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New York Folklore Society. Records, 1950-1998.

Title: Records, 1950-1998.

The records in this collection document the operational activities of the New York Folklore Society from the early 1950s until the late 1990s. The types of materials found in this collection include flyers, invitations, programs and other materials connected to organizing, promoting, and holding membership meetings; correspondence, meeting minutes, and other materials documenting board business; financial records and reports; and subscription records to publications; well-documented grant applications to the New York State Council on the Arts and the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (8.0 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79465110 View

IU Folklore Institute, 1987

Title: IU Folklore Institute 1987

The project deals with the beginning, the building, and the growth of the Indiana University (IU) Folklore Institute into an internationally recognized program. The interviewees are mostly students and/or faculty of the folklore program from the 1940s to the 1980s. They discuss those who most influenced and impacted the institute, namely Stith Thompson and Richard M. Dorson. They share their memories and experiences of the time they spent, or continue to spend, in the IU Folklore Institute.

ArchivalResource: 41 interviews; Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral materials

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=ohrc070 View

Thompson, Harold William, 1891-1964. Harold William Thompson papers, 1942-1955.

Title: Harold William Thompson papers, 1942-1955.

Correspondence with Louis C. Jones of the New York State Historical Association, and with Benjamin A. Botkin, Carl Carmer, Walter Edmonds, Ruth Rubin, Pete Seeger, and others contributing to or interested in the Quarterly, concerning its founding. Also, drafts, copies, and galley proofs of articles for the Quarterly; and hymns listed by composer compiled by Thompson while organist and choirmaster of the First Presbyterian Church, Albany. Also, a tape recording of ceremonies at a testimonial dinner honoring Thompson.

ArchivalResource: .8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74899134 View

New York Folklore Society. Institutional file.

Title: Institutional file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680660234 View

New York Folklore Society. [A collection of printed material pertaining to the New York Folklore Society].

Title: [A collection of printed material pertaining to the New York Folklore Society]. [1949]

Postcard announcement.

ArchivalResource: 1 piece ; 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781982 View

Jones, Louis C. (Louis Clark), 1908-1990. Louis C. Jones papers, 1853-1993 (bulk 1925-1987).

Title: Louis C. Jones papers, 1853-1993 (bulk 1925-1987).

The Louis C. Jones Papers consist of personal and business correspondence, legal documents and financial records relating to the Jones family, books, diaries, slides, and photographs. Includes papers from Louis Jones' teaching career, his writings and presentations, and research for his doctoral dissertation. Much of the collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings used for his research. The materials reflect Jones' association with the New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown Graduate Program, New York Folklore Society, American Folklore Society, and The Farmers' Museum. Also contains materials collected by his wife, Agnes Halsey Jones, on African American life and art, as well as New York State paintings and folk art. Additionally, there are various materials from Louis Jones' father, C. Edward Jones, correspondence with his mentor / colleague Harold W. Thompson, and transcripts of taped interviews of Cecily Symington. The notable correspondence series contains letters from Stephen Vincent Benet, Sterling A. Brown, Carl Carmer, Winston Churchill, Padriac Colum, Countee Cullen, Walter D. Edmonds, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Betty Ford, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Langston Hughes, William Kennedy, Charles Kuralt, James A. Michener, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Rex Stout, Jackie Robinson, Norman Thomas, Gene Tunney, Mark Van Doren, Alexander Woollcott, and Henry A. Wallace.

ArchivalResource: 48.5 cu. ft. + 1 oversize folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316065404 View

New York Folklore Society : PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: New York Folklore Society : PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77604446 View