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Winstead, Sara C. (Fa 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Winstead, Sara C. (Fa 1413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1413. “The Shaker Chair,” a paper written by Sara Winstead for a WKU folk studies class.


Simmons, Mary Jean (Fa 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2024

Simmons, Mary Jean (Fa 1412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1412. “Shaker Music as a Genre of Folk Music,” a paper written by Jean Simmons for a WKU folk studies class.


Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2019

Tyrie, Betsy And Colin Stephen, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1245. A collection of materials relating to research on the Felts Log House undertaken by Betsy Tyrie and Colin Stephen. The documentation seeks to interpret the social aspects of the log house as well as architectural changes made to the structure over the course of nearly 150 years. The report also provides insight into the house’s history, its construction, and its eventual relocation to WKU’s campus in the late 1970s. Recorded audio interviews, black and white and color photographs, newspaper articles, and a brief personal essay are also included in the collection.


Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2018

Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1153. Student paper titled “Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village: The Shakers Today” in which Jovanna Kezar details her visit to the Shaker community located near Poland, Maine. Kezar gives a brief, albeit thorough, history of the Shaker experienceas it relates to spirituality, organization, and guiding principles such as mottos, beliefs and practices, forms of worship, and governmental structure. Kezar also describes her trip to the Shaker village and provides color photographs and slides of buildings and photographs along with newspaper clippings, postcards, and assorted stationery.


Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2018

Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1380. “Woven Evidence?: Western Shaker Connections with Native Americans,” a paper written by Susanna Pyatt in April 2018 for a WKU folk studies class.


Toadvine, Michael W. (Fa 1128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2018

Toadvine, Michael W. (Fa 1128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1128. Student paper titled “Traditional American Tools” in which Michael Toadvine describes agricultural implements utilized by members of the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. Toadvine’s collected the bulk of his information from Nancy Shewmaker, a resident of Harrodsburg and tour guide at Pleasant Hill. The paper includes black and white photographs of different tools as well as brief descriptions of use and design.


Molesky, Constance H. And Gayle Wilson (Fa 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Molesky, Constance H. And Gayle Wilson (Fa 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 858. This collection includes a paper discussing the Shakers and the craftsmanship found in their furniture designs of the region and period. Concentrates on the Shaker community at South Union, but includes general information about Shakers and specific specimens from Pleasant Hill. Black and white photos of furniture are included in the collection. This project was conducted by Constance H. Molesky and Gayle Wilson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Blewett, Keith (Fa 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2016

Blewett, Keith (Fa 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 856. This collection discusses Shaker folklore. Topics included are Shaker beliefs, architecture, furniture, inventions, and lifestyle.A few photos are included. This project was conducted by Keith Blewett, a student at Western Kentucky University.


Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 654. Chiefly interviews, photographs, slides, and tape logs for a summer 1989 project conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, in conjunction with other supporting agencies and institutions, about folklife and folklore along the Kentucky River. Project results were presented to the public in two formats: a traveling exhibit and narrative stage presentations.


Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2010

Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 529. Interviews, conducted by Sara Jane McNulty, with Logan County, Kentucky residents about their memories and association with the Shakers or the subsequent Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky. An index and transcription accompanies each interview.


Hollingsworth, Teresa L. (Fa 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2010

Hollingsworth, Teresa L. (Fa 120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 120. "Mary Julia Neal: A Life-History”: Interviews conducted in 1987 with Mary Julia Neal, former head of the Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and author of works on the Shakers. Includes 1991 letter from Hollingsworth to Neal.


David, Lynn Coulter, B.1941 (Fa 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1991

David, Lynn Coulter, B.1941 (Fa 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 93. Interview with Oscar Rhea Wren, Logan County, Kentucky, conducted on April 19, 1991. The interview discusses Wren and Felts family genealogy, as well as political and social life in Logan County, Kentucky.