Folklore Collection Supplement

Collection

Identifier: MC 461

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Scope and Content Note

These folk materials have been cross-referenced with the main folklore collection using the revised Classification Scheme for Folklore Collection. The cross-reference appears as an F and a number in parenthesis after each listing.

Dates

1904-1983

Creator

University Folklore Research Project (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Restrictions: Original reel-to-reel audio tapes are restricted. Cassette tapes are available for the use of the researcher.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

The University Folklore Research Project (1949-1965) was supervised by Mary Celestia Parler Randolph (1904-1981). A native of Wedgefield, South Carolina, Randolph joined the English Department of the University of Arkansas in 1949. She taught courses in Chaucer, history of the English language, and folklore. As folklorist-supervisor of the University Folklore Research Project, she not only supervised student collectors but personally did much of the fieldwork, compilation, and transcriptions of folklore materials. Along with her husband Vance Randolph, Mary Celestia Parler Randolph collected, annotated, and transcribed more folklore than any other collector in the Ozark region.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (4 Boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by type.

Acquisition Information

Papers concerning the University Folklore Research Project at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, were donated by Karen M. Duree, librarian at Springdale Public Library, in 1983.