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Oldham, Barbara (Fa 924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Oldham, Barbara (Fa 924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 924. Paper titled: “Negro Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of African American beliefs and superstitions in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Cruse, Billy (Fa 917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cruse, Billy (Fa 917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklilfe Archives Project 917. Project titled: “Negro Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of African American beliefs, epitaphs, and stories in Hart County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Bradley, Peggy And Dianah Logsdon (Fa 883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Peggy And Dianah Logsdon (Fa 883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 883. Paper titled: “Negro Religious Beliefs.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of religious beliefs and practices of African Americans in Kentucky. Sheets include a description and informant’s name.
Lee, James C. (Fa 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lee, James C. (Fa 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 857. Paper: “The Negro Church” which covers various aspects of the African American church experience, including songs, leadership, and self-expression. Titles and song lyrics are provided from the Eleventh Street Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This project was conducted by James C. Lee for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Fa 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Fa 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 575. Interview conducted on 21 February 2012 by Nancy Richey and Sue Lynn McDaniel with Angela Townsend regarding Jonesville, an African American community in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that was eliminated by an urban renewal project in the 1960s.
Reed, Ashlee Catara, B. 1986 (Fa 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reed, Ashlee Catara, B. 1986 (Fa 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text papers (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 548. Contains three papers: “Permanent Wave Machine,” “The Hot Comb” about African American hairstyling, and “The Telephone Switchboard,” about an early switchboard on display in Barren County, Kentucky. Includes color illustrations. This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 202. Project includes 22 interviews with African Americans concerning their lives as Taylor County, Kentucky residents. Interviews are on compact discs with interviewer's notes included. Topics discussed include: family life, when and why they live in Taylor County, childhood experiences, community involvement and personal opinions about Taylor County.
Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 359. Paper: "Home vs. College" written by LaShanda Saxton for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Trigg County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project (Fa 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trigg County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project (Fa 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 196. Project by four WKU Folk Studies students in which they interviewed Trigg County, Kentucky African Americans about various aspects of their lives. Most of the individuals that were interviewed had a rural background and were born in the early 1900s. Interviews may be accessed by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.