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Ua12/2/77 Newsletter, Kappa Alpha Order

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Newsletter created by and about Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

Tinsley Bottom Tennessee: An Historical Reconstruction Utilizing Oral Narrative Traditions, Rebecca Morse

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Tinsley Bottom lies adjacent to the Cumberland River in Jackson and Clay Counties in north central Tennessee. The rich rolling bottomland totaling approximately two thousand acres on the south bank of the Cumberland River lured several families to purchase land and take residence there in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

The history of Tinsley Bottom is not found in written records or annals of Tennessee history. No person of reknown sprang from the cultural context of this community. Yet tales are told of how Daniel Boone hunted in the Bottom and slept in a cave overlooking the River, and …

Ua12/2/96 Newsletter, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilong.

• Homecoming 1979
• Spring 1979
• Fall 1979

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. Iii, Sigma Chi

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua64/25/4/2 Spring Formal Program, Wku Pershing Rifles, Wku Rebelettes

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Spring formal program held by the Pershing Rifles and Rebelettes removed from scrapbook.

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. Ii, Sigma Chi

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua12/2/84 Sig Times '78, Vol. I, Sigma Chi

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Oystering In Kent Narrows, Maryland, A. Clayton Schofield

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Kent Narrows is one of the many small fishing areas located along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay. The fishing industry located there concentrates on the harvesting and canning of Chesapeake Bay shellfish, specifically oysters, crabs, and clams. This study is concerned with the collection of the traditional elements of the three occupations comprising the oyster harvest at Kent Narrows: (a) handtonging, (b) oyster shucking, and (c) blacksmithing of the oystermen's tools. Although the Kent Narrows oyster industry has developed since the 1930s, many of the traditional tools and work situations were borrowed from other fishing areas of the Bay. …

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

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Scrapbook chronicling Gamma Sigma Sigma activities and events of Fall 1977.

• Alpha Phi Omega
• Appling, Tom
• Ashby, Cathy
• Becker, Patricia
• Becker, Robert
• Bessinger, Roger
• Brown, Gerald
• Cottrell, Phylis
• Davis, Rose
• Delafield Girls Club
• Dubrin, Estill
• Dukes, Vickie
• Durbin, Carolyn
• Fuller, Cathy
• Grish, Linda
• Hancock, Debbie
• King, Pat
• Kingrey, Marla
• Leach, Cella
• Littlejohn, Renee
• Lovell, Cheri
• Lovell, Julianna
• Lovell, William
• Manning, Barbie
• Martin, Cynthia
• Mayes, Debbie
• McChesney, Butch
• Moody, Raymond
• Morgan, Lynn
• Murray, Sue
• Owen, Karen
• Owens, Cheryl
• Poitinger, Wendy
• Rogers, JoAnn
• Sanders, Nancy
• Sarles, Robbie
• Shoemaker, Debbie
• Simon, Donald
• Simon, Philip
• Stokes, Karen
• Strain, Cyndia
• Vick, Annette
• Vincent, Robin
• White, …

“They Made Us Dance In The Pig Trough!” Mrs. Blanche Story’S Oral Accounts Of Dating, Courtship, Marriage And Sexual Attitudes In Northcentral Nebraska, 1885-1910, Gayle Waggoner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Oral recollections concerning dating, courtship, marriage and related attitudes were collected from a single informant, Mrs. Blanche Story of Butte, Nebraska. Through in-depth questioning during twelve tape-recorded interview sessions, value- and attitude-oriented accounts were secured for the years 1885 to 1910, the late frontier period in northcentral Nebraska. These detailed reminiscences focus on common life experiences related to interpersonal relationships and the institutions related to them, resulting in a personal or folk history. The single greatest problem in research was the lack of documentation for the attitudinal content of the texts. Corroboration of both specific information and broad patterns of …

The Price Of Folk: The Progression Of Two Decoy Makers’ Work From Folk To Non-Folk, Benjamin Vincent

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Applying the standards for delineating folkcraft developed by Japanese scholar Soetsu Yanagi to the work of two Maryland decoy makers, Lem and Steve Ward, revealed that the Wards’ work followed a progression from folk to non-folk. A Hearst newspaper chain article on the two carvers plus winning first place at the New York Decoy Show brought publicity far beyond that usually encountered by the average folk craftsman. These events also exposed the two brothers to a range of wealthy collectors. When the Wards began to experiment with ornately carved birds, they had a waiting, and financially capable market. The extremely …

Fandom Is A Way Of Life: A Folkloristic Ethnography Of Science Fiction Fandom, David Axler

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A science fiction (“sf”) fan is an individual whose interest in this literary genre has extended past reading into involvement in such things as local science fiction clubs, fan magazines (“fanzines”), and sf conventions (“cons”). Science fiction fandom is the loosely-structured, geographically-dispersed organization of these fans. Drawing on both written sources and field interviews with eight informants, the history, composition and structure of sf fandom is examined from a folkloristic viewpoint. The forms of folklore which serve to bind the individual fan to the larger social entity of fandom are detailed.

Despite its literary orientation, fandom is primarily a social …

Tobacco Farming: The Persistence Of Tradition, Eugene Umberger Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The culture of tobacco has been associated with the history of Kentucky almost from the beginning and remains to this day a vital force in the state’s economy. In this age of scientific and technological advances – of increasing automation – we find that in tobacco farming, hand labor still figures prominently in the production of a major staple crop. This has resulted in the retention of traditional method, technology and terminology, long since lost in the culture of other crops which lent themselves more easily to mechanization.

