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Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2018

Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Mss 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 635. Manuscripts, notes, publisher’s correspondence, and photographs relating to the scholarly work of WKU English and folklore professor Kenneth W. Clarke, principally "Bud Long: The Birth of a Kentucky Folk Legend" and "The Harvest and the Reapers."

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Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.

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Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 13. Interviews conducted by Teresa D. Klimowicz with Esther (Magers) Isbell, a native of Barren Coutny, Kentucky. Special attention is focused on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs while living in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 11. Interviews conducted by Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) Glynn with Marvel (Welborn) Mohon, Lewisburg, Kentucky concerning Thanksgiving customs, with much attention paid to Marvel’s life, especially her family.

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Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 195. Interview done by Scott Belcher with Bill Thompson,BreckinridgeCounty, Kentucky, in which Thompson reminisces about his youth. Includes transcription and cassette tape.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 40, No. 3, Steve Friesen, Monica Mutzbauer, Christopher S. Witmer, Mary Lamey Hoffer, Harry W. Barner, Robert L. Leight, Catherine L. Emerson Apr 1991

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 40, No. 3, Steve Friesen, Monica Mutzbauer, Christopher S. Witmer, Mary Lamey Hoffer, Harry W. Barner, Robert L. Leight, Catherine L. Emerson

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Home is Where the Hearth is
• The Hearth is Where the Cook is
• "Philipps gehn in Amerka": The Palatinate Emigration in German Schoolbooks
• The Barner Farm: A Connection to Clinton County's Pennsylvania-German Heritage
• A Teacher With a Heart: Carrie Frankenfield Horne
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 38, No. 2, William B. Fetterman, James D. Mcmahon Jr., Monica Pieper, Lorett Treese Jan 1989

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 38, No. 2, William B. Fetterman, James D. Mcmahon Jr., Monica Pieper, Lorett Treese

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Asseba un Sabina: The Flower of Pennsylvania German Folk Theater
• An Elizabeth Furnace Tenant House: A Pennsylvania German Structure in Transition
• A Tribute to Tradition and Necessity: The Schwenkfelder Schools in America
• "Enchanting Prospects": John Penn in Central Pennsylvania
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)

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Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Gwendolyn Johnston conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Johnston discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in West Louisville, Kentucky, education, games, a tornado that struck Louisville in the 1890s, automobiles, the Ku Klux Klan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and parochial schools.

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Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Allyene Gregory conducted by Steve Vied for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, education, childhood games, her father's farm, African Americans, social customs and historic events in the community, as well as her teaching career.

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Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1983

Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 197. Interviews and transcripts with ninety-three year old Acie Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs (Edmonson County), Kentucky, about his life experiences. Includes photographs. WKU student Ricky Carroll, did the project for a Folk Studies course.

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Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

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Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

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Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1983

Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

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Notes From Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume 22, 1918 And Other Sources, Alfred L. Shoemaker Jan 1950

Notes From Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume 22, 1918 And Other Sources, Alfred L. Shoemaker

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A set of handwritten notes copied from Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume XXII, The Philadelphia Press and The Johnstown Tribune transcribed by Alfred L. Shoemaker, circa 1950. The notes include a "barring out the schoolmaster" story.

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