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Kentucky Folklife Festivals - Files (Fa 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Festivals - Files (Fa 746), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 746. This collection contains documentation of various folklife related festivals held within the state of Kentucky that were documented by folklorist Bob Gates. the ones documented in this collection include the Discovery Festival in Mt. Vernon, the International Festival in Bowling Green, the River Folk Arts Festival in Louisville, “A Day in the Country” Festival, the Horse Cave Heritage Festival in Horse Cave, the Ganesha Festival in Louisville, and the Watermelon Festival in Tompkinsville. There are also slides in Folder 6 that document the Michigan Folklife Festival.
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Francis J., 1916-1994 (Mss 406), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 406. Correspondence, research notes and manuscript articles of Frances J. “Thomas” Whitaker, a Benedictine monk who lived and worked at St. Maur’s Priory, formerly the South Union Shaker Village in Logan County, Kentucky, from 1954-1988. He amassed a large collection of photocopied research material on the South Union community as well as other Shaker villages and museums in the United States. Also includes his research on various Catholic topics.
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 410. Materials relating to Duncan Hines and the marketing of the “Duncan Hines” brand of food products. Includes obituary notices for Duncan Hines, ice cream franchise agreement, stock certificate books for related companies, and a study on marketing the brand to consumers, especially women.
Nelson, James S. (Fa 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nelson, James S. (Fa 161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 161. This collection contains a master’s thesis entitled “Hillbilly Music and Early Live Radio Programming In Bowling Green and Glasgow, Kentucky: Country Music as a Local Phenomenon,” written by James Nelson in January 1994 for the department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University. Also included is a cassette tape of old-time music from south central Kentucky entitled “Railroad Through the Smoky Mountains,” by Jim Bowles, as well as an obituary for Jonell F. Simunick.
Eclectic Book Club (Mss 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eclectic Book Club (Mss 407), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 407. Minute book, yearbooks, and financial data of the Eclectic Book Club, a women's literary club in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Poynter, Shawn (Fa 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Poynter, Shawn (Fa 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 184. Paper titled “The Usage and Importance of the Rule of Thirds in Newspaper Photography” written by Shawn Poynter for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The collection looks at the usage of the “rule of thirds” as it appears in the Park City Daily News. The “rule of thirds” refers to a photograph guideline that requires subjects to be in either one of the sides, top or bottom third of the frame. The collection contains analysis, graphs, tables and newspaper …
Albrecht, Dana Lynn (Fa 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Albrecht, Dana Lynn (Fa 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 85. [Barbecue in Bowling Green.] Typescript and interview notes from interviews with three barbecue cooks in Bowling Green Kentucky. Collection was written for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Taylor, Amy Yvonne (Doyen) (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Amy Yvonne (Doyen) (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 73. Interviews with tobacco auctioneers conducted by Amy Taylor for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
May, Gloria (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
May, Gloria (Sc 2512), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2512. Two letters from Gloria May (Mrs. Philip S. May, Jr.), Jacksonville, Florida, to Cora Jane Spiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky, with personal news. She also relates anecdotes about the shopping habits of Pauline Tabor, a Bowling Green madam, and the luxuries she afforded her employees.
Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 393. Minutes, correspondence, programs, historical sketches, and miscellaneous material of the Ladies Literary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Reed, Margaret (Sc 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reed, Margaret (Sc 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 344. Letter written by Margaret Reed, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, to Mrs. Charles Porter, Bowling Green, Kentucky, declining her invitation to visit during the fair.
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mercer, Fannie (Guy), 1855-1940 - Collector (Sc 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 176. Printed invitation, 15 June 1932, to Miss Sarah Leat for a July 4th ball at B. Vance's Hotel, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and newspaper clipping, 1929, concerning the invitation. Also holographic copy of lyrics of "Old Folks at Home."
Lybarger, Shaunn Maree (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lybarger, Shaunn Maree (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 41. Interviews conducted by Shaunn Maree Lybarger with Langdon Dyer about his gardening and marketing of produce at the Bowling Green farmers market. Also includes biographical data, including information about Dyer’s service as an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II.
