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Tinker, Robert Rush (Fa 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tinker, Robert Rush (Fa 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1149. Student folk studies project titled “Playground Language: [Newburg, Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of playground rhymes in Newburg, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include rope skipping rhyme, group game, informant’s name, and text classification.
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 368. Interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Allen on 16 April 1998. Duvall discusses her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County. Topics covered include dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights, and changes in modern technologies.
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.
Peyton, Sunny (Fa 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peyton, Sunny (Fa 29), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 29. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Sunny Peyton related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Johnson, Mackenzi (Fa 514), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Breedlove, Andrew, B. 1987 (Fa 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Breedlove, Andrew, B. 1987 (Fa 557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text (Click of "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 557. Paper: "The Thin Line Between Reality and the World of Warcraft" in which Andrew Breedlove examines the popular role playing game. He includes his paper with illustrations and notes, interviews on compact discs with two friends who participate in World of Warcraft, and indexes to the interviews.
Christian, Callie Elizabeth Holmes, B. 1980 (Fa 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christian, Callie Elizabeth Holmes, B. 1980 (Fa 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 550. A recipe for "Momma's Chocolate Pie" and a description of "The Color Game," a swimming pool game played by Christain Holmes during her childhood. This project was completed as a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Davis, Nathan William (Fa 534), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Sullivan, Brendan J. (Fa 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sullivan, Brendan J. (Fa 533), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 533. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Brendan J. Sullivan related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Phillips, Jennifer, B. 1988 (Fa 487), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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
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
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.
Ingram, Tracy (Fa 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ingram, Tracy (Fa 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 482. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Tracy Ingram related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 195. Interview done by Scott Belcher with Bill Thompson,BreckinridgeCounty, Kentucky, in which Thompson reminisces about his youth. Includes transcription and cassette tape.
Parel-Sewell, Amethel (Fa 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parel-Sewell, Amethel (Fa 280), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 280. Paper: "Genres of Children's Folklore Found in Advertisements of Three Popular Magazines..." written by Amethel Parel-Sewell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 518. This collection contains tape recorded interviews (28) conducted by Luanne Glynn with Ellis Yeargin Hurt (1900-1994) of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The interviews relay Ellis's life history. The project also includes an interpretive paper, a project proposal and summary as well as tape indexes. This project was the result of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Oliverio, Myles W., B. 1988 (Fa 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oliverio, Myles W., B. 1988 (Fa 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 489. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Myles W. Oliverio related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Crabtree, Julie Anne, B. 1988 (Fa 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Crabtree, Julie Anne, B. 1988 (Fa 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 483. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Julie Anne Crabtree related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Jasper, Cindy Rhea (Fa 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jasper, Cindy Rhea (Fa 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 129. Paper: "Folklore in the Mass Media" written by Cindy Rhea Jasper for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes examples of folk sayings, songs, games, proverbs, and traditional images in advertisements found in "Ladies Home Journal," February 1981 to February 1982. Includes photocopies of 56 magazine ads.
Stelk, Sara Georgianna (Fa 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stelk, Sara Georgianna (Fa 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 439. Interviews with Michael Sullivan, Joe Koniak, Ambee Leanhart, Elizabeth Wright and Robin Lentz about hacky sack conducted by Sara G. Stelk for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 313. Collection of brief descriptions of Kentucky games, rhymes, beliefs, and superstitions.
Biggs, Amy (Fa 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Biggs, Amy (Fa 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 398. Paper: "The Ouija Board" written by Amy Biggs for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 242. Paper: "Then and Now" written by Sue Neagle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.