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The Wayland D. Hand Folklore Papers, (1938-1986)

Coll Mss 297

Biographical Sketch:

Wayland Debbs Hand was born March 19, 1907 in Auckland, New Zealand to Hyrum and Margaret White Hand. On June 8, 1932 Hand married Viola White and they later had three children, Jacqueline (1937) and Winifred (1949), and Sidney Gilford (1950). In 1956 Hand divorced Viola and on December 19, 1957 Hand married Celeste Gilford.

During the latter 1920s Hand enrolled in the University of Utah were he began studying German. In 1933 he received is B.A. in German and in 1934 a M.A. in German. Later that year he was accepted by the University of Chicago, were he studied under the renowned scholar Archer Taylor. Hand received a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages in 1936. From 1936—1937 Hand taught German at the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1937 to 1974 Hand taught German and pioneered the Folklore Program at UCLA. Hand died on October 22, 1986 in Los Angeles.

Over the course of Hand’s career he was involved in many positions of leadership, served on many committees, and published numerous books and articles. Hand served as the President of the Modern Language Association of Southern California (1955—1956), President of the American Folklore Society (1957—1958), Vice-President of the North American International Society for Folk-Narrative Research (1964—1974), and President of the California Folklore Society (1969—1970). He served as an editor for the California Folklore Quarterly (1942—1946), the Journal of American Folklore (1947—1951), and Western Folklore (1953—1966). Hand is the author of Humaniora: Essays in Literature, Folklore, and Bibliography (1960), Popular Beliefs & Superstitions from North Carolina (1964), American Folk Legend (1971), and American Folk Medicine (1976).

Source: W. D. Hand’s vitas, Series I, Box 1, Fd 1.

Provenance:

The materials in this collection were donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Celeste Hand in 1996.

Scope & Content Note:

This collection consists of Wayland D. Hand’s professional papers in the form of his personal files, folklore papers, correspondence, and photographs spanning from 1938 to 1986. This collection is divided into three series; Series I: Papers and Files, Series II: Correspondence (divided into two Sub-Series), and Series III: Folklore Papers. Due to the highly organized nature of Hand’s papers when they were donated, this order has been retained.

Series I: Papers and Files. This series contains photographs of Hand, his vitas, topical files, committee papers, and UCLA papers.

Series II: Correspondence. This series contains Hand’s incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1938 to the 1986. Hand’s correspondence comprises roughly fifty percent of the collection and yields a wide array of topical information. Although most of his letters of correspondence are in English, perhaps twenty-five percent of his correspondence is in German, French, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Hungarian, or in other languages due to his regular contact with foreign scholars. Hand’s correspondence touches on personal issues but primarily concerns his scholarly pursuits. Sub-Series A: contains Hand’s incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1938 to 1974, his teaching years. Sub-Series B: contains Hand’s incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1974 to 1986, his retirement (although he remained an active scholar). Hand’s incoming and outgoing correspondence is organized alphabetically and by the last name of the sender. Hand’s largest correspondent during his career was Archer Taylor.

Series III: Folklore Papers. This series consists of a collection of Hand’s folklore and folksong files. His folklore files are listed topically.

Those desiring further information on Hand and his work should see Folk Collection 13: The Wayland D. Hand Memorial Collection, and The Wayland D. Hand Collection of Superstition & Popular Belief held in the Fife Folklore Archive in USU Special Collection & Archives.

Inventory:

Series I: Papers and Files

Box 1: Wayland Hand papers, personal papers and files.

Fd 1: Vitae.
Fd 2: Personal papers.
Fd 3: Photographs of W. Hand.
Fd 4: UCLA appointment papers, correspondence, 1930s.
Fd 5: UCLA papers.
Fd 6: File, testimonials.
Fd 7: File, speech given by Hand at Clark Library Ballad Seminar.
Fd 8: File, statements.
Fd 9: File, papers.
Fd 10: File, courses and curricula.
Fd 11: File, papers concerning the International Society for Folklore Narrative Research.
Fd 12: File, folk dancing.
Fd 13: File, Auswahlbibliographie zu Marchen.
Fd 14: File, Folklife Center Board of Trustees.
Fd 15: File, Americanistas.
Fd 16: File, papers concerning the Forty-first Congress of Americanists.
Fd 17: File, papers concerning the selection committee for new editor of Western Folklore.
Fd 18: File, miscellaneous papers.

Box 2: Wayland Hand papers, files.

Fd 1: Wood manuscript.
Fd 2: Barbara A. Wood.
Fd 3: Buss; Klabautermann, correspondence, 1969.
Fd 4: Eleanor Long, correspondence, 1969.
Fd 5: Folklore studies, Eberhard (critiques only), 1960s—1970s.
Fd 6: Ward; Divine Twins.
Fd 7: The Speroni Manuscript.
Fd 8: The Sobel Manuscript, correspondence, 1950s.
Fd 9: The Robe Manuscript, papers and correspondence, 1950s.
Fd 10: Philippine Number, correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 11: The Lessa Manuscript, correspondence, 1950s—1960s.
Fd 12: The Hansen Manuscript.
Fd 13: Byrd H. Granger, 1960s.
Fd 14: Folklore studies; D. Eugenio, correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 15: Ray B. Browne, correspondence, 1950s—1960s.
Fd 16: The Browne Manuscript.
Fd 17: The Baker Manuscript.
Fd 18: Shirley Arora.
Fd 19: Manuscript evaluation.
Fd 20: Manuscript reading.
Fd 21: Editorial instructions.
Fd 22: Folklore studies, correspondence, 1960s—1970s.
Fd 23: 1973 list of Folklore Fellows.
Fd 24: Papers from the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society, 1975.
Fd 25: “Castleton Garland Ceremony: Data File,” by Paul & Georgia Smith, 1979

Box 3: Wayland Hand papers, files.

