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| Series 1: Manuscripts (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries D: Speeches and articles | |||||||||||||
| These are by George Korson unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/1 | Allentown chronicle and news articles - photocopies (1 of 4), 1931-1932 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of cover and pages from original scrapbook album. The original scrapbook is in Box 82. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/2 | Allentown chronicle and news articles - photocopies (2 of 4), 1931-1932 | ||||||||||||
| See the description for box-folder 27/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/3 | Allentown chronicle and news articles - photocopies (3 of 4), 1931-1932 | ||||||||||||
| See the description for box-folder 27/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/4 | Allentown chronicle and news articles - photocopies (4 of 4), 1931-1932 | ||||||||||||
| See the description for box-folder 27/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/5 | "America's anthracite miners: their ballads tell their story." Washington Post (photocopy), April 13, 1941 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/6 | "Anatomy of a coal mine." Keystone Folklore Quarterly (photocopy), Spring 1963 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/7 | "Anthracite ballads." Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences (photocopy), July 1938 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/8 | "Anthracite miners as bards and minstrels." American Speech, December 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopy of the essay and the original issue of the journal. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/9 | Amish society: fulfillment and stress in the little community, by John A. Hostetler, circa 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Book review (in typescript) by George Korson, with handwritten corrections. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/10 | Folklore for children and young people: a critical and descriptive bibliography, compiled by Eloise Ramsey with Dorothy M. Howard, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Two copies of a book review by George Korson, reprinted from Southern Folklore XVII: 3 (September 1953). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/11 | John Mitchell, miner, by Elsie Gluck (photocopy), April 24, 1929 | ||||||||||||
| Book review by George Korson, published in Elizabeth Times. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/12 | Low bridge! folklore and the Erie canal, by Lionel D. Wyld, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopy of book review by George Korson, published in Journal of American Folklore 77: 304 (April-June 1964). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/13 | The talking turtle, by Vance Randolph, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| Photocopy of book review by George Korson, published in Keystone Folklore Quarterly 3: 2 (Summer 1958). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/14 | Time for fairy tales old and new, compiled by May Hill Arbuthnot, 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Two copies of a book review by George Korson, reprinted from Southern Folklore Quarterly (December 1953). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/15 | A treasury of New England folklore, edited by B.A. Botkin, November 30, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Original clipping and photocopy of a book review by George Korson, published in The Washington Star. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/16 | A treasury of railroad folklore, edited by B.A. Botkin and Alvin F. Harlow, circa 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Book review (in typescript) by George Korson. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/17 | A treasury of Slovak folk songs, edited by John J. Lach, 1951 | ||||||||||||
| Book review by George Korson, reprinted from Notes 8:2 (March 1951). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/18 | What happened to Mother Goose, by Ray Wood, and Southern Illinois singing games and songs, by David S. McIntosh, circa 1940s | ||||||||||||
| Review of two books (in typescript), by George Korson, on American Red Cross letterhead stationary. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/19 | "Bureau of Mines 50th anniversary." United Mine Workers Journal (typescript), November-December 1960 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/20 | "A communication from folklorist George Korson." United Mine Workers Journal, January 15, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/21 | "Courtship and marriage customs among the hard coal region Pennsylvania Dutch." Keystone folklore Quarterly (photocopy), Summer 1961 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/22 | "Early history of the anthracite industry in Pennsylvania." The Pennsylvanian (two copies), April 1951 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/23 | "Fifty years of growth and achievement by our union." United Mine Workers Journal (photocopy), January 15, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/24 | "First-aid training is 50 years old in '60." United Mine Workers Journal, December 15, 1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/25 | "Folksongs and ballads of the anthracite miners," October 9, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Speech given before the Pennsylvania Historical Association, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/26 | "From the president's desk." Keystone Folklore Quarterly, 1957-1960 | ||||||||||||
| One photocopy each from issues for Fall 1957, Winter 1957-58, Spring 1958, Summer 1958, Fall 1958, Spring-Summer 1959, and Spring-Summer 1960 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/27 | "Henry W. Shoemaker: folklorist." Keystone Folklore Quarterly (photocopy), Spring 1957 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 27/28 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: typed manuscript (1 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| The typed manuscript was received from King's College in two folders. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/1 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: typed manuscript (2 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 27/28. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/2 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: typed manuscript (3 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 27/28. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/3 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: miscellaneous, May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/4 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: research materials (1 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/5 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: research materials (2 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/6 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: research materials (3 of 3), May 1965-July 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Handwritten notes from a loose-leaf binder. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/7 | "A history of the United Mine Workers of America." United Mine Workers Journal: illustrations, (photocopy); | ||||||||||||
