Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Carter, John Mark (Fa 945), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Sutton, Bobby A. (Fa 946), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 946. Paper titled: “History of the Litsey Mill.” Includes information about the Litsey Mill in Washington County, Kentucky, including a description of the workings of the flour mill, terms, implements, map, deeds, and photos.

Harbison, Kay (Fa 947), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 947. Paper titled: “Watermill.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of watermills in Metcalfe County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, uses, and some photos.

Rivers, David (Fa 944), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 13 [14], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Dick, Jacob. University Questioned in New Legal Protest – Medical Center
• Collins, Emma. Pain for Peace – Jineth Bedoya Lima
• Kast, Monica. Election Caravan from ONE VOTE Nonprofit Visits WKU
• Williams, Jamie. Student Government Association Awards First Desktop in Computer Program
• Collins, Emma. Rand Paul Talks Small Government, Socialism
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Pumpkin & Spice
• Huff, Taylor. Remember the Vice Presidential Debate?
• Beard, Craig & Phillip Singer. WKU Shouldn’t Rush with Request for Proposal – Athletics
• Sims, Adam. Guide to Fall Activities in …

Kampars, Ints (Fa 943), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 943. Project titled: “A Structural Analysis of Two Auctioneering Techniques.” Includes introduction of auctions and auctioneering in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Recording transcriptions include terms and practices of auctioneers.

Dennison, Robert (Fa 942), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 942. Project titled: “Ghosts and Omens of Death.” Includes introduction of ghost stories and omens of death collected in Hart County, Kentucky.

Ashby, J. S. (Sc 3062), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3062. Letter, 9 February 1843, of J. S. Ashby, Daviess County, Kentucky, to James M. Howard, Wayne County, Illinois. He replies to Howard’s request for money with a description of poor local economic conditions, including low prices for crops and horses, difficulty collecting debts, and even lack of money to pay for marriage licenses. He expresses his wish to marry and relates an anecdote about three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter, the last referring to bachelors.

Smaxwell, Mike (Fa 935), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 935. Project titled: “Field Collections of Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky and Ohio.

Tharp, Dina (Fa 941), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 941. Paper titled: “Tombstone Rubbings.” Includes introduction and illustrations of gravestone art and designs collected in Henry County, Kentucky, and Warren County, Kentucky.

Pride, William R. (Fa 933), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Reynolds, Freddy (Fa 932), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 932. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes gravestone epitaphs collected from cemeteries in Hart County, Kentucky.

Church, Bob (Fa 937), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 937. Project titled: “Tombstone Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Grant, Logan, Simpson and Warren counties in Kentucky.

Pride, Mark (Fa 936), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 936. Project titled: “Field Collections of Epitaphs.” Project includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky.

Pudlo, Richard T. (Fa 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 934. Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and a list collected in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties in Kentucky.

Ashley, Odell (Fa 939), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 939. Project titled: “Introduction to Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Hines, Larry (Fa 938), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 938. Project titled: “Introduction to Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs collected in Ohio County, Kentucky.

Phillips, Cynthia (Fa 940), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 940. Project titled: “Collection Project of Gravestone Art.” Includes introduction and illustrations of gravestone art and designs collected in Butler, Edmonson Marshall, and Warren counties in Kentucky.

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 958), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Fall Break Brunch Prize Winners, Josh Marble

Staff Council

Email sent to all WKU staff regarding prize winners of Fall Break Brunch giveaways.

Knott, Leslie (Fa 929), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Waggener, David (Fa 931), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 931. Project titled: “Epitaphs.” Includes introduction of gravestone epitaphs and a list of cemeteries in McLean County and Ohio County, Kentucky.

Mason, Thomas Lee (Fa 926), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Taylor, Stephen (Fa 927), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 927. Paper titled: “A Collection of Gravestone Art in Western Kentucky.” Includes introduction of gravestone art and designs in western Kentucky.

Keal, Ronnie (Fa 928), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives 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.

Taylor, Alan (Fa 925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 925. Paper titled: “A Collection of Folk Beliefs.” Includes introduction of folk beliefs in Daviess County, Hancock County, and Ohio County, Kentucky.

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

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.

Fall Break Brunch Update, Josh Marble

Staff Council

Email sent to all WKU staff regarding winners of Fall Break Brunch giveaways.

Sullivan, Barbara D. (Fa 922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 922. Paper titled: “Food Preservation.” Includes paper with introduction of food preservation methods in Barren County, Kentucky.

Medaris, Jere (Fa 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 915. Project titled: “[Folk Beliefs]” Project includes brief paper with introduction of folk beliefs and superstitions in Kentucky.