Fd 1: The Cultural Conservation Report.
Fd 2: Miscellaneous folklore papers.

Box 4: Wayland Hand papers, folklore program files.

Fd 1: Doctoral program, papers and correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 2: Doctoral program, papers and correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 3: Doctoral degree, papers and correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 4: Doctoral degree program, papers and correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 5: Folklore and mythology group.
Fd 6: Folklore and mythology group.
Fd 7: Center for Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology, papers and correspondence, 1970s.
Fd 8: Folklore Advising Committee Information.
Fd 9: Replies to folklore correspondence, 1960s.
Fd 10: Ethic Arts.
Fd 11: Space request for dictionary project.

Box 5: Wayland Hand papers, Conference of American Folk Customs, files.

Fd 1: American Folklife Preservation Act.
Fd 2: American Folklife Preservation Act.
Fd 3: Occupational lore.
Fd 4: Conference program.
Fd 5: Conference resumes.
Fd 6: Conference correspondence, 1980.
Fd 7: Conference papers.
Fd 8: Custom and usage file.
Fd 9: Custom and usage file.
Fd 10: Custom and usage file.
Fd 11: Folk custom census.
Fd 12: File, an institute for folk customs.
Fd 13: North American culture survey.
Fd 14: Smithsonian, occupational studies.
Fd 15: Folk custom, Richard Dorson and Robert McCarl.
Fd 16: American Folklife Center, file.
Fd 17: Publications, American folklife.

Box 6: Wayland Hand papers, Conference of American Folk Customs, files.

Fd 1: American folklife.
Fd 2: Hickerson, Joseph.
Fd 3: W. Hand correspondence, 1970s.
Fd 4: Personnel work schedules, inventories, business records, 1966—1967.
Fd 5: Conference of American Folk Customs, papers.
Fd 6: Diseases, A—Z.

Series II: Correspondence
Sub-Series A: Correspondence, 1940—1974.

Box 1: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, A—Br.

Fd 1: A
Fd 2: Abrahams, Roger.
Fd 3: Aston, John W.
Fd 4: B
Fd 5: Bancroft, Caroline.
Fd 6: Balys, Jonas.
Fd 7: Barbeau, Marius.
Fd 8: Barker, O. & G.
Fd 9: Bascomb, William.
Fd 10: Baughman, Ernest.
Fd 11: Bayard, Samuel.
Fd 12: Beals, R. L.
Fd 13: Beck, E. C.
Fd 14: Beck, Horce.
Fd 15: Beckwith, M.
Fd 16: Bentley, Harold W.
Fd 17: Berwick, K.
Fd 18: Bijur, George.
Fd 19: Boatright, Mody C.
Fd 20: Bodker, Laurits.
Fd 21: Boggs, R. S.
Fd 22: Borcherdt, Donn.
Fd 23: Botkin, B. A.
Fd 24: Brewer, J. M.
Fd 25: Brewster, P. G.
Fd 26: Bronson, Bertrand.
Fd 27: Browne, Ray B.
Fd 28: Brunvand, Jim.

Box 2: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, Br—D.

Fd 1: Bryant, M.
Fd 2: Buchanan, A.
Fd 3: C
Fd 4: Campa, Arthur L.
Fd 5: Campbell, Marie
Fd 6: Carawan, Guy
Fd 7: Carriere, J. M.
Fd 8: Clarke, Kenneth.
Fd 9: Clark, Joseph.
Fd 10: Coffin, Tristram P.
Fd 11: Coleman, Marian.
Fd 12: Cray, Ed.
Fd 13: Crowley, D.
Fd 14: D
Fd 15: Davidson, L. J.
Fd 16: Dobie, Frank.
Fd 17: Dumezil, George.

Box 3: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, E—Gr.

Fd 1: E
Fd 2: Eberhard, Wolfram.
Fd 3: Espinosa, A. M.
Fd 4: Evans, P.
Fd 5: F
Fd 6: Fenton, William.
Fd 7: Fife, Austin.
Fd 8: Fishwick, M.
Fd 9: Flowers, J.
Fd 10: G
Fd 11: Gaer, Joseph.
Fd 12: Gardner, Emelyn.
Fd 13: Gayton, A. H.
Fd 14: Gerow, Bert.
Fd 15: Gillis, Everett.
Fd 16: Gillmore, F.
Fd 17: Goldstein, Kenneth.
Fd 18: Granger, Byrd.
Fd 19: Green, Archie.
Fd 20: Greenway, John.
Fd 21: Grotegut, E.

Box 4: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, H—Ja.

