Archives Out of The Box

Eastern Students had Fun, Fun, Fun til the Beach Boys Drove Away

2011-11-18T10:48:00.010-05:00

Today, we often see event and concert postings all over campus from various organizations including Student Life and the Student Government Association's Student Activities Council. But where and when did this tradition begin? Sure, we have had awesome concerts like Hinder and Bowling for Soup, but who else has graced EKU's stage? Better yet, who started the tradition with some "good vibrations?"

Student Projects Unveiled at Archives Month Event

2011-10-14T08:44:00.004-04:00

Special Collections and Archives and the Crabbe Library hosted Eastern's first ever Archives Month event last night. The event unveiled two new websites created with archival materials and resources using Omeka software. Both websites are fully functional, but are still works in progress, so have more features yet to come.Madison's Heritage Online was developed by Kathryn Engle. Kathryn wanted to

Martha Layne Collins Oral History Project

2011-08-03T13:29:00.009-04:00

A few weeks ago, I received the opportunity to do a project on Martha Layne Collins who was the first female governor for the state of Kentucky. While working on this project, I had the responsibility of writing abstracts and creating keywords for a set of tapes that contained Libby Fraas's interviews with some of the people involved in the Collins's administration, which included Harrison

The Battle of Civil Rights: An Eastern Perspective

2011-06-21T11:29:00.016-04:00

As students of the 21st century, it is easy to take the circumstances of daily living for granted (especially in the summer). Some sign up for classes and many may apply for financial aid to get through such classes. Then we zoom through a 6-8 week course and are ready to move on, easily forgetting the little effort that it took to achieve such tasks. But there are some students who we'll never

You Never Know What You'll Find in the Archives

2011-04-18T15:42:00.012-04:00

Hi, it’s Cherrelle Harris again. My latest project that I’ve been working on is organizing a collection of photos taken by a man named Jimmy Taylor. I scanned the images and entered them into the EKU Archives image database. The collection dates from 1940 to 1972. Jimmy was born August 6, 1913. According to Kentucky death records, Jimmy Taylor died at age 61 on April 9, 1975 in Madison County.

No Fresh Hell

2011-04-13T13:20:00.000-04:00

For today's college freshmen, freshman hazing by the upperclassmen is simply part of an entertaining story line in teenage flicks. Freshman Hell Week doesn't actually happen in real life. There is no week of orders, no courts or punishment. There is only orientation, making it to classes and making new friends. But freshmen from the mid 1920s to the '70s had much more on their minds.Freshman Hell

Ireland in the Archives

2011-03-23T09:55:00.009-04:00