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Experience Covington Project - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 726), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 726. This collection contains information and documentation of the “Experience Covington" cultural heritage tour sponsored by the Preserve American grant from the National Park Service. The project was meant to develop an urban walking and driving tour in order to preserve, enhance, and promote the rich cultural assets of the city.

My New Kentucky Home: The Immigrant Experience Exhibit - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 723), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 723. This collection contains information and documentation about the “My New Kentucky Home: The Immigrant Experience” exhibit that was on display at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky from 20 April 2007 to 8 March 2008.

Kentucky State University Drum Line - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 721), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 721. This collection contains information and documentation of the Kentucky State University’s drum line performance at the Kentucky Main Street Conference in Frankfort on 25 January 2012.

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2871. “A Dark and Bloody Ground: A Synopsis of the Lives of Micajah and Wiley Harpe,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. The illustrated paper, the basis for a presentation to the E.Q.B. Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounts the lives of Kentucky outlaws Micajah and Wiley Harpe.

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program (Fa 711), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 711. This collection includes documentation of Kentucky Arts Council’s “Folk Arts Apprenticeship” pairing of storyteller Octavia Sexton and students from the “Gifted and Talented” program at Hopkins Elementary School in Somerset, Kentucky.

Quilts - Logan County, Kentucky (Sc 2864), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2864. Correspondence, promotional material and planning notes for a quilt registry in Logan County, Kentucky, sponsored by the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and a subsequent exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University.

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, 1999-2000 (Fa 703), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 703. This collection includes documentation of site visits conducted by members of the Kentucky Folklife Program to the homes or studios of participants in the master/apprentice grant program from the Kentucky Arts Council.

Barbee, Candace (Fa 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and research paper for Folklife Archives Project 781. This collection features information and a research paper about Reid's Livery Winery near Alvaton, Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Candace Barbee for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Zibart, Abby (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid, research paper, and transcripts for Folklife Archives Project 780. This collection features information and a research paper about legend-tripping conducted at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Abby Zibart for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Interview With Jack G. Montgomery (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Jack G. Montgomery by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Ellyn I. Kerchenski (Fa 780), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Ellyn I. Kerchenski by Abby Zibart about legend-tripping at the Old Richardsville Road Bridge in Warren County, Kentucky.

Horse Cave, Kentucky - City Minutes (Mss 22 Box 1 Folder 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

The minutes of the Caverna (later Horse Cave), Kentucky Board of Trustees from 1871 to 1892. Full text of the minutes, in 50-page increments, can be seen by clicking on "Additional Files" below. The community was known as Horse Cave, but changed its name to Caverna in 1869 and later changed its name back to Horse Cave in 1880. Stray material was scanned where it was found in the minute book; blank pages were not scanned. A short index was typescripted from the original minute book and is also included as an "Additional File." This minute book is part of …

Self-Reported Memory Complaints: Implications From A Longitudinal Cohort With Autopsies, Richard J. Kryscio, Erin L. Abner, Gregory E. Cooper, David W. Fardo, Greg A. Jicha, Peter T. Nelson, Charles D. Smith, Linda J. Van Eldik, Lijie Wan, Frederick A. Schmitt

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: We assessed salience of subjective memory complaints (SMCs) by older individuals as a predictor of subsequent cognitive impairment while accounting for risk factors and eventual neuropathologies.

METHODS: Subjects (n = 531) enrolled while cognitively intact at the University of Kentucky were asked annually if they perceived changes in memory since their last visit. A multistate model estimated when transition to impairment occurred while adjusting for intervening death. Risk factors affecting the timing and probability of an impairment were identified. The association between SMCs and Alzheimer-type neuropathology was assessed from autopsies (n = 243).

RESULTS: SMCs were …

Kinney, Noah And Charlie Kinney - Interviews (Fa 696), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 696. This collection features audio of three interviews conducted by Robert Gates with Noah and Charlie Kinney as part of the Kentucky Folklife Project.

Basketmaking In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 695. This collection features information collected for an exhibit about basketmaking in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. The exhibit on panels was displayed at various Kentucky venues.

Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 694. This collection features information and documentation of the cultural traditions survey of the eastside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky by folklorist Amy Slade.

Kentucky Crafted: The Market - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 692. This collection features information and documentation og the "Kentucky Crafted: The Market" event held annually in Lexington, Kentucky. The collection focuses primarily on the markets from the year 2000 through 2012.

Music And Innovation: The Art Of Homer Ledford Exhibit (Fa 691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 691. This collection features information and documentation of the "Music and Innovation: The Art of Homer Ledford" exhibit at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky on display from 14 August through 31 December 2007.

Dynamics Of A Kentucky Derby Hat (Fa 690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 690. This collection features information about the Kentucky Derby hat tradition as found at Dee's craft and hat store in Louisville, Kentucky.

Made To Be Played: Traditional Art Of Kentucky Luthiers (Fa 689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 689. This collection features information and documentation of the "Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers" museum exhibit which focused on luthiers throughout the state.

Thumbpickers Hall Of Fame - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Fa 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 687. This collection features information and documentation of the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame, founded in the birthplace of thumbpicking, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1998.

Coalfield Project - Kentucky (Fa 686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 686. This collection features documentation and oral history interviews with traditional folk artists and craftspeople from the eastern coalfield region of Kentucky.

Deafestival (Fa 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 684. This collection features information and documentation of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's DeaFestival held in various communities around the state.

Paul Sawyier Public Library - Frankfort, Kentucky - Summer Reading Program (Fa 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 683. This collection features information and documentation of the Paul Sawyier Public Library's summer reading program held from 6 June to 29 July 2011 at the Paul Sawiyer Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Bill Monroe Homeplace - Rosine, Kentucky - Dedication (Fa 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 685. This collection features video and audio documentation of the Bill Monroe homeplace dedication ceremony held on 23 August 2001 in Rosine, Kentucky.

Kentucky State Fair - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 682. This collection features information and documentation of various Kentucky State Fairs and their respective attractions.

Appalshop's Access To Artistic Excellence Project (Fa 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 681. This collection primarily contains a variety of short films produced by Appalshop's Access to Artistic Excellence Project funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Appalshop's goal in the Access to Artistic Excellence Project is to preserve and present film and audio of master traditional artists and to build strong appreciation for Appalachian culture, art, and traditions.

Chinese Moon Festival - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 679. This collection features documentation of the Chinese Moon Festival held on October 1, 2006 at the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 - Relating To (Sc 2859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection 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.

Foster, Richard Wesley, 1879-1969 (Sc 2858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2858. Letter, 2 February 1906, written by Wesley Foster, Shelbyville, Kentucky, to his mother Mrs. J. R. Foster, Matthews. Virginia, in which he expresses his disappointment in Mammoth Cave after a tour. Includes original envelope illustrated with an H.C. Ganter photograph of the Cave's "Olives Bower."