Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 11 of 11
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1387. Audio interviews conducted by WKU oral history students in spring 2022 for the South Central Kentucky Music Project, centering on musicians in Bowling Green and surrounding counties.
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 599. Folk studies project titled: “At the Crossroads: Commercial Music and Community Experience The Quonset Auditorium – A Roadhouse on the Dixie Highway” which includes interviews with performers about their time at the Quonset Auditorium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Interviews may include a brief description of their performances and memories of the Quonset. Ridington used this material for her WKU master's thesis of the same title.
Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Musical Legacy Projects (Fa 1386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1386. Interviews conducted by WKU students with musicians in southcentral and western Kentucky, a folklore fieldwork class contribution to the Kentucky Folklife Program’s Southcentral Kentucky Musical Legacy Project.
Schulman, Steven A. (Fa 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schulman, Steven A. (Fa 1227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1227. Student paper titled “The Preacher’s Just Like a Grasshopper: A Study of a Kentucky Song Maker” in which Steven Schulman details the life of Howess Dewey Winfrey, a song-maker from Cumberland County. Schulman collected folk songs and performances from Winfrey over the course of two months. His fieldwork revealed that Winfrey was a creator of satirical tunes, which were influenced by his childhood, his experiences with the Church of the Nazarene, his time spent as a logger, his relationships with family and friends, politics, and land ownership. The paper includes excerpts from …
Wheet, Glenda Carol (Fa 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheet, Glenda Carol (Fa 72), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 72. “Lou Mona Katherine (Shaw) Yokley: Traditional Folk Musician.” Collection contains field notes and cassette concerning the fieldwork of Glenda Carol Wheet and her work with Lou Mona Katherine (Shaw) Yokley. Collection was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Autobiographical Sketch Of A Group Based Musician (Fa 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Autobiographical Sketch Of A Group Based Musician (Fa 48), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 48. “Autobiographical Sketch of a Group Based Musician,” a paper and interview executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Author chose to remain anonymous.
Beisswenger, Donald Andre (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beisswenger, Donald Andre (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1. Project titled "White Gospel Music in Logan County" conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Jeff and Gwen McKinney and Chester Whitescarver about singing schools and white gospel music. Transcript of McKinney interview included as well as a tape summary for the Whitescarver interview.
Stoner, Joel, B. 1950 (Fa 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stoner, Joel, B. 1950 (Fa 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 492. Interviews, transcriptions, photographs, and miscellaneous data collected by Joel Stoner pertaining to the Bowling Green, Kentucky music scene in the 1970s.
Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 467. Paper: "Banjo Bill Green: A Writer, a Performer, a Musician" written by David Puglia for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Turner, Gregory A. (Fa 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Turner, Gregory A. (Fa 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 448. Paper: "Gene Townsend" written by Gregory A. Turner for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 200. Transcriptions and cassette tapes (14) of interviews that Amber Ridington, Western Kentucky University student, had with Joe Marshall, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and other individuals who were knowledgeable about the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a music and recreational venue in Bowling Green, Kentucky.