Otto Ernest Rayburn papers 1916-1960.

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Otto Ernest Rayburn papers 1916-1960.

Collection is divided into 13 series, comprising a voluminous collection of research files entitled the Ozark Folk Encyclopedia, bibliographies of Rayburn's writings and other writing about the Ozarks, several typescript volumes written or compiled by Rayburn, correspondence, scrapbooks, pictures, and other material. The bulk of the collection is the Ozark Folk Encyclopedia, 229 folders containing Rayburn's working files of clippings, notes, letters, pictures, etc., arranged in alphabetical order.

1473 items (25 linear ft.)

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Rayburn, Otto Ernest

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Otto Ernest Rayburn moved to the Ozarks in 1917. He lived in Missouri and Arkansas, where he was a teacher, newspaper publisher, bookseller, and promoter of tourism. Toward the end of his life he organized his enormous hoard of information about the Ozarks into the collection now in the University Libraries. He died in 1960. From the description of Otto Ernest Rayburn papers 1916-1960. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 34639902 ...