"Randolph, Vance."

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af000001 Vance Randolph Collection AFC 1941/001 Prepared by Clare Norcio and Katie Lyn Peebles American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

August 2000 Guides to the Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2003682276

Encoded by Library of Congress, 2000; Revised by Nora Yeh Finding aid written in English July 2010 Nora Yeh Collection Summary AFC 1941/001 Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980 Vance Randolph Collection 1941-1972 (bulk 1941-1943) 24 boxes containing manuscripts, graphic materials, published articles, sound recordings, and maps 12.5 linear feet 18,216 items Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home Field recordings, photographs, and manuscripts documenting Ozark Mountains folksong, folklife, and local history from 1941 to 1972, collected by Vance Randolph. Collection material in English Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. For bibliography see Appendix A.

People Carlisle, Irene Jones, performer. Hammontree, Doney, performer. McCord, May K., performer. Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980, collector, performer. Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980--Correspondence. Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980--Ethnomusicological collections. Starr, Belle, 1848-1889. Organizations Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) collector. Subjects Ballads, English--Ozark Mountains Region. Children's songs, English--Ozark Mountains Region. English language--Dialects--Ozark Mountains Region. Fiddle tunes--Ozark Mountains Region. Field recordings--Ozark Mountains Region. Folk dance music--Ozark Mountains Region. Folk festivals--Ozark Mountains Region. Folk literature--Ozark Mountains Region. Folk music--Ozark Mountains Region. Folk songs, English--Ozark Mountains Region. Folklore--Ozark Mountains Region. Folklorists--Ozark Mountains Region. Folklorists--United States--Correspondence. Games--Ozark Mountains Region. Hymns, English--Ozark Mountains Region. Material culture--Ozark Mountains Region. Old-time music--Ozark Mountains Region. Rites and ceremonies--Ozark Mountains Region. Shape note singing--Ozark Mountains Region. Singing games--Ozark Mountains Region. Storytelling--Ozark Mountains Region. Superstition--Ozark Mountains Region. Tales--Ozark Mountains Region. Tall tales. Traditional medicine--Ozark Mountains Region. Places Arkansas--Folklore. Missouri--Folklore. Oklahoma--Folklore. Ozark Mountains--History, Local. Ozark Mountains--Religious life and customs. Ozark Mountains--Social life and customs. Form/Genre Clippings. Correspondence. Field recordings. Lecture notes. Manuscripts. Photographic prints. Sound recordings. Administrative Information Provenance

The Vance Randolph Collection began with the field recordings that the Archive of American Folk Song commissioned Randolph to make in 1941 and 1942. Randolph donated his personal papers to the Library of Congress in 1972; the two accessions have been combined.

Processing History

After the 1972 donation, Beverly W. Brannan prepared an inventory in 1977, and an evaluation of the Vance Randolph Collection. The collection was then preliminarily rehoused by Judith Gray. In 1996, Camila Bryce-Laporte and Norbert Sarsfield prepared a more detailed inventory. The 1977 and 1996 inventories are located in the Corporate Subject files in the Folklife Reading Room under "Randolph, Vance." In 1999, Clare Norcio began organizing and continued the rehousing of the collection. Katie Lyn Peebles finished organizing and housing the collection in the summer of 2000.

Location

The American Folklife Center holds custody of this collection; portions are housed in other divisions. The Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (M/B/RS) has the original discs and preservation tape copies AFS 5236-5425 (LWO 3493, reels 14-26), AFS 6397-6464 (LWO 3493, reel 42), and AFS 6897-6904 (LWO 3493, reels 56-57). See the Collection Concordance by Format for more information. The Archive of Folk Culture holds a set of reference tapes. The Prints and Photographs Division holds 40 photographs (Lot 5580) from the 1941-1942 field trips.

Access

Listening and viewing access to the collection is unrestricted. Listening copies of the recordings are available at the Folklife Reading Room.

Restrictions

Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Folklife Reading Room for specific information. See http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/folkrec.html for information about ordering audio reproductions. See http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/pds/photo.html for information about ordering photographic reproductions.

Publications Cochran, Robert. "Randolph, Vance." In American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. ed. Jan Harold Brunvand. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996. Cochran, Robert. Vance Randolph: An Ozark Life. Urbana: University of Illinois Press,1985. Related Materials

The Manuscript Division has a collection entitled "Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953," which contains the typescripts of Ozark Superstitions, We Always Lie to Strangers, Who Blowed Up the Church House? and Down in the Holler with handwritten corrections (call number MMC-3244). The Music Division has a 1949 manuscript and microfilm copy of "Unprintable Songs and Other Folklore Materials" from the Ozarks by Vance Randolph [call number M1629.R23 U5 (Case)].

