Missouri Folk-Lore Society ballads, songs, rimes, games, riddles, etc. collected between 1903 and 1917, 1916-1917.

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...

Belden, Henry Marvin, 1865-1954

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Henry Marvin Belden (1865-1954) was a professor of English at the University of Missouri in Columbia and a scholar of American ballads and folk songs. He was one of the founders of the Missouri Folklore Society organized in 1906 and helped them collect ballad text and music in Missouri. In 1916-1917 he took a leave of absence to study at Harvard University, where he produced a complete copy of the Missouri ballad collection (prior to publication) to give to George Lyman Kittredge, Gurney Profess...

Missouri Folklore Society

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Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...