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Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 353. Paper: "Good Mothering through Breast Feeding: Observations of a Meeting of the La Leche League" written by Rita H. Kelly for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Jones, Rich (Fa 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Jones, Rich (Fa 332), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 332. Paper: "Folklore and Media Project on the 'Daily News' Newspaper Articles" written by Rich Jones for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Jarvis, Pat (Fa 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Jarvis, Pat (Fa 333), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 333. Paper: "Collection of Advertisements from 'Rolling Stone' for Folklore and Media," written by Pat Jarvis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Strobel, Robert Nelson, B. 1988 - Collector (Sc 1826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Strobel, Robert Nelson, B. 1988 - Collector (Sc 1826), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1826. 1846 business letter from Benjamin Warfield, Lexington, Kentucky to Micajah Smith, Harrison County, Kentucky; 18 September 1865 letter from Dan, New Orleans, to his sister Olive in [Massachusetts] discussing his military service; letter from J. Stoddard Johnston, Kentucky Secretary of State to his counterpart in Illinois, 9 August 1877.

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Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Sexton, Edward Vernon, 1925-2007 (Sc 1825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1825. Documents, news clippings, ephemera, and correspondence related to Edward Vernon Sexton's military service in Word War II.

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Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 330. Paper: "Folklore and Mass Media Class Project: Looking at Folklore in the Newspaper," written by James Hannah for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Logsdon, Pamela Ann (Fa 334), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 334. Paper: "A Traditional Christmas Holiday" written by Pamela Ann Logsdon for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Medley, Joy (Fa 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Medley, Joy (Fa 339), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 339. Paper: "The Power of the Press: Elements of Folklore Surrounding 'The Death of Floyd Collins'," written by Medley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Johnstad, Susan E. (Fa 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Johnstad, Susan E. (Fa 331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 331. Paper: "The Folklore of Weddings in Bride Magazines: Where Tradition Meets Media Convention" written by Johnstad for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Miles, Claude D. (Fa 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Miles, Claude D. (Fa 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 338. Paper: "[Folklore in 'Rolling Stone']," written by Claude D. Miles for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Kirk, Ola Lee, 1902-1983 - Letters To (Sc 1816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Kirk, Ola Lee, 1902-1983 - Letters To (Sc 1816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1816. Two letters written to Ola L. Kirk, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from U.S. Representative William H. Natcher, Washington, D.C. Also, one letter to Kirk from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Washington, D.C., related to a speaking engagement.

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Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 335. Paper: "Frog Life: A Brief Discussion and Analysis of the Folklife of the Flying Frog Farm," written by Al Levenson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Hill Hardware Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Hill Hardware Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 1822), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1822. Business papers that include a balance sheet for the company as of 1 June 1922 and a tentative budget for 1923 that outlines employee responsibilities and salaries.

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World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Relating To (Sc 1819), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

World War Ii, 1939-1945 - Relating To (Sc 1819), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1819. Five colorfully illustrated envelopes containing images and slogans related to the United States's involvement in World War II.

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Thompson, James Gaydon (Sc 1824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Thompson, James Gaydon (Sc 1824), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1824. Small notebook containing advice on military tactics and survival written by James Gaydon Thompson for a cousin, John Rye. The notebook is not dated, but Thompson mentions the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Birchett, John A., B. 1949 (Sc 1821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1821. Two 1970 letters from John A. Birchett, stationed in Vietnam, to his wife Patti in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes about his love for his wife and his desire to return home soon.

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Meng, Yu (Sc 1823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Meng, Yu (Sc 1823), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1823. Project documenting the historic Scott Tobacco Company building in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Documentation includes photos, slides, and a taped interview with Danny Howell, president of Scott Tobacco. Also includes copy of a Scott Tobacco Company pocket notebook with facts about tobacco and the company's products.

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Terry, John (Sc 1820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Terry, John (Sc 1820), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1820. Letter, 9 February 1853, from John Terry, Louisville, Kentucky to Thomas Green Moss, New Brighton, Pennsylvania discussing Moss's suffering from a medical ailment.

