Vance Randolph collection, 1941-1972 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

Container	Contents

	Series 1: Manuscript Materials (continued)
		Subject Files (continued)
BOX 10 FOLDER 125			Reading lists, annotated. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 10 FOLDER 125				Contains annotated notebooks kept by Vance Randolph listing books he read. The folder is subdivided into the following groups: 2/1/1920 - 12/30/1920; 1/1/1921 - 9/8/1921.
BOX 11 FOLDER 126			Religion. Folder 1 of 3.
BOX 11 FOLDER 126				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence dealing with religious expression in the Ozarks. Includes: Articles; bibliographic notes; sect name list. Correspondence; notes; sect name list; stories.
BOX 11 FOLDER 127			Religion. Folder 2 of 3.
BOX 11 FOLDER 127				Includes: Correspondence; stories. Contains a two-page typescript entitled "Relative to Religion."
BOX 11 FOLDER 128			Religion. Folder 3 of 3.
BOX 11 FOLDER 128				Includes typed and handwritten notes.
BOX 11 FOLDER 129			Will Rice.
BOX 11 FOLDER 129				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with the newspaper columnist Will Rice.
BOX 11 FOLDER 130			Ted Richmond.
BOX 11 FOLDER 130				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence dealing with writer and "Wilderness Librarian" James T. "Twilight Ted" Richmond.
BOX 11 FOLDER 131			Riddles. Folder 1 of 2.
BOX 11 FOLDER 131				Contains typed and handwritten notes and correspondence.
BOX 11 FOLDER 132			Riddles. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 11 FOLDER 132				Contains typed and handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and reprints of journal articles by Vance Randolph, Archer Taylor, and Isabel Spradley, dealing with riddles.
BOX 11 FOLDER 133			Ritual planting.
BOX 11 FOLDER 133				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with agricultural superstitions.
BOX 11 FOLDER 134			Roaring River.
BOX 11 FOLDER 134				Contains a nine-page typescript entitled "Roaring River," which describes the Roaring River in Missouri.
BOX 11 FOLDER 135			Spider Rowland.
BOX 11 FOLDER 135				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with newspaper columnist and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Hardy "Spider" Rowland.
BOX 11 FOLDER 136			"The Honorable" Salts (J.D. Salts).
BOX 11 FOLDER 136				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with author and presidential candidate James D. "The Honorable" Salts.
BOX 11 FOLDER 137			Buck Saunders.
BOX 11 FOLDER 137				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with gun collector Col. C. B. "Buck" Saunders.
BOX 11 FOLDER 138			Shape notes (Modal tunes, gapped scales).
BOX 11 FOLDER 138				Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with shape note singing.
BOX 11 FOLDER 139			The Shibboleths.
BOX 11 FOLDER 139				Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings dealing the proper pronunciation of the word Arkansas.
BOX 11 FOLDER 140			Leonard Short.
BOX 11 FOLDER 140				Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with the outlaw Leonard Short.
BOX 11 FOLDER 141			Short change.
BOX 11 FOLDER 141				Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with con artists.
BOX 11 FOLDER 142			Show business.
BOX 11 FOLDER 142				Contains newspaper and magazine clippings about the intersection of show business and the Ozarks.
BOX 12 FOLDER 143			Skipping games.
BOX 12 FOLDER 143				Contains newspaper clippings, reprints of journal articles, handwritten and typed notes, and correspondence dealing with jump rope rhymes and skipping games.
BOX 12 FOLDER 144			"Some Call it Guts."
BOX 12 FOLDER 144				Contains a five page typescript recounting a shooting incident that Vance Randolph was involved in as a young man.
BOX 12 FOLDER 145			Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3.
BOX 12 FOLDER 145				Contains correspondence on the subject of Belle Starr: 3/24/1930 - 3/18/1937; 1/22/1939 - 3/3/1939; 3/10/1939 - 5/26/1939.