Threlkeld, Matthew Kohl, B. 1985 (Fa 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Threlkeld, Matthew Kohl, B. 1985 (Fa 552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 552. Ethnography project focused on Prince’s Hookah Lounge in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The cultural and social aspects of a hookah lounge are explored, with particular focus on its importance to Saudi Arabian students at Western Kentucky University. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Rothfuss, Erik, B. 1987 (Fa 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rothfuss, Erik, B. 1987 (Fa 488), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 488. Information collected by Erik Rothfuss related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 13. Interviews conducted by Teresa D. Klimowicz with Esther (Magers) Isbell, a native of Barren Coutny, Kentucky. Special attention is focused on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs while living in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Karmiller, Courtney Anne, B. 1989 (Fa 485), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 485. Folklore material classified by genre. Information collected by Courtney Anne Karmiller related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Watkins, Dianne (Winkler), B. 1941 (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watkins, Dianne (Winkler), B. 1941 (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 3. Interviews conducted by Dianne Watkins with Earl Hamilton Berkley about Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), and the family farm and service station located on Morgantown Road in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes cassette tapes, originals, typescripts and photocopies.
Stoner, Joel, B. 1950 (Fa 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stoner, Joel, B. 1950 (Fa 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 492. Interviews, transcriptions, photographs, and miscellaneous data collected by Joel Stoner pertaining to the Bowling Green, Kentucky music scene in the 1970s.
African American Heritage In Bowling Green And Warren County, Kentucky (Fa 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
African American Heritage In Bowling Green And Warren County, Kentucky (Fa 509), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 509. This collection contains tape recorded interviews conducted by Maxine Ray and Theresa Lee. the interviews deal with the heritage of African Americans in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky. This project was sponsored by a grant from the Kentucky Oral History Commission.
That Other Club, 1966-2010 (Sc 2222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
That Other Club, 1966-2010 (Sc 2222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2222. Minutes, brief history by James D. Harris, Jr., and sundry correspondence related to That Other Club, a men's literary club founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1966. Minutes are brief and generally include those in attendance and the program topic.
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Carrie (Burnam), 1855-1917 (Sc 2206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2206. Correspondence relating to the Mrs. A. H. Taylor Company, a Bowling Green, Kentucky dressmaking firm. Includes letters from customers and a measurement questionnaire. A letter by an unidentified writer recommends the wages paid by Mrs. Taylor. Includes transcriptions of the letters made by Western Kentucky University student Theresa L. Jureka for her 1983 thesis on Taylor, and one unrelated letter from a father to his son.
Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Materials collected by Western Kentucky University folk studies students for an exhibition titled "Scraps to Kentucky Quilts." Includes meeting minutes, publicity material, label information, data sheets for submitted quilts, negatives and proof sheets, and interviews with quiltmakers.
Mcfarland, Jonnie, B. 1873 (Sc 2120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcfarland, Jonnie, B. 1873 (Sc 2120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2120. Autograph album of Jonnie McFarland, Bristow, Kentucky. Includes part of a menu from J. A. Rabold, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Starr, Tommy - Collector (Sc 2095), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2095. Promotional material, tour information and cue sheets related to bands playing in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area.
Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Margery C., 1887-1923 (Sc 2039), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript for Manuscripts Small Collection 2039. Letter from Margery C. Obenchain, in Sulphur Springs, Missouri, to "Alice" in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She writes of recent social activities and travel, including a visit to the St. Louis World's Fair.
Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Puglia, David (Fa 467), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 467. Paper: "Banjo Bill Green: A Writer, a Performer, a Musician" written by David Puglia for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hobson, John Adair, 1856-1939 - Postcards To (Sc 1923), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1923. Postcards received chiefly by John and Idella Hobson, Greensburg, Kentucky. They contain details of the religious life and educational pursuits of family and friends. The pictures on the cards show views of several Kentucky communities as well as scenes from other states.
Anderson, Opal Pauline, 1911-2007 (Sc 1936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Opal Pauline, 1911-2007 (Sc 1936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1936. Paper: "Auto Business of Bowling Green (1925-1928)" written by Opal Anderson.
Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tetzloff, Doris (Fa 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 445. Paper: "Bookmobile Ethnography" written by Doris Tetzloff for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.