Folklore
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Opal Jones and Beth Curry, Folklore, Lewis County Manuscript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0364
Overview
A collection of folk sayings, medicinal remedies, and words of songs collected in Lewis County by Opal Jones and Beth Curry through personal interviews with old residents.
Dates:
n.d.
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
Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview
Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates:
1789