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Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Courtship - Relating To (Sc 3584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3584. Handwritten request, undated, written in humorously elaborate language to a young lady asking to accompany her to church.
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 3566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gossom, Cora Eliza, 1866-1926 (Sc 3566), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3566. Scrapbook, together with clippings and ephemera contained therein, of Cora Gossom, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Although many of its pages are missing, the book is a “Mark Twain’s Scrapbook,” containing pages coated with a light adhesive that required a slight application of moisture instead of glue. The contents relate primarily to news and local social events of interest to Cora, including her own debut. Loose items include a humorous novelty card warning of “fishing pox” and a postcard extolling William Jennings Bryan.
Mf174 Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf174 Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
A series of interviews with people who knew and lived with Fannie Hardy Eckstorm (1865–1946) of Brewer, Maine. Hardy Eckstorm was an American writer, ornithologist, and folklorist who earned recognition as one of the foremost authorities on Maine's history, wildlife, and cultures. Hardy Eckstorm served as the first female superintendent of schools in Brewer, Maine from 1889-1891. Though she authored many works, Hardy Eckstorm maybe best known for her book The Penobscot Man, first published in 1904.
See: Volume XVI of Northeast Folklore Fannie Hardy Eckstorm: A Descriptive Bibliography by Jeanne Patten Whitten, 1975.
See also: Fannie Hardy Eckstorm …
Mf026 Islands And Bridges: Communities Of Memory In Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf026 Islands And Bridges: Communities Of Memory In Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine.
The project resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de l'Île: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999).
Bradsher, Frances Willard (Cherry) Cartwright, 1899-1995 (Sc 3475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bradsher, Frances Willard (Cherry) Cartwright, 1899-1995 (Sc 3475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3475. “The 1913 Green River Flood,” a reminiscence by Frances (Cherry) Bradsher about her community’s experience of the flood in Calhoun, Kentucky. She also includes some general memories of her childhood in Calhoun, Kentucky.
Holland, Danny (Fa 1331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Holland, Danny (Fa 1331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1331. Information related to “Second Monday,” court day in Scottsville, Kentucky, collected by Danny Holland for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Holland gives a brief introduction to his research methods followed by information collected from Second Monday participants. He includes name of informant, age, and place of residence.
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ray, Joseph Malchus, 1907-1991 (Sc 3329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text scan of memoirs and photographs and digital files of interviews (Click on "Additional Files" below to access) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3329. Memoirs, sundry papers, and oral histories of Joseph Malchus Ray, a native of Warren County, Kentucky, who went on to teach at universities in Texas, Alabama and Maryland. He ended his career as president of the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, but stayed on afterwards as the H.Y. Benedict Professor of Political Science at UTEP. The memoirs discuss in detail his professional and personal life and the values that shaped …
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cunningham, Alice Evelyn, 1890-1943 (Sc 3319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below") for Manuscripts Small Collection 3319. Letter, 27 February 1909, of Alice E. Cunningham, Louisville, Kentucky, to her cousin Earle Cunningham. The letter is addressed to Georgia, but Earle appears to be in Florida. Alice teases him with a description of a “Southern beauty” visiting her home and asks him to write with news of his “numerous love affairs” with Southern girls. She also describes attending a church social “overrun” with seminary students attracted by the food, a Martha Washington Tea held by her Young Ladies Society, and a show at Louisville’s …
Wright, Curtis William (Fa 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wright, Curtis William (Fa 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1159. Student folk studies project titled “Amish” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Amish life in Howard County, Indiana. Sheets may include an interview, brief description, informant’s name, and address. The project also includes “A Story of Isaac S. Miller” by O. G. M.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scott, James Mcmillian, 1870-1907 (Mss 628), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 628. Letters of James McMillian Scott, a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Sarah Elizabeth “Ellie” Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky, written before and after their marriage. Frequently separated from his wife because of his work on his family’s Texas farm and his editorial positions on newspapers in Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas, Scott writes of his family, his social and religious activities, his Spanish-American War service, and his newspaper work. He is frequently resentful of local attacks on his reputation arising from unspecified indiscretions committed while living in Kentucky. Full-text scans of several Spanish-American War …
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 368. Interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Allen on 16 April 1998. Duvall discusses her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County. Topics covered include dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights, and changes in modern technologies.
Collins, Gary & Tammy Pickering (Fa 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Gary & Tammy Pickering (Fa 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 346. Paper titled "Hog Killing in Western Kentucky" in which Gary Collins and Tammie Pickering discuss the cultural significance of farm-raising hogs and the foodways traditions that result from the slaughtering process. Using slides and interviews, Collins and Pickering document a hog killing that took place in January 1986 on a farm in Trigg County, Kentucky.
Mcdonald, William Rush, B. 1951 (Fa 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, William Rush, B. 1951 (Fa 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1090. Student folk studies project titled: “Singing Schools,” which includes survey sheets describing the traditions and practices of singing schools in Hart County, Kentucky. Sheets include informant’s age and address, memory, and text classification along with names and photos.
