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Interview With Gwendolyn Johnston Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Gwendolyn Johnston conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949."   Johnston discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in West Louisville, Kentucky, education, games, a tornado that struck Louisville in the 1890s, automobiles, the Ku Klux Klan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and parochial schools.

Interview With Allyene Gregory Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Allyene Gregory conducted by Steve Vied for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, education, childhood games, her father's farm, African Americans, social customs and historic events in the community, as well as her teaching career.

Interview With Lattie Edds And Essie Thomason Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Lattie Edds and Essie Thomason conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." They discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in McLean County and Hancock County, Kentucky, social life and customs, weaving, childhood chores and games, teachers and teaching, one-room schools, farms and farming, courtship, televisions, radios, the Great Depression, floods, and influenza.

Interview With Lena Stolsworth Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Lena Stolsworth conducted by Kim Parson for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Stolsworth discusses her life and times, including information about growing up on a farm in Ohio County, Kentucky, education, social life and customs, floods, the Great Depression and World War II.

Interview With Otis & Essie Stevens Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Essie (Crawford) Stevens and Otis Stevens conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." The Stevens discuss their life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, education, one-room schools, farms and farming, teaching in a one-room school, food preservation and preparation, laundering, death, telephones and radios.

Gregory, Corinne Taylor, B. 1904 (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Corinne Taylor Gregory conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, the Great Depression, horse racing, company stores, coal towns, courtship, and social life and customs.

Interview With Charlie Earl Coy Regarding His Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of an interview with Charlie Earl Coy conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Coy discusses his life and times, including information about his childhood in Daviess County, Kentucky, farms and farming, the Great Depression, tobacco, social life and customs, airplanes, radios, television, tractors and other farm equipment, women's suffrage and influenza.

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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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 Nancy Frew (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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

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

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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.

Interview With Unknown Grower (Fa 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with unknown grower conducted by Pierce Butler Whites on March 11, 1985. From student folk studies project titled "Contemporary Marijuana Cultivation and Usage: Interviews and Documents" concerning the illicit growth and construction of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With William L. Adams And David R. Adams (Fa 348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with William L. and David R. Adams conducted by Tammie Pickering and Gary Collins on 2 March 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the connection between trees and traditional folkways and details the medicinal properties of sassafras tea, the production of maple syrup, and the expressive crafts of woodcarving and carpentry.

Interview With Virginia Petty (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Virginia Petty conducted by Richard Denton on 26 February 1985. From folk studies student project concerning her work as a wood carver from Oakland, Warren County, Kentucky.

Interview With Mrs. James Hall (Fa 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Mrs. James Hall conducted by Nancy Cederquist on 22 February 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Mrs. Hall’s passion for quilting, her preferred patterns, fabric care, and her experiences with a local quilting group.

Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Joseph Bryan Houk conducted by Thomas Edward Bibler on 17 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Joseph Houk about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart and Warren Counties, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.

Interview With Mary Dee Boemker (Fa 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Mary Dee Boemker conducted by Ann Elizabeth Thomas on 16 October 1984. Student folk studies class project with an interview of Mary Dee Boemker about Catholicism and her celebration of Easter and other holidays. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Mary Elizabeth Mcpherson Ricketts (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts conducted by Anne Elizabeth McKee on 16 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Mary Elizabeth Ricketts about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion.

Interview With Mary Elizabeth Mcpherson Ricketts (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts conducted by Anne Elizabeth McKee on 16 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Mary Elizabeth Ricketts about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion. This is the second tape of the interview.

Interview With Jessie Marie (Taylor) Basham (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Jessie Marie Taylor Basham conducted by Jennifer Lynn Henlsey Hulsey on 15 October 1984. From a folk studies class project with an interview of Jessie Basham about her life with an emphasis on Christmas customs in Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Marvel Welborn Mohon (Fa 11), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Marvel Welborn Mohon conducted by Luanne Carol Aylesworth Glynn on 14 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Marvel (Welborn) Mohon concerning Thanksgiving customs, Marvel's life, and family.

Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Bryan Houk conducted by Thomas Edward Bibler on 9 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Joseph Houk about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart and Warren Counties, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.

Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Earl Hamilton Berkley conducted by Dianne Winkler Watkins on 9 October 1984 in which he discusses the Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), the family farm, and the Berkley Service Station in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.

Interview With Carolyn Kay Williams Alexander (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Transcription of interview with Carolyn Kay Williams Alexander conducted by Gina Lloyce Kinchlow on 4 October 1984. From project about the experiences of Carolyn Kay (Williams) Alexander discussing education, family, social life, segregation, and "Juneteenth" and Emancipation Day celebrations in Texas. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.