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Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2010

Powell, Janet Sharli (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 17.  Collection consists of interviews with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis and Johnnie Mae (Elkins) White, Bowling Green, Kentucky, conducted by Janet Sharli Powell about quilting.  Includes sample Mexican Star quilt block.  Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.


Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2009

Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Collection 382. Interviews related to teenagers cruising at shopping malls conducted by Patrick Sean Davison for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2009

Denton, Richard (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 384. Project entitled "Virginia Petty: Woodcarver from Oakland, Kentucky," with an interview conducted by Richard Denton with Petty.


Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2009

Angle, Dennis Paul (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 369. Paper: "Odis Blanton: The Story of a Country Musician" written by Angle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Robertson, Cindy (Fa 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2009

Robertson, Cindy (Fa 341), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 341. Paper: "From One Generation to the Next" written by Cindy Robertson for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Carden, Vickie Wright (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 318. Paper titled “The Jelly Snatcher” in which folk studies student Vickie Wright Carden details the paranormal activity surrounding Nancy Frew, a 23 year-old Bowling Green native, and her roommate, Vicki Taylor. Both women reported sensing malevolent spirits in their apartment, witnessed a comb fly off a dresser, and “lost” a jar of grape jelly—which they believe to have been “snatched” by the ghost. Carden offers possible theories relating to the poltergeist encounters, and even posits that Frew, along with her couch, attract the …


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.


Drake, Angela (Fa 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2008

Drake, Angela (Fa 282), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 282. Paper: "Generation Comparisons" written by Angela Drake for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


England, Pamela (Fa 276), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

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 271), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

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 Jun 2008

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.


Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2008

Neagle, Sue (Fa 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 242. Paper: "Then and Now" written by Sue Neagle for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Davison, Patrick Sean (Fa 205), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 205. Paper: "Conflict and Midwifery" written by Patrick S. Davison for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Cederquist, Nancy (Fa 206), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 206. Paper: "Local Ghost Legends of the Bowling Green-Warren County Area" written by Nancy Cederquist for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Molloy, Janice Louise (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1992

Molloy, Janice Louise (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 189. Paper (24 p.): "On the Road: Vernacular Architecture as a Creative Response to Economic Opportunity," written by Molloy and Trudy Balcom for a Western Kentucky University class. The paper focuses on the Horseshoe Motel in Warren County, Kentucky. Also includes tape transcription (11 p.).


Interview With Katherine Forrester And Jimmy Linville (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1992

Interview With Katherine Forrester And Jimmy Linville (Fa 189), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Katherine Forrester and Jimmy Linville conducted by Trudy Balcolm and Janice Louise Molloy on 13 November 1992. From folk studies student project titled “On the Road; Vernacular Architecture as a Creative Response to Economic Opportunity,” concerning the Horseshoe Hotel in Warren County, Kentucky.


Interview With Walter Francis Becket, 1898-1991 (Fa 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1991

Interview With Walter Francis Becket, 1898-1991 (Fa 114), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Walter Francis Becket conducted by John E. Long on 28 January 1991. From folk studies student project concerning Becket's education, early practice as a physician, and his employment at the Bowling Green/Warren County [Kentucky] Hospital.


Interview With Eddie Ray Edmundson (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1990

Interview With Eddie Ray Edmundson (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Eddie Ray Edmundson conducted by Amy Yvonne (Doyen) Taylor on 20 November 1990. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of an auctioneer and a female tobacco tagger in tobacco warehouses.


Interview With Dan Cape (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1990

Interview With Dan Cape (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Dan Cape conducted by Amy Yvonne (Doyen) Taylor on 19 November 1990. From folk studies student project concerning experiences of an auctioneer and a female tobacco tagger in tobacco warehouses.


Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1990

Metzer, Joseph Allen And Amy Y. Taylor (Fa 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 163. Paper (25 p.) entitled "I-House at 1311 Clay Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky" by Western Kentucky University students Metzer and Taylor for a vernacular architecture class.


Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With Edmund Douglas Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Edmund Douglas Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1989

Interview With Evans Guest Duff (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Evans Guest Duff conducted by Carrie Helm on 2 November 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 1989

Interview With Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Virgie Mae (Chaney) Edwards conducted by Carrie Helm on 13 October 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1989

Interview With Timothy Wade Harris (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Timothy Wade Harris conducted by Carrie Helm on 28 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1989

Interview With Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Sarah (Sloss) Sutherland conducted by Carrie Helm on 19 September 1989. From folk studies student project concerning the history of Woodburn.


Interviews With Tim Neal Madison, Kevin Devon Vance, Jeffrey Scott Overstreet And Allen Lewis Pike (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1988

Interviews With Tim Neal Madison, Kevin Devon Vance, Jeffrey Scott Overstreet And Allen Lewis Pike (Fa 382), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Tim Neal Madison, Kevin Devon Vance, Jeffrey Scott Overstreet and Allen Lewis Pike conducted by Patrick Sean Davison on 18 September 1988. From folk studies student project concerning teenagers cruising at shopping malls.


Interview With John Buell Edmonds, B. 1945 (Fa 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1988

Interview With John Buell Edmonds, B. 1945 (Fa 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by LuAnne Beth Cervelli on 18 September 1998. From folk studies student project concerning the experiences of Edmonds performing gospel music, his involvement in recording and promoting gospel groups, his relationship with the local choir, and the current state of gospel music.


Interview With Jean Pence (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1987

Interview With Jean Pence (Fa 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Jean Pence conducted by Lisa Mason-Jones on 23 November 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning Pence's role as a midwife at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


Interview With Robert J. Wurster (Fa 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1987

Interview With Robert J. Wurster (Fa 371), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Robert J. Wurster conducted by Callie Lou Dalton on 18 November 1987. From folk studies student project concerning his involvement with the International Student Program at Western Kentucky University and issues of acculturation, equity in the classroom, expression of identity, and the program’s strengths and weaknesses.


Interview With B. B. Oliver, Beverly Oliver, Rusty Oliver, And Benjamin "Ted" Vontress (Fa 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 1987

Interview With B. B. Oliver, Beverly Oliver, Rusty Oliver, And Benjamin "Ted" Vontress (Fa 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with B. B. Oliver, Beverly Oliver, Rusty Oliver, and Benjamin "Ted" Vontress conducted by Kenneth Todd Gipson r on 30 June 1987. From folk studies student project concerning Carroll Monument Company employees, their occupation and related stories.