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| Series 1: Manuscripts (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries N: Scrapbooks | |||||||||||||
| Exterior measurements for scrapbooks are approximate. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 82 | Allentown Chronicle and News: articles, 1931-1932 | ||||||||||||
| 10 in. x 8 1/2 in. x 1 3/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings: Korson's columns "A Stranger in Allentown" and "Rambles in Allentown," plus other articles by other writers on coal and other industries. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 83 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival: articles, 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 14 1/2 in. x 11 1/4 in. x 1 1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| The first Pennsylvania Folk Festival, held in Allentown. Includes newspaper clippings with handwritten notations. The label on the front cover says "First annual folk festival, Allentown 1935." See folder 61/6. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 84 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival: articles (scrapbook 1 of 2), 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 16 in. x 11 1/2 in. x 3/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| The second Pennsylvania Folk Festival, held in Lewisburg. Includes newspaper clippings. The label on the front cover says "The Pennsylvania Folk Festival in Memorial Stadium, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 30--31--August 1--2--1936." Includes articles on various regional folk festivals in Pennsylvania. See folder 61/7-9 and folder 62/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 85 | Pennsylvania Folk Festival: articles (scrapbook 2 of 2), 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 16 in. x 17 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| The second Pennsylvania Folk Festival, held in Lewisburg. Includes newspaper clippings. The label on the front cover says "Pennsylvania Folk Festival, Bucknell University, Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, July 30, 31-Aug. 1, 2." Includes articles on various regional folk festivals in Pennsylvania. See box-folders 61/7-9 and box-folder 62/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 86 | Songs and ballads of the anthracite miner: reviews, circa 1927-1934 | ||||||||||||
| 10 in. x 12 in. x 2 1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings. See box-folder 60/14. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 87 | Minstrels of the mine patch: reviews, circa 1938-1966 | ||||||||||||
| 13 1/4 in. x 10 in. x 3/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings and related materials. See box-folder 59/8. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 88 | Coal dust on the fiddle: reviews, circa 1943-1965 | ||||||||||||
| 16 in. x 11 1/2 in. x 1 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings and related materials. See box-folder 59/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 89 | At his side: reviews, circa 1942-1945 | ||||||||||||
| 16 1/2 in. x 12 1/4 in. x 1 3/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings and related materials. See box-folder 59/10 for more reviews. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 90 | Black rock: reviews, circa 1960-1964 | ||||||||||||
| 14 1/2 in. x 12 in. x 1 1/2 in. | |||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings and related materials. See box-folder 60/7-9 for more reviews. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 91 | Biographical materials, circa 1957-1964 | ||||||||||||
| 12 in. x 10 in. x 1/2 in. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings, plus a program for the Pennsylvania Folklore Society fall meeting (October 16-17, 1959) and a list of books purchased from Boochever Memorial funds that were (at the time) available at the American National Red Cross headquarters library. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 92 | Biographical materials, circa 1965-1966 | ||||||||||||
| 10 1/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. x 1 in. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 93 | George Korson: obituaries, circa 1967 | ||||||||||||
| 11 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. x 1 1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings of Korson's obituaries, as well as obituaries reprinted in various publications. See box-folder 61/5. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries O: Oversize materials and unframed items (manuscripts) | |||||||||||||
| Items that arrived at AFC in frames were unframed and treated by Library of Congress Conservation staff in 2005. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/1 | Unframed manuscript 1 | ||||||||||||
| 14 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| "A Miner's Prayer." Copy of a broadside originally printed by C. Erb, York, Pennsylvania, in 1904. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/2 | Unframed manuscript 2, April 15, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 14 in. x 11 in. or smaller (certificate and mat) | |||||||||||||
| Korson named as a Fellow of the American Folklore Society. Printed certificate (matted), with handwritten additions and blind stamp. A significant amount of the handwriting has faded. Original ID 4:2. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/3 | Unframed manuscript 3, October 19, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 10 in. x 15 in. | |||||||||||||
| "Machines Only Music Left in Mines," from The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). Matted newspaper clipping. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/4 | Unframed manuscript 4, November 10, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 10 in. x 12 in. (including the mat) | |||||||||||||
| Newspaper report on the celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Pottsville Free Library. Matted newspaper clipping (from The Pottsville (Pennsylvania) Republican and clip-service citation. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/5 | Unframed manuscript 5, December 6, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| 9 in. x 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| Korson granted lifetime honorary membership by the Pennsylvania Folk Lore [sic] Society. Printed certificate, with handwritten additions. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/6 | Unframed manuscript 6, January 7, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 10 in. x 11 1/4 in. | |||||||||||||
| Typed letter (signed) and typed envelope from Carl Sandburg to Korson. The letter and envelope are matted and mounted. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/7 | Unframed manuscript 7, December 15, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 9 in. x 12 in. | |||||||||||||
| "30 Million TV Fans See Inside of Mine." One-page article from United Mine Workers Journal. Newsprint clipping (received by AFC already laminated). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/8 | Unframed manuscript 8, June 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 12 in. x 9 in. | |||||||||||||
| "The Singing Miners." One-page article from Junior Bazaar. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/9 | Unframed manuscript 9, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Citation of distinguished service awarded to Korson by the University of Pennsylvania. Printed certificate with handwritten additions. Original ID 4:2. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/10 | Unframed manuscript 10, January 22, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 9 in. x 7 in. or smaller (for the letter) | |||||||||||||