Fd 1: H
Fd 2: Hall, Joseph.
Fd 3: Halpert, Herbert.
Fd 4: Hansen, J.
Fd 5: Hansen, Terrence.
Fd 6: Haywood, Charles.
Fd 7: Hendricks, George.
Fd 8: Herskovits, M. J.
Fd 9: Hinton, Sam.
Fd 10: Hoffman, Dan G.
Fd 11: Hoffman, Frank.
Fd 12: Howard, Dorothy.
Fd 13: Hudson, Aurthur.
Fd 14: Hustvedt, Sigurd.
Fd 15: I
Fd 16: J
Fd 17: Jackson, George.
Fd 18: Jagendorf, M.
Fd 19: James, Thelma.

Box 5: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, Ja—Le.

Fd 1: Jansen, William.
Fd 2: Jones, Louis.
Fd 3: K
Fd 4: Kahn, Ed.
Fd 5: Keller, Dan.
Fd 6: Keston, Diane.
Fd 7: Kimmerle, M.
Fd 8: Kirkland, E. C.
Fd 9: Knott, Sarah.
Fd 10: Koch, William.
Fd 11: Kongas, Ellie (Elli Kongas-Maranda)
Fd 12: Korson, George.
Fd 13: Korson, Rae.
Fd 14: Krzyanowski, J.
Fd 15: L
Fd 16: Lacourcierre, Luc.
Fd 17: Laws, Malcolm.
Fd 18: Leach, M.
Fd 19: Leach, M. (continued).
Fd 20: Lee, Hector.

Box 6: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, Li—P.

Fd 1: List, George.
Fd 2: Loeb, Edwin.
Fd 3: Lomax, John.
Fd 4: Lumpkin, Ben.
Fd 5: Luomala, Katherine.
Fd 6: Lynn, Francis.
Fd 7: M
Fd 8: Marchand, Ernest.
Fd 9: Mayer, Fannie H.
Fd 10: Mendoza, Vicente.
Fd 11: Merriam, Alan.
Fd 12: Morre, Elmer.
Fd 13: Morris, Alton.
Fd 14: Musick, Ruth.
Fd 15: N
Fd 16: Nettl, Bruno.
Fd 17: Nygard, Holger.
Fd 18: O
Fd 19: P
Fd 20: Parker, Harbison.
Fd 21: Patai, Raphael.
Fd 22: Pearce, Matt.
Fd 23: Person, Henry A.
Fd 24: Pilant, Elizabeth.
Fd 25: Pound, Louise.
Fd 26: Puckett, Newbell.

Box 7: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, R—U.

Fd 1: R
Fd 2: Ramon Y Rivera, Luis Feipe.
Fd 3: Randolph, Vance.
Fd 4: Rhoads, Willard.
Fd 5: Richmond, W. Edson.
Fd 6: S
Fd 7: Sebeok, Thomas.
Fd 8: Seeger, Charles.
Fd 9: Seibold, Doris.
Fd 10: Shoemaker, Henry W.
Fd 11: Silverman, Joseph H.
Fd 12: Simon, Gwladys Hughes.
Fd 13: Smith, Johana H.
Fd 14: Sinnichsen, Leland.
Fd 15: Sorrels, Rosalie.
Fd 16: Splitter, Henry W.
Fd 17: Stafford, Jo.
Fd 18: Stallings, LaVerne.
Fd 19: Straubinger, O. Paul.
Fd 20: T
Fd 21: Tidwell, James.
Fd 22: Toelken, J. Barre.
Fd 23: Thompson, Harold W.
Fd 24: Thompson, Laurence S.
Fd 25: Thompson, Shelby.
Fd 26: Thompson, Stith.
Fd 27: U
Fd 28: Utley, Francis L.

Box 8: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1938—64, Taylor, Archer.

Fd 1: Taylor, Archer, 1938—1948.
Fd 2: Taylor, Archer, 1949—1953.
Fd 3: Taylor, Archer, 1954—1956.
Fd 4: Taylor, Archer, 1957—1961.
Fd 5: Taylor, Archer, 1962—1964.

Box 9: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1965—1974, Taylor, Archer.

Fd 1: Taylor, Archer, 1965—1967.
Fd 2: Taylor, Archer, 1968—1971.
Fd 3: Taylor, Archer, 1972—1974.
Fd 4: Taylor, Archer, concerning the Archer Taylor Memorial Lecture.
Fd 5: Taylor, Archer, concerning the Archer Proverbs.
Fd 6: Taylor, Archer, CFQ.
Fd 7: Taylor, Archer, special letters.
Fd 8: Taylor, Archer, concerning the death of Taylor.
Fd 9: Taylor, Archer, misc file.

Box 10: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1940—74, V—Z.

Fd 1: V
Fd 2: Valente, Phyllis.
Fd 3: Voegelin, Erminie W.
Fd 4: W.
Fd 5: Wallrich, William.
Fd 6: Walton, Ivan.
Fd 7: Wang, Arthur W.
Fd 8: Warner, Frank.
Fd 9: Washington, Mary.
Fd 10: Waterman, Richard A.
Fd 11: Weinreich, Max.
Fd 12: Westra, Dorothy L.
Fd 13: Whitney, Gertrude C.
Fd 14: Wilgus, D. K.
Fd 15: Wilson, Mrs. Eddie.
Fd 16: Wylder, Robert C.
Fd 17: Zucker, Louis C.

Box 11: Incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning the Taylor Festschrift, 1960.