Preferred Citation

Vance Randolph Collection (AFC 1941/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Washington D.C.

The Collector

Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in psychology. As a graduate student, Randolph began to earn money by coaching students and ghostwriting. He then moved to the Ozark Mountains, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He was married twice, the first marriage lasting through the 1930s. In 1962 he married Mary Celestia Parler, a professor of English at the University of Arkansas and an active member of the folklore community, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

In the 1920s, Randolph began writing about the Ozark folklore he was collecting. He published several articles on dialect, folk belief, and recreation. His first books of folklore scholarship, The Ozarks and Ozark Mountain Folks, were published in the 1930s. He went on to publish Ozark Folksongs (4 vols., 1946-50) and Ozark Superstitions (1947). In the 1950s, he published four collections of folktales and a book about language in the Ozarks. His other major publications include Ozark Folklores: A Bibliography (1972), Pissing in the Snow and other Ozark Folktales (1976), and Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992). In 1978 Randolph was elected as a Fellow of the American Folklore Society, crowning a distinguished career with this formal professional honor.

Scope and Content Note

The Vance Randolph Collection had its beginnings in the early 1940s with fieldwork conducted by the well-known "amateur" Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph. In February 1941, Alan Lomax, then head of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, wrote to Vance Randolph, asking if he would consider making field recordings in the Ozarks. Randolph accepted the request and began to conduct fieldwork with recording equipment and film supplied by the Archive. By the end of 1942, he had collected more than 870 selections on 198 discs (either aluminum or glass-based and lacquer) for the Library of Congress and photographs of people he recorded. Randolph used much of the material he collected in his book Ozark Folksongs, while the Archive included selections from these field recordings on the following releases: L-12, Anglo-American Songs and Ballads; L-14, Anglo-American Songs and Ballads; L-20, Anglo-American Songs and Ballads; L-30, Songs of the Mormons and Songs of the West (this release includes Randolph himself singing "Starving to Death on a Government Claim"); L-61, Railroad Songs and Ballads; and L-62, American Fiddle Tunes.

In addition to the field recordings mentioned above, the Vance Randolph Collection contains the author's personal papers, which he donated to the Library of Congress in 1972. The papers consist of newspaper clippings, bibliographic notes, field notes, research notes, photographic prints, manuscripts, maps, typescripts, telegrams and correspondence, dating from the first decade of the twentieth century to the 1960s.

Related collections can be found in both the Music Division (call number M1629) and the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The Music Division houses one manuscript and 2-reel microfilm copy of Randolph's "Unprintable" Songs and Other Folklore Materials from the Ozarks, while the Manuscript Division possesses the manuscripts of four of Randolph's published books: Ozark Superstitions; We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales from the Ozarks; Who Blowed Up the Church House?; Other Ozark Folk Tales; and Down in the Holler: A Gallery of Ozark Folk Speech.

Collection Concordance by Format Quantity Physical Description/Version Location/I.D. Numbers Manuscript Materials 261 folders Boxes 1-20, 23-24 Sound Recordings 191 12-inch glass-based acetate discs AFS 5236-5425 in M/B/RS. AFS 5270, 5320, 5341, 5425 missing; 5300 broken (Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reels 14-26) 56 16-inch, 12-inch, 10-inch glass-based acetate discs, 8-inch aluminum-based acetate discs AFS 6397-6464 in M/B/RS. AFS 6398 missing; 6400 scratched; 6463 badly broken. AFS 6397 = Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reel 42B; AFS 6399 = Preservation tapes LWO 4872 reel 412A; AFS 6400-6463 = Preservtion tapes LWO 3493, reel 42B-46A; AFS 6464 = Preservation tapes LWO 4872 reel 412A 8 12-inch glass-based acetate discs AFS 6897-6904 in M/B/RS. AFS 6897 damaged; 6900 broken = Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reels 56-57 1 5-inch reel-to-reel tape "Some Talk About Belle Starr" in Box 21 Graphic Materials 213 photographs, including 164 prints, 8 negatives, and 41 photocopied reproductions In folders 263-79, Boxes 21-22; also in subject file folders 35, 53, 74, 168, 173 Electronic Media 2 3.5-inch computer diskettes Folder 1a in Box 1 contains this collection guide, attachments, finding aid tagged with EAD, and 2 diskettes

