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Bastin, Glen (Fa 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bastin, Glen (Fa 1241), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1241. Collection of 38 cassette tapes featuring Glen Bastin's regional public affairs syndicated radio program, "Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine." A contents list was prepared and appears at the end of this finding aid.
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1239. Student folk studies project titled “Sequent Occupance of the Main Business District of Hodgenville, Kentucky,” which includes a list of illustrations with brief descriptions of residents and buildings in the main business district of Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky. List entries may include a brief description of building, resident, location, donor, and photo.
Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 656. Kentucky Folklife Program project titled: “Ohio River Survey,” which includes interviews, tape logs, photographs and other documentation of folklife along the Ohio River in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Interviews may include a description of belief, traditional occupation, practice, craft, or tool, informant’s name, age, birth date, and address.
Carroll, Julianne And Emily Hudson (Fa 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Julianne And Emily Hudson (Fa 1219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1219. National Register of Historic Places nomination form to register the Cedar Ridge Historic District in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by Julianne Carroll and Emily Hudson, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the 43 single and multi-family structures in the neighborhood, the earliest dating from 1920.
Zurowski, Susan K. And Lynn Coulter David, B. 1941 (Fa 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Zurowski, Susan K. And Lynn Coulter David, B. 1941 (Fa 1218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1218. Student folk studies project titled: ““The Hick’s House: A Warren County, Kentucky Central Passage Log House” which includes documentation of a log building with modern white clapboard siding in the Hadley area of Warren County, Kentucky. Documentation includes descriptions and illustrations of traditional log building practices, photos, and historical research of the property along with information about later additions and renovations. Photos include the house and outbuildings.
Reynolds, V. Lynn (Fa 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, V. Lynn (Fa 1217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1217. National Register of Historic Places nomination form to expand the boundaries of the College Hill National Register District in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by V. Lynn Reynolds in 1994, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the 33 structures in the initial College Hill National Register District established in 1979; 115 structures were added in 1994 and one more in 1996. A survey inventory updated in July 2003 is also included along with Kentucky Historic Resources Individual Survey forms from 2006. Small color photos are not of …
Trafton, Paula Burt (Fa 1214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trafton, Paula Burt (Fa 1214), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1214. National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Taylor Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Completed by Paula Burt Trafton, the application includes history, classification, maps, photographs, and other documentation regarding the church.
Houk, Charlotte F. (Fa 1190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Houk, Charlotte F. (Fa 1190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1190. Student paper titled which Charlotte Houk examines the artistic aesthetics of mailboxes within a 10-mile radius of her home in the Lonoke Community in Hart County. Houk’s interviews focus on the creator of the mailbox, their inspiration behind the designs, and additional information concerning mailbox construction and presentation. Black and white photographs of each mailbox are included within the paper.
Powell, Steve (Fa 1195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Powell, Steve (Fa 1195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1195. Student paper titled “Quilting for Frugality” in which Steve Powell interviews close family members and friends about their experiences with quilt making. Powell offers a brief biographical background on each informant along with individual motivations and inspirations for crafting quilts. The paper includes color photographs of various types of quilting patterns and one sample of a quilting square.
Straub, Karen (Fa 1196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Straub, Karen (Fa 1196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1196. Student paper titled “Mrs. Robert H. Saylor in Doll Making” in which Karen Straub interviews Mrs. Saylor, acraftswoman and doll making enthusiast. Straub offers insight into Saylor’s personal history with doll collecting and doll making, the materials Saylor uses in order to sew her products, the research and inspiration behind the process, popular trade publications and clubs relating to doll making, and specific step-by-step instructions on how to complete several varieties of dolls.
Morris, Brenda (Fa 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morris, Brenda (Fa 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1166. Student paper titled “Quilting” in which Brenda Morris explains the process of piecing together a quilt. Morris, who worked directly with long-time quilter Oma Grant, includes step-by-step instructions along with photographs at various stages throughout the course of crafting. Also included are design patterns and completed samples of handiwork.
