Restrictions: none Preferred Citation: UA3/7/1 Kern Alexander Subject/Correspondence File, WKU Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. Processing Information: Finding aid created by Suellyn Lathrop 5/2/2013. Finding Aid Report 05/02/2013 UA3.7.1 Records Date Level Subseries Linked to UA3.7 Title UA3 President's Office Series 7. Kern Alexander Subseries 1. Subject / Corre spondence File Collection WKU Archives Scope & Content Unprocessed subject / correspondence files created by the President's Office during Kern Alexander's administration. Container List Container Folder Creator Date Title Box 10 1 President's Office 1987-1988 Glasgow Campus Description Alexander, Kern Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Bailey, Howard Invitations Beck, Louis Dedications Berry, Jim Correspondence Bruce, Billy Clippings Butler, Laura Combs, Bert Davis, Bill Donrey, Inc. Dougherty, Russell Dougherty, Russell. Remarks by Gen. Russell E. Dougherty, 2/7/1988 Estep, Bill. Glasgow Success Story, Lexington Herald-Leader, 2/21/1988 Evans, Eugene Foster, Becky Grand opening Gray, Elmer Harreld, Michael Is this Campus Necessary? LCJ 12/7/1987 Keen, Mary Lee, Gary Kentucky Academy for School Executives Knicely, Carroll Lessenberry, Robert Lexington-Herald Leader Company Matera, Jerry Matthews, Harold Moss, W.S. Murray, John Park, Juanita Parrent, Robert Press Release, 300 Honor WKU President at Glasgow, 6/1/1988 Press Release, Dr. James Heck to Direct WKU Campus at Glasgow Press Release, News Media Advisory, 8/16/1988 Press Release, Western to Establish Campus at Glasgow, 11/20/1987 Press Release, WKU Offers Student Services at Glasgow Campus, 6/14/1988 Purcell, Denise. WKU's Plans for Glasgow Site Undeterred, PCDN, 12/2/1987 R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company. 1987 Annual Report Redford, Carroll Regents (WKU) Reynolds, Donald Ribbon cutting Roberts, Tim. Higher Education Council to Discuss WKU Glasgow Plans, LCJ, 12/2/1987 Roberts, Tim. WKU Regents Defend Plan for Campus in Glasgow, LCJ, 12/3/1987 Robertson, Lee Spragens, Thomas Strange, Wandel SUNTEC Industries, Inc. Sutton, Ronnie Watkins, Lee Wilder, Jerry Williams, Elaine WKU Glasgow Advisory Council Box 10 2 President's Office 1986 Glasgow Campus - Glasgow Advising Council Description Agenda Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Press release - Glasgow Advisory Council attended basketball game, 1/22/1986 Box 10 3 President's Office 1987-1988 Glasgow Campus Description Alexander, Kern Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Alexander, Kern. Statement re: WKU Glasgow to Council on Higher Education Budget. Arnold, Murray Resolutions Barren County Democratic Woman's Club Invitations Barren County Education Association Exhibitions Barren County Farm Bureau Correspondence Barren County Fiscal Court Clippings Bauer, David. CHE Backs WKU Campus in Glasgow, PCDN, 1/12/1988 Celebrate '88 Citizens Bank & Trust Cook, Paul Council OKs WKU Glasgow Programs, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 1/12/1988 Cumberland County Board of Education Director WKU Glasgow advertisement Dougherty, Russell Edelen, Mark. College Jurisdiction Issue Unsettled, Messenger-Inquirer, 1/12/1988 Edmund Rogers Chapter, DAR Estep, Bill. Glasgow Success Story, Lexington Herald-Leader, 2/21/1988 Exhibits Glasgow Center Opening agenda Glasgow Electric Plant Board Goldman, Joe Gray, Elmer Gray, Howard Handy, Riley Harrison, Lowell. WKU's Origins Are in Glasgow, 1/26/1988 Haynes, Robert Hensley, Fred Kelsey, David Kentucky. Council on Higher Education Lessenberry, Robert Letter to editor List of supporters Monroe County Board of Education Park, Juanita Press Release - Glasgow BPW Announces Fund Drive for WKU-Glasgow Library Resources, 2/24/1988 Press Release - Glasgow Campus Expects Significant Enrollment, 1/26/1988 Press Release - Glasgow Native Gen. Russell Dougherty to Keynote Glasgow Campus Opening, 2/1/1988 Press Release - Monroe Residents Support WKU Glasgow Program, 1/18/1988 Press Release - WKU at Glasgow Called 'A Brave Step,' 2/8/1988 Press Release - WKU at Glasgow Celebrates 'Glasgow Campus Week,' 1/26/1988 Press Release - WKU to Offer Diverse Academic Program at Glasgow, 1/26/1988 Report of WKU Glasgow Library Task Force, 1987 Society for the Preservation & Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Mammoth Cave Chapter Spurlock, Sue State Can't Afford to Ignore Colleges' Education Overlaps, editorial, np, 1/13/1988 The Courier-Journal Western Played Fast and Loose With Its Figures, Editorial, PCDN, 2/3/1988 Western President Honored at Dinner, Lexington Herald-Leader, 6/2/1988 WKU Alumni Association WKU Glasgow Opening Program, 1988 Box 10 4 President's Office 1988 Glasgow Campus - Speech Description Alexander, Kern. Opening of the Western Kentucky University Campus at Glasgow, 2/7/1988 Subjects Bumper stickers WKU Glasgow Opening program Speeches, address, etc. Box 10 5 President's Office 1988 Glasgow Campus - Miscellaneous Description Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce. Subjects Correspondence Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce. Bylaws Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce. Organizational Chart Glasgow Highland Games Park, Juanita R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company. The Glasgow Piper, June/July 1988 Box 10 6 President's Office 1988 Glasgow Campus - Educational Program Description Biology (WKU) Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Business (WKU) Correspondence Dunham, Val Harshbarger, Robert Hazzard, Mary Nursing (WKU) Box 10 7 President's Office 1988 Glasgow Campus - Library Description WKU Glasgow Library Task Force Report, 1988 Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Box 10 8 President's Office 1988 Glasgow Campus - Glasgow Grand Opening, Speech Description Dougherty, Russell. Keynote Address, 1988 Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Speeches, address, etc. Box 10 9 President's Office 1987-1988 Glasgow Campus Description Alex in Wonderland, LCJ 1/13/1988 Subjects Western Kentucky University. Extended Campus-Glasgow Center. Ballard, Russell Resolutions Barren County Board of Education Correspondence Barren Endorses WKU Move, PCDN, 1/6/1988 Clippings Bauer, David. WKU Plan to Expand Faces Study, PCDN, 1/7/1988 Speeches, address, etc. Bowen, Hoyt Cartoons (Commentary) Breshear, Jim Burkesville/Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce CHE's New Rules Make Best of Glasgow Move, CHH, 1/14/1988 Citizens Bank & Trust Company Coffey, David Cooper Industries Crabtree, Steve Cropper,