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Strange, Kendrick Clayton, B. 1973 (Fa 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Strange, Kendrick Clayton, B. 1973 (Fa 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 146. Paper entitled "Basketmaking: A Folk Art and Family Tradition" written by Kendrick Clayton Strange for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Strange discusses two family members who had a long history of making baskets, a distant cousin Audie Denison and his grandmother Oma Strange.
Waldrop, Melanie (Fa 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Waldrop, Melanie (Fa 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Student folk studies project titled “Basketmaking for Walter Logsdon: ‘A Way of Life,’” which includes two interviews with Walter Logsdon about the traditional basket making process in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Project includes sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, tool, and photo.
Fekety, Steve (Fa 1311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fekety, Steve (Fa 1311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1311. Student folk studies project titled “Basket Making,” about the traditional basket making process in Wax, Grayson County, Kentucky. Project includes sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, illustration, material, tool, and/or photo.
Sadewasser, Judith K. "Judi" (Fa 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sadewasser, Judith K. "Judi" (Fa 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1308. Student folk studies project titled “The Folkways of Walter D. Logsdon: Basketmaker,” which includes an interview with Walter Logsdon about the traditional basket making process in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Project includes interview transcriptions along with sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, tool, and photo.
The Loving Of The Game: A Study Of Basketry In The Mammoth Cave Area, Denis O. Kiely
The Loving Of The Game: A Study Of Basketry In The Mammoth Cave Area, Denis O. Kiely
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The production and marketing of baskets in the Mammoth Cave area of Kentucky from 1880 to the present is observed in light of the cultural, technical, aesthetic, ad traditional aspects involved. The process of making a white oak ribbed basket is documented, as well as the technical and aesthetic variables from which the basket maker renders his product. The changing role of social organization and communication in the production and marketing of a traditional craft objects is also considered.