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Rinehard, Catherine J. (Fa 1396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rinehard, Catherine J. (Fa 1396), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1396. “The Happy Family: Working as a Waitress at Park Mammoth Resort,” a project by WKU student Cathy Reinhard consisting of a paper and transcriptions of six taped interviews with Treva Nell Merideth, a member of the wait staff at the Park Mammoth Resort restaurant in Park City, Kentucky. Merideth talks about her job responsibilities, coworkers, interactions with customers, and some of her personal beliefs and superstitions. The project also discusses this restaurant as a workplace, its procedures, equipment and layout. Includes a glossary, dining leaflet and …
Young, Kathleen Louise "Kay" (Fa 1327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, Kathleen Louise "Kay" (Fa 1327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1327. Student folk studies project titled “Ginseng: A Treasured Kentucky Herb That Goes to China” about the business of buying and selling ginseng in Grayson County, Kentucky and the growing and harvesting of ginseng in Simpson County, Kentucky. Photos include the growing stages of the ginseng plant, the harvesting process, and the informants.
Dyer, Susan Joan (Spear) (Fa 1326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dyer, Susan Joan (Spear) (Fa 1326), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 1326. Student folk studies project titled “’Sengin’: Cultivation of an Endangered Species” about growing and harvesting ginseng in Williamson County, Tennessee. Photos include the growing stages of the ginseng plant, the harvesting process, and related tools.
Graham, Regina (Fa 1320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Graham, Regina (Fa 1320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1320. Papers titled "The Passing of the Country Store in the Willowtown Area of Taylor County" by Regina Graham for a folk studies class at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. This includes regional documentation of previous and present stores with histories of ownership. Includes map and photographs.
Cheser, Donald Bruce (Fa 1248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cheser, Donald Bruce (Fa 1248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1248. Student folk studies project titled “Report on One of Our Cultural-Economic Institutions of Rural America” which includes statistical data of general stores in Nelson County, Kentucky. Graphs may detail cultural and economic statistics and projections regarding this rural area.
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pennington, Brenda Kaye (Fa 1244), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1244. Student folk studies project titled “Country stores in Lincoln County, [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with narrative descriptions of general stores in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the building, its history, and photos.
Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 656. Kentucky Folklife Program project titled: “Ohio River Survey,” which includes interviews, tape logs, photographs and other documentation of folklife along the Ohio River in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Interviews may include a description of belief, traditional occupation, practice, craft, or tool, informant’s name, age, birth date, and address.
Seaborne, Roy, Jr. (Fa 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Seaborne, Roy, Jr. (Fa 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1151. Student paper titled “Old Farm Machinery and Methods” in which Roy Seaborne, Jr. explores the types of tools farmers, both traditional and contemporary, use to plant, harvest, anddistribute their crops. Information was gathered by Seaborne from farmers in Pike and Taylor counties in Kentucky. The paper also includes black and white photographs of various machinery along with brief descriptions of how the equipment is utilized.
Vaughn, William (Fa 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vaughn, William (Fa 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1152. Student paper titled “The Old and New [Contrast of Traditional and Modern Farm Machinery]” in which William R. Vaughn identifies manual and mechanized farm equipmentand details the differences between the pieces. Vaughn collected information from equipment salesmen and rural farmers. Also included in the paper are black and white photographs of recognizable machines such as plows, wagons, rakes, and cultivators.
Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Garment Workers In Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Garment Workers In Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 865), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 865. Interviews conducted by Lisa Karen Miller containing details about the lives of garment workers in Kentucky and Tennessee. Some of the topics included were technological changes, job layoffs, and labor unions.
Payne, Joyce (Fa 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Payne, Joyce (Fa 821), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 821. Collection titled “Tollgates between Lebanon and Campbellsville, 1895-1924” describes the method of building roads and collecting toll. This project was completed for a folklore class at Western Kentucky University. The information is based on stories provided by residents from Marion County and Taylor County, Kentucky.
Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 816. This collection “Mining and The Company Store,” describes essential phases of mining coal and the companies miners worked for in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. The narrative is in an interview format and illustrated with photos; a small portion of the narrative features information about company stores. This information was collected by Western KentuckyUniversity student John Chapman, for credit in a folklore class.
