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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.
Roberts, Lynne Allene (Fa 1226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roberts, Lynne Allene (Fa 1226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1226. Student paper coupled with a photographic essay titled “A Day in the Life of J. Allen and Irma Moats” in which Lynne Roberts details the daily routine of her maternal grandparents. The author outlines their diet, sources of income, domestic duties, and use of modern technology. Accompanying the paper is a set of 19 black and white photographs of J. Allen and Irma, their home, crafts, and additional cherished keepsakes.
Wood, Diane (Fa 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Diane (Fa 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1155. Student folk studies project titled “Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Pennsylvania German and other folk art collected in Burton, Ohio and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an item or representation of folk art, brief description, photograph, and origin.
Foodways (Fa 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foodways (Fa 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text for papers (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archive Project 1005. A collection of student observations about regional foodways in short, narrative papers, prepared for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Photos are included in many of the papers.
Carter, John Mark (Fa 945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, John Mark (Fa 945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 945. Paper titled: “A Collection of Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories from Bowling Green, Frankfort, and the Pennyrile region of Kentucky, and California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Rivers, David (Fa 944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rivers, David (Fa 944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 944. Paper titled: “Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories from the Bluegrass and Pennyrile regions of Kentucky, and from Sumner County, Tennessee, Mississippi and Ohio. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Smaxwell, Mike (Fa 935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smaxwell, Mike (Fa 935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 958. Project titled: [Student Collections: Bridges] Includes survey sheets of descriptions of various type of bridges in the counties of Adair, Bourbon, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, LaRue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Nelson, Russell, Taylor, Washington in Kentucky, Connecticut, and Ohio. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and photos of bridges.
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.
Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection FA 747. This collection contains materials relating to a wide array of folklife subjects collected by folklorist Bob Gates for the Kentucky Folklife Program. The majority of the subjects include ethnic or cultural groups, but there is also various information relating to specific arts or traditions. The materials within the folders are mostly articles or copies of articles. Most folders contain information that relates directly to Kentucky, but some are about the topic more in general terms. Files are arranged by subject.
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 774. The Thomason Political Folklore Collection includes projects conducted by students from a number of counties in the state of Kentucky and few from nearby states. The collection includes information pertaining to those counties political oral traditions. This project was conducted by students at Western Kentucky University for class credit.
Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 771. Survey sheets containing photographs and descriptive narratives about barns, cribs, and cabins chiefly in central and western Kentucky, although some examples were included from as far away as Connecticut.
Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 24. Statements and reminiscences of Kentucky residents who participated in or conducted hog butchering in Kentucky. Information was gathered from various informants between 1963-1969. Material is arranged alphabetically by collector, consisting of specific detials about executing hogs, processing and preserving meat, and rendering lard. Includes papers by collectors and photographs. This project was completed by students at Campbellsville College under the guidance of Lynwood Montell.
Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bibler, Thomas Edward (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 400. Paper: "Murder Ballads of Kentucky" written by Patricia Thomas for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Fanslow, Robin A. (Fa 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fanslow, Robin A. (Fa 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 308. Paper: "An Examination of the Act of Gift-Giving as an Example of the Folklore of My Family" written by Robin A. Fanslow for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Collins, Sara (Fa 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Sara (Fa 213), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 213. Paper: "The Folklore of Sorcery" written by Sara Collins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.