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Page, Tate Cromwell "Piney," 1908-1984 (Fa 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2023

Page, Tate Cromwell "Piney," 1908-1984 (Fa 1397), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1397. Papers of Page, former Dean of the College of Education at Western Kentucky University, primarily concerning his work documenting the people, places, history and folklore of the Ozarks region in Arkansas where he was raised. Also includes his photographs of historic structures, made mostly in western Kentucky.

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Holland, Danny (Fa 1331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2019

Holland, Danny (Fa 1331), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1331. Information related to “Second Monday,” court day in Scottsville, Kentucky, collected by Danny Holland for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Holland gives a brief introduction to his research methods followed by information collected from Second Monday participants. He includes name of informant, age, and place of residence.

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Thomas, Patricia Lee (Fa 1330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2019

Thomas, Patricia Lee (Fa 1330), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 1330. Short narrative paper titled “An Allen County Tombstone Maker” written by Patricia Thomas for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes biography of tombstone maker William Chase Bonner of Halfway, Kentucky. Also includes photographs of several tombstones crafted by Mr. Bonner for family members. Mr. Bonner was Thomas’ great-grandfather.

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Lambert, Carl (Fa 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2019

Lambert, Carl (Fa 1318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1318. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore Collection [of Strange Stories],” which includes descriptions of three ghost stories from Adair County and Allen County, Kentucky. Stories include each informant’s name and address.

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Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2018

Heritage, Tradition, And Craft In Quiltmaking (Fa 1131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1131. Collection contains Interviews, photographs, and informant data sheets relating to Sandy Staebell's project with quiltmakers in Allen County and Monroe County, Kentucky and Macon County, Tennessee for the 2017-2018 Osby Lee Hire and Lillian K. Garrison Hire Memorial Lecture Series.

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Johnson, Danny (Fa 1188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2018

Johnson, Danny (Fa 1188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1188. Student paper titled “Folk Agricultural Tools” in whichDanny Johnson offers insight into the types of implements used on farms during the pre-industrial period. Johnson narrows his scope even more to the types of tools used during the planting and harvesting processes and describes which tools are best suited for the task at hand. Included in his paper are brief biographies of each informant and color photographs of various pieces of equipment and descriptions of their use.

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Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1112. Student folk studies project titled: “Just a Man—Captain William Hicks” which includes an interview of C. Jeff Hicks, the son of Confederate Captain William Hicks. The interview includes a description of the life of the son and his father while living in Barren County, Kentucky and Sumner County, Tennessee.

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Chance, Nancy Fowler (Fa 1110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Chance, Nancy Fowler (Fa 1110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1110. Student folk studies project titled: “Butter making” which includes survey sheets with descriptions of the traditional butter making process in Allen County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of pictured equipment, traditional practice, belief and motif index number.

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Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2017

Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

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Sutherland, David (Fa 1056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2017

Sutherland, David (Fa 1056), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1056. Student folk studies project titled: “Ghost Stories Western Students Tell,” which includes survey sheets with ghost tales in Fayette County, Indiana and in Allen County, Jefferson County, Warren County and Webster County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a ghost story, informant’s name and address, and motif index number.

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Hester, Elizabeth Allen "Beth," B. 1956 (Fa 1003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2017

Hester, Elizabeth Allen "Beth," B. 1956 (Fa 1003), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1003. Paper written by ElizaBeth Hester titled, “It Was Just a Good Wholesome Social Time: The Revival of Square Dance in Meador, Kentucky During the 1930s.” This paper was written as part of an assignment for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

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Spears, Sandra (Fa 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

Spears, Sandra (Fa 999), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 999. Project titled: “Folk Medicine in Allen County.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk remedies and beliefs in Allen County, Kentucky. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

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Pudlo, Richard T. (Fa 934), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2016

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

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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.

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Allen, Joe (Fa 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

Allen, Joe (Fa 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 846. This collection consists of a paper entitled “Collecting Epitaphs” and documents that provide quotations and verses suitable for monument inscriptions. This project, conducted in Allen County, Kentucky and several counties in northern Tennessee, was conducted by Joe Allen a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class

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Mcguffey, Pat (Fa 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Mcguffey, Pat (Fa 817), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 817. Folklore material, collected by Western Kentucky University student Pat McGuffey for credit in a folklore class, about a house in Allen County, Kentucky, that was believed to be haunted. In McGuffey's narrative family members who lived in the house share their paranormal encounters with ghosts and poltergeists.

