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Barefoot, Jeffrey Allen (Fa 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Barefoot, Jeffrey Allen (Fa 78), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 78. “The Middle Bridge Ghost” interpretive paper and videotaped interviews executed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 67. Thesis: “Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions” by Rebecca D. Morse in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.


Peterson, Susan (Fa 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Peterson, Susan (Fa 54), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 54. "The Witch of Railton, Barren County, Kentucky," a paper written for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Rich, Cordell (Fa 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Rich, Cordell (Fa 47), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 47. Interview with Cordell Rich at his home near Jamestown, Tennessee. Topics include gospel hymns, death omens and ghost stories.


Ingram, Tracy (Fa 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

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.


Perrin, Anne Gray (Fa 516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2010

Perrin, Anne Gray (Fa 516), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Collection includes materials assembled by Anne Gray Perrin for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Included are interviews with four informants about family and personal narratives and ghost stories; photographs of the 2004 Kentucky American Saddlebred Pleasure Horse Association’s State Championship in Shelbyville, Kentucky; and photos documenting material culture in Bowling Green and Shelbyville, Kentucky.


Hodges, Jack, Ii (Fa 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

Hodges, Jack, Ii (Fa 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 227. Paper: "Family Ghost Stories" written by Jack Hodges II for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


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.


Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 318. Paper titled “The Jelly Snatcher” in which folk studies student Vickie Wright Carden details the paranormal activity surrounding Nancy Frew, a 23 year-old Bowling Green native, and her roommate, Vicki Taylor. Both women reported sensing malevolent spirits in their apartment, witnessed a comb fly off a dresser, and “lost” a jar of grape jelly—which they believe to have been “snatched” by the ghost. Carden offers possible theories relating to the poltergeist encounters, and even posits that Frew, along with her couch, attract the …


Hall, Candy (Fa 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Hall, Candy (Fa 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 245. Paper: "[Supernatural Experiences in the Life of a Green County, Kentucky Woman]" written by Candy Hall for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Volkert, Gable (Fa 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Volkert, Gable (Fa 211), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 211. Paper: "Haunted Houses" written by Gable Volkert for a Western Ketnucky University folk studies class.


Glasscock, Johnny (Fa 232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Glasscock, Johnny (Fa 232), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 232. Paper: "The Stories" written by Johnny Glasscock for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Peyton, Sunny E. (Fa 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Peyton, Sunny E. (Fa 219), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 219. Paper: "Stirring Our Brew: A Halloween Fairytale" written by Sunny E. Peyton for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Hexing (Fa 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Hexing (Fa 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 228. Paper: "Hexing" Personal Experiences That Were Possibly 'Hexing' Episodes." Written for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Author's name withheld at time of donation.


Norris, Keith (Fa 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Norris, Keith (Fa 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 226. Paper: "Superntaural Storytelling Session and Subsequent Events Which Occurred in Jefferson County, Kentucky" written by Keith Norris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Poindexter, Karen S. (Fa 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Poindexter, Karen S. (Fa 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 225. Paper: "A Ghostly Experience in Breeding, Kentucky" written by Karen S. Poindexter for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.