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Mccarthy, Kimberly A. (Fa 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccarthy, Kimberly A. (Fa 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 116. "Around the kitchen table." Discusses how card games such as Rummy can be considered urban folkloric events.
Horn, Sandra (Simunaci), B. 1946 (Fa 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Horn, Sandra (Simunaci), B. 1946 (Fa 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 125. Interview with psychic practitioner, Terry Langford of Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing supernatural occurrences in the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University. Includes attachments.
Roberts, Lynne (Fa 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roberts, Lynne (Fa 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 128. Pictorial essay about the art of Bertha T. Skaggs, dollmaker and quilter of Hart County, Kentucky.
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 127. History of "Highland," a house built in the 1890s by the Monarch family of Owensboro, Kentucky. This Queen Anne-style house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 130. "The People of the Capitol", an oral history project describing the history of Frankfort, Kentucky, and the citizens of the state capitol. This paper includes information about the Frankfort Penitentiary (1800-1937), the role of the state government in the lives of the people, and the various ethnic groups who settled there.
Mcdougal, Michael W., B.1961 (Fa 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdougal, Michael W., B.1961 (Fa 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 117. "Stories from family and friends: Sumner County and middle Tennessee region." Oral narratives from the McDougal family of Gallatin, Tennessee and acquaintances of the collector.
Kelly, Jim (Fa 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Jim (Fa 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 109. Paper entitled "The Effects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Logan County, Kentucky." Research paper discussing projects that WPA completed in Logan County, Kentucky.
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 118. "Folk remedies and cures." Collection of folk cures and beliefs pertaining to infants and pregnant women, as well as the opinions of a pediatrician towards these practices.
Arnold, Thomas Cleveland, Jr., B. 1957 (Fa 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Arnold, Thomas Cleveland, Jr., B. 1957 (Fa 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 102. Project and paper entitled "Miss Mattie Makes Music." Paper and interviews, November 8 & 22, 1983, with black guitarists Mattie (Thomas) Crumbold Baldry, b.1895, of Adairville, Kentucky in Logan County. Includes information on her band, employment and family life.
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 197. Interviews and transcripts with ninety-three year old Acie Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs (Edmonson County), Kentucky, about his life experiences. Includes photographs. WKU student Ricky Carroll, did the project for a Folk Studies course.
Rose, Barry L. (Fa 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rose, Barry L. (Fa 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 199. Project includes a paper written by WKU Folk Studies student Rose, about Warren County, Kentucky musician Joe Marshall. Also includes a newspaper clipping and photos (5).
Beshens, Paige A. (Fa 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beshens, Paige A. (Fa 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 99. Folklore in "B.C." Examines the comic strip "B.C.", created by Johnny Hart, for examples of traditional and contemporary folklore.
Lewis, Lisa Claire (Fa 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Lisa Claire (Fa 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 193. Paper written by Lewis entitled "Mur and Granddaddy: An Elderly Couple Adjusting to the City." Concerns her grandparents moving from their Todd County farm to Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
Taylor, Beth (Fa 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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
Herbert, Merry A. (Fa 1364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
Newman, Janice (Fa 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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
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
Anderson, Faye S. (Fa 1349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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
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
Bohannon, Alice Kaye (Fa 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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
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
Brannik, Mike (Fa 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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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.
Utley, Mary (Fa 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Utley, Mary (Fa 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1366. Student folk studies project titled “Quilt Making” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Henderson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Utley’s great grandmother, Mary Mathilda Bonnell. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and survey sheets that may include a traditional belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, and text classification. Other sheets include a photo, brief description of a quiltmaking process and/or a photo of a quilt or piece of quilt with the pattern’s name.
Sikorski, Carolyn (Fa 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sikorski, Carolyn (Fa 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1347. Folklife project titled "Folk Art of Whittling" written by Carolyn Sikorski for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper explains the whittling process as described by Herbert Burkes of Mud Lick, Monroe County, Kentucky and Virginia Perry of Warren County, Kentucky.
Linde, Janet (Fa 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Linde, Janet (Fa 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1360. Student folk studies project titled “Modern Ghost Tales Or Scary Stories” which includes survey sheets about traditional ghost stories in Florida and Cumberland County, Jefferson County and Union County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of ghost story or tale, informant’s name, address and birth month and year, along with text classification.