FOLK COLLECTION 28

The Folklore Society of Utah Collection

Introduction

Date of Items:	1958-present
Processed by:	Barbara Walker, updated by Susan Gross
Register Prepared by:	Susan Gross, May 2004
Linear Feet:	3

Historical Note

For more information on the Folklore Society of Utah, contact current president Michael Christensen.

Provenance

Scope and Content

A breakdown of the collection organization follows.

SERIES I:   EXECUTIVE BOARD

Sub-series A:   Constitution

Sub-series B:   Presidents' Reports

Sub-series C:   Minutes/Agendas

Sub-series D:   Memorandums

Sub-series E:   Survey Ballots/Results

Sub-series F:   Correspondence

Sub-series G:   Financial Documents/Correspondence

Register

SUB-SERIES A:   CONSTITUTION:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Folklore Society of Utah Constitution

Item 1:   FSU Constitution (4 copies)

Item 2:   FSU Constitution Draft, with Juanita Brooks' handwritten notes

Item 3:   FSU Constitution Draft

Item 4:   FSU Constitution Draft

Item 5:   FSU Constitution Draft

Item 6:   FSU Constitution, 3 July 1986.

SUB-SERIES B:   PRESIDENTS' REPORTS TO FSU:   BOX 1

Folder 1:  Presidents' reports (1964-1981)

Item 1:   Thomas E. Cheney, President; August 3, 1964

Item 2:   William A. Wilson, (Ex-) President; January 11, 1973

Item 3:   Jan Harold Brunvand, President; May 4, 1973 (2 copies)

Item 4:   Jan Harold Brunvand, President; August 19, 1973

Item 5:   Richard C. Poulsen, Acting President; July 1, 1974

Item 6:   Tom Carter, President; June 30, 1981 (4 copies)

SUB-SERIES C:   MINUTES/AGENDAS:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Minutes for FSU meetings held from 1958-1968

Item 1:   Agenda; September 18, 1958

Item 2:   Minutes - discussion of inaugural event for FSU; no date

Item 3:   Minutes; November 14, 1959

Item 4:   Draft of minutes; no date (late 1959, early 1960)

Item 5:   Minutes; January 29, 1965

Item 6:   Minutes; July 7, 1967

Item 7:   Minutes; September 21, 1968

Folder 2:   Minutes for FSU meetings held from 1969-1978

Item 1:   Minutes; 1971

Item 2:   Minutes; May 15, 1971 (2 copies)

Item 3:   Minutes; September 18, 1971

Item 4:   Minutes - Proposals as passed; September 18, 1971

Item 5:   Minutes - Annual Meeting; September 16, 1972 (2 copies)

Folder 3:   Agendas

Item 1:   Agenda 21 May 2003

SUB-SERIES D:   MEMORANDUMS AND ROSTERS:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Memorandums

Item 1:   Folklore Society of Utah Officers and Advisory Council; no date

Item 2:   Memorandum to proposed officers and advisory council of the FSU; June 1958

Item 3:   Memorandum from Harold W. Bentley, Chairman; June 1, 1971

Item 4:   Memorandum discussing closer affiliation with the Utah State Historical Society; no date

Item 5:   Memorandum discussing the fate of the Folklore Society of Utah; no date

Folder 2:   Member Rosters

Item 1:   Roster of paid members, November 21 1968

Item 2:   Roster of paid members, August 19, 1973

SUB-SERIES E:   SURVEY BALLOTS AND RESULTS:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Survey to disband/maintain FSU

Item 1:   Newsletter of the Folklore Society of Utah, Vol. 8, No. 1 (April 1971) - contains survey

Item 2:   Results (summary) of survey attached to Vol. 8, No. 1

Item 3:   Survey responses (20 responses)

Folder 2:   Survey in regards to closer affiliation with the Utah State Historical Society

Item 1:   Newsletter of the Folklore Society of Utah, Vol. 9, No. 1 (September 1972) - contains survey

