Michael Lofaro Folklore Class Papers

Finding Aid for the Michael Lofaro Folklore Class Papers, 1999-2005

MS-2641

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 31, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: Michael Lofaro Folklore Class Papers

Date/Date Range : 1999-2005

Extent: 5.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection is composed of student projects from Dr. Michael Lofaro's class on folklore. There is a wide range of topics from Appalachian quilts, superstitions, and home remedies to drinking games, BDSM slang, and jump rope rhymes. It includes student papers from the following semesters: Spring 1999, Summer 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2001, and Summer 2005. Audiotapes, videotapes, computer disks, and photographs accompany some projects.

Call number: MS-2641

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

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
Professor Michael Lofaro donated this collection between 1999 and 2005.
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 Folklore Class Papers, MS-2641. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of five boxes divided into five series: Spring 1999; Summer 1999; Fall 1999; Spring 2001; and Summer 2005.

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 at the University of Tennessee on folklore. There is a wide range of topics from Appalachian quilts, superstitions, and home remedies to drinking games, BDSM slang, and jump rope rhymes. Audiotapes, videotapes, computer disks, and photographs accompany some of the projects.

The collection is serialized chronologically by semester (i.e. Series I -- Spring 1999, II -- Summer 1999, III -- Fall 1999, IV -- Spring 2001, V -- Summer 2005), and then within each series organized alphabetically by student's last names. The title or subject of each student's project follows his or her name. A project that did not fit into one folder was separated arbitrarily or by material (paper, audiotapes, etc.) into multiple folders. If a collection was removed from a folder, a binder, or a manila envelope, it still remains in its original order.

This is a continuation of The Michael Lofaro Class Papers in MS-1257, MS-1336, MS-1545, and MS-1891. Other folklore collections can be found in MS-1169: James B. Gardner Manuscript, and MS-2021: Folklore Collection, and the Norbert F. Riedl Collections (MS-0954, MS-1075, and MS-1168).

