[Lay my burden down (LMBD) manuscripts and related materials] 1944-1971 [manuscripts] / Benjamin A. Botkin.

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[Lay my burden down (LMBD) manuscripts and related materials] 1944-1971 [manuscripts] / Benjamin A. Botkin.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232687713

Includes correspondence, research manuscripts, artwork and other materials related to "Lay my burden down"

5 boxes (2 linear ft.)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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...