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Series 1: Herbert Halpert's fieldwork (continued)
Subseries 1: Alaska
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Alaskan tales - preliminary bibliography, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Alaska, Northwest Canada - field notes, related materials, and photos, 1944
Includes five black-and-white photos, each measuring 4 1/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. and smaller
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Alaska - Indian tales, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Alaska - nicknames, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 "The Alaskan Frontier," 1944-1945, undated
An unpublished article on Alaskan folklore by Herbert Halpert, with an accompanying explanatory note from Violetta Halpert.
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Alaskan tales and anecdotes, 1944
Collected by Herbert Halpert.
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 "Hell in Alaska" and notes on "Hell in Texas," 1910-1985, undated
Photocopies and notes. "Hell in Alaska" is a manuscript copy obtained in Nome by a local informant. "Hell in Texas" was the prototype.
Subseries 2: Indiana
Folklore by nationality, motif, and other categories
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Folk beliefs, 1936-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Folk beliefs (unfiled), 1940-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Rhymes, 1940, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Games, 1930-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Folk customs, 1940-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Songs, 1940-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Local histories, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Composed verse, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Belief slips (unsorted), circa 1940-1941
Original folder title: Indiana University reports (original file)
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Kentucky folklore (Indiana University collection), circa 1940
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Polish folklore (Indiana University collection), undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Greek folklore (Indiana University collection), 1941
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 Dutch folklore (Indiana University collection), 1941
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 Newby manuscripts, June-July 1958
"To be typed" (handwritten note on the original folder)
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 Legends, 1940-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/23 Folktales, 1940-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 1/24 Indiana manuscripts: informants/interviews, 1940-1942
Subseries 3: Mid-Atlantic region
Sub-subseries 1: General materials
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 New Jersey Pines and New York State - folksong texts and fieldnotes, 1937-1941, undated
Materials found loose with the New Jersey and New York folders
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 New Jersey/New York recordings - contents, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 New York and Pennsylvania folksong texts (second set), undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 New York and Pennsylvania folktales - tales up the Delaware/East Branch, undated
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York recordings made by Herbert Halpert, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Pennsylvania lists, undated
Contacts and addresses, fieldwork, and part of a roadmap for eastern Pennsylvania
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Mrs. Fred Coddlington - Pennsylvania songs, 1938-1939, undated
Sub-subseries 2: New Jersey and New York archival data cards - folksongs
Cards (and sometimes slips of paper) measure about 5" x 8". Pennsylvania material is also included, even though the original label from the donor does not indicate it.
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 By singers - text only, no recordings, 1937, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Dubs (not transcribed), 1937, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Titles of songs (1/11), 1937-1939
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Titles of songs (2/11), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Titles of songs (3/11), 1937-1939
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 Titles of songs (4/11), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Titles of songs (5/11), 1937-1938
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Titles of songs (6/11), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Titles of songs (7/11), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Titles of songs (8/11), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Titles of songs (9/11), 1936-1941
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Titles of songs (10/11), 1936-1938, 1940-1941
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Titles of songs (11/11), 1936-1940, 1942
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Pennsylvania and New York recordings (1/2), 1937-1939
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Pennsylvania and New York recordings (2/2), 1936-1940
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Singers, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Singers, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Singers, 1937-1939
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Singers - members of the Edwards family (1/3), 1938, 1940, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 Singers - members of the Edwards family (2/3), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Singers - members of the Edwards family (3/3), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Singers - members of the Wormuth family, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 By singer, from groups not transcribed (1/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 By singer, from groups not transcribed (2/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 By singer, from groups not transcribed (3/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 By singer, from groups not transcribed (4/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 By singer, from groups not transcribed (5/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 By singer, from groups not transcribed (6/6), 1938-1939, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Quotes and data from singers (from dictated texts, vol. 1), circa 1936-1941
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Quotes and data from singers (from dictated texts, vol. 2), 1936-1938, 1940
The accompanying slip says "Copy data on Wainwright song" but this does not seem to match the folder contents. The current folder title was assigned by the archivist.
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Singers' comments, 1936-1940
Excerpted from dictated texts, vol. 3
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Data from the title list of records, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 6/5 Texts only, for book - music not recorded, 1936-1942, undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/6 Texts only (New Jersey) - no recording or tune made, 1936-1942, undated
Arranged alphabetically by singer
BOX-FOLDER 6/7 New Jersey, on record (1/2), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 6/8 New Jersey, on record (2/2), 1937
BOX-FOLDER 7/1 New Jersey, on record (no dub), 1938
BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Excerpts from New Jersey texts (Dictated Texts, vol. 2), 1937-1940
BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Dubs (not transcribed) for 1st book, 1937, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 7/4 On records, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 7/5 New Jersey - music transcribed, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 7/6 New Jersey - music transcribed, 1938
BOX-FOLDER 7/7 New Jersey - music transcribed, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 7/8 Music transcribed by Pol., 1937
Noted on the documentation: "H has no copy."
BOX-FOLDER 7/9 Music transcribed by Pol., 1938
Noted on the documentation: "H has no copy."
BOX-FOLDER 7/10 Music transcribed by Pol., 1939
Noted on the documentation: "H has no copy."
BOX-FOLDER 7/11 New Jersey - music transcribed and checked by Bayard, 1937
BOX-FOLDER 7/12 New Jersey - dubs - music not transcribed, 1937-1938
BOX-FOLDER 7/13 New Jersey - dubs - music not transcribed, 1939
BOX-FOLDER 7/14 Texts with no music - no dub, 1939
Sub-subseries 3: New Jersey and New York folksong index - titles and first lines
BOX 8 Index cards
3 in. x 5 in. handwritten index cards.
Subseries 4: New Jersey
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 New Jersey folklore: narratives, informants, field notes, etc., undated
Photocopied cover page
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 List of tales and legends told by each informant, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 New Jersey maps and time tables, 1936-1941
Used by Herbert Halpert on his collecting trips. Two of the maps are in delicate condition.
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 Interviews - New Jersey informants, A-K (work set), 1938-1940
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 Interviews - New Jersey informants, K-Z (work set), 1938-1941
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 New Jersey field notes - informant information/contacts, etc., 1940, undated
Some pages are delicate
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 New Jersey field notes, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 9/8 New Jersey field work - Child ballad finding list and questions, 1936 or after
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 New Jersey - field notes, letters, texts, and miscellaneous notes, 1937-1939, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 New Jersey Pines - research data (1/2), 1937-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 New Jersey Pines - research data (2/2), 1937-1941, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 New Jersey texts - legends - Giberson and the devil (edited set), 1940-1942, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 New Jersey texts - legends - Munyhun - wizard of the Pines, 1940-1951, undated
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 New Jersey texts - legends - devils, witches, and spirits (computer version), 1940-1951, undated
BOX-FOLDER 10/3 New Jersey texts - strong man legends, 1940-1951, undated
BOX-FOLDER 10/4 New Jersey texts - tales - fools and simpletons, 1940-1942, 1946
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