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Full-Text Articles in American Studies
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 319), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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.
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, George Robert, 1906-1993 (Sc 1759), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1759. Poetry by George Robert Boyd, a Simpson County, Kentucky native and educator; also, material related to the Boyd family.
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanor, Elizabeth Jane, 1850-1927 (Sc 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 38. Loom weaving draft, "Nine Snowball Draft," made by E. Jane Hanor, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Coverlet draft.
Peterson, Denise K. (Fa 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peterson, Denise K. (Fa 277), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Games (Fa 313), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts 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."
Drake, Angela (Fa 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Drake, Angela (Fa 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 282. Paper: "Generation Comparisons" written by Angela Drake for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Manuscript Collection 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).
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Mss 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 (Mss 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Correspondence, speeches, and writings of Shaker scholar and English professor, Mary Julia Neal, a native of Auburn, Kentucky. Neal served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1964 to 1972. Includes photos and correspondence with twentieth century eastern Shakers.
Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardinsburg Magazine Club - Breckinridge County, Kentucky (Mss 216), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection 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.
England, Pamela (Fa 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
England, Pamela (Fa 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 276. Paper: "Pediatrics Clinic and Well-Child Care Clinic" written by Pamela England for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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.
Lewis, Mickey (Fa 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, Mickey (Fa 291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 291. Paper: "Folk Beliefs for Colds and Flu" written by Lewis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project, 2005-2008 (Mss 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Save Outdoor Sculpture Project, 2005-2008 (Mss 217), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 217. Survey questionnaires and photos related to 15 outdoor sculptures in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Questionnaires also available in PDF format and photos in digital format.
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Phillips, James E. (Fa 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Phillips, James E. (Fa 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.
Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beard, Tara (Fa 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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
Folklife Archives 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.
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives 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.