Vance Randolph research material collection, 1865-1980.

Legman, G. (Gershon), 1917-

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Halpert, Herbert, 1911-2000

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Bayard, Samuel Preston

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Samuel Preston Bayard, famed folklorist, conducted fieldwork collecting folk songs even before he enrolled at the Pennsylvania State College. Bayard was born on April 10, 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated with an A.B. in Music in 1934, and received an A.M. in English from Harvard two years later. In 1945, Bayard was hired to teach Freshman Composition at the Pennsylvania State College and his scholarly output dealing with folk music grew tremendously. He was appointed assistant prof...

Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980

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Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. Aft...

Cochran, Robert, 1943-

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Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980

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Author and folklorist. From the description of Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232113 The Collector Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in psychology. As a graduate stu...

Glassie, Henry, 1941-

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Henry H. Glassie was born in Washington, D. C., in 1941. He earned his Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. He began his teaching career at the Pennsylvania State University, where he taught from 1969 to 1970. For the following six years he taught at the Indiana University before coming back to the University of Pennsylvania to be a faculty member of the Department of Folklore and Folklife. He served as department chairman from 1976 to 1980, followed by the appointment ...

Wilgus, D. K.

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D.K. (Donald Knight) Wilgus was born on 1 December 1918, in Mansfield, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1941, a Master of Arts in 1947, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1954. Wilgus spent most of his career teaching in the Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Throughout his career he helped pioneer the chronicling of popular musical forms, including Blues and "Hillbilly"...

Seeger, Peggy, 1935-....

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