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Zimmerman, Eric M. (Fa 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Zimmerman, Eric M. (Fa 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 366. Paper: "Proverbs in 'Computer Shopper,' January-April 1994" written by Eric M. Zimmerman for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Ohio, Kentucky Feuding Over A Rock In A Hard Place, National Public Radio
Ohio, Kentucky Feuding Over A Rock In A Hard Place, National Public Radio
Indian Head Rock Project
Interview with Fred Kight on National Public Radio discussing the dispute over Indian Head Rock on January 26, 2009.
Royse, Amy (Fa 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Royse, Amy (Fa 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 358. Paper: "A Way of Preserving the Past" written by Amy Royse for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Millburn-Luttrell, Christine Ann (Fa 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Millburn-Luttrell, Christine Ann (Fa 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 337. Paper: "Folk Speech in Gary Larson's 'Far Side' Cartoons" written by Christine Ann Millburn-Luttrell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 361. Paper: "Folklore in 'The Far Side'" written by Kimberly K. Schell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Vassar, Brehanna (Fa 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vassar, Brehanna (Fa 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 363. Paper: "Tortillas in Troutville: Segments of My Family Folklore" written by Brehanna Vassar for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Robertson, Stephen (Fa 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robertson, Stephen (Fa 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 342. Paper: "The San Angelo Rodeo" written by Stephen Robertson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Marshall, Katherine (Fa 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marshall, Katherine (Fa 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 340. Paper: "The Traditions of a Sorority" written by Katherine Marshall for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Wright, D. Wynne (Fa 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wright, D. Wynne (Fa 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 365. Paper: "Kentucky Cuisine" written by D. Wynne Wright for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 359. Paper: "Home vs. College" written by LaShanda Saxton for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 336. Paper: "American Girl Magazine and Children's Riddles," written by Julia E. Morgan for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Folklore And The Internet: Vernacular Expression In A Digital World, Trevor J. Blank
Folklore And The Internet: Vernacular Expression In A Digital World, Trevor J. Blank
All USU Press Publications
Folklore and the Internet is a pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. It shows that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internetýs beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online. Users of many sorts continue to develop the Internet as a significant medium for generating, transmitting, documenting, and preserving folklore. In a set of new, insightful essays, contributors Trevor J. Blank, Simon J. Bronner, Robert Dobler, Russell Frank, Gregory Hansen, Robert Glenn Howard, Lynne S. McNeill, Elizabeth Tucker, and William Westerman showcase …
Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, And Defecating Men: The Power Of Storytelling In Maithil Women’S Tales, Coralynn V. Davis
Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, And Defecating Men: The Power Of Storytelling In Maithil Women’S Tales, Coralynn V. Davis
Faculty Journal Articles
What can we learn about the way that folk storytelling operates for tellers and audience members by examining the telling of stories by characters within such narratives? I examine Maithil women’s folktales in which stories of women’s suffering at the hands of other women are first suppressed and later overheard by men who have the power to alleviate such suffering. Maithil women are pitted against one another in their pursuit of security and resources in the context of patrilineal formations. The solidarities such women nonetheless form—in part through sharing stories and keeping each other’s secrets—serve to mitigate their suffering and …
Percy Grainger And Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Comparative Study Of English Folk-Song Settings For Wind Band, Shawna Meggan Holtz
Percy Grainger And Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Comparative Study Of English Folk-Song Settings For Wind Band, Shawna Meggan Holtz
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This thesis provides a comparison and study of English folk music collected by composers Percy Grainger and Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early twentieth century. Individuals who played a key role in beginning the folk music collecting movement are discussed, as well as the Folk Song Society's position in regulating and organizing folk-song collecting. A brief biography on Grainger is provided, along with his methods of collecting and setting folk-songs, and his ideas and processes on "free music." Chapters on Ralph Vaughan Williams follow, exploring his folk-song collecting and settings for the church. Grainger and Vaughan Williams' most well-known band …
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 353. Paper: "Good Mothering through Breast Feeding: Observations of a Meeting of the La Leche League" written by Rita H. Kelly for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Jones, Rich (Fa 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Rich (Fa 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 332. Paper: "Folklore and Media Project on the 'Daily News' Newspaper Articles" written by Rich Jones for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 330. Paper: "Folklore and Mass Media Class Project: Looking at Folklore in the Newspaper," written by James Hannah for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Medley, Joy (Fa 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Medley, Joy (Fa 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 339. Paper: "The Power of the Press: Elements of Folklore Surrounding 'The Death of Floyd Collins'," written by Medley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Johnstad, Susan E. (Fa 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnstad, Susan E. (Fa 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 331. Paper: "The Folklore of Weddings in Bride Magazines: Where Tradition Meets Media Convention" written by Johnstad for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Miles, Claude D. (Fa 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miles, Claude D. (Fa 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 338. Paper: "[Folklore in 'Rolling Stone']," written by Claude D. Miles for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Jarvis, Pat (Fa 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jarvis, Pat (Fa 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 333. Paper: "Collection of Advertisements from 'Rolling Stone' for Folklore and Media," written by Pat Jarvis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 335. Paper: "Frog Life: A Brief Discussion and Analysis of the Folklife of the Flying Frog Farm," written by Al Levenson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 323. Cassette tape from a partially-damaged reel-to-reel tape (T-7-62-113) of Estes performing two folk songs and a "whooping" at Mammoth Cave, 4 July 1962. Also, a transcription of the material on the cassette and the New World Records compact disc 'I'm On My Journey Home: Vocal Styles and Resources in Folk Music" which contains Estes's performance.
Potter, Phyllis M. (Fa 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Potter, Phyllis M. (Fa 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 326. Paper: "Psalm-singing in 17th Century New England" written by Potter for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 327. Paper: "Remedies & Cures of Muhlenberg County Folks" written by Rhonda Wood for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Klimowicz, Teresa Dolores (Fa 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Klimowicz, Teresa Dolores (Fa 352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 352. Paper: "[Aerobics Class]" written by Teresa Dolores Klimowicz for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Indian Head Rock Case Set For August Trial, Kenneth Hart
Indian Head Rock Case Set For August Trial, Kenneth Hart
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Ashland Daily Independent on the forthcoming trial related to the Indian Head Rock from October 24, 2008.
Ohio Lawyer To Join Rock Case, Kenneth Hart
Ohio Lawyer To Join Rock Case, Kenneth Hart
Indian Head Rock Project
An article published in the Ashland Daily Independent on the trial to have the Indian Head Rock returned to Kentucky from October 20, 2008.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of comilation (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 328. Compilation: "Tales of Tales of Tales" by the eighth grade class, Hughes-Kirk High School in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, under the direction of Rhonda Wood.