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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Singing Schools In Southcentral Kentucky, Donald Beisswenger
Singing Schools In Southcentral Kentucky, Donald Beisswenger
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Singing school teachers, who teach rural church congregations to sing from shape-note gospel songbooks, are still working in southcentral Kentucky, but the demand for them is smaller than it was in the first half of the twentieth century. The interdependence network in which singing school teachers, songbook publishers, and community singing events were key parts began to weaken in the 1940s as a result of the growth in popularity of professional gospel quartet concerts and gospel record albums. Many gospel music enthusiasts who once looked to songbooks as a major source for new material and for developing singing skills turned …
The Perils Of Laura Watson Benedict: A Forgotten Pioneer In Anthropology, Jay H. Bernstein
The Perils Of Laura Watson Benedict: A Forgotten Pioneer In Anthropology, Jay H. Bernstein
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 28, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History
Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 28, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History
Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter
A selection of eight photographs from the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History has been reproduced as postcards and are being sold by the Society...
The black and white photographs date from the early 1900's and show the North Lincoln sorting gap with crew, river drivers and a batteau in the St. John Allagash region, a pair of horses with woodsmen on top of Mt. Chase, a lumber crew with horses posed in front of a woods camp, the steamboat M. E. Shaw at the Forest City landing on Spednic Lake with townspeople ready for the annual Fourth of …
Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council
Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council
Student Organizations
Scrapbook created by and about Panhellenic Council activities during the 1984-1985 school year. Includes information and photos about Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Sigma Gamma Rho, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Phi Beta.
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 41 topics beginning with N ranging from Nalbach, Walter 1910-2001 to Nursing and 53 topics beginning with O ranging from Observatory to Owensboro Protests.
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 151 topics beginning with L ranging from L&M Bookstore to Lyne, John.
Beating A Dead Horse: Reply To Levy’S Comments, Alan J. Osborn
Beating A Dead Horse: Reply To Levy’S Comments, Alan J. Osborn
Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications
The author reponds with a rebuttal to comments made by Jerrold E. Levy concerning his paper "Ecological Aspcets of Equestrian Adaptations in Aboriginal North America" which was published in American Anthropologist, volume 85, pages 562-591.
Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi
Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi
Student Organizations
Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1985.
Folktales From Habi'ina, Katnantu District, Eastern Highlands Province, Terence E. Hays
Folktales From Habi'ina, Katnantu District, Eastern Highlands Province, Terence E. Hays
Faculty Publications
The people of Habi'ina village live on the northern slopes of Mount Piora in the Dogara Census Division of the Kainantu District, Eastern Highlands Province. Like other Papua New Guineans, they possess a rich oral literature and tell each other stories for a wide variety of reasons. All stories are called huri, but several different types can be distinguished.
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - W Topics, Lowell Harrison
Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - W Topics, Lowell Harrison
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 56 topics beginning with W ranging from W Club to Wright, Henry 1878-1936.