Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore Institute
- Abstract:
- The Indiana University Folklore Institute is an active center of folklore scholarship and has a long history of collecting oral literature and arts. This collection consists of papers written on a variety of topics by students taking courses in the Folklore Institute. These papers are dated roughly between 1967 through the early 2010s.
- Extent:
- 61.4 cubic feet (61 rc and 1 dc)
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Indiana University Folklore Institute student papers, Collection C627, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
The Folklore Institute at Indiana University began as an eight-week program in the summer of 1942 under the directorship of Professor Stith Thompson. From June 29 to August 22 of that year residential and visiting faculty taught courses, which carried university credit, on a number of topics. Course topics ranged from an introductory course on folklore to field collecting and recording to the folk tale and similar forms. Others covered folk song and folk music as well as Native American folklore.
The Folklore Institute grew into a stable research branch of Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences in 1949 and received departmental status with an independent faculty in 1963; however, the Graduate School first listed M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Folklore for the academic year of 1949-1950. Since the academic year of 1971-1972 the Institute has offered an undergraduate degree in folklore as well. The Institute has also had a long history with research and teaching interests in ethnomusicology. In 2000 the Ethnomusicology Institute was created and merged with the Folklore Institute to become the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, which now offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in both fields.
- Scope and Content:
This collection consists of papers written by students at the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, Bloomington mostly from the 1960s through the early 2010s. The files are arranged in numerical order as assigned by the Folklore Archive at the time of accessioning, which is also roughly chronological order. Accompanying materials such as cassette tapes are housed separately. Many papers include samples or photographs related to the papers subject which remain with the paper.
There are a number of different subjects represented including, but not limited to, music and performance, foodways, material culture, legends, rituals, superstitions, jokes, social and human dynamics. A large number of papers feature fieldwork and topics with a local focus on Indiana University, Bloomington, and the state of Indiana.
Keywords and subjects for individual papers are partially based on the AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession 2003/055
- Custodial history:
Transferred to the IU Archives in 2003 by John McDowell, Chair of the Folklore Department.
- Processing information:
Processed by Carolisa Watson, Walker Byer, Jesse Fivecoate, and Aija Beldavs.
Completed in 2016
- Arrangement:
This collection consists of papers collected by students within the Folklore Institute in Indiana University's Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, arranged chronologically.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Collection is open for research, but some papers include usage restrictions. Advance notice required for access to collection.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials. Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Indiana University Folklore Institute student papers, Collection C627, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library E4601320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-1127archives@indiana.edu