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

		Series I: Spring 1999
Box 1	Folder 1	Barnett, Cindy on "Folk Rhyming and Poetry"
Box 1	Folder 2	Beal, Whitney on various folklore, with audiocassette tape
Box 1	Folder 3	Bridgeman, Linda on jokes
Box 1	Folder 4	Chanthoumphone, Phouangmala on "Laotian Superstitions and Culture" ,
Box 1	Folder 5	Chanthoumphone, Phouangmala videotape of "Lao New Year - Day 1" ,
Box 1	Folder 6	Chanthoumphone, Phouangmala videotape of "Lao New Year - Day 2" ,
Box 1	Folder 7	Day, Amy on home remedies
Box 1	Folder 8	DeFurio, Roger on urban legends
Box 1	Folder 9	Fowler, Brooks on children's games
Box 1	Folder 10	Geddings, Connie D. on quilts with photographs,
Box 1	Folder 11	Geddings, Connie D. on quilts with photographs,
Box 1	Folder 12	Gilchrist, Matthew J. on "Drinking Lore"
Box 1	Folder 13	Gohn, Katie on children's jokes
Box 1	Folder 14	Goodyear, Alison E. on quilts with photographs,
Box 1	Folder 15	Hensley, Jennifer on "Folk Belief"
Box 1	Folder 16	Howse, Dusty on proverbs
Box 1	Folder 17	Holbrook, Karyn on home remedies and "Old Wives Tales"
Box 1	Folder 18	Kirby, Arrison on "Ghost Stories, Urban Legends, and Other Spooky Goodness" ,
Box 1	Folder 19	Kirby, Arrison videotape of "Folklore Stories" ,
Box 1	Folder 20	Mangrum, Heather R. on "Regional Foods and Snacks"
Box 1	Folder 21	McClendon, Ben on superstitions
Box 1	Folder 22	Melosh, Laura S. on various folklore
Box 1	Folder 23	Nabors, Carla M. on "Military Lore"
Box 1	Folder 24	Rodems, Michelle on "Drinking Games"
Box 1	Folder 25	Venafro, Regina on "Yo Mamma is-" jokes
		Series II: Summer 1999
Box 2	Folder 1	Bell, Katie on "Folk Remedies of Troy, Ohio"
Box 2	Folder 2	Beverly, Ben on "Open Source: Assorted Programmer Love"
Box 2	Folder 3	Brennan, Julia on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 4	Day, Amy on "45 Proverbs and 5 Superstitions"
Box 2	Folder 5	Drews, David N. on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 6	Dunaway, Carol H. on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 7	Evans, April on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 8	Ford, Allison on proverbs and superstitions
Box 2	Folder 9	Geddings, Connie D. on home remedies
Box 2	Folder 10	Hayes, Shannon on "Folklore of My Family: with origins from North Carolina and Tennessee"
Box 2	Folder 11	Hayworth, Gregory J. on various folklore with audiocassette tape
Box 2	Folder 12	Hoffman, Bethany on children's games
Box 2	Folder 13	Kirkland, Deborah on songs and various folklore
Box 2	Folder 14	Kobylarz, Wendy on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 15	Lantingua, Amy on "The Superstitions of 7 Teachers"
Box 2	Folder 16	Lay, Gabriel D. on "Superstitions of the Supernatural"
Box 2	Folder 17	Mauldin, Jerri on superstitions
Box 2	Folder 18	Parkhurst, Deborah K. Webb on "Children's Songs, Rhymes, and Games"
Box 2	Folder 19	Patton, Rob on superstitions
Box 2	Folder 20	Petty, Pam on proverbs and proverbial comparisons
Box 2	Folder 21	Reeves, Jennifer on "Local Lore, Urban Legends, and Other Tales and Anecdotes"
Box 2	Folder 22	Saylor, Betsy on proverbs
Box 2	Folder 23	Seeley, Allison on jokes and proverbs
Box 2	Folder 24	Smith, Ben on folk remedies
Box 2	Folder 25	Smith, Courtney on children's songs and games
Box 2	Folder 26	Tulloss, Michele on various folklore
Box 2	Folder 27	Wickstrom, Joleen on children's songs, jokes, and various folklore
Box 2	Folder 28	Woofter, Angela A. on "Jargon of BDSM"
		Series III: Fall 1999
Box 3	Folder 1	Armstrong, Paul on "Hemsouth and Armstrong Family Folklore"
Box 3	Folder 2	Aube, Erin H. on "From the Mouth of Nana: A collection of foodlore, proverbs, and folk remedies"
Box 3	Folder 3	Bentley, Melissa Casey on tales, legends, and jokes
Box 3	Folder 4	Brooke, Kathryn Bresee on various folklore
Box 3	Folder 5	Butler, David on Velvet Thunder songs, with two audiocassettes and a microtape
Box 3	Folder 6	Chapelle, Lewis IV on proverbs
Box 3	Folder 7	Cook, Phyllis on superstitions and proverbs
Box 3	Folder 8	Cross, Tracey R. on superstitions and folk remedies
Box 3	Folder 9	Devy, Diana on "Fifty Proverbs, Superstitions, and Remedies from Germany, France, and the United States"
Box 3	Folder 10	Flowers, Denise on home remedies
Box 3	Folder 11	Gasque, Louis-Alexandre on proverbs
Box 3	Folder 12	Geddings, Connie D. on "Beliefs and Superstitions"
