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Western Kentucky University

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1991

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Zora Neale Hurston: The Voice Of The Goddess, Mella Davis Aug 1991

Zora Neale Hurston: The Voice Of The Goddess, Mella Davis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Zara Neale Purston has re-emerged as an author of promise due to the re-appraisal of her works led by Alice Walker and Robert Hemenway. In both literary and folklore academic circles, Hurston's work has been reclaimed by African-American female scholars and writers, but still a significant study has yet to be done about her ethnographic contributions to folklore and her farsightedness in fieldwork methodology. This thesis seeks to validate her work as a folklorist, thereby dismissing the charges of popularization and amateurishness by re-examining her work. Mules and Men and Jonah's Gourd Vine are Hurston's two most influential folklore texts …

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

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

FA Finding Aids

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.

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Ua12/2 Fourteenth Annual Greek Academic Awards Banquet, Wku Panhellenic Council, Wku Interfraternity Council Mar 1991

Ua12/2 Fourteenth Annual Greek Academic Awards Banquet, Wku Panhellenic Council, Wku Interfraternity Council

Student Organizations

Greek academic awards banquet program for 1991.

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Interview With Ida Lee Crase (Fa 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1991

Interview With Ida Lee Crase (Fa 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Ida Lee Crase conducted by Lanny Ray Brittain in 1991. From folk studies student project titled "The Folk Art of Quilting" concerning Crase's quilting.

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Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council Jan 1991

Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about the Panhellenic Council for the 1990-1991 school year. Includes information about Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.

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Leach, Mary Jo (Fa 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1991

Leach, Mary Jo (Fa 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 135. "Vietnam: One Man's Remembrances." Interview with Lee Scruggs of the 77th Special Forces Reconnaissance Platoon stationed in Southern Laos during the Vietnam War. Interview contains anecdotes and personal narratives of his participation in the war.

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