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Interview With Katherine Forrester And Jimmy Linville (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Katherine Forrester and Jimmy Linville conducted by Trudy Balcolm and Janice Louise Molloy on 13 November 1992. From folk studies student project titled “On the Road; Vernacular Architecture as a Creative Response to Economic Opportunity,” concerning the Horseshoe Hotel in Warren County, Kentucky.

The Lost Tribalism Of Years Gone By: Function & Variation In Gay Folklore In Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City Novels, Jimmy Browning

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis intends to demonstrate that, because of the unusual circumstances of its writing - a semi-journalistic piece produced during a period of crisis in the real-life community fictionally depicted - Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series stands as an unusually accurate and reliable ethnographic source for information concerning the gay male subculture of San Francisco in the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, not only the practice and behavior themselves, but also reflecting their personal and communal function. The methodology employed in demonstrating this thesis is necessarily subjective. Like gay folklore scholar Joseph P. Goodwin in More Man Than …

Ua68/6/1 Broomsedge Chronicles: Farm Living In South Central Kentucky, Wku English, Wku Glasgow

WKU Administration Documents

A collection of essays written by English 100 Freshman Composition and English 200 Introduction to Literature students attending WKU Glasgow from 1983 through 1992 taught by Loretta Murrey. Student authors are: Joyce Alford, Joyce Amer, Jeff Ballard, Sandie Barrick, Jerry Bean, Shela Bingham, Brent Bledsoe, Steven Bunch, Billy Carver, Angela Cowan, Karen Decker, Betty Dillahay, Dibbie Dilley, Amy Doyel, Jeff Duncan, Craig Emmitt, Barbara England, Kathy Fancher, Amanda Gillon, Michelle Glover, Jeanelle Gooch, Faye Johnson, Celena Martin, Sonia Martin, Tracy Mathews, Ila Moody, Angela Morris, William Myatt, Judy Parker, Dorothean Powell, Maria Pulanco, Diane Rather, Jennifer Reneau, LaDarra Rich, Pam …

Ua12/2 Fifteenth Annual Greek Academic Awards Banquet, Wku Interfraternity Council, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Greek academic awards banquet program.

General Index To Research Notes For: A History Of Blacks In Kentucky, Part Iii, Marion B. Lucas

Kentucky History

This index, general in nature, is organized under seventeen larger topics:

• Camp Nelson
• Slavery
• Slave Hiring
• Free Blacks
• Underground Railroad - Fugitives
• Post-Civil War Living Conditions
• Society & Culture - Medical Care
• Professions - Employment
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Civil Rights
• Politics
• Recreation
• Population
• Segregation- Changes in the 1890s
• Civil War
• Education
• Religion

Under these general headings, there are numerous subtopics. The research notes are numbered and presented in numerical order, and they are searchable by note numbers, names, dates, events, and topics (occasional hand-written numbers may not appear in searches). There are no missing notes, but there are occasional missing numbers, …

General Index To Research Notes For: A History Of Blacks In Kentucky, Part I, Marion B. Lucas

Kentucky History

This index, general in nature, is organized under seventeen larger topics:

• Camp Nelson
• Slavery
• Slave Hiring
• Free Blacks
• Underground Railroad - Fugitives
• Post-Civil War Living Conditions
• Society & Culture - Medical Care
• Professions - Employment
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Civil Rights
• Politics
• Recreation
• Population
• Segregation- Changes in the 1890s
• Civil War
• Education
• Religion

Under these general headings, there are numerous subtopics. The research notes are numbered and presented in numerical order, and they are searchable by note numbers, names, dates, events, and topics (occasional hand-written numbers may not appear in searches). There are no missing notes, but there are occasional missing numbers, …

General Index To Research Notes For: A History Of Blacks In Kentucky, Part Iv, Marion B. Lucas

Kentucky History

This index, general in nature, is organized under seventeen larger topics:

• Camp Nelson
• Slavery
• Slave Hiring
• Free Blacks
• Underground Railroad - Fugitives
• Post-Civil War Living Conditions
• Society & Culture - Medical Care
• Professions - Employment
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Civil Rights
• Politics
• Recreation
• Population
• Segregation- Changes in the 1890s
• Civil War
• Education
• Religion

Under these general headings, there are numerous subtopics. The research notes are numbered and presented in numerical order, and they are searchable by note numbers, names, dates, events, and topics (occasional hand-written numbers may not appear in searches). There are no missing notes, but there are occasional missing numbers, …

Ua12/2/16 Scrapbook, Wku Spirit Masters

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about WKU Spirit Masters for the 1991-1992 school year. Includes:

• Carl Kell
• Jason Embry
• Donna Starks
• Roxana Crowe
• Eric McWilliams
• Jennifer Mize
• Mark Miller
• Brunessa Beckles
• Mia Hazelwood
• Devin Delano
• Rachel Hibbs
• Darla Roof
• Hagan Rose
• Julie Wedge
• Staci Kitchens
• Donald Smith
• Neely Sheucraft
• Deanna Mills
• Gretchen Ploch
• Patrick Monohan
• Juli Carter
• Julie Hannah
• Neil Johnson (f)

Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about the Panhellenic Council. Includes information about Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Phi Beta.

