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Artists In Residence - Bourbon County (Fa 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Artists In Residence - Bourbon County (Fa 610), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 610. Project conducted in Bourbon County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in a county elementary school. Project coordinator Sue Massek conducted interviews with local folk artists and performers. She then presented information about them at the school and asked some of the folk artists and performers to perform or demonstrate.


Artists In Residence (Fa 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Artists In Residence (Fa 609), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 609. Project conducted in Bourbon, Boyd, Breckenridge, Caldwell, Christian, McCreary and Union counties to identify and utilize local folk artists within school programs. Materials include project reports, artist rosters and helps for using folklore within the classroom. This collection, while making reference to the larger program, only includes specific programming information for Caldwell and Christian counties.


Folklorist In The Parks (Fa 608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Folklorist In The Parks (Fa 608), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 608. Project conducted in communities surrounding Jenny Wiley, Kenlake, Natural Bridge, Pennyrile Forest and Pine Mountain State Resort Parks to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include administrative papers and slides.


Folklorist In The Parks - Pine Mountain State Resort Park (Fa 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2013

Folklorist In The Parks - Pine Mountain State Resort Park (Fa 607), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archves Project 607. Project conducted in Bell County, Kentuky and Pine Mountain State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include field notes, a daily activity log, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.


Folklorist In The Parks - Natural Bridge State Resort Park (Fa 605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Folklorist In The Parks - Natural Bridge State Resort Park (Fa 605), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 605. Project conducted in Powell, Wolfe and Lee Counties and Natural Bridge State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include fieldnotes, promotional materials, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.


Folklorist In The Parks - Kenlake State Resort Park (Fa 604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Folklorist In The Parks - Kenlake State Resort Park (Fa 604), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Folklife Archives Project 604. Project conducted in Marshall County and Kenlake State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include a project summary, programming information, biographical sketches, a directory of folk artists/performers, public relations materials, audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists, as well as illustrative material. The interview with Glen Gough (Box 2 Folder 12) can be accessed by clicking on the "Additional File" below.


Warren County Kentucky Homemakers Project (Fa 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Warren County Kentucky Homemakers Project (Fa 82), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 82. These interviews examine the lives of rural women through their membership in the Warren County Homemakers Extension Program. Former extension agents and members recall their experiences in the organization and the significance of the education programs in preparing them to adapt to new technologies and to move from farm life to public work.


Folklorist In The Parks - Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (Fa 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2013

Folklorist In The Parks - Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (Fa 603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 603. Materials documenting "Folklorist in the Parks,” a project conducted In Floyd, Johnson and Pike counties and Jenny Wiley State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include informant data sheets, field notes, audio interviews, photograph negatives and slides with indices and administrative papers.


Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 752. Clippings of "Ravelings" column from "Harland (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise" and "Corbin (Kentucky) Daily Tribune" with collected mountain superstitions, customs, and folkways.


Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 445. Correspondence, published and unpublished writing, and research of Alexander Gordon Wilson, faculty member in the English department of Western Kentucky University from 1915-1959. Includes genealogical and autobiographical material as well as extensive research data and writing on the ornithology of Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky, on folklore and linguistics, and on the ornithology and folkways of the Mammoth Cave region of Edmonson County, Kentucky.


Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 602. Materials documenting the Folk Arts in Rural Libraries Project conducted in the central Kentucky. Materials include lists of folk artists, slides documenting folk art festivals, slide inventories and administrative papers.


Brown, Mark, B. 1976 (Fa 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2013

Brown, Mark, B. 1976 (Fa 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and photograph for Folklife Archives Project 751. Interview conducted by Mark Brown with luthier Steve Cooley, Louisville, Kentucky. Cooley discusses how he makes and repairs guitars and banjos at the Guitar Emporium in Louisville. He also relates information about playing with Bill Monroe and other musicians in Kentucky.


Burgoo Project, 1995-2005 (Fa 600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Burgoo Project, 1995-2005 (Fa 600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 600. This collection consists chiefly of video documentation related to the preparation of burgoo, a stew generally consisting of vegetables and wild game. Several of the videos included were filmed at Claylick United Methodist Church in Anderson County, Kentucky. The collection also includes slides taken at a burgoo dinner at Claylick Church as well as a professionally produced DVD titled “Burgoo!: Mythical Stew of Kentucky.” Lawrenceburg, Kentucky is the site of the annual Anderson County Burgoo Festival.


Williams, Camilla Reynolds, 1923-2005 (Sc 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Williams, Camilla Reynolds, 1923-2005 (Sc 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 790. Photocopies of story written by Camilla Reynolds Williams entitled, “Ma Motley’s Robbery Tale,” 1863?, which supposedly occurred in Warren County, Kentucky. She won second place in the 1971 Kentucky Woman’s Club Folklore Contest for this entry. Also Hays family genealogical chart prepared by Joseph S. Hays.


Williams, Donna (Fa 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Williams, Donna (Fa 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 595. Paper titled “Turning Legend to Song,” written by Donna Williams for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The paper analyzes the propensity of songwriters to rely upon tales and legends for inspiration in the composition of songs. Williams focuses on Boone County, Kentucky’s legend of Skull Bone Cave.


