New Holdings at the Indiana University Folklore Archives

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Richard M. Dorson

Abstract

The major work of classifying and assorting the collections was  done  by  Aili  Kolehmainen  Johnson,  formerly  of  Flint,  Michigan  and  now  of  Piedmont,  California.  At  present Mrs.  Johnson  is  arranging  thousands  of  superstitions  in  the Archives according  to  the  Thompson  Motif-Index.  A description  of  the  history  and contents  of  this archive,  in  which  most  countries  of  the world  are  represented,  can  be  found  in  my  article,  "The  Michigan  State University  Folklore  Archives," in  Midwest  Folklore,  V  (Spring,  1955),  51-59.  This  archive has  now  been  transferred  to  Indiana  University,  in  consequence  of  my appointment  there  in the fal  of 1957  as  Professor  of  History  and  Folklore.  In  time  it  will  be integrated  with  other holdings  already  at  Bloomington, holdings  which  also  include  material  collected  by  students  in  Folklore  classes at  Indiana  University.  These  student collections and other holdings in the Archives will be decribed in a later bulletin.

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