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Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3183. Letter, 7 August 2006, of Robert Lee Gillan, Thorntown, Indiana, to Martha Harrison. He refers to his interest in genealogy and relates anecdotes about “Aunt Nancy,” an African American woman and caregiver to local families in Barren County, Kentucky. He includes particulars of some of her household advice, folk medicinal treatments and beliefs. He notes that she is buried in Lyons (Lyon) Cemetery.
Carver, Noble, 1896-1978 (Fa 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carver, Noble, 1896-1978 (Fa 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 372. Copies of two personal songbooks belonging to country musician Noble "Uncle Bozo" Carver of Barren County, Kentucky. They possibly date from the early 1930s.