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Articles 1381 - 1410 of 1922

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Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2000

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 16 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2000

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 11 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2000

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Interview With John Buell Edmonds (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2000

Interview With John Buell Edmonds (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by Michelle Ross on 18 October 2000. The purpose of the interview was to discuss Edmonds involvement with gospel music, particularly his role as a worship and choir leader in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He discusses his musical background and his musical endeavors outside the church.

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Interview With John Buell Edmonds, B. 1945 (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2000

Interview With John Buell Edmonds, B. 1945 (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by Michelle Ann Ross on 18 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning Edmonds as a gospel musician and singer and Mt. Zion Baptist Church services in Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Transformations: A Folkloric Exploration Of The Musical Comedy Into The Woods By Stephen Sondheim And James Lapine, Cara Hoglund May 2000

Transformations: A Folkloric Exploration Of The Musical Comedy Into The Woods By Stephen Sondheim And James Lapine, Cara Hoglund

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the use of folktales in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1987 award-winning musical Into the Woods. In doing so, I hope to accomplish several directives. First, to enrich understanding of the musical for all audience members, especially those with a folklore or theater background. I feel that understanding the underlying goals and standards that Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine used in creating the musical will provide a much deeper understanding of the genius of their work. I also aim clearly elucidate the merger of folk narrative and popular musical theater form in …

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National Powers Of Belief: Folklore, Mythology And Festival In Nazi Germany, Kirsten Anderson May 1999

National Powers Of Belief: Folklore, Mythology And Festival In Nazi Germany, Kirsten Anderson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis, I examine the relationship between folklore and nationalism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany. More specifically, I focus on how the Nazis used folklore and the work of folklorists in their propaganda. The first chapter documents the development of nationalism and the creation of the discipline of folklore based on the theories of Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) and Wilhelm Riehl (1823-1897). Herder wanted the Germans to rediscover their national heritage through folklore materials, and Riehl argued that folklore and folklorists should serve the Fatherland. In the 1930s, the Nazi Party used the discipline of folklore as a tool …

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Farmhouses That Became Boarding Houses In The Catskill Mountains Of New York State, Virginia Scheer May 1999

Farmhouses That Became Boarding Houses In The Catskill Mountains Of New York State, Virginia Scheer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis the author uses oral histories to study vernacular architecture, analyzing the changes in the way people in the Catskills have used buildings, specifically farm dwellings, to make a living, first as farmers and then as proprietors of boarding houses. The Catskills region in upstate New York is well known for its dairy farms and also for its resorts, but little has been researched to trace continuities and discrepancies between the rural residents and urban visitors. Boarding on farms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showed continuity between the two groups: recent immigrants who lived in …

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Beyond Celebration: A Call For The Study Of Traditions Of Dominance, Ann Ferrell May 1999

Beyond Celebration: A Call For The Study Of Traditions Of Dominance, Ann Ferrell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis I examine why and how the focus on aesthetic expression and the avoidance of making certain types of value judgments have shaped the discipline of folklore. In the first chapter I look briefly at some of the major figures and themes in our history in order to ascertain how we arrived at the perspective from which we now work. In Chapter Two I explore and critically examine the limited examples of North American folklore scholarship that examines "dysfunctional" folklore. In Chapter Three I consider the study of belief as an example of an area of folklore scholarship …

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Ua1d Mary Clarke, Wku Human Resources Jan 1999

Ua1d Mary Clarke, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel file of professor Mary Clarke, includes correspondence and newspaper clippings.

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"Anything Dead Coming Back To Life Hurts": Ghosts And Memory In Hamlet And Beloved, Rebecca Boyd Aug 1998

"Anything Dead Coming Back To Life Hurts": Ghosts And Memory In Hamlet And Beloved, Rebecca Boyd

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Ghost stories are an ingrained part of most cultures because, typically, humans must be forced to confront those elements of their individual and communal past that they would prefer to ignore. Accordingly, ghosts have embodied weaknesses and hidden evils that must be assimilated and transcended, and writers have embroidered a variety of subtexts upon the traditional fabric of ghostlore. Specifically, both William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Toni Morrison's Beloved employ ghosts as symbols of man's archetypal desire to hide his past. A careful examination of the texts in these ghost stories, of the cultural folklore included, and of the ghosts' influence …

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Interview With Regina Brooks (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1998

Interview With Regina Brooks (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Regina Brooks conducted by Heather-Kristen Brooks on 3 May 1998. From folk studies student project “The Effects of High School Consolidation on the Students and Community of Lewisburg” concerning the centralization of five Logan County schools in 1983 and the issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms.

