Copyright (c) 2013 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub Recent documents in DLSC Faculty Publications en-us Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:38:44 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/34 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/34 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:34:02 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/33 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/33 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:29:15 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/32 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/32 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:26:18 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/31 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/31 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:23:46 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/30 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/30 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:23:44 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/28 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/28 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:22:15 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/29 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/29 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:22:15 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/27 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/27 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:20:53 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/26 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/26 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:33:38 PDT Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/25 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/25 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:47:58 PDT The fulling mill was an essential component of any successful early-19th century woolen industry. Fullers applied finishing techniques to cloth in order to create a stronger, more attractive, and more useful fabric. In 1813 the Shakers at Kentucky’s South Union community constructed a fulling mill that serviced their own demands for textile finishing processes as well as those of area residents. The fulling mill, aided by the Shakers’ three-year-old carding mill, developed by the 1860s into a full-fledged woolen factory.

]]> Donna C. Parker et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/24 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/24 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:00:08 PDT Jonathan J. Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/23 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/23 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:47:56 PDT Textile production was one of the many routine tasks performed in the early American home. Those who joined communal groups, like the Shaker converts at South Union, Kentucky, brought to the colony knowledge of these activities. Shakers manufactured fabric – linen, silk, and woolens – in about the same manner as most of their contemporaries, only on a larger scale. Though few of their contemporaries left documentation regarding the tedious tasks involved in textile production, the South Union Shaker community, located in Logan County, kept intimate accounts of daily activities through journals, diaries, day books, and correspondence which included records of South Union’s carding, fulling and woolen mills and their linen and silk production.

]]> Jonathan Jeffrey et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/22 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/22 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:21:20 PDT Wool, next to cotton, is perhaps the most important of all textile fibers. Like most of their contemporaries, the Shakers of South Union, Kentucky, recognized the ease with which wool fibers were spun into yarn and the advantages of sturdy wool clothing. South Union’s textile industry grew from a simple carding mill to a full-fledged woolen factory with a 240-spindle spinning jack and 4 power looms. From its genesis in 1815 to its abrupt demised in 1868, the sect’s woolen industry provides a paradigm for the study of the United States’ textile industrialization.

]]> Donna C. Parker et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/21 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/21 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:45:19 PDT Kentucky Shakers were particularly adept at the process of producing silk. Kentucky's temperate climate was conducive to mulberry tree cultivation and sericulture, the raising of silkworms. South Union Sisters hatched and grew silkworms to harvest the delicate silk fibers they used in the manufacture of kerchiefs, neckwear, hat bands, bonnets, and sewing silk. Occasionally entire garments such as dresses were made from the luxurious silk.

]]> Donna C. Parker et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/20 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/20 Wed, 19 May 2010 06:55:22 PDT The riding uniform of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) conveyed a powerful image of the nurse-midwife as authority figure and professional. In the eastern Kentucky mountains the FNS nurse brought desperately needed health care to the people. Their distinctive, horizon-blue uniform provided instant recognition, and therefore protection, to the nurse-midwife who relied on local residents for help. The sensible, military-styled uniform reinforced the nurse’s authority and reassured patients of receiving expert care. The dress unified staff working towards a common goal making them feel like a family and team. Wearing her uniform proudly, the properly attired nurse represented the high standards and ideals of the Frontier Nursing Service.

]]> Donna C. Parker http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/19 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/19 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:03:18 PST When making application for a Carnegie Library grant, proponents added letters of support. These letters often described their communities in great detail, providing information about the city's population, the area' cultural and educational institutions, and the dynamics of local government. Writers took this work quite seriously, and some eloquently requested that the "King of Steel" provide funding for a library in their community. This article presents information about the letter writing campaign from Middlesboro, Kentucky, a small town in the southeastern portion of the Commonwealth. It also includes five letters sent to Carnegie from Middlesboro citizens along with biographies of the writers.

]]> Jonathan Jeffrey http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/18 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/18 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:20:44 PDT * The du Pont family is large, and recurring names and nicknames often make it difficult to follow who’s who. The Lammot family is woven together with the du Pont family in a complicated thread, especially since Margaretta was a favorite name. Adding the Coleman/Moxham family only makes the complicated spider’s web of family relationships that much more difficult. For this purpose selected family trees are included as appendices.

]]> Timothy J. Mullin http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/17 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/17 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:43:53 PST Businessman, salesman, kitchen inspector, lover of comfortable lodgings, and connoisseur of good food - - this was the man Duncan Hines. This presentation explores the life and work of Duncan Hines from his days growing up in Warren County, Kentucky, through his career as a travel writer, and finally to his rise as a brand name in the world of packaged goods. The presentation highlights scenes from The Kentucky Library and Museum exhibit “Recommended by Duncan Hines.”

]]> Donna C. Parker et al. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/16 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/16 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:54:37 PST On a January day in 1817 three men rode from South Union, Kentucky to a place in nearby Warren County called "the point." From the bluff above the creek, they could see the meandering waterway, fertile bottomlands, abundant timber, and the promise of a prosperous new enterprise. Seventeen days later they purchased the site and 300 surrounding acres. They represented the religious society known as the Shakers. With the Drakes Creek procurement, the main community’s South Union leaders planned to establish an outlying farm and operate a gristmill and a sawmill in Warren County.

]]> Donna C. Parker http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/15 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fac_pub/15 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:59:46 PDT This brief article examines the history of Woodburn, Kentucky, a small rural hamlet located in southwestern Warren County.

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