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Bain, Jan (Fa 1021), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1021. Folk studies student project titled: “[Housing],” which includes brief descriptions and photos of “I” houses in Warren County, Kentucky.

Powell, Joseph, B. 1949 (Fa 1020), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Indian Head Rock Star Of New Documentary, Mike James

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the Ashland Daily Independent by Mike James on the documentary featuring Indian Head Rock by Steve Middleton.

Kentucky And Ohio Brawled Over Indian Head Rock; Now It’S In A Storage Shed, Cheryl Truman

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the Lexington Herald Leader on the status of the Indian Head Rock from April 24, 2017.

Kentucky And Ohio Brawled Over Indian Head Rock; Now It's In A Storage Shed, Cheryl Truman

Indian Head Rock Project

Article written by Cheryl Truman and published in Lexington Herald-Leader on the Indian Head Rock and the documentary film based on the Rock by Steve Middleton.

Subjective Retelling: The Influence Of External And Individual Factors On The Folktales Of The Brothers Grimm, Katherine R. Woodhouse

Young Historians Conference

Since a first edition of Children’s and Household Tales was published in 1812, the work of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm has been read, told, watched, and referenced all over the world. When the Grimms initially set out to construct the famous anthology, they intended to objectively uncover a breadth of traditional German folktales, preserving them in their purest possible forms. These stories, the brothers believed, held the essence of the nation’s declining culture and collective identity. However, the assumption that the stories of Children’s and Household Tales holistically represent the genuine German history and dialogue of oral storytelling is inaccurate. …

Gill, Ted (Fa 1015), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1015. Folk studies student project titled: “Bee Keeping,” which includes interview and survey sheets with brief descriptions of the beekeeping culture in Jackson County, Indiana. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or item, and a photo of bee culture.

Wilson, Daniel J. (Fa 1014), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1014. Student folk studies project titled: “Weaving.” Project includes survey sheets with a description of the weaving process in Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief, traditional practice, or tool, informant’s name, woven swatch, and photo.

Montgomery, Susan H. (Fa 1011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1011. Folk studies student project titled: “Molasses Making.” Project includes interviews and survey sheets with brief descriptions of molasses making in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or item, informant’s name, and a photo along with jokes and recipes.

Interview With Annalicia Carlson (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Annalicia Carlson conducted by Chloe Brown on 17 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

South Shore Wants To Give Landmark A Home, Jeremy Wells

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Ironton Tribune on the efforts to create a permanent exhibit for the Indian Head Rock from April 14, 2017.

"Between The Rock And The Commonwealth", Tyler York

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the Morehead State Trial Blazer on the release of Steve Middleton's documentary "Between the Rock and the Commonwealth" from April 14, 2017.

Phelps, Billy J. (Fa 1008), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1008.

Carter, Fred (Fa 1010), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1010. Folk studies student project titled: “Bee-keeping Project,” which includes interviews and survey sheets with brief descriptions of the beekeeping culture in Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or item, informant’s name, and a photo of bee culture.

Riddle, Karen (Fa 1009), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1009. Folk studies student project titled: “Making of Molasses,” which includes a description of the molasses making process and related material in Clinton County, Kentucky, with interviews, photos and folklore by motif index number.

Interview With Conor Scruton (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Conor Scruton conducted by Chloe Brown on 13 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Medical Concerns, Kelly Partin, Mary Cronin, Jibin Jacob, Patricia J. Campos, Katy N. Lee, Batoul C. Zalkout, Janelle Clark

Collin College Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference

Panel Chair, Greg Cox

Papers Presented:

"Ebene: Psychedelic Snuff of the Yanomami" by Kelly Partin

"Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A Survey" by Mary Cronin

"Kinematic Analysis of Universal Joint using Catia V5" by Jibin Jacob

"Effects of Preterm Birth" by Patricia J. Campos

"Proposal for ETT Research using Picutre-Induced Neural Signatures" by Katy N. Lee

"Severe Mental Illness in the Homeless" by Batoul C. Zalkout

"Asthma Disease of the Respiratory System" by Janelle Clark

Schwab, Edmond V., Sr., B. 1948 (Fa 1016), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1016. A history of the Burnet and Schwab families compiled from old family films which were digitized and saved on DVDs with dubbed commentary. Most of the films centered around vacations and important family events such as birthdays, religious rites of passages, and festivals.

