Publication Date
1-11-2011
Abstract
Finding aid and full-text (click on "Additional File" below) for Folklife Archives Project 537. Project in which Kathina Jo Doyle executed a cultural analysis of the hope chest, a physical piece of furniture (chest) or a collection of items that a young woman assembled for her future household. This project was a requirement for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Includes colored illustrations and a transcript of an interview done with Doyle's maternal grandmother Beatrice Firkin.
Disciplines
American Material Culture | American Popular Culture | American Studies | Folklore | Women's History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Doyle, Kathina J., b. 1990 (FA 537)" (2011). Folklife Archives Finding Aids. Paper 466.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_fin_aid/466
Hope Chests
Included in
American Material Culture Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, Folklore Commons, Women's History Commons
Comments
This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu