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Box 39

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Walker, Cherrill Ann, 1966

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 1
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"Folklore Basis of Modern Music"--An attempt to correlate cultivated and folk music with emphasis on 20th century works. Includes comparative melodic and verbal exerpts.

Dates: 1966

Northrup, Linda, 1972

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 2
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"Tall Tales: An Analysis"--The author organized the tall tale section of the Folklore Archives as it was set up in 1972. A definition of tall tales and several examples are included.

Dates: 1972

Rushing, Joan, 1972

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 3
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"Analysis and Subdivision of (Jokes) Folder in Archives"--The author discusses her method of organizing the joke category as it was arranged in the Folklore Archive in 1972.

Dates: 1972

Wharton, Marcia, 1972

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 4
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"Analysis of 'Miscellaneous Songs"--The author discusses her effort to categorize and analysize the Miscellaneous Songs folder in the Folklore Archive in 1972. Includes examples of words and music.

Dates: 1972

Rushing, Joan, 1973

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 5
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"Analysis and Subdivision of Rhymes (in the Marriott Library Western Americana Folklore Archives)"--The author lists her categories, then gives a brief description of each as she found them in the Folklore Archive in 1973.

Dates: 1973

Wallace, Eunice Ewer, 1973

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 6
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"Morphology of the Folktale"--The author examines tales from her own book, , according to Vladimar Propp's methodology. (Propp is a Russian folklorist. His book, , is the basis for Wallace's paper.)

Dates: 1973

Kiser, Carolyn, 1974

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 7
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"Dreams and Myths: A Psychoanalytical Interpretation"--A summary and analysis of recent studies which develope the relationship between psychology (dreams) and folklore (myths).

Dates: 1974

Robinson, Jeanette, 1974

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 8
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"Using Folktales for Dramatization in the Primary Grades"--The author describes ways didactic folktales may be dramatized by young children. Illustrations.

Dates: 1974

Wilson, Marsha and LuJuana Baker, 1974

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 9
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"Lesson Plans, Folklore Unit, Grades 10-12"--Five lesson plans with follow-up suggestions, list of objectives in teaching folklore, Bibliography, list of folklore and folklife classifications.

Dates: 1974

Hartsfield, Mariella, 1975

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 10
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"For Want of a Nail'--A Synthesis of Metaphorical Definitions"--The writer looks to the world of metaphor for a definition of folklore.

Dates: 1975

Johnson, JoAnn K., 1975

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 11
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"An Analysis of the Lack of Folk Heroines in the United States Development to 1910"--The author traces folk heroines from 1608 to 1910 in America, discusses the few examples (in terms of three categories: mother-helper, exotic queen and the saint), and presents reasons for the lack.

Dates: 1975

Thomas, Diane L. (Clark), 1975

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 12
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"The Word 'Folklore' in Advertising"--The author defines the world "folklore" and discusses the use of it in contemporary advertising and journalism. Illustrations and examples included.

Dates: 1975

Thompson, A. Pandora, 1975

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 13
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"An Annotated Bibliography of Western Folk Food"--An interesting and informative compilation of publications including not only recipes but also methods of preparation, utensils and traditions.

Dates: 1975

White, Edna M., 1975

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 14
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"Behind the Figleaf of Folklore: Impotence vs. Omnipotence"--White explores the premise that "the folklore of our society promulgaates misogynistic, negative images of women in order to keep them subservient to man."

Dates: 1975

Balsley, Pat

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 15
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"An Experiement on the Transmission of Folklore"--The author related the same folktale to ten people, did not permit note-taking, then, after 30-minutes, asked each one to repeat the tale.

Dates: 1947-1997