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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005 (Fa 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2005 (Fa 667), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives projects 667. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 15-17, 2005 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.


Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2003 (Fa 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2003 (Fa 666), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 666. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 25-27, 2003 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.


Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Campbellsville College - Campbellsville, Kentucky - Vernacular Architecture Survey (Fa 771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 771. Survey sheets containing photographs and descriptive narratives about barns, cribs, and cabins chiefly in central and western Kentucky, although some examples were included from as far away as Connecticut.


Highway 31-W Folklife Survey (Fa 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Highway 31-W Folklife Survey (Fa 660), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 660. This collection includes information and documentation of the Highway 31-W Folklife Survey conducted by folklorist Dale Johnson throughout the summer and fall of 1999. Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council, the West Kentucky Corporation, and Mammoth Cave National Park, the survey was undertaken to document folklore and traditions from the U.S. Highway 31-W corridor running from Louisville, Kentucky to the Tennessee state line near Franklin, Kentucky.


Always A River: The Ohio River And The American Experience (Fa 657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Always A River: The Ohio River And The American Experience (Fa 657), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 657. Collection features documentation on the "Always a River" exhibit sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as the Humanities Councils of the six states whose boundaries touch the Ohio River. The exhibit demonstrated the relationship between the individual and the environment. One exhibit was featured on a barge that traveled from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cairo, Illinois in 1991.


Kentucky River Exhibit (Fa 655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Kentucky River Exhibit (Fa 655), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 655. Documentation relating to a traveling exhibit based on interviews and illustrative material from the Kentucky River Folklife Project of 1989. This collection documents the exhibit's creation process from 1989 to 1992. The exhibit was made available initially to town halls and libraries in counties along to Kentucky River, and then traveled across the state through the "Museums to Go" program of the Kentucky Historical Society.


Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 654. Chiefly interviews, photographs, slides, and tape logs for a summer 1989 project conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, in conjunction with other supporting agencies and institutions, about folklife and folklore along the Kentucky River. Project results were presented to the public in two formats: a traveling exhibit and narrative stage presentations.


First Baptist Church - Frankfort, Kentucky - Oral History Project (Fa 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

First Baptist Church - Frankfort, Kentucky - Oral History Project (Fa 652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 652. This collection features oral histories gathered from members of the First Baptist Church located in Frankfort, Kentucky. The project was started by Dr. Lee Harris in 2010 in honor of the church's upcoming 177th anniversary celebration.


Atcher Family Reunion - West Point, Kentucky (Fa 653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Atcher Family Reunion - West Point, Kentucky (Fa 653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 653. This collection consists of photographs and video documentation of the Atcher family reunion held on June 11, 2011 in West Point, Kentucky. Activities consisted of a tour of the Fort Knox reservation to see family graves and a family picnic in the afternoon.


Stringbean Festival - Gray Hawk, Kentucky (Fa 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Stringbean Festival - Gray Hawk, Kentucky (Fa 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 651. Materials documenting the 2003 Stringbean Festival, held in Gray Hawk, Jackson County, Kentucky. The festival is hosted by Stringbean Memorial, Inc., a non-profit corporation named in honor of the late David "Stringbean" Akemon (1916-1973), a native of Jackson County and an internationally known musician and performer at the Grand Ole Opry and the televison show, Hee Haw.


Benton Big Sing (Fa 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Benton Big Sing (Fa 648), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 648. This collection features video and audio documentation of the Benton Big Sing held in Benton, Kentucky. Originally organized in 1884, the Benton Big Sing is held annually on the fourth Sunday in May.


Jack In The City (Fa 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Jack In The City (Fa 649), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 649. "Jack in the City" is a Community Arts Project of the Covington Community Center in Covington, Kentucky. The book is based upon stories of Appalachian migrants that are currently living in Covington.


