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The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold
The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.
As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …
Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association
Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 1, Wku Alumni Association
WKU Archives Records
WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:
- Conway, Sheila. Western and the Bicentennial
- College Heights, Resplendent in Springtime
- Threlkeld, Claude. ABC's of Landscaping
- Clifford, John. Reverence for Life
- Stickles, Arndt. A Confederate Fort and Historical Marker on the Campus of WKU
- Cook, Paul. Western Governance: Board of Regents
- Given, Ed. Hilltoppers Capture Eighth All-Sports Championship
- Harrington, Drew. The Humanities Semester
- Warren, Linda. Challenge for Truth & Excellence
- Gray, Harry. Placing the Right Bets
- Downing, Dero. What a Man Chooses, He Is
- Dickey, Debbie. X,Y & Z in Search of a Degree - Liberal Arts Degree
- George Wedding Photographs
- An Evening …
The Fresh-Water Mussel Industry Of The Lower Tennessee River: Ecology & Future, Randall Grace
The Fresh-Water Mussel Industry Of The Lower Tennessee River: Ecology & Future, Randall Grace
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The fresh-water mussel industry of the Tennessee River is nearing an end. Overharvesting, habitat alterations, and pollution are the major contributors to the depletion of the mussel resource, upon which the shell industry is based. A history of unconcern by shell harvesters and weak conservation enforcement by governmental agencies, has left the major waterways of the United States nearly void of commercial clams. The lower Tennessee River presently supplies the mussel industry with nearly all the important species of mollusks. If this industry is to be maintained in the United States, ways to preserve and propagate the mussel population must …
Ua66/1/2 Scrapbook, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering
Ua66/1/2 Scrapbook, Wku Ogden College Of Science & Engineering
WKU Archives Records
Scrapbook of clippings, press releases, photographs and other items related to the history of Ogden College of Science & Technology from 1961 to 1974.
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Vol. Ii, Wku Honors Program
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Vol. Ii, Wku Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.
- Greene, Bruce. The Traditional Fiddle Music of South-Central Kentucky
- Moody, Marlin. Some Effects of the Herbicide Glyphosate on Johnson Grass Rhizomes
- Jones, Larry. …