Fd 1: Anderson, Walter.
Fd 2: Arlt, G. O.
Fd 3: Boggs, R. S.
Fd 4: Carmody, F. J.
Fd 5: Christensen, R.
Fd 6: Dick, H.
Fd 7: Eberhard, W.
Fd 8: Grafenauer, Ivan.
Fd 9: Hammerich, L. L.
Fd 10: Hepding, Hugo.
Fd 11: Ikeda, Hiroka.
Fd 12: James, Thelma.
Fd 13: Krzyzanowski, J.
Fd 14: Kunstmann, John G.
Fd 15: Kuusi, M.
Fd 16: Larsen, Henning.
Fd 17: Malone, Kemp.
Fd 18: Megas, George.
Fd 19: Pargellis, Stanley.
Fd 20: Perry, B.
Fd 21: Peuchert, Will-Erich.
Fd 22: Ranke, Kurt.
Fd 23: Rohrich, Lutz.
Fd 24: Rooth, Anna.
Fd 25: Seemann, Erich.
Fd 26: Starch, Taylor.
Fd 27: Stegemeir, Henri.
Fd 28: Stromback, Dag.
Fd 29: Marie, Lousie.
Fd 30: Tilhagen, Carl-Herman.
Fd 31: Thompson, L.
Fd 32: Thompson, Stith.
Fd 33: Utley, F. L.
Fd 34: Whiting, B. J.
Fd 35: Wildhaber, Robert.
Fd 36: Humanira.

Series II: Correspondence
Sub-Series B: Correspondence, 1974—1980s.

Box 1: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, A—Bl.

Fd 1: A
Fd 2: Abrahams, R.
Fd 3: Aldwell, Enid.
Fd 4: Almeida, Renato.
Fd 5: Anderson, John.
Fd 6: Anderson, Otto.
Fd 7: Anderson, Susanne.
Fd 8: Andreansky, M.
Fd 9: Armistead, S.
Fd 10: Arpad, Joseph.
Fd 11: Arlt, G. O.
Fd 12: Ashton, J. W.
Fd 13: B
Fd 14: Baker, Ronald.
Fd 15: Bascom, William and Berta.
Fd 16: Basgoz, I.
Fd 17: Bashovic-Stulli, M.
Fd 18: Bauman, Richard.
Fd 19: Baughman, E.
Fd 20: Bausinger, H.
Fd 21: Ben-Amos, Dan.
Fd 22: Bluestein, G.

Box 2: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Bo—Bu.

Fd 1: Boatright, M. C.
Fd 2: Boggs, R. S.
Fd 3: Botkin, B. A.
Fd 4: Brady, Caroline.
Fd 5: Brandon, E.
Fd 6: Bratcher, James T.
Fd 7: Brednich, R.
Fd 8: Brewer, I. M.
Fd 9: Briggs, Katherine.
Fd 10: Bronson, B.
Fd 11: Brown, Theo.
Fd 12: Browne, Ray.
Fd 13: Brunvand, Jan.
Fd 14: Bryant, M.
Fd 15: Burde-Schneiderwind, Gisela.
Fd 16: Burgstaller, E.
Fd 17: Buss, Richard J.

Box 3: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, By—Cl.

Fd 1: Byington, R. H.
Fd 2: C
Fd 3: Callow, J.
Fd 4: Campa, A. L.
Fd 5: Capps, W. H.
Fd 6: Carnes, Pack.
Fd 7: Carvalho-Neto, Paulo de.
Fd 8: Cassidy, F.
Fd 9: Cheney, T.
Fd 10: Chertudi, Susan.
Fd 11: Christensen, Reider.
Fd 12: Cincura, Andrew.
Fd 13: Clarke, K.
Fd 14: Clark, Joseph D.

Box 4: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Cl—Do.

Fd 1: Clements, W.
Fd 2: Collinder, Bjorn.
Fd 3: Cortazar, A. R.
Fd 4: Creghton, H.
Fd 5: Crowley, D. C.
Fd 6: D
Fd 7: Dannemann, Manuel.
Fd 8: Degh, Linda.
Fd 9: Demetrio, Francisco R.
Fd 10: Demetrio, Francisco R.
Fd 11: Dickinson, R.
Fd 12: Dorson, Richard M.

Box 5: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Do—E.

Fd 1: Dorson, Richard M. (continued).
Fd 2: Dow, James A.
Fd 3: Dundas, Alan.
Fd 4: E
Fd 5: Eisner, Sigmund.
Fd 6: Emrich, Duncan.
Fd 7: Ettlinger, Ellen.
Fd 8: Evans, David.
Fd 9: Eugenio, Damiana.

Box 6: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, F—Ge.

Fd 1: F
Fd 2: Feldman, Arthur M.
Fd 3: Fife, Austin (general correspondence).
Fd 4: Fife, Austin (Festschrift).
Fd 5: Fife, Austin (The Fife Collection).
Fd 6: Fish, Lydia.
Fd 7: Foster, J.
Fd 8: Friedman, A.
Fd 9: G.
Fd 10: Geissler, F.
Fd 11: Gelber, Mark.
Fd 12: Girdler, L.
Fd 13: Gershman, P.

Box 7: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Gi—Gu.

