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Duke, Yvonne E. (Fa 875), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 875. Paper titled: “Death Narratives: Return From Dead.” Project includes survey sheets of death narratives. Sheets include a brief description of experience and informant’s name.

Coffey, Gary Lee (Fa 869), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 869. Paper titled: “The Adam Monin Estate.” Project includes a paper describing a house three miles southeast of Glendale, Kentucky. Includes footprint drawings and photos of the house.

Walker, Joyce (Fa 868), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 868. Paper titled: “Possum Hunters: A Vigilance Committee.” Project includes a short interpretive paper and interviews with one former member (unidentified) and several people who remembered the Possum Hunters in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. Sheets include transcribed interviews and informant’s name. The Possum Hunters was a common name given to vigilante groups in the Green River valley.

Walker, Edith (Fa 870), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 870. Project titled: "Joe Coleman: A Local Legend." Includes typescripts of interviews and survey sheets collected by Edith Walker about Joe Coleman, an accused murderer in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Survey sheets includes lines of a ballad about Coleman and various informant's memories of the ballad or the veracity of the incident in Adair County, Kentucky.

Wathen, Leslie (Fa 867), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 867. Project titled: “Games.” Project includes survey sheets with descriptions of games gathered chiefly from Kentuckians. Sheets include a brief explanation of the game and informant’s name.

Mansfield, Martha (Fa 866), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 866. Paper titled: “A Collecting Project of Folk Houses from Barren County, Kentucky.” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk housing in Barren County. Sheets include a brief description of the structure, informant’s name, and a drawing of the building’s footprint.

The Past Is Open To The Future: Lithuanian Folk Pottery 1861 - Present, Anthony E. Stellaccio

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In 2011, following several years of in-country research, I published a book on Lithuanian folk pottery. I enrolled in the Folk Studies master’s program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) in 2014, well after my research and book had been completed. In the present study, I use my newly acquired knowledge of folklore In my previous work to revisit Lithuanian folk pottery.

In my previous work, I had sought to create a picture of “authentic” Lithuanian folk pottery that was confined to the narrow temporal borders of 1861-1918. Here I deconstruct conventional ideas about authenticity, as well as culture and heritage, …

Brame, Lawrence R. (Fa 861), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 861. Collection consists of Negro spirituals collected from individuals in Kentucky. Song lyrics are provided along with the names of sources who provided each song. This project was conducted by Lawrence R. Brame for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Bryant, Patty M. (Fa 862), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 862. Paper: “The Poisonous Bite of the Blue Gummed [Negro].” Scholarly (chiefly from North Carolina) and local (chiefly from Mississippi) examples of the folk belief are provided. This project was conducted by Patty M. Bryant, a student at Western Kentucky University for a course in folk studies.

Molesky, Constance H. And Gayle Wilson (Fa 858), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 858. This collection includes a paper discussing the Shakers and the craftsmanship found in their furniture designs of the region and period. Concentrates on the Shaker community at South Union, but includes general information about Shakers and specific specimens from Pleasant Hill. Black and white photos of furniture are included in the collection. This project was conducted by Constance H. Molesky and Gayle Wilson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Kubic, Ruth (Fa 860), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 860. Collected Cherokee Indian legends passed down by oral tradition. Collected from Mary Jeffries, daughter of a full-blood Cherokee, who also provided examples that can be found in the paper. This project was conducted by Ruth Kubic for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Lee, James C. (Fa 857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 857. Paper: “The Negro Church” which covers various aspects of the African American church experience, including songs, leadership, and self-expression. Titles and song lyrics are provided from the Eleventh Street Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This project was conducted by James C. Lee for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Fish, Dianne (Fa 859), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 859. Paper: “A Collection of Breckinridge County Folklore.” This project was conducted by Dianne Fish for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Blewett, Keith (Fa 856), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 856. This collection discusses Shaker folklore. Topics included are Shaker beliefs, architecture, furniture, inventions, and lifestyle.A few photos are included. This project was conducted by Keith Blewett, a student at Western Kentucky University.

Karl, Debbie (Fa 854), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 854. Paper titled “The Bell Witch” discusses the legend of the Bell Witch, located in Adams, Tennessee, and the effects on the family and community. A few photos are provided as well. This project was conducted by Debbie Karl, a student at Western Kentucky University.

