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Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 28. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Kevin Eans related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Tittle, Bently (Fa 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Tittle, Bently (Fa 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 31. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Bently Tittle related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Fraim, Sheryl (Fa 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Fraim, Sheryl (Fa 30), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 30. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Sheryl Fraim related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Kindred, Gayle (Fa 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Kindred, Gayle (Fa 26), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 26. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Gayle Kindred related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Woodson, Chip (Fa 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Woodson, Chip (Fa 27), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 27. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Chip Woodson related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Hodges, Jack Preston, Ii (Fa 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Hodges, Jack Preston, Ii (Fa 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 25. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Jack Hodges related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Smith, Corey William, B.1989 (Fa 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2011

Smith, Corey William, B.1989 (Fa 549), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 549. Joke collected from Joe Lohden by his stepson Corey Smith, which was told to Smith during his childhood. This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Davis, Nathan William (Fa 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2010

Davis, Nathan William (Fa 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 534. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Nathan William Davis related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Rothfuss, Erik, B. 1987 (Fa 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Rothfuss, Erik, B. 1987 (Fa 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 488. Information collected by Erik Rothfuss related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Loveall, Sandra Kaye, B. 1964 (Fa 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Loveall, Sandra Kaye, B. 1964 (Fa 486), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 486. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Sandra Kaye Loveall related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


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.


Mccomas, Eric Donald, B. 1983 (Fa 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Mccomas, Eric Donald, B. 1983 (Fa 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 484. Folkore material classified by genre. Information collected by Eric Donald McComas 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.


Davenport, Cyn (Fa 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Davenport, Cyn (Fa 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 381. Paper: "'Seinfeld': Modern Channels for Folklore" written by Cyn Davenport for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 336. Paper: "American Girl Magazine and Children's Riddles," written by Julia E. Morgan for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Mair, Erica S. (Fa 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Mair, Erica S. (Fa 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 249. Paper: "Whatever Gets You Through the Day" written by Erica S. Mair for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 4, William A. Leinbach, Patricia Tinsman, David Gottshall, Marvin A. Dourte, Daniel T. Kohler, Sam Blood, Charles Layland, Margaret Layland, Brenda Wilton, Stephen Day, Richard Shaner, Donna Longenecker, William Weber, Mel Horst, Robert Jensen, Donald D. Dillon Jul 1985

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 4, William A. Leinbach, Patricia Tinsman, David Gottshall, Marvin A. Dourte, Daniel T. Kohler, Sam Blood, Charles Layland, Margaret Layland, Brenda Wilton, Stephen Day, Richard Shaner, Donna Longenecker, William Weber, Mel Horst, Robert Jensen, Donald D. Dillon

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Coverlets
• Sign Painting
• Reverse Painting on Glass
• Kites
• Snake Lore
• Horncraft
• Weathervanes and Country Signs
• Festival Focus
• Sheep Shearing & Natural Knits
• Bread Baking Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Craft of Rushing
• Toy Soldier Casting
• Pennsylvania Dutch Humor
• Fireside Brooms and Whirligigs
• Springerle


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Henry J. Kauffman, Mac E. Barrick, Hilda Adam Kring Apr 1985

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Henry J. Kauffman, Mac E. Barrick, Hilda Adam Kring

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Johann Adam Eyer: "Lost" Fraktur Writer of Hamilton Square
• Aunt Lydia
• The Image of the Jew in South-Central Pennsylvania
• Gertrude Rapp: Harmony Society Abbess
• Aldes un Neies


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 18, No. 3, Harry E. Smith, Donald R. Friary, L. Karen Baldwin, Amos Long Jr., Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder Apr 1969

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 18, No. 3, Harry E. Smith, Donald R. Friary, L. Karen Baldwin, Amos Long Jr., Friedrich Krebs, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The End of the Horse and Buggy Era
• Moravian Architecture and Town Planning: A Review
• Humor in a Friendly World
• Chickens and Chicken Houses in Rural Pennsylvania
• Eighteenth-Century Emigrants to America from the Duchy of Zweibrucken and the Germersheim District
• Horse-Drawn Transportation: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 11


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 17, No. 1, Alta Schrock, Mac E. Barrick, Phares H. Hertzog, Ruth Hawthorne, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Robert Boyd, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs Oct 1967

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 17, No. 1, Alta Schrock, Mac E. Barrick, Phares H. Hertzog, Ruth Hawthorne, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Robert Boyd, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Council of the Alleghenies
• Lewis the Robber in Life and Legend
• Snakes and Snakelore of Pennsylvania
• The Folklore Repertory of a Third-Grade Class
• Weather Signs and Calendar Lore from the "Dumb Quarter"
• Hardships of Circuit-Rider Life on the Pennsylvania-Ohio Frontier
• Eighteenth-Century Emigration from the Duchy of Zweibrucken
• Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 5: The Pennsylvania Folk-Dance Tradition


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Arthur J. Lawton, Clarence Kulp Jr., Carter W. Craigie, Mabel Fritch, Edna Eby Heller, Sara Grey, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick Jul 1967

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 16, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Arthur J. Lawton, Clarence Kulp Jr., Carter W. Craigie, Mabel Fritch, Edna Eby Heller, Sara Grey, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Ancient of Days - Plus Tax!
• Living History
• The Goschenhoppen Historians
• Folk Festival Program
• Festival Highlights
• The Tinsmith of Kutztown
• The Chaff Bag and its Preparation
• Traditional Favorites Go Modern
• Children's Games Among Lancaster County Mennonites
• Notes and Documents: Early American Humor in Philadelphia Jokebooks
• Numskull Tales in Cumberland County
• Contributors to this Issue
• Folklife Studies and American History
• Powwowing: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire #4


Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. To Alfred L. Shoemaker, William Buffenmoyer Sr. Jan 1957

Letter From William Buffenmoyer Sr. To Alfred L. Shoemaker, William Buffenmoyer Sr.

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from William Buffenmoyer Sr. addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dating from circa 1957. Within, Buffenmoyer provides several humorous anecdotes and riddles about an elephant, baked beans, and an old wedding photograph.


Tales Of An Eccentric Character Of Old Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, David M. Quickel Jan 1950

Tales Of An Eccentric Character Of Old Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, David M. Quickel

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed submission to Alfred L. Shoemaker entitled, "Tales of an Eccentric Character of Old Dover Township, York County, Pa.", by David M. Quickel, dating from circa 1950. Within, Quickel recounts humorous sayings and tales surrounding the eccentric character he calls "Mr. Bull".