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Interview With Dan Ray Stone, 1921-2007 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dan Ray Stone conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 7 November 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.

Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 163. Paper (25 p.) entitled "I-House at 1311 Clay Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky" by Western Kentucky University students Metzer and Taylor for a vernacular architecture class.

Interview With Doris Augusta Daniels, 1912-1998 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Doris Augusta Daniels conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 30 October 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.

Interview With Virginia Earl (Venable) Pearson, 1919-1990 (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Virginia Earl (Venable) Pearson conducted by Sheryl Diane Reed on 28 March 1990. From folk studies student project titled “The War at Home: World War II and Its Effects on Bowling Green, KY,” concerning the effects of World War II on local people in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the home front.

The Altered Mobile Home: A Stationary Image Of Work And Value, Gregory Kendall Jenkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As the medium cost of conventional housing rises, many people unable to incur such an expense look for alternative forms of adequate housing. In rural areas surrounding Bowling Green, Kentucky, several families have utilized the mobile home as a base to expand, embellish, and personalize, creating a larger more conventional-looking home. Many of these altered homes possess gabled roofs, rock exterior walls, and expansive interior space. Of primary concern is: why have these families undertaken a project of this nature?

As material culture scholars and folklorists examine our built environment, they find relationship between construction and the builders. What can …

Vadie Williams, Folk Artist: Drawnwork As A Reflection Of Personal Identity In Rural Kentucky, Elizabeth Hester

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study focuses on Vadie Conner Williams, an individual folk artist, and the drawnwork she has created throughout her lifetime. Included is a description of her rural farm background, her needlework skills and her creative process. The study also examines the significance of drawnwork to Williams and determines how she has adapted her work to satisfy her personal needs as well as the needs of her customers. Based on tape recorded interviews and a close examination of her work, the study concludes that drawnwork is an integral part of Williams's everyday life; it is an indicator of her beliefs and …

Interview With Carolyn Raquel Thomas (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Carolyn Raquel Thomas conducted by Beth Faul on 23 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “A Sample of Medical Folklore" concerning jokes and home remedies of Caldwell County Hospital personnel in Princeton, Kentucky.

Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Edmund Douglas Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.

Interview With Craig Allen Smith (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Craig Allen Smith conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 3 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.

Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Evans Guest Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 2 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.

Faul, Beth (Fa 101), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 101 entitled, "A Sample of Medical Folklore." Interviews, November 23 & 29, 1989, with Caldwell County Hospital personnel in Princeton, Kentucky, concerning jokes and home remedies.

Hagan, Jeffrey Brian (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 107. Farming folklore. Interviews, November 1, 3, 1989, with William M. Cecil and Craig Allen Smith concerning farm occupational lore and duties. Includes paper discussing collector's fieldwork experiences.

Interview With William M. Cecil (Fa 107), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with William M. Cecil conducted by Jeffrey Brian Hagan on 1 November 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Farming Folklore,” concerning farming traditions and practices in Kentucky.

Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards conducted by Carrie Helm on 13 October 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.

Interview With Lucian Gastineau, 1915-1992 (Fa 122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Lucian Gastineau conducted by David Scott Norfleet on 11 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled "The Art of Divining" about Gastineau and his traditional practice of divination in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Interview With Martha Cleo Abernathy Tormey (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Martha Cleo Abernathy Tormey conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 8 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.

Interview With Carole Marie Lindsey Logue (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Carole Marie Lindsey Logue conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 7 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.

Interview With Frank N. Davis, Jr. (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Frank N. Davis, Jr. conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 7 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.

Interview With Shirley Ann Coffey Cartwright Davis (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Shirley Ann Coffey Cartwright Davis conducted by Amanda Lee Davis on 6 October 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Christmas Traditions,” concerning Christmas folklore and traditions in Alabama and Tennessee.

Davis, Amanda Lee (Fa 94), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 94. Project entitled "Christmas Traditions." Includes interviews with family members and friends concerning Christmas customs in Tennessee, October 6-8, 1989.

Interview With Sarah Spears (Collins) Copeland, B. 1901 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sarah Spears (Collins) Copeland conducted by Holly Lane Travis on 29 September 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Life in the Coal Camps,” concerning the daily routines and entertainment of wives and children while the men were in the mines.

Interview With Ruth Evelyn Collins, B. 1922 (Fa 141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Ruth Evelyn Collins conducted by Holly Lane Travis on 29 September 1989. From folk studies student project titled “Life in the Coal Camps,” concerning the daily routines and entertainment of wives and children while the men were in the mines.

Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Timothy Wade Harris conducted by Carrie Helm on 28 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.

Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.

Kenney, Melissa Ruth (Fa 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 110. [Lucille Rascoe]. Family history of Lucille Elizabeth (Gray) Rascoe and Andrew Jackson Rascoe of Trigg County, Kentucky.

Interview With Many Vanh Phramratsamy (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Many Vanh Phramratsamy conducted by Nancy C. Hundley on 4 April 1989. From folk studies student project directed by Dr. William Lynwood Montell titled “The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky,” This project involved nine students and twenty-six informants.

Kinslow, Georgina Sue "Gina" (Fa 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 112. "My Aunt Nola's summer kitchen." Interviews with Nola Lee Cooksey, Mt. Hermon, Kentucky, and Sue Miller Kidwell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, examining the existence of summer kitchens in Barren County, Kentucky. Compares northern structures of this type to southern structures and discusses a shift in usage. Includes indexes and partial transcriptions.

Powell, Cheryl Keneathe (Fa 131), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 131. "The Tire Planter in Western Kentucky." Discusses the use of tires as outdoor planters in Central City, Kentucky, as a form of aesthetic recycling. Includes interview with Roy Cobb, October 10, 1988, and James and Ruby (Carver) Goff, March 1, 1989.

Interview With Sat Kung (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sat Kung conducted by Susan Zurowski on 29 March 1989. From folk studies student project directed by Dr. William Lynwood Montell titled “The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky,” This project involved nine students and twenty-six informants.

Interview With Detthaxay Chanthalangsy (Fa 83), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Detthaxay Chanthalangsy conducted by Greg Jenkins on 28 March 1989. From folk studies student project directed by Dr. William Lynwood Montell titled “The Voice of the People: An Understanding of Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese in Bowling Green, Kentucky,” This project involved nine students and twenty-six informants.