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Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harrison, Joyce (Fa 1067), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project FA 1067. Paper titled “Designs and Ornamentation in Local Commercial Architecture” in which Joyce Harrison explores the architectural styles and patterns of small-town business exteriors. Paper is based on information collected by Harrison from Frank D. Cain, Jr., a locally registered architect, and contains color photographs of building exteriors in several counties across south central Kentucky.
Woolsey, Kennaird E. (Fa 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Woolsey, Kennaird E. (Fa 1093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1093. Student folk studies project titled: “Epitaphs,” which includes survey sheets of gravestone epitaphs organized by theme in Barren County, Edmonson County and Warren County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include the epitaph, location and text classification along with the rubbing.
Langley, Don (Fa 1092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Langley, Don (Fa 1092), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1092. Student folk studies project titled: “Antique Collecting,” which includes an interview with W. Otis Martin describing antique collecting practices in Barren County, Kentucky. Questions include details about collecting practices, repairs, photo, name and description of antique.
Vincent, Markeeta (Fa 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Vincent, Markeeta (Fa 1091), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1091. Student folk studies project titled: “Churning and Molding Butter,” which includes survey sheets describing the traditions and practices of butter making in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Sheets include informant’s name and address, practice, and text classification or photo, name and description of tool.
Mcdonald, William Rush, B. 1951 (Fa 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdonald, William Rush, B. 1951 (Fa 1090), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1090. Student folk studies project titled: “Singing Schools,” which includes survey sheets describing the traditions and practices of singing schools in Hart County, Kentucky. Sheets include informant’s age and address, memory, and text classification along with names and photos.
Finn, Marty (Fa 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Finn, Marty (Fa 1089), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1089. Student folk studies project titled: “A Collection of Folk Medicine,” which includes survey sheets and index cards describing the traditions and practices of folk medicine in Mason County, Kentucky. Sheets may include informant’s name and address, folk remedy, and text classification.
Veazey, Carl Michael (Fa 1088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Veazey, Carl Michael (Fa 1088), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1088. Student folk studies project titled: “’Shakerag’ and Its Tales,” which includes a description of tales about Ralph “Rafe” Jones, Brother Cabbage, and M. P. “Coon” Buntin as told in the “Shakerag” area of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Sheets include informant’s age and address with each tale.
Routt, Brenda H., Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Routt, Brenda H., Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1086. Student folk studies project titled: “The Folklore of Household Antiques,” which includes a description of house furnishings and their uses in Hardin County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include recipes, photos, names, uses, and descriptions.
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Christensen, Barbara Ellen (Fa 1082), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1082. Student folk studies project titled: “Quilting,” which includes survey sheets, interviews and descriptions of quilting practices and beliefs in Hardin County, Kentucky. Sheets may include an informant’s name and address, a superstition and a motif index number or a photo, description, and name of the quilt.
Cash, Patty Keen (Fa 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cash, Patty Keen (Fa 1081), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1081. Student folk studies project titled: “The Owsley Stock Farm,” which includes descriptions of the architecture and structure of the William Francis Owsley, Sr. house in Cumberland County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a photo and description of the house along with slides of the exterior. Includes a drawing of the structure’s footprint.
Stewart, Karen (Fa 1084), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, Karen (Fa 1084), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1084. Student folk studies project titled: “Broommaking in Western Kentucky,” which includes a description of broom making practices in Ohio County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include photos of a tool, brooms, and descriptions.
Taylor, Emmie (Fa 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Emmie (Fa 1087), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1087. Student folk studies project titled: “Saw Filing,” which includes a description of filing tools and their uses in Warren County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include a photo, name, use, description, and text classification.
Stewart, Karen (Fa 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stewart, Karen (Fa 1085), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1085. Student folk studies project titled: “Making Apple Cider in Western Kentucky,” which includes a description of apple cider making practices in Butler County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include photos of a tool, processes, and descriptions.
Beckner, Azle Hill (Fa 1083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beckner, Azle Hill (Fa 1083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1083. Student folk studies project titled: “Shoe Repairing: A Folk Craft,” which includes a description of shoe repair practices along with photos of tools in Warren County, Kentucky. A second student project has survey sheets that may include informant’s name and address, superstitions, riddles, tales or rhymes.
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 1076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-2023 (Fa 1076), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1076. Five riddles collected by students in Montell’s folk studies classes at Campbellsville College, Campbellsville, Kentucky. Each riddle lists informant, their age, county of birth/residence, and date item was collected. Collector’s names are also listed. The locations are all in the south central Kentucky region.
Branstetter, Wendell S. (Fa 1079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Branstetter, Wendell S. (Fa 1079), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1079. Paper titled “Folk Structures in My Community” by Wendell S. Branstetter in which he presents information about vernacular buildings in Summer Shade, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. He documents a log structure and several I-houses in the vicinity. He includes photos, historical information, physical descriptions and information about condition of the structures.
Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1080. Paper titled “Hunting: Traditional Methods and Weapons” by Robert M. Hughes in which he presents information about lore related to hunting with a particular emphasis on hunting done by Native Americans. In addition to the paper Hughes provides five unrelated folklore items classified by genre for which he provides extensive documentation.
Clark, Jim L. (Fa 1078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Clark, Jim L. (Fa 1078), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1078. Paper titled “Supernatural Tales from the Lower Green River” by Jim L. Clark in which he presents supernatural tales that he collected from ten individuals. He provides the informant name, date of collection, motif index number (for some), the narratives.
Hines, Joseph R. (Fa 1077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines, Joseph R. (Fa 1077), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1077. Paper titled “The Saga of the Navigable Green and Barren Rivers” by Joseph R. Hines in which he discusses the development of the rivers for slack water navigation and anecdotal information, collected from individuals familiar with the history, culture and lore of the two rivers.
Mcdaniel, Vernon And Jan Mcdaniel (Fa 1072), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcdaniel, Vernon And Jan Mcdaniel (Fa 1072), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1072. Paper titled “Prenatal Superstitions” by Vernon and Jan McDaniel based on interviews with five females from the Park City, Barren County, Kentucky, area. The women provide a large number of superstitions that related to how prenatal behavior might affect the expected baby. The collection includes photos of the informants.
Childress, Lelia (Fa 1075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Childress, Lelia (Fa 1075), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1075. Student folk studies project titled: “Traditional Methods of Preserving Food,” which includes survey sheets with food preservation methods and traditions in Hart County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a food, brief description of process, informant’s name and address, and text classification.
Robinson, David (Fa 1071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robinson, David (Fa 1071), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1071). Paper titled “A Study of Graveyards in Kentucky” by David Robinson based on a survey of five cemeteries in Warren County, Logan County and McCracken County, Kentucky. Robinson makes general statements about each cemetery and the people buried there based on the cemetery’s location, monuments, epitaphs, and knowledge of the families buried there.
Tillett, Ray And Doris Day (Fa 1074), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tillett, Ray And Doris Day (Fa 1074), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1074. Student folk studies project titled: “Musical Instruments,” which includes survey sheets with musical instruments in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description, informant’s name and address, and photo.
Lasalvia, Jerry (Fa 1065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lasalvia, Jerry (Fa 1065), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1065. Student folk studies project titled: “Herb Medicine,” which includes survey sheets with remedies, cures and practices related to herb medicine in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Sheets include remedies, cures, beliefs, informant’s name and address, and motif index number.
Groebli, Glenn E. (Fa 1070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Groebli, Glenn E. (Fa 1070), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1070. Paper titled “Stories and Tales Told By James Robert Keltner and Flonnie Ross Keltner.” Paper is based on an oral interview with the Keltners at their home in Okolona, Jefferson County, Kentucky, but the stories and tales are from Adair County, Kentucky. Besides the recording Groebli has typescripted a number of the stories and provided photos of the informants and their home.
Stinnett, Glee (Fa 1073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Stinnett, Glee (Fa 1073), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project FA 1073. Paper titled “Quilting” by Glee Stinnett based on interviews with three Kentucky quilters. They answer basic questions about quilting, quilt patterns they have made, and how they learned to quilt. The project includes over thirty photos of quilts made by these three women, some fabric quilt squares, and a drawing of a quilt frame.
Hampton, Ernie (Fa 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hampton, Ernie (Fa 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1069. Paper titled “The Process of Hog Butchering” by Ernie Hampton in which he discusses information collected from his uncle, Pete Hampton of Christian County, Kentucky, about the process of slaughtering and butchering hogs. He includes information and photos related to procedures, equipment and back-ground of the processors.
Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Jaggers, Katie (Fa 1066), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1066. Paper titled “Folk Beliefs” in which Katie Jaggers details various proverbs, remedies, superstitions, and predictions relating to childhood, agriculture, medicine, and other facets of daily life. Paper is based on data collected by Jaggers from immediate family in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
Reesor, Gary (Fa 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Reesor, Gary (Fa 1068), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1068. Paper titled “Legends and Tales of Bullitt County” by Gary Reesor based on an interview with Ivy McBride of Bullitt County, Kentucky. McBride provides tales, legends, ghost stories, and information about traditional folk ways in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
Pestel, Jerry (Fa 1026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pestel, Jerry (Fa 1026), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1026. Student folk studies project titled: “Polack Jokes,” which includes interviews and survey sheets about Polack jokes from Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a joke, informant’s name, motif index number, and photos.