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Community Scholars Program - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Fa 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Community Scholars Program - Hopkins County, Kentucky (Fa 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 736. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Hopkins County, Kentucky during the summer of 2008. The collection chiefly consists of projects completed by program participants.
Community Scholars Program - Johnson County, Kentucy (Fa 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Community Scholars Program - Johnson County, Kentucy (Fa 738), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 738. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Johnson County, Kentucky during the summer of 2003. The collection focuses on the overview of the program held in Paintsville.
Traditional Cultural Properties And Casita Rincón Criollo, Virginia Denise Siegel
Traditional Cultural Properties And Casita Rincón Criollo, Virginia Denise Siegel
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
According to the 1990 bulletin issued by the National Park Service, traditional cultural properties (TCPs) derive their significance from cultural practices or beliefs of living communities. This thesis centers on a case study of the nomination of Casita Rincón Criollo to the National Register of Historic Places as a TCP. The nomination is a collaborative project of Place Matters in New York City and Western Kentucky University, initiated by the American Folklore Society Working Group in Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy. Casita Rincón Criollo has several issues that make nomination to the National Register tricky. Casitas are small “houses,” typically …
Boyd, Richard, Jr. (Fa 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Boyd, Richard, Jr. (Fa 809), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 809. This collection contains information about folklore in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region collected by Western Kentucky University student Richard Boyd, Jr. for credit in a folklore class. Information included in the collection includes such things as agricultural practices, beliefs, and legends from the region.
Molly Banks (Fa 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Molly Banks (Fa 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 810. This collection contains information about Appalachian folklore, specifically from Letcher County, Kentucky, collected by Western Kentucky University student Molly Banks for credit in a folklore class. Information in the collection includes such things as beliefs, recipes, and ballads from the region.
Kentucky Folklife Program - Exhibit Files (Fa 745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Program - Exhibit Files (Fa 745), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 745. This collection contains files related to exhibits created by the Kentucky Folklife Program staff over the years.