Baughman folklore collection, [1948-1981].

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Baughman folklore collection, [1948-1981].

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The Ernest Warren Baughman collection contains six boxes of folk-tales (boxes 1-5 and 12) and six boxes of index cards recording folk cures, proverbs, rhymes and games, riddles, superstitions, customs, jokes, and weather lore (boxes 6-11), all collected by his students. The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the collector. Most of the index cards also contain the name of the informant. Many of the students who collected the proverbs etc. in the index cards also collected the folk-tales. The most prominent of these students is Leslie Marmon Silko, now know as the author of Laguna Woman: poems, Ceremony, Storyteller, Almanac of the dead and others. In the original inventory she is listed under the name Leslie M. Chapman.

12 boxes (9 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-

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Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-), native American writer, author of Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead. From the description of Per Seyersted papers concerning Leslie Marmon Silko, 1973-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148173 ...

Baughman, Ernest Warren, 1916-

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Ernest Warren Baughman was born Sept. 10, 1916, in Manson, Iowa. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. In 1948 he moved to New Mexico to teach at the University of New Mexico (UNM). During his tenure at UNM, Baughman specialized in American literature and folklore, earning an international reputation in both fields. Baughman was president of the New Mexico Folklore Society from 1972-1973, and a member of the Society of Fellows of the American Folklore Society. After Baughman reti...