| Typed letter (signed) and typed envelope from John L. Lewis to Korson. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/11 | Oversize certificate 1, June 25, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| 13 in. x 10 1/2 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Certificate awarded to Korson, granting him associate member status in the Pennsylvania German Society. Printed certificate with handwritten additions and foil seal. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/12 | Oversize certificate 2, September 15, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| 17 in. x 13 3/4 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Certificate awarded (posthumously) to Korson, on the Golden Jubilee of his service during World War I in the Jewish Zealand; presented by the Zionist Organization of America. Printed certificate with handwritten additions. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/13 | Small poster, circa 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 14 in. x 11 in. | |||||||||||||
| Illustrated page, possibly from United Mine Workers Journal, with images of United Mine Workers of America International presidents, 1890-1965. Coated heavy-stock paper, with black marker added over three images. See box-folder 28/7 for a photocopy (received with the collection). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 94/14 | Black rock (page proofs), circa 1960 | ||||||||||||
| 10 3/4 in. x 13 or smaller (each page) | |||||||||||||
| Printed pages, with handwritten notations. About 100 pages. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries P: Maps | |||||||||||||
| OVERSIZE_FOLDER 1/1 | Map of the Swartara coal region, by Henry K. Strong, circa 1838 | ||||||||||||
| 32 in. x 47 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Printed map; black ink on white paper, possibly a lithograph. The date of the printing is probably much later than the date on the map itself. Accompanied by a county map of Pennsylvania (8 1/2 in. x 11 in.), which originally accompanied it when received from King's College. | |||||||||||||
| OVERSIZE_FOLDER 1/2 | Literary map of Pennsylvania, 1959 | ||||||||||||
| 25 1/4 in. x 38 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Published by the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English. 1959 is the copyright date. Blue and orange printing on white paper. | |||||||||||||
| OVERSIZE_FOLDER 1/3 | West end of Schuykill County, Pennsylvania, January 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 14 in. x 20 1/2 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Handwriting and notations on both sides of the map, including a typed note to Korson from Carl Maurer, who sent the map to him. Printed map; black ink on white paper, with black ink spill marks along some formerly folded areas at center. | |||||||||||||
| OVERSIZE_FOLDER 1/4 | Schuylkill and neighboring counties, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| 21 in. x 46 in. or smaller | |||||||||||||
| Probably a map of mines in Schuylkill and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania. White print on blue background. | |||||||||||||
| OVERSIZE_FOLDER 1/5 | County and town map, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| 22 in. x 34 in. | |||||||||||||
| Half the item's 34-inch measurement is the map, and the other half is a location index for counties, cities, and towns | |||||||||||||
| Subseries Q: Index card file for books and magazines | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 95 | Index cards | ||||||||||||
| Original index cards for published books in the George Korson Folklore Archive. Approximately 625 cards. See Appendix A for a list of books retained with the current collection. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries R: Angus K. Gillespie research files | |||||||||||||
| Files donated by Professor Angus K. Gillespie to Rutgers University, documenting his research regarding Korson and Korson's work, for the book Folklorist of the Coal Fields. The original order of the files, as they were received at AFC, has been retained. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/1 | Transfer of Gillespie papers, September 27, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| One item of correspondence from Ronald L. Becker (Rutgers University) to an unidentified person at King's College, to document that he would ship the Gillespie papers to King's College for inclusion in the George Korson Folklore Archive. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/2 | Out-of-print book searches, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence from Books-On-File (book search service) to Gillespie. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/3 | Correspondence - Exposition Books, Ltd., 1974-1975 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence between Gillespie and the publisher of his book on Korson, plus an announcement for the 1974 James Mooney Award. Original file heading: Publication. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/4 | Red Cross, 1946; 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Research on the Red Cross | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/5 | Reviews and research (1 of 9), 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of a review of The miner sings, by Melvin LeMon and George Korson (published 1936), plus a letter dated May 8, 1936 from LeMon to Eugene H. Fischer. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/6 | Reviews and research (2 of 9), 1926-1928; undated | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of contemporary reviews of Korson's book Songs and ballads of the anthracite miner (published 1937), with a typed paragraph introducing the material. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/7 | Reviews and research (3 of 9), 1938-1966; undated | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of contemporary reviews of Korson's book Minstrels of the mine patch (published 1938), plus pages from the book, with handwritten annotations, and a paper submitted by a student in a class taught by Gillespie. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/8 | Reviews and research (4 of 9), 1938-1939 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of a contemporary review of Korson's book Black land (published 1941), published correspondence to and from Korson and others, and a draft of a prospectus from the "Way of Life" series published by Row, Peterson, and Company. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/9 | Reviews and research (5 of 9), 1943-1975; undated | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of contemporary reviews of Korson's book Coal dust on the fiddle (published 1943), with handwritten notes, plus a copy of a paper written by a student in a class taught by Gillespie. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/10 | Reviews and research (6 of 9), 1947-1952 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of contemporary reviews of A child's book of folklore (published 1947; co-written by Korson and Marion Vallat Emrich), a publication announcement, and a royalty statement. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 96/11 | Reviews and research (7 of 9), 1947-1965 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of contemporary reviews of sound recordings from Korson's fieldwork, and articles about the Archive of Folk Song. | |||||||||||||
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