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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

FA Finding Aids

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

FA Finding Aids

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.


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

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

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 463. Paper: [Street Gangs]" written by David Chambers 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

FA Finding Aids

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.


Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 445. Paper: "Bookmobile Ethnography" written by Doris Tetzloff for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 444), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 444. Paper: "Folk Cures for Colds, Flu, and Sore Throats" written by Doris Tetzloff for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Rose, Kibby (Fa 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Rose, Kibby (Fa 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 437. Paper: "A Country Gentleman" written by Rose for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Robertson, Stephen & Cindy Robertson (Fa 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Robertson, Stephen & Cindy Robertson (Fa 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 436. Interview with June Long conducted by Stephen Robertson and Cindy Roberston for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 411), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 411. Paper: "Living on the Edge: The Folklife of Air Force Pilots in Training" written by Kelly A. Lally for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Spiers, Rebecca (Fa 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Spiers, Rebecca (Fa 425), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 425. Paper: "The Gallery" written by Rebecca Spiers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Bush, Brendan David (Fa 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Bush, Brendan David (Fa 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 175. Paper: "Millennium Virus," written by Brendan David Bush for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The Washington Post and the New York Times are referenced.


Harris, Catherine Hill, B. 1964 (Fa 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Harris, Catherine Hill, B. 1964 (Fa 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 395. Interviews (8) with people who had lived at Hobson House (also known as Riverview at Hobson Grove) or who had helped in the restoration and/or administration of the property as a house museum. Hobson House is a historic property in Bowling Green, Kentucky, completed by Atwood Gaines Hobson in 1872.


Dennin, Shannon And Jason Henning (Fa 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Dennin, Shannon And Jason Henning (Fa 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 383. Interview with Lennie B. Martin conducted by Shannon Dennin and Jason Henning for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Interview tape is not included. They discuss hunting and Logan County, Kentucky folk life.


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

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

FA Finding Aids

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.


Burnett, Laura Jo (Fa 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Burnett, Laura Jo (Fa 422), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 422. Interview with Lucile Denton Napier conducted by Laura Jo Burnett for a Western Kentucy University folk studies class.


Schmitt, Kimberly Anne (Fa 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Schmitt, Kimberly Anne (Fa 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 360. Oral history interview conducted by Kimberly Schmitt with Dr. Carlton Jackson on February 10, 1988. Schmitt’s interview focuses on Dr. Jackson’s experiences as detailed in his 1984 publication Hounds of the Road: A History of the Greyhound Bus Company.


Ross, Michelle Ann (Lowe) And Mark Brown, B. 1976 (Fa 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Ross, Michelle Ann (Lowe) And Mark Brown, B. 1976 (Fa 357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 357. Oral history interview conducted on 10 February 2001 by Michelle Ross and Mark Brown with Taylor W. Douglas, touching on his memories of traveling with his family to the Mammoth Cave area in January 1925 to catch a glimpse of trapped cave explorer Floyd Collins.