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The Carter Family: Traditional Sources For Song, Margaret Bulger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The recorded repertory of the original Carter Family was analyzed for traditional influences. Of the 119 songs examined, it was found that fifty-five, roughly one-fourth of their total repertory, have definite roots in one or more traditional sources. The Carters employed traditional texts within their repertory throughout their professional career. Three genres of song were analyzed: sentimental songs, religious songs, and ballads. Of these, sentimental songs was the largest category with 113 songs. These songs were found to be remarkably similar in thematic content and moral sensibilities to Victorian parlor songs (ca. 1860-1910). The religious songs were shown to be …

Margaret M. Bryant Papers - Accession 21, Margaret M. Bryant

Manuscript Collection

The collection consists of Dr. Bryant’s professional and organizational files, biographical data, correspondence, and speeches. Most of the material relates to her publishing efforts, her work as a faculty member at Brooklyn College, and her involvement with professional organizations, especially the New York branch of the American Association of University Women. Most of the material extends form 1950-1975. A list of the more prominent individuals who corresponded with Margaret Bryant has been included as an appendix to the inventory. (For more extensive and comprehensive list of correspondents, see the list included in the collection control file.)

Tobacco Farming: The Persistence Of Tradition, Eugene Umberger Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The culture of tobacco has been associated with the history of Kentucky almost from the beginning and remains to this day a vital force in the state’s economy. In this age of scientific and technological advances – of increasing automation – we find that in tobacco farming, hand labor still figures prominently in the production of a major staple crop. This has resulted in the retention of traditional method, technology and terminology, long since lost in the culture of other crops which lent themselves more easily to mechanization.

The study is divided into three parts. Chapter I deals briefly with …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 25, No. 1, Frank E. Mcdonald, Janet Hodel, Ronald L. Michael, Phil R. Jack, Louis Winkler, Richard Raichelson, Grant M. Stoltzfus

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania German Tombstone Art of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
• Rain Day in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
• Non-Ordinary Stoneware Pieces from New Geneva and Greensboro, Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XIII: Conjunctions of 1683, 1694, and 1743
• The Social Context of Musical Instruments within the Pennsylvania German Culture
• Tourism and the Amish Way of Life
• Home Brewing Techniques: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 41

The Cedar Grove Community In Oral Folk History, Ada Parker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The thesis was originally done for the Center for Intercultural & Folk Studies which no longer exists.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, Folk Festival Supplement, Constantine Kermes, Lillian G. Kauffman, Nancy A. Delong, Dean Wright, Paul E. Zecher, John Rohrbach, Ada Robacker, Earl F. Robacker, Carl Ned Foltz, Helen Arndt, John E. Stinsmen, James J. Kelly

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Folk Images of Rural Pennsylvania
• Old Hymns in the Country Church
• The Kutztown Folk Festival is for Children Too
• A Forgotten Art Becoming Popular: Leathercraft
• In the Country Kitchen: Pennsylvania Dutch Dishes are Created by Instinct
• Visible but Unseen: The Festival Service Crews
• Festival Highlights
• Folk Festival Program
• Three Times - And Sold!
• Basketmaking at the Festival
• The Christmas House
• Music on the Main Stage
• Metal Casting in Sand at the Festival
• Windmills and Farm Water Supply: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 40

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 4, Michael Moloney, Friedrich Krebs, Louis Winkler

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Irish Folklife Studies: A Present-Day Appraisal
• Palatine Emigration Materials from the Neckar Valley, 1726-1766
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XII: Contemporary Almanacs
• Cider and Wine Production: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 39

The Hensley Settlement: An Oral Folk History Of Its Material Culture, Michael Morse

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A number of aspects of the life style and material culture of a mountain settlement in Eastern Kentucky are studied to provide a portrait of life in that region in the early part of this century.

