Leonard Roberts Papers 1950-1983.

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Leonard Roberts Papers 1950-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51875991

These are correspondence, writings, ballads, folk tales and other narrative material, audio recordings, and photographs that document the research, publication, and teaching of Kentucky folklorist Leonard Ward Roberts, 1912-1983.

27.8 linear ft. (49 mss boxes, 99 reel tapes, 44 cassette tapes)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Berea College, Hutchins Library

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