Finding Aid for the Folklore Collection, 1993-1994


MS-2021

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 16, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Folklore Collection

Date/Date Range :   1993-1994

Extent: 3.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses student papers written for Michael A. Lofaro's folklore class at the University of Tennessee.

Call number: MS-2021

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

Access and Use
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], Folklore Collection, MS-2021. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of three 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 collection houses student papers written for Michael A. Lofaro's folklore class at the University of Tennessee.

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    
Adcock, Lisa - Home Remedies

Box   1     Folder   2    
Allen, Eric - Home Remedies, Weather Lore, and Home Entertainment

Box   1     Folder   3    
Atherton, Myles - Bluegrass

Box   1     Folder   4    
Boston, Holly - The Folklore of Love and Marriage

Box   1     Folder   5    
Brandon, George - Muddy Waters: The transformation from country blues to amplified blues

Box   1     Folder   6    
Cantrell, Julie - A Collection of Proverbial Comparisons

Box   1     Folder   7    
Cates, Jamey - Folksongs, 1993

Box   1     Folder   8    
Cates, Jamey - Folksongs, 1994

Box   1     Folder   9    
Creel, Althea - Why are lawyers such a favorite subject for jokes and sayings?

Box   1     Folder   10    
Cristy, Ed - Guessits: A collection of non-oral folk puzzles

Box   1     Folder   11    
Dietzel, Teri - British and American Ballads and Folktales

Box   1     Folder   12    
Eitel, Wendy - Proverbs, Superstitions, Home Remedies, and Children's Rhymes

Box   1     Folder   13    
Evans, Jill - Proverbs, Superstitions, and Children's Rhymes

Box   1     Folder   14    
Fedou, Betsy - Wedding Traditions and Superstitions

Box   1     Folder   15    
French, Amy - Superstitions and Home Remedies

Box   1     Folder   16    
Hall, Kimberly H. - Quilts

Box   1     Folder   17    
Heinzelmann, Matthias - Dirty Jokes, Sick Jokes, and an Urban Legend

Box   1     Folder   18    
Hyder, Tina - Speech and Food

Box   1     Folder   19    
Jennings, Allison - Quilts

Box   1     Folder   20    
Jokes

Box   1     Folder   21    
Kelly-Zimmerman, Kathy J. - Old Home Remedies

Box   1     Folder   22    
Marks, Alicia K. - Mr William Foster: At Home in Waterloo

Box   1     Folder   23    
Mase, Bridgette Owen - Joke Collection

Box   2     Folder   1    
Mashburn, Rachel - Pollack Jokes, Superstitions, and Folk Remedies

Box   2     Folder   2    
Massengill, Ladonna - Proverbs and Superstitions

Box   2     Folder   3    
May, David - English 480

Box   2     Folder   4    
May, David - English 493

Box   2     Folder   5    
McCampbell, Bryan - Superstitions

Box   2     Folder   6    
McCarter, Kellsia - Weather Lore

Box   2     Folder   7    
Menendez, Marianne - Proverbs

Box   2     Folder   8    
Parker, Daphne - A Collection of Quilts

Box   2     Folder   9    
Phillips, Eric - Quilting Patterns

Box   2     Folder   10    
Ponder, Teri - Proverbs

Box   2     Folder   11    
Rhea, Jenny - Superstitions and Beliefs

Box   2     Folder   12    
Richard, Ian - South American Mythology

Box   2     Folder   13    
Ruebush, Jeanne - Ballads

Box   2     Folder   14    
Shetterly, Pamela - British and American Ballads and Folklore

Box   2     Folder   15    
Simpson, Greg - Weather Lore and Superstition

Box   2     Folder   16    
Stephenson, Jennifer - Superstitions

Box   2     Folder   17    
Stine, Mark - 50 Superstitions

Box   2     Folder   18    
Stinnett, Donna - Proverbs

Box   2     Folder   19    
Strizak, Carolyn - Folk Cuisine

Box   2     Folder   20    
Sweeten, Brandon Scott - Fifty and One Proverbs

Box   3     Folder   1    
Swenson, Derrick - U.S. Military Cadences and Drinking Games of East Tennessee

Box   3     Folder   2    
Terrell, Sue - Songs

Box   3     Folder   3    
Theriault-Rogers, Rita Ann - French Canadian and French Acadian Folk Songs

Box   3     Folder   4    
Tyrrell, Vesna - Proverbs, Recipies, and Songs

Box   3     Folder   5    
Walker, Pan - Ghost Stories

Box   3     Folder   6    
Watson, Donna M. - Folk Remedies

Box   3     Folder   7    
Watts, Jennifer - Folk Remedies

Box   3     Folder   8    
West, Lisa - Folklore of Children

Box   3     Folder   9    
Wilson, Courtney - Wedding Traditions and Superstitions

Box   3     Folder   10    
Wittkamp, Michael - Storycraft: An analysis of a storyteller's art

Box   3     Folder   11    
Wolfenbarger, Robert - Riddles, Proverbs

Box   3     Folder   12    
Wright, Victoria - Ghost Stories