Michael Lofaro Class Papers

Finding Aid for the Michael Lofaro Class Papers, 1990s-2000s

MS-1545

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 2, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: Michael Lofaro Class Papers

Date/Date Range : 1990s-2000s

Extent: 7.5 linear feet

Abstract:
This group of material is made up of student projects from Dr. Michael Lofaro's class on folklore. The papers are arranged by the general subject and then by the student's last name. Cassette and Video tapes accompany some of the papers. Numbers in parentheses indicate identification number for cassette tapes corresponding to student papers. Cassettes and video tapes are found in Box 5.

Call number: MS-1545

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

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's 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], Michael Lofaro Class Papers, MS-1545. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of five boxes

Biography / History

Dr. Michael A. Lofaro (b. 1948) has been teaching at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since 1975. He received a bachelor's of science degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1970, and went on to the University of Maryland for his master's of arts (1972) and Ph.D (1975). Dr. Lofaro has published many works on Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and James Agee. From 1979 to 1983 he served as vice president and president of the Tennessee Folklore Society.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This group of material is made up of student projects from Dr. Michael Lofaro's class on folklore. The papers are arranged by the general subject and then by the student's last name. Cassette and Video tapes accompany some of the papers. Numbers in parentheses indicate identification number for cassette tapes corresponding to student papers. Cassettes and video tapes are found in Box 5.

Researchers may also be interested in the Lofaro and Riedl folklore collections houses in UTK-MSMS-1336, UTK-MS-1257, UTK-MS-1168, and UTK-MS-954.

Subject Terms

Lofaro, Michael A., 1948-.

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Social life and customs.

