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Zimmerman, Eric M. (Fa 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Zimmerman, Eric M. (Fa 366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 366. Paper: "Proverbs in 'Computer Shopper,' January-April 1994" written by Eric M. Zimmerman for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Ohio, Kentucky Feuding Over A Rock In A Hard Place, National Public Radio Jan 2009

Ohio, Kentucky Feuding Over A Rock In A Hard Place, National Public Radio

Indian Head Rock Project

Interview with Fred Kight on National Public Radio discussing the dispute over Indian Head Rock on January 26, 2009.

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Royse, Amy (Fa 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Royse, Amy (Fa 358), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 358. Paper: "A Way of Preserving the Past" written by Amy Royse for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Millburn-Luttrell, Christine Ann (Fa 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Millburn-Luttrell, Christine Ann (Fa 337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 337. Paper: "Folk Speech in Gary Larson's 'Far Side' Cartoons" written by Christine Ann Millburn-Luttrell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Schell, Kimberly K. (Fa 361), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 361. Paper: "Folklore in 'The Far Side'" written by Kimberly K. Schell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Vassar, Brehanna (Fa 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Vassar, Brehanna (Fa 363), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 363. Paper: "Tortillas in Troutville: Segments of My Family Folklore" written by Brehanna Vassar for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Robertson, Stephen (Fa 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Robertson, Stephen (Fa 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 342. Paper: "The San Angelo Rodeo" written by Stephen Robertson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Marshall, Katherine (Fa 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Marshall, Katherine (Fa 340), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 340. Paper: "The Traditions of a Sorority" written by Katherine Marshall for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Wright, D. Wynne (Fa 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Wright, D. Wynne (Fa 365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 365. Paper: "Kentucky Cuisine" written by D. Wynne Wright for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Saxton, Lashanda (Fa 359), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 359. Paper: "Home vs. College" written by LaShanda Saxton for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Morgan, Julia E. (Fa 336), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 336. Paper: "American Girl Magazine and Children's Riddles," written by Julia E. Morgan for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Folklore And The Internet: Vernacular Expression In A Digital World, Trevor J. Blank Jan 2009

Folklore And The Internet: Vernacular Expression In A Digital World, Trevor J. Blank

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Folklore and the Internet is a pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. It shows that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internetýs beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online. Users of many sorts continue to develop the Internet as a significant medium for generating, transmitting, documenting, and preserving folklore. In a set of new, insightful essays, contributors Trevor J. Blank, Simon J. Bronner, Robert Dobler, Russell Frank, Gregory Hansen, Robert Glenn Howard, Lynne S. McNeill, Elizabeth Tucker, and William Westerman showcase …

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Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, And Defecating Men: The Power Of Storytelling In Maithil Women’S Tales, Coralynn V. Davis Jan 2009

Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, And Defecating Men: The Power Of Storytelling In Maithil Women’S Tales, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Journal Articles

What can we learn about the way that folk storytelling operates for tellers and audience members by examining the telling of stories by characters within such narratives? I examine Maithil women’s folktales in which stories of women’s suffering at the hands of other women are first suppressed and later overheard by men who have the power to alleviate such suffering. Maithil women are pitted against one another in their pursuit of security and resources in the context of patrilineal formations. The solidarities such women nonetheless form—in part through sharing stories and keeping each other’s secrets—serve to mitigate their suffering and …

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Percy Grainger And Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Comparative Study Of English Folk-Song Settings For Wind Band, Shawna Meggan Holtz Jan 2009

Percy Grainger And Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Comparative Study Of English Folk-Song Settings For Wind Band, Shawna Meggan Holtz

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This thesis provides a comparison and study of English folk music collected by composers Percy Grainger and Ralph Vaughan Williams in the early twentieth century. Individuals who played a key role in beginning the folk music collecting movement are discussed, as well as the Folk Song Society's position in regulating and organizing folk-song collecting. A brief biography on Grainger is provided, along with his methods of collecting and setting folk-songs, and his ideas and processes on "free music." Chapters on Ralph Vaughan Williams follow, exploring his folk-song collecting and settings for the church. Grainger and Vaughan Williams' most well-known band …

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