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