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BOX 1 Correspondence, 1925-1929
This series consists of Newman I. White's communications with fellow folklorists, his publisher, libraries, and rights holders regarding American Negro Folk Songs. There is also correspondence with George Peabody concerning African music scholar Nicholas G. Ballanta.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent or organization name.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Brawley, Benjamin, 1925
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Harvard University Press, 1928
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Hibbard, C. A., 1926
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Meredith, Mamie, 1928-1929
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Miscellaneous, 1928
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Peabody, George Foster, 1926
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Stephens, Erwin D., 1928
White folder no.: 1
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 White, Newman I., 1926
White folder no.: 1
Requests for publication permissions
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 White, Newman I., 1926
White folder no.: 1
Requests to borrow specific books
BOX 1 Folklore Field Work Collection Forms, 1915-1916
This series consists of folklore field collection sheets from students and friends concerning Black song lyrics.
Arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Ballads not exclusively Negro; unprinted by N. I. White, 1915-1916
White folder no.: 2
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Superstitions (prose) not [exclusively?] Negro; unprinted by me, 1915-1916
White folder no.: 3
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Women - 34 songs, unprintable, 1915-1916
White folder no.: 4
BOX-FOLDER 1/13-14 Work songs, 1915-1916
White folder no.: 6 a-b
BOX 1 Research Materials, 1812-1928, (bulk 1915-1928)
This series contains printed, typed, and handwritten research material that White created or collected. Topics include Black life, pro-slavery sentiment, and notes on hymns and ballads.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Annotations - Religious, 1862-1926
White folder no.: 11
BOX-FOLDER 1/16 Annotations - Secular, 1812-1909
White folder no.: 10
BOX-FOLDER 1/17 Articles and clippings on the Negro, 1920-1928
White folder no.: 5a
Contents include:
  • Simkins, Francis B. "Race Legislation in South Carolina Since 1985," The Southern Atlantic Quarterly
  • The Southern Workman, August 1926
  • Tandy, Jeannette Reid. "Pro-Slavery Propaganda in American Fiction of the Fifties," The Southern Atlantic Quarterly
BOX-FOLDER 1/18 Bibliographical suggestions, undated
White folder no.: 9
BOX-FOLDER 1/19 Echos of hymns in spiritual songs, undated
White folder no.: 7b
BOX-FOLDER 1/20 Printed Negro ballets, 1918-1926
White folder no.: 5b
BOX-FOLDER 1/21 Pro-slavery propaganda, 1850-1860
White folder no.: 8
BOX-FOLDER 1/22 Spiritual songs from hymn books, 1836-1882
White folder no.: 7a

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