The University of Texas Folklore Archive

Abstract

In 1941 a beginning was made toward the establishment of a folklore archive at the University of Texas, when W. A. Owens was employed in the Division of Extension as field collector of folklore. The war intervened, however, and the project was of relatively short duration. In succeeding years the University acquired several folklore collections, among them the Lomax collection of documents; the Lomax, Owens, Faulk, and McNeil collections on disks; and the Paredes collection on tape.