Thompson, S. mss., 1911-1976

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Thompson, S. mss., 1911-1976

Collection consists of the papers of Stith Thompson, 1885-1976, including correspondence; writings by Thompson; biographical and autobiographical materials such as travel files and diaries; materials relating to professional societies and conferences to which he belonged and attended; and family genealogies on which he worked over the years.

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Spivey, Herman E. (Herman Everette), 1907-

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Hustvedt, Sigurd B.

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Flowers, Helen L.

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Perez, Soledad

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Dundes, Alan.

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Alan Dundes was born in New York City on September 8, 1934. He earned a B.A. (1955) and a M.A. (1958) at Yale University. He received a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Indiana in 1962. He joined the University of California, Berkeley anthropology faculty in 1963 and is widely credited with establishing folklore as a full-fledged academic discipline. He taught at Berkeley until his death on March 30, 2005. From the description of Alan Dundes papers, circa 1960-2006. (Universi...

Reinhard, J. R.

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Schmidt, Leopold

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Thompson, William L., 1948-

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Rooth, A.

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Hymes, Dell H.

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Dell Hathaway Hymes, an anthropologist, linguist, and educator, is best known for his studies of the language and culture of Native Americans at the Warm Springs reservation in Central Oregon. From the guide to the Introduction to Swadesh Book, The Origin and Diversification of Language, 1971, (American Philosophical Society) Dell H. Hymes is a linguist and folklorist. From the guide to the The language of the Kathlamet Chinook, 1955, 1955, (American Philosophica...

Voegelin, Carl

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Gennep, Arnold van, 1873-1957

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White, Newman I.

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Schwartzbaum, Haim

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Gayton, Ann H.

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Patch, H. R.

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Brown, A. C. L.

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Lange, Francisco Curt

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Ellis, Milton

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Noe, Cotton, 1864-1953

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Poet, teacher, lawyer. John Thomas Cotton Noe was born in Washington County, Ky. He attended Franklin College in Indiana and did graduate work at Cornell and at the University of Chicago. He taught English for a time and was an administrator at the secondary school level. He later taught English at Lincoln Memorial University and at the University of Kentucky, where he became head of the College of Education. He published seven volumes of poetry and wrote many poems for ...

Mayer, Fannie Hagin

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Hammerich, L. L.

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Lo Nigro, Sebastian

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Christiansen, Reidar Th.

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Perry, Ben

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Pereira Salas, Eugenio

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Roberts, Warren

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Levin, Isidor, 1919-

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Sanderson, S.

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Campbell, John Lorne, 1906-1996

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Rose, Harold

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Lewis, Elaine, 1935-

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Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981

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Dr. Richard Dorson is often cited as the father of American folklore. Over his lifetime he published a large collection of books and articles dealing with how folklore and culture are tied together. Dorson founded the Indiana University Folklore Institute in 1963, and became the first director and Chairman of the Folklore Department in 1978. From the description of Richard M. Dorson papers, 1940-1980, bulk 1962-1977. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 528831734 ...

Eskeröd, Albert

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Watt, J. A.

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Wilson, Gordon

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Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976

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Professor of English and Folklore at Indiana University. From the description of Papers, 1911-1972. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 52599598 ...

Amades, Joan, 1890-1959

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Joan Amades i Gelats (Catalan pronunciation: (Barcelona, 23 July 1890 - 17 January 1959), was an eminent Catalan ethnologist and folklorist. ...

Pop, Mihai.

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Bowen, Ray P.

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Vega, Carlos

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Carlos Vega An Ecuadorian-born community activist, Carlos Vega moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts, with his family in 1955, settling in the city's "Flats" neighborhood, a working-class community then populated largely by Irish and French Canadians. As a child, Vega witnessed the end of the post-war economic boom and the downturn in Holyoke's fortunes as many of the factories that formed the city's lifeblood began to relocate to the U.S. South or Asia. By the ti...

Leach, MacEdward, 1896-1967

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Pound, Louise, 1872-1958

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American folklorist who taught at the University of Nebraska. From the description of Folklore collection, 1908-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536724 From the guide to the Louise Pound folklore collection, 1908-1953, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Louise Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 30, 1872. She earned a B.A. in 1892 and a M.A. in 1895 from the University of Nebraska. She matriculated at Heidelberg University where she received her Doctor ...

Rael, Juan Bautista, 1900-1993

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The Collector Linguist and folklorist Juan Bautista Rael, highly regarded for his pioneering work in collecting and documenting the Hispano folk stories, plays, and religious traditions of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, was born on August 14, 1900, in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. His bachelor's degree, from St. Mary's College in Oakland in 1923, led to a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1927. After dec...

Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963

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Pioneer anthropologist and Africanist; Professor of Sociology (1927-38) and of Anthropology (1938-61), Northwestern University. From 1961 through 1963, held Northwestern's Chair of African Studies, the first such position in the United States. From the description of Melville Herskovits Papers, 1906-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80577063 Anthropologist; Africanist; founder of the first African Studies program in the United States. Melville J. ...

Law, Robert A.

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Boberg, Inger

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Wilson, George P.

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Bodker, Laurits

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Claudel, Alice

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Clarke, Kenneth

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Liungman, Waldemar, 1883-

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Stegemeier, Henri

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Greever, Garland, 1883-1967

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Rath, Moser

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Pearce, T. M. (Thomas Matthews), 1902-

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Writer and Professor of English, born Covington, Kentucky, 1902, died Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986. From the description of Thomas M. Pearce Papers 1462-1985. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 21176528 Educator and author. Born May 22, 1902, at Covington, Kentucky. Moved to New Mexico in 1927 and taught English at the University of New Mexico as an assistant, then associate professor until his retriement in 1964. His published works include "Americ...

Jente, Richard, 1888-1952

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Jente was head of the Department of German, University of North Carolina, 1937-1953. From the description of Richard Jente collection of proverbs, undated. WorldCat record id: 25422611 From the guide to the Richard Jente Collection of Proverbs, ., undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Pasquali, P. S.

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Ortutay, Gyula

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Pawlowska, Harriet

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Ruben, Walter

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Coffin, Tristram (Tristam Chalkley), 1909-1990

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Sweeny, Margaret

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Wesselksi, Albert

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Davis, Harold

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Upadhyaya, H. S.

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Pino Saavedra, Yolando

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Taylor, Archer, 1890-1973

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Professor at Washington University, St. Louis (1915-1925), University Chicago (1925-1939), University of California, Berkeley (1939-1957). From the description of Archer Taylor papers pertaining to folklore, [ca. 1939-ca. 1973]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233603554 Memoirs of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of The Mediaeval Academy of America ---from Speculum (July, 1974), pp. 606-08 Archer Taylor, a Fe...

Creighton, Helen

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Kiefer, Emma Emily.

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Newman, Soledad

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Tillhagen, C. H.

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Gerould, Gordon Hall, 1877-1953

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Gordon Hall Gerould was an American philologist, born in Goffstown, N.H. He was a member of the faculty of Bryn Mawr and a professor at Princeton. In 1918 he was a captain in the U.S. Army. Among other works, he was the author of The North England Homily Collection (1902) and Peter Sanders, Retired (1920), a novel. From the guide to the Gordon Hall Gerould Papers, 1904-1953, 1945-1950, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) ...

Arlt, Gustave A.

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Jones, Louis C.

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Gillmor, Frances

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Andersson, Otto

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Grebanier, Bernard D. N., 1903-1977

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English professor, Brooklyn College; poet. From the description of Papers, 1941-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453995 ...

Lillard, Richard

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McKinlay, Arthur

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Kirtley, Bacil

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Winger, Bjorn

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Haavio, Martii

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Roberts, Elizabeth, 1936-....

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Member and officer of various women's organizations related to medicine; resident of Durham, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1950-1975 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32720149 Epithet: aunt of Henry Hallam British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000246 Elizabeth Roberts was a member and officer of various women's organizations related to medicine, an active mem...

Krohn, Väinö (1891- ).

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Peeters, Karel Constant, 1903-....

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Thomas, Nora

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Maticetov, Milko

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Mendoza, Virginia de

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Maurer, David W.

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Henssen, Gottfried, 1889-

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Allen, Robert E., 1926-

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Raben, Joe

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Davidson, Levette

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Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939

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American anthropologist and linguist. From the description of Yana field notes: holographs, 1907. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227536942 ...

Meyer, Robert T., 1911-1987

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Balys, Joans

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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...

McDermott, John Francis

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Botkin, B. A

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O'Duilearga, Séamus

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Tabor, John, 1667-

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Epithet: MD, of Halland, county Sussex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x0001f1 ...

Radin, Paul

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Melo, Verisimmo de

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Smith, Reed, 1881-1943

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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005

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William Nelson Fenton is an anthropologist and ethnologist specializing in Iroquoian studies. From the description of Papers relating to Indian affairs, 1709-1797. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439907 From the guide to the George Chalmers papers relating to Indian affairs, 1750-1775, 1750-1775, (American Philosophical Society) William N. Fenton is an anthropologist specializing in Iroquois studies. He has published many papers, rev...

