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Law Library Blog (December 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Blog (December 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Newsletters/Blog
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Little Reindeer By Nicola Killen, Holly F. Caldwell
Review Of The Little Reindeer By Nicola Killen, Holly F. Caldwell
Library Intern Book Reviews
No abstract provided.
Consumer Capitalist Christmas: How Participation In Christmas Frames Us As Religious Subjects, Shelby Burroughs
Consumer Capitalist Christmas: How Participation In Christmas Frames Us As Religious Subjects, Shelby Burroughs
Religion: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year. It starts with the music that plays on the radio, then retail stores begin to drape their shelves with red and green streamers, followed by Christmas movies running on every other channel. Every December, Christmas feels almost inescapable. The holiday manages to find its way into every facet of public life in the United States. Christians and non-Christians alike find themselves exchanging gifts with friends and loved ones on the 25th of December every year. Christmas is able to be so pervasive because of how unassuming it is. You participate in …
Review Of Red & Lulu By Matt Tavares, Holly F. Caldwell
Review Of Red & Lulu By Matt Tavares, Holly F. Caldwell
Library Intern Book Reviews
No abstract provided.
Standing In Solidarity
St. Norbert Times
- News
- Standing in Solidarity
- Heid E. Erdrich Visits St. Norbert College
- Shelby Rodeffer “Paints Out” Towards the Reality of Social Media
- “God’s Got This”: The Story of the Decleenes
- Building Hope for Homelessness Week
- Hour of Power Honors Later Swimmer
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- The Holiday Spirit
- A College Christmas List
- Politics Today
- Not Sorry
- Thankful for the Athem
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- Political Diversity in WI Schools
- The Season of Giving and Emptying Wallets
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- Junk Drawer: Holiday Traditions
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- 2018 in Music… so far
- Review: “Devils Unto Dust” by Emma Berquist
- Mother Knows Best
- The Wild Kingdom of Black Friday Shopping
- Review Corner …
Jackson, Janice (Fa 1185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson, Janice (Fa 1185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1185. Student paper titled “Christmas Customs” in whichJanice Jackson details various holiday-related traditions. Jackson gathered information from an ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse group of informants including family, friends, and classmates. Some Hanukah traditions are included as well.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Bibliography For Victorian England Holiday Display, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker
Bibliography For Victorian England Holiday Display, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker
Library Displays and Bibliographies
A bibliography of materials in the Leatherby Libraries related to the celebration of winter holidays in Victorian England, with a particular focus on the works of Charles Dickens.
Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig
Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig
TSOS Interview Gallery
In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …
Powell, Joseph, B. 1949 (Fa 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Powell, Joseph, B. 1949 (Fa 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1020. Folk studies student project titled: “Christmas Customs in My Family,” which includes descriptions and survey sheets of Christmas practices in Grayson County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include brief descriptions of customs, stories, and beliefs, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Realtors, Resistance, And White Roses, Casey Trattner
Realtors, Resistance, And White Roses, Casey Trattner
SURGE
I remember driving to school with my mother, eyes wide. I thought, as we passed by buildings and stores and little cafes with seats outside, that the small suburban town we were driving through was beautiful.
And when I told my mom, she looked at me out of the corner of her eyes and told me:
“Did I ever tell you how Dad and I were going to move here?”
“Here?” I said. “No… I don’t think so.”
“We were looking at a house that we both liked, but when I asked the real estate agent about how I heard …
Mexican Christmas, Gala Campos Oaxaca
Mexican Christmas, Gala Campos Oaxaca
Student Work
"Since we are celebrating the birth of Jesus, we usually bring a candle and light it in church to represent the light that the Lord brings with Him."
Posting about a traditional Christmas celebration in Mexico from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.
http://inallthings.org/a-mexican-christmas/
Christmas In Nigeria, Matthew Ojo
Christmas In Nigeria, Matthew Ojo
Student Work
"Christmas in Nigeria is a time of great joy when families get together and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. While some denominations still do not believe that Jesus was actually born on the 25th of December, all join in to participate in the Christmas celebration."
