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Vadie Williams, Folk Artist: Drawnwork As A Reflection Of Personal Identity In Rural Kentucky, Elizabeth Hester
Vadie Williams, Folk Artist: Drawnwork As A Reflection Of Personal Identity In Rural Kentucky, Elizabeth Hester
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This study focuses on Vadie Conner Williams, an individual folk artist, and the drawnwork she has created throughout her lifetime. Included is a description of her rural farm background, her needlework skills and her creative process. The study also examines the significance of drawnwork to Williams and determines how she has adapted her work to satisfy her personal needs as well as the needs of her customers. Based on tape recorded interviews and a close examination of her work, the study concludes that drawnwork is an integral part of Williams's everyday life; it is an indicator of her beliefs and …
Interview With Carolyn Raquel Thomas (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Carolyn Raquel Thomas (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Carolyn Raquel Thomas conducted by Beth Faul on 23 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “A Sample of Medical Folklore" concerning jokes and home remedies of Caldwell County Hospital personnel in Princeton, Kentucky.
Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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 Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Faul, Beth (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Faul, Beth (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 101 entitled, "A Sample of Medical Folklore." Interviews, November 23 & 29, 1989, with Caldwell County Hospital personnel in Princeton, Kentucky, concerning jokes and home remedies.
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 107. Farming folklore. Interviews, November 1, 3, 1989, with William M. Cecil and Craig Allen Smith concerning farm occupational lore and duties. Includes paper discussing collector's fieldwork experiences.
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:
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Hernes, Thomas. Athletics Deficit Reaches $1.5 Million Mark
- Schlagenhauf, Ann. Regional Funding Runs Gamut
- Howard, Laura. Football Players Not Indicted
- Lawson, Jamie. Student Health Coverage Being Studied, Changed
- Lockert, Anya. Pep Rally Gets Homecoming Off to Roaring Start
- Tutt, Allison. Greeks Strut Their Stuff at Sold-Out Step Show
- Poet Judith Cofer to Read Original Works on Campus Monday
- East Hall Takes First in Hanging of Red Contest
- Chinese Visit Gets Pushed Back
- Homecoming Changes Put Fun into Festival: Parade is Nixed, But Not Spirit
- Chattin, …
Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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 Lucian Gastineau, 1915-1992 (Fa 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lucian Gastineau, 1915-1992 (Fa 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Lucian Gastineau conducted by David Scott Norfleet on 11 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled "The Art of Divining" about Gastineau and his traditional practice of divination in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Interview With Martha Cleo Abernathy Tormey (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Martha Cleo Abernathy Tormey (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Martha Cleo Abernathy Tormey conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 8 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.
Interview With Frank N. Davis, Jr. (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Frank N. Davis, Jr. (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Frank N. Davis, Jr. conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 7 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.
Interview With Carole Marie Lindsey Logue (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Carole Marie Lindsey Logue (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Carole Marie Lindsey Logue conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 7 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.
Interview With Shirley Ann Coffey Cartwright Davis (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Shirley Ann Coffey Cartwright Davis (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Shirley Ann Coffey Cartwright Davis conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 6 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.
Ua12/2/4 Ix Isp, Vol. 1, Nos. 2-3, Alpha Phi Omega
Ua12/2/4 Ix Isp, Vol. 1, Nos. 2-3, Alpha Phi Omega
Student Organizations
Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
Ua12/2/10 Kappa Delta Konnection, Kappa Delta
Ua12/2/10 Kappa Delta Konnection, Kappa Delta
Student Organizations
Monthly calendar/newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1989.
Davis, Amanda Lee (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davis, Amanda Lee (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 94. Project entitled "Christmas Traditions." Includes interviews with family members and friends concerning Christmas customs in Tennessee, October 6-8, 1989.
Interview With Sarah Spears (Collins) Copeland, B. 1901 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Sarah Spears (Collins) Copeland, B. 1901 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Sarah Spears (Collins) Copeland conducted by Holly Lane Travis on 29 September 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Life in the Coal Camps,” concerning the daily routines and entertainment of wives and children while the men were in the mines.
Interview With Ruth Evelyn Collins, B. 1922 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Ruth Evelyn Collins, B. 1922 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Ruth Evelyn Collins conducted by Holly Lane Travis on 29 September 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Life in the Coal Camps,” concerning the daily routines and entertainment of wives and children while the men were in the mines.
Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Kenney, Melissa Ruth (Fa 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kenney, Melissa Ruth (Fa 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 110. [Lucille Rascoe]. Family history of Lucille Elizabeth (Gray) Rascoe and Andrew Jackson Rascoe of Trigg County, Kentucky.
Interview With Many Vanh Phramratsamy (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Many Vanh Phramratsamy (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Many Vanh Phramratsamy conducted by Nancy C. Hundley on 4 April 1989. From folk studies student project directed by Dr. William Lynwood Montell titled “The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky,” This project involved nine students and twenty-six informants.
Ua12/2/4 Xi Psi Cry, Alpha Phi Omega
Ua12/2/4 Xi Psi Cry, Alpha Phi Omega
Student Organizations
January and February newsletters created by Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
Ua12/2/10 Kappa Delta Konnection, Kappa Delta
Ua12/2/10 Kappa Delta Konnection, Kappa Delta
Student Organizations
Calendar / newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1989.
Kinslow, Georgina Sue "Gina" (Fa 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kinslow, Georgina Sue "Gina" (Fa 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 112. "My Aunt Nola's summer kitchen." Interviews with Nola Lee Cooksey, Mt. Hermon, Kentucky, and Sue Miller Kidwell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, examining the existence of summer kitchens in Barren County, Kentucky. Compares northern structures of this type to southern structures and discusses a shift in usage. Includes indexes and partial transcriptions.
Quicksand Craft Center: Documentation & Analysis Of A Handweaving Program In Vest, Kentucky, Deborah Champion
Quicksand Craft Center: Documentation & Analysis Of A Handweaving Program In Vest, Kentucky, Deborah Champion
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Data on the handweaving program at the Quicksand Craft Center in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky were compiled and analyzed. Four areas--history of the craft program, business organization and financial structure, weave patterns of goods woven and sold by the craft center, and weavers employed in the program --were examined to assess the success of the program in the local community. Factors in the four areas examined contributed to the success of the program. The benevolence, perseverance, and co-operation of the founders, directors and community members involved with the craft center have been largely responsible for the continued success …
Powell, Cheryl Keneathe (Fa 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Powell, Cheryl Keneathe (Fa 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 131. "The Tire Planter in Western Kentucky." Discusses the use of tires as outdoor planters in Central City, Kentucky, as a form of aesthetic recycling. Includes interview with Roy Cobb, October 10, 1988, and James and Ruby (Carver) Goff, March 1, 1989.
Interview With Sat Kung (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Sat Kung (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Sat Kung conducted by Susan Zurowski on 29 March 1989. From folk studies student project directed by Dr. William Lynwood Montell titled “The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky,” This project involved nine students and twenty-six informants.