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Ua12/2/69 Kentucky Beta Reporter, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

• Tackacs, David. Attention SAE's 20th Anniversary Next Year
• SAE Spotlight - John Oldham, David Towell, Rick Kelley, David Sears, Ray Lazarus
• WKU Football
• Notes About Various Alumni - Henry Stephens, John Ridley, Fred Hubermel, David Brown, Michael Owsley, Henry Kinser, Mark Chestnut
• A Candid Talk with Chapter Advisor John Minton, Jr.
• A Fraternity Row?

Interview With Virgil Anderson (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Virgil Anderson conducted by Michael David Boggs and Kathy Marie Kerr on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Lee (Guffey) Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Lee (Guffey) Abbott conducted by Alice Annette Corbin and James Edward Spradlin on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Arlie Winchester (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Arlie Winchester conducted by Thomas James Blackburn on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Guy Huffaker (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Guy Huffaker conducted by Thomas Cleveland Arnold, Tracy Leigh Brittain and David N. Heighway on 20 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Clark "Doc" Stonewall (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Clark "Doc" Stonewall conducted by Michael David Boggs and Kathy Marie Kerr on 19 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Barnett Abbott (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Barnett Abbott conducted by Thomas Cleveland Arnold, Tracy Leigh Brittain and David N. Heighway on 19 March 1984. From folk studies student project with interviews of residents of Wayne County, Kentucky about the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one room schools, and banjo playing.

Interview With Dwight, Bill And Geneva Spradlin (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dwight Spradlin, Bill Spradlin, and Gene Spradlin conducted by James Edward Spradlin on 5 March 1984. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of Dwight, Bill and Virginia Spradlin with recreation and entertainment in Floyd County, Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s.

Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 118. "Folk remedies and cures." Collection of folk cures and beliefs pertaining to infants and pregnant women, as well as the opinions of a pediatrician towards these practices.

Ua12/2/11 Lion Liaison, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1984.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Newsletter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1984.

Ua94/6/1 Scrapbook, Bryant Medley

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Scrapbook created by Bryant Medley during his freshman year at WKU. Includes event invitations and broadsides, awards, newspaper clippings regarding social life at WKU in 1983-1984.

Interview With Bill Thompson (Fa 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bill Thompson conducted by Scott Minor Belcher in 1984. From folk studies student project concerning Thompson reminiscences about his youth in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

Piney Grove Cemetery, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

PDF image of the Piney Grove Cemetery located on U. S. Route 150 in Brodhead, Rockcastle County, KY. The map shows gravesites with names and locations.

Interview With Odis Blanton (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Odis Blanton conducted by Dennis Paul Angle on 7 December 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Blanton’s life as a country music musician in Warren County, Kentucky.

The Loving Of The Game: A Study Of Basketry In The Mammoth Cave Area, Denis O. Kiely

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The production and marketing of baskets in the Mammoth Cave area of Kentucky from 1880 to the present is observed in light of the cultural, technical, aesthetic, ad traditional aspects involved. The process of making a white oak ribbed basket is documented, as well as the technical and aesthetic variables from which the basket maker renders his product. The changing role of social organization and communication in the production and marketing of a traditional craft objects is also considered.

Expressions Of Grief In South Central Kentucky, 1870-1910, Sue Lynn Arnold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Through the ages, survivors have experienced loss due to the deaths of their contemporaries. Between 1870 and 1910, the people of south central Kentucky (Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Monroe, Simpson and Warren counties) used significant expressions of grief. Combining oral history with primary correspondence, journals, scrapbooks and mementos, this study determines the importance that area residents placed on deathbed accounts, the care given the deceased's body, the funeral service, obituaries, resolutions of respect, memorial poetry, condolence letters, photography, memorial cards and pictures, hair wreaths, mourning attire and jewelry, the gravesite, and the tombstone. In almost every instance, south central …

Arnold, Thomas Cleveland, Jr., B. 1957 (Fa 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 102. Project and paper entitled "Miss Mattie Makes Music." Paper and interviews, November 8 & 22, 1983, with black guitarists Mattie (Thomas) Crumbold Baldry, b.1895, of Adairville, Kentucky in Logan County. Includes information on her band, employment and family life.

Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 20 October 1983. From folk studies student project with second interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.

Interview With George Morris Carter (Fa 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with George Morris Carter conducted by John Alan Dowell on October 13, 1983. From project titled “George Morris Carter,” which discusses his life and exhibits his storytelling ability. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Grace (Meador) Galloway conducted by Alison Anne Geiger on 3 October 1983. From project with interviews of Grace Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window block quilt. Grace also discusses her life and raising her family on a farm in Warren County, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/84 Zeta Mu Review, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua12/2/76 Epsilon Kappa, Alpha Xi Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Xi Delta sorority in 1983.

Ua12/2/14 The Epsilon Xi Times, Delta Tau Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Delta Tau Delta fraternity in 1983.

Interview With Esther Magers Isbell (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Esther (Magers) Isbell conducted by Teresa Dolores Klimowicz on 27 September 1983. From project focusing on Esther Isbell, a folk artist and native of Barren County, Kentucky, with special attention on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs.

Interview With Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Estella Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell conducted by Ann Celine Taft on 23 September 1983. From a project with Zeleme Cottrell discussing her weaving, the weaving process in depth, and how it has affected her life.

Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 22 September 1983. From folk studies student project with interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.

Interview With Larry Louis Bolton (Fa 16), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Larry Louis Bolton conducted by Gregory Alfred Hansen on 21 September 1983. From project with interview of Larry Bolton of Bowling Green, Kentucky, about his banjo playing techniques and style. As a banjo instructor, Bolton goes into detail explaining methods of banjo playing.

Interview With Jeff And Gwen Mckinney (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Jeff and Gwen McKinney conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger on 20 September 1983. From project titled “White Gospel Music in Logan County, Kentucky” which discusses white gospel music and singing schools in Logan County, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Jeff And Gwen Mckinney (Fa 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Jeff and Gwen McKinney conducted by Donald Andre Beisswenger on 14 September 1983. From project titled “White Gospel Music in Logan County,” which details the discussion of white gospel music and singing schools in Logan County, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.