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Boswell, Robert H. (Fa 894), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 894. Project titled: “Italian-American Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with descriptions of traditional Italian stories and tales told by Italian-Americans in New Jersey. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif class.

Conner, John (Fa 891), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 891. Project titled: “Development of Tobacco.” Project includes brief descriptions of different types of tobacco, terms, beliefs, and implements used in its cultivation in McLean County and Shelby County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description; when discussing implements, an illustration is included.

Mitschele, Jeff (Fa 892), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 892. Project titled: “[Ghost Stories]” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

Dick, Martha (Fa 893), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 893. Project titled: “Proverbs.” Project includes Survey index cards with brief descriptions of proverbs. Copies include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

Gruszka, Joseph (Fa 890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 890. Title: “Lithuanian Beliefs and Christmas Ornaments.” Includes note cards with brief descriptions of Lithuanian customs and beliefs by Cook County, Illinois residents and illustrations of Christmas customs. Note cards include a brief description of the belief and informant’s name.

Phillips, Gary (Fa 887), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 887. Title: “Ghost in Human Form Guards Treasure.” Includes motif sheets with brief descriptions of each variation and constant trait of the parent form of the ghost story distinguished in the lists of traits and variable forms. Sheets include a description of the tale variation and corresponding motif index number.

Harrison, Annette B. 1950 (Fa 889), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 889. Title: “Our Goodman.” Includes sheets with brief descriptions of each variation of the ballad “Our Goodman” and the constant trait of the ballad’s archetype in the lists of traits and variable forms used in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a text of the ballad variation and corresponding motif index number.

Early, Laura (Fa 888), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkilfe Archives Project 888. Title: “Spirit of the Ohio.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of buildings in Meade County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of each building.

Hester, Rhodes (Fa 886), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 886. Title: “Collection of Information on Old Farm Machinery.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of non-motorized farm machinery and tools used in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a term or name, brief description, informant’s name, and a photo of the implement.

Foster, Gary (Fa 885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 885. Paper titled: “Folk Cures of Barren County.” Project includes index cards with brief descriptions of folk cures along with a map of the collection area in Barren County, Kentucky. Cards include a brief description of the cure and informant’s name.

Robbins, Richard D. (Fa 881), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 881. Paper titled: “Breckinridge County Smokehouses.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of smokehouses and meat curing in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Sheets include a description and informant’s name.

Beatty, Beverly D. (Fa 884), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 884. Paper titled: “Jewish Folklore.” Project includes survey sheets and note cards with brief descriptions of various religious and superstitious beliefs. Survey sheets and note cards include a brief description of each belief or saying and informant’s name.

Adair, Mary And Dian Whitlock (Fa 882), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 882. Paper titled: “Architecture and Culture of Schochoh, Kentucky.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of various buildings along with a map of the area of Schochoh in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, the informant’s name, and a photo and/or illustration of the building.

Bradley, Peggy And Dianah Logsdon (Fa 883), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 883. Paper titled: “Negro Religious Beliefs.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of religious beliefs and practices of African Americans in Kentucky. Sheets include a description and informant’s name.

Pace, Clint And Linda Pace (Fa 879), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 879. Project titled: “Water-powered Mills in Warren County, Kentucky.” Includes history of water run mill sites in Warren County, Kentucky, mill terms, and survey sheets with brief descriptions of mills. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and an illustration of the water mill.

Druen, Sibyl Jean And Patricia Gilley (Fa 878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 878. Paper titled: “Quilt Patterns: The Jonesville and Wisdom Communities.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of quilt patterns, process and terms of quilters in Hart and Metcalfe Counties, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and a photo or drawing of the quilt and/or quilt pattern.

Brown, Ronnie (Fa 877), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 877. Paper titled: “Old Buildings of Butler County.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of selected buildings in Butler County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and photos of each building.

Curtis, Robert (Fa 880), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 880. Paper titled: “Ghost Stories.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories as told by residents of Tompkinsville and Rock Bridge, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description of ghost story and informant’s name.

Deshazer, Mary Kirk (Fa 876), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 876. Paper titled: “Ghost Stories From Logan County.” Project includes survey sheets with ghost and horror tales from Logan County, Kentucky, mainly the Russellville Girl story. Sheets include a description of tale and informant’s name.

Krause, Janet L. (Fa 872), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 872. Paper titled: “Fishing Lore of Hadley Community.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of various aspects of fishing including methods, gear, terminology, sayings and beliefs. Sheets include a brief description of each topic, informant’s name and some illustrations.

Harbison, Kay (Fa 874), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 874. Paper titled: “Uncle Bozo Carver: World’s Oldest Living Country Musician and Entertainer.” Project details the life of Noble “Uncle Bozo” Carver as an entertainer. Project includes lengthy interview, lists of songs, and some stanzas.

Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 953. Paper titled: “White Mills.” Project includes a description and photo of White Mills village and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.

Costellow, Ann Tapp (Fa 873), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 873. Paper titled: “Quilt Patterns.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of various quilts. Sheets include a brief description including quilt pattern, informant’s name, and photo or

illustration of quilt.

Abney, William Irving (Fa 871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 871. Paper titled “A Collection.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of various aspects of life in Tompkinsville according to informant, Ulysses Gee Boyles of Monroe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a description of each topic.

Duke, Yvonne E. (Fa 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 875. Paper titled: “Death Narratives: Return From Dead.” Project includes survey sheets of death narratives. Sheets include a brief description of experience and informant’s name.

Coffey, Gary Lee (Fa 869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 869. Paper titled: “The Adam Monin Estate.” Project includes a paper describing a house three miles southeast of Glendale, Kentucky. Includes footprint drawings and photos of the house.

Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 868. Paper titled: “Possum Hunters: A Vigilance Committee.” Project includes a short interpretive paper and interviews with one former member (unidentified) and several people who remembered the Possum Hunters in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. Sheets include transcribed interviews and informant’s name. The Possum Hunters was a common name given to vigilante groups in the Green River valley.

Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 870. Project titled: "Joe Coleman: A Local Legend." Includes typescripts of interviews and survey sheets collected by Edith Walker about Joe Coleman, an accused murderer in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Survey sheets includes lines of a ballad about Coleman and various informant's memories of the ballad or the veracity of the incident in Adair County, Kentucky.

Wathen, Leslie (Fa 867), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 867. Project titled: “Games.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of games gathered chiefly from Kentuckians. Sheets include a brief explanation of the game and informant’s name.

Mansfield, Martha (Fa 866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 866. Paper titled: “A Collecting Project of Folk Houses from Barren County, Kentucky.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk housing in Barren County. Sheets include a brief description of the structure, informant’s name, and a drawing of the building’s footprint.