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Hay, Shirley And Terry Black (Fa 1339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hay, Shirley And Terry Black (Fa 1339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1339. Local lore collected by Shirley Hay and Terry Black from Sam Moore in Green County, Kentucky for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Survey sheets include a brief narrative, the informant’s name and location.
Farmer, Lynn E. (Fa 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Farmer, Lynn E. (Fa 1335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1335. Folklore material classified by genre which includes survey sheets with a brief description of a tall tale, joke or religious story in Estill, Green, Jefferson, and Taylor counties in Kentucky. Material collected for a folklore genres class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the tale, informant’s name, place of birth, and location.
Dunbar, Thomas (Fa 1329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dunbar, Thomas (Fa 1329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1329. Campbellsville College student folk studies project titled “Three Legends [about Creatures]” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of local tales about unusual creatures in Green, Jefferson and Martin counties of Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of a traditional tale or legend and informant’s name, age and location of birth
Shuffett, Carolyn (Fa 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shuffett, Carolyn (Fa 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1271. Student folk studies project titled “Green County Tales,” which includes titles of local folk legends and songs in Green County, Kentucky. Descriptions may include title of the legend or song, lyrics, informant’s name and address.
Purcell, Janice (Fa 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Purcell, Janice (Fa 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1261. Student folk studies project titled “Three Traditional Singers: Texts and Analysis,” which includes lyrics and descriptions of traditional folk ballads recorded in Green County, Kentucky and West Huntington, West Virginia. Descriptions may include name of the ballad, location learned, history, variants, traditional aspects, and informant’s name, age and location.
Thompson, Elois (Fa 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thompson, Elois (Fa 1258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1258. Student paper titled “Uncle Henry and the Kentucky Mountaineers” in which Elois Thompson details the life and career of “farmer, soldier, boxer, dairy-farm employee, comedian, aircraft factory employee, and hillbilly musician” Henry Green Warren. Thompson describes Warren’s childhood in Green County, his beginnings as a host on a popular radio program, and his time as a musician in several country music bands. Collection contains a draft of the original paper with the editor’s notes and the final copy of Thompson’s paper.