Item 2:   Results (summary) of survey attached to Vol. 9, No. 1

Item 3:   Reference for further discussion on the topic

SUB-SERIES F:   CORRESPONDENCE:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Correspondence 1958-1968

Item 1:   Marshall Craig from Louis C. Zucker; June 17, 1958 (2 letters)

Item 2:   Ruth V. Tyler from Louis C. Zucker; July 28, 1958

Item 3:   Louis C. Zucker from Juanita Brooks; August 23, 1958 (2 letters)

Item 4:   Robert Gordon Sproul from Hector Lee; September 9, 1958

Item 5:   Louis C. Zucker from Wayland D. Hand; October 24, 1958

Item 6:   Thomas E. Cheney from Louis C. Zucker; April 26, 1959

Item 7:   Ray R. Canning from Edwin R. Clapp; November 9, 1959

Item 8:   Bruce Philips from Louis C. Zucker; February 4, 1960

Item 9:   Louis C. Zucker from J.R. Allred; September 15, 1960

Item 10:   Jan Harold Brunvand from Hector Lee; April 5, 1961

Item 11:   Brigham Madsen, Thomas Cheney, Karl Young, Jan H. Brunvand, James Haseltine from Austin E.

Fife; September 19, 1966 (2 copies; 2nd with hand-written notes)

Item 12:   Jan H. Brunvand from Austin E. Fife; October 1966

Item 13:   Austin E. Fife from James L. Haseltine; October 3, 1966

Item 14:   Harold W. Bentley from Austin E. Fife; October 17, 1966 (3 copies)

Item 15:   Austin E. Fife from Harold W. Bentley; October 28, 1966

Item 16:   Thomas E. Cheney from Jan H. Brunvand; November 14, 1966

Item 17:   Woodruff C. Thomson from an Harold Brunvand; March 7, 1967

Item 18:   Thomas Cheney from Austin E. Fife; May 15, 1967

Item 19:   Austin E. Fife from Pansy L. Hardy; August 1, 1967

Item 20:   Pansy L. Hardy from Austin E. Fife; August 7, 1967

Item 21:   Everett Cooley from Austin E. Fife; August 22, 1967

Item 22:   Austin and Alta Fife from Tom Cheney; August 30, 1967

Item 23:   Grace Vlam from Austin E. Fife; September 2, 1967

Item 24:   Austin E. Fife from Grace Vlam; September 7, 1967

Item 25:   Austin E. Fife from Everett L. Cooley; November 6, 1967

Item 26:   Everett L. Cooley from Austin E. Fife; November 13, 1967

Item 27:   Harold Bentley from Austin E. Fife; March 11, 1968

Item 28:   Austin E. Fife from Harold W. Bentley; March 20, 1968

Item 29:   Austin E. Fife from Jennings Wood; April 30, 1968

Item 30:   Austin E. Fife from Nathan R. Einhorn; May 17, 1968

Item 31:   Alta S. Fife from Joseph C. Hickerson; October 31, 1968

Item 32:   Joseph C. Hickerson from Austin E. Fife; November 19, 1968

Folder 2:   Correspondence 1969-1978

Item 1:   William A. Wilson from Hector H. Lee; June 9, 1970

Item 2:   Jack Adamson, Harold Bentley, Juanita Brooks, Jan Brunvand, Thomas Cheney, Everett Cooley,

Gary Forbush, Charles Peterson, William A. Wilson from Austin E. Fife; March 6, 1971 (2 copies)

Item 3:   Austin E. Fife from William A. Wilson; March 21, 1971

Item 4:   Austin E. Fife from Charles S. Peterson; March 24, 1971

Item 5:   William A. Wilson from Austin E. Fife; March 24, 1971

Item 6:   Jack Adamson from William A. Wilson; March 24, 1971

Item 7:   William A. Wilson from Jan H. Brunvand; March 31, 1971

Item 8:   William A. Wilson from Everett L. Cooley; April 5, 1971

Item 9:   William A. Wilson from Wayland D. Hand; May 4, 1971

Item 10:   William A. Wilson from Harold W. Bentley; May 5, 1971

Item 11:   William A. Wilson from Everett L. Cooley; May 10, 1971

Item 12:   Members of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Folklore Society from Harold W. Bentley; June 1, 1971

