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Broad Are Nebraska's Rolling Plains: The Early Writings Of George Bird Grinnell, Richard Vaughan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Profiles the life of writer George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and the influence his first trip to Nebraska had in shaping his early writings about the American West. Among the works he published were several groundbreaking books about the Plains Indians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only did this 1870 trip to Nebraska, as a member of O. C. Marsh’s first Yale Paleontological Expedition, influence Grinnell's scholarly endeavors, but his deep interest in the state also influenced his lifelong devotion to environmental preservation and established him as an important advocate for the protection and welfare of Native …

Schmitt, Kimberly Anne (Fa 84), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 84 titled “A Life History of Mania Ritter” which includes interviews conducted by Schmitt with John and Mania Ritter. Mania Ritter discusses her Russian heritage, her experiences in French boarding schools and her life in France during World War II. Includes indexes, interviews on cassette tapes, transcriptions, as well as a paper describing a portion of the interviews. The interviews have been digitized and are in the WKU Sound Archives. The transcripts

are also located in TopSCHOLAR.

Interview With J. C. Hubbard (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with J. C. Hubbard conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 18 November 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With David Dye (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with David Dye conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 31 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Doral Glen Conner, 1930-2020 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Glen Conner conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Mary Ann Fisher, 1923-2004 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mary Ann Fisher conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 6 October 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall 1924-2010, John Buell Edmonds B. 1945, Robert W. Phillips 1927-2005, And Bob Green (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall, John Buell Edmonds, Robert Phillips and Bob Green conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 28 September 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Jodie Odis Blanton, 1924-2014 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Odis Blanton conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 22 March 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With William H. Foster (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with William H. Foster conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 15 February 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Robert W. Phillips, 1927-2005 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Robert Phillips conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 26 January 2001. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Imagined States, Luisa Del Giudice, Gerald Porter

All USU Press Publications

An international ensemble of folklore scholars looks at varied ways in which national and ethnic groups have traditionally and creatively used imagined states of existence-some idealizations, some demonizations-in the construction of identities for themselves and for others. Drawing on oral traditions, especially as represented in traditional ballads, broadsides, and tale collections, the contributors consider fertile landscapes of the mind where utopias overflow with bliss and abundance, stereotyped national and ethnic caricatures define the lives of "others," nostalgia glorifies home and occupation, and idealized and mythological animals serve as cultural icons and guideposts to harmonious social life.

Italian Canadian Luisa Del …

Healing Logics, Erika Brady

All USU Press Publications

Scholars in folklore and anthropology are more directly involved in various aspects of medicine—such as medical education, clinical pastoral care, and negotiation of transcultural issues—than ever before. Old models of investigation that artificially isolated "folk medicine," "complementary and alternative medicine," and "biomedicine" as mutually exclusive have proven too limited in exploring the real-life complexities of health belief systems as they observably exist and are applied by contemporary Americans. Recent research strongly suggests that individuals construct their health belief systmes from diverse sources of authority, including community and ethnic tradition, education, spiritual beliefs, personal experience, the influence of popular media, and …

Review Of Susan Stern’S Film, Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour, Jeannie Thomas

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 16 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2010 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 11 November 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With Joseph Abraham Marshall, 1924-2000 (Fa 200), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Joseph Abraham "Joe" Marshall conducted by Amber F. Ridington on 23 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Interview With John Buell Edmonds (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by Michelle Ross on 18 October 2000. The purpose of the interview was to discuss Edmonds involvement with gospel music, particularly his role as a worship and choir leader in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He discusses his musical background and his musical endeavors outside the church.

Interview With John Buell Edmonds, B. 1945 (Fa 198), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by Michelle Ann Ross on 18 October 2000. From folk studies student project concerning Edmonds as a gospel musician and singer and Mt. Zion Baptist Church services in Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Pitchman In Print: Oral Performance Art In Text And Context, Joseph Ugoretz

Publications and Research

Oral performance art, patterned performative speech for an audience, is perhaps the oldest and most ubiquitous human art form. Specific instances of this art include the performances of griots and guslars, troubadors and shamans, as well as rappers and riddlers, preachers and politicians. While this art form is by definition oral, it is also the case that, frequently, literary art has represented oral performance art. There is written art which depicts oral art, which describes it, appropriates it, criticizes and co‑opts it.

In this dissertation, I define oral performance art as constituting a separate and unique artistic genre, one which …

Critical Fantasies: Structure Of Chinese Folk Tales, Saihanjula He

Masters Theses

Folk tales provide a unique source of information for cultural studies. They come from the people. Springing from the people's imagination in a social context, they carry historical truths, stir up political undercurrents, and reveal social facts that official history books will not and cannot tell. In a time when writing was a privileged form of expression, the oral folk tale popularly communicated the injustices committed by the upper class, and gave the powerless voices of their own. Common themes of folk tales all reflect, to various degrees, the people's desires to rise above environmental, cultural, social and class constraints …

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 32, Number 1 (Fall 1999), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

No abstract provided.

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 2 (Spring 1999), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

No abstract provided.

Ua1d Mary Clarke, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel file of professor Mary Clarke, includes correspondence and newspaper clippings.

The Self In ‘Fieldwork’: A Methodological Concern, Christie L. Fox, Beverly Stoeltje, Stephen Olbrys

English Faculty Publications

As concepts of reflexivity and postcolonial perspectives have advanced our understandings of the way we represent those we study, they have also introduced a consciousness of the role of the self in research. This article reviews the history of the field of folklore with regard to the method of obtaining data or texts and demonstrates that collecting material contrasts with the practice of conducting research in the field. Pointing to a moment of transition, it shows that theories of folklore had to undergo significant change before methods of research would acknowledge the identity of the fieldworker and its significance.

Francis Harper Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Cornell-trained naturalist Dr. Francis Harper. Materials span 1904-1972 and include field notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the plant and animal life as well as human ecology of the Okefenokee Swamp area of South Georgia. The photographs within Series 1 show the flora, fauna, and people of the Okefenokee swamp. The photographs were taken by the Harpers while on their trips to the swamp. Photographs are all in black and white and range in size. The Field Journals chronicle his travels in the okefenokee, Canada, and New England. Materials …

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 1 (Fall 1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

No abstract provided.

"Anything Dead Coming Back To Life Hurts": Ghosts And Memory In Hamlet And Beloved, Rebecca Boyd

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Ghost stories are an ingrained part of most cultures because, typically, humans must be forced to confront those elements of their individual and communal past that they would prefer to ignore. Accordingly, ghosts have embodied weaknesses and hidden evils that must be assimilated and transcended, and writers have embroidered a variety of subtexts upon the traditional fabric of ghostlore. Specifically, both William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Toni Morrison's Beloved employ ghosts as symbols of man's archetypal desire to hide his past. A careful examination of the texts in these ghost stories, of the cultural folklore included, and of the ghosts' influence …

Festivals, Function And Context: An Ethnographic Study Of Three Festivals At Holden Village, Andrea Mericle

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how three festivals function together to meet the Mission Statement goals of Holden Village, an isolated Lutheran renewal center located in the Cascade mountains in Washington State. The Holden Village Mission Statement states that Holden Village is organized to provide a community for healing, renewal, and refreshment of people through worship, intercession, study, humor, work, recreation, and conversation in a climate of mutual acceptance under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The purpose of this community is to participate in the renewal for the church and the world by proclaiming the gospel of …

Interview With Bill Cowan (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bill Cowan conducted by Shirley Draper on 24 February 1998. From folk studies student project concerning bush arbor religious meetings in Logan County, Kentucky.

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 30, Numbers 1-2 (1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

No abstract provided.