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Gray, Timothy L. (Fa 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Gray, Timothy L. (Fa 1280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1280. Student paper titled “Superstition or Belief on Coach and Athlete” in which Timothy Gray examines the relationships between sports players and their coaches through a folkloric lens. In his paper, Gray describes a brief history of how belief has impacted the ways in which sports are played and the effects, whether positive or negative, of enacting certain superstitious practices before games. The paper also includes a small collection of superstitions and beliefs gathered from close friends and professional coaches.


Dainty Festival - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Dainty Festival - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 616. This collection includes information about the annual Dainty Festival of Louisville, Kentucky hosted by the Schnitzelburg German-American community.