Folklore -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Contents List

Box 1	Folder 1	Architecture - Croisdale, Kelley: East Tennessee Grave Shelters - Vernacular Burial Architecture and Its Belief System
Box 1	Folder 2	Architecture - Jones, Michael: Southern Log Buildings
Box 1	Folder 3	Architecture - Mangum, Christine: A Collection of Folk Architecture
Box 1	Folder 4	Architecture - Rehder, Karen: Observations of Folk Houses as Found in the East Tennessee Region
Box 1	Folder 5	Arts, Crafts, Etc. - Harris, Rachel: The Hammered Dulcimer in Appalachia (V2)
Box 1	Folder 6	Arts, Crafts, Etc. - Horak, Charlene: Folkcraft
Box 1	Folder 7	Arts, Crafts, Etc. - McDaniel, Angela: Quilts
Box 1	Folder 8	Autograph Album - Waehner, Mary: Autograph, Rhymes, Verses, Etc.
Box 1	Folder 9	Autograph Album - Willis, Melissa: Autograph Album Verses and Autographs
Box 1	Folder 10	Children's Lore - Hill, Angela: Children's Lore Proverbs (9)
Box 1	Folder 11	Children's Lore - Hitson, Julie: A Collection of Children's Lore
Box 1	Folder 12	Children's Lore - James, Sharon: A Collection of Children's Lore
Box 1	Folder 13	Children's Lore - Tillman, Pam: Children's Lore (20)
Box 1	Folder 14	Epitaphs - Sherman, Richard: Tombstone Rubbings (includes oversized Tombstone Rubbings)
Box 1	Folder 15	Folk Customs - Braden, Nina: Tooth Fairy (1,2,V1)
Box 1	Folder 16	Folktales - Moneyhun, Robin: Anglo-American Folktales (11,12)
Box 1	Folder 17	Games - Miller, Nancy: Children's Games
Box 1	Folder 18	Games - Moore, Candy: A Collection of Children's Games
Box 1	Folder 19	Games - O'Hara, Jane: Play Rhymes and Games (14)
Box 1	Folder 20	Games - Patterson, Chris: Drinking Games (16)
Box 1	Folder 21	Games - Schlachter, Mollee: A Drinking Game Collection
Box 2	Folder 1	Ghosts - Buckles, Angela: Anglo-American Ghost Stories
Box 2	Folder 2	Ghosts - Martin, Jane: Low Country Ghost Stories
Box 2	Folder 3	Jokelore - Bassetti, Celine: American Jokes on Foreigners
Box 2	Folder 4	Jokelore - Blackwood, Roger: Anglo-American Riddles
Box 2	Folder 5	Jokelore - Hutson, Eric: Photocopied Jokes
Box 2	Folder 6	Jokelore - Mangrum, Brad: Office Fools
Box 2	Folder 7	Jokelore - Pope, Patricia: A Collection of (mostly) Dirty Jokes and Such
Box 2	Folder 8	Jokelore - Rogers, Martha: A Collection Of Women's Dirty Jokes
Box 2	Folder 9	Jokelore - Sparkman, Robert: The Customs, Jokes, Pranks, and Tales of Restaurants
Box 2	Folder 10	Jokelore - Trabalka, Geoff: American Jokes and Riddles
Box 2	Folder 11	Legends - Crabtree, John: Anglo-American and Afro-American Legends
Box 2	Folder 12	Pottery - Wood, Frank: A Collection of Folk Pottery
Box 2	Folder 13	Proverbs - Aiken, Linda: Miscellaneous Proverbs
Box 2	Folder 14	Proverbs - Anagnost, Stephanie: A Collection of Proverbs
Box 2	Folder 15	Proverbs - Bummett, Emma: Proverbs, Proverbial Comparisons, and Proverbial Phrases
Box 2	Folder 16	Proverbs - Emery, Kris: Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Box 2	Folder 17	Proverbs - Grant, Shanee: Proverbs - A Study
Box 2	Folder 18	Proverbs - May, Janey: Proverbs, Recipes, etc.
Box 2	Folder 19	Proverbs - Newman, Edward: 75 Folk Sayings Collected From Mrs. Nina Bettis
Box 2	Folder 20	Proverbs - Ownby, Ray: Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases (15)
Box 2	Folder 21	Proverbs - Patterson, Michelle: Miscellaneous Proverbs
Box 2	Folder 22	Proverbs - Sharp, Timothy: Miscellaneous Proverbs and Ghost Stories (18)
Box 2	Folder 23	Proverbs - Shires, Cathy: Miscellaneous Proverbs
Box 2	Folder 24	Proverbs - Southerland, Stephen: A Collection of Proverbial Sayings
Box 2	Folder 25	Proverbs - Talhami, Susie: Proverbs from Lebanon and America
Box 3	Folder 1	Remedies - Anderson, Haley: The Manchester Collection
Box 3	Folder 2	Remedies - Breazeale, Jim: A Study in Folklore
Box 3	Folder 3	Remedies - Cunningham, Rachel: Miscellaneous Remedies
Box 3	Folder 4	Remedies - Davis, Steven: Miscellaneous Remedies
Box 3	Folder 5	Remedies - Drummond, Tami: Collection of Folk Remedies
Box 3	Folder 6	Remedies - Rabinowitz, Ruth: Miscellaneous Remedies
Box 3	Folder 7	Remedies - Smathers, Susan: Medicine and Plant Folklore in the East Tennessee Region
Box 3	Folder 8	Remedies - Tilley, Jaymes: A Collection of Folk Remedies (19, V6)
Box 3	Folder 9	Remedies - Woodall, Kathy: A General Collection of Remedies, Weather Lore and Proverbs
Box 3	Folder 10	Sayings - Grayson, Marc: Miscellaneous Sayings
Box 3	Folder 11	Sayings - Gross, JorJeana: Miscellaneous Sayings (7)
Box 3	Folder 12	Songs - Bridges, Clinton: Songs of the Folk
Box 3	Folder 13	Songs - Bulgarino, Stephanie: Military Cadences and Songs (4)
Box 3	Folder 14	Songs - Cox, Angela: Children's Songs (5)
Box 3	Folder 15	Songs - Dunn, Carey: American Folklore Songs (6)
Box 3	Folder 16	Songs - Headrick, Lois: Children's Songs and Rhymes (8)
Box 3	Folder 17	Songs - Martin, Kathy: A Collection of Children's Songs and Singing Games (10)
Box 3	Folder 18	Songs - Martin, Sheri: Miscellaneous Songs
Box 3	Folder 19	Songs - Mullis, Laura: Folk Music in East Tennessee (13)
Box 3	Folder 20	Songs - Potter, Brian: Fraternity Songs (17)
Box 3	Folder 21	Songs - Rollins, Sheryl: Brief Investigation of the Development of "Freedom Songs" during the Civil Rights Movement (V5, Album 1)
Box 3	Folder 22	Superstitions - Boyd, Wendy: Superstition in Folklore
Box 3	Folder 23	Superstitions - Burke, Nancy: Collection of Folk Remedies, Superstitions, and Ghost Stories
Box 3	Folder 24	Superstitions - Campbell, Stacy: Miscellaneous Superstitions
Box 3	Folder 25	Superstitions - Montgomery, Mitzi: A Collection of Superstitious Beliefs...
Box 3	Folder 26	Superstitions - Morgan, Jane: Miscellaneous Superstitions
Box 3	Folder 27	Superstitions - Pope, Patricia: A Collection of Superstitions, Beliefs, and Magic
Box 3	Folder 28	Superstitions - Rappuhn, William: Miscellaneou Superstitions
Box 3	Folder 29	Superstitions - Sampson, Mary: Collected Superstitions, Remedies, Games and Proverbs
Box 3	Folder 30	Superstitions - Schultz, Ashley: Superstitions, Folk Remedies, Games and Proverbs
Box 3	Folder 31	Superstitions - Sims, Kent: Miscellaneous Superstitions
Box 3	Folder 32	Superstitions - Waterhouse, Kim: Superstitions of Eastern Tennessee
Box 3	Folder 33	Weather Lore - Carey, Andrea: Weatherlore, Superstitions, and Various other Folkloric Beliefs
Box 4	Folder 1	Miscellaneous - A-B (21,22)
Box 4	Folder 2	Miscellaneous - C
Box 4	Folder 3	Miscellaneous - D (23)
Box 4	Folder 4	Miscellaneous - F
Box 4	Folder 5	Miscellaneous - G-K (24) (V3)
Box 4	Folder 6	Miscellaneous - M-P (V4)
Box 4	Folder 7	Miscellaneous - S (25)
Box 4	Folder 8	Miscellaneous - T-Z (26)
Box 5		Cassette and Video Tapes associated with student projects