http://lccn.loc.gov/2003682276 Container List Container Contents Series I: Manuscript Materials Administrative Files 1 1a Collection guide. Contains the collection guide and three appendices listing reprinted articles and book reviews. 1 1b Log of visual images. Table A describes the photoprints and negatives housed in the AFC 1941/001 collection; Table B describes the photographs housed in the Prints and Photographs Division as Lot 5580. Descriptions include the photograph number, subject, location, setting, and related photographs. 1 1c The Vance Randolph Collection: Ozark Folk Music. Contains photocopies of the Archive's card catalog entries, and the song lists, performer, place, and recording information for the field recordings made by Randolph for the Library of Congress. It includes photocopies of catalog cards for 5236 A-5270 B3, an annotated manuscript of catalog entries for 5271 A1-5425 B3, an annotated list of fiddle tunes played by Lon Jordan (5314-5317, 5319-5326, 5376-5379, 5401-5402, 5404-5405), and two lists of fiddle tunes played by Bill Bilyeu (6897 A1-6904 B3). Subject Files 1 2 Ancestors. Contains typed and handwritten notes about Vance Randolph's family history. 1 3 Arthur Aull. Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes concerning the Ozark newspaperman Arthur Aull. 1 4 Beat Texas. Contains newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to football. 1 5 Thomas Hart Benton. Contains newspaper clippings concerning artist Thomas Hart Benton. 1 6 Bibliography (Photocopy). Contains a chronological bibliography of Vance Randolph's published articles, compiled by Randolph. 1 7 Bibliography (Original). 1 8 Booze, etc. H-V stuff. Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten and typed notes dealing with alcoholism, homosexuality, insomnia, and smoking. 1 9 "The Butterfly Still Lives." Contains a 2-page typed manuscript dealing with Vance Randolph's childhood. 1 10 Cavemen of the Ozarks. Contains newspaper clippings and a typed manuscript dealing with prehistoric settlements in the Ozarks. 1 11 Children's games. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, handwritten and typed notes, and a reprint of "Ozark Mountain Party-Games" ( Journal of American Folklore 1936). 1 12 Children's games. Folder 2 of 2. Contains handwritten notes. 1 13 Children's rhymes. Folder 1 of 2. Contains a reprint of "Children's Rhymes from Missouri" ( Journal of American Folklore 1950), newspaper clippings, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes. 1 14 Children's rhymes. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed notes. 1 15 College such as it was. Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the Kansas State College of Pittsburgh. 1 16 The Concrete Cadillac. Contains typed and handwritten notes, and a copy of The Oregon Folklore Bulletin dealing with the urban tale known as "The Concrete Cadillac." Also contains a Günther Grass passage, translation, and notes. 2 17 Covered wagon. Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with Vance Randolph's trip through the Ozarks in a covered wagon. 2 18 Cuss words. Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes dealing with Ozark profanities. 2 19 Dance calls. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing with folk dancing. 2 20 Dance calls. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes. 2 21 Dances and fiddle tunes. Folder 1 of 1. Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing with folk dancing and fiddle playing. 2 22 Dances and fiddle tunes. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes. 2 23 "Pea Ridge" Day. Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing with the professional baseball player Henry Clyde "Pea Ridge" Day. 2 24 Dialect. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes the following subjects: advertisements, disputes, word list. 2 25 Dialect articles. Contains newspaper clippings and notes on articles about dialect. 2 26 Dialect correspondence. Contains correspondence dealing with Ozark dialect, including letters from E.H. Criswell, Elsie and Louis Freund, Herbert Halpert, Louise Pound, Rose Spaulding, and George P. Wilson. 2 27 Dialect notes. Folder 1 of 2. Contains index cards and typed notes in sequential order. 2 28 Dialect notes. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes. 2 29 J. Frank Dobie. Contains a newspaper clipping and index card dealing with the author J. Frank Dobie. 2 30 Dulcimer, banjo, guitar. Contains newspaper clippings, articles, and typed notes dealing with folk instruments. 2 31 Maude Duncan. Contains newspaper clippings dealing with newspaperwoman Maude Duncan. 3 32 Fake antiques. Contains typed and handwritten notes; articles. 3 33 Fiddle. Folder 1 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings about tuning and the manner of playing. 3 34 Fiddle. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes about the differences between violin and fiddle playing. Includes a paginated manuscript. 3 35 Fiddle construction. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with the construction of fiddles. Also contains an annotated photoprint of a man playing a "mussel-shell" fiddle, along with the corresponding negative. Includes notes on snake rattles, the three-string fiddle, and the gourd fiddle. 