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Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2014

Thomason Political Folklore Collection (Fa 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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.

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Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 753. Western Kentucky University’s Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology received a grant from the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation in the summer of 2011 to conduct an oral history and folklife survey of Allen County, Kentucky over several years. Using recorded interviews, photography, and videography, graduate and undergraduate students in the department documented a broad range of historical and cultural themes in Allen County. Students complete the fieldwork as part of their coursework in courses including Folklore Fieldwork, Cultural Conservation, Vernacular Architecture, and Field Methods in Ethnography. The resulting archival material consists …

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Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Keen, Douglas, 1904-1978 (Sc 2798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2798. Letter of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky attorney Douglas Keen, 28 October 1929, setting out his qualifications, deploring political “mud-slinging” against him, and seeking support in his electoral campaign as the Republican nominee for County Attorney.

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Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Allen County, Kentucky - Tax Records (Mss 483), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 483. Tax records for Allen County, Kentucky for 1821, 1824 and 1831, showing taxpayer’s name, categories of taxable property, assessed value, and militia district captain.

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Rivera, Michael, B. 1988 (Fa 766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2013

Rivera, Michael, B. 1988 (Fa 766), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text of paper (click on "Additional Files") for Folklife Archives Project 766. Paper titled “Beekeeping in Southern Kentucky” written by Michael Rivera for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. This paper explores the world and traditions associated with beekeeping in Allen County, Kentucky.

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Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 979. Thesis titled, “The Oral Folk History Surrounding the Life of William Bernard ‘Big Six’ Henderson,” written by Peggy Bradley Boaz for Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies Program, 1976. Also associated newspaper clippings, 1978, 1987 (2).

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Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 581. Illustrated paper by Rachel Hopkin titled “A Reel in a Bottle: The Bottle Art of Chris Wood.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of creating bottle art, or bottle whimsies. Folk artist Chris Wood’s path from observer to artist is detailed and includes his interpretations of the work of several historical and modern artisans within the genre. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.

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Mccartt-Jackson, Sarah (Fa 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Mccartt-Jackson, Sarah (Fa 577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 577. Paper by Sarah McCartt-Jackson titled “The Invasion of the Scarecrows and Community Aesthetic Perspective.” Describes an annual event called Invasion of the Scarecrows designed to promote downtown shopping in Scottsville, Kentucky. This project won the 2011Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.

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Cox, Linda Walker (Fa 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2012

Cox, Linda Walker (Fa 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 63. “Is This A Playback?” A project documenting bluegrass, country, and gospel music being performed at Ray Walker’s Allen County home. Music was collected during a session with several participating musicians. The items were collected by Linda Cox for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

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Gibbs, Verbina (Fa 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2012

Gibbs, Verbina (Fa 45), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 45. Interview with Verbina Gibbs about her work as an obituary writer in Allen County, Kentucky.

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Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2011

Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.

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Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Trout, Allan Mitchell, 1903-1972 (Mss 346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 346. Correspondence and writings relating to the career of Allan Mitchell Trout, political reporter and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Includes letters from readers, written mostly on the occasion of his retirement, collections of Trout's "Greetings" columns, speeches and articles, historical memorabilia, correspondence relating to the Allan M. Trout Collection at Western Kentucky University, and messages of sympathy to his wife after Trout's death.

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Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2009

Jackson Family Papers (Sc 2011), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2011. Legal papers of the Jackson family of Allen County, Kentucky, relating chiefly to property owned by Samuel Jackson. Includes wills and accounts, a teacher's register from 1881, and copies of family photographs.

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Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2009

Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 253. Documents related to New Deal relief programs in Warren County, Kentucky and surrounding counties; correspondence of Ida Leighton Hodges, Bowling Green, Area Administrator of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration.

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Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2008

Levenson, Al (Fa 335), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 335. Paper: "Frog Life: A Brief Discussion and Analysis of the Folklife of the Flying Frog Farm," written by Al Levenson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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