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Bibliography, Kristi Branham Jan 2023

Bibliography, Kristi Branham

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Bibliography of publications by Kristi Branham.


Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2019

Ayars, Rebecca Caudill, 1899-1985 (Sc 3348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3348. Letter, 5 March 1958, of author Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Urbana, Illinois, to WKU faculty member Frances Richards. Owing to a previous engagement, she declines an invitation to WKU’s Leiper English Club dinner.


Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Mss 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Mss 555), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 555. Correspondence, clippings, photographs and other papers of WKU English instructor “Addie” Hochstrasser, relating almost exclusively to her friendship with and interest in author Jesse Stuart. Includes letters, cards and a holographic poem by Stuart, as well as photographs of Stuart and his home in Greenup, Kentucky.


Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 2910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2910. Correspondence of author Jesse Stuart and Western Kentucky University administrators and librarians, mostly regarding speaking engagements on campus and the acquisition of his books for the University’s collection. Includes some Stuart family Christmas cards, data regarding foreign language reprints of his books, and Stuart’s letter to WKU President Paul Garrett describing his farm work in the wake of the World War II manpower shortage.


Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 384. Correspondence, class materials, published and unpublished papers, and research material collected by Dr. Wilford E. Fridy in his study of Robert Penn Warren and his writings. Includes an untitled and unpublished novel by Robert Penn Warren, correspondence between Fridy and Warren, and photos of Warren and Guthrie, Kentucky, Warren’s hometown.


Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984 (Sc 902), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 902. Letter written by Jesse Hilton Stuart, Greenup, Kentucky, to Elizabeth Cossey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, thanking her for her letter and stating that he has no materials to send her for a classroom display. Also envelope.


Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Warren, Robert Penn Oral History Collection, 1977-1982 (Mss 383), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 383. Transcripts, notes, and cassette tapes for interviews conducted by Dr. Wilford Fridy with individuals who knew or knew about John Wesley Venable, Jr., the person on whom Robert Penn Warren based the character Bolton Lovehart in his novella "Circus in the Attic." Interviews mention other people and places that Warren knew in Todd County, Kentucky. Also includes tapes of Robert Penn Warren giving a speech, reading some of his work, and an interview with Warren.


Warren, Rosanna, B. 1953 (Sc 2056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2009

Warren, Rosanna, B. 1953 (Sc 2056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2056. Letter from Rosanna Warren, the daughter of Robert Penn Warren, to Dr. Henry Hardin, thanking him for his hospitality when she and her mother attended the Robert Penn Warren Symposium at Western Kentucky University on 26 April 1992. She expresses her hope to write a poem about the ticking clock in Hardin's home.


Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2008

Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.


Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Sc 1552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2008

Hochstrasser, Maud Adelaide, 1900-1994 (Sc 1552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1552. Letters to Maud Adelaide Hochstrasser, many concerning the establishment of the Maud Adelaide "Addie" Hochstrasser Fund honoring Jesse Stuart at Western Kentucky University. Includes letters from Naomi Deane Stuart, Jesse Stuart's widow.


Gilchrist, Ellen Louise, 1935-2024 (Sc 1336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2002

Gilchrist, Ellen Louise, 1935-2024 (Sc 1336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscript Small Collection 1336. Letter written to Kentucky author Ellen L. Gilchrist from Paula Quinn, WKU journalism professor, after a scheduled interview did not materialize. Gilchrist's response is handwritten on the letter. Includes newspaper clipping about Gilchrist's presentation at WKU, and Quinn's explanatory letters, 2001.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1996

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Brooks, Lynnette and Cindy Calisi. The Effect of Selenium Supplementation on the Immune Response of Mice with Experimental Chagas' Disease
  • Hildreth, John. Teasing the Muse
  • Jenkins, Rhonda. Steinbeck's Portraits of Prostitutes: Progression of an Author's Vision
  • Kirkham, Michelle. The Prenatal Use of Crack Cocaine: How It Affects Children and How Schools Can Respond
  • Gibson, Jeanette and Juli McCay. Circadian Rhythm of Brain GABA Levels in the Cockroach, Leucophaea Maderae
  • Patterson, Dana. Home Schooling …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1995