The Hensley Settlement was established about 1903 when two families, the Hensleys and the Gibbonses, moved onto a 509 acre survey on top of Brush Mountain near Middlesboro, Kentucky. luring the course of almost forty—eight years on the mountain, the settlers multiplied into a community of over eighty people and constructed in excess of 100 log buildings. They had their own school, gristmills, and …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 3, Paul H. Douglas, Vernon H. Nelson, Carol Wojtowicz, Theodore W. Jentsch, William Woys Weaver, Louis Winkler

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Material Culture of the Harmony Society
• German Script Course, 1974
• Play in Philadelphia
• Education, Occupation, and Economics Among Old Order Mennonites of the East Penn Valley
• Pennsylvania German Architecture: Bibliography in European Backgrounds
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XI: Christoph Saur's Almanacs
• Reading Matter in the Pennsylvania Home: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 38

Archaeological Survey Of Portions Of The Comal River Watershed, Comal County, Texas, Thomas R. Hester, Feris A. Bass, Jr., Thomas C. Kelly

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In November, 1974, an archaeological survey was carried out portions of the Comal River Watershed, Comal County, Texas (Figs. 1, 2). These investigations resulted from an agreement (427-SCS-TX-75) between the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service and the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Fieldwork was conducted by personnel of the Center, under the supervision of Dr. Thomas R. Hester. The Soil Conservation Service proposes to construct two floodwater retarding structures in the Comal River Watershed: Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 1 will encompass 276 acres (112 hectares), while 558 acres (226 hectares) will be involved in the …

An Archaeological Survey Of The Upper Cibolo Creek Watershed, Central Texas, Feris A. Bass, Jr., Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During February, 1975, the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio carried out an archaeological survey of the Upper Cibolo Creek Watershed in Kendall County, Texas. The Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture proposes to construct four floodwater retarding structures on upper Cibolo Creek and three of its tributaries (Ranger Creek, Frederick Creek, and Deep Hollow Creek) and the purpose of the archaeological survey was to provide an assessment of the historic and prehistoric cultural resources in these areas. The field work was conducted under the terms of a contract (AG-48-SCS-02539) …

An Archaeological Survey Of Areas Proposed For Modification In The Vicinity Of Del Rio International Airport, Kenyon Mcdonald, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In accordance with an agreement between URS/Forrest and Cotton, Inc., consulting engineers (Dallas, Texas), and the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio, an archaeological survey was conducted on property adjacent to the Del Rio International Airport, Val Verde County, Texas. The specific area examined during the survey is the proposed site for airport expansion and construction as part of the Del Rio International Airport Master Plan. The locality examined encompassed a total of 197 acres and extended along the runway, on the south, from approximately midway to approximately 800 meters beyond (going west) . …

An Archaeological Survey Of Tributary Channel To Aransas Pass, Texas, Kenyon L. Mcdonald

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In early August, 1975, the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, carried out an appraisal of archaeological and historical resources in certain areas along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Tributary Channel to Aransas Pass, Texas. The work was done under the terms of a contract (DACW64-76-M-0040) between The University of Texas at San Antonio and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.

The Corps of Engineers proposes to modify the present tributary channel to Aransas Pass through a program of dredging which will both widen and deepen the channel in Nueces and San …

Additional Archaeological Survey In The Dry Comal Watershed, Comal County, South Central Texas, Thomas C. Kelly, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In April, 1975, an intensive archaeological survey was carried out in the area proposed for the construction of Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 1, located on the West Fork of Dry Comal Creek, in Comal County, south central Texas (see Fig. 1). The survey was conducted in terms of an agreement (1339-TX-SCS-75) between the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service and the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. An initial reconnaissance of the area was conducted by Center personnel in November, 1974 and six archaeological sites were located (Hester, Bass and Kelly 1975). However, it was recognized that …

Archaeological Survey Of Areas Slated For Modification Laredo International Bridge Ii City Of Laredo, Texas, Feris A. Bass, Jr., Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In September, 1975, personnel of the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, carried out archaeological survey and assessment of areas slated for modification in the Laredo International Bridge II project. The field work followed standard archaeological procedures and was conducted under the terms of an ordinance (dated August 19, 1975) passed by the City Council of Laredo, Texas. We would like to acknowledge our gratitude to Mr. Paul Garza for his assistance during the archaeological investigations.

