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Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 17.  Collection consists of interviews with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis and Johnnie Mae (Elkins) White, Bowling Green, Kentucky, conducted by Janet Sharli Powell about quilting.  Includes sample Mexican Star quilt block.  Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Scraps To Quilts (Exhibition) (Fa 475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.


Kindred, Gayle (Fa 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2009

Kindred, Gayle (Fa 126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 126. Paper: "Mail or artwork?" written by Gayle Kindred for a Folk Studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes a collection and description of stylized mail received by students at Western Kentucky University, 1985-1986.


Archbold, Annie (Fa 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Archbold, Annie (Fa 203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 203. Photographs, negatives, and proofsheets from various folklife projects coordinated by Annie Archbold while she was a folk studies faculty member at Western Kentucky University.


Lowe, Annie Bell (Hall), 1907-2006 (Fa 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Lowe, Annie Bell (Hall), 1907-2006 (Fa 456), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 456. Interview with Annie Bell (Hall) Lowe concerning quilting conducted by Michelle Ann Lowe Ross.


Stelk, Sara Georgianna (Fa 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Stelk, Sara Georgianna (Fa 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 439. Interviews with Michael Sullivan, Joe Koniak, Ambee Leanhart, Elizabeth Wright and Robin Lentz about hacky sack conducted by Sara G. Stelk for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Scheer, Virginia (Fa 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Scheer, Virginia (Fa 408), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 408. Paper: "Folklore Genres in Six Issues of 'GQ' and "Vanity Fair' Magazines" written by Virginia Scheer for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Slocum, Vicki L. (Fa 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Slocum, Vicki L. (Fa 420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 420. Paper: "The Simple, Essential, Little Building" written by Vicki L. Slocum for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Page, Paula (Fa 428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Page, Paula (Fa 428), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 428. Interview conducted by Paula Page with Mrs. Ethel Stewart for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Kozma, Luanne Gaykowski (Fa 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Kozma, Luanne Gaykowski (Fa 409), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 409. Paper: "The Buried Lens: Historical Examination of an Illinois Local Legend" written by LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


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

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

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.


Hundley, Nancy Clay (Fa 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Hundley, Nancy Clay (Fa 401), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 401. Interview conducted by Nancy Clay Hundley with Randall and Jennie Mae Grider concerning the tradtion of homecoming float building at Tompkinsville High School in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky.


Jureka, Theresa And Bob Wallace (Fa 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Jureka, Theresa And Bob Wallace (Fa 405), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 405. Transcription of interviews conducted by Theresa Jureka and Bob Wallace related to Bowling Green, Kentucky's Main Street. Also, a Main Street timeline, 1886-1959.


Harris, Catherine Hill, B. 1964 (Fa 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Harris, Catherine Hill, B. 1964 (Fa 395), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 395. Interviews (8) with people who had lived at Hobson House (also known as Riverview at Hobson Grove) or who had helped in the restoration and/or administration of the property as a house museum. Hobson House is a historic property in Bowling Green, Kentucky, completed by Atwood Gaines Hobson in 1872.


Hutchins, Chris (Fa 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Hutchins, Chris (Fa 404), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 404. Paper: "The Appearance of the Devil in Modern Comic Books" written by Chris Hutchins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Hollingsworth, Teresa L. (Fa 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Hollingsworth, Teresa L. (Fa 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 402. Miscellaneous jokes, beliefs, and marriage customs collected by Teresa L. Hollingsworth for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 384. Project entitled "Virginia Petty: Woodcarver from Oakland, Kentucky," with an interview conducted by Richard Denton with Petty.


Burnett, Laura Jo (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Burnett, Laura Jo (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 382. Interview with textile artist Lysbeth Wallace, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, conducted by Laura Jo Burnett.


Callis, Susan (Fa 293), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2008

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.


Biggs, Amy (Fa 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Biggs, Amy (Fa 298), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 398. Paper: "The Ouija Board" written by Amy Biggs for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Phillips, James E. (Fa 278), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

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.


Willis, Scott M. (Fa 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Willis, Scott M. (Fa 259), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 259. Paper: "Folk Medical Beliefs" written by Scott M. Willis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Brown, Jill E. (Fa 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Brown, Jill E. (Fa 273), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 273. Paper: "My Family Christmas" written by Jill E Brown for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Schroeder, Rachel L. (Fa 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Schroeder, Rachel L. (Fa 257), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 257. Paper: "Ads, Ads, Ads: A Look at the Number Three in Magazine Advertisements" written by Rachel L. Schroeder for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Harbison, Kay (Fa 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Harbison, Kay (Fa 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 237. Paper: "Other Stories They Told" written by Kay Harbison for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Frye, Lori Ann (Fa 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Frye, Lori Ann (Fa 391), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 391. Paper: "An Architectural Survey in the Vicinity of St. Joseph's National Register District in Bowling Green, Kentucky" written by Frye, a student intern at the Landmark Association.


Ferguson, Joseph W. (Fa 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2008

Ferguson, Joseph W. (Fa 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 236. Paper: "Folklore in Greeting Cards" written by Joseph W. Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Nine greeting cards demonstrating folklore motifs are included with the paper.


Basket Making In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2007

Basket Making In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 98. Project entitled "Basket Making in the Mammoth Cave Area." Interviews with basket makers concerning the history, process, marketing and distribution, social attitudes, historical patterns and aesthetics of basket making. Only transcriptions of the interviews were donated. Interviews were conducted by WKU students in Lynwood Montell's Folk Art and Technology class, Fall 1977; also includes one 1974 interview.


Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2004

Ridington, Amber Flower, B. 1969 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 200. Transcriptions and cassette tapes (14) of interviews that Amber Ridington, Western Kentucky University student, had with Joe Marshall, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and other individuals who were knowledgeable about the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a music and recreational venue in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 174. "The Folklore in Cosmetic Advertising", a paper written by Bethany D. Brown for a WKU folk studies class. "Redbook" magazine is referenced.