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Slavery - Tennessee (Sc 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slavery - Tennessee (Sc 704), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 704. Photostats of slave narratives which relate a folk history of slavery in Tennessee from interviews with former slaves. The records were prepared by the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938. Originals (typed) are in the Library of Congress.
Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 158. This collection contains a paper entitled “Yours truly, Bruno Gernt: A Glimpse At The Development Of A Small Town Through The Eyes Of Its Developer,” written by Annamary Fitzgerald as a part of an independent study class she took at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1993 with Dr. Lynwood Montell. The paper transcribes the letters Bruno Gernt wrote to James Clarke regarding the development of Allardt, Tennessee from 1882-1891.
Jackson, Michelle Margie (Fa 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Michelle Margie (Fa 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 159. This collection contains a paper entitled “Moonshining,” written by Michelle Jackson as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the spring of 1994. Also included is a cassette tape of an interview with Jerry Rhoton, sheriff of Clay County, Tennessee, as well as his informant data sheet and four photos of him.
Crisp, John J., B. 1839? (Sc 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crisp, John J., B. 1839? (Sc 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 416. Certificate, 5 August 1869, confirming voter registration of J.J. Crisp, issued by the Commissioner of Registration for Warren County, Tennessee.
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 67. Thesis: “Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions” by Rebecca D. Morse in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 46. [A and G Specialty] Collection of typescripts, photographs and cassette tapes concerning the family/personal history and current occupation (flea market seller) of Vernon Anderson. Collection also contains information pertaining to Vernon’s childhood in Richmond County Georgia, career as a military M.P. and his various other occupations. The collection also contains interview typescripts, cassettes and photographs of Grace Little, who is an itinerant seller herself. Grace Little is interviewed concerning her childhood, family, and current occupation.
Taft, Ann Celine (Fa 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taft, Ann Celine (Fa 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 49. Oral history interview with The Straightway Gospel Singers from Gallatin, Tennessee conducted by Ann Celine Taft for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Subsequent paper titled "The Straightway Gospel Singers" also included.