Tinker, Robert Rush (Fa 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinker, Robert Rush (Fa 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1149. Student folk studies project titled “Playground Language: [Newburg, Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of playground rhymes in Newburg, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include rope skipping rhyme, group game, informant’s name, and text classification.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Lost City Incorporated - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lost City Incorporated - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 3225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3225. Waivers of notice of the first meeting of incorporators and subscribers, and of the board of directors, of Lost City Incorporated, an archaeological tourist site in Logan County, Kentucky. Includes a letter on company letterhead from one director to another thanking him for family Christmas gifts.
Bowling Green, Kentucky Bosnia Oral History Project (Fa 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowling Green, Kentucky Bosnia Oral History Project (Fa 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1137. Collection of interviews, transcripts, photographs, and additional materials, gathered by the Kentucky Folklife Program in partnership with the Bowling Green Bosnian community, relating to the 2017 International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina sponsored by Western Kentucky University.
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 635. Manuscripts, notes, publisher’s correspondence, and photographs relating to the scholarly work of WKU English and folklore professor Kenneth W. Clarke, principally "Bud Long: The Birth of a Kentucky Folk Legend" and "The Harvest and the Reapers."
Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pyatt, Susanna (Fa 1380), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
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.
Archbold, Annie And Barbara Dubczak (Fa 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Archbold, Annie And Barbara Dubczak (Fa 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 379. A reel-to-reel audiotape recording of a program titled “Documents in Sound: A Sample in Folk Arts,” which was sponsored by the Barren River Regional Arts Council with funds from the Kentucky Folklife Foundation. According to the tape summary, the program includes five separate features, which can be played as individual vignettes or as a full 29-minute program. Features include traditional artists and cover topics such as woodworking, broom making, basket making, weaving, and drawn work.
Maffenbeier, John, 1905-1978 (Sc 3199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Maffenbeier, John, 1905-1978 (Sc 3199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3199. Correspondence of John Maffenbeier, Newark, New Jersey, relating to colleting and selling Native American artifacts. Some of the correspondence is related to Lost City, an archaeological tourist site in Logan County, Kentucky.
Kentucky Women In Agriculture (Mss 611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Women In Agriculture (Mss 611), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Project 611. Minutes, financial records, conference handouts, and newsletters related to Kentucky Women in Agriculture, an awareness and support group for women farmers in the Commonwealth. Also includes interviews with members and digital images of members.
Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
FFinding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 378. Multiple interviews with Mrs. James Hall conducted by Nancy Cederquist on 22 February 1985, 1 April 1985, and 22 April 1985. Hall, a resident of Bowling Green, discusses her passion for quilting, her preferred patterns, fabric care, and her experiences with a local quilting group.
Conaster, Victoria (Fa 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Conaster, Victoria (Fa 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 377. Interview with Joe H. Page conducted by Victoria Conaster on 3 April 1993. Page, a resident of Lewisburg, discusses his childhood memories of growing up on a tenant farm. Topics covered include tobacco harvests and sales, pest control, traditional farm lore, home remedies and religious life.
Cervelli, Luanne Beth (Fa 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cervelli, Luanne Beth (Fa 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 376. Interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by LuAnne Beth Cervelli on 18 September 1988. Edmonds, a notable gospel singer from Bowling Green, Kentucky discusses his experiences performing gospel music, his involvement in recording and promoting gospel groups, his relationship with the local choir, and the current state of gospel music.
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3183. Letter, 7 August 2006, of Robert Lee Gillan, Thorntown, Indiana, to Martha Harrison. He refers to his interest in genealogy and relates anecdotes about “Aunt Nancy,” an African American woman and caregiver to local families in Barren County, Kentucky. He includes particulars of some of her household advice, folk medicinal treatments and beliefs. He notes that she is buried in Lyons (Lyon) Cemetery.
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 374. Student oral history project titled “The Effects of Logan County School Consolidations on the Students of Lewisburg and the Community” in which Heather-Kristen Brooks conducts research on the centralization of five county schools in 1983. Brooks’ two informants touch on issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms. Collection contains one paper, two indexes and transcripts, and two cassette tapes.
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 368. Interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Allen on 16 April 1998. Duvall discusses her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County. Topics covered include dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights, and changes in modern technologies.