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Wiseman, Michelle (Fa 1306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2019

Wiseman, Michelle (Fa 1306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1306. Student project titled “Folk Songs and Legends,” which includes survey sheets of folk songs and folk legends collected in Indiana and Kentucky. Sheets may include folk songs, lyrics, musical scores, Brown Collection variant number, legends, informant’s name, age, and address.


Yager, Liz (Fa 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2019

Yager, Liz (Fa 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1276. Student folk studies project [“Songs and Epitaphs,”] which includes survey sheets with with the lyrics of folk songs and epitaphs in Oldham County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of the folk song, lyrics, epitaph, date collected, and informant’s name and age.


Shuffett, Carolyn (Fa 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Shuffett, Carolyn (Fa 1271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1271. Student folk studies project titled “Green County Tales,” which includes titles of local folk legends and songs in Green County, Kentucky. Descriptions may include title of the legend or song, lyrics, informant’s name and address.


Welker, Susan (Fa 1264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Welker, Susan (Fa 1264), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1264. Student folk studies project titled “Research on the Hazel Daniel Collection of Folksongs,” which includes song titles of traditional folk ballads from the Hazel Daniel Folksong Collection. Descriptions may include title of the ballad, classification, alphabetical list, chronological list, and where published with page number.


Wilson, Debbe Jean (Fa 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Wilson, Debbe Jean (Fa 1263), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1263. Student folk studies project titled “Songs of Hazel Daniel,” which includes song titles of traditional folk ballads from the Hazel Daniel Folksong Collection. Descriptions may include title of the ballad, where published, ballad number, and page number. This is a continuation of the student project FA 1262 done by Peggy Louise Bradley.


Bradley, Peggy Louise (Fa 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2019

Bradley, Peggy Louise (Fa 1262), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1262. Student folk studies project titled “Annotated Folksongs,” which includes song titles of traditional folk ballads from the Hazel Daniel Folksong Collection. Descriptions may include title of the ballad, where published, ballad number, and page number.


Purcell, Janice (Fa 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2019

Purcell, Janice (Fa 1261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1261. Student folk studies project titled “Three Traditional Singers: Texts and Analysis,” which includes lyrics and descriptions of traditional folk ballads recorded in Green County, Kentucky and West Huntington, West Virginia. Descriptions may include name of the ballad, location learned, history, variants, traditional aspects, and informant’s name, age and location.


Mcguire, Wilma (Wise) (Fa 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Mcguire, Wilma (Wise) (Fa 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 981. Project titled: “Ten Broeck and Mollie and the Miller’s Will.” Includes descriptions of the lyrics of the two ballads “Ten Broeck and Mollie” and “The Miller’s Will” collected in Taylor County, Kentucky.


Elmore, Harold W. (Fa 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Elmore, Harold W. (Fa 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 975. Project titled: “Transcriptions of stories, song lyrics and calls.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of stories, song lyrics, doodle bug charms, and calls from Edmonson County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and some with motif index number.


Suddarth, James Damon (Fa 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Suddarth, James Damon (Fa 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 968. Project titled: “Folk Songs.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk songs collected in Warren County, Kentucky and Tennessee. Sheets include a title, lyrics, and informant’s name.


Heltzel, Dane Howard (Fa 969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Heltzel, Dane Howard (Fa 969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 969. Project titled: “Folk Songs and Ballads.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk songs and ballads collected in Christian County, Kentucky and Indiana. Sheets include title, lyrics, motif index number, and informant’s name.


Harrison, Annette B. 1950 (Fa 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Harrison, Annette B. 1950 (Fa 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 889. Title: “Our Goodman.” Includes sheets with brief descriptions of each variation of the ballad “Our Goodman” and the constant trait of the ballad’s archetype in the lists of traits and variable forms used in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a text of the ballad variation and corresponding motif index number.


Harbison, Kay (Fa 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Harbison, Kay (Fa 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 874. Paper titled: “Uncle Bozo Carver: World’s Oldest Living Country Musician and Entertainer.” Project details the life of Noble “Uncle Bozo” Carver as an entertainer. Project includes lengthy interview, lists of songs, and some stanzas.


Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 870. Project titled: "Joe Coleman: A Local Legend." Includes typescripts of interviews and survey sheets collected by Edith Walker about Joe Coleman, an accused murderer in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Survey sheets includes lines of a ballad about Coleman and various informant's memories of the ballad or the veracity of the incident in Adair County, Kentucky.


Herbert, Merry A. (Fa 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1972

Herbert, Merry A. (Fa 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1364. Student folk studies project titled “Kerry ‘Doc’ Stone: Indiana Singer of Folk, Country, and Gospel Songs” which includes survey sheets with the lyrics of songs sung by Stone. Many were recorded on the two accompanying reel-to-reel tapes. Sheets may include the title of the song, a brief description, origin, lyrics, and its variant number from the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore.