Kawai, Cynthia Kei

File — Box: 34, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

"Folklore Miscellany" (including Japanese and Japanese-American)

Human Condition--migration (author's mother immigrated to U.S. from Japan after World War II); Oral Tradition--songs, language stories, jokes; Customary Lore and Behavior--celebrations, superstitions, gestures, games; Material Culture--folklife (Japan, farm in Idaho), folk food; (Collected in) Idaho; also University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates

1983

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.