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Full-Text Articles in Folklore
French, Mark Edward (Fa 230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
French, Mark Edward (Fa 230), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 230. Paper: "The Sleeping Roommate" written by Mark Edward French for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hodges, Jack, Ii (Fa 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Jack, Ii (Fa 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 227. Paper: "Family Ghost Stories" written by Jack Hodges II for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 218. Paper: "[Folk Medicine in Cumberland County]" written by Ruby Norris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gibbs, Marissa (Fa 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 478. Taped interviews conducted by Marissa Gibbs about the "Giles Cabin" built by Henry Giles and Janice Holt Giles near Kinfley, Adair County, Kentucky. Also includes a paper about the house. This project was completed as part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 17. Collection consists of interviews with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis and Johnnie Mae (Elkins) White, Bowling Green, Kentucky, conducted by Janet Sharli Powell about quilting. Includes sample Mexican Star quilt block. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Spears, Angela (Fa 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Spears, Angela (Fa 344), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 344. Paper: "Folklore and Media Project on Folklore in Advertisements," written by Angela Spears for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Folklore Collection, 1964-1972 (Fa 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklore Collection, 1964-1972 (Fa 471), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Collection 471. Miscellaneous folklore collection relating to legends and beliefs about subjects such as lost gold, Daniel Boone, Indian raids, venomous snakes, and ghosts. Items collected chiefly in the Kentucky counties of Green, Taylor and Lincoln.
Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 202. Project includes 22 interviews with African Americans concerning their lives as Taylor County, Kentucky residents. Interviews are on compact discs with interviewer's notes included. Topics discussed include: family life, when and why they live in Taylor County, childhood experiences, community involvement and personal opinions about Taylor County.
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Thomas, Patricia (Fa 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text paper (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 400. Paper: "Murder Ballads of Kentucky" written by Patricia Thomas for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Bush, Brendan David (Fa 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bush, Brendan David (Fa 175), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 175. Paper: "Millennium Virus," written by Brendan David Bush for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The Washington Post and the New York Times are referenced.
Fox, Randy (Fa 390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fox, Randy (Fa 390), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 390. Interviews with Bruce Simmons and Bill Helm concerning war gaming miniatures, done for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Elrod, Scott & Kevin Ming (Fa 388), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 388. Papers: "Bob Fleming: A Life History" written by Scott Elrod and "An Incomplete Life History of One Kentucky Sharecropper" written by Kevin Ming for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Jennings, Alex (Fa 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jennings, Alex (Fa 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 181. "Folklore in the Photos of 'The College Heights Herald,'" a paper written by Alex Jennings for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Photographs from "College Heights Herald," Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, referenced.
Collins, Ellen (Fa 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Collins, Ellen (Fa 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 176. Paper: "Finding Folklore in Magazine Ads," written by Ellen Collins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. "Parents Magazine" photographs referenced.
Mains, Brian (Fa 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mains, Brian (Fa 182), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 182. "Folklore and the Media -- Study: 'Park City Daily News.'" Paper written by Brian Mains for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. "Park City Daily News," Bowling Green, Kentucky, referenced.
Eade, Richard M. (Fa 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eade, Richard M. (Fa 389), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 389. Paper: "Hazel C. Gillum" written by Richard Eade for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Good, Epha (Fa 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Good, Epha (Fa 392), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 392. Paper: "Coverage of the Fourth of July Celebration in the Belton Journal" written by Epha Good for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Davenport, Cyn (Fa 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davenport, Cyn (Fa 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 381. Paper: "'Seinfeld': Modern Channels for Folklore" written by Cyn Davenport for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Hanby-Sikora, Cathy (Fa 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hanby-Sikora, Cathy (Fa 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 393. Paper: "On the Appropriateness of Functionalism to a Science of Folkloristics" written by Cathy Hanby-Sikora for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Draper, Shirley (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Draper, Shirley (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 386. Two papers: "Brush Arbors of Southern Logan County: How and Why They Were Made" and "South Logan County, Kentucky: Life in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" written by Shirley Draper for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 382. Interviews related to teenagers cruising at shopping malls conducted by Patrick Sean Davison for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Harbolt, Tami (Fa 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbolt, Tami (Fa 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 394. Paper: "'I'm Not a Real Doctor, But I Play One on T.V...'": The Use of Folklore in Representations of Occupational Stereotypes in Television Advertising" written by Tami Harbolt for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 384. Project entitled "Virginia Petty: Woodcarver from Oakland, Kentucky," with an interview conducted by Richard Denton with Petty.
Cary, Mik (Fa 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cary, Mik (Fa 375), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 375. Paper: "Local Traditions and Customs Spotlighted in the 'Park City Daily News'" written by Mik Cary for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Carver, Noble, 1896-1978 (Fa 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carver, Noble, 1896-1978 (Fa 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 372. Copies of two personal songbooks belonging to country musician Noble "Uncle Bozo" Carver of Barren County, Kentucky. They possibly date from the early 1930s.
Ross, Michelle Ann (Lowe) & Mark Brown, B. 1976 (Fa 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ross, Michelle Ann (Lowe) & Mark Brown, B. 1976 (Fa 356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 356. Oral history interview conducted on 6 March 2001 by Michelle Ross and Mark Brown with Distinguished Professor Christopher Groves. Groves, a geography professor at WKU specializing in the study of hydrogeology, discusses his work as director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, his geological efforts to map the flow paths of underground rivers, and other cave-science related endeavors.
Wood, Irene Hansel (Fa 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Irene Hansel (Fa 364), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 364. Paper: "The Theme of the Cruel Brother" [in the Child Ballads] written by Irene Hansel Wood for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 369. Paper: "Odis Blanton: The Story of a Country Musician" written by Angle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Peach, Jewell (Fa 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Peach, Jewell (Fa 355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 355. Paper: "Folklore in Film" written by Jewell Peach for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harp, Deborah Ann, B. 1956 (Fa 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of collection (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 329. "Good Luck Beliefs, Occupational Practical Jokes and Christmas Customs" collected by Deborah Ann Harp for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.