Papers regarding Hench's interest in folklore and mountain ballads [manuscript] 1919-72.

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Papers regarding Hench's interest in folklore and mountain ballads [manuscript] 1919-72.

The collection contains correspondence, notes, articles, & clippings regarding folklore, clippings regarding place names, & a group of ballads. Much of his notes & correspondence concerns the place names Hardware and Folly, and the song Hinky dinky parlez-vous. Correspondents include George Lyman Kittredge, Louise Pound, and Eudora (Ramsay) Richardson.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7928098

University of Virginia. Library

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Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941

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George Lyman Kittredge (February 28, 1860 – July 23, 1941) was a professor of English literature at Harvard University. His scholarly edition of the works of William Shakespeare was influential in the early 20th century. He was also involved in American folklore studies and was instrumental in the formation and management of the Harvard University Press. One of his better-known books concerned witchcraft in England. Kittredge was born in Boston in 1860. His father, Edward "Kit" Lyman Kittredg...

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Richardson, Eudora Ramsay, 1892-1973

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Pound, Louise, 1872-1958

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American folklorist who taught at the University of Nebraska. From the description of Folklore collection, 1908-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536724 From the guide to the Louise Pound folklore collection, 1908-1953, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Louise Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 30, 1872. She earned a B.A. in 1892 and a M.A. in 1895 from the University of Nebraska. She matriculated at Heidelberg University where she received her Doctor ...