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Folklife Archives Department of Library Special Collections Kentucky Building Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101 Inventory FA 200 RIDINGTON, Amber F. 1 ½ boxes. 25 folders. 30 items. Typescripts, photocopies, and cassette tapes. 2002.63.1 COLLECTION NOTE This collection consists of interviews conducted by Amber F. Ridington, a Western Kentucky University student, with Joe Marshall and other individuals who were knowledgeable about the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Included are the taped interviews and transcriptions. SHELF LIST BOX 1 Transcriptions and cassette tapes 2000-2001 22 items Folder 1 Inventory of interviews, etc. 2 items Folder 2 Marshall, Joe - Transcription of Oct. 23, 2000 2 items, 51p. interview (CT 1, B1,F12 and CT 2, B1,F13) Folder 3 Marshall, Joe - Transcription of Nov. 11 and 16, 3 items, 68p. interview. Also index of Nov. 16 2000 interview (CT 3, B1,F14 and CT 4, B1,F15) Folder 4 Phillips, Robert - Transcription of Jan. 26, 2001 1 item, 42p. interview (CT 5, B1,F16) Folder 5 Foster, William H. - Transcription of Feb. 15, 2001 1 item, 112p. interview (CT 6, B1,F17 and CT 7, B1,F18)
2 Folder 6 Blanton, Otis - Transcription of Mar. 22, 2001 1 item, 22p. interview (CT 8, B1,F19) Folder 7 Phillips, Robert; Marshall, Joe; Sept. 28, 2001 1 item, 20p. Edmonds, John; and Green, Bob - Transcription of interview (CT 9, B2,F1 and CT 10, B2,F2) Folder 8 Fisher, Mary Ann - Transcription of Oct. 6, 2001 1 item, 8p. interview (CT 11, B2,F3) Folder 9 Conner, Glen - Transcription of Oct. 23, 2001 1 item, 29p. interview (CT 12, B2,F4) Folder 10 Dye, David - Transcription of interview Oct. 31, 2001 1 item, 10p. (CT 13, B2,F5) Folder 11 Hubbard, J. C. - Transcription of Nov. 18, 2001 1 item, 11p. (CT 15, B2,F6) Folder 12 Marshall, Joe - Cassette tape (CT 1) Oct. 23, 2000 1 item Folder 13 Marshall, Joe - Cassette tape (CT 2) Oct. 23, 2000 1 item Folder 14 Marshall, Joe - Cassette tape (CT 3) Nov. 11, 2000 1 item Folder 15 Marshall, Joe - Cassette tape (CT 4) Nov. 16, 2000 1 item Folder 16 Phillips, Robert - Cassette tape (CT 5) Jan. 26, 2001 1 item Folder 17 Foster, William H. - Cassette tape Feb. 15, 2001 1 item (CT 6) Folder 18 Foster, William H. - Cassette tape Feb. 15, 2001 1 item (CT 7) Folder 19 Blanton, Otis - Cassette tape (CT 8) Mar. 22, 2001 1 item BOX 2 Cassette tapes Sept.-Nov. 2001 6 items Folder 1 Marshall, Joe; Edmonds, John; Sept. 28, 2001 1 item Phillips, Robert and Green, Bob - Cassette tape (CT 9)
3 Folder 2 Marshall, Joe; Edmonds, John; Sept. 28, 2001 1 item Phillips, Robert and Green, Bob - Cassette tape (CT 10) Folder 3 Fisher, Mary Ann - Cassette tape Oct. 6, 2001 1 item (CT 11) Folder 4 Conner, Glen - Cassette tape (CT 12) Oct. 23, 2001 1 item Folder 5 Dye, David - Cassette tape (CT 13) Oct. 31, 2001 1 item Folder 6 Hubbard, J. C. - Cassette tape (CT 14) Nov. 18, 2001 1 item BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD FA RIDINGTON, Amber F., b.1969 2000-2002 200 Transcriptions and cassette tapes of interviews that Ridington, WKU student, had with Joe Marshall, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and other individuals who were knowledgeable of the operations of the Quonset, 1946-1959, a recreational center in Bowling Green. 1 1/2 boxes. 25 folders. 30 items. Typescripts, photocopies, and cassette tapes. 2002.63.1 SUBJECT ANALYTICS Abortion, 2001 B1,F5 Acuff, Roy, 1903-1992 - Comments about B1,F2-3,5 African Americans - Entertainers B1,F2-11 African Americans - Entertainers - Atlanta B1,F5 African Americans - Entertainment, 1950s B1,F2-6,11 African Americans - Music B1,F2-11 African Americans - Musicians B1,F2-11 African Americans - Social life and customs, 1940s-2001 B1,F1-7,11 African Americans - Social life and customs - Atlanta, early 1950s B1,F5 Air pilots - Bowling Green B1,F5 Alcoholic beverages - Comments about B1,F2,5 Allen County - Musicians B1,F9 Animals - Bears B1,F2-4,6-7,11 Atlanta, Georgia - African Americans - Entertainers B1,F5 Atlanta, Georgia - African Americans - Social life and customs, early 1950s Baker Brothers - Bowling Green - Comments about B1,F4 B1,F5
4 Bale, Kenny, b.1940 - Comments about B1,F2-3,6-7 Bands (Music) B1,F2-6 Barbershops - Bowling Green B1,F10 Beech Bend - Comments about B1,F6 Beach, Herman - Comments about B1,F6 Bland, Robert Calvin, b.1930 - Comments about B1,F4-5,7-8 Blanton, Odis (Informant) B1,F6 The Blue Star Rangers B1,F6 Bluegrass music B1,2-3,10 Bouncers B1,F2-4 Bowling Green - Air pilots B1,F5 Bowling Green - Barbershops B1,F10 Bowling Green - Caves - Lost River B1,F3-5 Bowling Green - History Bowling Green - Music Barn, 1988? B1,F3,6 Bowling Green - Music-halls (variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) B1,F1-5 Bowling Green - Musicians Bowling Green - Produce trade B1,F3 Bowling Green - Radio stations B1,F2-3,6-7,9 Bowling Green - Recreation Bowling Green - Segregation B1,F2-7,11 Bowling Green - Shake Rag B1,F5,7 Bowling Green - Social life and customs Bowling Green - Wrestlers B1,F2-7,11 Bowling Green - Wrestling B1,F2-7,11 Brown, James, b.1933 - Comments about B1,F4,7-8,11 Bullock, Anna Mae, b. 1939 - Comments about B1,F4,11 Bush, Sam, b.1951 - Comments about B1,F10 Calloway, Cabell, 1907-1994 - Comments about B1,F7 Caves - Lost River - Bowling Green B1,F3-5 Caves - Tennessee - Dunbar B1,F5 Concert agents Conner, Glen (Informant) B1,F9 Copas, Lloyd, 1913-1963 - Comments about B1,F7 Count, William, 1904-1984 - Comments about B1,F7 Country music B1,F2-7,7,10-11 Country music - Entertainers, 1950s B1,F2-6,10-11 Dances B1,F2-7 Depressions - 1929 and after B1,F3 Dickens, James Cecil, b.1920 - Comments about B1,F3 Disc jockeys B1,F6 Domino, Antione, b.1928 - Comments about B1,F6 Dunbar Cave - Tennessee - Clarksville B1,F5 Dye, David (Informant) B1,F10 Edmonds, John Buell, b.1945 B1,F7 Edmonds, John Buell, b.1945 - Comments about B1,F4
5 The Fender Benders - Comments about B1,F4 Fiddlers B1,F2-7 Fisher, Mary Ann, d.2004 (Informant) B1,F8 Fisher, Mary Ann, d.2004 - Comments about B1,F4,6 Foster, William H. - Comments about B1,F4 Foster, William H. (Informant) B1,F5 Gaye, Marvin, 1939-1984 - Comments about B1,F4,8 Georgia - African Americans - Entertainers - Atlanta B1,F5 Georgia - African Americans - Social life and customs B1,F5 Gospel music B1,F7,9-10 Gospel music - Singing conventions B1,F9 Grand Ole Opry - Comments about B1,F2-3,6,9 Green, Bob (Informant) B1,F7 Green, Bob - Comments about B1,F3 Guitarists B1,F4-6 Hams B1,F2-3 Harrison, Winifred Maurice, 1920-1990 - Relating to, 1950s B1,F2-3,6 The Hilltoppers - Comments about B1,F6 Hubbard, J. C. (Informant) B1,F11 Integraction and segregation, Racial B1,F5 Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 - Comments about B1,F7 Jazz musicians B1,F4 Jonesville - Bowling Green - Urban renewal, 1950s-1960s B1,F5 Jordan, Lewis - Comments about B1,F4 The Jordanaires - Comments about B1,F9 King, Riley, b.1925 - Comments about B1,F4-5,7-8 Ku Klux Klan - Comments about, 2001 B1,F5 Kuczynski, Julius Frank Anthony, 1914-2000 - Comments about B1,F2-3 Labor unions - Recognition B1,F5-6 Lair, John Lee, 1894-1985 - Comments about B1,F2-3 Liggins, Joe, 1915-1987 - Comments about B1,F5 Livingston, David Warren - Comments about B1,F2 Lost River Cave B1,F3,4,5 Marshall, Joseph Abraham, b.1924 (Informant) B1,F2-3,7 Marshall, Joseph Abraham, b.1924 - Comments about B1,F6-7,10-11 Marshall, Kenneth A., Sr., 1922-1995 - Comments about B1,F2-3,6,10 The Melody Makers - Relating to, 1947 B1,F9 Monroe, William Smith, 1911-1996 - Relating to, 1950s B1,F1-3,7,10 Mormons and Mormonism B1,F7 Music Barn, 1988? - Bowling Green B1,F3,6 Music-halls (variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) B1,F1-5 Music - Shape note singing B1,F9-10 Musical instruments B1,F2-7 Musicians Musicians - Allen County B1,F9 Musicians - Tours B1,F2-4