				Belle Starr was born on Feb. 3, 1848, in Medoc, Missouri, under the name Myra Belle Shirley, to Mr. and Mrs. John Shirley after the family moved from Virginia to Missouri about 1842. She had two older brothers; one was a confederate solder. Belle was described to be rather small, pretty, vivacious and of fiery temper. She later became the head of her own gang of outlaws. The name Belle Starr was derived from one of her husbands, Sam Starr, also an outlaw, who died before Belle died. She was murdered by her own son, Ed Reed, when she beat him. Her daughter Pearl, supposedly also a "bad woman," died in Arizona. Her granddaughter showed a writer some poetry clippings and pressed flowers collected by Belle. According to a taped interview, Starr always got away, leaving men behind to be hung. See Folders 145 through 154, 257, and 262 for more information about Belle Starr.
BOX 12 FOLDER 146			Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3.
BOX 12 FOLDER 146				Contains correspondence: 6/10/1939 - 10/(n.d.)/1939; 4/3/1940 - 4/25/1941; 5/17/1941 - 5/23/1941.
BOX 12 FOLDER 147			Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3.
BOX 12 FOLDER 147				Contains correspondence: 5/27/1941 - 7/2/1941; 7/7/1941 - 3/23/1948; 5/6/1952 - 9/3/1963.
BOX 12 FOLDER 148			Belle Starr. Folder 1 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 148				Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Appearance; Charles Cummins; Ed Reed; Pearl Starr; Hugh Harp; Riley Robertson.
BOX 12 FOLDER 149			Belle Starr. Folder 2 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 149				Contains index cards, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Index cards; assorted notes.
BOX 12 FOLDER 150			Belle Starr. Folder 3 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 150				Contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Charles Shirley; Hands Up!; B. Babcock; Verses; Hell on the Border; Raymond Hatfield Gardner; The True Story of Belle Starr.
BOX 12 FOLDER 151			Belle Starr. Folder 4 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 151				Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Calamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats; The Story of Belle Starr; pictures; references; selected bibliography.
BOX 12 FOLDER 152			Belle Starr. Folder 5 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 152				Contains newspaper and magazine clippings, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Interviews; assorted newspaper clippings; assorted magazine articles.
BOX 12 FOLDER 153			Belle Starr. Folder 6 of 7.
BOX 12 FOLDER 153				Contains a numbered manuscript.
BOX 13 FOLDER 154			Belle Starr. Folder 7 of 7.
BOX 13 FOLDER 154				Contains the Shackleford Manuscript.
BOX 13 FOLDER 155			Gabby Street.
BOX 13 FOLDER 155				Contains newspaper clippings dealing with baseball player, manager, and radio commentator Charles E. "Gabby" Street.
BOX 13 FOLDER 156			Tall tales. Folder 1 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 156				Contains articles, manuscript, and newspaper clippings. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: "Aged in the Woods"; Tall Tales from the Ozarks; articles.
BOX 13 FOLDER 157			Tall tales. Folder 2 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 157				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Correspondence; notes.
BOX 13 FOLDER 158			Tall tales. Folder 3 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 158				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Jokes; natural occurrences; song.
BOX 13 FOLDER 159			Tall tales: Animals. Folder 1 of 3. Contains typed and handwritten notes.
BOX 13 FOLDER 159				Topics include: Bees, bugs, birds, game, fowl, cats, cows, and dogs.
BOX 13 FOLDER 160			Tall tales: Animals. Folder 2 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 160				Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. Includes: Fish, frogs, horses, small mammals, squirrels, turtles.
BOX 13 FOLDER 161			Tall tales: Animals. Folder 3 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 161				Contains newspaper clippings about animals and typed notes about people.
BOX 13 FOLDER 162			This Writing Racket. Folder 1 of 2.
BOX 13 FOLDER 162				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with ghost writing and other aspects of the writing business. Includes: Book ideas; writers (miscellaneous).
BOX 13 FOLDER 163			This Writing Racket. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 13 FOLDER 163				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes.
BOX 13 FOLDER 164			"Titanic Slim" Thompson.
BOX 13 FOLDER 164				Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the gambler Alvin Clarence "Titanic Slim" Thompson.
BOX 13 FOLDER 165			Travel and travelogues. Folder 1 of 3.