Broughton, Bessie (Downing), 1903-1993 (Mss 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Broughton, Bessie (Downing), 1903-1993 (Mss 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 607. Multi-volume diary of Bessie (Downing) Broughton from Holland in Allen County, Kentucky. The diaries include information about Bessie’s daily life, the weather, her involvement in different organizations, comments about her gardening and needlework, her family and church involvement and school activities.
Kubic, Ruth (Fa 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kubic, Ruth (Fa 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 860. Collected Cherokee Indian legends passed down by oral tradition. Collected from Mary Jeffries, daughter of a full-blood Cherokee, who also provided examples that can be found in the paper. This project was conducted by Ruth Kubic for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Gates, Nellie Gertrude, 1856-1950 (Sc 2948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gates, Nellie Gertrude, 1856-1950 (Sc 2948), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2948. Diary kept by Nellie Gates, Calhoun, Kentucky, from 12 March 1872 to 25 October 1873. Also includes a brief note, dated 24 January 1942, written by Gates in which she reminisces about the visit of a friend on 24 January 1881.
Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Clara Ursula (Wright) Nahm, 1904-1983 (Mss 561), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 561. Personal diaries of Clara (Wright) Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky, kept during her marriage to food critic Duncan Hines and after his death. Includes some correspondence, travel itineraries, and miscellaneous papers.
Current Events Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Current Events Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 543), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 543. Minutes, yearbooks, administrative papers and program information related to the Current Events Club, a ladies literary club in Bowling Green, Kentuckyk, that was founded in 1902.
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carpenter Collection (Mss 525), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 525. Correspondence, business and farm records, and genealogical data of the Carpenter family of Warren County, Kentucky, primarily Jonathan T. Carpenter, his son Luther M. Carpenter, and Luther’s children. Includes some correspondence and papers of members of the Tucker and Hardcastle families.
Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garvin Collection (Mss 522), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 522. Correspondence, photographs and papers of members of the Campbell and Garvin families of Warren County, Kentucky. Included are business records of David B. Campbell and letters written to him in 1850 while he prospected for gold in California.
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000 (Mss 513), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 513. Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families. Also includes notes (Click on "Additional Files" below) of a Northcott ancestor's encounter with Lost River Cave in Warren County during the Civil War.
Chambers, John B., 1852-1930 (Sc 2855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chambers, John B., 1852-1930 (Sc 2855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2855. Invitation to Miss Virgie Talbert, Nicholasville, Kentucky, asking her to attend a watermelon party.
Washer, Gladys Pernie, 1879-1975 (Sc 2854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Washer, Gladys Pernie, 1879-1975 (Sc 2854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2854. Reminiscence titled "Sketches of My Childhood To My Grandchildren" in which Gladys P. Washer talks about her childhood in the Three Forks area of Warren County, Kentucky. She discusses farming, recreation, education and schools, and social life and customs. Also includes a news clipping about her from 1965.
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lissauer, Mildred Wallis (Potter), 1897-1998 - Collector (Mss 482), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 482. Correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, diaries, photographs and miscellaneous papers of Mildred (Potter) Lissauer of Bowling Green and Louisville, Kentucky and of her family, especially her mother, Martha (Woods) Potter and her aunt, Elizabeth Moseley Woods.
Richmond, Emeline Holden, 1807-1893 (Sc 1298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richmond, Emeline Holden, 1807-1893 (Sc 1298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1298. Typescripted diary of Emeline Holden Richmond, Newark, New Jersey, kept from 14 August through 10 October 1826 during her journey to Mississippi, where she planned to serve as a teacher of Indian children and Presbyterian missionary. Includes family and biographical data and information about the mission.
Whitley, Evelyn Marie, 1925-1998 (Sc 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitley, Evelyn Marie, 1925-1998 (Sc 1297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1297. Autograph book of Evelyn Marie Whitley, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, 1939-1940; her composition book containing verses for use in autograph books; and scrapbook pages on which she records social activities, 1940-1942.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1284. Letters and greeting cards, 1963-1976, written by author Janice Holt Giles, Knifley, Kentucky, to young Memphis, Texas admirer Mike Hughes. Mike initiated the correspondence, which developed into a friendship. Includes three of Mike’s letters, 2000.
Matthews, Albert M., B. 1931 (Sc 1272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Matthews, Albert M., B. 1931 (Sc 1272), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1272. Post-1996 reminiscences of Albert M. Matthews about growing up in the Hays community of Warren County, Kentucky, in the 1930s and 1940s. He explains his lyrics and a poem written about this period in his life.
Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Roberts, Edwin T., 1920-1998 (Sc 1230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1230. Letters, removed from genealogy notebooks prepared by Edwin T. Roberts, written by Thomas W. Jenkins of Bowling Green, Kentucky to his daughter, Ethel Mae Roberts, discussing his family and life in a Bowling Green boarding house.