3 36 Ozark fiddle tunes. Contains correspondence, articles, and typed and handwritten notes. Also contains a reprint copy of Vance Randolph's article "The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes" ( Midwest Folklore 1954). 3 37 John Gould Fletcher. Contains handwritten and typed notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings dealing with the poet John Gould Fletcher and the Ozark Folklore Society. 3 38 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 1 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings and typed and handwritten notes. Includes articles by Vance Randolph. 3 39 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 2 of 6. Contains typed and handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a term paper. Topics included: fishing and folk medicine. 3 40 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 3 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings and a term paper. Topics included: lead miners and miscellaneous articles. 3 41 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 4 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. Includes: miscellaneous notes and "Our Town" column. 3 42 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 5 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, brochures, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: pamphlets, and advertisements. 3 43 Folk belief and superstition. Folder 6 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. Topics include: weatherlore. 3 44 Folk belief and superstition: Correspondence. Contains letters and newspaper clippings. Includes correspondence with Charles M. Bogert, William Edward Cox, Wayland D. Hand, Mrs. Mahnkey, May Kennedy McCord, in re. Albert Pike, Rose Spaulding, Barre Toelken, and Ruth Tyler; also includes miscellaneous correspondence. 4 45 Folk festivals. Folder 1 of 5. Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Arkansas Folklore Society, American Folklore Society, American Anthropology Associations, Florida Folk Festival, National Folk Camp, and other associations. 4 46 Folk festivals. Folder 2 of 5. Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: National Folk Festival in Cleveland (1946), St. Louis (1948-54). 4 47 Folk festivals. Folder 3 of 5. Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: National Folk Festival in Oklahoma City (1957), Ozark Folk Festival in Rolla, MO (1935), Eureka Springs (1949-53). 4 48 Folk festivals. Folder 4 of 5. Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs (1954-65). 4 49 Folk festivals. Folder 5 of 5. Contains assorted newspaper clippings. 4 50 Folklore and history. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with folklore studies in academia and the relationship between folklore and history. 4 51 Folksong. Folder 1 of 2. Contains correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, and song transcriptions. 4 52 Folksong. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes. 4 53 Folksong articles. Contains assorted newspaper clippings about folksong, articles by Vance Randolph, John Gould Fletcher, and Sidney Robertson Cowell and Henry Cowell, and a 1939 photograph of Sidney Robertson Cowell. 4 54 Folksong letters. Folder 1 of 3. 1927-40. Contains correspondence to and from Vance Randolph dealing with his experiences collecting folksongs in the Ozarks. Correspondents include: Louise Pound, Franz Boas, Harvard University Press, George Lyman Kittredge, Dororthy Scarborough, "The Twelve Apostles," and "The Mermaid." 4 55 Folksong letters. Folder 2 of 3. 1941-42 (June). Correspondents include: The Library of Congress, Alan Lomax, Edward Water, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Thomas Benton, John Stilley, John Robert Moore (re. the integrity of Child 218), and the Music Library Association. 5 56 Folksong letters. Folder 3 of 3. 1942 (August)-57. Correspondents includs: The Library of Congress, B.A. Botkin, Wayland D. Hand, Mildred McMullen Green, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Evelyn K. Wells. 5 57 Folksong: "Songs Collected in the Ozark Mountains." Contains a list of folksongs compiled by Vance Randolph. 5 58 Fox hunting. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. 5 59 Fox hunting. Folder 2 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings. 5 60 Connie Franklin. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing the alleged murder of Connie Franklin. 5 61 Girard Airship. Contains a newspaper clipping dealing with the first airplane factory and flying school in Kansas. 5 62 Gone Are the Days. Contains one copy of Gone Are the Days: A Book of Boyhood Memories , written by L.J. Hedgecock. 5 63 "A Green Fork Turns to Water." Contains a newspaper clipping entitled "A Green Fork Turns to Water," which deals with water witches. 5 64 Groundhog. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with groundhogs and woodchucks. 5 65 Guns and gunplay. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. 5 66 Louis Hanecke. Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with Louis Hanecke, owner of the Allred Hotel in Carroll County. 5 67 The healing waters. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with mineral water and spring water in the Ozarks. 5 68 Hidden treasure. Folder 1 of 3. Contains correspondence, Exciting Adventures Along the Indian Frontier by W.R. Draper, and typed and handwritten notes. 5 69 Hidden treasure. Folder 2 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. 5 70 Hidden treasure. Folder 3 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings. 6 71 Hog calling. Contains two typewritten pages of notes. 6 72 Hollywood. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with Hollywood's treatment of writers. 6 73 Introduction. Contains a typescript of a title page and notes for the preface of Ozark Folklore: Selected Papers of Vance Randolph, arranged and edited by Mary Celestia Parler. 6 74 Jacob's Cavern. Folder 1 of 3. Contains manuscript articles by Vance Randolph and Vernon C. Allison and photographs of Jacob's Cavern, Missouri. 6 75 Jacob's Cavern. Folder 2 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, a drawing, and correspondence dealing with Jacob's Cavern and the history of elephants. 6 76 Jacob's Cavern. Folder 3 of 3. Contains journal articles about Jacob's Cavern. 6 77 Jacob's Cavern: Bone Correspondence. Contains letters about the decorated bone found in Jacob's Cavern and the resulting controversy. 6 78 Joke book letters. Contains correspondence to and from Vance Randolph related to Randolph's book Hot Springs and Hell . Correspondents include: Robert Yoder, Woman's Day, Richard Dorson, Columbia University Press, Herbert Halpert, Kenneth Goldstein (Folklore Associates), Carl Withers, and Gershon Legman. 6 79 Sam Leath. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes about Sam Leath, an Ozarks collector and explorer. 6 80 Lecture notes taken by Vance Randolph (Photocopy). Contains the photocopy of a notebook with Vance Randolph's handwritten notes on G. Stanley Hall's 1914-15 lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, on "The Psychology of Christianity." 6 81 Lecture notes taken by Vance Randolph (Original). Contains the original notebook photocopied in Folder 80. 6 82 Locusts from the city. Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the impact of tourists from the city on the Ozarks. 6 83 Walter Clare Martin. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with the bow hunter Walter Clare Martin. 7 84 The Master's desk. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with the poet Edgar Lee Masters. 7 85 Medicine show. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with medicine shows. 7 86 The Menace . Contains newspaper clippings and reprints of journal articles, and typed notes dealing with the Aurora, Missouri, newspaper The Menace. 7 87 The Mollyjoggers. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with fraternal organizations. 7 88 Moonshine liquor. Contains a newspaper clipping, and a handwritten note dealing with moonshiners. 7 89 Tom P. Morgan. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten and typed notes, dealing with humorist and newspaper columnist Tom P. Morgan. 7 90 Tom P. Morgan. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed notes. 7 91 Mysterious lights. Contains a typescript about the sightings of unexplained lights in northeastern Oklahoma. 7 92 Names and nicknames. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with distinctive names and nicknames of the Ozarks. 7 93 Names and nicknames. Folder 2 of 2. Contains index cards. 7 94 "The Nobility of the Mountaineer." Contains typed notes about the character and nature of people living in the rural Ozarks. 7 95 Nonsense speeches. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with nonsense speeches and illiterate elocutionists. 7 96 Old customs. Folder 1 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes and typescripts dealing with traditional Ozark social customs. 7 97 Old customs. Folder 2 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, articles, and correspondence. 7 98 Old Man Burgess. Contains correspondence and a handwritten note dealing with the faith healer J.W. Burgess. 8 99 Outlawry. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and brochure about the Eureka Springs 1922 bank robbery and famous male and female outlaws. 8 100 Ozark eccentrics. Contains newspaper clippings, brochure, and typed and handwritten notes about interesting Americans and Ozark eccentrics. 8 101 Ozark life. Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes about returning to the land. Also includes two typescripts, "Christmas in the Ozarks" and "The Lure of the Ozarks." 8 102 "Ozarks, Where Are You?" Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings and typed and handwritten notes concerning the size of the Ozarks. 8 103 "Ozarks, Where Are You?" Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence and a typescript for an article entitled "Ozarks, Where Are You?" 8 104 Place names. Folder 1 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: A-L; M-Z; Correspondence. Guide for Students; History and Origin; Listing; Mountains. 8 105 Place names. Folder 2 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Guide for Students; History and Origin. 