Interview With Rebecca Nimmo (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Rebecca Nimmo conducted by Chloe Brown on 10 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Allison Adams (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Allison Adams conducted by Chloe Brown on 7 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Donna Kasznel (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Donna Kasznel conducted by Chloe Brown on 7 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Sophia Nasato (Fa 1293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sophia Nasato conducted by Chloe Brown on 5 April 2017. From project titled “The Women’s March: Community and Material Culture,” which details the experiences of participants in The Women’s March on 21 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. The interviews include details of the march and the political and material culture surrounding it. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Beliefs And Practices Related To Community Water Sources: "The Specialness Of Springs", Anita Kay Westhues

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The practice of gathering water from community springs in Kentucky constitutes a rich and complex research setting for the study of folklore beliefs and practices. Local knowledge construction, nostalgia as an evaluative process, contested views about purity and impurity, the protection and retention of a “public commons,” and the crisis which ensues when infrastructure maintenance and the delivery of safe drinking water are no longer guaranteed to communities, are all relevant to this vernacular practice. My thesis explores these topics, informed by fieldwork I conducted in nine Kentucky counties, which included formal and informal interviews with individuals who have used …

Nightmares In The Kitchen: Personal Experience Narratives About Cooking And Food, Sarah T. Shultz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis explores personal experience narratives about making mistakes in the preparation and serving of food. In order to understand when these narratives, referred to in the text as “kitchen nightmares,” are told, to whom, in what form, and why, one-onone and group ethnographic interviews were conducted. In total, 13 interviews were conducted with 25 individuals (men and women) ranging in age from 19 to 70. Six major themes of kitchen nightmare narratives are identified in Chapter One. Chapter Two explores one of these themes, resistance, in the context of the kitchen nightmare stories of heterosexual married women. Chapter Three …

Inexhaustible Magic: Folklore As World Building In Harry Potter, Samantha G. Castleman

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The practice of secondary world building, the creation of a fantasy realm with its own unique laws and systems has long been a tradition within the genre of fantasy writing. In many notable cases, such as those publications by J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft, folklore exhibited in the world of the reader has been specifically used not only to construct these fantasy realms, but to add depth and believability to their presentation. The universe of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series demonstrates this same practice of folklore-as-world-building, yet her construction does much more than just create a fantasy realm. By using …

The Healing Power Of Music And Chants Amongst The Ahl-E Haqq People, Azadeh Vatanpour

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis examines current practices of music and prayers in the context of Jam ritual among the Ahl-e Haqq, a vernacular religion group in Iranian Kurdistan. I examine the construction and sacralization of the sacred instrument of the Ahl-e Haqq, tanbūr. I also explore the sacred prayer, kalām, and the association of prayer and music. Through the ethnographic method, participant observations, and interviewing religious figures and master musicians during the fieldwork in Sahneh, Iran, I investigate the relation of the Ahl-e Haqq prayers and music, and their effect on healing during their sacred ritual performance. Drawing primarily on scholarship from …

Ant 4930 Research In Physician Interaction, Roberta Baer

Service-Learning Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Book Review: American Myths, Legends, And Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia Of American Folklore, Jennifer A. Bartlett

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Compilations of American folklore are constantly being rewritten to reflect the increasing diversity and variety of American culture. Many readers grew up with Benjamin Botkin’s classic collection A Treasury of American Folklore (Crown 1944), which featured a foreword written by Carl Sandburg and stories about Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, Brer Rabbit and other popular myths, legends, and tall tales. Today, new legends are entering the folklore lexicon to reflect the influence of urban myths, historical events, science fiction, conspiracy theories, and mass media. This three-volume set offers a fascinating look at both traditional and newer folklore, including “Internet Hoaxes,” the …

Medieval Iceland, Greenland, And The New Human Condition: A Case Study In Integrated Environmental Humanities, Steven Hartman, A.E.J. Ogilvie, Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, A.J. Dugmore, George Hambrecht, Thomas Mcgovern

Publications and Research

This paper contributes to recent studies exploring the longue durée of human impacts on island landscapes, the impacts of climate and other environmental changes on human communities, and the interaction of human societies and their environments at different spatial and temporal scales. In particular, the paper addresses Iceland during the medieval period (with a secondary, comparative focus on Norse Greenland) and discusses episodes where environmental and climatic changes have appeared to cross key thresholds for agricultural productivity. The paper draws upon international, interdisciplinary research in the North Atlantic region led by the North Atlantic Biocultural Organization (NABO) and the Nordic …

Family And Friends - Interviews (Fa 1007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkife Archives Project 1007. Students from Barry Kaufkin’s Introduction to Folk Studies course conducted oral interviews with close family and friends on topics such as childhood, occupation, and values. Digital recordings are stored in the Sound Archives and brief written descriptions of the interviews are included.