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Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
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.
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Estes, Buck "Red" (Fa 323), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
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.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 327. Paper: "Remedies & Cures of Muhlenberg County Folks" written by Rhonda Wood for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
James, George D., 1871-1940 (Sc 1770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1770. Account book of George D. James's grocery store in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, 1914-1929, and copy of first bill he received when he opened the store in 1913.
Altrusa International - Bowling Green (Mss 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Altrusa International - Bowling Green (Mss 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 702. Chiefly financial reports, minutes, yearbooks, newsletters, and correspondence of the Altrusa International Club in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1954 until dissolution in 2004.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of comilation (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 328. Compilation: "Tales of Tales of Tales" by the eighth grade class, Hughes-Kirk High School in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, under the direction of Rhonda Wood.
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 319. Paper: "A Partial Ethnography of the Bowling Green Fire Department" written by Dennis Paul Angle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Sturgeon, Laurie (Fa 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sturgeon, Laurie (Fa 324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 324. Paper: "Goebel Twyman: The Fiddle Player and His Continuing Music" written by Sturgeon for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Cao, Xiaoge (Fa 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cao, Xiaoge (Fa 295), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 295. Project: "Mr. C's Coffee House as Clientele" compiled by Xiaoge Cai for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 306. Collection of Kentucky and North Carolina folk beliefs concerning the healing properties of herbs and plants.
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 313. Collection of brief descriptions of Kentucky games, rhymes, beliefs, and superstitions.
Peterson, Denise K. (Fa 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peterson, Denise K. (Fa 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 277. Paper: "Bob and Marty York" written by Denise K. Peterson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 303. Paper: "[Todd County, Kentucky Public Health Department]" written by Luanne Glynn for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 318. Paper titled “The Jelly Snatcher” in which folk studies student Vickie Wright Carden details the paranormal activity surrounding Nancy Frew, a 23 year-old Bowling Green native, and her roommate, Vicki Taylor. Both women reported sensing malevolent spirits in their apartment, witnessed a comb fly off a dresser, and “lost” a jar of grape jelly—which they believe to have been “snatched” by the ghost. Carden offers possible theories relating to the poltergeist encounters, and even posits that Frew, along with her couch, attract the …
Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 316. Paper: "A Study of the Black Cosmetology Field" written by Barbara J. Chase for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Masters, John Post, 1885-1973 (Sc 1654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Masters, John Post, 1885-1973 (Sc 1654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Small Collection 1654. Warrant of arrest from the Bowling Green, Kentucky Police Court for John Post Masters, manager of a theater in Bowling Green owned by the Crescent Amusement Company. The offense was "maintaining a public nuisance."
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 293. Paper: "An Index to Quilt Patterns in Western Kentucky University Archives" written by Susan Callis for a Western Kentucky University English class.
Ward Family Papers (Mss 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ward Family Papers (Mss 59), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 59. Papers chiefly of Hezekiah and Richard Ward of Ohio County, Kentucky. Promissory notes, 1857-79 (14 items); tax receipts, 1864-68 (4); telephone receipts, 1913-34 (44); and miscellaneous receipts, 1824-1937 (40); legal papers, 1873-1939 (14); essay and play, 189?; and genealogical data (2).
Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 216. Chiefly minutes, bound and loose, of the Hardinsburg Magazine Club, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Also includes correspondence, program information, news clippings, and a few yearbooks.
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 270. Paper: "A Conflict Between Academic and Folk Medicine" written by Amy Lynn Bogle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Shockley, Lorie Helen (Fa 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shockley, Lorie Helen (Fa 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 255. Paper: "Cold and Flu Remedies" written by Lorie Shockley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Johnson, Vicki Marie (Fa 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Vicki Marie (Fa 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 247. Paper: "Folk Remedies" written by Vicki Marie Johnson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Mclendon, Frederic Keith (Fa 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mclendon, Frederic Keith (Fa 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 251. Paper: "Folk [Medical] Beliefs" written by Frederick Keith McLendon for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 271. Paper: "Beliefs on the Flu and How to Treat It" written by Amy Lynn Bogle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Phillips, James E. (Fa 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phillips, James E. (Fa 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 278. Paper: "[Log] Rafting in Taylor County" written by James E. Phillips for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 315. Paper: "[Folktales]" written by Barbara Ellen Christensen for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 283. Paper: "Teenage Cruising and Hanging Out" written by Beard for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Foster, Jon (Fa 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Jon (Fa 288), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 288. Paper: "[Cruising]" written by Jon Foster for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hammers, Clark Porter (Fa 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hammers, Clark Porter (Fa 244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 244. Paper: "The Porter Family of Butler County from 1736 to 1950" written by Clark Porter Hammers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 292. Paper: "My Family Folklore" written by Koenig for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.