8 106 Place names. Folder 3 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. Included: Listing; Pronunciation; Mountains; Waterways. 8 107 Place names. Folder 4 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. Includes: Missouri Barry County; Missouri MacDonald County (photocopy). 8 108 Place names. Folder 5 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Missouri MacDonald County (original). 8 109 Place names. Folder 6 of 6. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. Includes notes and index cards. 8 110 Politics. Contains newspaper clippings about politics. 9 111 Randolph, Vance. Biographical Material. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with the life and work of Vance Randolph. 9 112 Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 1 of 4. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Correspondence; The Devil's Pretty Daughter. 9 113 Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 2 of 4. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Down in the Holler; Hot Springs and Hell; Lists; Ozark Folksongs. 9 114 Randolph, Vance. Book reviews. Folder 3 of 4. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Ozark Superstitions; Sticks in the Knapsack; The Talking Turtle. 9 115 Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 4 of 4. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: The Talking Turtle; We Always Lie to Strangers; Who Blowed Up the Church House? 9 116 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 1 of 8. Photocopy A. 9 117 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 2 of 8. Original A. Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. 9 118 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 3 of 8. Photocopy B. 9 119 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 4 of 8. Original B. Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. 10 120 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 5 of 8. Photocopy C. 10 121 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 6 of 8. Original C. books. Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. 10 122 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 7 of 8. Photocopy D. 10 123 Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 8 of 8. Original D. Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. 10 124 Reading lists, annotated. Folder 1 of 2. Contains annotated notebooks kept by Vance Randolph listing books he read. The folder is subdivided into the following groups: 1/1/1916 - 9/?/1919; 5/25/1919 - 11/29/1919. 10 125 Reading lists, annotated. Folder 2 of 2. 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. 11 126 Religion. Folder 1 of 3. 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. 11 127 Religion. Folder 2 of 3. Includes: Correspondence; stories. Contains a two-page typescript entitled "Relative to Religion." 11 128 Religion. Folder 3 of 3. Includes typed and handwritten notes. 11 129 Will Rice. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with the newspaper columnist Will Rice. 11 130 Ted Richmond. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence dealing with writer and "Wilderness Librarian" James T. "Twilight Ted" Richmond. 11 131 Riddles. Folder 1 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes and correspondence. 11 132 Riddles. Folder 2 of 2. Contains typed and handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and reprints of journal articles by Vance Randolph, Archer Taylor, and Isabel Spradley, dealing with riddles. 11 133 Ritual planting. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with agricultural superstitions. 11 134 Roaring River. Contains a nine-page typescript entitled "Roaring River," which describes the Roaring River in Missouri. 11 135 Spider Rowland. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with newspaper columnist and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Hardy "Spider" Rowland. 11 136 "The Honorable" Salts (J.D. Salts). Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with author and presidential candidate James D. "The Honorable" Salts. 11 137 Buck Saunders. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with gun collector Col. C. B. "Buck" Saunders. 11 138 Shape notes (Modal tunes, gapped scales). Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with shape note singing. 11 139 The Shibboleths. Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings dealing the proper pronunciation of the word Arkansas. 11 140 Leonard Short. Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with the outlaw Leonard Short. 11 141 Short change. Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with con artists. 11 142 Show business. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings about the intersection of show business and the Ozarks. 12 143 Skipping games. Contains newspaper clippings, reprints of journal articles, handwritten and typed notes, and correspondence dealing with jump rope rhymes and skipping games. 12 144 "Some Call it Guts." Contains a five page typescript recounting a shooting incident that Vance Randolph was involved in as a young man. 12 145 Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3. 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.

