Ballads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Harrington Cox, Collector, Papers regarding West Virginia Folklore
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0883
Overview
Papers of John Harrington Cox, collector of West Virginia folklore material. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed material, sheet music, and newspaper clippings regarding folk songs and folk tales collected by John Harrington Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society. Some of this material was used by Cox in his Harvard University dissertation of 1923, titled The Ballads and Songs of West Virginia, as well as in his book ...
Dates:
1915-1936
Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2335
Overview
A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection.
Dates:
1972-1974