Fd 1: Gillis, E.
Fd 2: Gillmor, F.
Fd 3: Goldstein, K.
Fd 4: Graham, J. S.
Fd 5: Grambo, R.
Fd 6: Granger, B.
Fd 7: Green, A.
Fd 8: Green, Rayna.
Fd 9: Greenway, J.
Fd 10: Greverus, I.
Fd 11: Gutowski, J.

Box 8: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, H.

Fd 1: H
Fd 2: Hall, J.
Fd 3: Halpert, H.
Fd 4: Halpert, H.
Fd 5: Hampp, Irmgard.
Fd 6: Hart, Donn V.
Fd 7: Harkort, Fritz.
Fd 8: Hambly, Scott.
Fd 9: Hassel, J. W.
Fd 10: Hawes, Bess.
Fd 11: Haynes, Laramee.
Fd 12: Heilfurth, Gerhard.
Fd 13: Helstien, A.
Fd 14: Hendricks, G.

Box 9: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Hi—Ja.

Fd 1: Hines, Donald M.
Fd 2: Hinton, S.
Fd 3: Holberk, Bengt.
Fd 4: Hole, C.
Fd 5: Honko, Lauri.
Fd 6: Hoy, Jim.
Fd 7: Hudson, A. P.
Fd 8: Hudson, W.
Fd 9: Hufford, David.
Fd 10: I
Fd 11: Ikeda, H.
Fd 12: J
Fd 13: Jabbour, Alan.
Fd 14: Jackson, Bruce.
Fd 15: Jacobs, M.
Fd 16: Jaderburg, E.
Fd 17: Jaenicke-Nickel, Johanna.
Fd 18: James, T. G.
Fd 19: Jameson, R. D.

Box 10: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Ja—Le.

Fd 1: Jankovic, L.
Fd 2: Jansen, W.
Fd 3: Jech, J.
Fd 4: Jones, Louis.
Fd 5: K
Fd 6: Kahn, E.
Fd 7: Karpeles, Maud.
Fd 8: Katz, Eli.
Fd 9: Kenner, M.
Fd 10: Ketner, K.
Fd 11: Kirkland, E.
Fd 12: Knott, S. G.
Fd 13: Koch, William.
Fd 14: Korson, George.
Fd 15: Krader, B.
Fd 16: Krakowski, Meyer.
Fd 17: Kramer, K. S.
Fd 18: Krzanowski, Julian.
Fd 19: Kunze, W.
Fd 20: Kunzig, Johannes.
Fd 21: Kuusi, Matti.
Fd 22: L
Fd 23: Lacourciere, Luc.
Fd 24: Lee, H.

Box 11: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Le—M.

Fd 1: Leech, M.
Fd 2: Legman, G.
Fd 3: Lewis, L. J.
Fd 4: Littleton, S.
Fd 5: Lixfeld, H.
Fd 6: Long, Eleanor R.
Fd 7: Loots, W.
Fd 8: Low, M.
Fd 9: Loucatos, Demetrios.
Fd 10: Louomala, Katherine.
Fd 11: Lumpkin, B.
Fd 12: Luthi, Max.
Fd 13: M
Fd 14: Manuel, Arsenio.
Fd 15: Marshall, Howard.
Fd 16: Mayer, F.
Fd 17: McColloch, Judith.
Fd 18: Meertens, P. J.
Fd 19: Megas, G.
Fd 20: Menez, Herminia.
Fd 21: Meyer, Mauritz.
Fd 22: Michton, Alice.
Fd 23: Montell, Lynwood.
Fd 24: Morris, Alton C.
Fd 25: Mullen, Patrich.
Fd 26: Mundy, Cyril S.
Fd 27: Musick, R.

Box 12: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, N—Po.

Fd 1: N
Fd 2: Newall, V. J.
Fd 3: Nicholaisen, W.
Fd 4: O
Fd 5: O’Brien, John.
Fd 6: O’Duilearga, Seamus.
Fd 7: O’Sullivan, Sean.
Fd 8: Overton, Paul H.
Fd 9: P
Fd 10: Paredes, A.
Fd 11: Parler, Mary.
Fd 12: Pearce, Tim.
Fd 13: Peeters, Karel.
Fd 14: Perriman, K.
Fd 15: Petzoldt, Leander.
Fd 16: Peuchert, W.
Fd 17: Pinon, Roger.
Fd 18: Pino-Saavedra, Yolando.
Fd 19: Pop, M.

Box 13: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, Pr—R.

Fd 1: Probert, Thomas.
Fd 2: Puckett, N. H.
Fd 3: Purcell, Joanne.
Fd 4: Pye, James.
Fd 5: R
Fd 6: Rahmann, Rudolf.
Fd 7: Ramon y Rivera, Luis Felipe.
Fd 8: Ramos, M.
Fd 9: Randolph, V.
Fd 10: Ranke, K.
Fd 11: Reaver, R.
Fd 12: Regnoni-Maceri, Clar.
Fd 13: Reuss, Richards.
Fd 14: Richmond, W. E.
Fd 15: Rinzler, Ralph.
Fd 16: Robb, John.
Fd 17: Robbins, R. H.
Fd 18: Roberts, Leanard.
Fd 19: Roberts, Warren.
Fd 20: Rohrich, L.
Fd 21: Rooth, A. B.
Fd 22: Russel, J. B.

Box 14: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, S.