Posting about Nigerian Christmas traditions from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.
http://inallthings.org/christmas-in-nigeria/
There's A Song In The Air! - 2-Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley
There's A Song In The Air! - 2-Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Keith D Rowley
An original Christmas carol arranged for 2 part choir and piano. Words by Josiah Gilbert Holland
Morningstar, Cora Eliza (Gossom), 1866-1926 (Sc 2578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morningstar, Cora Eliza (Gossom), 1866-1926 (Sc 2578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2578. Christmas diary kept by Cora Eliza (Gossom) Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Notations describe the weather, the Christmas dinner menu, and gifts received by Cora and her son Roy.
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.
Sounds Of Christmas - 2-Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Sounds Of Christmas - 2-Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Keith D Rowley
An original Christmas carol arranged for 2-part choir and piano with optional violin or flute with words by June Swanson.
Ua51/3/4 University Libraries Library Special Collections Events, Wku Archives
Ua51/3/4 University Libraries Library Special Collections Events, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records documenting exhibits and events sponsored by and held in the Library Special Collections. Includes invitations, flyers and posters.
Collections & Connections -- Fall-Winter 2010, Jennifer Wilson
Collections & Connections -- Fall-Winter 2010, Jennifer Wilson
Collections & Connections
This is the Fall-Winter issue of WKU Libraries' biannual newsletter distributed among Library and Museum Friends and the entire WKU community. This issue features the project for The Horse in Kentucky Exhibit," "Harry Potter Night event in the Kentucky Building, the coming Christmas activities in the Kentucky Museum, the upcoming Southern Kentucky Book Fest, and the "Fall into Books" program that has just concluded. In this issue, there are also reports on the Libraries' food drive, its Java City concerts, the popular "Far Away Places" and "Kentucky Live!" talk series and the ongoing construction of the Confucius Institute Experience Center …
Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 14. Interviews conducted by Alison Geiger with Grace (Meador) Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions, with photographs, demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window quilt block. Grace's life is also discussed, including raising her family on a farm in Warren County.
Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 8. Interviews conducted by Thomas Bibler. Includes interviews with Joseph Bryan Houk, Bowling, Kentucky, about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart County and Warren County, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.
Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 7. Interviews conducted by Thomas Hines. Includes intervewis with Sarah Alice (Marcum) Roemer. The interviews include information about Alice Roemer's life, inlcuding her childhood, education, work and family experiences, with special emphasis on Thanksgiving customs.
Thomas, Ann Elizabeth (Fa 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Ann Elizabeth (Fa 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 6. Interviews conducted by Ann Thomas with Mary Dee Boemker about Catholicism and her celebration of Easter and other holidays.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 518. This collection contains tape recorded interviews (28) conducted by Luanne Glynn with Ellis Yeargin Hurt (1900-1994) of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The interviews relay Ellis's life history. The project also includes an interpretive paper, a project proposal and summary as well as tape indexes. This project was the result of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 329. "Good Luck Beliefs, Occupational Practical Jokes and Christmas Customs" collected by Deborah Ann Harp for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Sounds Of Christmas - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Sounds Of Christmas - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Keith D Rowley
An original Christmas carol arranged for men's choir (TTBB) with optional violin or flute and piano. Words by June Swanson.
In The Bleak Midwinter - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley
In The Bleak Midwinter - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley
Keith D Rowley
An original Christmas carol arranged for men's choir with words by Christina Rossetti.
Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 334. Paper: "A Traditional Christmas Holiday" written by Pamela Ann Logsdon for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Pratt, Claudia M. (Fa 325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pratt, Claudia M. (Fa 325), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 325. Paper: "Let's Go Visit the Pratts: An Investigation of the Folklore of the Pratt Family" written by Claudia M. Pratt for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.