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Full-Text Articles in Folklore
Johnson, Vicki Marie (Fa 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Johnson, Vicki Marie (Fa 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 247. Paper: "Folk Remedies" written by Vicki Marie Johnson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Mclendon, Frederic Keith (Fa 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mclendon, Frederic Keith (Fa 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 251. Paper: "Folk [Medical] Beliefs" written by Frederick Keith McLendon for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bogle, Amy Lyn (Fa 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 271. Paper: "Beliefs on the Flu and How to Treat It" written by Amy Lynn Bogle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Wheet, Glenda Carol (Fa 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wheet, Glenda Carol (Fa 261), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 261. Paper: "Folk Medical Beliefs" written by Glenda Carol Wheet for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kelly, Rita Helen Roberts (Fa 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
KELLY, Rita Helen Roberts 248. Paper: "For a Cold or the Flu, Take..." written by Rita Helen Roberts Kelly for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Adams, Marigold (Fa 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Adams, Marigold (Fa 297), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 297. Paper: "[Proverbs Found in Magazine Advertisements]" written by Marigold Adams for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fitzgerald, Annamary (Fa 307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 307. Paper: "One Family's Folklore: A Brief Analysis of Worldview Through Genres in Folklore" written by Annamary Fitzgerald for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Fritz, Craig (Fa 287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fritz, Craig (Fa 287), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 287. Paper: "Proverbial Statements in Mountain Bike Magazines" written by Craig Fritz for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Leible, Ann (Fa 290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Leible, Ann (Fa 290), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 290. Paper: "Butterflies, Cyclones, and Jewelry Trees: My Family Folklore" written by Leible for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Koenig, Helen (Fa 292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 292. Paper: "My Family Folklore" written by Koenig for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Badley, Kristie A. (Fa 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Badley, Kristie A. (Fa 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 267. Paper: "My Family Folklore: Functionary Mechanisms" written by Kristie A. Badley for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Kilburn, Amy A. (Fa 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kilburn, Amy A. (Fa 286), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 286. Paper: "Folklore with 'Dennis the Menace' and 'Beetle Bailey'" written by Amy A. Kilburn for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Nealy, Sterling Lance (Fa 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Nealy, Sterling Lance (Fa 279), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 279. Paper: "Proverbs in the Funny Papers" written by Sterling Lance Nealy for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.
Richard Moyle's Review Of Ingjerd Hoëm, Even Hovdhaugen, And Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen's Kupu Mai Te Tutolu: Tokelau Oral Literature, Richard Moyle
Richard Moyle's Review Of Ingjerd Hoëm, Even Hovdhaugen, And Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen's Kupu Mai Te Tutolu: Tokelau Oral Literature, Richard Moyle
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Interview With Dwight, Bill And Geneva Spradlin (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Dwight, Bill And Geneva Spradlin (Fa 51), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Dwight Spradlin, Bill Spradlin, and Gene Spradlin conducted by James Edward Spradlin on 5 March 1984. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of Dwight, Bill and Virginia Spradlin with recreation and entertainment in Floyd County, Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s.
Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Pillow, Shirley (Fa 1348), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1348. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting” which includes a description of the traditional folk art of quilting in Logan County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of traditional practice, tools, photos, quilt blocks, informant’s name, location, and text classification.
Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1365. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore on Pregnancy and Childbirth” which includes survey sheets with traditional practices and beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth in Henery County, Illinois and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the traditional practice or belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, text classification, and motif annotation.
Taylor, Beth (Fa 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taylor, Beth (Fa 1362), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1362. Student folk studies project titled “Courtship and Marriage” which includes survey sheets about traditional beliefs about courtship, weddings, and marriage in Jefferson County and Simpson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include brief description of belief, proverb, superstition, custom, or tradition, informant’s name and address, along with text classification.
Newman, Janice (Fa 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Newman, Janice (Fa 1367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1367. Student folk studies project titled “Quilting (Bertha Abney)” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Jefferson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Newman’s family friend, Bertha Abney. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and sheets that may include an illustration, photo, quilt pattern’s name, brief description of a traditional practice or quilt pattern.
Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1346. Student folk studies project titled “Superstions [sic] Associated with Pregnancy” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional folk beliefs about pregnancy in the counties of Carroll, Daviess, Franklin, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, Shelby and Warren in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or traditional practice, informant’s name and religious affiliation, date, and text classification.
Harmon, Rebecca C. (Fa 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harmon, Rebecca C. (Fa 1356), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1356. Folklife project titled "The Legend of Oak Island" by Rebecca C. Harmon for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about the legend of treasure on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Survey sheets may include a brief description of a variation of the legend, belief, text classification, and informant’s name and address. Restricted.
Utley, Mary (Fa 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Utley, Mary (Fa 1366), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1366. Student folk studies project titled “Quilt Making” which includes information about traditional quilting practices in Henderson County, Kentucky. All of the information comes from an interview with Utley’s great grandmother, Mary Mathilda Bonnell. Project includes a narrative paper about the experience and survey sheets that may include a traditional belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, and text classification. Other sheets include a photo, brief description of a quiltmaking process and/or a photo of a quilt or piece of quilt with the pattern’s name.
Gipson, Georgina (Fa 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gipson, Georgina (Fa 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1353. Folklife project titled "Folk Remedies" by Georgina Gipson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about traditional folk remedies in Logan County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the belief, informant’s name, birth location, birth month and year, annotation, and text classification.
Schulte, Clifford "Skip" (Fa 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Schulte, Clifford "Skip" (Fa 1352), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1352. Folklife project titled "Superstitions Among the Members of the 1972 Daviess County High School Track Team" by Skip Schulte for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about traditional high school sport superstitions and rituals in Daviess County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the belief, informant’s name, birth location and age, and text classification.
Mohon, Georgia (Fa 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mohon, Georgia (Fa 1355), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1355. Folklife project titled "Horse Training and Showing – English Style" by Georgia Mohon for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about training horses in the English style in Warren County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the training practice, tools, text classification, and photograph.
Mcginnis, Owen Thomas, Jr. "Tom" (Fa 1351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcginnis, Owen Thomas, Jr. "Tom" (Fa 1351), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1351. Folklife project titled "Weather Signs" by Owen Thomas “Tom” McGinnis, Jr. for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about traditional weatherlore in Christian County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include an interview or list with a brief description of the belief, informant’s name, location, birth location and age, and text classification.
Superstitions, Proverbs And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Superstitions, Proverbs And Notes From The Dietrich Family, 1939, Unknown Author
Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents
A handwritten set of notes documenting various stories and superstitions passed down within the Dietrich family, author unknown, dating from circa 1939. Within, the author documents a number of folk beliefs, riddles, proverbs, and anecdotal stories - many written in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.