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Gainer, Patrick W.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Carey Woofter, Compiler, Folklore of West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0112
Overview Folklore of West Virginia collected by Woofter, who was a student of John Harrington Cox and Louis Watson Chappell. The collection consists of a card file of approximately 10,000 folklore items, including superstitions, sayings, riddles, remedies and tales, as well as a pair of unpublished bound volumes entitled FOLKLORE OF WEST VIRGINIA containing folklore and folksongs with musical notation by Woofter's protege Patrick Gainer. While Woofter never published his discoveries, he did supply...
Dates: ca. 1920-1940

Gainer Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2951
Overview

Correspondence of Loyd Gainer and Katharyn Gaston Gainer of Parkersburg, parents of folklorist and WVU faculty member, Patrick Gainer, concerning their courtship and family matters. Family photographs and clippings relating to Patrick Gainer's career. Commercial and handmade valentines and greeting cards.

Dates: 1892-1944

Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2480
Overview Research papers and sound recordings compiled by Louis Watson Chappell, an English Professor and folklorist at West Virginia University who collected, documented, and preserved West Virginia's folk music and folk traditions. He was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career...
Dates: 1815-1980

Patrick Ward Gainer (1904-1981), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3003
Overview Archives of an eminent folklorist and professor of English at West Virginia University. Manuscripts include field folklore collections, lecture notes, book manuscripts, correspondence, student papers, and folksong arrangements. There are also materials regarding Gainer's position as director of South Atlantic USO activities during World War II and a journal of a folksong collecting trip to Ireland in 1961. Also one hundred and fifty-three audio tapes containing vocal and instrumental folk...
Dates: 1890-1981

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Folklore 2
Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
Academies (Private schools) 1
Belvidere (N.C.) 1
Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1