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Portraits And Landscapes In Family Narrative, Hayden Roberts May 1998

Portraits And Landscapes In Family Narrative, Hayden Roberts

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis works from my interest in how individual perspectives affect family narratives and constructions of family history. Narrative exists chiefly in story form, but it also exists in people's mind, helping them to understand material culture, customs, and other forms of folk expression. These folk ideas define us and bind us socially. The way we arrange things in our minds, make sense of life experiences and the narratives we about create these experiences, define our social ties, such as family. Before one can understand the collective or group perception of itself, one must understand how each component or person …

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Approaching Fallingwater: An Ethography Of Place, Brian Gregory May 1998

Approaching Fallingwater: An Ethography Of Place, Brian Gregory

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, has always been more than just a house. It has also functioned as a workplace, a tourist destination, "the best all-time work of American architecture," and a cultural symbol. By talking to some of the people involved in its history and by examining "autho-ethnographic" texts found within the community, I attempt to use ethnographic methods to understand a complicated site. Nestled in the rural Appalachian foothills of southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater is also isolated. It is tempting for visitors to view it as a work of art "plopped down in the middle of nowhere." And …

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Festivals, Function And Context: An Ethnographic Study Of Three Festivals At Holden Village, Andrea Mericle May 1998

Festivals, Function And Context: An Ethnographic Study Of Three Festivals At Holden Village, Andrea Mericle

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how three festivals function together to meet the Mission Statement goals of Holden Village, an isolated Lutheran renewal center located in the Cascade mountains in Washington State. The Holden Village Mission Statement states that Holden Village is organized to provide a community for healing, renewal, and refreshment of people through worship, intercession, study, humor, work, recreation, and conversation in a climate of mutual acceptance under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The purpose of this community is to participate in the renewal for the church and the world by proclaiming the gospel of …

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Interview With Samantha Hamilton (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1998

Interview With Samantha Hamilton (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Samantha Hamilton conducted by Heather-Kristen Brooks on 29 April 1998. From folk studies student project “The Effects of High School Consolidation on the Students and Community of Lewisburg” concerning the centralization of five Logan County schools in 1983 and the issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms.

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Interview With Annie Duvall (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1998

Interview With Annie Duvall (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Bruce Allen on 17 April 1998. From folk studies student project concerning her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, including dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights and changes in modern technologies.

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Interview With Bill Cowan (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1998

Interview With Bill Cowan (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bill Cowan conducted by Shirley Draper on 24 February 1998. From folk studies student project concerning bush arbor religious meetings in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Ua3/9/6/1 Programs Of Distinction, Gary Ransdell, Wku President's Office Jan 1998

Ua3/9/6/1 Programs Of Distinction, Gary Ransdell, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Gary Ransdell interview regarding programs of distinction by unidentified reporter.

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Siemon, Maile Dawn (Fa 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Siemon, Maile Dawn (Fa 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 185. "Gang Symbols in the Courier-Journal", a paper written by Siemon for a WKU folk studies class.

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Hoagland, Melissa Marie (Fa 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Hoagland, Melissa Marie (Fa 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 180. Paper written by Melissa Marie Hoagland entitled "The Folklore of the Christmas Season" for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from the Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, referenced.

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Brown, Angela E. (Fa 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Brown, Angela E. (Fa 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 173. "Child Abuse", a paper written by Angela E. Brown for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from the "Courier-Journal", Louisville, Kentucky, referenced.

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Powers, Whitney Gaye (Fa 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Powers, Whitney Gaye (Fa 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 183. Paper entitled "Folklore in Wedding Etiquette", written by Powers for a WKU folk studies class.

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Tidwell, Tiffany (Fa 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Tidwell, Tiffany (Fa 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 187. Paper written by Tidwell for a WKU folk studies class entitled "Derby Traditions." Articles from the Courier-Journal are referenced.

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Skaggs, William C. (Fa 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Skaggs, William C. (Fa 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 186. Paper written by Skaggs for a WKU folk studies class entitled "Smoking is Directly Related to Coolness." Periodical advertisements are referenced.

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Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 174. "The Folklore in Cosmetic Advertising", a paper written by Bethany D. Brown for a WKU folk studies class. "Redbook" magazine is referenced.

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Asbell, Adrienne (Fa 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Asbell, Adrienne (Fa 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 172. "The Preservation of Things Held Sacred: Cemeteries in the Mass Media", a paper written by Adrienne Asbell for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from various newspapers and periodicals referenced.

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Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 171. "The Use of Food in Family Circus", a paper written by Maria E. Amaro for a WKU folk studies class. "Family Circus" comic strip from the "Park City Daily News", Bowling Green, Kentucky is referenced.

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Allen, David Bruce (Fa 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Allen, David Bruce (Fa 170), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 170. "April Fool's Day Within Print Media", a paper written by David Bruce Allen for a WKU folk studies class. Comic strips and articles from the "Park City Daily News", Bowling Green, Kentucky referenced.

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Davis, Amanda Jean (Fa 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Davis, Amanda Jean (Fa 178), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 178. "Folklore: The Color Concept", a paper written by Amanda Jean Davis for a WKU folk studies class. Newspaper articles referenced.

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