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Sociology

Western Kentucky University

FA Finding Aids

2016

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Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 963. Project titled: “The Chestnut Farmstead.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions ofbuildings and implements on the Chestnut family farm in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and photo.

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Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 962. Project titled: [Student Collections: Dinner Bells] Includes survey sheets from student collections with brief descriptions of dinner bells in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, terms, and a photo of the dinner bell.

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Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Watson, Betty Lou (Fa 959), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 959. Paper titled: “Under the Waves.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the valley and its farm life to be flooded by the Green River Reservoir in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, illustrations, and photos of the area.

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Halgash, Rhonda (Fa 907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Halgash, Rhonda (Fa 907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 907 titled: "Wedding Beliefs." Project includes note cards with brief descriptions of beliefs about weddings from Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant's name, and the informant classification.

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Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 868. Paper titled: “Possum Hunters: A Vigilance Committee.” Project includes a short interpretive paper and interviews with one former member (unidentified) and several people who remembered the Possum Hunters in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. Sheets include transcribed interviews and informant’s name. The Possum Hunters was a common name given to vigilante groups in the Green River valley.

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Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2016

Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 870. Project titled: "Joe Coleman: A Local Legend." Includes typescripts of interviews and survey sheets collected by Edith Walker about Joe Coleman, an accused murderer in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Survey sheets includes lines of a ballad about Coleman and various informant's memories of the ballad or the veracity of the incident in Adair County, Kentucky.

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Hogg, Karen (Fa 842), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Hogg, Karen (Fa 842), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 842. This collection “Same Sex Marriage and the Law: An Oral History Project” is comprised of 16 interviews with attorneys--who participated in the 2013 case of Obergefell v. Hodges that challenged Kentucky’s laws related to recognition of same-sex marriages--and couples involved in the movement who sought change and hope for equality.

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