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Ridlen, Susanne S. "Tree-Stump Tombstones: The Influence of Traditional Cultural Values on Rustic Funerary Art in Indiana in the 1890s," Folklore and American Studies Program, University of Illinois, December 1992. Advisor: Warren E. Roberts (7, 2, 10)
Rustic funerary memorials on which emphasis is placed in the representation of a tree or a portion thereof in its natural exterior state reach their height of acceptance and use in the 1890s—1885 to 1905. A state-wide sample of 2414 tree-stump markers was recorded and analyzed in relation to other rustic artifacts of the period as well as fraternal beneficiary societies utilizing tree-stump motifs on their emblems. Six traditional religious and secular values were discerned from the symbols and epitaphs on the stones as well as the carved artifacts themselves: family and home, religion, occupation, patriotism, association, and agrarianism.
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