Title: Norbert F. Riedl Papers

Date/Date Range :   1981

Extent: 1.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses papers written in 1981 by students in Benita Howell's folklore class at the University of Tennessee.

Call number: MS-1075

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Norbert F. Riedl Papers, MS-1075. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one box.

Norbert Franz Riedl was born in Eisenstadt, Austria on February 16, 1930. While studying at the University of Vienna, he spent a year at the University of New Mexico as a Smith-Mundt exchange student (1951-1952). It was during this visit that Riedl formed his lifelong attachment to the United States. He graduated from the University of Vienna with his Ph.D. in 1954, and returned to the United States with his wife, Joan (an American who Riedl met while both were studying in Vienna), in 1956. The couple settled in Princeton, New Jersey, where Riedl worked for the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Six years later, Riedl accepted a position in the University of Tennessee's Department of Anthropology studying folklore. He remained at UT as a well-respected professor until his untimely death on March 25, 1975.

This collection houses papers written in 1981 by students in Benita Howell's folklore class at the University of Tennessee. They constitute an addition to the Riedl papers housed in UTK-MS-0954, UTK-MS-1168, UTK-MS-1257, and UTK-MS-1336.

• Riedl, Norbert Franz, 1930-1975.
• Howell, Benita J.
• Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Social life and customs.
• Folklore -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.).