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Farmer Cultural Awareness Project (Fa 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2022

Farmer Cultural Awareness Project (Fa 1388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1388. Audio interviews with farmers in the ten-county Barren River Area Development District (BRADD) of Kentucky regarding their experiences as farmers, conducted as part of a project to raise awareness and understanding among the non-farming public. Includes brief biographical data (Click on "Additional Files" below), interview transcriptions, and photographs.


Feintuch, Burt, 1949-2018 (Fa 1315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2019

Feintuch, Burt, 1949-2018 (Fa 1315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1315. Collection of folklife and folk arts by Burt Feintuch, ethnographer of traditional music and professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University (WKU) from 1975 to 1988. Includes the session materials from the Folklife and the Public Sector: Assessment and Prognosis Conference at WKU, 1985, along with the manuscript and proof pages from his book Kentucky Folkmusic. Recordings of musicians and singers and interviews with the same in Barren, LaRue, Logan, Marshall, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenburg, Todd, and Warren counties in Kentucky and Warren County, Tennessee.


Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2018

Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1131. Collection contains Interviews, photographs, and informant data sheets relating to Sandy Staebell's project with quiltmakers in Allen County and Monroe County, Kentucky and Macon County, Tennessee for the 2017-2018 Osby Lee Hire and Lillian K. Garrison Hire Memorial Lecture Series.


Rains, B. Mickey (Fa 1178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2018

Rains, B. Mickey (Fa 1178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1178. Student folk studies project titled “The Crafting of Hickory Bottomed Chairs” which includes interviews and survey sheets about the process of making hickory bottomed chairs in Macon County,Tennessee. Sheets may include a brief description of a practice, a hotograph, and text classification.


Nicks, Sarah Elizabeth (Fa 1132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2018

Nicks, Sarah Elizabeth (Fa 1132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1132. Student paper titled “Quilting: Past and Present” in which Sarah Nicks details the components of traditional quilt making. Nicks discusses piecing together patterns and the various motivations behind quilting. Information was collected by Nicks from family and friends. The collection contains color photographs of handmade quilts, a questionnaire related to quilting practices, and a sample piece of a quilt patch.


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.


Goddard, Stephen Ross (Fa 841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Goddard, Stephen Ross (Fa 841), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 841. Ten interviews conducted by Stephen Ross Goddard for his graduate studies thesis at Western Kentucky University. These interviews include conversations on how the youth viewed their place within and/or apart from American culture and the Kurdish one into which they were born.


Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 158. This collection contains a paper entitled “Yours truly, Bruno Gernt: A Glimpse At The Development Of A Small Town Through The Eyes Of Its Developer,” written by Annamary Fitzgerald as a part of an independent study class she took at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1993 with Dr. Lynwood Montell. The paper transcribes the letters Bruno Gernt wrote to James Clarke regarding the development of Allardt, Tennessee from 1882-1891.


Jackson, Michelle Margie (Fa 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Jackson, Michelle Margie (Fa 159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 159. This collection contains a paper entitled “Moonshining,” written by Michelle Jackson as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the spring of 1994. Also included is a cassette tape of an interview with Jerry Rhoton, sheriff of Clay County, Tennessee, as well as his informant data sheet and four photos of him.


Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 67. Thesis: “Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions” by Rebecca D. Morse in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.


Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 46. [A and G Specialty] Collection of typescripts, photographs and cassette tapes concerning the family/personal history and current occupation (flea market seller) of Vernon Anderson. Collection also contains information pertaining to Vernon’s childhood in Richmond County Georgia, career as a military M.P. and his various other occupations. The collection also contains interview typescripts, cassettes and photographs of Grace Little, who is an itinerant seller herself. Grace Little is interviewed concerning her childhood, family, and current occupation.


Taft, Ann Celine (Fa 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Taft, Ann Celine (Fa 49), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 49. Oral history interview with The Straightway Gospel Singers from Gallatin, Tennessee conducted by Ann Celine Taft for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Subsequent paper titled "The Straightway Gospel Singers" also included.


