History and Organization of Children's Folklore in the American Folklore Society
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When the American Folklore Society began in 1888, its leaders encouraged regional "branches" around the country. While their organizational efforts went toward establishing local centers for a variety of ethnic-regional interests related to recovering the "fast-vanishing remains" of folk traditions in America, they were well aware of children as sources of folklore. William Wells Newell, the Society's founder and first editor, claimed children's songs and games as his special area of expertise, and his successor Alexander Chamberlain was equally known for his research into childhood. Stewart Culin, the Society's first curator, compiled vast amounts of data on children's play and installed exhibitions on toys and games for the Society. Even so, the organizational sights of these leaders were set less on the promotion of childhood as a distinct field and more on effecting a national spread to comparative folklore work.
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