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Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1987.

Waste Land Or Promised Land: T.S. Eliot's The Idea Of A Christian Society, Amy Wallace

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In T. S. Eliot's The Idea of a Christian Society, the poet questions the nature of our society's foundations; he believes that Western culture is moving dangerously closer to the liberal and secular and that this shift could be disastrous. Instead, Eliot suggests that we return to what is at the very roots of Western tradition: Christianity. To facilitate this change in direction, Eliot stresses the importance of an educational system which takes a Christian perspective. Also important in his thinking is a Community of Christians, who would act as leaders, and the Christian community (encompassing most of the …

Interview With Ellis M. Jones (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Ellis M. Jones conducted by Kelly A. Lally on 1 July 1987. From folk studies student project about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and concerning experiences of twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.

Interview With B. B. Oliver, Beverly Oliver, Rusty Oliver, And Benjamin "Ted" Vontress (Fa 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with B. B. Oliver, Beverly Oliver, Rusty Oliver, and Benjamin "Ted" Vontress conducted by Kenneth Todd Gipson r on 30 June 1987. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll Monument Company employees, their occupation and related stories.

Interview With James Dennison (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with James Dennison conducted by Kelly A. Lally on 27 June 1987. From folk studies student project about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and concerning experiences of twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.

Interview With Charles Hobert Vincent (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Charles Hobert Vincent conducted by Kelly A. Lally on 24 June 1987. From folk studies student project about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and concerning experiences of twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.

Interview With Smith Meredith (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Interview conducted by Kelly Lally with Smith Meredith about his work with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. This interview is a part of Folklife Archives Project 81.

American Family Types & Marital Happiness, Ann Busby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The research reported here estimates the frequency of twenty-five husband and wife family types and examines the differences between six of the most prevalent and important family types in the American population in the 1980's. The variables used for comparisons are age at first marriage, income, fertility rates and marital happiness. To further clarify the relationship between marital happiness and family types, analyses were performed controlling for fertility, and income. The data used were part of the General Social Survey of 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1984 conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. The results show that the traditional family …

Ua12/2/10 Kay Dee Konnection, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Calendar / newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1987.

The Blankety-Blank Of Bear Creek Camp: A Rhetorical Analysis Of A Folk Drama, Gregory Hansen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A rhetorical theory of folklore was used to interpret how summer camp staffers use a folk drama as a means of identification and as a type of artistic expression. The performance was analyzed for ethnographic information using Kenneth Burke's theory of dramatism and for artistic techniques using Burke's theory of the psychology of audience. The dramatistic pentad contextualized the performance, and this information was analyzed for motives through the delineation of dramatistic ratios. The skit's syntagmatic structure was outlined using Burke's description of five aspects of form. The analysis demonstrates that meaning is emergent through both the content and form …

Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity in 1987.

Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1987.

1987-1989 Catalog, Wku Graduate School

Graduate School

Graduate School catalog regarding admissions, curriculum and policies.

Ua12/2/4 Exciting Events In The Xi Psi Chapter, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

At The Spiritual Grassroots: An Analysis Of Visionary Art & Artists, Ann Taft

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis I focus on an art form alternately described as "naive," "visionary," "environmental," "singular," "individual," or "grassroots." Not easily placed within established academic or popular art categories, such art usually lands by default in the folk art pile and is quickly cast to the peripheries of that genre. In this thesis, I am not concerned with inventing another label for these artists and their work. Instead, I explore the possibility that visionary art may be a separate genre, but one to which folklore analysis may usefully be brought to bear.

Chapter One is a historical and bibliographical analysis …

Ua12/2/4 Exciting Events In Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 7, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society Of America

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Gray, Beth. Caring Comes Home - Hospice
• Hornback, Todd. Alcoholics Anonymous: Finding a Better Way of Life
• McCoy, Steve. Area Underground Shared by Few - Cave & Karst
• McCormick, Rebecca. Architecture: History Lines the Streets
• McCormick, Rebecca. Landmark: Preservation & More
• Quinn, Paula. Madame Kennedy: Working with the Problem at Hand

Ua1b5 Introducing The New Faculty & Administrative Staff 1986-87, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

List of new WKU faculty and staff.

Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Kelcy Driskell conducted by Amy Kitchens on 26 September 1986. From folk studies student project with an interview with Kelcy Driskell concerning agriculture in Warren County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 3, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 2, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 62, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Turner, Todd. Sniffles and Sneezes Stall Campus Life
• Edelen, Mark. Asylum to Return with a New Look
• Fullen, Rebecca. Romeos Who are too Tight with Cash End Up Watching Television
• Jessie, Lisa. Associated Student Government Approves $12,100 Budget
• Associated Student Government Plans to Reach Out by Phone to Hear Students’ Ideas, Needs
• Eagleston, Leigh. Rare Genetics Program May Be Coming to Western – Biology
• The Herald Entertains a Few Ideas for Fun . . . Student Dinner Theater
• . . . Capitol Arts Discount
• . …

Interview With Irene Taylor Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Irene Taylor conducted by Christopher Carey for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." In this brief interview Taylor discusses a general store in Hancock County, Kentucky called the Duncan store as well as one-room schools and the consolidation of schools. She also mentions the Chestnut Grove school in Hancock County.

Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Mittie Dame conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Dame discusses her life and times including information about growing up in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, her early marriage, entertainment, rural electrification, radios, refrigerators, social life and customs, Halloween pranks, moonshining, and farming.

Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Oda Shouse, Sr. and Clara Shouse conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Mr. Shouse does most of the speaking. He discusses his life and times including information about floods, the Great Depression, tobacco farming, rural medicine, rural electrification, automobiles and telephones.

Interview With Mary Bryant (Benton) Fitts Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Mary Brant (Benton) Fitts conducted by Karen Owen for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Fitts discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Utica and Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, her children, social life and customs, race relations, World War II, and sundry other topics. Mrs. Fitts was a housewife and mother of two.

Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Gwendolyn Johnston conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949."   Johnston discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in West Louisville, Kentucky, education, games, a tornado that struck Louisville in the 1890s, automobiles, the Ku Klux Klan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and parochial schools.

Ua3/7/7 Scrapbook File, Wku President - Alexander

WKU Administration Documents

Clippings regarding WKU during July & August 1986.

Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Allyene Gregory conducted by Steve Vied for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, education, childhood games, her father's farm, African Americans, social customs and historic events in the community, as well as her teaching career.