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Higinbotham, Barbara (Fa 1114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Higinbotham, Barbara (Fa 1114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1114. Student folk studies project titled: “Folk Medicine and Remedies,” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk medicine and remedies in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Sheets may include a brief description of folk remedy, belief, traditional practice, informant’s name and address, and motif index number.
Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1112. Student folk studies project titled: “Just a Man—Captain William Hicks” which includes an interview of C. Jeff Hicks, the son of Confederate Captain William Hicks. The interview includes a description of the life of the son and his father while living in Barren County, Kentucky and Sumner County, Tennessee.
Finn, Marty (Fa 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Finn, Marty (Fa 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1089. Student folk studies project titled: “A Collection of Folk Medicine,” which includes survey sheets and index cards describing the traditions and practices of folk medicine in Mason County, Kentucky. Sheets may include informant’s name and address, folk remedy, and text classification.
Lasalvia, Jerry (Fa 1065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lasalvia, Jerry (Fa 1065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1065. Student folk studies project titled: “Herb Medicine,” which includes survey sheets with remedies, cures and practices related to herb medicine in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Sheets include remedies, cures, beliefs, informant’s name and address, and motif index number.
Mcdaniel, Vernon And Jan Mcdaniel (Fa 1072), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdaniel, Vernon And Jan Mcdaniel (Fa 1072), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1072. Paper titled “Prenatal Superstitions” by Vernon and Jan McDaniel based on interviews with five females from the Park City, Barren County, Kentucky, area. The women provide a large number of superstitions that related to how prenatal behavior might affect the expected baby. The collection includes photos of the informants.
Groebli, Glenn E. (Fa 1070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Groebli, Glenn E. (Fa 1070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1070. Paper titled “Stories and Tales Told By James Robert Keltner and Flonnie Ross Keltner.” Paper is based on an oral interview with the Keltners at their home in Okolona, Jefferson County, Kentucky, but the stories and tales are from Adair County, Kentucky. Besides the recording Groebli has typescripted a number of the stories and provided photos of the informants and their home.
Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1066. Paper titled “Folk Beliefs” in which Katie Jaggers details various proverbs, remedies, superstitions, and predictions relating to childhood, agriculture, medicine, and other facets of daily life. Paper is based on data collected by Jaggers from immediate family in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Seidelman, Charles Allen (Fa 1049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seidelman, Charles Allen (Fa 1049), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1049. Student folk studies project titled: “A General Interest Survey of the Dutch in America,” which includes interviews and survey sheets with brief descriptions of Dutch folk practices in Okaloosa County, Florida, in Sioux County, Iowa, in Van Buren County, Michigan, and in Whatcom County, Washington. Sheets may include the recipe, song, belief, motif index number, and informant’s name.
Green, William A., Jr. (Fa 1035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Green, William A., Jr. (Fa 1035), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1035. Paper titled “Folk Beliefs Told Throughout My Family” in which William A. Green, Jr. discusses folklore associated with his family in Louisville, Kentucky. Paper is based on data collected by Green from family members.