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Folklorist In The Park - Mammoth Cave (Fa 839), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2016

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

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

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.

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Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2015

Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 743. This collection contains information relating to the various artists involved with the Kentucky Folklife Program. Many of the artists included in this collection participated in programs offered at, but not limited to, the Kentucky Folklife Festival, Made to be Played Exhibit, apprenticeship programs, and survey or fieldwork that was conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program. Artists included musicians (gospel, blues, bluegrass, banjo, thumbpicking guitarists, and singing) to traditional artists (painting, quilting, storytelling, basketmaking, and instrument making). The collection also includes musical groups and places relating to artists and art forms. The collection …

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Swartz, Larry (Fa 838), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Swartz, Larry (Fa 838), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 838. This collection includes Negro spirituals collected from African American Baptist churches located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This project was completed by Larry Swartz and Doug Gibson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

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Lee, James C. (Fa 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2015

Lee, James C. (Fa 827), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 827. This project is a brief life history of Iva Ferguson an African American woman, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Born in 1900, Ferguson’s life story is shared as she wrote it. This information was collected by James C. Lee, a student at Western Kentucky University for his folk studies class project.

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Reflections Of The Past (Fa 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2015

Reflections Of The Past (Fa 812), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 812. Recording of George C. Wright discussing resources for African American research in Kentucky (Side A) and Rena Niles talking about her folk musician husband John Jacob Niles (Side B). Two small printed pamphlets were also included with the recording that was sponsored by the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and produced by Clay Guance of the University of Kentucky.

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Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2015

Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection FA 747. This collection contains materials relating to a wide array of folklife subjects collected by folklorist Bob Gates for the Kentucky Folklife Program. The majority of the subjects include ethnic or cultural groups, but there is also various information relating to specific arts or traditions. The materials within the folders are mostly articles or copies of articles. Most folders contain information that relates directly to Kentucky, but some are about the topic more in general terms. Files are arranged by subject.

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Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 2014

Communty Scholars Program - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Fa 735), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 735. This collection contains information and documentation about the Community Scholars Program’s workshops held in Jefferson County, Kentucky during 2012. The collection almost entirely features projects completed by participants of the program.

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Asantewaa, Nana Yaa (Fa 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2014

Asantewaa, Nana Yaa (Fa 702), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives 702. This collection features an audio application on cassette tape for an apprenticeship grant from the Kentucky Arts Council through the "Folk Arts Apprenticeship" program for Nana Yaa Asantewaa, an African American storyteller.

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Eastside Neighborhood Cultural Traditions Survey - Covington, Kentucky (Fa 694), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

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.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2001 (Fa 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2001 (Fa 665), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 665. This collection features information and documentation about the Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 27-29, 2001 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2000 (Fa 664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 2000 (Fa 664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 664. This collection features information and documentation about the third annual Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 28-30, 2000 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1999 (Fa 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1999 (Fa 663), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 663. This collection features information and documentation about the third annual Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 16-18, 1998 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1998 (Fa 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1998 (Fa 662), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 662. This collection features information and documentation of the second annual Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 17-20, 1998 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet.

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Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1997 (Fa 661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2014

Kentucky Folklife Festival - Frankfort, Kentucky, 1997 (Fa 661), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives project 661. This collection features information anf documentation about the first annual Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 18-21, 1997 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

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Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Eighth Of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration - Paducah, Kentucky (Fa 635), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 635. This collection features information about the Eighth of August Homecoming Emancipation Celebration held in Paducah, Kentucky. At this celebration, African Americans pay tribute to their heritage with a memorial service, homecoming picnic, a salute to black music, and other activities.

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Local Legacies Project (Fa 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2013

Local Legacies Project (Fa 625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 625. The Local Legacies Project was created to celebrate the Library of Congress's bicenntennial. The project was proposed on a national scale to document distinctive cultural traditions located within each state. This collection includes Kentucky's submissions.

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Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2013

Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 612. Project conducted in Union County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in county elementary schools. Folklorist Amy Davis and fieldworker/folk artist Sue Massek interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards they made presentations in schools about the information they collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.

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Interview With Henry Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Interview With Henry Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Henry Scott related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

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Beck, Louis Marvin, 1933-1992 (Fa 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Beck, Louis Marvin, 1933-1992 (Fa 76), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and audio file (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 76. Interview with Ophelia Ellen Johnson Hanna about her family and education growing up as an African American in Warren County, Kentucky. Includes taped interview and index.

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Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Fa 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Richey, Nancy Carol, B. 1959 (Fa 575), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 575. Interview conducted on 21 February 2012 by Nancy Richey and Sue Lynn McDaniel with Angela Townsend regarding Jonesville, an African American community in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that was eliminated by an urban renewal project in the 1960s.

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Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2011

Ferguson, Lynne Marrs (Hammer), B. 1956 (Fa 570), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 570. Paper: [Examination of a Speech Titled "Shake Rag Revisited"] written by Lynne Marrs Hammer Ferguson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. The speech was delivered on 21 October 2004 by Herbert Oldham at the dedication of a historical marker in the neighborhood.

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Reed, Ashlee Catara, B. 1986 (Fa 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2011

Reed, Ashlee Catara, B. 1986 (Fa 548), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text papers (click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 548.  Contains three papers:  “Permanent Wave Machine,” “The Hot Comb” about African American hairstyling, and “The Telephone Switchboard,” about an early switchboard on display in Barren County, Kentucky. Includes color illustrations.  This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

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Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2010

Klimowicz, Teresa D. (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 13. Interviews conducted by Teresa D. Klimowicz with Esther (Magers) Isbell, a native of Barren Coutny, Kentucky. Special attention is focused on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs while living in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2010

Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 12), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 12. Interviews conducted by Gina Lloyce Kinchlow with three Kinchlow family members concerning African American, middle class family life and Easter customs in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Hines, Thomas Collier, Jr. (Fa 7), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 7. Interviews conducted by Thomas Hines. Includes intervewis with Sarah Alice (Marcum) Roemer. The interviews include information about Alice Roemer's life, inlcuding her childhood, education, work and family experiences, with special emphasis on Thanksgiving customs.

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Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2010

Kinchlow, Gina Lloyce (Fa 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 4. Interviews conducted by Gina Kinchlow for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes interviews with Carolyn Alexander and Vivian Glass about their lives as African American women.

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Scisney, Sheri L. (Fa 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2010

Scisney, Sheri L. (Fa 256), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 256. Paper: "The African-American Set on Western Kentucky University Campus" written by Sheri L. Scisney for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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Hodges, Jack, Ii (Fa 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2010

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.

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Campbellsville - Taylor County, Kentucky Oral History Project (Fa 202), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2009

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.

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Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Chase, Barbara J. (Fa 316), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 316. Paper: "A Study of the Black Cosmetology Field" written by Barbara J. Chase for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

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