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Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 623. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans and musicians of McCreary County, Kentucky.
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 620. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Owen County, Kentucky.
Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 618. This collection includes oral histories from Jackson County, Kentucky that were used in preparing a cultural resource report for the county.
Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 617. This collection was created as part of a cultural planning grant from the Kentucky Folklife Program to finish Franklin County, Kentucky’s cultural planning and implementation process.
Davenport, Denille B. 1983 (Fa 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davenport, Denille B. 1983 (Fa 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 594. Paper titled “Strawberry Festival” by Denielle Davenport for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Davenport details the Strawberry Festival which is an annual festival celebrating Portland, Tennessee’s agricultural roots in the production of strawberries.
Arnold, Andrew (Fa 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Arnold, Andrew (Fa 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 592. This paper, titled “Raising Tobacco”, was written by Andrew Arnold for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Arnold details the process of raising tobacco from selecting the proper location for the crop to delivering the final product to market. The paper is largely based upon Arnold’s personal interview with Lewisburg, Kentucky farmer, Thomas Nelson.
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morse, Rebecca D. (Fa 67), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 67. Thesis: “Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions” by Rebecca D. Morse in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth), B. 1951 (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 11. Interviews conducted by Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) Glynn with Marvel (Welborn) Mohon, Lewisburg, Kentucky concerning Thanksgiving customs, with much attention paid to Marvel’s life, especially her family.
Watkins, Dianne (Winkler), B. 1941 (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Watkins, Dianne (Winkler), B. 1941 (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 3. Interviews conducted by Dianne Watkins with Earl Hamilton Berkley about Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), and the family farm and service station located on Morgantown Road in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes cassette tapes, originals, typescripts and photocopies.
Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Belcher, Scott Minor (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 195. Interview done by Scott Belcher with Bill Thompson,BreckinridgeCounty, Kentucky, in which Thompson reminisces about his youth. Includes transcription and cassette tape.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 518. This collection contains tape recorded interviews (28) conducted by Luanne Glynn with Ellis Yeargin Hurt (1900-1994) of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The interviews relay Ellis's life history. The project also includes an interpretive paper, a project proposal and summary as well as tape indexes. This project was the result of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Owsley, Rebecca (Fa 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owsley, Rebecca (Fa 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 258. Paper: "Farm Folklore" written by Rebecca Owsley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Trigg County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project (Fa 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Trigg County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project (Fa 196), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 196. Project by four WKU Folk Studies students in which they interviewed Trigg County, Kentucky African Americans about various aspects of their lives. Most of the individuals that were interviewed had a rural background and were born in the early 1900s. Interviews may be accessed by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.
Interview With Joseph H. Page (Fa 377 ), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph H. Page (Fa 377 ), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph H. Page conducted by Victoria Conaster on 3 April 1993. From folk studies student project concerning Page’s childhood memories of growing up on a tenant farm, tobacco harvests and sales, pest control, traditional farm lore, home remedies, and religious life.
Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 107. Farming folklore. Interviews, November 1, 3, 1989, with William M. Cecil and Craig Allen Smith concerning farm occupational lore and duties. Includes paper discussing collector's fieldwork experiences.
Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Kelcy Driskell conducted by Amy Kitchens on 26 September 1986. From folk studies student project with an interview with Kelcy Driskell concerning agriculture in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Mittie Dame conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Dame discusses her life and times including information about growing up in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, her early marriage, entertainment, rural electrification, radios, refrigerators, social life and customs, Halloween pranks, moonshining, and farming.
Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Oda Shouse, Sr. and Clara Shouse conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Mr. Shouse does most of the speaking. He discusses his life and times including information about floods, the Great Depression, tobacco farming, rural medicine, rural electrification, automobiles and telephones.
Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Allyene Gregory conducted by Steve Vied for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, education, childhood games, her father's farm, African Americans, social customs and historic events in the community, as well as her teaching career.
Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Lattie Edds and Essie Thomason conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." They discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in McLean County and Hancock County, Kentucky, social life and customs, weaving, childhood chores and games, teachers and teaching, one-room schools, farms and farming, courtship, televisions, radios, the Great Depression, floods, and influenza.
Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Essie (Crawford) Stevens and Otis Stevens conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." The Stevens discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, education, one-room schools, farms and farming, teaching in a one-room school, food preservation and preparation, laundering, death, telephones and radios.
Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview with Charlie Earl Coy conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Coy discusses his life and times, including information about his childhood in Daviess County, Kentucky, farms and farming, the Great Depression, tobacco, social life and customs, airplanes, radios, television, tractors and other farm equipment, women's suffrage and influenza.
Interview With Marvel Welborn Mohon (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Marvel Welborn Mohon (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Marvel Welborn Mohon conducted by Luanne Carol Aylesworth Glynn on 14 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Marvel (Welborn) Mohon concerning Thanksgiving customs, Marvel's life, and family.
Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Earl Hamilton Berkley conducted by Dianne Winkler Watkins on 9 October 1984 in which he discusses the Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), the family farm, and the Berkley Service Station in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.
Interview With Virgil Anderson (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Virgil Anderson (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Barnett Abbott conducted by Michael David Boggs and Kathy Marie Kerr on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.
Interview With Arlie Winchester (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Arlie Winchester (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Arlie Winchester conducted by Thomas James Blackburn on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.