Item 13:   William A. Wilson from Hector H. Lee; June 9, 1971

Item 14:   (?) from J. Barre Toelken; August 20, 1971

Item 15:   Harold Bentley from William A. Wilson; August 30, 1971

Item 16:   William A. Wilson from Louis C. Zucker; October 9, 1971

Item 17:   William A. Wilson from Melvin T. Smith; September 18, 1972

Item 18:   Jan H. Brunvand from William A. Wilson; January 12, 1973

Item 19:   Jan H. Brunvand from William A. Wilson; February 28, 1973

Item 20:   Darwin Hayes from Jan H. Brunvand; March 9, 1973

Item 21:   Keith Cunningham from Jan H. Brunvand; March 9, 1973

Item 22:   Jan H. Brunvand from Keith Cunningham; March 28, 1973

Item 23:   Jan H. Brunvand from Keith Cunningham; April 4, 1973

Item 24:   Jan H. Brunvand from Keith Cunningham; May 1, 1973

Item 25:   Keith Cunningham from Jan Brunvand; May 3, 1973

Item 26:   Folklore Society Member from Richard C. Poulsen; June 11, 1973

Item 27:   Jan H. Brunvand from Stephanie Churchill; July 27, 1973

Item 28:   Stephanie Churchill from Jan H. Brunvand; August 19, 1973

Item 29:   William A. Wilson from Jan H. Brunvand; October 15, 1973

Item 30:   Folklore Society of Utah Member from Richard C. Poulsen; July 1, 1974

Folder 3:   Correspondence 1979-1988

Item 1:   Board Members, Utah Folklife Center from Tom Carter; June 16, 1981

Item 2:   Tom Carter from Melvin T. Smith; August 28, 1981

Item 3:   Richard Poulsen from Tom Carter, Meg Brady; September 12, 1981

Item 4:   Tom Carter from Richard Poulsen; September 21, 1981 (2 copies)

Item 5:   Tom Carter from William A. Wilson; September 25, 1981

Item 6:   Richard Poulsen from Tom Carter, Meg Brady; September 30, 1981

Item 7:   Max J. Evans from David Stanley; June 10, 1988 (2 copies)

Item 8:   David Stanley from Max J. Evans; June 16, 1988

SUB-SERIES G:   FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   First National Bank of Logan Account information (now closed account)

Item 1:   ID card

Item 2:   Checkbook

Item 3:   Deposit book with two deposit slips

Item 4:   Statements, with cancelled checks (July 1967-October 1968, not inclusive)

Item 5:   8 May 1967: Deposit record for account of membership dues paid/deposited by Alta Fife

Folder 2:   Grant: University of Utah Research Committee: "Collecting of Folk Singing and Folk Instrumental Styles in the Rocky Mountains:

Item 1:   March 10, 1959: Award letter to Louis C. Zucker from C.J. Christensen

Item 2:   April 1959: Application for research funds

Item 3:   May 29, 1959: Research invoice

Item 4:   August 20, 1959: Account closure authorization

Folder 3:   Correspondence regarding FSU funds

Item 1:   August 2, 1967: inquiry of available funds, written by Alta Fife to W. Thomson

Item 2:   12 March 1968: inquiry of available funds, written by Austin Fife to W. Thomson

Item 3:   2 April 1968: response regarding availableity of funding, written by Woodruff Thomson to Austin Fife

Item 4:   6 June 1968: Letter regarding transfer of funds by Woodruff Thomson, with check receipt, financial records; June 15, 1968 (to Alta Fife)

Item 5:   September 15, 1972: Statement of Finances

Folder 4:   Folklore books and membership on FSU (University of Utah Press)

Item 1:   letters

Item 2:   invoices

Item 3:   Book order flyers

Item 4:  Member book orders

Folder 5:   Invoices

Item 1:   1967 & 1968 Folklore Society of Utah Meeting invoices

Item 2:   November 16, 1967: State of Utah membership of an instutition invoice ($10)