12 146 Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3. Contains correspondence: 6/10/1939 - 10/(n.d.)/1939; 4/3/1940 - 4/25/1941; 5/17/1941 - 5/23/1941. 12 147 Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3. Contains correspondence: 5/27/1941 - 7/2/1941; 7/7/1941 - 3/23/1948; 5/6/1952 - 9/3/1963. 12 148 Belle Starr. Folder 1 of 7. 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. 12 149 Belle Starr. Folder 2 of 7. Contains index cards, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Index cards; assorted notes. 12 150 Belle Starr. Folder 3 of 7. 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. 12 151 Belle Starr. Folder 4 of 7. 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. 12 152 Belle Starr. Folder 5 of 7. 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. 12 153 Belle Starr. Folder 6 of 7. Contains a numbered manuscript. 13 154 Belle Starr. Folder 7 of 7. Contains the Shackleford Manuscript. 13 155 Gabby Street. Contains newspaper clippings dealing with baseball player, manager, and radio commentator Charles E. "Gabby" Street. 13 156 Tall tales. Folder 1 of 3. Contains articles, manuscript, and newspaper clippings. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: "Aged in the Woods"; Tall Tales from the Ozarks; articles. 13 157 Tall tales. Folder 2 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Correspondence; notes. 13 158 Tall tales. Folder 3 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Jokes; natural occurrences; song. 13 159 Tall tales: Animals. Folder 1 of 3. Contains typed and handwritten notes. Topics include: Bees, bugs, birds, game, fowl, cats, cows, and dogs. 13 160 Tall tales: Animals. Folder 2 of 3. Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings. Includes: Fish, frogs, horses, small mammals, squirrels, turtles. 13 161 Tall tales: Animals. Folder 3 of 3. Contains newspaper clippings about animals and typed notes about people. 13 162 This Writing Racket. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with ghost writing and other aspects of the writing business. Includes: Book ideas; writers (miscellaneous). 13 163 This Writing Racket. Folder 2 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes. 13 164 "Titanic Slim" Thompson. Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the gambler Alvin Clarence "Titanic Slim" Thompson. 13 165 Travel and travelogues. Folder 1 of 3. Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with various travel destinations and tourist attractions. Includes photocopies dated 1909-39. 14 166 Travel and travelogues. Folder 2 of 3. Includes photocopies dated 1949-57. 14 167 Travel and travelogues. Folder 3 of 3. Contains originals. 14 168 Typescripts. Folder 1 of 4. Contains student projects and a typescript of the article "Folklore of the Smackover Oil Field," including photographs. 14 169 Typescripts. Folder 2 of 4. 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." 14 170 Typescripts. Folder 3 of 4. Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Ozark Superstitions"; "Racial Elements and Folklore." 14 171 Typescripts. Folder 4 of 4. Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Snap-Shots for Sportsmen"; "The Sport of Gigging Suckers"; "Way Back in the Hills." 14 172 Two Gentlemen from Verona (Harry and Jim Browning). Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, correspondence, and pamphlets dealing with the wrestler Jim Browning and his cousin Harry Browning, a poet. 14 173 Jean Wallace. Contains newspaper clippings and an annotated photoprint dealing with Jean Wallace, "The Mystery Maid of Roaring River." 14 174 The White River Monster. Contains newspaper clippings dealing with a legendary monster in the White River of Arkansas. 14 175 Wild Men hermits. Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, dealing with hermits and recluses. 14 176 Thomas Williamson. Contains typed and handwritten notes about the novelist Thomas Williamson and his time in the Ozarks. 14 177 Witchcraft. Contains correspondence, a copy of "A Witch Trial in Carroll County," handwritten notes, and a typescript of "The Hills are Full of Witches." 14 178 World War I. Contains four typed pages of notes dealing with Vance Randolph's experiences during World War I. 14 179 Writers' Project. Folder 1 of 2. Contains newspaper clippings and correspondence dealing with the WPA Federal Writers' Project. 14 180 Writers' Project. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence 1936-37 about the WPA Federal Writers' Project. Correspondence Files 15 181 "A" Correspondence. Contains letters to and/or from: The Arkansas Gazette; The American Legion; Russell Ames; and others. 15 182 "B" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains letters to and/or from: H.M. Belden, University of Missouri; Thomas Hart Benton; Walter Blair, University of Chicago; Boston University; Benjamin Botkin. 15 183 "B" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with Carroll Bowen, University of Chicago Press; Bertrand Bronson, University of California; and others. 15 184 "C" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains correspondence with Irene Carlisle; Cyril Clemens; Dean Coffin Press; Columbia University; Jack Conroy; Josiah Combs. 15 185 "C" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with Henry Cowell; Sidney Robertson Cowell; and others. 15 186 "D" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains correspondence with Clarence Decker; J. Frank Dobie; Dover Publications; and others. 15 187 "D" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with Richard Dorson, 1952-67. 15 188 "E" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Albert Einstein; Duncan Emrich; Robert Erwin; and others. 15 189 "F" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Clifton Fadiman; Orval Faubus; Charlie May Fletcher; Isabel France; and others. 15 190 "G" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Henry Glassie; Kenneth Goldstein; Rayna Green; Edith Greenburg; and others. 15 191 "H" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3. Contains correspondence with Leonard Hall; Herbert Halpert; Wayland Hand; A.M. Haswell; Marion Hardgrove. 15 192 "H" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3. Contains correspondence with Lee Hays; Jack Henle, Vanguard Press; Wayman Hogue; Mary D. Hudgins; John Huff. 15 193 "H" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3. Contains correspondence with Betty Hughes; Tom Hurley, Channel 9 KETC; and others. 