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Blair, Robert M., Et Al. (Fa 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Blair, Robert M., Et Al. (Fa 1260), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1260. Student collection titled “Buggy Shed” in which Robert Blair, Kenneth Conrad, and Bernal Buis briefly describe the construction and function of several “buggy houses” throughout Kentucky. Collection includes photographs of outbuildings.
Wagner, Betty Ann, Et. Al (Fa 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wagner, Betty Ann, Et. Al (Fa 1250), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1250. Student collection titled “Folk Architecture” in which students survey buildings and naturally occurring geological formations throughout several counties in Kentucky. Students researched barns, churches, shacks, restaurants, banks, and courthouses. Black and white photographs are included within the collection along with a brief description of each location. Some photos missing from collection.
Jones, Sharon (Fa 1158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jones, Sharon (Fa 1158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1158. Student folk studies project titled “The Last of the Manual Switchboards” which includes interviews of manual telephone switchboard operators with a brief description of the manual telephone equipment and use in Hardin County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an interview, brief description and use of a manual telephone and switchboard.
Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1121. Student folk studies project titled: "Good and Bad Luck Beliefs," which includes notecards with brief descriptions of traditional beliefs about good and bad luck in Cook County, Illinois, Dearborn County, Indiana, Knox County, Tennessee, and the counties of Barren, Fayette, Hardin, Hart, Hopkins, Jefferson and Nelson in Kentucky. Notecards may include a description of the traditional belief, informant's name and address, motif index number, and text classification.
Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project FA 1067. Paper titled “Designs and Ornamentation in Local Commercial Architecture” in which Joyce Harrison explores the architectural styles and patterns of small-town business exteriors. Paper is based on information collected by Harrison from Frank D. Cain, Jr., a locally registered architect, and contains color photographs of building exteriors in several counties across south central Kentucky.
Routt, Brenda H., Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Routt, Brenda H., Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1086. Student folk studies project titled: “The Folklore of Household Antiques,” which includes a description of house furnishings and their uses in Hardin County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include recipes, photos, names, uses, and descriptions.
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1082. Student folk studies project titled: “Quilting,” which includes survey sheets, interviews and descriptions of quilting practices and beliefs in Hardin County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an informant’s name and address, a superstition and a motif index number or a photo, description, and name of the quilt.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 965), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 965. Project titled: “Student Collections: Glassware.” Includes survey sheets from student collections with brief descriptions of glassware, ironstone, copperware, and china found in Hardin County and Taylor County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, and photo.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 961), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 961. Project titled: [Student Collections: Agricultural Implements] Includes survey sheets from student collections with brief descriptions of agricultural implements in Boyle County, Breathitt County, Hardin County, Lincoln County, and Taylor County in Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, terms, and a photo of the implement.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 962), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 962. Project titled: [Student Collections: Dinner Bells] Includes survey sheets from student collections with brief descriptions of dinner bells in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, terms, and a photo of the dinner bell.
Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hay, William G. (Fa 951), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 951. Paper titled: “Hardin Springs.” Includes description, terms, beliefs, and photos of Hardin Springs and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 949), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 949. Paper titled: “[Student Collections: Watermills]," WKU professor Lynwood Montell’s compilation of survey sheets from various collections by students with brief descriptions of watermills, farm implements, steam engines, etc. from the Knobs and Penny Royal Regions in Kentucky and Connecticut. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name, terms, a photo and/or illustration.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 958. Project titled: [Student Collections: Bridges] Includes survey sheets of descriptions of various type of bridges in the counties of Adair, Bourbon, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, LaRue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Nelson, Russell, Taylor, Washington in Kentucky, Connecticut, and Ohio. Sheets include a description, informant’s name, terms, and photos of bridges.
Keal, Ronnie (Fa 928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Keal, Ronnie (Fa 928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 928. Paper titled: “The Study of Gravestone Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and cemeteries in Hardin County and Meade County, 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.
Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Linder, Gary (Fa 953), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 953. Paper titled: “White Mills.” Project includes a description and photo of White Mills village and the watermill in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Coffey, Gary Lee (Fa 869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coffey, Gary Lee (Fa 869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 869. Paper titled: “The Adam Monin Estate.” Project includes a paper describing a house three miles southeast of Glendale, Kentucky. Includes footprint drawings and photos of the house.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Relating To (Sc 2859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Relating To (Sc 2859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2859. Correspondence, documents, and secondary sources collected by Price Kirkpatrick and related to the “real” birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Material speculates that Lincoln could have been born in Monroe or Cumberland counties in Kentucky.
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 774. The Thomason Political Folklore Collection includes projects conducted by students from a number of counties in the state of Kentucky and few from nearby states. The collection includes information pertaining to those counties political oral traditions. This project was conducted by students at Western Kentucky University for class credit.
Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 771. Survey sheets containing photographs and descriptive narratives about barns, cribs, and cabins chiefly in central and western Kentucky, although some examples were included from as far away as Connecticut.
Atcher Family Reunion - West Point, Kentucky (Fa 653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Atcher Family Reunion - West Point, Kentucky (Fa 653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 653. This collection consists of photographs and video documentation of the Atcher family reunion held on June 11, 2011 in West Point, Kentucky. Activities consisted of a tour of the Fort Knox reservation to see family graves and a family picnic in the afternoon.
Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 602. Materials documenting the Folk Arts in Rural Libraries Project conducted in the central Kentucky. Materials include lists of folk artists, slides documenting folk art festivals, slide inventories and administrative papers.
Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hog Butchering (Fa 24), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 24. Statements and reminiscences of Kentucky residents who participated in or conducted hog butchering in Kentucky. Information was gathered from various informants between 1963-1969. Material is arranged alphabetically by collector, consisting of specific detials about executing hogs, processing and preserving meat, and rendering lard. Includes papers by collectors and photographs. This project was completed by students at Campbellsville College under the guidance of Lynwood Montell.
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 315), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 315. Paper: "[Folktales]" written by Barbara Ellen Christensen for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Radcliff (Hardin County), Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the Radcliff Office of Economic Development, 2000. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Elizabethtown (Hardin County), Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation, Inc., 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Radcliff, [Kentucky]" prepared by Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development , Division of Research in cooperation with the City of Radcliff, February 1998. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Elizabethtown, [Kentucky]" prepared by Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development , Division of Research in cooperation with the Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation, February 1998. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Elizabethtown, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Elizabethtown, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the Elizabethtown Industrial Foundation, Inc., 1995. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Industrial Resources: Hardin County - Radcliff, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Hardin County
"Resources for Economic Development: Radcliff, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the City of Radcliff, 1995. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.