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Community Scholars Program - Administrative Papers (Fa 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Community Scholars Program - Administrative Papers (Fa 742), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 742. This collection contains the Kentucky Community Scholar Program’s administrative papers. The documents include such information as schedules, budgets, grant applications, and other material related to hosting the program.

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Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 735. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Jefferson County, Kentucky during 2012. The collection almost entirely features projects completed by participants of the program.

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Community Scholars Program - Harlan County, Jackson County, And Laurel County, Kentucky (Fa 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Harlan County, Jackson County, And Laurel County, Kentucky (Fa 734), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 734. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Harlan County, Jackson County, and Laurel County, Kentucky during the fall of 2009. The collection features projects conducted by participants of the various programs.

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Community Scholars Program - Hart County, Kentucky (Fa 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Hart County, Kentucky (Fa 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folkife Archives Project 733. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Hart County, Kentucky during the summer of 2010. The collection features projects by all participants with special focus on the Mammoth Cave project by Del Maria Vaccaro and interviews conducted by Mary Margaret Villines related to Kentucky artist Joseph Dudley "Joe" Downing.

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Community Scholars Program - Franklin County, Kentucky (Fa 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Franklin County, Kentucky (Fa 732), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 732. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program workshops held in Franklin County, Kentucky during the winter of 2006 and 2007. The collection features projects by all participants with special focus on those collected by Laurie Wilcox and Mike McCardwell.

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Community Scholars Program - Estill County, Kentucky (Fa 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Estill County, Kentucky (Fa 731), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 731. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program workshops held in Estill County, Kentucky, during the summer of 2003.

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Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875 (Sc 2875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2875. Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.

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Community Scholars Program - Elliott County, Kentucky (Fa 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Elliott County, Kentucky (Fa 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 730. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Elliott County, Kentucky during the summer of 2006. The collection features projects by all of the participants with special attention the “Elliott County Quilt Trails” project by Gwenda Adkins.

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Community Scholars Program - Elk Country Corridor, Kentucky (Fa 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Elk Country Corridor, Kentucky (Fa 729), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 729. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program workshops held in Elk Country Corridor, Kentucky (Harlan and Breathitt counties) during the spring of 2004. The majority of the collection features a project conducted by Barbara Church as part of the Community Scholar Survey Grant Program.

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Community Scholars Program - Cynthiana, Kentucky (Fa 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Cynthiana, Kentucky (Fa 728), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 728. This collection contains information and documentation about Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Cynthiana, Kentucky during the fall of 2004. Also included in the collection are examples of the work completed by participants in the workshops.

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Experience Covington Project - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Experience Covington Project - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 726. This collection contains information and documentation of the “Experience Covington" cultural heritage tour sponsored by the Preserve American grant from the National Park Service. The project was meant to develop an urban walking and driving tour in order to preserve, enhance, and promote the rich cultural assets of the city.

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Community Scholars Program - Cattlettsburg, Kentucky (Fa 725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Cattlettsburg, Kentucky (Fa 725), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 725. This collection contains information and documentation about Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky, during the spring of 2006

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Community Scholars Program - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Fa 724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Community Scholars Program - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Fa 724), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Porject 724. This collection contains information and documentation about Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the spring and summer of 2005.

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Kentucky State University Drum Line - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

Kentucky State University Drum Line - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 721. This collection contains information and documentation of the Kentucky State University’s drum line performance at the Kentucky Main Street Conference in Frankfort on 25 January 2012.

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My New Kentucky Home: The Immigrant Experience Exhibit - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2014

My New Kentucky Home: The Immigrant Experience Exhibit - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 723. This collection contains information and documentation about the “My New Kentucky Home: The Immigrant Experience” exhibit that was on display at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky from 20 April 2007 to 8 March 2008.

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Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 90, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections Nov 2014

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 90, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

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Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2871. “A Dark and Bloody Ground: A Synopsis of the Lives of Micajah and Wiley Harpe,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. The illustrated paper, the basis for a presentation to the E.Q.B. Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounts the lives of Kentucky outlaws Micajah and Wiley Harpe.

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Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program (Fa 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program (Fa 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 711. This collection includes documentation of Kentucky Arts Council’s “Folk Arts Apprenticeship” pairing of storyteller Octavia Sexton and students from the “Gifted and Talented” program at Hopkins Elementary School in Somerset, Kentucky.

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Mcdaniel, Paul William, 1916-2004 (Mss 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Mcdaniel, Paul William, 1916-2004 (Mss 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 515. Writings and awards of Paul William McDaniel, nuclear physicist and graduate of Western Kentucky University. Includes typescripts of lectures delivered at Queensland University, a journal he kept while serving in World War II, and a copy of his Arthur F. Fleming Award. Also includes many letters of congratulations to him and a copy of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

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Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.

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Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, 1999-2000 (Fa 703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, 1999-2000 (Fa 703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 703. This collection includes documentation of site visits conducted by members of the Kentucky Folklife Program to the homes or studios of participants in the master/apprentice grant program from the Kentucky Arts Council.

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Interview With Ellyn I. Kerchenski (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Interview With Ellyn I. Kerchenski (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Ellyn I. Kerchenski by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Interview With Jack G. Montgomery (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Interview With Jack G. Montgomery (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Jack G. Montgomery by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

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Zibart, Abby (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Zibart, Abby (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid, research paper, and transcripts for Folklife Archives Project 780. This collection features information and a research paper about legend-tripping conducted at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Abby Zibart for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

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Barbee, Candace (Fa 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Barbee, Candace (Fa 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and research paper for Folklife Archives Project 781. This collection features information and a research paper about Reid's Livery Winery near Alvaton, Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Candace Barbee for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

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Horse Cave, Kentucky - City Minutes (Mss 22 Box 1 Folder 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Horse Cave, Kentucky - City Minutes (Mss 22 Box 1 Folder 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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The minutes of the Caverna (later Horse Cave), Kentucky Board of Trustees from 1871 to 1892. Full text of the minutes, in 50-page increments, can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below. The community was known as Horse Cave, but changed its name to Caverna in 1869 and later changed its name back to Horse Cave in 1880. Stray material was scanned where it was found in the minute book; blank pages were not scanned. A short index was typescripted from the original minute book and is also included as an "Additional File." This minute book is part of …

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Kinney, Noah And Charlie Kinney - Interviews (Fa 696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Kinney, Noah And Charlie Kinney - Interviews (Fa 696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 696. This collection features audio of three interviews conducted by Robert Gates with Noah and Charlie Kinney as part of the Kentucky Folklife Project.

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Basketmaking In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Basketmaking In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 695. This collection features information collected for an exhibit about basketmaking in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. The exhibit on panels was displayed at various Kentucky venues.

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Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 694. This collection features information and documentation of the cultural traditions survey of the eastside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky by folklorist Amy Slade.

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Kentucky Crafted: The Market - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Kentucky Crafted: The Market - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 692. This collection features information and documentation og the "Kentucky Crafted: The Market" event held annually in Lexington, Kentucky. The collection focuses primarily on the markets from the year 2000 through 2012.

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