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Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1203. Student folk studies projects collected by Professor Donald Knight “D. K.” Wilgus while teaching folk studies classes at Western Kentucky University. Most of the items collected are from south central Kentucky, but also includes items from Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.
Yager, Liz (Fa 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Yager, Liz (Fa 1276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1276. Student folk studies project [“Songs and Epitaphs,”] which includes survey sheets with with the lyrics of folk songs and epitaphs in Oldham County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of the folk song, lyrics, epitaph, date collected, and informant’s name and age.
Woolsey, Kennaird E. (Fa 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woolsey, Kennaird E. (Fa 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1093. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes survey sheets of gravestone epitaphs organized by theme in Barren County, Edmonson County and Warren County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include the epitaph, location and text classification along with the rubbing.
Mullins, Sharman (Fa 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mullins, Sharman (Fa 1062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1062. Paper titled “At Rest” in which Sharman Mullins collects inscriptions found on gravestones in family plots, as well as church cemeteries and public cemeteries in Warren County and Logan County in Kentucky. Mullins also discusses aesthetics and the recurrent religious and familial themes inscribed upon the grave markers.
Tassie, Susan (Fa 1053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tassie, Susan (Fa 1053), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1053. Paper titled “Religion in the Folk Society” in which Susan Tassie highlights the importance of religious belief, narrative, and practice in a specific community. Paper is based on information gathered from family members, local congregations, and Tassie’s first-hand experiences at several church services.
Withers, Martha L. (Fa 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Withers, Martha L. (Fa 1046), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1046. Short paper titled “Epitaphs” in which Martha L. Withers discusses her efforts to collect epitaphs from several small cemeteries in Ohio County and Warren County, Kentucky. The only ones in the collection are from Trinity Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Three Springs Road in Warren County, Kentucky.
Mcgown, Joe (Fa 991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcgown, Joe (Fa 991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 991. Project titled: “"Funeral Customs" compiled by Joe McGown for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes individual survey sheets listing a single funeral custom, the informant, date, and location. A large number of photographs, documenting tombstones, are included in the collection. The location of the tombstones is not included, but most of the survey work was done in Warren County, Kentucky.
Stewart, Karen (Fa 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, Karen (Fa 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 984. Project titled: “Funeral Beliefs, Customs, and Tombstone Art in Western Kentucky.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of funeral beliefs and customs and tombstone art in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets can include a brief description, informant’s name, motif index number, and a photo of a tombstone.
Phillips, Cynthia (Fa 940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phillips, Cynthia (Fa 940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 940. Project titled: “Collection Project of Gravestone Art.” Includes introduction and illustrations of gravestone art and designs collected in Butler, Edmonson Marshall, and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Hines, Larry (Fa 938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Larry (Fa 938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 938. Project titled: “Introduction to Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Ohio County, Kentucky.
Pride, William R. (Fa 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pride, William R. (Fa 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 933. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes gravestone epitaphs collected from cemeteries in Jefferson County, Oldham County, Union County and Warren County, Kentucky.
Reynolds, Freddy (Fa 932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reynolds, Freddy (Fa 932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 932. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes gravestone epitaphs collected from cemeteries in Hart County, Kentucky.
Pudlo, Richard T. (Fa 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pudlo, Richard T. (Fa 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 934. Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and a list collected in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Smaxwell, Mike (Fa 935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smaxwell, Mike (Fa 935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 935. Project titled: “Field Collections of Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky and Ohio.
Pride, Mark (Fa 936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pride, Mark (Fa 936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 936. Project titled: “Field Collections of Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky.
Church, Bob (Fa 937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Church, Bob (Fa 937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 937. Project titled: “Tombstone Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Grant, Logan, Simpson and Warren counties in Kentucky.
Tharp, Dina (Fa 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tharp, Dina (Fa 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 941. Paper titled: “Tombstone Rubbings.” Includes introduction and illustrations of gravestone art and designs collected in Henry County, Kentucky, and Warren County, Kentucky.
Ashley, Odell (Fa 939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashley, Odell (Fa 939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 939. Project titled: “Introduction to Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Waggener, David (Fa 931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Waggener, David (Fa 931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 931. Project titled: “Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and a list of cemeteries in McLean County and Ohio County, Kentucky.
Keal, Ronnie (Fa 928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Keal, Ronnie (Fa 928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 928. Paper titled: “The Study of Gravestone Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and cemeteries in Hardin County and Meade County, Kentucky.
Knott, Leslie (Fa 929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knott, Leslie (Fa 929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 929. Project titled: “Collecting Project: Gravestone Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs in Bullitt County, Jefferson County, and Warren County, Kentucky.
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.
Graham, Kenny (Fa 851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Kenny (Fa 851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 851. Collection titled “Epitaphs,” a study of epitaphs collected from tombstones in the Franklin County Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Western Kentucky University student Kenny Graham completed this project for a grade in his folk studies course.
Bradley, Stella (Fa 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradley, Stella (Fa 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 848. This collection discusses not only the collecting process of epitaphs, which can be lonely and dirty, but the art found in the writing of them. The majority of these epitaphs was taken from the graves of infants. This project was conducted by Stella Bradley, a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class.
Allen, Joe (Fa 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, Joe (Fa 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 846. This collection consists of a paper entitled “Collecting Epitaphs” and documents that provide quotations and verses suitable for monument inscriptions. This project, conducted in Allen County, Kentucky and several counties in northern Tennessee, was conducted by Joe Allen a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class
Kincaid, Clark (Fa 847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kincaid, Clark (Fa 847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 847. This collection discusses the search for gravestone epitaphs that were located at 20 different cemeteries, primarily in Warren County. This project was conducted by Clark Kincaid, a student at Western Kentucky University for a grade.
Anne Craighead (Fa 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anne Craighead (Fa 844), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 844. The collection titled “Gravestone Art and Epitaphs” was assembled by Anne Craighead, a student as Western Kentucky University, for her folk studies class. The project includes photos and a paper discussing art and epitaphs found on gravestones in and around Cave City, Kentucky.
Cross, Connie (Fa 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cross, Connie (Fa 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 845. This collection, discusses epitaphs gathered at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. This project was done by Connie Cross, a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class.
Griffey, Julie (Fa 835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Griffey, Julie (Fa 835), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 835. This collection discusses epitaphs that were collected in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Springfield, Kentucky. In this paper background stories are provided for each epitaph. This project was completed by Julie Griffey, a student at Western Kentucky University, for credit in a folk studies class.
Forbes, Anne (Fa 837), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Forbes, Anne (Fa 837), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 837. This collection discusses and describes the difficulties involved in collecting epitaphs. The epitaphs collected were from cemeteries located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Shaker Heights, Ohio. This project was completed by Anne Forbes and Ellen Foster, students at Western Kentucky University, for credit in a folk studies class.