An Archaeological Assessment Of The Southern Portion Of The Olmos Basin, Bexar County, Texas, Anne A. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During the months of January and February, 1975, an archaeological survey of the Olmos Basin from Olmos Dam to Hildebrand Avenue was conducted by the author for the Center for Archaeological Research of the University of Texas at San Antonio. The purpose of the survey was to locate, record, and assess the archaeological importance of any historic and prehistoric sites within the basin. The survey area was limited to lands owned by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, but sites reported in the immediately surrounding area have also been noted in order to form a more complete archaeological …

An Archaeological Survey Of Friedrich Park, Bexar County, Texas, Harvey P. Smith Jr., Kenyon Mcdonald

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

An archaeological survey of the Friedrich Park property, in north Bexar County, Texas, was conducted by the Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio. These investigations were made at the request of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of San Antonio. The field work was undertaken by the authors during the months of May and July, 1975. All field activities were carried out under the terms of State Antiquities Permit No. 83.

Friedrich Park is located in northern Bexar County, approximately 10 miles north of IH 410 and west of IH 10. The specific area …

An Assessment Of Archaeological Resources In Portions Of Starr County, Texas, Parker Nunley, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Fifty-two archaeological sites in the vicinity of nine projects proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in Starr County, Texas, are described and evaluated. It was determined that no further investigation need be made at 29 of these sites, whereas controlled collections and testing is necessary at 18 sites, and excavation is recommended at an additional five sites.

Archaeological Investigations At Four Sites In The Dry Comal Watershed Comal County, South Central Texas, Thomas C. Kelly, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In September, 1975, personnel of The University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, conducted an intensive archaeological survey of certain prehistoric sites in the vicinity of Floodwater Retarding Structure No.1, Dry Comal Creek, Comal County, Texas. These investigations were carried out at the request of the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service (purchase order 207-Tx-SCS-76).

The area incorporated by Floodwater Retarding Structure No. 1 is on the West Fork of Dry Comal Creek and had been the scene of two earlier archaeological surveys, in November, 1974 (Hester, Bass and Kelly 1975), and in April, 1975 (Kelly and Hester 1975). …

An Initial Archaeological And Historical Assessment Of Three Proposed Dam Sites In Gonzales And Kendall Counties, Texas, Thomas R. Hester, Thomas C. Kelly, Feris A. Bass Jr.

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Under the terms of a contract with Ecology Audits, Inc., of Dallas, Texas, the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio, carried out general archaeological and historical assessments in Gonzales and Kendall counties. The present report will form part of a larger document (to be submitted to the United States Bureau of Reclamation) dealing with proposed construction of the Gonzales and Dilworth dams (Gonzales County) and Dam 7 (Kendall County).

Archaeological And Historical Resources In The San Antonio-Guadalupe River Basins: A Preliminary Statement, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In November, 1974, the Center for Archaeological Research of The University of Texas at San Antonio was requested to prepare an archaeological-historical resource inventory of the Guadalupe-San Antonio River Basins. This work was done under contract with Ecology Audits, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. The contract called for the inventory to be of a general nature, suitable for use as a base line description in planning.

Some Aspects Of Late Prehistoric And Protohistoric Archaeology In Southern Texas, Thomas R. Hester, T. C. Hill Jr.

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This paper is concerned with the last several hundred years of the prehistoric period in the southern part of Texas. The earlier human occupation of this region, extending back perhaps 11,000 years, has been summarized elsewhere (Hester 197la). The Paleo-Indian period is represented by scattered surface finds of Clovis and Fol6om projectile points, and by a variety of "Late Paleo-Indian" point styles, such as Plainview, Scottsbluff, Golondrina, Angostura and Merserve.. The following Archaic era is poorly defined, although there are numerous surf ace sites and an abundance of chipped stone artifacts (cf. Weir 1956; Hester, White and White 1969).

