Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® FA Finding Aids Folklife Archives 11-5-2015 Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (FA 743) Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Western Kentucky University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_fin_aid Part of the Folklore Commons, Music Commons, and the Painting Commons Recommended Citation Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (FA 743)" (2015). FA Finding Aids. Paper 832. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_fin_aid/832 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in FA Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Descriptive Inventory FA 743 KENTUCKY Folklife Program – Artists 3 boxes. 169 folders. 611 items. 1973-2010. Originals, photocopies, photographs, slides, compact discs, and cassette tapes. SC2012.179.144 COLLECTION NOTE This collection contains information relating to the various artists involved with the Kentucky Folklife Program. Many of the artists included in this collection participated in programs offered at, but not limited to, the Kentucky Folklife Festival, Made to be Played Exhibit, apprenticeship programs, and survey or fieldwork that was conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program. Artists included musicians (gospel, blues, bluegrass, banjo, thumbpicking guitarists, and singing) to traditional artists (painting, quilting, storytelling, basketmaking, and instrument making). The collection also includes musical groups and places relating to artists and art forms. The collection contains publications and documentation about the artists as well as graphics, audio, and video.