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Morris, Brenda (Fa 1166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1166. Student paper titled “Quilting” in which Brenda Morris explains the process of piecing together a quilt. Morris, who worked directly with long-time quilter Oma Grant, includes step-by-step instructions along with photographs at various stages throughout the course of crafting. Also included are design patterns and completed samples of handiwork.

Combs, Rebecca And Charles Allen "Chuck" Seidelman (Fa 1169), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1169. Student folk studies project titled “Broom Making in Kentucky” which includes survey sheets with descriptions of the broom making process in Breathitt County and Cumberland County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the process and a photograph.

Marcum, Joe (Fa 1161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1161. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore Collection Project: [Old Recipes and Remedies]” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of recipes or remedies in Logan County and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a recipe, remedy, brief description, informant’s name, address and text classification.

Smith, Jerry W. (Fa 1162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1162. Student folk studies project titled “Home Remedies of Butler County” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk remedies in Butler County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a remedy, brief description, informant’s name,

address and text classification.

Litsey, Betty Lynn (Fa 1165), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1165. Student paper titled “Murdered Girl Ballads” in whichBetty Lynn Litsey explores the various types of ballads and the recurrent themes found in each composition. Litsey identifies three forms of murder ballads and provides severalexamples for each type.

Cutliff, Maxine (Fa 1160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1160. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore Project: [Cotton Growing and Ginning]” which includes an interview with the description of the cotton growing, ginning, and uses in Green County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a photograph, brief description, and informant’s name.

Wright, Curtis William (Fa 1159), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1159. Student folk studies project titled “Amish” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Amish life in Howard County, Indiana. Sheets may include an interview, brief description, informant’s name, and address. The project also includes “A Story of Isaac S. Miller” by O. G. M.

Jones, Sharon (Fa 1158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1158. Student folk studies project titled “The Last of the Manual Switchboards” which includes interviews of manual telephone switchboard operators with a brief description of the manual telephone equipment and use in Hardin County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an interview, brief description and use of a manual telephone and switchboard.

Craig, Larry (Fa 1164), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1164. Student paper titled “The Life and Legend of Levi Higgins” in which Larry Craig gathers together stories relating to his great-grandfather, Levi Higgins. Craig collected legends from close family, friends, and other community members.

Bemiss, Roger (Fa 1157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1157. Student folk studies project titled “Hunting and Fishing Jokes” which includes an interview of Charles W. Hawk of Warren County, Kentucky. Interview includes hunting tales, fishing tales, jokes, and country sayings collected by Hawk.

Wood, Diane (Fa 1155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1155. Student folk studies project titled “Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of Pennsylvania German and other folk art collected in Burton, Ohio and Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an item or representation of folk art, brief description, photograph, and origin.

Satterwhite, Sue-Frank (Fa 1156), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1156. Student folk studies project titled “Gun Collecting: A Folklore Project” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of the antique American firearm collection of H. H. Thomas of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of a gun, use, photograph, and origin.

Vaughn, William (Fa 1152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1152. Student paper titled “The Old and New [Contrast of Traditional and Modern Farm Machinery]” in which William R. Vaughn identifies manual and mechanized farm equipmentand details the differences between the pieces. Vaughn collected information from equipment salesmen and rural farmers. Also included in the paper are black and white photographs of recognizable machines such as plows, wagons, rakes, and cultivators.

Morris, Betty Lou (Fa 1154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1154. Student folk studies project titled “Folk Architecture: Hart County, Kentucky” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of houses and structures in Hart County and Warren County, Kentucky, chiefly in Munfordville.

Sheets may include architectural term, definition

or brief description, photograph, location, structure

classification, informant’s name, age, and address.

Seaborne, Roy, Jr. (Fa 1151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1151. Student paper titled “Old Farm Machinery and Methods” in which Roy Seaborne, Jr. explores the types of tools farmers, both traditional and contemporary, use to plant, harvest, anddistribute their crops. Information was gathered by Seaborne from farmers in Pike and Taylor counties in Kentucky. The paper also includes black and white photographs of various machinery along with brief descriptions of how the equipment is utilized.

Tinker, Robert Rush (Fa 1149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1149. Student folk studies project titled “Playground Language: [Newburg, Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of playground rhymes in Newburg, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include rope skipping rhyme, group game, informant’s name, and text classification.

Warren, Kaye (Fa 1150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1150. Student folk studies project titled “From Slavery to Freedom for the Negro Race in Logan County [Kentucky]” which includes survey sheets with a brief description of African American life in Logan County, Kentucky. Sheets may include interviews, written records, photographs, informant’s name, age, and address.