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 2, Hilda Adam Kring, Beulah S. Hostetler, Francis J. Puig, Monroe H. Fabian, Louis Winkler, Pamela James

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Cult of St. Walburga in Pennsylvania
• An Old Order River Brethren Love Feast
• The Porches of Quaker Meeting Houses in Chester and Delaware Counties
• John Daniel Eisenbrown, Frakturist
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology X: Christopher Witt's Device
• The American Breakfast, Circa 1873-1973
• Grandparents in Traditional Culture: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 37

First Families: Woodland People Of Maine And The Canadian Maritimes, Edith Favour

Maine Collection

First Families: Woodland People of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes

by Edith Favour, with illustrations by Alice Dengler

Published and edited by the State of Maine, Department of Educational and Cultural Services, Division of Curriculum, 1975.

The Settlement And Development Of Wayne County, Utah, To 1900, Aldus Devon Chappell

Theses and Dissertations

Although John C. Fremont had traveled through Wayne County, Utah, in the winter of 1853-54, it was not until 1874 that the first herd of cattle was introduced to Rabbit Valley. Reports soon circulated that here was a new land, conducive to the raising of livestock, and in 1876 about a dozen families entered the valley and began settlement. Families that moved into this area came from various places. Each settler came to make a new life, and came independently of the others. In 1895 the population was nearly 2,000, and by 1970 it had dropped to 1,486.

The Church …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 24, No. 1, Albert F. Jordan, Theodore W. Jentsch, Carol Shiels Roark, Suzanne Cox, Louis Winkler

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Some Early Moravian Builders in America
• Old Order Mennonite Family Life in the East Penn Valley
• Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa
• The Use of Speech at Two Auctions
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology IX: Johann Friederich Schmidt
• Courtship and Marriage: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 36

The Beeson Farmstead: A Study Of The Functional Aspects Of A Black Farm In The Richland Community, Annelen Archbold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study documents the lifestyle on a small, prosperous black farmstead in the Richland community of Butler County, Kentucky. It is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted with Percy Beeson, owner of the farm for aver fifty years. The result of the fieldwork and interviews was the documentation of how this farmstead, maintained without mechanical farm equipment, worked as a functional unit on a year-round basis.

As a functional unit, the Beeson farmstead is described in terms of the Beeson family and their ownership of the farm and the breakdown of the property into two dependent units. In the …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, Folk Festival Supplement, Don Yoder, Martha S. Best, Barbara B. Bomberger, Lester Breininger, Ernest Angstadt, Richard C. Gougler, Marsha Delong, Dorothy L. Longstreet, Peg Zecher, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Twenty-Five Years of the Folk Festival
• Our Farmer's Market
• Simple Basics of Egg Decorating
• The Folk Festival's Bookstore
• Setting Up the Festival
• Festival Highlights
• Folk Festival Program
• Behind the Scenes of "We Remain Unchanged"
• Granges at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• How to Design Pressed Flower Pictures
• There is This Place - And These People
• Metalcrafting at the Festival
• Hex Signs and Magical Protection of House and Barn: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 35

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, No. 4, Scott Hambly, Waln K. Brown, Denis Mercier, Angela Varesano, Elizabeth Mathias, Don Yoder, Mac E. Barrick, Berton E. Beck, Claude K. Deischer

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Cultural Learning Through Game Structure: A Study of Pennsylvania German Children's Games
• "Nipsy": The Ethnography of a Traditional Game of Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region
• The Game as Creator of the Group in an Italian-American Community
• Pennsylvania Town Views of a Century Ago
• "The Barber's Ghost": A Legend Becomes a Folktale
• Grain Harvesting in the Nineteenth Century
• My Experience With the Dialect
• Harvest on the Pennsylvania Farm: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 34

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 23, No. 3, Earl F. Robacker, Louis Winkler, Susan Stewart, Eleanor Yoder, W. Ray Sauers, Mac E. Barrick

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Victorian Wall Mottoes
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology VIII: David Rittenhouse
• Sociological Aspects of Quilting in Three Brethren Churches of Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Nicknaming in an Amish-Mennonite Community
• Fruit Harvesting and Preservation in Early Pennsylvania
• Folklore in the Library: Old Schuylkill Tales
• Mills and Milling in Pennsylvania: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 33