Pride Of Ardagh,
2019
University of Mississippi
Pride Of Ardagh, Author Unknown
Broadside Ballads: Ireland
Man's love for a woman in Ardagh
The Young Lady's Lamentation For The Loss Of Her True Love,
2019
University of Mississippi
The Young Lady's Lamentation For The Loss Of Her True Love, Author Unknown
Broadside Ballads: Ireland
Woman loses her love to the sea
The Irish Rake,
2019
University of Mississippi
The Irish Rake, Author Unknown
Broadside Ballads: Ireland
Details the sins of an Irish alcoholic cad
For 16 Months I Courted Her,
2019
University of Mississippi
For 16 Months I Courted Her, Author Unknown
Broadside Ballads: Ireland
A man's lover marries another for his wealth.
The Irish Rake,
2019
University of Mississippi
The Irish Rake, Author Unknown
Broadside Ballads: Ireland
A man abuses his wife and drinks until he becomes a Christian.
Schottenfeld, Judith Dian (Fa 1309),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Schottenfeld, Judith Dian (Fa 1309), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1309. Student folk studies project titled “Construction of the White Oak Basket, ”which includes an interview with Walter Logsdon about the traditional basket making process in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Project includes sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, tool, and photo.
Fekety, Steve (Fa 1311),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Fekety, Steve (Fa 1311), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1311. Student folk studies project titled “Basket Making,” about the traditional basket making process in Wax, Grayson County, Kentucky. Project includes sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, illustration, material, tool, and/or photo.
Strange, Kendrick Clayton, B. 1973 (Fa 146),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Strange, Kendrick Clayton, B. 1973 (Fa 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 146. Paper entitled "Basketmaking: A Folk Art and Family Tradition" written by Kendrick Clayton Strange for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Strange discusses two family members who had a long history of making baskets, a distant cousin Audie Denison and his grandmother Oma Strange.
Waldrop, Melanie (Fa 1310),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Waldrop, Melanie (Fa 1310), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1310. Student folk studies project titled “Basketmaking for Walter Logsdon: ‘A Way of Life,’” which includes two interviews with Walter Logsdon about the traditional basket making process in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Project includes sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, tool, and photo.
Documenting Tradition: Images From The Kentucky Folklife Program Archives (Fa 777),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Documenting Tradition: Images From The Kentucky Folklife Program Archives (Fa 777), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 777. Photographs and captions used for a 2013 exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University, titled "Documenting Tradition: Images from the Kentucky Folklife Program Archives" featuring images form the KFP Archives that were transferred to WKU in 2013.
Sadewasser, Judith K. "Judi" (Fa 1308),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Sadewasser, Judith K. "Judi" (Fa 1308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1308. Student folk studies project titled “The Folkways of Walter D. Logsdon: Basketmaker,” which includes an interview with Walter Logsdon about the traditional basket making process in Edmonson County, Kentucky. Project includes interview transcriptions along with sheets with a brief description of each traditional practice, tool, and photo.
Stewart, Wayne (Fa 1307),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Stewart, Wayne (Fa 1307), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1307. Student folk studies project titled: “Folk Remedies and Outlaw Tales,” which includes brief descriptions of folk remedies and outlaw tales in south central Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief, traditional practice, remedy, saying, outlaw tale, and informant’s name.
Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1203),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1203), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1203. Student folk studies projects collected by Professor Donald Knight “D. K.” Wilgus while teaching folk studies classes at Western Kentucky University. Most of the items collected are from south central Kentucky, but also includes items from Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.
Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1201),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Wilgus, Donald Knight (Fa 1201), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1201. Recipes for traditional Kentucky foods collected by Professor Donald Knight “D.K.” Wilgus while teaching folk studies classes at Western Kentucky University. Most of the recipes are from south central Kentucky and northern Tennessee. Some recipes give specific directions and measurements, while others are much less specific, giving measurements such as “a handful,” “a pinch,” and “a teacup full.” Some of the recipes are for food preservation, rather than food preparation
Fuller, Patrick Jon (Fa 1305),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Fuller, Patrick Jon (Fa 1305), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1305. Student project titled “Slave Folklore,” which includes details about the memories regarding black magic and ghost stories of Anna Belle Daves in Christian County, Kentucky. Survey sheets include quotes from Daves.
Wiseman, Michelle (Fa 1306),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Wiseman, Michelle (Fa 1306), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1306. Student project titled “Folk Songs and Legends,” which includes survey sheets of folk songs and folk legends collected in Indiana and Kentucky. Sheets may include folk songs, lyrics, musical scores, Brown Collection variant number, legends, informant’s name, age, and address.
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Fa 1304),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, B. 1917 (Fa 1304), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1304. Project titled “Place Names [Clark County, Indiana],” which includes details about the folk names of sites in Clark County, Indiana. The paper may include the traditional name of the site, the history of the site’s folk name, and its location.
Kimbler, Jewel (Fa 1303),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Kimbler, Jewel (Fa 1303), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1303. Student folk studies project titled: “History of Columbia, Kentucky, 1920’s and 1930’s,” which includes interviews with Mason Judd and Callie Huff about their early lives in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Interviews are found on cassette tapes 1420 and 1422, which are also stored in the Sound Archives.
Antle, Ruth Ann (Fa 1302),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Antle, Ruth Ann (Fa 1302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1302. Student folk studies project completed by Ruth Ann Antle titled: “Parvin Reece History Project,” which includes an interview with Parvin Egbert Reece about his life in Montpelier, Adair County, Kentucky. Interview is found on cassette tape 1451, which is also stored in the Sound Archives.
Grape, Virginia (Fa 1301),
2019
Western Kentucky University
Grape, Virginia (Fa 1301), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Oral Histories
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1301. Student project titled “Place Name Legend: Lickskillet, Kentucky,” which includes a project with a brief description of the history of Lickskillet in Logan County, Kentucky. Project includes descriptions of sites, photos, and the names and addresses of the informants.