Item 3:   September 30, 1967: FSU Letter, Steed's Printing Plate Co., ($25.87)

SERIES II:   FSU MEETINGS AND EVENTS (2 BOXES)

SUB-SERIES A:   FSU ANNUAL MEETING:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting (including announcements, correspondence, programs,

flyers, newsletters)

Item 1:   FSU Member from Louis C. Zucker - announcement of meeting; November 6, 1959

Item 2:   Announcement of Meeting/Dinner Registration form; November 14, 1963

Item 3:   Newsletter of the Folklore Society of Utah, Vol. 4 - Annual Meeting Announcement; April 1967

Item 4:   FSU Member from William A. Wilson - announcement of meeting; September 14, 1971 (2 copies)

Item 5:   FSU Member from Richard C. Poulsen; August 28, 1973 (2 copies)

Item 6:   FSU Member from Richard C. Poulsen; September 14, 1976

Item 7:   FSU Program, 3 March 2001

Item 8:   FSU Program, 17 November 2007

Folder 2:   FSU Meeting Papers

Item 1:   Austin E. Fife, "Memorials to the 'Western Myth,'" April 29, 1967, Salt Lake City Utah

SUB-SERIES B:   FSU EVENTS:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Annual Utah Folklore Workshop and Festival

Item 1:   Folklore Festival Agenda, Monday; 1959

Item 2:   Folklore Festival Agenda, Tuesday; 1959

Item 3:   Folklore Festival Agenda, Wednesday; 1959

Item 4:   Folklore Festival Agenda, Thursday; 1959

Item 5:   Folklore Festival Agenda, Friday; 1959

Item 6:   First Annual Folklore Workshop and Festival: Information and Program; June 8-12, 1959

(3 copies)

Item 7:   Second Annual Folklore Workshop and Festival: Program; July 11-15, 1960 (2 copies)

Item 8:   Third Annual Folklore Festival: Program; July 10-13, 1961 (4 copies)

Folder 2:   "Forms Upon the Frontier"

Item 1:   Conference Announcement and Registration, 1968

Item 2:   Conference Itinerary, 1968

Item 3:   Conference Announcement, Information and Itinerary, 1968

Item 4:   Exhibits and Committees Information

Folder 3:   Urban Pioneers: A Concert of the 1960s Folk Music Revival in Utah, 24 January 2007, Highland High School, Salt Lake City, Utah

(co-sponsred by The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, Intermountain Guitar and Banjo, The Salt Lake City Arts Council, The Utah Arts Council, The State Historical Society, KRCL 90.9fm)

Item 1:   Urban Pioneers poster (limited edition 23" x 35" hand-screed, gold-tinted, signed poster by McRay Magleby)

Poster housed: Poster Cabinet: Drawer 1, Folder 3, no.1

Item 2:   Urban Pioneers flyers, 2 copies  

SERIES III:   FSU AFFILIATES (1 BOX)

Folder 1:   Intermountain Folk Music Council

Item 1:   Letter (no date)

Item 2:   Letter/Newsletter (no date)

Item 3:   Flyer: "Hootenanny Night"; June 17 (no year)

Folder 2:   National Folk Festival

Item 1:   30th Annual National Folk Festival Announcement; August 25, 1967

Item 2:   National Folk Festival Association, Inc., Board of Directors Roster; no date

Folder 3:   University of Utah

Item 1:   "U Summer News," Vol. 1, No. 19; August 20, 1958

Item 2:   Course Announcement: "Folklore and Balladry"; Fall 1958

Item 3:   Flyer: "Folk Songs Around the World: Guy Carawan"; October 19, 20 (no year)

Item 4:   Program: "Face of a Nation": Program of American Folk Music; March 6, 1960

Item 5:   "University of Utah Summer News", Vol. 4, No. 5; July 10, 1961

Folder 4:   Utah State Historical Society

Item 1:   16th Annual Meeting Program; September 21, 1968

Item 2:   16th Annual Meeting Announcement, Registration, and Program; September 21, 1968

