Woofter, Carey.
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
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10,000 folklore items, including superstitions, sayings, riddles, remedies and tales, as well as a pair of unpublished bound volumes entitled FOLKLORE OF WEST VIRGINIA containing folklore and folksongs with musical notation by Woofter's protege Patrick Gainer.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