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Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 323. Cassette tape from a partially-damaged reel-to-reel tape (T-7-62-113) of Estes performing two folk songs and a "whooping" at Mammoth Cave, 4 July 1962. Also, a transcription of the material on the cassette and the New World Records compact disc 'I'm On My Journey Home: Vocal Styles and Resources in Folk Music" which contains Estes's performance.

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Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Becchetti, Paul S., Jr., B. 1939 (Mss 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 235. Letters from Paul S. Becchetti, Jr. to his parents, Paul and "Doris" Becchetti of Poughkeepsie, New York. Majority of the letters written while he was serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

New Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, South - Edmonson County, Kentucky (Sc 1806), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1806. Register, 1879 to 1977, of the New Liberty Methodist Church located in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Register includes lists of members, pastors and baptisms. Information prior to 1879 has been copied into the book. A separate hand-written list of pastors is included.

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James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

James, Ora Nadine (Doyle), 1913-1998 - Collector (Sc 1772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1772. Warren County deed, 1842; first bill received by George D. James's grocery store, Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1913; 1928-1931 autograph album and other items related to Brownsville High School; letter from Methodist minister Hoyt Parsley, Kyrock, Edmonson County, 31 October 1941; other miscellaneous items.

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Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Mss 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Green, Jennie Scott, 1879-1965 (Mss 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 237. One large account book, 1832-1839 (357 p.) kept by the Green family of Falls of Rough, Grayson County, Kentucky; portions of the ledger were later used by Green as a scrapbook. Collection also includes genealogy and legal papers related to the Green family, and news clippings.

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Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Tate, Isaac, 1808-1889 (Sc 1818), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1818. Letter, 22 August 1828, from Tate, Green County, Kentucky to John Brigham, Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York City. On behalf of the newly-formed Green County Bible Society, Tate inquires about the purchase of Bibles from Brigham's organization.

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Potter, Phyllis M. (Fa 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Potter, Phyllis M. (Fa 326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 326. Paper: "Psalm-singing in 17th Century New England" written by Potter for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Warren County, Kentucky - Census, 1850 (Mss 238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 238. Two large volumes separated into fifteen subfolders representing various census schedules for 1850 in Warren County, Kentucky. Information about free and slave populations, deaths, agriculture, and industry in Warren County's two enumeration districts is included.

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A New Man: Masculine Confusion And Struggle In The Works Of Edith Wharton, Gary L. Crump Dec 2008

A New Man: Masculine Confusion And Struggle In The Works Of Edith Wharton, Gary L. Crump

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Edith Wharton’s male characters offer an important commentary on the evolving situation of the man in American society. Wharton did not wish for women to usurp all social positions from men but rather to claim their rightful position alongside them. Characters such as Lawrence Selden in The House of Mirth and Ralph Marvell in The Custom of the Country display the same characteristics of fear, passion, and vulnerability as do many of her primary female figures. Wharton’s societal concerns do not merely extend to that of her own sex but to that of the male in society who struggled with …

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A Mock Rhetoric: The Use Of Satire In First-Year Composition, Michael James Sobiech Dec 2008

A Mock Rhetoric: The Use Of Satire In First-Year Composition, Michael James Sobiech

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

On the eve of the Second World War, high school English teacher Leon Ormond writes about a minor skirmish he has with a history teacher over the pedagogical usefulness of wit. After telling her about his book, Laugh and Learn: The Art of Teaching with Humor, she tells him, “Only morons laugh.” Ormond goes on to describe her as one who exhibits “a countenance curiously reminiscent of an ancient Greek tragic mask”—she was “an exemplary member of the Cult of Pedagogic Pallbearers.” Although educators, historically, have often frowned upon humor, humorous writing—especially satirical writing—helps students understand the fundamentals of …

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Beyond Boundaries: Embodiment And Selfhood In Hilary Mantel's Novels, Tara Koger Dec 2008

Beyond Boundaries: Embodiment And Selfhood In Hilary Mantel's Novels, Tara Koger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

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Arête November 2008, Honors College Nov 2008

Arête November 2008, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

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