Item 3:   20th Annual Meeting Program; September 16, 1972

Item 4:   21st Annual Meeting Announcement, Program, and Registration; September 8, 1973

Item 5:   Utah State Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 4; 1968

Item 6:   Utah State Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 2; 1982

Item 7:   Utah State Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 35, No. 5; 1985

Folder 5:   Utah Heritage Foundation

Item 1:   Utah Heritage Foundation Newsletter; October 1982

Folder 6:   Utah Chapter of American Folk Music Council

Item 1:   Letter from Rosalie Sorrels (no date)

Item 2:   Letter from Rosalie Sorrels; March 30, 1961

SERIES IV:   PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATIONS (4 BOXES)

SUB-SERIES A:   PUBLICITY:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings on folklore/FSU

Item 1:   “Paul Bunyan, Only True American Myth; Hero of All-Native Folklore Reached Zenith of Power

in Wisconsin in ‘80s,” by Bert E. Hopkins; The Wisconsin State Journal; Sunday, June 10, 1923

Item 2:   “The Folk Songs of America: A Hunt on Hidden Trails: Search For Native Music Leads to

Many Remote Corners of the Country and Reveals an Unexpected Material,” by R.W. Gordon;

The New York Times Magazine; January 12, 1927

Item 3:   “American Folk Songs: The Old Ballads,” by R.W. Gordon; The New York Times Magazine;

October 9, 1927

Item 4:   “The Blues for the Times,” by Barry Ulanov; Esquire; February 1945

Item 5:   “All American Jazz Ballot, 1945," by Leonard G. Feather; Esquire; February 1945

Item 6:   “Esquire’s Jazz Bookshelf,” by Charles Edward Smith; Esquire; February 1945

Item 7:   “The Rhythm Section,” by Leonard Feather and Paul Eduard Miller; Esquire; February 1945

Item 8:   “Key Men in Harlem Piano,” by Charles Edward Smith; Esquire; August 1945

Item 9:   “What Do Standing Stones Mean?,” written and illustrated by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor;

Country Life; January 12, 1951

Item 10:   “Seagulls come to Rescue Again,” no author; The Salt Lake Tribune; Sunday, June 8, 1958

Item 11:   “Society Elects U. Professor,” no author; The Salt Lake Tribune; August 18, 1958

Item 12:   “Carawan Sings American Folk Songs Tonight”, no author; The Daily Utah Chronicle;

October 6, 1958

Item 13:   “Utah Folklore Group Forms,” no author; Deseret News; September 20, 1958

Item 14:   “Magazine Tells Utah Folklore,” no author; The Salt Lake Tribune; September 21, 1958

Item 15:   “Singers Offer Th’ Blues, Folk Tunes”, no author; The Daily Utah Chronicle; Monday,

October 6, 1958

Item 16:   “Preserving Western Folklore,” by Les Goates; The Deseret News; October 8, 1958 (3 copies)

Item 17:   “Olpin Begins Talks on Tour Series,” no author; October 23, 1958

Item 18:   “Lover of Folklore? Look Into New Utah Society,” by Bob Thurman; The Daily Utah Chronicle;

Tuesday, October 28, 1958 (2 copies)

Item 19:   “Folksy Music Wins Over U. Audience,” no author; no date

Item 20:   “Do-It-Yourself Craze Sparks New Interest in Folk Music,” by Richard O. Martin; The Salt Lake

Tribune; Sunday, June 7, 1959

Item 21:   “Folklore and Fun,” no author; The Salt Lake Tribune; June 15, 1959

Item 22:   “Folklorist Seeks ‘Living Memorial,’” by Paul Swenson; Deseret News; Saturday, April 29, 1967

SUB-SERIES B:   NEWSLETTERS:   BOX 1

Folder 1:   Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters

Item 1:   Bound book: Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters; Volume 1, Number 1, to Volume 22, Number 2

