FA Finding Aids

Artists in Residence - Union County (FA 612)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:24:09 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 612. Project conducted in Union County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in county elementary schools. Folklorist Amy Davis and fieldworker/folk artist Sue Massek interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards they made presentations in schools about the information they collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.

Artists in Residence - Bourbon County (FA 610)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:39:21 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 610. Project conducted in Bourbon County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in a county elementary school. Project coordinator Sue Massek conducted interviews with local folk artists and performers. She then presented information about them at the school and asked some of the folk artists and performers to perform or demonstrate.

Artists in Residence - Boyd County (FA 611)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:39:18 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 611. Project conducted in Boyd County, Kentucky to identify and utilize local folk artists in a county elementary school. Project coordinator Julia Morgan interviewed local folk artists and performers. Afterwards she made presentations in schools about the information she collected and invited some of the artists to perform and/or demonstrate.

Artists in Residence (FA 609)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:57:13 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 609. Project conducted in Bourbon, Boyd, Breckenridge, Caldwell, Christian, McCreary and Union counties to identify and utilize local folk artists within school programs. Materials include project reports, artist rosters and helps for using folklore within the classroom. This collection, while making reference to the larger program, only includes specific programming information for Caldwell and Christian counties.

Folklorist in the Parks (FA 608)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:32:12 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 608. Project conducted in communities surrounding Jenny Wiley, Kenlake, Natural Bridge, Pennyrile Forest and Pine Mountain State Resort Parks to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include administrative papers and slides.

Folklorist in the Parks - Pine Mountain State Resort Park (FA 607)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:45:30 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archves Project 607. Project conducted in Bell County, Kentuky and Pine Mountain State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include field notes, a daily activity log, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.

Folklorist in the Park - Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (FA 606)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:31:38 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 606. Project conducted in Hopkins, Christian and Caldwell Counties and Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include field notes, a daily activity log, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.

Warren County Kentucky Homemakers Project (FA 82)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:40:36 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 82. These interviews examine the lives of rural women through their membership in the Warren County Homemakers Extension Program. Former extension agents and members recall their experiences in the organization and the significance of the education programs in preparing them to adapt to new technologies and to move from farm life to public work.

Folklorist in the Parks - Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:17:10 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 605. Project conducted in Powell, Wolfe and Lee Counties and Natural Bridge State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include fieldnotes, promotional materials, and audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists.

Folklorist in the Parks - Kenlake State Resort Park (FA 604)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:45:10 PDT

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 604. Project conducted in Marshall County and Kenlake State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include a project summary, programming information, biographical sketches, a directory of folk artists/performers, public relations materials, audio interviews on cassette tapes with traditional artists, as well as illustrative material.

Folklorist in the Parks - Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (FA 603)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:44:22 PST

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 603. Materials documenting "Folklorist in the Parks,” a project conducted In Floyd, Johnson and Pike counties and Jenny Wiley State Resort Park to identify and utilize local folk artists and performers. Materials include informant data sheets, field notes, audio interviews, photograph negatives and slides with indices and administrative papers.

Folk Arts In Rural Libraries Project (FA 602)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:09:30 PST

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.

Brown, Mark, b. 1976 (FA 751)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:28:30 PST

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.

Ethnicity: Contemporary Ethnicity in the Inner Bluegrass (FA 601)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:28:27 PST

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.

Burgoo Project, 1995-2005 (FA 600)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:03:34 PST

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.

Potts, Emily (FA 598)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:25:14 PST

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)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:30 PST

Finding aid only 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 number of other area residents and compiled into a pamphlet titled “Folk Medicine of the Mammoth Cave Area”, edited by Lynwood Montell, and first published in 1975.

Arnold, Andrew (FA 592)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:26 PST

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 592. This paper, titled “Raising Tobacco”, was written by Andrew Arnold for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Arnold details the process of raising tobacco from selecting the proper location for the crop to delivering the final product to market. The paper is largely based upon Arnold’s personal interview with Lewisburg, Kentucky farmer, Thomas Nelson.

Williams, Donna (FA 595)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:15 PST

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.

Davenport, Denille b. 1983 (FA 594)

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:12 PST

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.