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The Little People Of Pea Ridge, David Sutherland

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Cumberland County, Kentucky, is situated on the Tennessee line just at the western edge of the Appalachian Mountains. The county's terrain is typical of land in the foothills of a mountain range and varies from flat farmland and good bottomland along the Cumberland River to steep, wooded hillsides and rough, rocky ridge tops. Areas often take part of their names from outstanding topographic features of the land. Community names such as White's Bottom, Howard's Bottom, Cherry Tree Ridge and Bow Schoolhouse Ridge are common in Cumberland County. On Pea Ridge, which runs along the north shore of Dale Hollow Lake, …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 42, No. 3, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Corts, Paul. Western's Honors Program Forges Ahead
• Gray, David. Students Still Work Their Way
• Mefford, David & Roy Reynolds. Reaching Out for the Good Student
• Lawrence, Fred. Nick Rose All American
• Yeager, Randolph. A Westerner Remembers Harry Truman
• Scarborough, Clarice. Western Goes to Mexico
• Dillard, Gary & Rudolph Prins. Western at Tech Aqua
• Lawrence, Fred. Student Teaching - a la Guatemala
• Corts, Paul. Theatre Study Goes British
• Thompson, Kelly. The Most Unforgettable Person I Have Ever Known . . . Henry Cherry
• Commonwealth in a Capsule - Kentucky Building
• Adams, Ronald. Teacher Evaluation …

Ua12/2/35 1973 Miss Western Kentucky University Scholarship Pageant, Wku Interfraternity Council

Student Organizations

Program for the 1973 Miss Western Pageant sponsored by the WKU Interfraternity Council.

Ua12/2/69 Kentucky Beta Data, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Includes alumni news.

Ua12/2/69 Meeting Minutes, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Sigma Alpha Epsilon meeting minutes for September 18 & September 24, 1973.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Harris, James. The Trent Affair; Restraint vs. Irresponsibility
• Massey, Scott. Foolishness
• Oskins, Doug. Reuse of Sewage as a Potable Water Supply
• Alvey, Richard. …

Ua62/7 An Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment For Highway 555, Washington County, Kentucky, Jack Schock, William Howell

WKU Administration Documents

Archaeological Survey Report No. 5 survey of Highway 555 in Washington County, Kentucky by WKU Sociology & Anthropology

Ua12/2 Scrapbook, Wku Garrett Student Center

WKU Administration Documents

Scrapbook created by Garrett Student Center employees about events and meetings held at the Garrett Student Center from 1969 through 1973.

Ua1b5 Introducing The New Faculty 1972-73, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

List of new WKU faculty.

Ua35/1 Faculty/Staff Handbook, 8th Edition, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

WKU faculty/staff handbook designed to provide members of the faculty and staff with general information about WKU, its history, philosophy, organization, policies and procedures, faculty responsibilities and benefits, and various services and facilities.

The Neighbor Voice Of The Bowling Green Model Cities C. P. Program Vol. 2, No. 9, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

Volume two, Number nine, September 1972

• Parker-Bennett center is closed
  • The Parker-Bennett Recreation Center has been closed by officials of the Parks and Recreation Department, following reports that a small group of youths have been controlling the operation of the center
    • The center was closed by the parks board after reports that a group of older youngsters were harassing the younger children and selling drugs at the center (there wasn’t a full-time director employed)
  • James Rogers is a juvenile officer
  • Dennis East is the leader of the crime control team
• Model Cities requests more funds
  • Members of the local Model …

Ua12/2/84 Newsletter, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

An Assessment Of Yinger's Nondoctrinal Religion Using The Intrinsic-Extrinsic Concept, Warren Hamby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis is an attempt to examine an operational definition (or measure) of nondoctrinal religion proposed by J. Milton linger in 1969. Yinger, in his 1969 publication, suggests that the majority of scientific studies of religion have been pursuing a less valuable course by assuming definitions of "religion" which restrict the concept to mere traditional forms of religion. Such definitions tend to prevent researchers from examining important and abundant structures which serve religious functions but dc not resemble traditional institutionalized religion in form. Such structures serve the function of dealing with chaos, the human situation, and ultimate concern. There is …

A Sociological Analysis Of The Cartage Truck Driver's Occupation, Robert Miller

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This is an occupational study of the cartage truck driver in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Webster defines cartage as "the act of carrying by cart or truck, usually within a city." Bowling Green contains a flurry of diversified trucking activities. For this reason, the study has been narrowed to those drivers involved in the government-regulated transportation of mixed freight. It is believed that an occupational study of the cartage truck driver has never been attempted. Interest in the study of occupations, particularly that of the cartage truck driver, was developed through personal driving experience. This experience consisted of three and a …

Ua12/2/2 1972 Talisman, Part I, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1972 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-223.

