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Interview With Bertha Skaggs (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Bertha Skaggs (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Bertha Skaggs conducted by Rachel Parsley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The interview revolves around the practice of folk medicine in the region around Mammoth Cave National Park, particularly Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Interview With Andrew Parsley (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Andrew Parsley (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Andrew Parsley conducted by his daughter Rachel Parsley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The content of the interview revolves around folk medicine as practiced in the region around Mammoth Cave National Park, particularly Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nancy Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American physicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Baird, Nancy Disher, B. 1935 (Sc 2480), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2480. Brief notes of an interview conducted by Nanch Disher Baird on 11 December 1975 with Dr. Zacharia Keele (Z.K.) Jones, an African American physician of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Jones mentions his family, early life, education and influences. He also names other African American phyicians who practiced in Bowling Green.
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Lewis George, 1829-1906 (Sc 207), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 207. Copy of 1 February 1852 letter from Lewis George Richardson, a medical student at the University of Louisville, to his father, Reverend George Richardson, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. He writes of his schooling, the Louisville winter, and his prospects for the future. Also includes a biographical sketch of Dr. Richardson written by a grandchild.
Tyrie, Betsy (Fa 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tyrie, Betsy (Fa 22), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 22. "The Life of Dr. C. C. Howard," an oral history project conducted by Betsy Tyrie about Dr. Carl Clifford Howard, the outstanding Glasgow, Kentucky, physician who was instrumental in the fight against tuberculosis and in founding hospitals in Glasgow. Project contains interviews with Dr. Howard's family, friends, and colleagues as well as archived autobiographical information about Howard.