Fd 1: S
Fd 2: Sackett, S. J.
Fd 3: Sanderson, S. F.
Fd 4: Schiffeler, John.
Fd 5: Schmidt, Leopold.
Fd 6: Schneider, Gretchen.
Fd 7: Schwartz, S. P.
Fd 8: Seeger, C.
Fd 9: Silverman, J.
Fd 10: Simon, Gwladys.
Fd 11: Sinclair, G.
Fd 12: Sirovatka, Oldrich.
Fd 13: Splitter, Henry.
Fd 14: Spyridakis, Georgios.
Fd 15: Stallings, J.
Fd 16: Starkie, Walter.
Fd 17: Steckmesser, Kent.
Fd 18: Stekert, E. J.
Fd 19: Stoeltje, Beverly J.
Fd 20: Sturgill, V.

Box 15: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, T—V.

Fd 1: T
Fd 2: Tamony, P.
Fd 3: Tax, Sol.
Fd 4: Tejada-Flores, Iris.
Fd 5: Teneze, Marie-Louise.
Fd 6: Terri, Sally.
Fd 7: Thill, R. S.
Fd 8: Thompson, L.
Fd 9: Thompson, S.
Fd 10: Tillhagen, C.
Fd 11: Toelken, J. Barre.
Fd 12: U
Fd 13: Utley, F.
Fd 14: V

Box 16: Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1974—1980s, W—Z.

Fd 1: W
Fd 2: Wachseler, A. A.
Fd 3: Walter, Marie.
Fd 4: Ward, Donald.
Fd 5: Weinrich, Max.
Fd 6: Welsch, R. L.
Fd 7: Wenger, Clare.
Fd 8: West, John.
Fd 9: Widdowson, John.
Fd 10: Wildhaben, R.
Fd 11: Willin, Roy E.
Fd 12: Wilson, William A. (Bert)
Fd 13: Winslow, David.
Fd 14: Wolfram, Elke.
Fd 15: Woods, B. A.
Fd 16: Wyatt, P. J.
Fd 17: X—Y.
Fd 18: Yoder, Don.
Fd 19: Z
Fd 20: Zender, Matthias.
Fd 21: Zucher, Louis.

Series III: Folklore

Box 1: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Folk festivals.
Fd 2: Paul Bunyan.
Fd 3: Botkin, (Backwards Boasters).
Fd 4: Pecos Bill.
Fd 5: Joe Magarac.
Fd 6: Davy Crockett.
Fd 7: Ned Kelly (an Australian bushranger).
Fd 8: Al Jennings.
Fd 9: Adam.
Fd 10: Johnny Appleseed.
Fd 11: Faustus.
Fd 12: Joe Hill.
Fd 13: Judas Iscariot.
Fd 14: Pancho Villa.
Fd 15: Wild Bill Hickok.
Fd 16: Regionalism.
Fd 17: Material culture.
Fd 18: American readings.
Fd 19: Jewish.
Fd 20: New York.
Fd 21: Detroit.
Fd 22: Finnish in America.
Fd 23: Polish.
Fd 24: African American.
Fd 25: Indian, Michigan.
Fd 26: Mexican.
Fd 27: Pennsylvania, German.
Fd 28: Circles and circularity in folk medicine.

Box 2: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Chinese.
Fd 2: Japanese.
Fd 3: Korean.
Fd 4: German.
Fd 5: Finnish.
Fd 6: Norwegian.
Fd 7: Dutch.
Fd 8: United Kingdom, folklorists.
Fd 9: Danish.
Fd 10: Swedish.
Fd 11: Kalevala (Finnish).
Fd 12: French.
Fd 13: Classical.
Fd 14: Czechoslovakia.
Fd 15: Hungarian.
Fd 16: Irish.
Fd 17: Romance folklore.
Fd 18: Asseverations.
Fd 19: Folk singers.
Fd 20: Richard Dyer-Bennet.
Fd 21: Burl Ives.
Fd 22: Folksongs of John J. Niles.
Fd 23: Ortsneckereien.
Fd 24: Epitaphs.

Box 3: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Schinder.
Fd 2: Folklore and literature.
Fd 3: Der Stern, Hamburg, 1958.
Fd 4: Rough music.
Fd 5: Scatological rites of burglars.
Fd 6: Tramps.
Fd 7: Gypsies.
Fd 8: Verbal charms.
Fd 9: Names, onomastics.
Fd 10: Occupational lingo.
Fd 11: Limericks.
Fd 12: Hoaxes.
Fd 13: Charms.
Fd 14: Curses.
Fd 15: Sign language.
Fd 16: Word play.
Fd 17: Boasts.
Fd 18: Bebop, hep-talk, jive, etc.
Fd 19: Street cries.
Fd 20: Similies.
Fd 21: Speech, lexical.
Fd 22: Speech of loggers.
Fd 23: Folk speech.
Fd 24: Folk speech.
Fd 25: Speech meanings.
Fd 26: Circumlocutions for “never”.
Fd 27: Folk etymology.
Fd 28: Imperative name.
Fd 29: Spoonerisms.
Fd 30: Parodies.
Fd 31: Esoteric speech.
Fd 32: Fairytale origins.
Fd 33: Numbskull stories.
Fd 34: Formulaic beginnings and endings.
Fd 35: Circular tales.
Fd 36: Russian.
Fd 37: Doktor Asswissend.
Fd 38: Die drei Spinnerinnen.
Fd 39: Rumplestilzchen.
Fd 40: “The Dance Out Shoes”.
Fd 41: Jack and the Giant Killer.
Fd 42: Istanbul.

