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Oldham, Barbara (Fa 924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Oldham, Barbara (Fa 924), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 924. Paper titled: “Negro Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of African American beliefs and superstitions in Ohio County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.


Cruse, Billy (Fa 917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Cruse, Billy (Fa 917), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklilfe Archives Project 917. Project titled: “Negro Folklore.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of African American beliefs, epitaphs, and stories in Hart County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.


Kubic, Ruth (Fa 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2016

Kubic, Ruth (Fa 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 860. Collected Cherokee Indian legends passed down by oral tradition. Collected from Mary Jeffries, daughter of a full-blood Cherokee, who also provided examples that can be found in the paper. This project was conducted by Ruth Kubic for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.