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Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 743. This collection contains information relating to the various artists involved with the Kentucky Folklife Program. Many of the artists included in this collection participated in programs offered at, but not limited to, the Kentucky Folklife Festival, Made to be Played Exhibit, apprenticeship programs, and survey or fieldwork that was conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program. Artists included musicians (gospel, blues, bluegrass, banjo, thumbpicking guitarists, and singing) to traditional artists (painting, quilting, storytelling, basketmaking, and instrument making). The collection also includes musical groups and places relating to artists and art forms. The collection …
Swartz, Larry (Fa 838), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Swartz, Larry (Fa 838), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 838. This collection includes Negro spirituals collected from African American Baptist churches located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This project was completed by Larry Swartz and Doug Gibson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Lee, James C. (Fa 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lee, James C. (Fa 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 827. This project is a brief life history of Iva Ferguson an African American woman, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Born in 1900, Ferguson’s life story is shared as she wrote it. This information was collected by James C. Lee, a student at Western Kentucky University for his folk studies class project.
Reflections Of The Past (Fa 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reflections Of The Past (Fa 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 812. Recording of George C. Wright discussing resources for African American research in Kentucky (Side A) and Rena Niles talking about her folk musician husband John Jacob Niles (Side B). Two small printed pamphlets were also included with the recording that was sponsored by the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and produced by Clay Guance of the University of Kentucky.
Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
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.