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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.

Wathen, Leslie (Fa 916), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 916. Project titled: “Children’s Games.” Project includes paper with introduction of games played by children from Daviess County, Henderson County, and Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Medaris, Jere (Fa 915), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 915. Project titled: “[Folk Beliefs]” Project includes brief paper with introduction of folk beliefs and superstitions in Kentucky.

Johnson, Danny (Fa 911), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 911. Project titled: “Ghost Stories.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of ghost stories from Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. Sheets include a description of the ghost story and informant’s name.

Blanton, Bob (Fa 910), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 910. Project titled: “A Collection of Ghost Stories.” Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of ghost stories in the Bluegrass, Eastern Mountain and Penny Royal regions of Kentucky and Pennsylvania and Virginia. Sheets include a brief description, informant’s name, and the motif index number.

Degen, Barbara (Fa 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 908. Project titled: “Student Beliefs at Western Kentucky University.” Project includes survey sheets and note cards with brief descriptions of students at Western Kentucky University from Kentucky and New Jersey. Sheets include a brief description of belief, informant’s name, and classification. Note cards include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.

Evelyn Thurman Oral History Project (Fa 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 769. This collection is an oral history project about Mary Evelyn Thurman a librarian, educator and storyteller. 32 interviews were conducted by Lisa Karen Miller, an employee of Western Kentucky University’s University Libraries. These items are stored in the digital Sound Archives.