University of Arizona. Folklore Committee.

The University of Arizona established an interdepartmental Folklore Committee in 1943 to collect songs, tales, folk remedies and interviews from Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Francis Gillmor chaired the Committee until 1972, after which it was chaired by Byrd H. Granger. In 1978 the Committee was dissolved, and its archives were transferred to the newly created Southwest Folklore Center in 1979.

From the description of University of Arizona Folklore Committee records, 1943-1979. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 37130456

The University of Arizona Folklore Committee, founded in 1943 by Professor Frances Gillmor, created the Folklore Archive in 1945 to conserve folkloric materials being collected statewide by the interdepartmental Committtee. The committee collected songs, tales, remedies, and interviews from all over Arizona, with some extensions into Sonora, Mexico. Dr. Gillmor chaired the committee until her retirement, when Dr. Byrd H. Granger asumed the chair. Upon Granger's retirement in 1978, the Folklore Committee was dissolved. In 1979 the University of Arizona Southwest Folklore Center was created to continue its functions, and it assumed the Folklore Archive into its materials.

The focus of the material collected by the Folklore Committee was narrative and folk music traditions of English and Spanish-speaking peoples of the Southwest. The committee collected only a small amount of material concerning Native American folklore.

From the guide to the University of Arizona Folklore Committee records, 1943-1979, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections)