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Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2018

Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.


Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.


Mason-Jones, Lisa (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Mason-Jones, Lisa (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 38. [Midwifery] Oral history project by Lisa Mason-Jones with Jean Pence concerning Mrs. Pence’s role as a midwife at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes index, tape summary, and transcription.


Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 12. Interviews conducted by Gina Lloyce Kinchlow with three Kinchlow family members concerning African American, middle class family life and Easter customs in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana during the 1960s and 1970s.


Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 4. Interviews conducted by Gina Kinchlow for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Carolyn Alexander and Vivian Glass about their lives as African American women.


Rubo, Aileen (Fa 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Rubo, Aileen (Fa 490), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 490. Taped interviews conducted by Aileen Rubo about one-room school houses in Adair County, Kentucky. Includes transcirptions, photographs, and typescripts. To see transcripts of three interviews from this collection, click on the "Additional Files" below.


Hughes, Debra (Fa 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Hughes, Debra (Fa 403), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 403. Interviews conducted by Debra Hughes with Neta Hughes, Arthur D. Hughes, Leiah Drake and Joe D. Patton, Sr. related to one-room and rural schools. For transcripts of four interviews with one-room school teachers click on the "Additional Files" below.


Dalton, Susan (Fa 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Dalton, Susan (Fa 424), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 424. Interviews conducted by Susan Dalton with George Offitt, Sr., Gene W. Brown, Monya Vance Pryor, and Ann Scharklet related to race and integration in Sumner County, Tennessee.