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1. Papers - Lee, Laura Harper, b. 1946

   Student paper titled "Beliefs, Planting and Weather Signs, and Place Names" in which Laura Harper gathers together a number of practices and ideas based on traditional folklore wisdom. Harper collected the information from family members and neighbors. The paper includes handwritten notecards arranged by theme.

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2. Papers - Leopold, Beth

   Student folk studies project titled: Smith's Grove and Miscellaneous Tales" which includes survey sheets with descriptions of the traditional belief about the naming of Smiths Grove in Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the belief, informant's name, address, and motif index classification. A second small project by Leopold includes survey sheets of folk tales told by her grandmother, Rosa Leopold, in Jefferson C...

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3. Papers - Lewis, Jenny

   Student paper titled "Place-Names of Johnson County, Kentucky" in which Jenny Lewis draws connections between folklore and specific monikers throughout the county. In her paper, Lewis offers brief biographies of each informant, and proceeds to categorize locations by grouping them together under qualifiers such as "geographical features," "pieces of architecture," "people or families," and "battles, wars, and Indian tribes." The paper also cont...

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4. Papers (Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000) - Clagett, Marjorie Elizabeth, 1900-2000

   Correspondence and papers of Marjorie E. Clagett, a WKU faculty member who taught French from 1928-1964. Includes field notes and slides relating to her studies of flora in south central Kentucky, Great Britain and other habitats in the United States, and research materials relating to the history of the French in Kentucky. Also includes correspondence, photographs and genealogical data of the Clagett, Northcott, Strange and associated families...

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5. Papers (Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, 1917-2012) - Clarke, Kenneth Wendell, 1917-2012

   Project titled "Place Names [Clark County, Indiana]," which includes details about the names of sites in Clark County, Indiana. The paper may include the traditional name of the site, the history of the site's name, and its location.

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6. Papers (Coombs Family)

   Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University.

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7. Papers (Doyle, Brenda) - Doyle, Brenda

   Campbellsville College student folk studies project titled "Tales of Edmonson and Hart Counties [Kentucky]," which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of local tales from Edmonson and Hart counties in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of a traditional tale or legend and informant's name, age and location of birth.

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8. Papers (Fulkerson, Brenda) - Fulkerson, Brenda

   Student folk studies project titled "[Rhymes, Legends, Beliefs and Proverbs of Ohio County]," which includes descriptions of local folk legends and beliefs in Ohio County, Kentucky. Descriptions may include title of the legend, date collected, and informant's name and address. Note cards include rhyme, belief or proverb, date collected, and informant's name.

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9. Papers (Grape, Virginia) - Grape, Virginia

   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.

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10. Papers (Haley, Delphine Delacroix) - Haley, Delphine

    Incoming letters concerning Miss Haley's Kentucky place names project, 1974-1980.

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11. Papers (Rennick, Robert M., 1932-2010) - Rennick, Robert M., 1932-2010

    Letters, March 1972, to retired WKU faculty member Frances Richards and her sister Mary Ellen Richards, Franklin, Kentucky, from Robert M. Rennick of the University of Kentucky's Prestonsburg Community College. Rennick outlines the objectives and methods of a national undertaking to survey all the place names of the United States and his work with a committee to ensure Kentucky's participation. He requests their help in supervising the research...

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12. Papers (Wheeldon, Jeffrey) - Wheeldon, Jeffrey

    Student project titled "Origin of Place Names [Pulaski County, Kentucky]," completed for a geography class at Campbellsville College. Includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of Pulaski County, Kentucky, sites. Sheets may include name of the site, location, history, and informant's name and age.

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