Background
Alm, Janet was born on December 20, 1952 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charles Henry and Lenore Bowman Alm.
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" A Taste of Kentucky wends its way through courses of Kentucky's dishes from country ham to buttermilk pie. All the favorites are here -- burgoo, corn whiskey, jam cake, and pork sausage -- as well as some surprises -- rattlesnake, corncob wine, and a wedding cake that requires 200 eggs! A delectable gathering of recipes, anecdotes, sayings, and beliefs from across the bluegrass state, this is more than a regional cookbook. It is a fascinating look at how Kentuckians have regarded food and its place in their lives. The reader learns "never eat the point of a piece of pie first" and hears Hettie Groce declare: "But ever since we been married I've kept milk and butter, and I never did buy bought milk from these here milk companies, nothing like that. I'd buy milk when our cows went dry off a neighbor that lived down on the Watson Place, Aunt Thursday Watts. But I never drunk a bit of store bought milk in my life, it or no butter neither." Jan Anderson searched the records of more than thirty years of fieldwork in the Western Kentucky University Folklore Archives. To complement the text she includes over forty historical photographs relating to Kentucky food, including an underground picnic in Mammoth Cave and a turkey drive in Bradfordsville.
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Alm, Janet was born on December 20, 1952 in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charles Henry and Lenore Bowman Alm.
Bachelor of Science, Bemidji State University, 1975. Master of Arts in Folklife and Intercultural Studies, Western Kentucky University, 1981. Medical Science Liaison Society in Library.
Science, Western Kentucky University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Recreation Resources Management, Utah State University, 1994.
Storyteller, puppeteer North Country Arts Council, Bemidji, Minnesota, 1975-1976. Head children's library Bemidji State University, 1976-1977. Middle school library Custer County School District, Miles City, Montana, 1977-1979, teacher of gifted and talented, 1979-1980.
Folklore archivist Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, 1981-1983. Head children's and young adults' services Bowling Green Public Library., 1983-1985. Head of serials Utah State University, Logan, 1986-1991, campus services library, since 1991, adjunct assistant professor forestry, since 1995.
Adjunct assistant professor Institute Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, since 1999. Chairman advisory board Women's Center Utah State University, Logan, 1988-1992, chair academy freedom and tenur committee, 1997—1998.
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Co-founder, past president Rosebud chapter National Audubon Society, Miles City, Montana, 1978—1980. Member Providence/River Hts. Library. Board; trustee Cache County Library.
Board; board directors Denzil Stewart Nature Park. Member advisory panel Hardware Ranch Wildlife Management Area. Invited author Kentucky State Book Fair, 1986, Utah Arts Festival, 1991.
Life member Women and Gender Research, Friends of Brooks Free Library. Trustee Stokes Nature Center. Member advisory board American West Heritage Center.
Consultant to various outdoor museums. Member of American Library Association, Utah Folklore Society, American Folklore Society, Utah Library. Association, John Muir Association, National Association Interpretation, National Audubon Society, Old Main Society, Association College and Research Libraries, Visitor Studies Association, Association Living History Farms and Agricultural Museum, Consortium of Utah Women in Higher Education, American Association Museum, Xi Sigma Pi.
Married Jay Allan Anderson, May 21, 1983.