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Articles 691 - 720 of 1555
Full-Text Articles in Folklore
Osolnik, Rude - Interview (Fa 697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Osolnik, Rude - Interview (Fa 697), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 697. This collection features an audio interview conducted on 18 March 1997 by Larry Morrisey with Rude Osolnik, a noted woodworker and professor of industrial arts at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.
Basketmaking In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Basketmaking In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 695), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 695. This collection features information collected for an exhibit about basketmaking in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. The exhibit on panels was displayed at various Kentucky venues.
Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 694. This collection features information and documentation of the cultural traditions survey of the eastside neighborhood in Covington, Kentucky by folklorist Amy Slade.
Pappy Taylor Day - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pappy Taylor Day - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 693), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 693. This collection primarily features video documentation of the "Pappy Taylor Day" celebration held in Covington, Kentucky in 1989 and 1990.
Kentucky Crafted: The Market - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Crafted: The Market - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 692. This collection features information and documentation og the "Kentucky Crafted: The Market" event held annually in Lexington, Kentucky. The collection focuses primarily on the markets from the year 2000 through 2012.
Music And Innovation: The Art Of Homer Ledford Exhibit (Fa 691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Music And Innovation: The Art Of Homer Ledford Exhibit (Fa 691), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 691. This collection features information and documentation of the "Music and Innovation: The Art of Homer Ledford" exhibit at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky on display from 14 August through 31 December 2007.
Dynamics Of A Kentucky Derby Hat (Fa 690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Dynamics Of A Kentucky Derby Hat (Fa 690), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 690. This collection features information about the Kentucky Derby hat tradition as found at Dee's craft and hat store in Louisville, Kentucky.
Thumbpicking Tradition Talk (Fa 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thumbpicking Tradition Talk (Fa 688), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 688. This collection features a video tape recording of "Thumbpicking Tradition Talk" by Bill Lightfoot and Eddie Pennington at Western Kentucky University on April 17, 1996.
Made To Be Played: Traditional Art Of Kentucky Luthiers (Fa 689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Made To Be Played: Traditional Art Of Kentucky Luthiers (Fa 689), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 689. This collection features information and documentation of the "Made to be Played: Traditional Art of Kentucky Luthiers" museum exhibit which focused on luthiers throughout the state.
Thumbpickers Hall Of Fame - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Fa 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thumbpickers Hall Of Fame - Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Fa 687), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 687. This collection features information and documentation of the National Thumbpickers Hall of Fame, founded in the birthplace of thumbpicking, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky in 1998.
Coalfield Project - Kentucky (Fa 686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coalfield Project - Kentucky (Fa 686), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 686. This collection features documentation and oral history interviews with traditional folk artists and craftspeople from the eastern coalfield region of Kentucky.
Deafestival (Fa 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deafestival (Fa 684), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 684. This collection features information and documentation of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's DeaFestival held in various communities around the state.
Paul Sawyier Public Library - Frankfort, Kentucky - Summer Reading Program (Fa 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Paul Sawyier Public Library - Frankfort, Kentucky - Summer Reading Program (Fa 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 683. This collection features information and documentation of the Paul Sawyier Public Library's summer reading program held from 6 June to 29 July 2011 at the Paul Sawiyer Public Library in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Bill Monroe Homeplace - Rosine, Kentucky - Dedication (Fa 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bill Monroe Homeplace - Rosine, Kentucky - Dedication (Fa 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 685. This collection features video and audio documentation of the Bill Monroe homeplace dedication ceremony held on 23 August 2001 in Rosine, Kentucky.
Kentucky State Fair - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky State Fair - Louisville, Kentucky (Fa 682), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 682. This collection features information and documentation of various Kentucky State Fairs and their respective attractions.
Appalshop's Access To Artistic Excellence Project (Fa 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Appalshop's Access To Artistic Excellence Project (Fa 681), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 681. This collection primarily contains a variety of short films produced by Appalshop's Access to Artistic Excellence Project funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Appalshop's goal in the Access to Artistic Excellence Project is to preserve and present film and audio of master traditional artists and to build strong appreciation for Appalachian culture, art, and traditions.
World Of Our Own: Kentucky Folkways (Fa 680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
World Of Our Own: Kentucky Folkways (Fa 680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 680. This collection features information about the "World of Our Own: Kentucky Folkways" television program series sponsored and produced by KET (Kentucky Educational Television) which premiered from August 16-19, 1998.
Chinese Moon Festival - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Chinese Moon Festival - Lexington, Kentucky (Fa 679), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 679. This collection features documentation of the Chinese Moon Festival held on October 1, 2006 at the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky.
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 2857), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2857. Typescripts and a few photocopies of a printed newspaper column titled “Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore” written by WKU English professor Gordon Wilson, Sr. This grouping includes columns that were not incorporated into the bound volumes of his work found in the Kentucky Library Research Collections (GR110 .K4 W542)
Wash's Motorcycle Project (Fa 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wash's Motorcycle Project (Fa 678), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 678. This collection features informationa nd documentation of Wash's Cycles motorcycle shop in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and their connection with the Man O' War division of The Harley Owners Group located in Lexington, Kentucky.
Funerary Customs In Harlan County, Kentucky (Fa 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Funerary Customs In Harlan County, Kentucky (Fa 677), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 677. This collection features documentation related to the study of funerary customs in Harlan County, Kentucky. The project was conducted by faculty and students at Southeast Community and Technical College in Cumberland, Kentucky.
Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hart County Fair - Rowletts, Kentucky (Fa 676), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives collection 676. This collection features information and documentation of various Hart County Fairs. Emphasis is place on the white oak basketmaking tradition in the area.
Latino Folklore Project (Fa 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Latino Folklore Project (Fa 675), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 675. This collection features information and documentation of interviews that were conducted as part of the "Latinos and Latinas in the South" project, a report of the Southern Arts Federation (SAF).
Donated, Discarded, And Ditched (Fa 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Donated, Discarded, And Ditched (Fa 775), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 775. This collection features an oral history/photo project entitled "Donated, Discarded, and Ditched" about Louisville, Kentucky artists who regularly incorporate discarded items into their work.
Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barbecue In Western Kentucky (Fa 673), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 673. This collection features oral history interviews conducted by Robin Borczon about the methods of preparing barbecue in western Kentucky for a WKU foodways class project.
Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shelbyville, Kentucky Heritage Festival - Shelbyville, Kentucky (Fa 674), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 674. This collection features audio and video documentation of the Shelbyville Heritage Festival held on September 25, 2004 in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rural Heritage Development Initiative (Fa 672), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 672. This collection features information and documentation of the National Trust's Rural Heritage Development Initiative to implement preservation-based economic strategies in an eight county region in central Kentucky.
National Folk And Folklife Festivals (Fa 671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
National Folk And Folklife Festivals (Fa 671), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 671. This collection features information and documentation of the National Folk Festival held annually in various communities throughout the nation.
Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Great Lakes Folk Festival - East Lansing, Michigan (Fa 670), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 670. This collection features documentation of the Great Lakes Folk Festival held from August 13 to August 15, 2004 and hosted by Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, Michigan.
Downtown Henderson Project (Fa 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Downtown Henderson Project (Fa 754), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 754. This collection features 48 interview conducted with local residents of downtown Henderson, Kentucky.