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Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Covington-Reynolds Family Papers (Mss 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 677. Chiefly courtship letters written by Edward Daniel Covington while teaching high school industrial arts classes at St. Petersburg High School in Florida to his girlfriend and future wife, Evelyn Reynolds, Cave City, Kentucky. The 1933 letters mention the financial effects of the Great Depression and the difficulty of paying teachers.
New Deal, 1933-1939 - Relating To (Sc 3459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
New Deal, 1933-1939 - Relating To (Sc 3459), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3459. Letter, 4 May 1943, of South Carolina Congressman H. P. Fulmer to E. M. Biggers, Houston, Texas, challenging Biggers to justify his “statement” concerning federal agencies created under the “Roosevelt New Deal Party”; and Biggers’ reply of 5 June 1943, a lengthy criticism of “these damnable Bureaus” as the creation of “fan-tailed theorists” and encroachments on American liberty. The two letters and a compilation of names of the “Alphabetical Agencies” (also included) are reproductions created by Biggers, the owner of a printing company, for public distribution.
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.
Intro To Folk Studies Oral History Project (Fa 1206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Intro To Folk Studies Oral History Project (Fa 1206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1206. Collection consists of interviews conducted by students in Barry Kaufkins’ Introduction to Folk Studies (FLK 276) class at WKU. Students conducted interviews with various family members, friends, and coworkers. Topics include childhood memories, cultural traditions, professional responsibilities, and other issues relating to personal narratives. Collection also contains brief summaries of subjects covered in the interviews. Audio recordings of the interviews that were recorded and submitted are stored in the WKU Sound Archives.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Division Of Forestry (Sc 3100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tennessee Valley Authority, Division Of Forestry (Sc 3100), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3100. Report on the forestry reconnaissance of the proposed Gilbertsville, Kentucky, reservoir area. Prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Division of Forestry, November, 1936. Contains black and white photographs.
Western's New Deal: The Shaping Of College Heights During The Great Depression, Sean Jacobson
Western's New Deal: The Shaping Of College Heights During The Great Depression, Sean Jacobson
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This thesis addresses the Great Depression's impact on public higher education by analyzing developments at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. It also seeks to understand factors leading to the enshrinement of Henry Hardin Cherry as a larger-than-life figure upon his death in 1937. An investigative study into primary materials found that the New Deal projects on campus provided a boost for Cherry's leadership and charisma in his community. The concurrence of his death with the construction of a classroom building funded by the Public Works Administration determined his memorialization for posterity. The building, Cherry Hall, emerged as an institutional symbol …
Watershed, Matthew Doyle
Wiggins, Otis Lee, B. 1905 (Sc 2949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiggins, Otis Lee, B. 1905 (Sc 2949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2949. Two cassette tapes which include an interview conducted by Robert H. McGaughey with Otis Lee Wiggins about the resettlement program undertaken by the Resettlement Administration Project 14 in Christian County, Kentucky. Wiggins was an administrator for the U.S. Resettlement Administration and discusses the Christian County program in great detail.
"Lord Keep Us Safe This Night": Religious Imagery In Depression-Era Rural Quilts, Kelsey N. Mattingly
"Lord Keep Us Safe This Night": Religious Imagery In Depression-Era Rural Quilts, Kelsey N. Mattingly
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This thesis investigates specific quilts from rural areas during the Depression era in relation to their religious imagery. Databases from the Kentucky Historical Society, International Quilt Study Center and Museum and the Quilt Index provide records of assessment. This analysis focuses on religious imagery in quilts, but I will look at the religious communities that collectively created them with a specific attention to the roles that church groups and the practice of group quilting played in their productions. I will present the resulting analysis drawn from my written work to uncover why certain quilts exhibited religious imagery where others did …
Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Pearl Perguson Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Pearl Perguson conducted by Kevin Eans for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Perguson discusses her life and times, including information about social life and reactions to national events in the small town of Horse Branch, Ohio County, Kentucky.
Interview With Henry Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Henry Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Henry Scott related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.
Interview With Joe Kulesza Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joe Kulesza Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Joe Kulesza related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.
Tracy, Janet (Fa 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tracy, Janet (Fa 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 40. Collection consists of interviews with Artie Emmet Lemaire about his business selling merchandise at flea markets and roadside stands in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Interviews also include biographcial data about Lemaire.
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travelstead, Chester Coleman, 1911-2006 (Mss 281), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 281. Chiefly personal and professional correspondence, speeches, journal articles, reminiscences, and news clippings of noted educator Chester Coleman Travelstead. Of particular interest are the materials related to his 1955 dismissal from the University of South Carolina owing to his support of racial integration. Also includes correspondence and diaries of his mother Nelle (Gooch) Travelstead, long-time Western Kentucky University faculty member.
Hulsey, Jennifer Lynn (Hensley) (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hulsey, Jennifer Lynn (Hensley) (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and list of Civilian Conservation Corps applicants (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 95. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence, for three Edmonson County, Kentucky New Deal programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and the Works Progress Administration.
Fields, John W. (Fa 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fields, John W. (Fa 210), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 210. Paper: [Oklahoma Life During the Great Depression: Interview with Bonnie G. Fields] written by John W. Fields for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kemp, Oliver K., 1876-1934 (Sc 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1360. Letter, 9 October 1933, written by Oliver Kemp, Lansing, Michigan to Edward Cave, New York City, thanking Cave for his friendship and remarking about his own lack of work because of the Depression.
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.
Interview With J. C. Hubbard (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With J. C. Hubbard (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with J. C. Hubbard conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 18 November 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With David Dye (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With David Dye (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with David Dye conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 31 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Doral Glen Conner, 1930-2020 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Doral Glen Conner, 1930-2020 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Glen Conner conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Mary Ann Fisher, 1923-2004 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mary Ann Fisher, 1923-2004 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mary Ann Fisher conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 6 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall 1924-2010, John Buell Edmonds B. 1945, Robert W. Phillips 1927-2005, And Bob Green (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall 1924-2010, John Buell Edmonds B. 1945, Robert W. Phillips 1927-2005, And Bob Green (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall, John Buell Edmonds, Robert Phillips and Bob Green conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 28 September 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Jodie Odis Blanton, 1924-2014 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Jodie Odis Blanton, 1924-2014 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Odis Blanton conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 22 March 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With William H. Foster (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With William H. Foster (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with William H. Foster conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 15 February 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Robert W. Phillips, 1927-2005 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Robert W. Phillips, 1927-2005 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Robert Phillips conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 26 January 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 16 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 11 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.