Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953.

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Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953.

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Typescripts, with corrections in ink, of four of Randolph's books: Ozark Superstitions (1947); We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales from the Ozarks (1951); Who Blowed Up the Church House? and Other Ozark Folk Tales (1952); and Down in the Holler: A Gallery of Ozark Folk Speech (1953) which was written with George P. Wilson.

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Wilson, George P. (George Pickett), 1888-1972

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George Pickett Wilson (1889-1972) taught in the English department at Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1927 until his retirement in 1958. Wilson specialized in Southern folklore and dialect. He published numerous articles in scholarly journals and two college textbooks, served as associate editor of The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, and co-authored the book Down in the Holler with Vance Randolph. In 1944, Wilson was named secretary...

Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980

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Author and folklorist. From the description of Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232113 The Collector Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in psychology. As a graduate stu...