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Duros, Robert C. (Fa 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1148. Student folk studies project titled “Collection Project on Coach Diddle” which includes tales about legendary basketball coach E. A. Diddle at Western Kentucky University. Project includes tales about Coach Diddle, informant’s name, and tale classification.

Dawson, Jim (Fa 1102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1102. Paper titled “Ed Diddle Stories” in which Jim Dawson collects tales relating to former WKU Hilltopper basketball coach Edgar Allen Diddle. Paper is based on interviews with members of WKU faculty, all of whom played basketball under Coach Diddle.

Roush, Selby (Fa 989), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 989. Project titled: "Superstitions and Beliefs Among the Basketball Team of WKU." Includes a brief narrative followed by collected superstitions and beliefs of Western Kentucky University basketball team members. Each superstition or belief is listed on separate collection sheets along with the

informant's name and home town. The author

also supplies brief biographical sheets for each

informant with a small photo.

Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection FA 747. This collection contains materials relating to a wide array of folklife subjects collected by folklorist Bob Gates for the Kentucky Folklife Program. The majority of the subjects include ethnic or cultural groups, but there is also various information relating to specific arts or traditions. The materials within the folders are mostly articles or copies of articles. Most folders contain information that relates directly to Kentucky, but some are about the topic more in general terms. Files are arranged by subject.

Brown, Marcus, B. 1994 (Fa 794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 794. This collection features a term paper about the feud between fans of University of Kentucky’s Wildcats and the University of Louisville’s Cardinals basketball teams. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Marcus Brown for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

World Of Our Own: Kentucky Folkways (Fa 680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 680. This collection features information about the "World of Our Own: Kentucky Folkways" television program series sponsored and produced by KET (Kentucky Educational Television) which premiered from August 16-19, 1998.

Anna, Cara (Fa 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 266. Paper: “Full-Court Press: March Madness and the Print Media” written by Anna for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Diddle, Edgar Allen, 1895-1970 - Comments About (Fa 188), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of typed anecdotes (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 188. A group of Diddle's sayings collected by WKU students for a folk studies class assignment. Diddle was a noted basketball coach at WKU for many years.

Ua97/7 The Cardinal, Vol. Vi, No. 3, Ogden College

WKU Archives Records

Newspaper created by the students of Ogden College a prep school for boys in Bowling Green which operated from 1877 to 1927.