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Full-Text Articles in Folklore
Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Kelcy Driskill (Fa 35), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Kelcy Driskell conducted by Amy Kitchens on 26 September 1986. From folk studies student project with an interview with Kelcy Driskell concerning agriculture in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Nancy Frew (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Nancy Frew (Fa 318), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Nancy Frew conducted by Vickie Wright Carden in 24 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the paranormal experience of Frew and Vicki Taylor in their apartment in 1981.
Interview With Langdon Thomas Dyer (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Langdon Thomas Dyer (Fa 41), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Langdon Thomas Dyer conducted by Shaunn Maree Lybarger on 8 October 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Langdon Dyer's gardening and marketing of produce at the Bowling Green farmers' market. Also includes biographical information about his service as an Army Air Corps pilot in World War II.
Interview With Margie Autry Hawks (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Margie Autry Hawks (Fa 43), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Margie Autry Hawks conducted by Elizabeth Allen Hester on 28 September 1985. From folk studies student project concerning the family/personal history of Margie Hawks and her occupation as flea market seller and subsistence farmer.
Interview With Unknown Grower (Fa 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Unknown Grower (Fa 32), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with unknown grower conducted by Pierce Butler Whites on March 11, 1985. From student folk studies project titled "Contemporary Marijuana Cultivation and Usage: Interviews and Documents" concerning the illicit growth and construction of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Virginia Petty (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Virginia Petty (Fa 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Virginia Petty conducted by Richard Denton on 26 February 1985. From folk studies student project concerning her work as a wood carver from Oakland, Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Mrs. James Hall (Fa 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Mrs. James Hall (Fa 378), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Mrs. James Hall conducted by Nancy Cederquist on 22 February 1985. From folk studies student project concerning Mrs. Hall’s passion for quilting, her preferred patterns, fabric care, and her experiences with a local quilting group.
Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Bryan Houk conducted by Thomas Edward Bibler on 17 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Joseph Houk about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart and Warren Counties, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.
Interview With Jessie Marie (Taylor) Basham (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Jessie Marie (Taylor) Basham (Fa 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Jessie Marie Taylor Basham conducted by Jennifer Lynn Henlsey Hulsey on 15 October 1984. From a folk studies class project with an interview of Jessie Basham about her life with an emphasis on Christmas customs in Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.
Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Joseph Bryan Houk (Fa 8), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Joseph Bryan Houk conducted by Thomas Edward Bibler on 9 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Joseph Houk about his life and Christmas and New Year's customs in Hart and Warren Counties, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.
Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Earl Hamilton Berkley (Fa 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Earl Hamilton Berkley conducted by Dianne Winkler Watkins on 9 October 1984 in which he discusses the Berkley family reunions (1929-1984), the family farm, and the Berkley Service Station in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The audio interviews are archived in the Sound Archives.
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Marlow, Mark Howard (Fa 118), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 118. "Folk remedies and cures." Collection of folk cures and beliefs pertaining to infants and pregnant women, as well as the opinions of a pediatrician towards these practices.
Interview With Odis Blanton (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Odis Blanton (Fa 369), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Odis Blanton conducted by Dennis Paul Angle on 7 December 1983. From folk studies student project concerning Blanton’s life as a country music musician in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 20 October 1983. From folk studies student project with second interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.
Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Grace (Meador) Galloway (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Grace (Meador) Galloway conducted by Alison Anne Geiger on 3 October 1983. From project with interviews of Grace Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window block quilt. Grace also discusses her life and raising her family on a farm in Warren County, Kentucky.
Interview With Esther Magers Isbell (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Esther Magers Isbell (Fa 13), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Esther (Magers) Isbell conducted by Teresa Dolores Klimowicz on 27 September 1983. From project focusing on Esther Isbell, a folk artist and native of Barren County, Kentucky, with special attention on her biblical themed quilts. Isbell also discusses her various occupations and participation in community affairs.
Interview With Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Estella Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell conducted by Ann Celine Taft on 23 September 1983. From a project with Zeleme Cottrell discussing her weaving, the weaving process in depth, and how it has affected her life.
Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis (Fa 17), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Bonnie G. (Cole) Willis conducted by J. Sharli Powell on 22 September 1983. From folk studies student project with interview of Bonnie Willis about quilting.
Interview With Larry Louis Bolton (Fa 16), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Larry Louis Bolton (Fa 16), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Larry Louis Bolton conducted by Gregory Alfred Hansen on 21 September 1983. From project with interview of Larry Bolton of Bowling Green, Kentucky, about his banjo playing techniques and style. As a banjo instructor, Bolton goes into detail explaining methods of banjo playing.
Rose, Barry L. (Fa 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rose, Barry L. (Fa 199), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 199. Project includes a paper written by WKU Folk Studies student Rose, about Warren County, Kentucky musician Joe Marshall. Also includes a newspaper clipping and photos (5).
Interview With Shella Ernestine Procter, B. 1901 And Alice Ruth Procter, B. 1911 (Fa 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Interview With Shella Ernestine Procter, B. 1901 And Alice Ruth Procter, B. 1911 (Fa 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of interview with Shella Ernestine Procter and Alice Ruth Procter conducted by Robert J. Gates on 26 February 1982. From folk studies student project documenting Alice Ruth and Shella Procter's memories of their aunt Ora Frances Porter, Warren County, Kentucky's first registered nurse.
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.
Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barriger, Steve (Fa 1354), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1354. Folklife project titled "The Country Store" by Steve Barriger for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about general stores in Butler, Logan and Warren counties in Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the general store, location, informant’s name, and photograph.
Sikorski, Carolyn (Fa 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sikorski, Carolyn (Fa 1347), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1347. Folklife project titled "Folk Art of Whittling" written by Carolyn Sikorski for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Paper explains the whittling process as described by Herbert Burkes of Mud Lick, Monroe County, Kentucky and Virginia Perry of Warren County, Kentucky.
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.