Ua68/14 History Of The Folk Studies Program, Wku Folk Studies & Anthropology

WKU Administration Documents

Timeline of significant events related to the WKU Folk Studies Program from 1922 to 1992.

Ua68/14/2 History Of The Folk Studies Program At Wku, Wku Folk Studies & Anthropology

WKU Administration Documents

Timeline of significant events in the evolution of the Folk Studies Program at Western Kentucky University.

Jack Epperson: A Modern Folk Healer, Janet Tracy

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study in folk medicine focuses on a modern magico-religious folk healer named Jack Epperson, who utilizes the principles of bioenergetics or placing hands on an ill person's body and directing healing energy into blocked channels to heal, in the context of the small Alaskan community in which he lives and practices. The thesis is divided into seven chapters preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion.

To fit Jack Epperson into the full spectrum of folk medicine, it is necessary to comprehend fully the two categories of folk medicine: herbal or natural medicine, and magico-religious healing or shamanism. …

Ua12/2/1 The Xi Psi Cry, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-3, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega.

Zora Neale Hurston: The Voice Of The Goddess, Mella Davis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Zara Neale Purston has re-emerged as an author of promise due to the re-appraisal of her works led by Alice Walker and Robert Hemenway. In both literary and folklore academic circles, Hurston's work has been reclaimed by African-American female scholars and writers, but still a significant study has yet to be done about her ethnographic contributions to folklore and her farsightedness in fieldwork methodology. This thesis seeks to validate her work as a folklorist, thereby dismissing the charges of popularization and amateurishness by re-examining her work. Mules and Men and Jonah's Gourd Vine are Hurston's two most influential folklore texts …

Horsetrading: An East Texas Study In Establishing Context, Jon Rushing

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Scholarship to date on the subject of horsetrading and horsetraders has been primarily narrative collections with a minimum of attention paid to the cultural context within which the horsetrader lives and works. This thesis focuses on the lives and dealings of several horsetraders in a five county region in middle to southern east Texas.

Beginning with a discussion of the merits and failings of existing scholarship, I outline the historical background leading to the unique regional context and strong sense of independence in my area of study. A combination of early isolation, radical economic and political swings, and a strong …

Ragar, Tammy Sue (Fa 132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 132. "Winning at the Track." Discussion of folk beliefs involving gambling at the Dueling Grounds Race Course in Franklin, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/4 Ix Isp, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-5, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

David, Lynn Coulter, B.1941 (Fa 93), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 93. Interview with Oscar Rhea Wren, Logan County, Kentucky, conducted on April 19, 1991. The interview discusses Wren and Felts family genealogy, as well as political and social life in Logan County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2 Fourteenth Annual Greek Academic Awards Banquet, Wku Panhellenic Council, Wku Interfraternity Council

Student Organizations

Greek academic awards banquet program for 1991.

Interview With Walter Francis Becket, 1898-1991 (Fa 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Walter Francis Becket conducted by John E. Long on 28 January 1991. From folk studies student project concerning Becket's education, early practice as a physician, and his employment at the Bowling Green/Warren County [Kentucky] Hospital.

Ua12/2/4 Ix Isp, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Ua12/2/7 Scrapbook, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about the Panhellenic Council for the 1990-1991 school year. Includes information about Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.

Leach, Mary Jo (Fa 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 135. "Vietnam: One Man's Remembrances." Interview with Lee Scruggs of the 77th Special Forces Reconnaissance Platoon stationed in Southern Laos during the Vietnam War. Interview contains anecdotes and personal narratives of his participation in the war.

Interview With Ida Lee Crase (Fa 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Ida Lee Crase conducted by Lanny Ray Brittain in 1991. From folk studies student project titled "The Folk Art of Quilting" concerning Crase's quilting.

Ua12/2/1 A Herald Christmas, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Martin, John. Families Wish for Peace in Gulf - Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991
• Hoover, Amy. Family’s Tree Sales Sprouting Up – Rogers Christmas Trees
• Yates, Lauren. Volunteers Embrace Holiday Spirit – Salvation Army
• Brooks, James. Ninjas, Board Games, Baby Dolls in High Demand
• Howard, Laura. Parade Kicks Off Christmas Season
• Armes, Anya L. Handmade Gifts Add Personal Touch to Holiday
• Taylor, Christine. Recession May Not Be As Severe Here
• Howard, Laura. Mammoth Cave Chorus Show Captures Christmas Aura
• Clingerman, Ann. Christmas Past: Fond Memories Bring Holiday Cheer
• Vincent, Bruce. Holiday Plans Will Take …

Interview With Eddie Ray Edmundson (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Eddie Ray Edmundson conducted by Amy Yvonne (Doyen) Taylor on 20 November 1990. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of an auctioneer and a female tobacco tagger in tobacco warehouses.

Interview With Dan Cape (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dan Cape conducted by Amy Yvonne (Doyen) Taylor on 19 November 1990. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of an auctioneer and a female tobacco tagger in tobacco warehouses.

Interview With Dan Ray Stone, 1921-2007 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dan Ray Stone conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 7 November 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.

Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 163. Paper (25 p.) entitled "I-House at 1311 Clay Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky" by Western Kentucky University students Metzer and Taylor for a vernacular architecture class.

Interview With Doris Augusta Daniels, 1912-1998 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Doris Augusta Daniels conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 30 October 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.