Annual Pennington Goat Ropin' Festival (Fa 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Annual Pennington Goat Ropin' Festival (Fa 650), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 650. The 2004 Goat Ropin' Festival was held on Agust 29th on the farm of folk musician Eddie Pennington. The festival is a gathering of local and traveling musicians who come together to celebrate the joy of music and play tunes.


Tour Of Kentucky Folk Music (Fa 647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2014

Tour Of Kentucky Folk Music (Fa 647), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 647. Since the spring of 1992, the Tour of Kentucky Folk Music, a program of the Kentucky Arts Council, has provided Kentucky communities with the opportunity to present regional folk music on a statewide level. From 1992 to 1999, more than sixty concerts featuring diverse folk artists have been produced representing the five cultural regions of the state.


Transparent Pie Festival - Maysville, Kentucky (Fa 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Transparent Pie Festival - Maysville, Kentucky (Fa 643), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 643. The Transparent Pie Festival has been hosted annually since July 2006 by Magee's Bakery in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.


Stearns High School - Stearns, Kentucky - Reunion (Fa 641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2013

Stearns High School - Stearns, Kentucky - Reunion (Fa 641), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 641. Stearns High School, now McCreary County High School, is located in Stearns, Kentucky. This collection features video documentation of the 2004 Stearns High School Reunion. No other information was provided with this collection.


Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 635. This collection features information about the Eighth of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration held in Paducah, Kentucky. At this celebration, African Americans pay tribute to their heritage with a memorial service, homecoming picnic, a salute to black music, and other activities.


Chinese New Year Celebration - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Chinese New Year Celebration - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 646), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 646. Documentation related to the Chinese New Year celeberation as celebrated at the Lexington Opera House from 2007-2011. The event is sponsored by the Kentucky Chinese American Association. at the event, participants celebrate the arrival of the Chinese Year with traditional foods, crafts, music, songs, and performances.


La Chiquita - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

La Chiquita - Frankfort, Kentucky (Fa 630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 630. This collection features video and photographic documentation of a Hispanic restaurant and grocery store named La Chiquita in Frankfort, Kentucky. There was no other documentation given with this collection.


Latino Dance Project (Fa 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Latino Dance Project (Fa 627), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 627. This collection features information about a Latino dance project that was sponsored by the Kentucky Historical Society. Various styles of Latino dance including the salsa and cha-cha were taught at local schools throughout the state as a method of educating students about other cultures. The bulk of the collection consists of essays written by students from the selected communities.


Al's Bar - Lexington - Mural Dedication (Fa 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Al's Bar - Lexington - Mural Dedication (Fa 624), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 624. Included in this collection is one DVD and two digital videocassette tapes documenting Al's Bar mural dedication in Lexington, Kentucky.


Local Legacies Project (Fa 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Local Legacies Project (Fa 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 625. The Local Legacies Project was created to celebrate the Library of Congress's bicenntennial. The project was proposed on a national scale to document distinctive cultural traditions located within each state. This collection includes Kentucky's submissions.


Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Caldwell County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 622), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Caldwell County, Kentucky collected for a cultural survey of the county.


Greenup County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Greenup County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 621), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 621. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans of Greenup County, Kentucky.


Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 620. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Owen County, Kentucky.


Fleming County, Kentucky Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Fleming County, Kentucky Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 619), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 619. This collection features information gathered through oral histories and observation about the cultural resources in Fleming County, Kentucky.


Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Jackson County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 618), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 618. This collection includes oral histories from Jackson County, Kentucky that were used in preparing a cultural resource report for the county.


Dainty Festival - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Dainty Festival - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 616), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 616. This collection includes information about the annual Dainty Festival of Louisville, Kentucky hosted by the Schnitzelburg German-American community.


Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Franklin County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 617. This collection was created as part of a cultural planning grant from the Kentucky Folklife Program to finish Franklin County, Kentucky’s cultural planning and implementation process.


Carroll, Julianne (Fa 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2013

Carroll, Julianne (Fa 615), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 615. This collection includes interviews and information about six Bosnians who immigrated to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Only four interviews were actually recorded.