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Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2857. Typescripts and a few photocopies of a printed newspaper column titled “Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore” written by WKU English professor Gordon Wilson, Sr. This grouping includes columns that were not incorporated into the bound volumes of his work found in the Kentucky Library Research Collections (GR110 .K4 W542)

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Wash's Motorcycle Project (Fa 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Wash's Motorcycle Project (Fa 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 678. This collection features informationa nd documentation of Wash's Cycles motorcycle shop in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and their connection with the Man O' War division of The Harley Owners Group located in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Funerary Customs In Harlan County, Kentucky (Fa 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Funerary Customs In Harlan County, Kentucky (Fa 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 677. This collection features documentation related to the study of funerary customs in Harlan County, Kentucky. The project was conducted by faculty and students at Southeast Community and Technical College in Cumberland, Kentucky.

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Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid for Folklife Archives collection 676. This collection features information and documentation of various Hart County Fairs. Emphasis is place on the white oak basketmaking tradition in the area.

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Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 673. This collection features oral history interviews conducted by Robin Borczon about the methods of preparing barbecue in western Kentucky for a WKU foodways class project.

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Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 674. This collection features audio and video documentation of the Shelbyville Heritage Festival held on September 25, 2004 in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

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Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2014

Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 672. This collection features information and documentation of the National Trust's Rural Heritage Development Initiative to implement preservation-based economic strategies in an eight county region in central Kentucky.

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Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Kentucky Folklore Record (Mss 501), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 501. Correspondence, manuscripts, and subscription and financial records relating to the content, editing, publication and management of the Kentucky Folklore Record, a quarterly journal of the Kentucky Folklore Society.

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Mammoth Cave National Park Association - Land Acquisition (Mss 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Mammoth Cave National Park Association - Land Acquisition (Mss 503), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 503. Records related to the formation of the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the acquisition of certain lands for Mammoth Cave National Park. Includes deeds, title abstracts, summaries of land acquisition, correspondence, and financial records. Click "Additional Files" below for an acreage map (Box 2, Folder 11).

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Jfk Memory Project At Wku (Mss 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Jfk Memory Project At Wku (Mss 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of remembrances (Click on Additional Files), photographs, and oral history interviews for Manuscripts Collection 491. Materials collected during a commemorative project related to a campaign visit John F. Kennedy made to Bowling Green, Kentucky in October 1960 and to his November 1963 assassination. The core of the collection is a set of remembrances that were sent into the Department of Library Special Collections, WKU about both events. Other items include oral history interviews (8), photos (36), contemporary news clippings as well as clippings about the project, a scrapbook of post-assassination clippings, and assorted other ephemera …

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Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2014

Spiller, Cora Jane (Morningstar), 1928-2020 - Collector (Sc 2852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2852. Letter to Cora Jane Spiller, 29 April 2014, from Ronnie Doyle, Park City, Kentucky, with reminiscences about Ford's Farm and Ford's Farm Cave in Barren County, Kentucky.

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Moore, Robert B., 1860-1937 (Sc 2851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Moore, Robert B., 1860-1937 (Sc 2851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2851. Letter, 13 November 1896, of Robert B. Moore, Bowen, Kentucky, to Frank Powers, Grayson, Kentucky. Moore, a lumber dealer, reports an increase in business. He also describes himself as a “sound money” man who voted for William McKinley in the recent presidential election. Despite anticipating a “hot time,” he reports finding no disturbances at his local polling place.

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Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2014

Chelf, Frank Leslie, 1907-1982 (Mss 492), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 492. Correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, audiotapes, film and miscellaneous material relating primarily to the political career of Democrat Frank L. Chelf, who represented Kentucky’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1944-1966. Includes Chelf’s voting record and bills, research and speeches related to his legislative interests.

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

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

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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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Staff Perceptions Of Work-Environment Factors Affecting Morale In Southeastern Registrar's Offices, Rheanna Plemons May 2014

Staff Perceptions Of Work-Environment Factors Affecting Morale In Southeastern Registrar's Offices, Rheanna Plemons

Dissertations

Studies on morale are prevalent in industry, healthcare, and public educational systems. However, morale studies are limited within higher education and focusing on the support staff at universities. This qualitative study used focus groups to identify themes among support staff in selected Registrar’s Offices in the Southeastern region of the United States. Institutions were chosen based on comparable enrollments and similar organizational structure. The researcher asked participants to discuss their perceptions on current morale levels in the office and how different work responsibilities affect morale. In addition, participants were asked to discuss motivators used by leaders and whether those motivators …

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Health Reform Implementation: Update And Implications For Kentucky, Glen P. Mays Apr 2014

Health Reform Implementation: Update And Implications For Kentucky, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

This talk reviews the progress of health reform implementation in Kentucky with a focus on opportunities for aligning systems for medical care, public health, and social support delivery to improve population health.

