Interview With Thomas Lengal About His Ethnic Background (Fa 601),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Interview With Thomas Lengal About His Ethnic Background (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview conducted by Elizabeth Mosby Adler with Thomas Lengal for an oral history and cultural project titled EthniCity: Contemporary Ethnicity in the Inner Bluegrass.
Interview With Nirmala Sathaye About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Interview With Nirmala Sathaye About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview conducted by Elizabeth Mosby Adler with Nirmala Sathaye for an oral history and cultural project titled EthniCity: Contemporary Ethnicity in the Inner Bluegrass. The interviewee discusses her life in India, including her education, family life, and cultural traditions. She also explains doll costumes she has made.
Interview With Veena Bonsal About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Interview With Veena Bonsal About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transciption of an interview conducted by Elizabeth Mosby Adler with Veena Bonsal for an oral history and cultural project titled EthniCity: Contemporary Ethnicity in the Inner Bluegrass. Interviewee discusses her life in India and the U.S. as it relates to traditions of language, family, food, clothing, body art, etc.
Interview With Hazel Forsythe About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Interview With Hazel Forsythe About Her Ethnic Background (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Transcription of an interview conducted by Elizabeth Mosby Adler with Hazel Forsythe for an oral history and cultural project titled EthniCity: Contemporary Ethnicity in the Inner Bluegrass. The interviewee discusses her multi-cultural background in Guyana and how it has affected her connection to music, food and the people around her.
Ravelings (Fa 752),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Ravelings (Fa 752), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Wilson, Alexander Gordon, 1888-1970 (Mss 445), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (Fa 602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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.
Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethnicity In The Inner Bluegrass (Fa 601),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethnicity In The Inner Bluegrass (Fa 601), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Foklife Arhives Project 601. Collection of materials related to Ethnicity, a project documenting ethnic heritage in the inner Bluegrass, sponsored by The Living Arts and Science Center, the Kentucky Folklife Program of the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Lexington Public Library. This collection includes audio and written transcripts of those interviews. Also included are various administrative and program related papers.
Brown, Mark, B. 1976 (Fa 751),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Brown, Mark, B. 1976 (Fa 751), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Burgoo Project, 1995-2005 (Fa 600), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Williams, Camilla Reynolds, 1923-2005 (Sc 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Williams, Donna (Fa 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Thornton, Rachel (Fa 596), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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.
Potts, Emily (Fa 598),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Potts, Emily (Fa 598), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 598. Paper, titled “From Green to Blue: Cultural Identity in Irish and Bluegrass Fiddling,” written by Emily Potts for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The paper compares Celtic fiddle music and Bluegrass music, identifying the similarities in the circumstances of their origin, style, and purpose. Much of the paper is based upon an interview with Bluegrass musician Julianna Waller.
Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Parsley, Rachel, B. 1991 (Fa 593), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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 …
Davenport, Denille B. 1983 (Fa 594),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Davenport, Denille B. 1983 (Fa 594), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 594. Paper titled “Strawberry Festival” by Denielle Davenport for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Davenport details the Strawberry Festival which is an annual festival celebrating Portland, Tennessee’s agricultural roots in the production of strawberries.
Shelley, James Adam (Fa 597),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Shelley, James Adam (Fa 597), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 597. Paper titled “Pig” written by James Adam Shelley for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The paper details the origins and traditions related to a popular partnership card game which originated in Fentress and Pickett Counties of the northeastern section of middle Tennessee.
Pinto, Chelsea (Fa 591),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Pinto, Chelsea (Fa 591), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 591. Paper, titled “Paul McCartney Wanted Dead or Alive”, written by Chelsea Pinto for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Pinto details the urban legend surrounding the alleged death of Paul McCartney of the English rock band The Beatles, and his subsequent replacement by a “look-alike”. Pinto bases her conclusions largely on a small number of interviews conducted with Beatles fans.
Squires, Bailey Marie, B. 1989 (Fa 589),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Squires, Bailey Marie, B. 1989 (Fa 589), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
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.
Travis, Hayley Anne (Fa 590),
2013
Western Kentucky University
Travis, Hayley Anne (Fa 590), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 590. [Folklore materials classified by genre] Information collected by Hayley Anne Travis related to folklore genres for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.
