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Spradlin, James Edward (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Spradlin, James Edward (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 51. Oral history interview with Dwight, Virginia, Bill and Geneva Spradlin conducted by James Spradlin for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1984. Topics include recreation and entertainment in Floyd County, Kentucky during the 1930’s and 1940’s.


Reed, Margaret (Sc 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Reed, Margaret (Sc 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 344. Letter written by Margaret Reed, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, to Mrs. Charles Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, declining her invitation to visit during the fair.


Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

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.


Roberts, Ethel (Sc 2499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Roberts, Ethel (Sc 2499), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2499. Letter from 16-year-old Ethel Roberts, a student in Big Creek, Kentucky, to Helen Ferenczy, Altgeld School, Chicago, Illinois. Ethel describes Christmas and other activities at her school.


Patterson, F. Youree, 1869-1936 (Sc 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Patterson, F. Youree, 1869-1936 (Sc 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 246. Campaign letter, 25 July 1913, written by F. Youree Patterson, Bowling Green, Kentucky, concerning his candidacy for the Warren County Clerk’s office in the primary election on the dry ticket.


Gibbs, Verbina (Fa 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Gibbs, Verbina (Fa 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 45. Interview with Verbina Gibbs about her work as an obituary writer in Allen County, Kentucky.


Hester, Elizabeth Allen, B. 1956 (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Hester, Elizabeth Allen, B. 1956 (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 43. [Flea markets] Collection of typescripts, photographs and cassette tapes concerning the family/personal history and current occupation (flea market seller) of Margie Hawks. Collectioncontains a detailed account of the family history of Mrs. Hawks and their subsistence farming. Project completed by Elizabeth (Beth) Hester for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Whites, Pierce Butler (Fa 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Whites, Pierce Butler (Fa 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 32. Contemporary marijuana cultivation andusage: interviews and documents. Project completed by Pierce Butler Whites concerning illicit marijuana growth and construction of marijuana paraphernalia. Completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Contains transcriptions, tape logs, photographs and cassette tapes.