Jenny Yocom's transcribed personal account of a pregnancy folk belief involving predicting the sex of an unborn child using a piece of string and a wedding ring in Putnam County, Indiana.
Indiana State University; Indiana State Teachers College; Indiana State Laboratory High School (Terre Haute, Ind.); Laboratory schools; Students; Teachers;
An annual yearbook commemorating the activities and students of the Training School.
Mary Crocker's typewritten variant of The Boyfriend's Death urban legend as collected by herself. In this account, a girl discovers that her boyfriend has been hanged above their car after he fails to return from getting help for their flat tire.
Sheri Ring's transcribed account of the legend of Stiffy Green as collected by Cathie Bryant. According to the legend, Stiffy was a dog who was stuffed and placed in his master's tomb when his master died. Supposedly, the dog's eyes glow green when...
Black and white photograph that features the Glenn Pirates basketball coach Jack Williams posing with 6'5" center Charles "Charlie" Session. The picture is inside a gymnasium in Bloomington Indiana. The two have their hand on a basketball. Coach...
Condolence notes; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Death and burial;
Telegram to Katherine Debs, Theodore Debs, and Gertrude Debs, 10/22/1926. Sends condolences on Eugene V. Debs' death on behalf of the Workmen's Circle of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Condolence notes; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Death and burial;
Telegram to Katherine Debs, Theodore Debs, and Gertrude Debs, 10/21/1926. Sends condolences on Eugene V. Debs' death on behalf of the Workmen's Circle of New York City, New York.
Condolence notes; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Death and burial;
Telegram to Katherine Debs, Theodore Debs, and Gertrude Debs, 10/21/1926. Sends condolences on Eugene V. Debs' death on behalf of the Workmen's Circle of Wilmington, Delaware.
Industrial Workers of the World; West Virginia; Strikes; Socialism;
Letter to Eugene V. Debs, 07/?/1913. Writes that he has read Eugene V. Debs' article in the NEW YORK CALL about the West Virginia coal strike. Says that Eugene V. Debs has committed an grave injustice against the rank and file members of the...
This is a variant of an AIDS urban legend as collected by Joanne Schickerling from herself. In this variant, a woman meets a man over the internet and he agrees to come visit her. When it is time for him to leave, he hands her a box which she...
Heather Cooksey's transcribed interview of Tammy Harbour about her experience with an Ouija Board. According to Harbour, after her friend burned an Ouija Board there was a red ring around her house.
Sandra Chrichfield's transcribed interview of a pregnancy folk belief involving predicting the sex of an unborn child using a string and wedding ring in Vigo County, Indiana.