Johnson, Mackenzi (Fa 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Johnson, Mackenzi (Fa 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 514. Collection consists of short interviews conducted by Mackenzi Johnson with Kenneth Nixon about folk customs and foodways, two of Johnson’s young cousins about children’s rhyming and clap games, an informal interview with Charita Swann, as well as discussions of Native American culture and life with Arigon Starr and Gay Wapecome. Also includes a performance by Arigon Starr at Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee. This project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 24. Statements and reminiscences of Kentucky residents who participated in or conducted hog butchering in Kentucky. Information was gathered from various informants between 1963-1969. Material is arranged alphabetically by collector, consisting of specific detials about executing hogs, processing and preserving meat, and rendering lard. Includes papers by collectors and photographs. This project was completed by students at Campbellsville College under the guidance of Lynwood Montell.


Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Royden, Cynthia Ann (Fa 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 21. Interviews conducted by Cindy Royden with Oscar Tittle, Charles and Rosey Woolbright and Ivan H. Key, members of Pentecostal churches in Bowling Green, Kentucky, about their religious beliefs and practices. Includes taped services at Seventh Street Full Gospel Church and First United Pentecostal Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Phillips, Jennifer, B. 1988 (Fa 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Phillips, Jennifer, B. 1988 (Fa 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 487. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Jennifer Phillips related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 485. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Courtney Anne Karmiller related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Cates, Steve Dixon, B. 1940 (Fa 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Cates, Steve Dixon, B. 1940 (Fa 526), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 526. Correspondence, programs, newsletters, and other materials collected by Steven Dixon Cates relating to Sarah Gertrude Knott and the National Folk Festival Association. Included is his correspondence about his involvement with a variety of folk festivals and program materials from several National Folk Festivals.


Slaney, Brett (Fa 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Slaney, Brett (Fa 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 523. This collection consists of material collected by Brett Slaney for a Western Kentucky Univeristy folk studies class. The collection includes a recording, tape index, photograph, and field notes from a bluegrass performance at the Rosine Barn Jamboree in Rosine, Kentucky. Also included are field notes and photographs from the 2004 Southern Folklilfe Festival at the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee and photographs of examples of material culture.


Jackson, Rebecca Lee Watson (Fa 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Jackson, Rebecca Lee Watson (Fa 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 519. Collection includes material collected by Rebecca Lee (Watson) Jackson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Included are interviews with five people about personal narratives, riddles, horses, and Serbo-Croatian folk tales, photographs of examples of material culture and photographs and a list of performers from the 2004 Southern Folklife Festival at the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee.


Hickey, Frankie (Fa 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Hickey, Frankie (Fa 511), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Foklife Archives Project 511. This collection contains a tape recorded interview conducted by Frankie Hickey with Ida Ellington Williams. It also contains short written life stories for Williams and several other African Americans from southcentral Kentucky and middle Tennessee.


English, James Campbell, Jr. (Fa 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

English, James Campbell, Jr. (Fa 209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 209. Copy of letter 26 November 1984 from James Campbell English, Jr., Clarksville, Tennessee to his sister, Mildred Collier giving instructions for making hominy. Also includes a copy of their mother's recipe for hominy.


Recipes (Fa 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Recipes (Fa 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 431. colletion of recipes, chiefly from the Pennyrile area of Western Kentucky.


Easterly, Jason & Tiffany Hatcher (Fa 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Easterly, Jason & Tiffany Hatcher (Fa 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 387. Interviews related to the history of race relations in and around Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee.


Morris, Holly (Fa 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Morris, Holly (Fa 508), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 508. Paper: "Cultural Tourism: Folklore in Tourism Brochures" written by Holly Morris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The paper looks at folklore elements found in cultural tourism brochures. Includes paper and supporting material.


Dalton, Susan (Fa 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Dalton, Susan (Fa 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 424. Interviews conducted by Susan Dalton with George Offitt, Sr., Gene W. Brown, Monya Vance Pryor, and Ann Scharklet related to race and integration in Sumner County, Tennessee.


Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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KELLY, Rita Helen Roberts 248. Paper: "For a Cold or the Flu, Take..." written by Rita Helen Roberts Kelly for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Ross, Nancy (Fa 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Ross, Nancy (Fa 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 239. Paper: "[Family Health Traditions]" written by Nancy Ross for a Western Kentucky University folk studies collection.


Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2004

Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.