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Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Materials collected by Western Kentucky University folk studies students for an exhibition titled "Scraps to Kentucky Quilts." Includes meeting minutes, publicity material, label information, data sheets for submitted quilts, negatives and proof sheets, and interviews with quiltmakers.


Spears, Angela (Fa 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Spears, Angela (Fa 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 344. Paper: "Folklore and Media Project on Folklore in Advertisements," written by Angela Spears for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Shirley, James Kelly (Fa 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Shirley, James Kelly (Fa 474), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 474. A term project prepared by James Kelly Shirley on Cora Mae Howard for a Western Kentucky University history class titled "The Negro in American History."


Kindred, Gayle (Fa 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Kindred, Gayle (Fa 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 126. Paper: "Mail or artwork?" written by Gayle Kindred for a Folk Studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes a collection and description of stylized mail received by students at Western Kentucky University, 1985-1986.


Jasper, Cindy Rhea (Fa 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Jasper, Cindy Rhea (Fa 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 129. Paper: "Folklore in the Mass Media" written by Cindy Rhea Jasper for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes examples of folk sayings, songs, games, proverbs, and traditional images in advertisements found in "Ladies Home Journal," February 1981 to February 1982. Includes photocopies of 56 magazine ads.


David, Lynn Coulter, B. 1941 (Fa 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

David, Lynn Coulter, B. 1941 (Fa 124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Foklife Archives Project 124. Recorded oral reminiscence titled "Vietnamese Airlift, April 1975." Discussion of the refugee airlift operation at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. David discusses her role as a volunteer during this operation and presents her personal impressions of the experience.


Andress, Bruce K. (Fa 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Andress, Bruce K. (Fa 472), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 472. Project conducted by Andress concerning Wayman Hayes, a Bowling Green, Kentucky toymaker. Project includes some toys made by Hayes, patterns for the toys, as well as information about marketing them.


Smith, Mona Gayle (Fa 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Smith, Mona Gayle (Fa 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 473. Folk studies project in which Smith collected information about carpenter Charles Browning of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes paper material related to his work as well as wood samples.


Martin, Meredith (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Martin, Meredith (Fa 454), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 454. Four telephone interviews conducted with dance educator and choreographer Forrest W. Coggan by Meredith Martin, a graduate student in Wetern Kentucky University's Folk Studies Department. Transcripts of these interviews are available on TopSCHOLAR.


Archbold, Annie (Fa 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Archbold, Annie (Fa 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 203. Photographs, negatives, and proofsheets from various folklife projects coordinated by Annie Archbold while she was a folk studies faculty member at Western Kentucky University.


Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Ralph Bunche Community Center Oral History Project (Fa 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 455. Interviews with ten African Americans who attended the Ralph Bunche School in Glasgow, Kentucky. Informants provide history and other information related to the importance of the school in Glasgow's African American community.


Parker, Kailen E. (Fa 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Parker, Kailen E. (Fa 465), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 465. DVD: "Tattoos" made by Kailen E. Parker for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Gonzalez, Erik (Fa 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Gonzalez, Erik (Fa 466), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 466. Paper: "Parody in the Digital Age" written by Erik Gonzalez for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Fuller, Don (Fa 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Fuller, Don (Fa 464), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 464. Paper: "The Gathering" written by Don Fuller for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 202. Project includes 22 interviews with African Americans concerning their lives as Taylor County, Kentucky residents. Interviews are on compact discs with interviewer's notes included. Topics discussed include: family life, when and why they live in Taylor County, childhood experiences, community involvement and personal opinions about Taylor County.


Harris, Hilary (Fa 461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2009

Harris, Hilary (Fa 461), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 461. DVD: "Circle of Friends: Life and Times of Girls Scouts" produced by Hilary Harris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Stevens, Jessica (Fa 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Stevens, Jessica (Fa 462), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Paper: "Facebook Graffiti: Folklore of the Virtual Bumper Sticker" written by Jessica Stevens for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Chambers, David (Fa 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Chambers, David (Fa 463), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 463. Paper: [Street Gangs]" written by David Chambers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Gibbs, Joe (Fa 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Gibbs, Joe (Fa 460), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 460. Paper: "Kickball" written by Joe Gibbs for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Russell County, Kentucky (Fa 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Russell County, Kentucky (Fa 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 528. Collection consists of oral history interviews with various contemporary and former residents of Russell County, Kentucky conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students and Bobette Buster. Topics include the building of Wolf Creek Dam, teaching in rural schools, gospel music, logging, and local tourism.


Ralph Bunche National Historic District - Oral History Project (Fa 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Ralph Bunche National Historic District - Oral History Project (Fa 457), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 457. Oral interviews with thirty-one African Americans who had some association with the area included within the Ralph Bunche National Historic District in Glasgow, Kentucky. Interviewees discuss family history, social rites and customs, the importance of the church and the school, integration and segregation, as well as urban renewal.


Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Ruff, Joseph Carl (Fa 453), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 453. Paper: "Time and Folklore on the Comics Page" written by Joseph Carl Ruff for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Upchurch, John B. (Fa 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Upchurch, John B. (Fa 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 449. Paper: "[Advertisements from 'Wired Magazine']" written by John B. Upchurch for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Lowe, Annie Bell (Hall), 1907-2006 (Fa 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Lowe, Annie Bell (Hall), 1907-2006 (Fa 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 456. Interview with Annie Bell (Hall) Lowe concerning quilting conducted by Michelle Ann Lowe Ross.


Vowels, Derek J. (Fa 450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Vowels, Derek J. (Fa 450), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 450. Paper: "[Folklore in Byron Crawford's Columns]" written by Derek J. Vowels for a Western Kentucky University.


Zurowski, Susan K. (Fa 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Zurowski, Susan K. (Fa 451), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 451. Project: "[Flea Markets/Antique Malls]" by Susan K. Zurowski for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Tracy, Billy Jean (Fa 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Tracy, Billy Jean (Fa 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 447. Interview with Billy Jean Tracy concerning First Methodist Church of Frankfort, Kentucky.


Turner, Gregory A. (Fa 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Turner, Gregory A. (Fa 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 448. Paper: "Gene Townsend" written by Gregory A. Turner for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Zurowski, Susan K. (Fa 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Zurowski, Susan K. (Fa 452), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 452. Project: "Public Auctions" by Susan K. Zurowski for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.