Folklore Collection

Folklore Collection

1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E760
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
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The IU Libraries’ Folklore Collection is the largest single library collection of its type in North America. This site includes an inventory of approximately 6,500 items from the Henri Gaidoz collection, pamphlets, booklets, and offprints compiled by this French folklorist. Subjects for these items include folklore, mythology, Celtic Studies, saints, Catholicism, and comparative religion.

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Henri Gaidoz Collection, 1580-1968, bulk mid-19th to early-20th centuries

A collection of pamphlets, booklets, and offprints compiled by French folklorist Henri Gaidoz (1842-1932) pertaining to folklore (particularly French folklore), mythology, Celtic Studies, and comparative religion.
Collection ID: GR55.G35 H46