Petrocelli, Joseph (Fa 855), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 855. This collection consists of a paper and photographs discussing the legend of the Bell Witch and other legends and paranormal activitiy in and around Adams, Tennessee. This project was conducted by Joseph Petrocelli a student at Western Kentucky University.

Graham, Kenny (Fa 851), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 851. Collection titled “Epitaphs,” a study of epitaphs collected from tombstones in the Franklin County Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Western Kentucky University student Kenny Graham completed this project for a grade in his folk studies course.

Armstrong, E. Thomas (Fa 852), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 852. Survey of folk housing in northeast Oldham County, Kentucky, with a focus on remnants of vernacular houses in the area and the types represented. Project conducted by E. Thomas Armstrong, a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class.

Karl, Debbie (Fa 853), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 853. Collection titled “The Bell Witch: Witch or Ghost” uses motifs to help determine whether the famous Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee, was a witch or a ghost. The motif index by Stith Thompson is cited throughout the paper. Debbie Karl, a student at Western Kentucky University, completed this project for a folktale course.

Bradley, Stella (Fa 848), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 848. This collection discusses not only the collecting process of epitaphs, which can be lonely and dirty, but the art found in the writing of them. The majority of these epitaphs was taken from the graves of infants. This project was conducted by Stella Bradley, a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class.

Great Thanksgiving Listen (Fa 850), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 850. This collection consists of interviews conducted by students in Professor Barry Kaufkins’ Introduction to Folk Studies course. The students interviewed family, friends, and loved ones during Thanksgiving break on various topics.

Ethnographic Overview And Assessment Of Mammoth Cave National Park: A Progress Report, Michael Ann Williams, Kristen Clark, Eleanor Haskin, Rachel Haberman

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Field Methods In Ethnography (Fa 849), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 849. This collection consists of student projects conducted in their “Field Methods in Ethnography” class. Some projects included topics on recipes, plastic canvas crafts, and the music scene in Bowling Green, Kentucky. These Western Kentucky University students provide photos, transcribed interviews, and written papers.

Performing Gender Through Bowling, Or, "I Was In Shock Other Girls Could Bowl", Eleanor Ann Hasken

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis, I explore how bowling frames a gendered understanding of the world. I examine style, ball weight, and relationships, and others areas to discuss the ramifications of a binary understanding of gender as it is conceived in bowling centers. To complete this examination, I use interviews and personal observations from a year of fieldwork in Louisville and Bowling Green, Kentucky. I also rely on my personal experiences with the sport to provide contextual information. Drawing primarily on scholarship from Judith Butler, Richard Bauman, and Ann K. Ferrell, I theorize about gendered performances occurring in the bowling center. These …

Kentucky Arts Council - Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program (Fa 843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 843. This collection consists of interviews and photographs collected by Mark Brown which highlight the Kentucky Arts Council Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship recipients from 2013. Brown has provided interviews between the masters and apprentices, photos, and typescripts sharing not only their experiences but some of their performance work as well.

Allen, Joe (Fa 846), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 846. This collection consists of a paper entitled “Collecting Epitaphs” and documents that provide quotations and verses suitable for monument inscriptions. This project, conducted in Allen County, Kentucky and several counties in northern Tennessee, was conducted by Joe Allen a student at Western Kentucky University for a folk studies class

Folklorist In The Park - Mammoth Cave (Fa 839), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 839. This collection consists of ethnographic interviews, oral histories and photographs. Topics include basket and quilt making, beekeeping, and hunting. Also includes interviews with various artists from the Mammoth Cave region about their work. Conducted by Josh Chrysler a former graduate student at Western Kentucky University.

Kincaid, Clark (Fa 847), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 847. This collection discusses the search for gravestone epitaphs that were located at 20 different cemeteries, primarily in Warren County. This project was conducted by Clark Kincaid, a student at Western Kentucky University for a grade.

Evelyn Thurman Oral History Project (Fa 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 769. This collection is an oral history project about Mary Evelyn Thurman a librarian, educator and storyteller. 32 interviews were conducted by Lisa Karen Miller, an employee of Western Kentucky University’s University Libraries. These items are stored in the digital Sound Archives.

Interview With Nermin Peimanović (Fa 1137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcript of oral history interview with Nermin Peimanović conducted by Virginia Siegel and Brent Bjorkman on 24 February 2016 at the Pioneer Log Cabin as part of Western Kentucky University's 2017 International Year of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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