Personal correspondence [manuscripts] / Benjamin A. Botkin.

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Personal correspondence [manuscripts] / Benjamin A. Botkin.

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Includes letters to and from Botkin's parents, his brother Harry Botkin, his wife Gertrude, and his children Dorothy and Daniel. There are also letters that Gertrude wrote to her parents or that Botkin wrote to his in-laws. These letters are highly reflective of Botkin's personal life, his day-to-day activities, ideas and thoughts about his work, and interests.

27 boxes (11 linear ft.)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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SNAC Resource ID: 7082733

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975

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Benjamin A. Botkin was born in 1901 in Boston, Mass. He began Harvard at age 15, graduating magna cum laude at 19, and earned a MA in English literature from Columbia. He then taught english at the University of Oklahoma before studying with folklore scholar Louise Pound at the University of Nebraska where he received a Ph.D. in 1931. In 1937, Botkin accepted a position as the national folklore editor for the Federal Writers' Project. He also served as the co-founder and chairman of the WPA Join...