Isabel Gordon Carter collection, 1921-1942.

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Isabel Gordon Carter collection, 1921-1942.

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Collection of correspondence, notes, a research notebook, and photographs related to Isabel Gordon Carter's research and publications on Appalachian ballads, folktales, and customs from 1921 to 1942. Carter's correspondents include E.A. Bishop, Horace Kephart, I.K. Stearns, Nelly L. Brooks, Amabel Williams-Ellis, Ales Hrdlička, Richard Chase, Kay Chase, Maud Gentry Long, Robert B. Bean, Maude Minish, Helen Dashiell, W.H. Rothe, Rev. Hannah J. Powell, and Mary H. Brown. E.A. Bishop enclosed texts for two ballads, "Jonah and the whale," and "Little Mohea" (1921) and Nelly L. Brooks sent the text to "I'm as free a little bird as I can be" (1924). Includes copies of Richard Chase's articles on Jack tales.

1 container.manuscripts: 32 items (132 leaves)graphic images: 2 photographic prints : b&w ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.graphic images: 1 photographic print : col. ; 15 x 18 in.

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Long, Maud Gentry.

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Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

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Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist and author. In 1904 he gave up a career at the St. Louis Mercantile Library and moved to western North Carolina to engage in outdoor pursuits and study the region. He settled in the Bryson City area of Swain County. Kephart wrote two books--Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders--based on his skills and observations. He has been called the "Father of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" because of his involve...

Hrdlička, Alěs 1869-1943

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Ales Hrdlicka was born in Bohemia and came to America in 1882. He received an M.D. degree from the New York Eclectic College (1892) and graduated from the New York Homeopathic College (1894). He also studied medicine and anthropology at the Sorbonne. Dr. Hrdlicka was assistant curator (1903-1910) and curator (1910-1943) of the Division of Physical Anthropology at the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. He led numerous anthropological expeditions and did extensive research on prehisto...

Williams-Ellis, Amabel, 1894-1984

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Epithet: née Strachey wife of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00028e ...

Brooks, Nelly L.

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Bishop, E. A.

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Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944

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Carter, Isabel Gordon, 1897-

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Stearns, I. K.

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Chase, Richard, 1904-1988

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American folklorist, storyteller, and collector of folktales. Works include Grandfather Tales, the Jack Tales, and American Folk Tales and Songs. From the description of Richard Chase collection, 1983 Nov. 3 [videorecording]. (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 36093722 Richard Chase was a folklorist who collected folktales in Watauga County, N.C. and western Virginia. He wrote several books including The Jack Tales, American Folk Tales and Songs, and The ...

Powell, Hannah J.

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