Box 4: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Riddles.
Fd 2: Proverbs.
Fd 3: Proverbs.
Fd 4: Proverbs, style and form.
Fd 5: Proverbs, bibliography.
Fd 6: Naming people and places.
Fd 7: Mythology.
Fd 8: Oregon.
Fd 9: W.P.A
Fd 10: Chimneysweep lore
Fd 11: Apprenticeship customs.
Fd 12: American proverbs dictionary.
Fd 13: Austin and Alta Fife.
Fd 14: Chile.
Fd 15: Miners Butte.
Fd 16: Oaths, curses, perjury.
Fd 17: Punishment.
Fd 18: Applied folklore.

Box 5: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Botkin readings.
Fd 2: Fields of folklore.
Fd 3: Folklore ‘names’.
Fd 4: Finnish method.
Fd 5: Atypical forms.
Fd 6: Atlases.
Fd 7: Material culture.
Fd 8: Loch Ness Monster.
Fd 9: Lorelei.
Fd 10: Unicorns.
Fd 11: Der Klabautermann, bibliography.
Fd 12: Legends.
Fd 13: Legend surveys, 1966.
Fd 14: Lost mines and buried treasure.
Fd 15: Die Weisse Frau.
Fd 16: Gallows.
Fd 17: Unsavory professions.
Fd 18: Forbidden pastimes.
Fd 19: Custom and usage.
Fd 20: Brach-Sage.
Fd 21: Das Madchen onhe Hande.
Fd 22: Mike Fink.
Fd 23: Animals, legal aspects.
Fd 24: “Fine Arts Education in the Soviet Union”, 1963.
Fd 25: Bogeymen.
Fd 26: Miscellaneous.

Box 6: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Sunken cities.
Fd 2: The Prodigal Son
Fd 3: Long Sleepers
Fd 4: La Llarona.
Fd 5: Social control.
Fd 6: Frevelsagen.
Fd 7: Ineradicable Bloodstain Legend.
Fd 8: Wandering Jew.
Fd 9: Historical legends.
Fd 10: Ranke, Sage, und Erlebris.
Fd 11: Flying Dutchman.
Fd 12: Wandersage.
Fd 13: Local legend.
Fd 14: Legend belief.
Fd 15: Legend and folktale.
Fd 16: Stable function and variable agent.
Fd 17: Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Fd 18: Treasure legends.
Fd 19: Legend classification.
Fd 20: Legends that live.
Fd 21: Saints’ legends.
Fd 22: Giants.
Fd 23: Fairies.
Fd 24: Dwarfs.
Fd 25: Comparative mythology.
Fd 26: Mythology.
Fd 27: Lower mythology.
Fd 28: Ritual.
Fd 29: Functional change of motif.
Fd 30: Adaptation.
Fd 31: Acculturation.
Fd 32: Methodological problems.
Fd 33: “Die Folkloristische Arbiets Methode”, Krohn.
Fd 34: Finnish method.
Fd 35: Status of folklore studies.
Fd 36: Industrial.
Fd 37: William J. Thoms.
Fd 38: Miscellaneous.

Box 7: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Ghostlore.
Fd 2: Ghostlore.
Fd 3: Religious.
Fd 4: Caesarius von Heisterbach.
Fd 5: Predigtmarlein.
Fd 6: Jokes and anecdotes, The Merry Tale.
Fd 7: The Mouse that Crawled through the Fence.
Fd 8: Die Schreckliche Drohung.
Fd 9: Tall tales.
Fd 10: Noodle stories.
Fd 11: Lutz Rohrich.
Fd 12: Schroonk.
Fd 13: Italian facetiae.
Fd 14: Schwankdichtung.
Fd 15: Heinrich Bebel.
Fd 16: Jacques de Vitry.
Fd 17: Johannes Paul.
Fd 18: Gesta Romanorum.
Fd 19: Schwankdichter Des XVI, Johrhund Erts.
Fd 20: Baron Munchhausen.
Fd 21: Hodscha Nasreddin.
Fd 22: The town inhabited by simpletons.
Fd 23: Till Eutenspiegel.
Fd 24: Circular tales and verses.
Fd 25: Anansi.
Fd 26: Greek fables.
Fd 27: German bibliography.
Fd 28: Banshee.
Fd 29: Vila.
Fd 30: Will o’ Wisp.
Fd 31: Die Wilde Jagd.
Fd 32: Ghouls.
Fd 33: Legendary, various.
Fd 34: Belts.
Fd 35: Indiana Folklore Archive, legends.
Fd 36: Legends that live.
Fd 37: Forschungsstelle.
Fd 38: Legends, bibliographies.
Fd 39: Long sleepers.
Fd 40: Petrus Alfonsi.

Box 8: Folklore files.

