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

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This series contains materials that Botkin gathered together for research or to document individuals that he was interested in or related to some aspect of folklore, professional folklore organizations, and other aspects of his career. Depending on Botkin's interest or relationship to the individual the files will include correspondence sent or received by Botkin from the individual, published materials, reprints, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, or other secondary resource materials.

21 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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SNAC Resource ID: 7280978

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...