Carl L. Withers Manuscript Collection Bulk, 1947-1950 1947-1984

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Carl L. Withers Manuscript Collection Bulk, 1947-1950 1947-1984

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The Carl L. Withers Manuscript Collection documents the professional career of Carl L. Withers, including his experience as a professor of English, a book editor, anthropologist, and author of works exploring children's folklore. The collection primarily consists of material in English and Spanish that relates to extensive fieldwork studies conducted in various provinces of Cuba between 1947 and 1950. The collection includes correspondence, field notes, children's artwork, folklore, unpublished manuscripts, and an extensive range of black and white photographs. A portion of the collection relates to a research project on student life conducted at Yale University and a pilot study of American teen culture for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Appended items to the collection include correspondence between Dr. Vera D. Rubin and Carl Withers, his bequest of the Cuban materials to RISM, an unpublished memoir written by his friends, and books from his library.

16.4 linear feet

New York University. Archives

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