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Foodways (Fa 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2018

Foodways (Fa 1202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1202. Collection of papers written by students in Professor Barry Kaufkins’ Foodways class (FLK/ANTH 388) at Western Kentucky University. While a majority of the papers focus on Easter traditions, other topics of note include immigrant foodways traditions, fundraising efforts, community organizations, tailgating, and sorority life. Papers also include photographs taken by students.


Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Mitchell, Eleonore Beck (Fa 71), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 71. “Pre-Lent Celebrations: Shrovetide and Carnival. An Annotated Bibliography.” This collection consists of an annotated bibliography complied by Eleonore Beck Mitchell for a folklore genres class at Western Kentucky University. The collection offers a brief historical account of Shrovetide and Carnival and their connection to Catholicism. The bibliography contains a total of 168 bibliographic entries and annotations for 97 of those entries.


Gospel Reaching Out (Fa 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Gospel Reaching Out (Fa 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 61. Complete collection of the newsletter "Gospel Reaching Out," published by the Hart County Gospel Music Association. These issues are available online in TopSCHOLAR; see finding aid for link.


Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 37. [Trance channeling experiences] Oral history project completed by Sara McNulty with Marilyn Cline, Anne Cataldo and Arthur Cataldo concerning their experiences with trance channeling. Project completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes data forms, indices, tape summaries, transcriptions and cassette tapes.


Shirley, Latrel, B. 1989 (Fa 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Shirley, Latrel, B. 1989 (Fa 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 543. Paper titled "The Bible Time Capsule" written by Latrel Shirley about Lisa Gail (Morrison) Shirley's Bible and the ephemera stored in it. Includes colored illustrations.


Beisswenger, Donald Andre (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Beisswenger, Donald Andre (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1. Project titled "White Gospel Music in Logan County" conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Jeff and Gwen McKinney and Chester Whitescarver about singing schools and white gospel music. Transcript of McKinney interview included as well as a tape summary for the Whitescarver interview.


Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2010

Mcnulty, Sara Jane (Fa 529), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 529. Interviews, conducted by Sara Jane McNulty, with Logan County, Kentucky residents about their memories and association with the Shakers or the subsequent Shaker Museum at South Union, Kentucky. An index and transcription accompanies each interview.


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.


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

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

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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 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 412. Paper: "Hazel Famer Martin and the Farmer Family Gospel Music Tradition" written by Kelly A. Lally for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Hutchins, Chris (Fa 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Hutchins, Chris (Fa 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 404. Paper: "The Appearance of the Devil in Modern Comic Books" written by Chris Hutchins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Mammoth Cave Churches (Fa 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Mammoth Cave Churches (Fa 479), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 479. Interviews conducted by Laura Harper Lee about social change in churches in the Mammoth Cave area. Includes question list and 14 recorded interviews conducted between 1988 and 1991.


Heighway, David (Fa 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Heighway, David (Fa 322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 322. Paper: "Medicine and the Catholic Church" written by David Heighway for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.