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Articles 1531 - 1560 of 1922
Full-Text Articles in Anthropology
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mania Ivanov Ritter conducted by Kimberly Anne Schmitt on 13 May 1988. From folk studies student project concerning Ritter discussing her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II.
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mania Ivanov Ritter conducted by Kimberly Anne Schmitt on 10 May 1988. From folk studies student project concerning Ritter discussing her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II.
Interview With John Arthur Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With John Arthur Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with John Arthur Ritter conducted by Kimberly Anne Schmitt on 11 May 1988. From folk studies student project concerning his wife Mania Ritter discussing her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II.
Interview With Edward And Lena Neal (Fa 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Edward And Lena Neal (Fa 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
No abstract provided.
Ua12/2/10 Kay Dee Konnection, Kappa Delta
Ua12/2/10 Kay Dee Konnection, Kappa Delta
Student Organizations
Calendar / newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta in 1988.
Folk Custom As A Barometer Of Social Change In A Tennessee Community, Chad Berry
Folk Custom As A Barometer Of Social Change In A Tennessee Community, Chad Berry
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Using the techniques of oral history, residents of the Cypress Creeks area of southwestern middle Tennessee were questioned about their perceptions of the social change since 1940. In that year, the National Park Service hired men in the area to help snake out logs for the Natchez Trace Parkway's right-of-way. For most men in the area, the temporary positions on the Trace were the first "public" jobs they ever had. After these positions were no longer needed, outmigration brought residents north to factory-cities; thus, the building of the parkway remains a watershed in residents' memories as the benchmark when change …
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mania Ivanov Ritter conducted by Kimberly Anne Schmitt on 4 March 1988. From folk studies student project concerning Ritter discussing her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II.
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mania Ivanov Ritter (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mania Ivanov Ritter conducted by Kimberly Anne Schmitt on 18 February 1988. From folk studies student project concerning Ritter discussing her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II.
Ua12/2/4 Alpha Phi Omega Newsletter, Alpha Phi Omega
Ua12/2/4 Alpha Phi Omega Newsletter, Alpha Phi Omega
Student Organizations
Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.
Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi
Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi
Student Organizations
Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1988.
Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega
Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega
Student Organizations
Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity in 1988.
Displays Of Culture: Personal Museums In Wisconsin, Mary Zwolinski
Displays Of Culture: Personal Museums In Wisconsin, Mary Zwolinski
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Fieldwork was undertaken in the state of Wisconsin to document and interpret privately owned and displayed collections. Collections were comprised of various types of objects, most commonly artworks created and/or collected by the collection owners. These collections often take on an environmental scope, occupying private spheres such as collection owners' homes or outbuildings. An examination of environmental type collections that are housed in bars was also undertaken.
Collections of this specific type are culturally and locally significant. The objects in the collections and the collection owners address and provide important information on such local or regional subjects as history, local …
Mccarthy, Kimberly A. (Fa 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccarthy, Kimberly A. (Fa 116), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 116. "Around the kitchen table." Discusses how card games such as Rummy can be considered urban folkloric events.
Interview With Joe Daugherty (Fa 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joe Daugherty (Fa 34), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joe Daugherty conducted by Dawn Elaine Allen-Carlson on 3 December 1987. From folk studies student project concerning the collections of Joe Daugherty.
Interview With Frank Miller And Frank Allen Mnner (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Frank Miller And Frank Allen Mnner (Fa 70), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Frank Miller and Frank Allen Minner conducted by Eleonore Beck Mitchell on 23 November 1987. From folk studies student project concerning the history of the ROTC, the ROTC program at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, recruitment, and differences in training between ROTC and military academies.
Interview With Jean Pence (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Jean Pence (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Jean Pence conducted by Lisa Mason-Jones on 23 November 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning Pence's role as a midwife at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Interview With Robert J. Wurster (Fa 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Robert J. Wurster (Fa 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Robert J. Wurster conducted by Callie Lou Dalton on 18 November 1987. From folk studies student project concerning his involvement with the International Student Program at Western Kentucky University and issues of acculturation, equity in the classroom, expression of identity, and the program’s strengths and weaknesses.
Interview With Zilpha Amanda Hume (Fa 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Zilpha Amanda Hume (Fa 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Zilpha Amanda Hume conducted by Teresa L. Hollingsworth on 17 November 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning experiences with trance channeling.
Interview With Marilyn Cline (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Marilyn Cline (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Marilyn Cline conducted by Sara Jane McNulty on 16 November 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning experiences with trance channeling.
Interview With Overt Ray Rich (Fa 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Overt Ray Rich (Fa 33), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Overt Ray Rich conducted by Greg Jenkins on 13 November 1987. From student folk studies project concerning Overt Rich's work with prison ministries.
Interview With Arthur And Anne Cataldo (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Arthur And Anne Cataldo (Fa 37), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Arthur and Anne Cataldo conducted by Sara Jane McNulty on 9 October 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning experiences with trance channeling.
Interview With Lewis Cutliff Regarding Mammoth Cave (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Lewis Cutliff Regarding Mammoth Cave (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral interview done with Lewis Cutliff in 1987 related to Mammoth Cave National Park. He discusses the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Mammoth Cave.
Interview With Dawson "Doss" Davis And Vida Davis (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Dawson "Doss" Davis And Vida Davis (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Dawson “Doss” Davis and Vida Davis conducted by Kelly A. Lally on 2 September 1987. From folk studies student project about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and concerning experiences of twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.
Interview With Reubin Vincent (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Reubin Vincent (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Reubin Vincent conducted by Kelly A. Lally on 26 August 1987. From folk studies student project about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and concerning experiences of twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.
Interview With Donald Hazellett Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Donald Hazellett Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Donald Hazellett regarding Mammoth Cave, particularly the "New Discovery" of portion of the cave in the late-1930s.
Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Kathryn Kadel in 1987 related to her husband's work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s. Her husband, Richard Kadel, was commander of Camp 516.
Interview With Albert "Shorty" Coats Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Albert "Shorty" Coats Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Shorty Coats in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.
Interview With Gilbert Sanders Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Gilbert Sanders Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Gilbert Sanders in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.
Interview With George Childress Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With George Childress Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral history interview done with Georgie Childress in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.
Interview With Sherman Moffitt Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Sherman Moffitt Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an oral interview done with Sherman Moffitt related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s and his subsequent career as a minister.