G. Malcolm Laws, Jr. papers 1943-1978

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G. Malcolm Laws, Jr. papers 1943-1978

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The G. Malcolm Laws' collection consists of correspondence, catalogs, English class notes, maps and tourist guides, memoirs, royalties, Voice of America correspondence, John I. White correspondence, White House Library organization, articles and writings, Princeton fifty year class reunion book, diverse writings and articles from Laws, general information forms on Laws' personal and public life, writings and book reviews on Laws' three published books: Native American Balladry, American Balladry from British Broadsides and, The British Literary Ballad, book reviews from Laws on other works, manuscripts and typescripts of his three books, an encapsulated broadside, and a ballad bibliography.

19 boxes; 7 linear ft.

eng,

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6623830

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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White, John I. (John Irwin), 1902-1992

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John I. White (1902-1992) was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, radio personality, and map draftsman. His singing career culminated when he played his guitar and sang as "The Lonesome Cowboy" on the NBC radio drama "Death Valley Days" sponsored by Twenty-Mule-Team Borax from 1929-1936. He maintained a lifelong interest in cowboy songs and the American West, researching and writing articles and two books on this and other topics. From the description of John I. White papers, 1889-1994...

Laws, G. Malcolm (George Malcolm), 1919-

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George Malcolm Laws, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 4, 1919. He married Beatrice Elfreth on June 10, 1950. They are the parents of four children. From Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Laws received his A.B. in 1942, and from the University of Pennsylvania, he received his A.M. in 1946, and his Ph. D. in 1949. Laws' interest in ballads, which developed while in college, led to his dissertation on the balladry of Native American Indians. The English De...