The study is divided into three parts. Chapter I deals briefly with …

The Cedar Grove Community In Oral Folk History, Ada Parker

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The thesis was originally done for the Center for Intercultural & Folk Studies which no longer exists.

Procedures For The Processing, Cataloging, And Classification Of A Non-Circulating Historical Art Print Collection, Linda Ray

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In order to establish specific procedures for processing, cataloging and classifying the art print collection at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University, data were gathered from three sources. These were: (1) information on current procedures used in the Kentucky Library, obtained through an interview with Riley Handy, the Kentucky Librarian (2) a search of related literature and (3) a questionnaire survey of other institution having art print collections.

It was found that historically valuable art prints, which are used primarily as documentary resources, need to be carefully processed and stored so as to preserve and protect them from damaging effects …

Ua12/2/78 Newsletter, Kappa Sigma

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Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1975.

Ua12/2/78 Newsletter, Kappa Sigma

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Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1974.

Ua12/2/78 Periodic Poop Sheet, Kappa Sigma

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Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1974.

Ua12/2/35 1974 Miss Western Kentucky University Scholarship Pageant, Wku Interfraternity Council

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Program for the 1974 Miss Western pageant sponsored by the WKU Interfraternity Council.

Ua12/2/69 Ky. Beta Data, Vol. I, No. 1, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Newsletter created by and about the Sigma Alpha Epsilons:

• Berman, Louis. Movie Memories - WKU Homecoming 1973
• Minton, John Jr. A Word on Homecoming
• Moore, Hamp. New Officers at 1351 College Street
• We Wanna Brag - Greek Week
• Officers
• WKU Alumni Activities - Homecoming 1973
• Alumni Notes

Ua12/2/36 Scrapbook, Gamma Sigma Sigma

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Scrapbook chronicling Gamma Sigma Sigma activities and events of Fall 1973.

• Alpha Phi Omega
• Ball, Donna
• Bottoms, Glena
• Bryan, Sandy
• Busher, Dennis
• Callis, Susan
• Carr, Diane
• Carr, Elmer
• Crawford, Carroll
• Dant, Tina
• Davis, Amanda
• Davis, Rose
• Delafield Girls Club
• Durbin, Carla
• Galloway, Jeannie
• Gerard, Theresa
• Good, Francis
• Good, Warren
• Howels, Mike
• Hubbard, Paula
• Hutchins, Suzanne
• King, Mike
• Lightfoot, Barb
• Marsh, Charles
• Marsh, Valerie
• Marshall, Judy
• Morgan, Dianne
• Nugent, Kathy
• Patterson, Diane
• Patterson, James
• Reynolds, Nancy
• Rust, Judy
• Smith, Vickie
• Spencer, Dale
• Stersman, Joelynn
• Stinnett, Leigh
• Ware, Kathy
• Wilborn, Connie
• Williams, Allison
• Wuertz, Dave

Intercultural Influences In Early Peruvian Ceramic Design And Decoration, Clinton Pace

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

About eleven thousand years ago the earliest known human inhabitants of the Central Andean area began a lifestyle which developed into some of the richest cultures of the ancient American civilizations. The people living in this thirteen-hundred-mile arid mountain zone, which is now the nation of Peru, produced some of the most outstanding examples of ceramics in the world before the birth of Christ.

The purpose of this study was to examine representative examples from various early Peruvian cultures in an attempt to identify their characteristics and to determine the extent to which the pottery forms of certain early cultures …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Little Of The Old . . . Little Of The New, Vol. 50, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1973 Talimsan yearbook pp. 262-end.

Organizations – continued:

• Alpha Delta Pi Wins Softball & Speed-a-Way
• Five Alpha Gamma Rho’s In Associated Students
• Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Sponsor Two Benefit Programs
• Alpha Omicron Pi’s Win 500 Four Years in a Row
• Alpha Phi Alpha’s Are 3^rd in Overall GPA
• Alpha Tau Omega’s Collect for Cerebral Palsy
• Delta Sigma Theta Holds Talent Show
• Thirteeners Celebrate 34^th Western Year – Delta Tau Delta
• Kappa Alpha Psi’s Have Top Grade Averages
• Kappa Delta’s Win Greek Sing, Spirit Derby
• Three Kappa Sigma’s Win National Award
• Lambda Chi’s Win Spring Sing 6 of 7 Years …

Ua12/2/35 1973 Miss Western Kentucky University Scholarship Pageant, Wku Interfraternity Council

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Program for the 1973 Miss Western Pageant sponsored by the WKU Interfraternity Council.

Ua12/2/69 Kentucky Beta Data, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Includes alumni news.

Ua12/2/69 Meeting Minutes, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon meeting minutes for September 18 & September 24, 1973.

Ua62/7 An Archaeological Survey Of Proposed Realignment For Highway 555, Washington County, Kentucky, Jack Schock, William Howell

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Archaeological Survey Report No. 5 survey of Highway 555 in Washington County, Kentucky by WKU Sociology & Anthropology

Ua12/2/84 Newsletter, Sigma Chi

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Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua12/2/35 1972 Miss Western Pageant, Wku Interfraternity Council

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Program for the 1972 Miss Western Pageant sponsored by the WKU Interfraternity Council.

Ua12/2/69 Meeting Minutes, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Meeting minutes for 1972 meetings.