Meyncke, Gretchen Dye

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Penzer, N. M.

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James, Thelma

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Nett, Bruno

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Aronco, Gianfranco d'

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Köngäs, E. K.

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Frick, Constance

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Keller, John E., 1924-

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Sayers, Frances Clarke, 1897-1989

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Sayers was born on Sept. 4, 1897 in Topeka, KS; attended Univ. of TX and Carnegie Institute of Technology; asst. in children's room (1918-23) and superintendent of work with children (1941-52), New York Public Library; lecturer on children's literature, 1954-65, UCLA; won Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship, 1965 and Clarence Day Award, 1966 for Summoned by books : essays and speeches (ed. by Marjeanne Blinn, 1965); other publications include B...

Greenway, John.

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Epithet: Merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x000248 ...

Barua, B.K.

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Warren, Charles

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Pires de Lima, F.

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Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...

Briggs, Katharine

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Weltfish, Gene

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Tyler, George

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Millican, C. E.

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Swahn, D. J.

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Graham, D. C.

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Emeneau, Murray B.

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McHugh, Roger

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Boggs, Ralph S.

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Boratav, Pertev N.

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Schlauch, Margaret

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O'Suilleabhain, Sean

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Moder, Frances

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Work, James A.

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Wycoco-Moore, R.

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Tanner, William M.

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Marjerrison, Mary

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Laya, J. C.

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Jansen, William H., 1949-

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Malone, Kempe

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Fansler, Dean S.

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Albrect, William

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Musick, Ruth Ann

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Gassner, John

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Peate, Iowerth

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Valente, Phyllis P.

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Morris, Alton Chester

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Lacourciére, Luc

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Crowell, Robert L.

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Utley, Francis Lee, 1907-1974

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Gaster, Theodor Herzl, 1906-1992

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Delarue, Paul

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Brown, Carleton, 1869-1941

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Carleton Fairchild Brown was secretary of the Modern Language Association of America. He was also associated with Bryn Mawr College. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155882758 ...

Röhrich, Lutz

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Jakobson, Roman and Svatava

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Spargo, John W.

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Espinosa, Aurelio

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Marshall, Alexander H.

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Beatty, Arthur, 1869-1943

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Megas, Georgios

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Rubin, Ruth.

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Ruth Rubin was a folkorist and a noted performer of Yiddish folksong. Her performances in New York included recitals at Carnegie Hall and at Town Hall. She was born in Montreal in 1906. From the guide to the Ruth Rubin Collection of Yiddish folksong and folklore [sound recording] :, 1947-1966, (The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.) ...

Hand, Wayland D.

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Waterman, Richard Alan, 1914-1971

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Mitchell, Ruth Crawford, 1890-

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Career: born June 2, 1890, Atlantic Heights, New Jersey; daughter of Stanford and Gertrude (Smith) Crawford; B.A. Vassar, 1912; M.A. Washington University, 1915; married LeRoy Bradley Mitchell, November 27, 1923. Activities and honors include Social Survey of Prague sponsored by War Council of the Y.W.C.A., U.S.A.; Czech-American Summer Training School for Social Workers; return trips in 1925, 1936, 1946, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969; Treasurer, Masaryk Publications Trust, 1959- ; The Cross of Knight ...

Ikeda, Hiroko

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Jackson, George Pullen

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Loorits, Oskar, 1900-

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Pinckney, Sarah

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Lee, Hector, 1908-1992

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Hector Lee completed his MA from Berkeley in the 1930s and became an instructor at the University of Utah. In the early 1940s, Lee, along with Austin Fife and Wayland Hand, conducted extensive fieldwork on the Mormon legend of the Three Nephites, which is why Lee, Fife, and Hand were jokingly called "The Three Nephites" by their friends. In a 1985 Newsletter of the Folklore Society of Utah article, Dave Stanley wrote: " In 1942, Lee published an article: "The Three Nephites: A Disap...

Lessa, William

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Strömbäck, Dag

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Schacht, P. L.

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Winther, O. O.

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Wallace, Roy

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Kirkland, Edwin C.

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Brewster, Paul G.

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Anderson, Walter, 1885-1962

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Beckwith, Martha

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Dawkins, R. M. (Richard McGillivray), 1871-1955

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Lindgren, E. J. (Ethel John)

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Hinton, James

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002ec Epithet: history lecturer Warwick University, great-great-grandson of J Hinton MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000010 Epithet: Congregational minister at Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...

Herzog, George, 1901-1983

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