College Songs in the Indiana University Folklore Archives

Abstract

The bulk of the new material contained in the Indiana University Folklore Archive has been collected and submitted by college students from Michigan State. (These new holdings were described by R. M. Dorson in the previous issue.) These students, with only a limited amount of time available for collecting, often turned to folklore materials with which they were already familiar. As a result, a large portion of the Archive contains a wealth of college traditions and lore. Prominent among the various kinds of college lore are the college songs, which constitute one of the chief sections in the entire Archive. This group of more than 1000 songs and over 3000 texts contains a great deal of interesting and valuable material for the student of folksong.