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1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Special Collections Library Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Descriptive Inventory FA 640 KNOTT County, Kentucky Cultural Resource Survey 2 boxes. 18 folders. 149 items. 2000. Originals, photographs, negatives, slides, floppy disc, and cassette tapes. SC2012.179.41 COLLECTION NOTE This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Knott County, Kentucky. From this data, a project summary was compiled that included information about cultural resources within the county. Included in the project summary is a brief county history as well as information about the various informants. Most of the research collected for this project was done by Patrick Carpenter, who acted as Knott County folklorist for twelve weeks while conducting the project. He was assigned to the county as part of a Cultural Economic Initiative grant from the Kentucky Arts Council. SHELF LIST BOX 1 KNOTT County, Kentucky Cultural 2000 135 items Resource Survey Folder 1 Inventory 1 item Folder 2 Project summary and field notes 2000 3 items Folder 3 Tape index and floppy disc 2000 15 items Folder 4 Photos, negatives, and index 2000 9 items Folder 5 Slides and index 2000 107 items
2 BOX 2 KNOTT County, Kentucky Cultural 2000 14 items Resource Survey Folder 1 Interview with Eugene Stamper, Clella 2000 2 items Stamper, and Octavia Stamper Folder 2 Interview with Ray Slone 2000 1 item Folder 3 Interview with Roy Ritchie 2000 1 item Folder 4 Interview with Burnis and Mary Alice Jacobs 2000 1 item Folder 5 Interview with Estelle Boleyn, Mattie Gibson, 2000 1 item Roberta Hudson, Eloise Hays, Sara Smith, and Wanda Layne Folder 6 Interview with Geneva Smith 2000 1 item Folder 7 Interview with Emil Slone 2000 1 item Folder 8 Interview with Gazell Combs 2000 1 item Folder 9 Interview with Lucille Boggs 2000 1 item Folder 10 Interview with Orbin Slone 2000 1 item Folder 11 Interview with Rickie Sue Slone 2000 1 item Folder 12 Interview with Buelah Ashley 2000 1 item Folder 13 Interview with Mickie Caudill 2000 1 item BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD FA KNOTT County, Kentucky Cultural 2000 640 Resource Survey This collection features information and oral histories gathered from traditional artisans of Knott County, Kentucky. 2 boxes. 18 folders. 149 items. Originals, photographs, negatives, slides, floppy disc, and cassette tapes. SC2012.179.42
3 SUBJECT ANALYTICS Ashley, Beulah (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F12 Boggs, Lucille (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F9 Boleyn, Estelle (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Carpenter, Patrick (Interviewer) Carpentry Knott County B2,F2; B2,F4 Caudill, Mickie (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F13 Collins, Rondal (Informant) B1,F2 Combs, Gazell (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F8 Couch, Rachel (Informant) B1,F2 Dulcimers Knott County B2,F3; B2,F7 Everage, Landis (Informant) B1,F2 Gayheart, Lester (Informant) B1,F2 Gibson, Mattie (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Gospel music Knott County B2,F1; B2,F7 Hall, Orvin (Informant) B1,F2 Hartzler, Martha (Informant) B1,F2 Hays, Eloise (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Hudson, Roberta (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Jacobs, Burnis (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F4 Jacobs, Mary Alice (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F4 Jones, Cissi (Informant) B1,F2 Knott County History B2,F13 Layne, Wanda (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Moyer, Miriam (Informant) B1,F2 Mullins, Fairley (Informant) B1,F2 Mullins, Vernon (Informant) B1,F2 Music and musicians Knott County B2,F1; B2,F2; B2,F9; B2,F10; B2,F11 Patrick, Happy (Informant) B1,F2 Patton, Arkie (Informant) B1,F2 Prater, Sherri Hicks (Informant) B1,F2 Quilts and quilting Knott County B2,F5; B2,F8; B2,F12 Quiltmakers Knott County B2,F5; B2,F8; B2,F12 Ritchie, Roy B. (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F3 Sizemore, Jerry (Informant) B1,F2 Slone, Emil E. (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F7 Slone, Orbin B. (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F10 Slone, Ray (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F2 Slone, Rickie Sue (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F11 Smith, Geneva C. (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F6 Smith, Sara (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F5 Stamper, Clella (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F1 Stamper, Eugene (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F1 Stamper, Octavia (Informant) B1,F2; B2,F1 Teachers and teaching Knott County B2,F6; B2,F9
4 Thornsberry, Hazel (Informant) B1,F2 Thornsberry, Mildred (Informant) B1,F2 Vance, Eldred (Informant) B1,F2 Weavers and weaving Knott County Whitaker, Judy (Informant) B1,F2 White, Fred J. (Informant) B1,F2 Woodwork Knott County B2,F4 Young/Jeffrey 12/02/2013