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Piney Grove Cemetery, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

PDF image of the Piney Grove Cemetery located on U. S. Route 150 in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, KY. The map shows gravesites with names and locations.

Interview With Odis Blanton (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Odis Blanton conducted by Dennis Paul Angle on 7 December 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Blanton’s life as a country music musician in Warren County, Kentucky.

Arnold, Thomas Cleveland, Jr., B. 1957 (Fa 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.

Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 20 October 1983. From folk studies student project with second interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.

Interview With George Morris Carter (Fa 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with George Morris Carter conducted by John Alan Dowell on October 13, 1983. From project titled “George Morris Carter,” which discusses his life and exhibits his storytelling ability. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Grace (Meador) Galloway conducted by Alison Anne Geiger on 3 October 1983. From project with interviews of Grace Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window block quilt. Grace also discusses her life and raising her family on a farm in Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Esther Magers Isbell (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Esther (Magers) Isbell conducted by Teresa Dolores Klimowicz on 27 September 1983. From project focusing on Esther Isbell, a folk artist and native of Barren County, Kentucky, with special attention on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs.

Interview With Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Estella Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell conducted by Ann Celine Taft on 23 September 1983. From a project with Zeleme Cottrell discussing her weaving, the weaving process in depth, and how it has affected her life.

Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 22 September 1983. From folk studies student project with interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.

Interview With Larry Louis Bolton (Fa 16), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Larry Louis Bolton conducted by Gregory Alfred Hansen on 21 September 1983. From project with interview of Larry Bolton of Bowling Green, Kentucky, about his banjo playing techniques and style. As a banjo instructor, Bolton goes into detail explaining methods of banjo playing.

Interview With Jeff And Gwen Mckinney (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Jeff and Gwen McKinney conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger on 20 September 1983. From project titled “White Gospel Music in Logan County, Kentucky” which discusses white gospel music and singing schools in Logan County, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Jeff And Gwen Mckinney (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Jeff and Gwen McKinney conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger on 14 September 1983. From project titled “White Gospel Music in Logan County,” which details the discussion of white gospel music and singing schools in Logan County, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Carroll, Ricky L. (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 16 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

Interview With Acie Carroll (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 7 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

Interview With Acie Carroll, D. 1989 (Fa 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Acie Carroll conducted by Ricky L. Carroll on 2 February 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll, a farmer of Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Kentucky and his life experiences.

Rose, Barry L. (Fa 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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).

Interview With Shella Ernestine Procter, B. 1901 And Alice Ruth Procter, B. 1911 (Fa 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Shella Ernestine Procter and Alice Ruth Procter conducted by Robert J. Gates on 26 February 1982. From folk studies student project documenting Alice Ruth and Shella Procter's memories of their aunt Ora Frances Porter, Warren County, Kentucky's first registered nurse.

Interview With Richard Watson And Larry R. Perry (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Richard Watson and Larry R. Perry conducted by Dennis Paul Angle in 22 February 1981. From folk studies student project concerning the Bowling Green Fire Department.

Interview With Ben Jones, Ii, Michael S. Jent, And Harold Pearson (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Ben Jones, II, Michael S. “Mike” Jent, and Harold “Bucky” Pearson conducted by Dennis Paul Angle in 22 February 1981. From folk studies student project concerning the Bowling Green Fire Department.

Interview With David R. Adams (Fa 348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with David R. Adams conducted by Tammie Pickering and Gary Collins on 24 February 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the connection between trees and traditional folkways and details the medicinal properties of sassafras tea, the production of maple syrup, and the expressive crafts of woodcarving and carpentry.

Interview With Mary C. Bow (Fa 44), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mary C. Bow conducted by Frankie Hickey on 29 May 1979. From folk studies student project concerning Mary Bow's life and her basket making.

Lewis, Lisa Claire (Fa 193), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.

The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.

As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …

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.

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.