D.K. Wilgus Folklore Collection 1918-1989.

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D.K. Wilgus Folklore Collection 1918-1989.

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This collection of Kentucky folklore is comprised of correspondence, ballads, songs, stories, sayings, legends, and commercial sound recordings collected between 1950-1962 by folklorist D.K. Wilgus (1918-1989) while teaching at Western Kentucky State College (now University). Also included are similar material Wilgus obtained from earlier folklore scholars Josiah Combs, Herbert Halpert, and E.C. Parrow.

5 linear ft. (12 mss boxes)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7644973

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Thomas, D. Lee

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Combs, Josiah Henry, 1886-1960

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Josiah H. Combs (1886-1960) was born in Hazard (Perry County) Kentucky. He grew up in Knott County and attended Hindman Settlement School. The songs he had learned at home came to the attention of Hindman director Katherine Pettit, who, with folk music scholar George Lyman Kittredge, arranged for their publication in the Journal of American Folklore. Combs went to college at Transylvania University (Ky.) in 1905. In 1911, with Dr. Hubert G. Shearin, Combs published A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk So...

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-....

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Director of the Center for Intercultural and Folk Studies, Western Kentucky University; visiting professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1985. From the description of Oral histories, 1985. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23528908 ...

Halpert, Herbert, 1911-2000

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Parrow, E. C.

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Roberts, Leonard (Leonard Ward), 1912-

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Ohio Valley Folk Research Project

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Wilgus, D. K.

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D.K. (Donald Knight) Wilgus was born on 1 December 1918, in Mansfield, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1941, a Master of Arts in 1947, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1954. Wilgus spent most of his career teaching in the Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Throughout his career he helped pioneer the chronicling of popular musical forms, including Blues and "Hillbilly"...