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Western Kentucky University

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1977

Oral History

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Ua68/8/2 Frances Richards Oral History, James Bennett, Lowell Harrison Dec 1977

Ua68/8/2 Frances Richards Oral History, James Bennett, Lowell Harrison

WKU Archives Records

An interview on December 14, 1977 with Frances Richards, WKU alum and English professor 1925-1964 conducted by Lowell Harrison and James Bennett.

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Ua68/8/2 Earl Moore Oral History, James Bennett Sep 1977

Ua68/8/2 Earl Moore Oral History, James Bennett

WKU Archives Records

An interview on September 28, 1977 with Dr. Earl A. Moore, retired member of the Department of English conducted by James Bennett.

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Ua68/8/2 Willson Wood Oral History, James Bennett Sep 1977

Ua68/8/2 Willson Wood Oral History, James Bennett

WKU Archives Records

An interview on September 12, 1977 with Willson Wood, WKU English professor 1941-1973 conducted by James Bennett.

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Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson Jul 1977

Ua68/8/2 Kelly Thompson Oral History, Carlton Jackson

WKU Archives Records

An interview on July 7, 1977 with WKU president Kelly Thompson conducted by Carlton Jackson.

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“They Made Us Dance In The Pig Trough!” Mrs. Blanche Story’S Oral Accounts Of Dating, Courtship, Marriage And Sexual Attitudes In Northcentral Nebraska, 1885-1910, Gayle Waggoner Jul 1977

“They Made Us Dance In The Pig Trough!” Mrs. Blanche Story’S Oral Accounts Of Dating, Courtship, Marriage And Sexual Attitudes In Northcentral Nebraska, 1885-1910, Gayle Waggoner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oral recollections concerning dating, courtship, marriage and related attitudes were collected from a single informant, Mrs. Blanche Story of Butte, Nebraska. Through in-depth questioning during twelve tape-recorded interview sessions, value- and attitude-oriented accounts were secured for the years 1885 to 1910, the late frontier period in northcentral Nebraska. These detailed reminiscences focus on common life experiences related to interpersonal relationships and the institutions related to them, resulting in a personal or folk history. The single greatest problem in research was the lack of documentation for the attitudinal content of the texts. Corroboration of both specific information and broad patterns of …

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