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Ua12/2/78 The Messenger, Vol. 1, Kappa Sigma

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1986.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority for 1986.

Interview With Gayle Carver Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Gayle Carver conducted by Joe Adams for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Carver discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, education, businesses, childhood chores, his phonograph record collection, World War II, the 1937 flood, the Great Depression, the first automobile and airplane he remembered and information about popular music of the era.

Horn, Sandra (Simunaci), B. 1946 (Fa 125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 125. Interview with psychic practitioner, Terry Langford of Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing supernatural occurrences in the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University. Includes attachments.

Roberts, Lynne (Fa 128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 128. Pictorial essay about the art of Bertha T. Skaggs, dollmaker and quilter of Hart County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 1, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 127. History of "Highland," a house built in the 1890s by the Monarch family of Owensboro, Kentucky. This Queen Anne-style house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Ua12/2/69 Sigma Alpha Epsilon: A Degree In Friendship, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Booklet created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilon

• Sigma Alpha Epsilon Members 1985-1986
• Fones, Matt. Letter from the President
• Gott, Doug. Twenty Years of Kentucky Beta
• Minton, John Jr. Our Alumni
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon National
• Brown, Cathy. Little Sisters of Minerva
• Intramurals
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Life
• Community Service
• Academics
• Facts About Kentucky Beta
• Facts About Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Wayland, John. The True Gentleman
• Record of Awards
• Campus Information

Ua12/2/78 Alumni News, Kappa Sigma

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1986.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Padilla, Anne. First and Second Language Acquisition: A Comparison
• Scott, Angela. Salted and Unsalted Snacks: Taste Preferences of Second Grade Students in a Rural Area School
• Fuqua, Nancy. Acceptance by High School Students of Muffins Containing Supplemental Soy Polysaccharides
• Mans, Glee. Preference Levels of High School Freshmen for Four Cheese Food Products
• Denney, Pam. Consumer Acceptance of UHT Choclate Lowfat Milk
• Harris, Carla. Jacques-Louis David: Raphael of the Sansculottes
• Vaughn, James. Corporate Reorganization …

Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega in 1986.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1986.

Ua12/2/77 The Traveler, Kappa Alpha Order

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Alpha Order in 1986.

Anderson, Linda Allen (Fa 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 130. "The People of the Capitol", an oral history project describing the history of Frankfort, Kentucky, and the citizens of the state capitol. This paper includes information about the Frankfort Penitentiary (1800-1937), the role of the state government in the lives of the people, and the various ethnic groups who settled there.

Mcdougal, Michael W., B.1961 (Fa 117), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 117. "Stories from family and friends: Sumner County and middle Tennessee region." Oral narratives from the McDougal family of Gallatin, Tennessee and acquaintances of the collector.

Singing Schools In Southcentral Kentucky, Donald Beisswenger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Singing school teachers, who teach rural church congregations to sing from shape-note gospel songbooks, are still working in southcentral Kentucky, but the demand for them is smaller than it was in the first half of the twentieth century. The interdependence network in which singing school teachers, songbook publishers, and community singing events were key parts began to weaken in the 1940s as a result of the growth in popularity of professional gospel quartet concerts and gospel record albums. Many gospel music enthusiasts who once looked to songbooks as a major source for new material and for developing singing skills turned …

Kelly, Jim (Fa 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 109. Paper entitled "The Effects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Logan County, Kentucky." Research paper discussing projects that WPA completed in Logan County, Kentucky.

Interview With Grace Marie Pack Little (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Grace Marie Pack Little conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 16 November 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Gracie Little as a flea market seller with Andy Anderson in A and G Specialty.

Ua37/13 Plants Used By The Prehistoric Indians Of Kentucky, Chuck Crume

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

No one knows exactly when the Indians first entered the area we now call Kentucky, but there is an approximation. Archeologists have found evidence of Clovis camps and living sites in the state (9,000 to 12,000 B.P.), This would have been during the Paleo Stage, toward the end of the last ice age. The climate of the area would have been much cooler then. The selection of plants and animals would also have been different than those found in modern times.

Paleo Indians used plants for food, utility and medical uses. It seems that plant use during this period is …

Interview With Janet Lee Barton-Stratton (Fa 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Janet Lee Barton-Stratton conducted by Sandra Jean Pomerantz on 7 November 1985. From a folk studies student project concerning the Mary Kay consulting business of Janet Lee Barton-Stratton, including family folklore and Mary Kay legends.

Interview With Janet Lee Barton-Stratton (Fa 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Janet Lee Barton-Stratton conducted by Sandra Jean Pomerantz on 1 November 1985. From a folk studies student project concerning the Mary Kay consulting business of Janet Lee Barton-Stratton, including family folklore and Mary Kay legends.

Interview With Vernon Artell Anderson (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Vernon Artell "Andy" Anderson conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 28 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Andy Anderson as a flea market seller with Grace Little in A and G Specialty. Also contains information about Anderson's childhood in Richmond County, Georgia and his career as a military M. P.

Interview With Nancy Frew (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Nancy Frew conducted by Vickie Wright Carden in 24 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the paranormal experience of Frew and Vicki Taylor in their apartment in 1981.

Interview With Mike And Teri Doss (Fa 42), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mike and Teri Doss conducted by Jon Rhett Rushing on 14 October 1985. Mike and Teri Doss are pseudonyms. From folk studies student project concerning this husband and wife and their itinerant family selling business of martial arts equipment.

Interview With Janet Lee Barton-Stratton (Fa 36), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Janet Lee Barton-Stratton conducted by Sandra Jean Pomerantz on 12 October 1985. From a folk studies student project concerning the Mary Kay consulting business of Janet Lee Barton-Stratton, including family folklore and Mary Kay legends.

Interview With Langdon Thomas Dyer (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Langdon Thomas Dyer conducted by Shaunn Maree Lybarger on 8 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Langdon Dyer's gardening and marketing of produce at the Bowling Green farmers' market. Also includes biographical information about his service as an Army Air Corps pilot in World War II.

Interview With Vernon Artell Anderson (Fa 46), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Vernon Artell "Andy" Anderson conducted by Rita Helen (Roberts) Kelly on 3 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family history and experiences of Andy Anderson as a flea market seller with Grace Little in A and G Specialty. Also contains information about Anderson's childhood in Richmond County, Georgia and his career as a military M. P.

Interview With Artie Emmet Lemaire (Fa 40), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Artie Emmet Lemaire conducted by Janet Tracy on 2 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Artie Lemaire's business selling merchandise at flea markets and roadside stands in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also biographical information about Lemaire as a prisoner of war in World War II and working with the Salvation Army.

Interview With Margie Autry Hawks (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Margie Autry Hawks conducted by Elizabeth Allen Hester on 28 September 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family/personal history of Margie Hawks and her occupation as flea market seller and subsistence farmer.

Ua12/2/84 Rush Review, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.