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Introducing The Open Online Newspaper Initiative, Jessica Dussault, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, Jeremy Echols, Karen Estlund, Andrew Gearhart, Sheila Rabun, Greg Tunink
Introducing The Open Online Newspaper Initiative, Jessica Dussault, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, Jeremy Echols, Karen Estlund, Andrew Gearhart, Sheila Rabun, Greg Tunink
Digital Initiatives & Special Collections
The Open Online Newspaper Initiative (Open ONI) is an open source collaboration whose goal is to lower the entrance bar for libraries, archives, historical societies, and other cultural heritage institutions to display digital newspaper content. Open ONI was formed in response to a need for free, easily deployed, flexible, plug-and-play software that is useful for collections large and small, local and national.
When Ink Turned Into Bullets: The Effect Of The Press In Buffalo, New York And The Nation Along With Its Role In Igniting A Civil War, Nicole C. Kondziela
When Ink Turned Into Bullets: The Effect Of The Press In Buffalo, New York And The Nation Along With Its Role In Igniting A Civil War, Nicole C. Kondziela
History Theses
The American Civil War was a multi-faceted conflict: North versus South, states’ rights versus federal law, slavery versus abolition. Due to increasing and constant advancements in technology, this was the first war in American history that developed in full view of the public through newspapers. The Industrial Revolution and capitalism allowed the press to evolve into rich and powerful soap boxes for political bosses and editors alike to voice their opinions far beyond the village square. Unbeknownst to much of the public at the time, the Union had been at the mercy of newspaper editors and politicians in a grand …
Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 752. Clippings of "Ravelings" column from "Harland (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise" and "Corbin (Kentucky) Daily Tribune" with collected mountain superstitions, customs, and folkways.
Poynter, Shawn (Fa 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Poynter, Shawn (Fa 184), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 184. Paper titled “The Usage and Importance of the Rule of Thirds in Newspaper Photography” written by Shawn Poynter for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The collection looks at the usage of the “rule of thirds” as it appears in the Park City Daily News. The “rule of thirds” refers to a photograph guideline that requires subjects to be in either one of the sides, top or bottom third of the frame. The collection contains analysis, graphs, tables and newspaper …
Mains, Brian (Fa 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mains, Brian (Fa 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 182. "Folklore and the Media -- Study: 'Park City Daily News.'" Paper written by Brian Mains for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. "Park City Daily News," Bowling Green, Kentucky, referenced.
Good, Epha (Fa 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Good, Epha (Fa 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 392. Paper: "Coverage of the Fourth of July Celebration in the Belton Journal" written by Epha Good for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 361. Paper: "Folklore in 'The Far Side'" written by Kimberly K. Schell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hannah, James (Fa 330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 330. Paper: "Folklore and Mass Media Class Project: Looking at Folklore in the Newspaper," written by James Hannah for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Deatherage, Jamie (Fa 312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deatherage, Jamie (Fa 312), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 312. Paper: "[Ziggy]" written by Jamie Deatherage for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Clayton, Chad (Fa 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clayton, Chad (Fa 294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 294. Paper: "The Use of Advertising and the Kentucky State Fair" written by Chad Clayton for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Lee, Andrew (Fa 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lee, Andrew (Fa 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 321. Paper: "Supernatural Beings in the Daily News" written by Andrew Lee for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Kilburn, Amy A. (Fa 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kilburn, Amy A. (Fa 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 286. Paper: "Folklore with 'Dennis the Menace' and 'Beetle Bailey'" written by Amy A. Kilburn for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.