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[Subject research files] [manuscripts] / Benjamin A. Botkin.

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These materials consist of files that pertain to Botkin's research, written work, and topics of interest. . Some of the files include Botkin's original manuscripts and notes and generally related to books or articles that he planned to write and to have published. The series also includes a large set of research index cards that mirror the subjects represented in the document files.

45 boxes (18 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...