Fd 1: The Two Travelers
Fd 2: The Two Kings, Grimm.
Fd 3: Das Tapfere Schneiderlein.
Fd 4: Tom Thumb.
Fd 5: Jack and the Drill.
Fd 6: Der Gevatter Tod, Grimm.
Fd 7: Der Trommler, Grimm.
Fd 8: Konig Drosselbart.
Fd 9: Meisterdob.
Fd 10: Cinderella and Allerleirauh.
Fd 11: Cinderella, Grimm.
Fd 12: Frau Holle, Grimm.
Fd 13: Clever Peasant Daughter, Grimm.
Fd 14: Dance, American Indians.
Fd 15: Folk plays.
Fd 16: Folk Art (with photographs).
Fd 17: Folk dance.
Fd 18: Animal husbandry.
Fd 19: The blessing of animals.
Fd 20: The blessing of the hounds.
Fd 21: Singing bones, Grimm.
Fd 22: Kuhn and Schwartz, Norddt Saga Mrachen und Gebrauche.
Fd 23: Legends, reviews.
Fd 24: The devil.
Fd 25: Legends, Ranke Luthi Rohrich.
Fd 26: Humor.

Box 9: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Roots of folk narration.
Fd 2: Structure of folktales.
Fd 3: Two brothers.
Fd 4: The magic flight.
Fd 5: Puss and boots.
Fd 6: Polyhemus.
Fd 7: Folktales motifs.
Fd 8: Class collecting topics.
Fd 9: Enzyklopaedie des Marchens.
Fd 10: Reading and assignments.
Fd 11: Age of tales and dissemination.
Fd 12: Folktales of Africa.
Fd 13: Folktales of Eastern Europe.
Fd 14: Russian folktales.
Fd 15: Folktales, European among Americans.
Fd 16: External Soul; life tokens.
Fd 17: American folktales.
Fd 18: Folktales in America, old world.
Fd 19: Persia folktales.
Fd 20: The Hero.
Fd 21: The Tar Baby.
Fd 22: Schlaraffenland.
Fd 23: Bear’s Son.
Fd 24: Table, ass, stick.
Fd 25: Singing souring lark, Grimm.
Fd 26: Dragon slayer stories.

Box 10: Folklore files.

Fd 1: Formula tales.
Fd 2: Hitopadesa.
Fd 3: Beast epics.
Fd 4: Animal tales.
Fd 5: Fables of Bidpai.
Fd 6: Fables.
Fd 7: Gift-motif.
Fd 8: Aarne, Leitfaden.
Fd 9: Structures of folktales.
Fd 10: Tale-telling community.
Fd 11: Pentamerone.
Fd 12: Folktales, reference works.
Fd 13: Grimm’s fairy tales.
Fd 14: Narrator complex.
Fd 15: Structural elements, folktale.
Fd 16: East Indian folktales.
Fd 17: Scandinavian folktales scholars.
Fd 18: Folklore scholarship in France.
Fd 19: Folktale tradition of India.
Fd 20: Fairy tale relationships.
Fd 21: Folk hero.
Fd 22: Fairy tale formulae.
Fd 23: Early history of European folktales.
Fd 24: Friendly helpers.
Fd 25: Star husband tale.
Fd 26: Structural and stylistic elements.
Fd 27: Epic laws, Krohn Olrick.

Box 11: Folklore files, newspapers articles concerning folklore.

Fd 1: Newspaper articles.
Fd 2: Newspaper articles.
Fd 3: Newspaper articles.
Fd 4: Newspaper articles.

Box 12: Folklore files, folksong papers.

Fd 1: Butte Miners’ Songs, 1948.
Fd 2: Butte Miners’ lore, poems.
Fd 3: Butte Miners’ songs.
Fd 4: Butte songs, non-mining.
Fd 5: Kyle Pugh song.
Fd 6: Mat Hanifin song.
Fd 7: “Don’t Go Down the Mine Dad”.
Fd 8: Camborne Hill.
Fd 9: Letters to informants.
Fd 10: Mother Madina.
Fd 11: Casey Jones.
Fd 12: Drill ye tarriers.
Fd 13: Maggie.
Fd 14: The Nipper Song.
Fd 15: Prisoner’s Song.
Fd 16: Carolina morning.
Fd 17: My sweetheart’s a mule in the mines.
Fd 18: My Indiana home.
Fd 19: When you wore a tulip.
Fd 20: Don’t bite the hand that’s feeding you.
Fd 21: Mother machree.
Fd 22: The house in Centerville.
Fd 23: In the evening by the moonlight.
Fd 24: Where do we go from here.
Fd 25: James McGrandy folksongs.
Fd 26: Where d’ya worka.
Fd 27: Songs not known.
Fd 28: Identifications, 1940s.
Fd 29: Tropical ballads and correspondence, 1940s.
Fd 30: Butte miners’ lore correspondence, 1940s.
Fd 31: Music, technical.
Fd 32: Song by Al Fisher.
Fd 33: Strike songs.
Fd 34: Hinton course.
Fd 35: Singers.
Fd 36: Mining, general.
Fd 37: Acknowledgements.
Fd 38: General singing.
Fd 39: Carols.
Fd 40: Forman and shifters.
Fd 41: Correspondence about folksongs, 1940s.
Fd 42: Bands, glee-clubs, and choruses.
Fd 43: Jack Gaffney fragment.
Fd 44: Bob Gray song.
Fd 45: Jim Gallagher song.
Fd 46: Rustling songs.
Fd 47: The Skinner.
Fd 48: The Rimmer.
Fd 49: 1972 review by W. Hand.

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