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Mansfield, Martha (Fa 866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mansfield, Martha (Fa 866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 866. Paper titled: “A Collecting Project of Folk Houses from Barren County, Kentucky.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk housing in Barren County. Sheets include a brief description of the structure, informant’s name, and a drawing of the building’s footprint.
Adams, Josh (Fa 818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adams, Josh (Fa 818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 818. This collection “Architecture of Danville, Ky.” includes information about cabins, farm buildings and fences found in Boyle County, Kentucky. This narrative was written by Josh Adams at Western Kentucky University for credit in a folklore class.
Boyd, Richard, Jr. (Fa 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, Richard, Jr. (Fa 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 809. This collection contains information about folklore in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region collected by Western Kentucky University student Richard Boyd, Jr. for credit in a folklore class. Information included in the collection includes such things as agricultural practices, beliefs, and legends from the region.
Early, Linda (Fa 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Early, Linda (Fa 807), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 807. This collection contains information about Breckinridge, Logan, and Simpson County, Kentucky, folklore collected by Western Kentucky University student Linda Early for credit in a folklore class. Information included in the collection includes such things as fiddle tunes, vernacular architecture, and agricultural information from the counties.
Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Caldwell County, Kentucky collected for a cultural survey of the county.
Greenup County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenup County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 621. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans of Greenup County, Kentucky.
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 620. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Owen County, Kentucky.
Fleming County, Kentucky Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fleming County, Kentucky Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 619. This collection features information gathered through oral histories and observation about the cultural resources in Fleming County, Kentucky.
Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 618. This collection includes oral histories from Jackson County, Kentucky that were used in preparing a cultural resource report for the county.
Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 617. This collection was created as part of a cultural planning grant from the Kentucky Folklife Program to finish Franklin County, Kentucky’s cultural planning and implementation process.
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 160. This collection contains a paper entitled “The Strange Little Stone House: The History Of The Underwood Home – 1529 State Street,” written by Robert Harbison as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1992. Also included is a Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory sheet detailing the Underwood Home.
Rocky Hill [Kentucky] Station Architecture (Fa 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rocky Hill [Kentucky] Station Architecture (Fa 75), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 75. “Rocky Hill Station Architecture,” vernacular architecture class project concerning Rocky Hill, Edmonson County, Kentucky (est. 1859). Includes information on architecture, social life, economic life and railroads.
Ashley, Odell (Fa 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashley, Odell (Fa 52), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 52. “The History of the Edmonson County Poor House,” an interpretive paper and interview executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1984. Includes a chronological transcription of the records from the Edmonson County Court pertaining to the maintenance of the poor house from 1864 to 1936.
Ball, Donald B. (Fa 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ball, Donald B. (Fa 571), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 571. Symposium paper (1) and articles (9) published in "Ohio Valley Historical Archaeology," written or co-written by Donald B. Ball, concerning grave houses, vernacular architecture and stone construction.
Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 570. Paper: [Examination of a Speech Titled "Shake Rag Revisited"] written by Lynne Marrs Hammer Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The speech was delivered on 21 October 2004 by Herbert Oldham at the dedication of a historical marker in the neighborhood.
Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 563), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 563. National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Hardcastle Store on Highway 234 in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Larry Butch Carroll (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Larry Butch Carroll (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Larry Butch Carroll conducted by Dallas John Duvall related to the mining of rock asphalt at Kyrock in Edmonson County, Kentucky. The majority of the interview concerns the life and residence of Henry St. George Tucker Carmichael, 1882-1949.
Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 478. Taped interviews conducted by Marissa Gibbs about the "Giles Cabin" built by Henry Giles and Janice Holt Giles near Kinfley, Adair County, Kentucky. Also includes a paper about the house. This project was completed as part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Frye, Lori Ann (Fa 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Frye, Lori Ann (Fa 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 391. Paper: "An Architectural Survey in the Vicinity of St. Joseph's National Register District in Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Frye, a student intern at the Landmark Association.
Molloy, Janice Louise (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Molloy, Janice Louise (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 189. Paper (24 p.): "On the Road: Vernacular Architecture as a Creative Response to Economic Opportunity," written by Molloy and Trudy Balcom for a Western Kentucky University class. The paper focuses on the Horseshoe Motel in Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes tape transcription (11 p.).
Interview With Katherine Forrester And Jimmy Linville (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Katherine Forrester And Jimmy Linville (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Katherine Forrester and Jimmy Linville conducted by Trudy Balcolm and Janice Louise Molloy on 13 November 1992. From folk studies student project titled “On the Road; Vernacular Architecture as a Creative Response to Economic Opportunity,” concerning the Horseshoe Hotel in Warren County, Kentucky.
Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 163. Paper (25 p.) entitled "I-House at 1311 Clay Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky" by Western Kentucky University students Metzer and Taylor for a vernacular architecture class.
Kinslow, Georgina Sue "Gina" (Fa 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kinslow, Georgina Sue "Gina" (Fa 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 112. "My Aunt Nola's summer kitchen." Interviews with Nola Lee Cooksey, Mt. Hermon, Kentucky, and Sue Miller Kidwell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, examining the existence of summer kitchens in Barren County, Kentucky. Compares northern structures of this type to southern structures and discusses a shift in usage. Includes indexes and partial transcriptions.
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 127. History of "Highland," a house built in the 1890s by the Monarch family of Owensboro, Kentucky. This Queen Anne-style house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.