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Stewart, Karen (Fa 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Stewart, Karen (Fa 984), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 984. Project titled: “Funeral Beliefs, Customs, and Tombstone Art in Western Kentucky.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of funeral beliefs and customs and tombstone art in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets can include a brief description, informant’s name, motif index number, and a photo of a tombstone.

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Castillo, Jesse (Fa 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Castillo, Jesse (Fa 983), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 983. Project titled: “Folklore Collection.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk remedies, sayings, and ghost stories from Warren County, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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Mcgown, Joe (Fa 991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Mcgown, Joe (Fa 991), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 991. Project titled: “"Funeral Customs" compiled by Joe McGown for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes individual survey sheets listing a single funeral custom, the informant, date, and location. A large number of photographs, documenting tombstones, are included in the collection. The location of the tombstones is not included, but most of the survey work was done in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Spears, Sandra (Fa 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Spears, Sandra (Fa 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 999. Project titled: “Folk Medicine in Allen County.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk remedies and beliefs in Allen County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

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Tichenor, Judy, B. 1951 (Fa 987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Tichenor, Judy, B. 1951 (Fa 987), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 987. Project titled: “Quilting in Ohio County.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of quilting practices, superstitions, and patterns in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, questionnaire answers, informant’s name, terms, implements, and photos of quilts.

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Mcmurray, Becky (Fa 988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Mcmurray, Becky (Fa 988), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 988. Project titled: “Folk Housing: Deatsville and Bardstown, Kentucky.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the informant’s beliefs and superstitions as well as information abpit structures in the Deatsville and Bardstown areas of Nelson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, motif index number of the belief, and a photo of the structure.

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Pack, Chester (Fa 985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Pack, Chester (Fa 985), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 985. Project titled: “Chair Making.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of chair making implements of Elliott “Red” Keown in Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, terms, and a photo of the implement or chair.

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Wilson, Phillip L., B. 1952 (Fa 986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Wilson, Phillip L., B. 1952 (Fa 986), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 986. Project titled: “Folk Structures in My Community.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of structures in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and a photo of the structure.

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Mcguire, Wilma (Wise) (Fa 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Mcguire, Wilma (Wise) (Fa 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 981. Project titled: “Ten Broeck and Mollie and the Miller’s Will.” Includes descriptions of the lyrics of the two ballads “Ten Broeck and Mollie” and “The Miller’s Will” collected in Taylor County, Kentucky.

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Nunn, Bobby (Fa 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Nunn, Bobby (Fa 977), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 977. Project titled: “The Dairy Barns of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century of Western Metcalfe County.” Project includes descriptions of two dairy barns and agricultural structures in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and a photo or illustration of the barn or structure.

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Marsh, Mary (Arnold) (Fa 982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Marsh, Mary (Arnold) (Fa 982), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 982. Project titled: “Collected Stories: John D. Arnold.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of stories about John D. Arnold collected in the Penny Royal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a description of the story and informant’s name.

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Schlotman, Robert (Fa 980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Schlotman, Robert (Fa 980), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 980. Project titled: “Adults’ Children’s Lore.” Includes descriptions of song lyrics and rope skipping rhymes with adult connotations sung by children in the collector’s family in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

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Hazelip, Pauline (Fa 974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Hazelip, Pauline (Fa 974), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 974. Paper titled: “Tales of Glasgow Junction.” Includes brief descriptions of stories, pranks and incidents related to Glasgow Junction and Park City, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of the story and the informant’s name.

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Slaughter, Michael R. (Fa 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Slaughter, Michael R. (Fa 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 973. Paper titled: “The Ghost of the Bridge.” Includes brief descriptions of stories about parked lovers collected in the Bluegrass and Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

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Elmore, Harold W. (Fa 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Elmore, Harold W. (Fa 975), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 975. Project titled: “Transcriptions of stories, song lyrics and calls.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of stories, song lyrics, doodle bug charms, and calls from Edmonson County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and some with motif index number.

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Owens, Ronald (Fa 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Owens, Ronald (Fa 978), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 978. Project titled: “Milltown, Kentucky.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the buildings around Milltown in Adair County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and photo of the structure.

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Cardwell, Judith (Fa 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Cardwell, Judith (Fa 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 979. Project titled: “Elephant Jokes.” Includes survey sheets with elephant jokes and the informant’s name collected from Jefferson County, Monroe County, Muhlenburg County, and Warren County, Kentucky, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Adkins, Genevieve (Fa 976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Adkins, Genevieve (Fa 976), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 976. Paper titled: “Early History and Legends of Green County.” Includes descriptions of stories and legends about the origin and early history of Green County, Kentucky.

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Bostic, Patti (Fa 966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Bostic, Patti (Fa 966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 966. Paper titled: “The Function of Various Barns Located in Jefferson County, Outside Jeffersontown.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of barns in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, owner’s name, terms, and a photo of the barn.

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Curry, Carolyn (Fa 964), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Curry, Carolyn (Fa 964), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 964. Project titled: “Guns.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of firearms found in Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and photo.

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Miller, Herbert (Fa 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Miller, Herbert (Fa 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 971. Paper titled: “The Girl in the Window.” Includes descriptions of variations of the Russellville Girl story collected in Jefferson County and Logan County, Kentucky.

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Siddens, Margaret Marie (Fa 967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Siddens, Margaret Marie (Fa 967), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 967. Paper titled: “Sally’s Rock.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of the history about Sally Beck and Sally’s Rock located in Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and informant’s name.

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Suddarth, James Damon (Fa 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Suddarth, James Damon (Fa 968), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 968. Project titled: “Folk Songs.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk songs collected in Warren County, Kentucky and Tennessee. Sheets include a title, lyrics, and informant’s name.

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Duncan, Mary Nell (Fa 972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Duncan, Mary Nell (Fa 972), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 972. Project titled: “Family and Area Stories.” Includes descriptions of Duncan family and area stories collected in Warren County, Kentucky. Stories include a description and informant’s name.

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Krause, Janet (Fa 970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Krause, Janet (Fa 970), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 970. Paper titled: “Listen to the Children: The Oral Tradition of Jump-Rope Rhymes.” Includes brief descriptions of jump-rope rhymes and games collected at the Hadley Elementary School in Warren County, Kentucky compared to motif variants.

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Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 965. Project titled: “Student Collections: Glassware.” Includes survey sheets from student collections with brief descriptions of glassware, ironstone, copperware, and china found in Hardin County and Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, and photo.

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Heltzel, Dane Howard (Fa 969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Heltzel, Dane Howard (Fa 969), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 969. Project titled: “Folk Songs and Ballads.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk songs and ballads collected in Christian County, Kentucky and Indiana. Sheets include title, lyrics, motif index number, and informant’s name.

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Curry, Carolyn (Fa 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Curry, Carolyn (Fa 960), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 960. Project titled: “Clocks and Cameras.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of clocks and cameras found in Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, maker’s name, and photo.

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Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Beams, Bobby (Fa 955), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 955. Paper titled: “Sawmills Past and Present in Hart, southern LaRue, and western Green County.” Includes description, terms, illustration, and photos of sawmills in the Penny Royal Region of Kentucky.

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Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Molden, Roy (Fa 963), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 963. Project titled: “The Chestnut Farmstead.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions ofbuildings and implements on the Chestnut family farm in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and photo.

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