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Industrial Resources: Christian County - Hopkinsville, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Christian County

“Industrial Resources: Hopkinsville, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce and the Hopkinsville – Christian County Chamber of Commerce, 1973. 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.

Geographical Analysis Of The State-Administered Roads In Kentucky, 1920 To 1970, Sudesh Singla

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There are several problems in the study of the growth and analysis of roads and highways. The first purpose of the study is to determine the stages of expansion in the State Highway System of Kentucky with respect to the density and the types of roads in Kentucky. A comparison has been made with other states of the nation with regards to percentage of roads paved and the total road mileage during the same stages.

The second purpose of the study is to determine the structure of growth, locational pattern of roads and major nodal points. The third purpose of …

Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1348. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting” which includes a description of the traditional folk art of quilting in Logan County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of traditional practice, tools, photos, quilt blocks, informant’s name, location, and text classification.

Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1365. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore on Pregnancy and Childbirth” which includes survey sheets with traditional practices and beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth in Henery County, Illinois and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the traditional practice or belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, text classification, and motif annotation.

Taylor, Beth (Fa 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1362. Student folk studies project titled “Courtship and Marriage” which includes survey sheets about traditional beliefs about courtship, weddings, and marriage in Jefferson County and Simpson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of belief, proverb, superstition, custom, or tradition, informant’s name and address, along with text classification.

Law, Nancy (Fa 1358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1358. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Nancy Law for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about a general store in Middleton, Simpson County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of store procedure, furnishings, color photograph, text classification, and informant’s name and location.

Newman, Janice (Fa 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1367. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting (Bertha Abney)” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Jefferson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Newman’s family friend, Bertha Abney. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and sheets that may include an illustration, photo, quilt pattern’s name, brief description of a traditional practice or quilt pattern.

Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1346. Student folk studies project titled “Superstions [sic] Associated with Pregnancy” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional folk beliefs about pregnancy in the counties of Carroll, Daviess, Franklin, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, Shelby and Warren in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or traditional practice, informant’s name and religious affiliation, date, and text classification.

Anderson, Faye S. (Fa 1349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1349. Folklife project titled "Spinning" by Faye S. Anderson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes an illustrated paper about the spinning process as explained by Maggie Spear of the Pea Ridge, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Also includes samples of carded wool, single thread yarn, and double thread yarn.

Bradley, Margaret (Fa 1357), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1357. Folklife project titled "Quilting" by Margaret Bradley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about quilting and quilt patterns in Hart County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of quilt pattern, origin, and informant’s name, age, and address.

Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1354. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Steve Barriger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about general stores in Butler, Logan and Warren counties in Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the general store, location, informant’s name, and photograph.

Bohannon, Alice Kaye (Fa 1363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1363. Paper titled "The Training and Care of the Draft Horse" written by Alice Bohannon for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. This illustrated, narrative paper about the care of working farm horses is based on an interview with Lester Warren Bohannon, Alice's father, of Shelby County, Kentucky.

Tuttle, John (Fa 1368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1368. Student folk studies project titled “The Country Store” which includes information about traditional general stores in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Project includes information from interviews with Tuttle’s grandfather and mother, Chester Tuttle and Elois (Tucker) Tuttle along with illustrations and a photo.

Brannik, Mike (Fa 1361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1361. Student folk studies project titled “Ghost Stories” which includes survey sheets about traditional ghost stories in Barren County, Jefferson County, and Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of ghost story or tale, informant’s name and address, along with text classification.

Utley, Mary (Fa 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1366. Student folk studies project titled “Quilt Making” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Henderson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Utley’s great grandmother, Mary Mathilda Bonnell. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and survey sheets that may include a traditional belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, and text classification. Other sheets include a photo, brief description of a quiltmaking process and/or a photo of a quilt or piece of quilt with the pattern’s name.

Sikorski, Carolyn (Fa 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1347. Folklife project titled "Folk Art of Whittling" written by Carolyn Sikorski for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper explains the whittling process as described by Herbert Burkes of Mud Lick, Monroe County, Kentucky and Virginia Perry of Warren County, Kentucky.

Linde, Janet (Fa 1360), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1360. Student folk studies project titled “Modern Ghost Tales Or Scary Stories” which includes survey sheets about traditional ghost stories in Florida and Cumberland County, Jefferson County and Union County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of ghost story or tale, informant’s name, address and birth month and year, along with text classification.

Industrial Resources: Perry County - Hazard, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Perry County

"Current Industrial Resources: Hazard, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky department of Commerce in cooperation with the Hazard Chamber of Commerce, 1972. 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: Owen County - Owenton, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Owen County

"Industrial Resources: Owenton, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Owen County Chamber of Commerce, 1972. 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: Pendleton County - Falmouth And Butler, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Pendleton County

"Industrial Resources: Falmouth and Butler, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Pendleton County Chamber of Commerce, 1972. 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: Perry County - Hazard, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Perry County

"Industrial Resources: Hazard, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Hazard Chamber of Commerce, 1971. 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 - Garrard County - Lancaster, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Garrard County

“Industrial Resources: Lancaster, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce and the Garrard County Chamber of Commerce,1972. 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: Mercer County - Harrodsburg, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Mercer County

"Current Industrial Resources: Harrodsburg, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Harrodsburg Chamber of Commerce, 1972. 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: Mccreary County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

McCreary County

"Industrial Resources: McCreary County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the McCreary County Development Association, 1972. 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: Mccracken County - Paducah, Kentucky Library Research Collections

McCracken County

"Industrial Resources: Paducah, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Greater Paducah Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 1972. 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: Powell County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Powell County

"Current Industrial Resources: Powell County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Powell County Industrial and Development Association, 1972. 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: Martin County - Inez, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Martin County

"Industrial Resources: Inez, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Martin County Development Association, 1972. 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: Mclean County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

McLean County

"Industrial Resources: McLean County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Calhoun Industrial Development Corporation, Livermore-Island Chamber of Commerce, 1972. 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: Rockcastle County - Mount Vernon, Brodhead, And Livingston, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Rockcastle County

"Industrial Resources: Mount Vernon, Brodhead, and Livingston, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Rockcastle Chamber of Commerce, 1972. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, duel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate

Industrial Resources: Trigg County - Cadiz, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Trigg County

"Industrial Resources: Cadiz, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Cadiz-Trigg County Chamber of Commerce and the Trigg County Industrial Foundation, 1972. 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, education and health facilitates, housing, communications, recreation, natural resources, markets and climate.