6 Musicians - U.S. - Army, 1956-1959 B1,F5 Newspapers - The Vine - Comments about B1,F2 Payola - Comments about B1,F6 Penniman, Richard Wayne, b.1932 - Comments about B1,F2,4,6-7,11 Phillips, Robert (Informant) B1,F4-5 Phillips, Robert - Comments about B1,F5,8 Pianists B1,F4,7,9 Politics B1,F5 Popular music B1,F2-4 Presley, Elvis Aaron, 1935-1977 - Comments about B1,F6 Price, Lloyd, b.1933 - Comments about B1,F5 Produce trade - Bowling Green B1,F3 Promoters - Music groups B1,2-7 Quartets B1,F9 Quonset, 1946-1959 B1,F2-7,9-11 Quonset buildings B1,F2-3 Radio advertising B1,F3 Radio broadcasts, 1940s B1,F2-3,6-7,9 Radio stations - Bowling Green B1,F2-3,6-7,9 Rap (music) B1,F4 Recreation - Bowling Green B1,F2-4 Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, 1950s B1,F3 Renfro Valley - Comments about B1,F2-3,6 Rhythm and blues music B1,F4-7 Robinson, Ray Charles, b.1930 - Comments about B1,F2,4,6,8,11 Roller-skating B1,F2-3,7 Roundtree, Upton - Comments about B1,F2,4-5,7 Rovin Ramblers B1,F2-3,7,10 Segregation B1,F2-5,11 Segregation - Bowling Green B1,F2,-5,11 Shake Rag - Bowling Green B1,F5,7 Shape note singing B1,F9-10 Siddens, Jimmy - Comments about B1,F2-3 Singers B1,F8 Singing schools B1,F9-10 Slavery - Attitude towards, 2001 B1,F5 Smith, Mabel Louise, 1924-1972 - Comments about B1,F4 Social life and customs - African Americans - Atlanta, early 1950s B1,F5 Social life and customs - Bowling Green Sound recordings B1,F9 The Spear Family - Comments about B1,F9 Square dancing B1,F2-3,7 Stewart, Henry Ellis, b.1923 - Comments about B1,F2,3 Television advertising B1,F3 Television programs, 1960s B1,F2-3,6-7,10 Tennessee - Caves - Dunbar B1,F5
7 Tennessee - Musical events - Red Boiling Springs, 1950s B1,F3 Tent shows, 1940s B1,F3,7 Tubb, Ernest Dale, 1914-1984 - Comments about B1,F3,11 Turner, Izear Luster, Jr., b.1931 - Comments about B1,F4,11 Urban renewal - Bowling Green, 1950s-1960s B1,F5 Vaughan, Billy, 1919-1991 - Comments about B1,F6 The Vine - Newspaper - Comments about B1,F2 Western Kentucky University - Expansion B1,F5 Western Kentucky University - Students - Dances B1,F2-3 Williams, Hank, Sr., 1923-1953 - Comments about B1,F3 Women s rights - Comments about, 2001 B1,F5 World War II, 1939-1945 - Bond rallies B1,F2 World War II, 1939-1945 - Home front B1,F3 Wrestlers - Bowling Green, 1950s B1,F2-7,11 Wrestling - Bowling Green, 1950s B1,F2-7,11 SEE AND SEE ALSO CARDS Basie, Count Basie, William Big Maybelle See Smith, Mable Louise Bland, Bobby Blue Bland, Robert Calvin Booking agents (music) Concert agents Calloway, Cab Calloway, Cabell, III Carson, Sunset Harrison, Winifred Maurice Charles, Ray Robinson, Ray Charles
8 Commercials Radio advertising Commercials Television advertising Copas, Cowboy Copas, Lloyd Dickens, Jimmy Dickens, James Carl Domino, Fats Domino, Antione King, B. B. King, Riley King, Pee Wee Kuczynski, Julius Frank Anthony Little Richard Penniman, Richard Wayne Marshall, Kenny Marshall, Kenneth A., Sr. Monroe, Bill Monroe, William Smith Music, rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues music
9 Night clubs Music-halls (variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) Piano players Pianists The Quonset Hut Quonset Stewart, Redd Stewart, Henry Ellis Turner, Ike Turner, Izear Luster, Jr. Turner, Tina Bullock, Anna Mae Union representation Labor unions Recognition Vocalists Singers Bribery See also: Payola Marshall, Joe See also: Marshall, Joseph Abraham Marshall, Joseph See also: Marshall, Joe Abraham Dockery/Jeffrey 08/01/2004