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Chatelain, Marcia Anne (Fa 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chatelain, Marcia Anne (Fa 994), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 994. Project titled: “Folklore in Cookery.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of beliefs, superstitions, proverbs, tales, riddles, songs and recipes of food preservation in Franklin County, Jefferson County, Oldham County, Pulaski County, and Warren County, Kentucky and Missouri. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Slaughter, Michael R. (Fa 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Slaughter, Michael R. (Fa 973), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 973. Paper titled: “The Ghost of the Bridge.” Includes brief descriptions of stories about parked lovers collected in the Bluegrass and Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Cardwell, Judith (Fa 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cardwell, Judith (Fa 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 979. Project titled: “Elephant Jokes.” Includes survey sheets with elephant jokes and the informant’s name collected from Jefferson County, Monroe County, Muhlenburg County, and Warren County, Kentucky, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Miller, Herbert (Fa 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Herbert (Fa 971), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 971. Paper titled: “The Girl in the Window.” Includes descriptions of variations of the Russellville Girl story collected in Jefferson County and Logan County, Kentucky.
Bostic, Patti (Fa 966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bostic, Patti (Fa 966), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 966. Paper titled: “The Function of Various Barns Located in Jefferson County, Outside Jeffersontown.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of barns in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, owner’s name, terms, and a photo of the barn.
Carter, John Mark (Fa 945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, John Mark (Fa 945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 945. Paper titled: “A Collection of Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories from Bowling Green, Frankfort, and the Pennyrile region of Kentucky, and California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Rivers, David (Fa 944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rivers, David (Fa 944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 944. Paper titled: “Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories from the Bluegrass and Pennyrile regions of Kentucky, and from Sumner County, Tennessee, Mississippi and Ohio. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Pride, William R. (Fa 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pride, William R. (Fa 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 933. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes gravestone epitaphs collected from cemeteries in Jefferson County, Oldham County, Union County and Warren County, Kentucky.
Knott, Leslie (Fa 929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knott, Leslie (Fa 929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 929. Project titled: “Collecting Project: Gravestone Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs in Bullitt County, Jefferson County, and Warren County, Kentucky.
Mason, Thomas Lee (Fa 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mason, Thomas Lee (Fa 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 926. Paper titled: "Proverbs and Beliefs." Project includes introduction of folk beliefs and proverbs in Fayette, Jefferson, and Spencer counties in Kentucky.
Wathen, Leslie (Fa 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wathen, Leslie (Fa 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 916. Project titled: “Children’s Games.” Project includes paper with introduction of games played by children from Daviess County, Henderson County, and Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Line, Kenny (Fa 921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Line, Kenny (Fa 921), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 921. Project titled: “Folk Beliefs and Superstitions.” Includes paper with introduction of folk beliefs in Barren Grayson and Jefferson counties in Kentucky.
Blanton, Bob (Fa 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blanton, Bob (Fa 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 910. Project titled: “A Collection of Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories in the Bluegrass, Eastern Mountain and Penny Royal regions of Kentucky and Pennsylvania and Virginia. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Halgash, Rhonda (Fa 907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Halgash, Rhonda (Fa 907), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 907 titled: "Wedding Beliefs." Project includes note cards with brief descriptions of beliefs about weddings from Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant's name, and the informant classification.
Degen, Barbara (Fa 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Degen, Barbara (Fa 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 908. Project titled: “Student Beliefs at Western Kentucky University.” Project includes survey sheets and note cards with brief descriptions of students at Western Kentucky University from Kentucky and New Jersey. Sheets include a brief description of belief, informant’s name, and classification. Note cards include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Berry, Diana R. (Fa 904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Berry, Diana R. (Fa 904), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 904. Project titled: “Christmas Folk Beliefs.” Project includes note cards with brief descriptions of Christmas beliefs in Jefferson County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description and informant’s name.
Cross, Connie (Fa 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cross, Connie (Fa 845), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 845. This collection, discusses epitaphs gathered at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. This project was done by Connie Cross, a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class.