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Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 218. Paper: "[Folk Medicine in Cumberland County]" written by Ruby Norris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 478. Taped interviews conducted by Marissa Gibbs about the "Giles Cabin" built by Henry Giles and Janice Holt Giles near Kinfley, Adair County, Kentucky. Also includes a paper about the house. This project was completed as part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Morgan, John, B. 1944 (Fa 476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Morgan, John, B. 1944 (Fa 476), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 476. Fieldwork--including oral interviews, videotapes, and secondary information--compiled by John Morgan primarily pertaining to dark-fire tobacco barns in Calloway County, Kentucky and North Carolina. Also includes interviews relating to tugboats, basket making, and ghost stories and supernatural tales from western Kentucky.


Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 17. Collection consists of interviews with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis and Johnnie Mae (Elkins) White, Bowling Green, Kentucky, conducted by Janet Sharli Powell about quilting. Includes sample Mexican Star quilt block. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.