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Odum, Daisy Dean, 1877-1969 (Sc 3426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2019

Odum, Daisy Dean, 1877-1969 (Sc 3426), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3426. Letter to WKU faculty member Frances Richards from Daisy Odum. She recounts a ghost story from DeKalb County, Tennessee, involving her nephew and the reaction of his horse to the sight of a spectral figure.


Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2018

Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.


Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2012

Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scans of two out of thirteen papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 74. [Supernatural Experiences] Project completed by Western Kentucky University students for a folk studies class taught by Lynwood Montell. Collection focuses on short supernatural events experienced by informants. Subjects include dreams, ghosts, Ouija boards, sleepovers, church experiences and others.


Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 315. Paper: "[Folktales]" written by Barbara Ellen Christensen for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 206. Paper: "Local Ghost Legends of the Bowling Green-Warren County Area" written by Nancy Cederquist for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Edmund Douglas Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Evans Guest Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 2 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1989

Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards conducted by Carrie Helm on 13 October 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1989

Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Timothy Wade Harris conducted by Carrie Helm on 28 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1989

Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.