Student Life Pictorial:

• Registration for Fall Semester Sets Students’ Heads Spinning
• Students Flock to Bookstore; Cash Registers Begin to Ring
• Western Class Successful in Preventing Sale of Estate to Russians
• No Hours, Refrigerator Rental Added to Dormitory Program
• Married Student Problems Encountered by Siewertsens
• Students Transform Campus Into Disneyland at Homecoming
• Small-scale Concerts Bring Top Entertainment to Campus
• Disenchantment Abounds with Concert Cancellations
• Associated Students Lectures Gain Momentum with Wide Range of Views
• Student Actors Breathe Life Into Scripts for Super Season
• Congestion Plagues Drivers
• Professional Artists Visit WKU Western Students Campaign for Gubernatorial Candidates …

Criminal Homicide In Warren County Kentucky: 1970-1971, Timothy Carter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Individuals resorting to violent aggression in the form of criminal homicide have often been the object of great public concern. Of the many actions punishable by criminal law, the taking of a human life by another human being most often entails a severe sanction, especially when it has been done deliberately and with a degree of premeditation. Public fear and concern dictate forceful sanctioning toward the homicide offender or offenders; no other criminal offense is so likely to result in the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1348. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting” which includes a description of the traditional folk art of quilting in Logan County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of traditional practice, tools, photos, quilt blocks, informant’s name, location, and text classification.

Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1365. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore on Pregnancy and Childbirth” which includes survey sheets with traditional practices and beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth in Henery County, Illinois and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the traditional practice or belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, text classification, and motif annotation.

Taylor, Beth (Fa 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1362. Student folk studies project titled “Courtship and Marriage” which includes survey sheets about traditional beliefs about courtship, weddings, and marriage in Jefferson County and Simpson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of belief, proverb, superstition, custom, or tradition, informant’s name and address, along with text classification.

Law, Nancy (Fa 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1358. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Nancy Law for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about a general store in Middleton, Simpson County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of store procedure, furnishings, color photograph, text classification, and informant’s name and location.

Herbert, Merry A. (Fa 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1364. Student folk studies project titled “Kerry ‘Doc’ Stone: Indiana Singer of Folk, Country, and Gospel Songs” which includes survey sheets with the lyrics of songs sung by Stone. Many were recorded on the two accompanying reel-to-reel tapes. Sheets may include the title of the song, a brief description, origin, lyrics, and its variant number from the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore.

Newman, Janice (Fa 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1367. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting (Bertha Abney)” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Jefferson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Newman’s family friend, Bertha Abney. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and sheets that may include an illustration, photo, quilt pattern’s name, brief description of a traditional practice or quilt pattern.

Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1346. Student folk studies project titled “Superstions [sic] Associated with Pregnancy” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional folk beliefs about pregnancy in the counties of Carroll, Daviess, Franklin, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, Shelby and Warren in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or traditional practice, informant’s name and religious affiliation, date, and text classification.

Harmon, Rebecca C. (Fa 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1356. Folklife project titled "The Legend of Oak Island" by Rebecca C. Harmon for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about the legend of treasure on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Survey sheets may include a brief description of a variation of the legend, belief, text classification, and informant’s name and address. Restricted.

Anderson, Faye S. (Fa 1349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1349. Folklife project titled "Spinning" by Faye S. Anderson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes an illustrated paper about the spinning process as explained by Maggie Spear of the Pea Ridge, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Also includes samples of carded wool, single thread yarn, and double thread yarn.

Bradley, Margaret (Fa 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1357. Folklife project titled "Quilting" by Margaret Bradley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about quilting and quilt patterns in Hart County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of quilt pattern, origin, and informant’s name, age, and address.

Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1354. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Steve Barriger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about general stores in Butler, Logan and Warren counties in Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the general store, location, informant’s name, and photograph.

Bohannon, Alice Kaye (Fa 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1363. Paper titled "The Training and Care of the Draft Horse" written by Alice Bohannon for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. This illustrated, narrative paper about the care of working farm horses is based on an interview with Lester Warren Bohannon, Alice's father, of Shelby County, Kentucky.

Tuttle, John (Fa 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1368. Student folk studies project titled “The Country Store” which includes information about traditional general stores in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Project includes information from interviews with Tuttle’s grandfather and mother, Chester Tuttle and Elois (Tucker) Tuttle along with illustrations and a photo.

Brannik, Mike (Fa 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1361. Student folk studies project titled “Ghost Stories” which includes survey sheets about traditional ghost stories in Barren County, Jefferson County, and Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of ghost story or tale, informant’s name and address, along with text classification.