(October 1958 to Spring 1988)

Folder 2:   Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters, 1958-1970

Item 1:   Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct. 2, 1958)

Item 2:   Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 15, 1959) - 2 copies

Item 3:   Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 1963) - 2 copies

Item 4:   Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1963)

Item 5:   Vol. 3, No. 1 (Oct. 1963) - 2 copies

Item 6:   Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 1964) - 2 copies

Item 7:   Vol. 3, No. 3 (Oct. 1964) - 2 copies

Item 8:   Vol. 4: Annual Mtg. Announcement (April 1967) - 2 copies

Item 9:   Vol. 5 (Oct. 1967) - 2 copies

Item 10:   Vol. 6 (Oct. 1968) - 2 copies

Item 11:   Vol. 7, No. 1 (June 1970) - 2 copies

Folder 3:   Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters, 1971-1980

Item 1:   Vol. 8, No. 1 (April 1971) - 2 copies

Item 2:   Vol. 9, No. 1 (Sept. 1972) - 2 copies

Item 3:   Vol. 10, No. 1 (Sept. 1977) - 2 copies

Item 4:   Vol. 11, No. 1 (Aug. 1978) - 2 copies

Item 5:   Vol. 12, No. 1 (Aug. 1979) - 2 copies

Item 6:   Vol. 13, No. 1 (Aug. 1980) - 2 copies

Folder 4:   Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters, 1981-1990

Item 1:   Vol. 14, No. 1 (Summer 1981) - 2 copies

Item 2:   Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 1982) - 2 copies

Item 3:   Vol. 16, No. 1 (Summer 1982) - 2 copies

Item 4:   Vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter 1983) - 2 copies

Item 5:   Vol. 17, No. 2 (Autumn 1983) - 2 copies

Item 6:   Vol. 18, No. 1 (Spring 1984) - 2 copies

Item 7:   Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 1984)

Item 8:   Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 1985) - 2 copies

Item 9:   Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 1986) - 2copies

Item 10:   Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 1986) - 2 copies

Item 11.5:   Vol. 21, No.1 (Spring 1987)

Item 11:   Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 1987) - 2 copies

Item 12:   Vol. 22, No. 1 (Winter 1988) - 2 copies

Item 13:   Vol. 22, No. 2 (Spring 1988)

Item 13.5:   Vol. 22, No. 3 (Fall 1988)

Item 14:   Vol. 23, No. 1 (Winter 1989) - 2 copies

Item 14.5:   Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 1989)

Item 15:   Vol. 23, No. 3 (Fall 1989)

Item 16:   Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter 1990) - 2 copies

Item 17:   Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 1990) - 2 copies

Item 18:   Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 1990) - 2 copies

Folder 5:   Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters, 1991

Item 1:   Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter 1991) - 2 copies

Item 2:   Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 1991) - 2 copies

Item 3:   Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 1991) - 2 copies

SUB-SERIES C:   FOLKLORE SOCIETY OF UTAH PUBLICATIONS

SUB-SERIES D:   Utah Historical Quarterly (guest edited by folklorists)

Folder 1:   Summer 2006: Vol. 74, no. 3 (4 copies)

Articles: "Studies in Utah Folklore" by Deidre Paulsen, Polly Stewart, Colleen Whitley; "The Folklore of Dixie - Past and Present" by William A. Wilson; "Urban Pioneers: The Folk-Music Revival in Utah, 1959-1966" by Polly Stewart; "Grafts from a Lost Orchard" by Mark Thomas; "Contemporary Navajo Baskets on the Utah Reservation" by Carol Edison; "The Dynamics of Multi-Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century Carbon County, Utah" by David Stanely.

SERIES V:   FIELDWORK AND RESEARCH (1 BOX)

Folder 1:   The Weiser Project

Item 1:   "Suggestions For Research Through The Utah Humanities Research Foundation"

Item 2:   Folklore Society of Utah President's proposal for research

Item 3:   Old Time Fiddler's Contest notes and information (including research questions,

fiddle tunes played, list of Idaho songs collected; Rosalie Sorrels

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