BOX 13 FOLDER 165				Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with various travel destinations and tourist attractions. Includes photocopies dated 1909-39.
BOX 14 FOLDER 166			Travel and travelogues. Folder 2 of 3.
BOX 14 FOLDER 166				Includes photocopies dated 1949-57.
BOX 14 FOLDER 167			Travel and travelogues. Folder 3 of 3.
BOX 14 FOLDER 167				Contains originals.
BOX 14 FOLDER 168			Typescripts. Folder 1 of 4.
BOX 14 FOLDER 168				Contains student projects and a typescript of the article "Folklore of the Smackover Oil Field," including photographs.
BOX 14 FOLDER 169			Typescripts. Folder 2 of 4.
BOX 14 FOLDER 169				Contains the following typescripts of articles: "H.H. Dalhoff, 1/19/56"; "How to Tell an Ozark Hillbilly Today"; "Folklore and Folkways of the Ozark Region"; "The Missouri Ozarks."
BOX 14 FOLDER 170			Typescripts. Folder 3 of 4.
BOX 14 FOLDER 170				Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Ozark Superstitions"; "Racial Elements and Folklore."
BOX 14 FOLDER 171			Typescripts. Folder 4 of 4.
BOX 14 FOLDER 171				Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Snap-Shots for Sportsmen"; "The Sport of Gigging Suckers"; "Way Back in the Hills."
BOX 14 FOLDER 172			Two Gentlemen from Verona (Harry and Jim Browning).
BOX 14 FOLDER 172				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and pamphlets dealing with the wrestler Jim Browning and his cousin Harry Browning, a poet.
BOX 14 FOLDER 173			Jean Wallace.
BOX 14 FOLDER 173				Contains newspaper clippings and an annotated photoprint dealing with Jean Wallace, "The Mystery Maid of Roaring River."
BOX 14 FOLDER 174			The White River Monster.
BOX 14 FOLDER 174				Contains newspaper clippings dealing with a legendary monster in the White River of Arkansas.
BOX 14 FOLDER 175			Wild Men hermits.
BOX 14 FOLDER 175				Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with hermits and recluses.
BOX 14 FOLDER 176			Thomas Williamson.
BOX 14 FOLDER 176				Contains typed and handwritten notes about the novelist Thomas Williamson and his time in the Ozarks.
BOX 14 FOLDER 177			Witchcraft.
BOX 14 FOLDER 177				Contains correspondence, a copy of "A Witch Trial in Carroll County," handwritten notes, and a typescript of "The Hills are Full of Witches."
BOX 14 FOLDER 178			World War I.
BOX 14 FOLDER 178				Contains four typed pages of notes dealing with Vance Randolph's experiences during World War I.
BOX 14 FOLDER 179			Writers' Project. Folder 1 of 2.
BOX 14 FOLDER 179				Contains newspaper clippings and correspondence dealing with the WPA Federal Writers' Project.
BOX 14 FOLDER 180			Writers' Project. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 14 FOLDER 180				Contains correspondence 1936-37 about the WPA Federal Writers' Project.
		Correspondence Files
BOX 15 FOLDER 181			"A" Correspondence.
BOX 15 FOLDER 181				Contains letters to and/or from: The Arkansas Gazette; The American Legion; Russell Ames; and others.
BOX 15 FOLDER 182			"B" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
BOX 15 FOLDER 182				Contains letters to and/or from: H.M. Belden, University of Missouri; Thomas Hart Benton; Walter Blair, University of Chicago; Boston University; Benjamin Botkin.
BOX 15 FOLDER 183			"B" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 15 FOLDER 183				Contains correspondence with Carroll Bowen, University of Chicago Press; Bertrand Bronson, University of California; and others.
BOX 15 FOLDER 184			"C" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
BOX 15 FOLDER 184				Contains correspondence with Irene Carlisle; Cyril Clemens; Dean Coffin Press; Columbia University; Jack Conroy; Josiah Combs.
BOX 15 FOLDER 185			"C" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
BOX 15 FOLDER 185				Contains correspondence with Henry Cowell; Sidney Robertson Cowell; and others.
BOX 15 FOLDER 186			"D" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
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