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Nida, Thomas Wilson, 1949-2015 (Mss 537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Nida, Thomas Wilson, 1949-2015 (Mss 537), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 537. Journals and photographs documenting canoer Thomas W. Nida’s treks on rivers and streams in south central Kentucky. He records information about traveling companions, waterway conditions, as well as flora and fauna spotted.

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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

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2007 (Fa 668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2007 (Fa 668), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives projects 668. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 20-22, 2007 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005 (Fa 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005 (Fa 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives projects 667. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 15-17, 2005 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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French, Richard, 1792-1854 (Sc 2825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

French, Richard, 1792-1854 (Sc 2825), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2825. Letter of U.S. Representative Richard French, 29 December 1844, written from Washington, D.C. to his wife in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. He expresses regret for the time spent away from home, acknowledges the need to consult with her about their future after his return, and discusses apparent tensions between her and a farm manager.

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Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Report 2013-2014, Jeff Stringer, Billy Thomas, Bobby Ammerman, Alison Davis Apr 2014

Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Report 2013-2014, Jeff Stringer, Billy Thomas, Bobby Ammerman, Alison Davis

Kentucky Forestry Economic Impact Reports

Forests are a valuable part of Kentucky’s landscape providing signifi­cant resources and opportunities benefi­ting the Commonwealth. One important and veri­fiable bene­fit is the economic contributions of Kentucky’s forest and wood industries. Analysis of these industries indicated a total economic impact of $12.8 billion and 59,000 jobs in 2013. Kentucky is one of the leading producers of hardwood forest products in the south and exports wood products across the nation and the world. This economic impact was generated from forests located in all 120 counties of the Commonwealth providing resources harvested by over 1,800 logging ­firms and processed at 703 facilities …

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Kentucky's Innovation Ecosystem, Center For Business And Economic Research, Gatton College Of Business And Economics, University Of Kentucky, Innovation Network For Entrepreneurial Thinking Apr 2014

Kentucky's Innovation Ecosystem, Center For Business And Economic Research, Gatton College Of Business And Economics, University Of Kentucky, Innovation Network For Entrepreneurial Thinking

CBER Infographic Posters

Changes in our economy and our society are redefining how we create economic opportunity and build successful enterprises. These changes are compelling critical examinations of how we pursue economic development in Kentucky. Given the importance of young high-growth firms for wage and job growth, it is vital for states, regions, communities, and universities to effectively leverage their assets toward the development of entrepreneurs, creation of startups, and sustaining high-growth enterprises.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2003 (Fa 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2003 (Fa 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 666. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 25-27, 2003 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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The Changing Nature Of Manufacturing, Christopher R. Bollinger Mar 2014

The Changing Nature Of Manufacturing, Christopher R. Bollinger

Issue Brief on Topics Affecting Kentucky’s Economy

No abstract provided.

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Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Grauman, Edna Jeanette, 1892-1979 (Sc 1294), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of letter (Click on additional files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1294. Letter, 11 February 1937, written by Edna J. Grauman, Louisville, Kentucky, to Margie Helm, Western Kentucky University librarian, Bowling Green, Kentucky, describing the Ohio River flood in Louisville and especially its effect on the Louisville Public Library, where she was employed.

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Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Bundles For America - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2813. Meeting minutes of Bundles for America, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from 24 January to 14 March 1945. Includes a draft thank-you letter to a sponsor summarizing the organization’s accomplishments since 1941; also includes a 1943 clipping outlining the history and work of the organization in knitting garments, salvaging metal and clothing, and making up toiletry kits for British and American soldiers and their families.

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Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 771. Survey sheets containing photographs and descriptive narratives about barns, cribs, and cabins chiefly in central and western Kentucky, although some examples were included from as far away as Connecticut.

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Mastin Family - Letters To (Sc 1287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Mastin Family - Letters To (Sc 1287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1287. Four letters, 1901, n.d., to members of the Mastin family, Frankfort, Kentucky, from Caleb Powers, acknowledging kindnesses extended during his incarceration for alleged involvement in the assassination of Governor William J. Goebel. Includes two letters to J. C. Mastin from political friends thanking him for support.

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Highway 31-W Folklife Survey (Fa 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Highway 31-W Folklife Survey (Fa 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 660. This collection includes information and documentation of the Highway 31-W Folklife Survey conducted by folklorist Dale Johnson throughout the summer and fall of 1999. Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council, the West Kentucky Corporation, and Mammoth Cave National Park, the survey was undertaken to document folklore and traditions from the U.S. Highway 31-W corridor running from Louisville, Kentucky to the Tennessee state line near Franklin, Kentucky.

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