Publication Date

3-1-1972

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding and and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1391. “Cave Legends of the Mammoth Cave Region,” a project by WKU student Debbie Williams containing information collected from local informants about various aspects of Mammoth Cave, including its discovery, the naming of various parts of the cave, lighting, its use as a tuberculosis hospital, saltpeter mining, and cave mummies and skeletons. Includes a transcription of interviews with Lyman and Lewis Cutliff, and summaries of the circumstances of her interviews with all informants.

Disciplines

United States History

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FA 1391 Cave Legends of Mammoth Cave Region part 1.pdf (2681 kB)
Cave Legends of Mammoth Cave Region, Part 1
FA 1391 Cave Legends of Mammoth Cave Region part 2.pdf (2923 kB)
Cave Legends of Mammoth Cave Region, Part 2
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