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Fa 574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jeffrey, Jonathan David, B. 1960 (Fa 574), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 574. Oral history interview by Jonathan Jeffrey of Jerry Ellis Baker, conducted at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, regarding Baker’s life and accomplishments.
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 46. [A and G Specialty] Collection of typescripts, photographs and cassette tapes concerning the family/personal history and current occupation (flea market seller) of Vernon Anderson. Collection also contains information pertaining to Vernon’s childhood in Richmond County Georgia, career as a military M.P. and his various other occupations. The collection also contains interview typescripts, cassettes and photographs of Grace Little, who is an itinerant seller herself. Grace Little is interviewed concerning her childhood, family, and current occupation.
Hester, Elizabeth Allen, B. 1956 (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hester, Elizabeth Allen, B. 1956 (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 43. [Flea markets] Collection of typescripts, photographs and cassette tapes concerning the family/personal history and current occupation (flea market seller) of Margie Hawks. Collectioncontains a detailed account of the family history of Mrs. Hawks and their subsistence farming. Project completed by Elizabeth (Beth) Hester for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Rushing, Jon Rhett (Fa 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rushing, Jon Rhett (Fa 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 42. [Martial arts equipment vendors] Project completed by Jon Rhett Rushing with Mike and Terri Doss (pseudonyms) and their personal narratives concerning an itinerant family selling business. Project completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Pomerantz, Sandra Jean (Fa 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pomerantz, Sandra Jean (Fa 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 36. [Mary Kay beauty consultant: Janet Stratton] Collection of transcripts, interview questions, interview indexes, and various supporting materials concerning the Mary Kay consulting business of Janet Lee Barton-Stratton, as well as family folklore and Mary Kay legends. Interview completed by Sandra Jean Pomerantz for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Lybarger, Shaunn Maree (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lybarger, Shaunn Maree (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
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.
Shorts, Roberta (Fa 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shorts, Roberta (Fa 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 520. Material collected by Roberta Shorts for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Included are recordings and fieldnotes for interviews with six individuals on personal experience narratives, ghost stories, and jokes and photographs, fieldnotes, and a PowerPoint presentation on material culture and of a 2004 String Cheese Incident concert at the Louisville Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.
Lee, Laura Harper, B. 1946 (Fa 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lee, Laura Harper, B. 1946 (Fa 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 515. Interviews conducted by Laura Harper Lee between September and November of 1985 with Brenda Venable on the subject of itinerant selling. Venable discusses her five years as a Mary Kay consultant, including her sales strategy, the products offered by Mary Kay Cosmetics and its distribution system, and what it is like to be a Mary Kay consultant.
Collins, Ellen (Fa 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Ellen (Fa 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 176. Paper: "Finding Folklore in Magazine Ads," written by Ellen Collins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. "Parents Magazine" photographs referenced.
Schmitt, Kimberly Anne (Fa 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schmitt, Kimberly Anne (Fa 360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 360. Oral history interview conducted by Kimberly Schmitt with Dr. Carlton Jackson on February 10, 1988. Schmitt’s interview focuses on Dr. Jackson’s experiences as detailed in his 1984 publication Hounds of the Road: A History of the Greyhound Bus Company.
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 231. Paper: "Dime Store Narratives" written by Deborah Ann Harp for a Western Kentucky University class.
Law, Nancy (Fa 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Law, Nancy (Fa 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1358. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Nancy Law for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about a general store in Middleton, Simpson County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of store procedure, furnishings, color photograph, text classification, and informant’s name and location.
Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1354. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Steve Barriger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about general stores in Butler, Logan and Warren counties in Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the general store, location, informant’s name, and photograph.
Tuttle, John (Fa 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tuttle, John (Fa 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1368. Student folk studies project titled “The Country Store” which includes information about traditional general stores in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Project includes information from interviews with Tuttle’s grandfather and mother, Chester Tuttle and Elois (Tucker) Tuttle along with illustrations and a photo.