Thornton, Rachel (Fa 596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Thornton, Rachel (Fa 596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 596. Paper titled “Quilting” written by Rachel Thornton for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Williams details the quilting methods used by Barren County quilter Marlene “Chris” Woods. Thornton conveys Woods’ passion for hand quilting rather than machine quilting as well as the intimate connection and personal meaning that quilts embody for those who make and use them.


Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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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 …


Squires, Bailey Marie, B. 1989 (Fa 589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Squires, Bailey Marie, B. 1989 (Fa 589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full text (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 589. [Folklore materials classified by genre] Information collected by Bailey Marie Squires related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Arnold, Andrew (Fa 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Arnold, Andrew (Fa 592), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 592. This paper, titled “Raising Tobacco”, was written by Andrew Arnold for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Arnold details the process of raising tobacco from selecting the proper location for the crop to delivering the final product to market. The paper is largely based upon Arnold’s personal interview with Lewisburg, Kentucky farmer, Thomas Nelson.


Hanratty, Suzanne (Funk) (Fa 588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Hanratty, Suzanne (Funk) (Fa 588), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archvies Project 588. Maydelle (Johnson) Funk, registered nurse, and her husband, physician Jesse Trusdale Funk, detail their genealogy and personal history in interviews conducted by their daughter, Suzanne (Funk) Hanratty. The Funks lived and worked in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes transcription and news clippings about a Girl Scout troop in Bowling Green led by Mrs. Funk.


Funk, Jesse Trusdale, 1912-2001 (Fa 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2013

Funk, Jesse Trusdale, 1912-2001 (Fa 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 587. Doctor Jesse Trusdale Funk outlines his genealogy and recalls family history and his personal history from childhood through retirement. Funk also details his experiences as a medical student at Vanderbilt University Medical School and his fifty-five years of medical practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes transcription.


Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 581), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 581. Illustrated paper by Rachel Hopkin titled “A Reel in a Bottle: The Bottle Art of Chris Wood.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of creating bottle art, or bottle whimsies. Folk artist Chris Wood’s path from observer to artist is detailed and includes his interpretations of the work of several historical and modern artisans within the genre. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Chappell, Katherine (Fa 582), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 582. Illustrated paper by Katherine Chappell titled “Fine, Folk, or Functional? The Art of Mark Whitley.” This illustrated project provides insight into the art of furniture making and the distinctions between the artistic formation of furniture and mass production. The project details the journey of one craftsman, Mark Whitley of Warren County, Kentucky, from one who makes furniture, into an artist whose work is practical, functional, and enduring. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Faytullayeva, Shamira A. (Fa 584), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid only for Folklife Archives Project 584. Illustrated paper by Shamira A. Faytullayeva titled “A Great Tailor in My Family.” This illustrated project describes the economic benefits of the tailoring skills of a Russian emigrant, Samisiya Faytullayeva. Samisiya’s mother taught her to sew when she was a child, and the skill has provided an income for her family in the years since her husband’s death and their subsequent immigration to the United States. This project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Hopkin, Rachel Claire (Fa 586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding Aid and full text paper (Click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 586. Independent study project conducted by Rachel Hopkin on George R. Gibson, a banjo player from eastern Kentucky. The project, contained on two DVDs, includes photos, audio interviews and transcripts, a paper, bibliography, and field notes. Participating in the interview are Gibson and musicians John W. Haywood and Kevin C. Howard, who describe Gibson’s influence on them. This project was executed for the folk studies program at Western Kentucky University.


Callis, Mariah (Fa 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Callis, Mariah (Fa 583), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 583. Illustrated paper by Mariah Callis titled “Grave Decoration in a Bowling Green Cemetery: An Analysis of Children’s Grave Adornment.” This illustrated project provides a brief yet detailed description of the author’s first field work experience. The work, an analysis of children’s grave adornment, provides information specific to Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and categorizes the types of ornamentation placed on children’s graves and the frequency of such decoration. The project was submitted for the 2011 Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Wynn, Katie (Fa 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Wynn, Katie (Fa 580), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 580. Illustrated paper by Katie Wynn titled “The Art of Cake Decorating: An Examination of the Art of Callie Christian.” A detail account of the process of baking and decorating a cake, with an emphasis on cakes for celebratory events such as birthdays. Discusses the influence of popular culture on cake decorating themes. This project was submitted for the 2011Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Bolick, Molly (Fa 579), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Bolick, Molly (Fa 579), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 579. Illustrated paper by Molly Bolick titled “Embodied Art: Identity, Adornment, and Style in Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby.” Analysis of the artistic process of choosing a derby name and the assemblage of dress elements and adornment in the context of the body as a canvas. This project was submitted for the 2011Folklife Archives Award competition at Western Kentucky University.


Browning, Jimmy D. (Fa 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Browning, Jimmy D. (Fa 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 157. This collection includes cassette tapes of interviews with eight women used as research for Jimmy D. Browning’s paper “A Tie That Binds: Contemporary Funeral Foodways In A Rural, Central Kentucky Community.” Two copies of the paper are also included in the collection.


Pillar, Samantha R. (Fa 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Pillar, Samantha R. (Fa 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 162. This collection contains a paper entitled “Going Hog Wild in Logan County,” about William Warren Morton Sr. and his work in the swine industry. This paper was written by Samantha Pillar as a part of a class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1994. Several photocopied images are included in the paper.