WKU Archives - Yearbooks & Newspapers Online

Below are links to pdf files of yearbooks and commencment programs from WKU, BGBU, Ogden College and Potter College.  Some files are very large and download time will be dependent upon connection speed.  You will need a PDF reader to view these files.

 

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

WKU Talisman was published annually from 1924 to 1994.  The Talisman was brought back in 2003 by popular demand. 

				1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948 pt. 2	1949
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967 pt. 2	1968	1969 pt. 2
1970 pt. 2	1971 pt. 2	1972 pt. 2	1973 pt. 2	1974 pt. 2	1975	1976	1977	1978 pt. 2	1979 pt. 2
1980 pt. 2	1981	1982	1983 pt. 2	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
			2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009

 The Talisman Xposure was 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 

WKU Commencement Programs 1908-1919, 1921-1925, 1929-1931, 1933-1935, 1937, 1939, 1942-2003 search by year

The Bowling Green Business University Towers yearbook was published between 1926 and 1963.  See also BGBU Bibliography.

						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

BGBU Class Lists 1916, 1923-1925, 1927-1932, 1934-1936, 1940-1941
BGBU Class Rankings  1937-1939; 1942-1963
BGBU Commencement Programs 1914, 1915, 1924-1928, 1932-1936, 1938-1943, 1945 search by year.

Ogden College students published yearbooks called The Cardinal in 1913, 1914 and 1917.  See also Ogden College Bibliography.

Potter College yearbooks were called Golden Rod (1898) and Talisman published in 1906, 1907 and 1908.  See also Potter College alumni list.

The Southern Normal School did not print yearbooks.  There are some class photographs which can be found in KenCat.  A partial list of alumni is also available.  See also the SNS Bibliography and the Southern Normal, 1898-1905.

Yearbook Awards

1974 All-American rating, Associated Collegiate Press
1984 Pacemaker Award winner, Associated Collegiate Press
1988 Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Pres
1989 Pacemaker Award winner, Associated Collegiate Press
1990 Merit Award for Photography, Associated Collegiate Press
1993 2nd place best of show, Associated Collegiate Press
1995 Pacemaker finalist, Associated Collegiate Press
1996 Gold Grown Magazine, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
2003 Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press
2004 Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press
2005 Pacemaker Award, Associated Collegiate Press
2006 Gold Medalist rating, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

College Heights Herald 

Digitized copies are being posted in TopScholar, search by year.

1925-1932 complete
Vol. 42 1963
Vol. 43 1963
Vol. 47 1968
Vol. 48 1969
Vol. 58 1982
Vol. 58 1983

Bibliography

These and other sources are available in the Harrison-Baird Reading Room at the Kentucky Library & Museum.

College Heights Herald

"1975 Yearbook receives A+ Rating," 9/30/1975

"1976 Yearbook Arrives Five Months Late," 9/28/1976

"1976 Yearbook Delivery Delayed," 4/30/1976

"1976-77 Edition to Contain Spring Activities," 9/3/1976

"1981 Yearbook to Arrive Soon," 11/19/1981

"1981 Yearbook Wins Pacemaker Award," 4/29/1982

"1982 Yearbook Wins Gold Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Association," 4/19/1983

"Candidates Named for Annual Feature Honors," 2/1/1946

"Connie Holman Selected as Editor for 1977-78," 5/3/1977

"Could Lose Funding When Board of Regents Review Funding," 4/22/1993

"Different Yearbook Planned," 12/11/1973

Editorial on Need to Keep Tradition of Yearbook, 2/14/1980

"Editors Announced for Fall Semester," 5/2/1985

"Editors Promise Quality Despite Budget Cuts," 8/27/1981

"Feature on Preparation of 1977 Issue," 3/8/1977

"Jim and Tom Siwicki, Identical Twins, Serve as Co-Editors," 10/14/1975

"New Editors Elected for 1980-81," 5/9/1980

"New Editors Named," 4/28/1981

"Our Yearbook from 'the Vista' to the 'Talisman,'" 4/16/1954

Peak, Sara. "Yearbook Returns to Hill," 11/7/2002.

"Picture-taking for 1977 Edition Under Way," 8/31/1976

"Printing Problem Delays 1984 Yearbook," 11/20/1984

"Printing Problem Delays Release," 10/7/1980

"Receives Fourth Award," 11/11/1975

"Receives the Trendsetter Award," 10/17/1975

"Roger Loewen, Advisor Wins National Award," 9/27/1977

"Sales Are 500 More Than Number Sold This Time Last Year," 10/21/1982

"Students May Have to Pay for Yearbooks," 4/23/1981

"Talisman Announces '74-75 Staffers," 4/19/1974

"Talisman Dedication Announced by Staff," 1/18/1946

"Talisman Expected April 30," 4/8/1975

"Talisman is Chosen Trendsetter," 10/15/1974

"Talisman Nears Completion," 2/11/1975

"Talisman Photos Being Taken," 9/6/1974

"Top Talisman Positions Filled," 4/22/1975

"Talisman Rated All-American by ACP for Third Straight Year," 10/1/1974

"Talisman Sales Cause Confusion," 9/3/1981

"Talisman Survives Another Year," 4/19/1994

"Western Accepts 1980 Publications," 10/30/1980

"Wins Trendsetter Award," 10/19/1976

"Wins Trendsetter Award Four Years in a Row," 11/15/1977

"Won Awards in Dallas," 11/18/1993

"Yearbook Needs Support," 11/4/1993

"Yearbook Safe One More Year," 5/5/1993

"Yearbook to Continue on Year-to-Year Basis," 5/6/1980

"Yearbook Wins Fourth Consecutive Trendsetter Award," 10/18/1977

"Yearbook Wins National Award," 3/22/1979

"Yearbook Wins Pacemaker Award for Fifth Time," 8/22/1989

"Yearbook Wins Pacemaker Award for Seventh Time in Nine Years," 11/2/1982

"Yearbook Wins Second Consecutive Pacemaker Award," 9/24/1985

"Yearbook's Future Rests on Budget Increase," 2/12/1980

Park City Daily News

Adams is Named the Director of Student Publications, 7/20/1990

People You Know, 5/5/1996

Talisman, Herald Named Pacemakers, 11/1/2006

Western Kentucky Yearbook Gets Gold, 1/17/2007

Western Yearbook Receives Award, 9/30/1974

WKU Publications Are Pacemaker Finalists, 10/5/2005

WKU Student Publications Win More Pacemaker Awards, 11/2/2005

WKU Yearbook Honored, 5/5/1991

WKU Yearbook Wins Pacemaker Award, 11/17/2004

Writers Win Awards, 11/21/1993

Yearbook is Finalist, 4/14/1996

Yearbook Receives Award, 8/6/1988