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Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 656. Kentucky Folklife Program project titled: “Ohio River Survey,” which includes interviews, tape logs, photographs and other documentation of folklife along the Ohio River in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Interviews may include a description of belief, traditional occupation, practice, craft, or tool, informant’s name, age, birth date, and address.
Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kezar, Jovanna (Fa 1153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1153. Student paper titled “Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village: The Shakers Today” in which Jovanna Kezar details her visit to the Shaker community located near Poland, Maine. Kezar gives a brief, albeit thorough, history of the Shaker experienceas it relates to spirituality, organization, and guiding principles such as mottos, beliefs and practices, forms of worship, and governmental structure. Kezar also describes her trip to the Shaker village and provides color photographs and slides of buildings and photographs along with newspaper clippings, postcards, and assorted stationery.
Thomas, Fonda (Fa 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Fonda (Fa 1133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1133. Student paper titled “Tombstone Motifs” in which Fonda Thomas documents cemeteries in southern Warren County—specifically Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Hardshell Baptist Church, and Old Union Missionary Baptist Church—to describe popular carvings found on gravestones. Thomas, who has familial ties to two of the church cemeteries, describes motifs such as rosebuds, doves, and variations of hands and offers possible theories as to the meaning of each. The collection also includes crayon rubbings of tombstones, which have been placed in a folder separate from the paper.
Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 2015 Talisman: Resurgence, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
2015 Talisman yearbook.
- Osborne Sam. Into the Woods – Big To-Do Music & Arts Festival
- Spalding, Shelley. The Outliers – Greeks
- Badjie, Haddy. The Right to Live – Racism
- Gibson, Helen. Net Worth – Soccer
- Greer, John. Sustaining Seasons – Sustainability
- Wegert, Sally. Bloom – Eva Ross
- Cislo, Everett. Harvest – Hemp
- Kolb, William. Preserve – John All
- Voorhees, Jessica. Making Strides – Track & Field
- Greer, John. The Science Guy – Bill Nye
- Cole, Tanner. Lip Service – Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Belknap, Abby. Race to the Senate
- Gibson, Helen. Game of Loans – Student Financial Aid
- Belknap, Abby. …
"Lord Keep Us Safe This Night": Religious Imagery In Depression-Era Rural Quilts, Kelsey N. Mattingly
"Lord Keep Us Safe This Night": Religious Imagery In Depression-Era Rural Quilts, Kelsey N. Mattingly
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This thesis investigates specific quilts from rural areas during the Depression era in relation to their religious imagery. Databases from the Kentucky Historical Society, International Quilt Study Center and Museum and the Quilt Index provide records of assessment. This analysis focuses on religious imagery in quilts, but I will look at the religious communities that collectively created them with a specific attention to the roles that church groups and the practice of group quilting played in their productions. I will present the resulting analysis drawn from my written work to uncover why certain quilts exhibited religious imagery where others did …
Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Venable Family Papers (Mss 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 382. Correspondence, account books, receipts, sermons, drawings, and diaries of the Venable family of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, chiefly John Wesley Venable, Sr. and his wife Fannie and son John, Jr. Of particular interest is an 1839-1839 travel journal kept by John, Sr. while in Florida. Also includes John, Sr.’s sermons and sermon preparation material as well as thirty-nine small diaries documenting his career as an Episcopal priest in Versailles and Hopkinsville. Includes one of John, Sr.’s art sketch books.
Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives
Ua94/6/1 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Western Kentucky University Small Collections, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Small collections of personal papers and oral histories relating to the Western Kentucky University.
Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Fall 1995, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Fall 1995, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
1995 Xposure yearbook.
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- Meese, Ray. Ethnic Harmony – International Festival
- Frazier, Stephan. The Unspoken Me – Scott Foster, Musicians
- Thomas, Kim. From the Front Page to Fruit Loops – College Heights Herald
- Shain, Kimberly. Politics? Who Cares!
- Hutchins, Chris. Live, Learn & Intern – Chris Daniel, Lisa Vaught
- Hutchins, Chris. The Power of Prayer – Eastside Church of Christ, Newman Center
- Meese, Ray. Cutting Up on Campus
- Gamblin, Joe. Comic Craze – Comic Books
- From the World of Art – Paintings
- Noel, Anthony. Achieving Greatness – Theatre & Dance
- Noel, Anthony. Precious Moments with the Duke – Duke Orsino, …
Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program
Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.
- Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
- Massey, Scott. Foolishness
- Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
- Alvey, Richard. …