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Full-Text Articles in Folklore
Kerce, Rosann (Fa 909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kerce, Rosann (Fa 909), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 909. Project titled: “Popular Beliefs of Today.” Project includes note cards with brief descriptions of beliefs in Logan, Mercer and Oldham Counties in Kentucky. Note cards include a brief description of belief, informant’s name, and the motif index number.
Degen, Barbara (Fa 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Degen, Barbara (Fa 908), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 908. Project titled: “Student Beliefs at Western Kentucky University.” Project includes survey sheets and note cards with brief descriptions of students at Western Kentucky University from Kentucky and New Jersey. Sheets include a brief description of belief, informant’s name, and classification. Note cards include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif index number.
Caswell, Galena (Fa 900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Caswell, Galena (Fa 900), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 900. Project titled: “[Folk remedies]” Project includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of folk remedies of the Penny Royal region in Kentucky. Note cards include a brief description, informant’s name, and motif reference.
Gruszka, Joseph (Fa 890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gruszka, Joseph (Fa 890), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 890. Title: “Lithuanian Beliefs and Christmas Ornaments.” Includes note cards with brief descriptions of Lithuanian customs and beliefs by Cook County, Illinois residents and illustrations of Christmas customs. Note cards include a brief description of the belief and informant’s name.
Foster, Gary (Fa 885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foster, Gary (Fa 885), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 885. Paper titled: “Folk Cures of Barren County.” Project includes index cards with brief descriptions of folk cures along with a map of the collection area in Barren County, Kentucky. Cards include a brief description of the cure and informant’s name.
Molly Banks (Fa 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Molly Banks (Fa 810), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 810. This collection contains information about Appalachian folklore, specifically from Letcher County, Kentucky, collected by Western Kentucky University student Molly Banks for credit in a folklore class. Information in the collection includes such things as beliefs, recipes, and ballads from the region.
Medical Collections In The Manuscripts & Folklife Archives - Western Kentucky University (Fa 1017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Medical Collections In The Manuscripts & Folklife Archives - Western Kentucky University (Fa 1017), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text bibliography for Folklife Archives Project 1017. An annotated bibliography (70 pp.) of collections in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University that discuss folk medicine and allied medical topics, compiled by folk studies graduate student Azadeh Vatanpour.
Kentucky Folklife Program - Subject Research Files (Fa 747), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
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.
Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Allen County, Kentucky Folklife And Oral History Project (Fa 753), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 753. Western Kentucky University’s Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology received a grant from the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation in the summer of 2011 to conduct an oral history and folklife survey of Allen County, Kentucky over several years. Using recorded interviews, photography, and videography, graduate and undergraduate students in the department documented a broad range of historical and cultural themes in Allen County. Students complete the fieldwork as part of their coursework in courses including Folklore Fieldwork, Cultural Conservation, Vernacular Architecture, and Field Methods in Ethnography. The resulting archival material consists …
Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky River Folklife Project (Fa 654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folkllife Archives Project 654. Chiefly interviews, photographs, slides, and tape logs for a summer 1989 project conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program, in conjunction with other supporting agencies and institutions, about folklife and folklore along the Kentucky River. Project results were presented to the public in two formats: a traveling exhibit and narrative stage presentations.
Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccreary County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 623), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 623. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans and musicians of McCreary County, Kentucky.
Artists In Residence - Union County (Fa 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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.
Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper and two transcripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 593. Paper titled “Folk Medicine in the Mammoth Cave Area” written by Rachel Parsley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Parsley details folk remedies and folk medicine of the communities in the Mammoth Cave Region of south central Kentucky. Parsley’s research centers around interviews with her father, Andrew G. Parsley, Jr., and an Edmonson County resident, Bertha Skaggs, a well-known local practitioner of folk remedies. In addition to her interviews, Parsley relies on information collected by a …
Travis, Hayley Anne (Fa 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Travis, Hayley Anne (Fa 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 590. [Folklore materials classified by genre] Information collected by Hayley Anne Travis related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Laude, Jan (Fa 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Laude, Jan (Fa 68), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 68. Thesis: “A Contemporary Female Psychic: A Folkloristic Study of A Traditional Occupation” by Jan Laude in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts, Department of Folk and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University.
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wayne County, Kentucky Project (Fa 23), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 23. Oral history interviews with various residents of Wayne County, Kentucky, conducted by Western Kentucky University folk studies students. Topics include the oil industry, folk medicine, water witching, one-room schools and banjo playing.
Tittle, Bently (Fa 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tittle, Bently (Fa 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 31. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Bently Tittle related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Eans, Kevin, B. 1964 (Fa 28), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 28. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Kevin Eans related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Hodges, Jack Preston, Ii (Fa 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hodges, Jack Preston, Ii (Fa 25), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 25. [Folklore material classified by genre] Information collected by Jack Hodges related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Bowers, Joseph P. (Fa 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowers, Joseph P. (Fa 269), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 269. Paper: Analysis of Brooks Campbell written by Joseph P. Bowers for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol (Aylesworth) (Fa 518), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 518. This collection contains tape recorded interviews (28) conducted by Luanne Glynn with Ellis Yeargin Hurt (1900-1994) of Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky. The interviews relay Ellis's life history. The project also includes an interpretive paper, a project proposal and summary as well as tape indexes. This project was the result of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Norris, Ruby (Fa 218), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 327. Paper: "Remedies & Cures of Muhlenberg County Folks" written by Rhonda Wood for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wood, Rhonda (Fa 328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of comilation (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 328. Compilation: "Tales of Tales of Tales" by the eighth grade class, Hughes-Kirk High School in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, under the direction of Rhonda Wood.
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folk Medicine (Fa 306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 306. Collection of Kentucky and North Carolina folk beliefs concerning the healing properties of herbs and plants.
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Glynn, Luanne Carol Aylesworth (Fa 303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 303. Paper: "[Todd County, Kentucky Public Health Department]" written by Luanne Glynn for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
England, Pamela (Fa 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
England, Pamela (Fa 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 276. Paper: "Pediatrics Clinic and Well-Child Care Clinic" written by Pamela England for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 270), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 270. Paper: "A Conflict Between Academic and Folk Medicine" written by Amy Lynn Bogle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Shockley, Lorie Helen (Fa 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Shockley, Lorie Helen (Fa 255), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 255. Paper: "Cold and Flu Remedies" written by Lorie Shockley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.