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Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives collection 676. This collection features information and documentation of various Hart County Fairs. Emphasis is place on the white oak basketmaking tradition in the area.
Latino Folklore Project (Fa 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Latino Folklore Project (Fa 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 675. This collection features information and documentation of interviews that were conducted as part of the "Latinos and Latinas in the South" project, a report of the Southern Arts Federation (SAF).
Donated, Discarded, And Ditched (Fa 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donated, Discarded, And Ditched (Fa 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 775. This collection features an oral history/photo project entitled "Donated, Discarded, and Ditched" about Louisville, Kentucky artists who regularly incorporate discarded items into their work.
Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 673. This collection features oral history interviews conducted by Robin Borczon about the methods of preparing barbecue in western Kentucky for a WKU foodways class project.
Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 674. This collection features audio and video documentation of the Shelbyville Heritage Festival held on September 25, 2004 in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 672. This collection features information and documentation of the National Trust's Rural Heritage Development Initiative to implement preservation-based economic strategies in an eight county region in central Kentucky.
National Folk And Folklife Festivals (Fa 671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
National Folk And Folklife Festivals (Fa 671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 671. This collection features information and documentation of the National Folk Festival held annually in various communities throughout the nation.
Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 670. This collection features documentation of the Great Lakes Folk Festival held from August 13 to August 15, 2004 and hosted by Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, Michigan.
Downtown Henderson Project (Fa 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downtown Henderson Project (Fa 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 754. This collection features 48 interview conducted with local residents of downtown Henderson, Kentucky.
A Rejuvenating Resort Remembered: The Use Of Folklore And Archaeology In The Investigation Of The Historic Massey Springs Resort In South-Central Kentucky, Renee Pinkston
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Using only one line of evidence for a study of historic sites can be problematic if it does not provide a complete picture of the material culture or lifeways of a people, group, or community. In order to understand the ideas and objects, of culture present at historic sites, it is necessary to use archaeological methodologies with vernacular architecture studies and folklore to create a more holistic image of the world and its inhabitants. To facilitate this, I conducted original research on a mineral spring resort, Massey Springs Resort (Massey Springs) in Warren County, Kentucky, a popular resort in the …
The Art Of Lebanese Verbal Dueling: The Battle Of Beit Mery And Beyond, Paula Marie Haydar
The Art Of Lebanese Verbal Dueling: The Battle Of Beit Mery And Beyond, Paula Marie Haydar
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation examines the living and vibrant oral tradition of verbal dueling in Lebanon, also known as Lebanese zajal. The introductory chapter explores the historical, sociolinguistic, and musical-metrical roots of today's Lebanese zajal contests and festivals, which feature teams of up to four poets who compete against each other in improvised, sung verse in colloquial Lebanese, carrying a sort of dialogue within which they argue opposing sides of universal themes and topics of current social interest. Though time, tradition, and culture in the Lebanese mountainside have nurtured the development of sung oral poetry into its current form and status …
Hotel Bukovyna, Rebecca Ann Bosshart
Hotel Bukovyna, Rebecca Ann Bosshart
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This collection of short stories and first chapter of a novella take place in the historical area of Bukovyna, the beech tree land, partly located in Chernivetska region, western Ukraine. On the edge of it, or under it, or traveling to and from it, in contemporary time. I've been occupied with "the outsider," represented here, and where the seven stories reside, by the giant grande dame tourist hotel on Main Street, across from Shevchenko Park, in Chernivtsi, the region's city center. The occupants: the outsider looking in and around. Outsiders looking at other outsiders. An outsider being welcomed in. Most …
Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 501. Correspondence, manuscripts, and subscription and financial records relating to the content, editing, publication and management of the Kentucky Folklore Record, a quarterly journal of the Kentucky Folklore Society.
Interview With Phil Veluzat And Mary Veluzat (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Phil Veluzat And Mary Veluzat (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Phil Veluzat and Mary Jo Veluzat about their experiences as park rangers at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Coy Hanson (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Coy Hanson (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Coy Hanson about his experiences as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Lora Peppers (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lora Peppers (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Lora Peppers about her experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Kentucky Folklore Society (Mss 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklore Society (Mss 497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 497. Records of the Kentucky Folklore Society, primarily correspondence of president Janet Gilmore and of Dr. Camilla A. Collins, editor of the Society’s journal, the Kentucky Folklore Record. Also includes some financial and organizational information.
Interview With Jerry Bransford (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Jerry Bransford (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Jerry Bransford about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Brad Mcdougal (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Brad Mcdougal (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Brad McDougal about his experiences as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Sharon Ganci (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Sharon Ganci (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Sharon Ganci about her experiences as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Henry T. Holman And Pamela Sue Holman (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Henry T. Holman And Pamela Sue Holman (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Henry T. Holman and Pamela Sue Holman about their experiences as park rangers at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Bob Ward (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Bob Ward (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Bobby Carson about his experiences as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Joy Lyons And David Lyons (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joy Lyons And David Lyons (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with Joy Lyons and David Lyons about their experiences as park rangers at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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.
Interview With Josh Clemons (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Josh Clemons (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Björkman with Josh Clemons about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Björkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With David Wyrick (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With David Wyrick (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Bjorkman with David Wyrick about his experiences as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Eddie Wells (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Eddie Wells (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Björkman with Eddie Wells about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Björkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Interview With Joel Gillespie (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joel Gillespie (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Björkman with Joel Gillespie about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Björkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."
Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 753. Western Kentucky University’s Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology received a grant from the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation in the summer of 2011 to conduct an oral history and folklife survey of Allen County, Kentucky over several years. Using recorded interviews, photography, and videography, graduate and undergraduate students in the department documented a broad range of historical and cultural themes in Allen County. Students complete the fieldwork as part of their coursework in courses including Folklore Fieldwork, Cultural Conservation, Vernacular Architecture, and Field Methods in Ethnography. The resulting archival material consists …
Interview With Peter Zahrt (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Peter Zahrt (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcript of interview by Brent Björkman with Peter Zahrt about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Björkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."