Duros, Robert C. (Fa 1148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1148. Student folk studies project titled “Collection Project on Coach Diddle” which includes tales about legendary basketball coach E. A. Diddle at Western Kentucky University. Project includes tales about Coach Diddle, informant’s name, and tale classification.

Sparks, Willard (Fa 1147), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1147. Student folk studies project titled “Frontier Log Structures,” which includes descriptions of different frontier log structures and their construction in Taylor County, Kentucky. Project includes illustrations of log structures and tools, a description of the structure or tool, and definitions related to log construction.

Ledden, Paul (Fa 1146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1146. Student paper titled “Drag Racing Lore” in which Paul Ledden interviews his close friend Larry Lock, a drag racing enthusiast from the Chicago area. In his interview, Lock details the different types of racing tracks, car building and safety concerns, notable races, and superstitions related to the drag racing circuit.

Hoyt, Roy (Fa 1145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1145. Student paper titled “Upholstery – A Folk Occupation” in which Roy Hoyt speaks with Frank Black, a resident of Burgin, Kentucky and “the last of the true ‘tufters’ in his portion of Kentucky.” In the interviews conducted by Hoyt, Black, who had been a craftsman for more than three decades, details the tools, materials, and processes used to upholster furniture. The paper also includes occupational anecdotes and color photographs of Black’s workshop, machines, and finished products.

Ivey, Janice (Fa 1144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1144. Student paper titled “Folklore Study: Paul Bunyan,” in which Janice Ivey collects traditional oral narratives relating to famed folk icon Paul Bunyan. Ivey, who gathered stories from family members, also touches briefly on the claims of authenticity surrounding Paul Bunyan and his relationship to lumber camps in the early 20^th century.

Lawless, Vickie (Fa 1143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1143. Student paper titled “Steamboat Tales” in which Vickie Lawless describes the importance of riverboat commerce and transportation in Russell County, Kentucky from the early 19^th century through the mid-20^th century Lawless also discusses the three most common steamboats during this period, the Albany, the Burnside, and the Rowena, and the folklore surrounding their pilots, crews, and landing sites. Lawless collected her information from former riverboat captains, engine room workers, family members, and residents of river communities

Walker, Jane (Fa 1139), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1139. Student paper titled “Ghostlore” in Jane Walker collected supernatural stories, most of which had some form of local variant. Walker gathered tales from family and friends in person, over the phone, through written letters and recorded stories.

Walton, Robert H. (Fa 1141), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1141. Student paper titled “Collection of Death Beliefs” in which Robert Walton details various superstitions, practices, and assumptions concerned with death and dying. Walton gathered together stories and sayings from students on WKU’s campus, family, friends, and Bowling Green locals.

Butler, Beverly (Fa 1142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1142. Student paper titled “The Supernatural” in which Beverly Butler collects personal encounter narratives relating to “ghosts, spirits, or hanks.” Butler collected her stories from family members and friends.

Laude, Jan (Fa 1140), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1140. Cassette recordings of the "Attunement for Healing" and "Exploring Your Dreams and ESP" conferences sponsored by the Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment held in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 12 July 1981 to 24 July 1981. The recordings, collected by WKU folk studies graduate student Jan Laude, were used as source material for Laude’s Master’s thesis titled “A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study of a Traditional Occupation,” which was published in 1982. Because the Department does not have consent forms or own copyright to these tapes, they may be used …

Clayton, Louis Craig (Fa 1138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1138. Student paper titled “The Harpending House” in which Louis Craig Clayton details the history related to theconstruction of Asbury Harpending’s sprawling mansion built near Eddy Creek in Princeton, Kentucky in 1873. Harpending, known for his financial exploits along the western coast of the United States, spent more than $65,000 to build the estate which featured more than 20 rooms, a swimming pool, gas heating, and indoor plumbing. In his paper, Clayton speaks with Mrs. Eldred, a leading historian at Princeton and wife to John Eldred. Harpending’s great-nephew. Clayton also speaks with Ina …

Ramsey, Bonita (Fa 1136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1136. Student paper titled “Proverbs and Comparisons” in which Bonita Ramsey arranges proverbs alphabetically by keyword. Ramsey gathered her information from family members, friends at WKU’s Downing University Center and at a private dormitory, the College Inn, and from visitors at work.

Herndon, Bernice (Fa 1135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1135. Student paper titled “Negro Spirituals” in which Bernice Herndon gathers together 21 hymns sung by congregants at several African American Baptist churches located in Bowling Green. Herndon also collected spirituals from family, friends, and neighbors.