| The original has been relocated to box-folder 94/13. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/8 | "History of Wyoming Valley." Wilkes-Barre High School Journal, May-June 1917 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/1 | "How Pat Dolan's speech started the 8-hour day." United Mine Workers Journal, April 1, 1939 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/2 | "Humor of the anthracite miner." Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences (photocopy), Summer 1937 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/3 | "Into the late of night the singing went on." New York Post, April 30, 1942 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/4 | "Meet Philip Ginder - new hero of American folklore." Allentown Sunday Call Chronicle, November 13, 1955 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/5 | "Minstrels of the mine patch." Labor Today, vol. 1, no. 4, September 1941 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/6 | Miscellaneous newspaper articles, circa 1920s-1930s | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/7 | "Never underestimate an author's will to live," circa 1960s | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/8 | "The passing of the collier boy," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/9 | "Pennsylvania German influence on the anthracite mining industry," circa October 21-22, 1955 and before | ||||||||||||
| Includes copies of Korson's speech (in final and draft forms, as well as excerpts), plus two copies of the program from the 65th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania German Society, October 21-22, 1955. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/10 | "Red Cross spirit in action," October 19, 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Speech given before the Red Cross Personnel Training Unit, The American University, Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/11 | "A report on area redevelopment." United Mine Workers Journal, October 1, 1961 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/12 | "Rich folklore uncovered for Pennsylvania folk festival." Bucknellian (original and photocopy), March 26, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/13 | Speeches and scripts (miscellaneous), circa 1945-1965 | ||||||||||||
| Some of the writings have been identified. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/14 | Speech, Booksellers' Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1949 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/15 | Speech, Folklore Institute of America, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Summer 1958 | ||||||||||||
| See box-folder 98/24. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/16 | Speech, Herodotan Society, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/17 | Speech, Little Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/18 | Speech, Pennsylvania Folklore Society, University of Pennsylvania, May 3, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/19 | Speech, Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, May 15, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/20 | Speech, Pennsylvania Society, May 5, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/21 | Speech, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1938 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/22 | Speech, Pottsville Shakespeare Club, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1938 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/23 | Speech, Williamsport, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/24 | "The Story of anthracite and iron." United Mine Workers Journal, January 1, 1959 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 29/25 | "My sweetheart's the mule in the mines." Two penny ballads and four dollar whiskey, (1 of 2), 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/1 | "My sweetheart's the mule in the mines." Two penny ballads and four dollar whiskey, (2 of 2), 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/2 | "Traditional minstrelsy being revived throughout Pennsylvania," circa 1936-1938 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/3 | "What is folklore?" American Junior Red Cross News, February 1948 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/4 | "The Williamsport Technical Institute story." United Mine Workers Journal, August 15, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/5 | "Women technologists in the army," circa 1942 | ||||||||||||
| Subseries E: Manuscripts of published works | |||||||||||||
| In the King's College inventory this subseries was named "Manuscripts." | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/6 | Songs and ballads of the anthracite miner, 1927 | ||||||||||||
| Published by F. H. Hitchcock, 1927. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/7 | The miner sings: a collection of folk songs and ballads of the anthracite miner, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Published in 1936. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/8 | Pennsylvania folk songs and ballads for school, camp and playground, 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Published in 1937 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/9 | Minstrels of the mine patch: songs and stories of the anthracite industry: legal documents, circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| First published in 1938 by University of Pennsylvania Press. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/10 | Minstrels of the mine patch: partial manuscript, circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 30/11 | Minstrels of the mine patch: publicity, circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 31/1 | Minstrels of the mine patch: research notes (1 of 4), circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 31/2 | Minstrels of the mine patch: research notes (2 of 4), circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 31/3 | Minstrels of the mine patch: research notes (3 of 4), circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 31/4 | Minstrels of the mine patch: research notes (4 of 4), circa 1938 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 30/9. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 31/5 | Black land: the way of life in the coal fields, circa 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Published by Row, Peterson and Co., in 1941. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 32/1 | Coal dust on the fiddle: songs and stories of the bituminous industry: legal documents, circa 1943 | ||||||||||||
| First published in 1943 by University of Pennsylvania Press. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 32/2 | Coal dust on the fiddle: manuscript 1 draft (1 of 3), circa 1943 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 32/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 32/3 | Coal dust on the fiddle: manuscript 1 draft (2 of 3), circa 1943 | ||||||||||||
| See note for box-folder 32/1. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 32/4 | Coal dust on the fiddle: manuscript 1 draft (3 of 3), circa 1943 | ||||||||||||
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