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Allen, Melody. Women in Control of Courtship in As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice and All's Well That Ends Well
  • Amlani, Islamshah. Electron Stimulated Desorption of Alkali Halides
  • Brillhart, Kelly. Women Without Men: Hemingway's Female Characters
  • Burton, Lori. Financial Statements with Environmental Concerns: An Exploratory Study of the Impact on the Auditor's Role and Responsibilities
  • Combs, Vicki. Dancing the Descent: Energy and Entrophy in William Carlos Williams
  • Davis, Julie. Prelude to …


Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 (Mss 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1995

Giles, Janice Holt, 1905-1979 (Mss 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Manuscripts, galley proofs and research material for janice Holt Giles's books; published and unpublished articles and short stories; poems; reviews and clippings relating to Giles's work; correspondence of Giles, her husband (Henry Earl Giles) and daughter (Elizabeth Moore Hancock); correspondence of Giles, her literary agent, and publisher; Holt and Giles family material.


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1993

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Anderson, R. Scott. Anglo-Italian Relations During the Unification of Italy, 1859-1860
  • Clark, Anne. Can Extra Fat Make Healthier Hogs? The Effects of Dietary alpha-Linolenic Acid on Antibody Production in Swine Following Stimulation by Red Blood Cells and by Pasteurella Multocida (Serotype A)
  • Gottfried, Victoria. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A New Look at an Old Problem
  • Halbert, Christy. The Stereotype of the Female Athlete
  • Hannah, Kathleen. Innocence and Corruption in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1991

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Alkolibi, Fahad. Bowling Green Urban Heat Island
  • Chattin, John. John Grimes' Abandoning of Religion in James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain
  • Clark, Michelle. Abortion and the Moral Status of the Fetus
  • Garrett, Kristy. The Making of a Serial Killer
  • Lilley, Elizabeth. Is Environmental Recovery Possible in Prince William Sound Following the Alaskan Oil Spill?
  • McMurtry, Brian. Biblical Imagery and Symbols in El Arbol De Oro
  • Metzger, Kim. The Rise and Fall …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1990

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Basham, Penny. The Ritalin Controversy: Hyperactive Children and Medication
  • Buote, Kim. The Transmission of Negative Feedback: Obstacles, Effects and Suggestions
  • Cowan, James. The 1988 Presidential Primaries: Search for Bandwagons
  • Durfey, Suzanne. AIDS: Nutrition and Its Implications
  • Felty, Jeff. Gay and Lesbian Couples
  • Gilliland, Linda. Muffins and Aspartame or Sucrose
  • Graham, Ken. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • Grubbs, Morris. Conflicts and Synthesis in Robert Penn Warren's Blackberry Winter
  • Medeiros, Lynne. Problems of Democratic Republicism in …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1988

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Bachert, Sara. Rational Portrayal of the Irrationational in The Pit and the Pendulum
  • Bell, Suzanne. Early Secret Involvement of the United States Military in Cambodia
  • Brock, Beth. The Informal Caregiving System: The Frail Elderlys' Avenue of Choice
  • Daniel, Janice. Child Sexual Abuse
  • Johnson, Linda. International Telecommunications Trade with Japan
  • Jones, LaMont. Ernie Pyle: Journalist Without Peer
  • Kesserling, Marcia. Attitudes Toward the Need for Computer Literacy
  • Lewis, Gloria. John Donne's Attitude Toward Love
  • Majdi, …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1987

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Baum, Carole. A Glance at Phenomenology and Its Approach to Literary Criticism, 1987
  • Coble, Terrell. Personality Determinants: Research Results and Implications for Intervention, 1987
  • Crase, Kim. Recent Developments in Products Liability, 1987
  • Flora, Joan. Simms's Frontier Characters, 1987
  • Ford, Doug, David Gray and Nick Nauman. Right-to-Work Laws, 1987
  • Gray, Michael. Through Pontormo's Eyes, 1987
  • Jackson, Jewel. Is Creativity Teachable? 1987
  • Logsdon, Doug. James I as King Lear, 1987
  • Schneringer, Joseph. Weather Stations in …


Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program Jan 1984

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

  • Albin, Bettye. Hawthorne's Narrator in the Blithedale Romance: A New Cover for an Old Friend
  • Allen, Christopher. With Just Pride: The Naval History of the Warships USS Enterprise
  • Barrett, Shelly. Structuralism
  • Bolton, Joe. Wallace Stevens and Twentieth Century Aesthetics
  • Bush, Paul. The Acceptance of Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
  • Gasparello-Moore, Nina. A Comparison of a Naïve and Simple Regression Forecasting Model for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
  • Henry, Lynn. The Bureaucratic and …