Box 3	Folder 13	Jennings, Sarah on children's games, superstitions, and various folklore
Box 3	Folder 14	Karpovitch, Jennifer on proverbs
Box 3	Folder 15	Lane, Amy on folk beliefs and various folklore
Box 3	Folder 16	Loveday, Tamera D. on folk remedies
Box 3	Folder 17	MacKenzie, Scott on superstitions, folk medicine and various folklore
Box 3	Folder 18	McCoy, Anne on "A Collection of American Folklore"
Box 3	Folder 19	Sharp, Joseph on superstitions and "An Evaluated Comparison of Two Jack Tales"
Box 3	Folder 20	Spinosa, Christopher M. on various folklore
Box 3	Folder 21	St. John, James on "Collection of Jokes, Proverbs, Remedies, Pickup Lines, Ballads, Rhymes, and Raps; Some of them unusual, many of them offensive."
Box 3	Folder 22	Tulay, Pamela Monitz on sayings and proverbs
Box 3	Folder 23	Wright, Victoria on superstitions, with floppy disk
		Series IV: Spring 2001
Box 4	Folder 1	Boudreaux, Sharon Elam on "Material Folklore, Belief, Proverbs, and Recipes"
Box 4	Folder 2	Bowers, Andy on proverbs, legends, and various folklore
Box 4	Folder 3	Burtchell, Carolanne on "Lore of Southeastern College Students"
Box 4	Folder 4	Cate, Amy Jo on "Jump-rope Rhymes"
Box 4	Folder 5	Cuskey, Cindy on "Proverbs and then Some"
Box 4	Folder 6	Daoust, Jerri on home remedies (2 copies)
Box 4	Folder 7	Daoust, Jerri videotape on home remedies
Box 4	Folder 8	Enloe, Elisabeth C. on proverbs
Box 4	Folder 9	Fields, Michelle on folk remedies
Box 4	Folder 10	Foutch, Christine Blair on drinking toasts
Box 4	Folder 11	Gaither, Rachel on various folklore
Box 4	Folder 12	Jasinkski, Mateusz on superstitions and remedies
Box 4	Folder 13	Lark, LaShundra on superstitions
Box 4	Folder 14	Melton, Shane on proverbs and jokes
Box 4	Folder 15	Miller, Lara on folk remedies
Box 4	Folder 16	Moser, Brandi on songs
Box 4	Folder 17	Murphy, Mike on urban legends, campfire/ghost tales, and hand gestures with photographs
Box 4	Folder 18	Nemetz, Stephen on urban legends, proverbs, and superstitions
Box 4	Folder 19	Opp, Amy on folk remedies
Box 4	Folder 20	Rogers, Laura E. on superstitions
Box 4	Folder 21	Smith, Kristen on various folklore
Box 4	Folder 22	Sowder, Kristin on superstitions and "colloquial expressions"
Box 4	Folder 23	Todd, Emile on "A Collection of Appalachian Quilts" with photographs
Box 4	Folder 24	Wiedow, Brandy on "Superstitions, Proverbs, Folk Remedies"
Box 4	Folder 25	Witherspoon, Robin on "A Collection of Ghost Tales and Proverbs"
		Series V: Summer 2005
Box 5	Folder 1	Bradley, Sara on proverbs
Box 5	Folder 2	Brown, Jennifer on the proverbs of Ruth Brown with photographs
Box 5	Folder 3	Brunswick, Jarrid on hangover remedies
Box 5	Folder 4	Cleary, Caitlyn on Appalachian Folklore
Box 5	Folder 5	Dorobantu, Alex on "Romanian Proverbs and Folk Culture"
Box 5	Folder 6	Eichelberger, Amy on proverbial comparisons
Box 5	Folder 7	Farmer, Helen on "Camp Lore" with DVD
Box 5	Folder 8	Fry, Zachary on superstitions, proverbs, and children's folklore
Box 5	Folder 9	Green, Jessica on children's songs
Box 5	Folder 10	Hamilton, Ron on folk remedies and proverbs
Box 5	Folder 11	Hammond, Sarah on folk remedies
Box 5	Folder 12	Johnson, Aaron on "Proverbs, Phrases, and Wit of Fraternal Organizations"
Box 5	Folder 13	Lethargo, K. on "A Collection of Crude, Nasty, and Down Right Wrong Jokes"
Box 5	Folder 14	Martinez, Diego on "El Salvadorian Riddles and Myths"
Box 5	Folder 15	Mccoig, Elizabeth M. on home remedies
Box 5	Folder 16	McDowell, Amanda on home remedies
Box 5	Folder 17	McMurray, Kymbr on wedding customs
Box 5	Folder 18	Moody, Aaron M. on sport superstitions
Box 5	Folder 19	Perkins, Margo on military lore with Xeroxed pictures
Box 5	Folder 20	Plauché, Josh on "Wedding Lore: Customs, Traditions, and Superstitions"
Box 5	Folder 21	Scott, Beth on proverbs and superstitions
Box 5	Folder 22	Sharp, Courtney on superstitions
Box 5	Folder 23	Summerford, Kelly on proverbs and "folk speak"
Box 5	Folder 24	Tilley, Laurence Thornton on children's rhymes
Box 5	Folder 25	Willmeth, Jennifer on wedding lore
Box 5	Folder 26	Winstrom, Jake on hangover remedies with audiocassette tape

Finding Aid for the Michael Lofaro Folklore Class Papers, 1999-2005

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Series I: Spring 1999

Series II: Summer 1999

Series III: Fall 1999

Series IV: Spring 2001

Series V: Summer 2005