16 194 "J" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Moritz Jagendorf; Katherine Jarrell; LeRoi Jones; Louis Jones, New York State Historical Association; Louis Webster Jones, University of Kansas. 16 195 "K" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Helen Keller; Reamer Keller; Alfred Knopf, the American Mercury; Sarah Gertrude Knott; George Korson; and others. 16 196 "L" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Rose Wilder Lane; Ray Lawless; MacEdward Leach, the American Folklore Society; Sam Leath; Walt Lemke, University of Arkansas; Lawrence Levin; Homer and Wilbur Leveret. 16 197 "L" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with H.H. Lewis; Alan Lomax; George Dewey Lorey; and others. 16 198 "Mc" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with May Kennedy McCord; Judith McCulloh; and others. 16 199 "M" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains correspondence with Mrs. Mahnkey; James Masterson; H.L. Mencken; George Milburn. 16 200 "M" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with Nellie Mills; Mirandy; Merlin P. Mitchell; Ethel Moore; Ruth Ann Musick; and others. 16 201 "N" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with N.C. Nelson; Marion Neville; Peter Nemo (pseudonym of Vance Randolph). 16 202 "O" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains the Ozarks Folklore Newsletter. 16 203 "O" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with O'Bryant; University of Oklahoma Press; Jim Owens Enterprises; Clay Anderson, of the Ozark Mountaineers; Arkansas Folklore Society (originally the Ozark Folklore Society). 16 204 "P" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Russell Holman, Paramount Pictures; Louise Pound, Department of English, University of Nebraska; Gerry Parker; and others. 16 205 "R" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2. Contains correspondence with Gould Randolph; John Randolph (Sr. and Jr.); and others. Also contains reviews for Richard Dorson's American Folklore and Kenneth Lynn's Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor. 17 206 "R" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2. Contains correspondence with Otto Ernest Rayburn, notes, newspaper clippings, and an inscribed copy of Forty Years in the Ozarks. 17 207 "S" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3. Contains correspondence with Carl Sandburg; Dore Schary. 17 208 "S" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3. Contains correspondence with Howard Shapley; Floyd Shoemaker; Rose Spaulding. 17 209 "S" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3. Contains correspondence with Harold Spivacke; Isabel Spradley; Edward G. Stoy; and others. 17 210 "T" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Jean Thomas; Shelby Thompson; Stith Thompson; and others. 17 211 "U" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Lucile M. Upton; Francis Lee Utley. 17 212 "V" Correspondence. Contains correspondence with Vanguard Press; John M. Virden. 17 213 "W" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3. Contains correspondence with Leila Wade; Therese Westermeier, Arkansas Folklore Society; John Turner White. 17 214 "W" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3. Contains correspondence with Henry H. Wiggins; Thames Williamson; Charles Morrow Wilson. 17 215 "W" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3. Contains correspondence with Carl Withers; Ray Wood; and others. Reprints of Journal Articles and Reviews 18 (oversize) 216 "Autograph Albums in the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph and May Kennedy McCord. 18 (oversize) 217 "Bedtime Stories from Missouri," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Western Folklore (January 1951). 18 (oversize) 218 "A Calendar of Kansas Butterflies," by Vance Randolph, from Entomological News (March 1929). 18 (oversize) 219 "Children's Rhymes from Missouri," by Ruth Ann Musick and Vance Randolph, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (October-December 1950). 18 (oversize) 220 "The Collection of Folk Music in the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph and Frances Emberson, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (April-June 1947). 18 (oversize) 221 "Folksong Hunters in Missouri," by Vance Randolph and Ruth Ann Musick, reprinted from Midwest Folklore (1951). 18 (oversize) 222 "Further Studies of the Reliability of the Maze with Rats and Humans," by Vance Randolph and Walter S. Hunter, reprinted from Journal of Comparative Psychology (August 1924). 18 (oversize) 223 "Jump Rope Rhymes from Arkansas," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Midwest Folklore (III:2) 18 (oversize) 224 "Nakedness in Ozark Folk Belief," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (October-December 1953). 18 (oversize) 225 "The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Midwest Folklore (IV:2). 18 (oversize) 226 New York Times book reviews by Vance Randolph: Tales From the Past, Some Tall, Some True (1960); A Treasury to Draw Upon (1960); The Roots Go Deep (1963). 19 (oversize) 227 "A Note on the Reliability of the Maze as a Method of Learning in the Angora Goat," by Vance Randolph and Walter S. Hunter, reprinted from Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology (March 1926). 19 (oversize) 228 "On the Seasonal Migrations of Dione vanillae in Kansas," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Annals of the Entomological Society of America (June 1927). 19 (oversize) 229 Ozark Ghost Stories: Gruesome and Humorous Tales of the Supernatural in the Backwoods of the South, by Vance Randolph, Haldeman-Julius Publications (1944). 19 (oversize) 230 "Ozark Mountain Party Games," by Vance Randolph and Nancy Clemens, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1933). 19 (oversize) 231 "Ozark Mountain Riddles," by Vance Randolph and Isabel Spradley, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1934). 19 (oversize) 232 "Ozark Superstitions," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1933). 19 (oversize) 233 "Prehistoric Inhabitants of Crawford County, Kansas," by Vernon C. Allison and Vance Randolph, reprinted from The American Anthropologist (July-September 1927). 19 (oversize) 234 Reviews of Frank Brown's The Frank Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (April-June 1953) and Mississippi Valley Historical Review (June 1953). 19 (oversize) 235 Review of John A. Lomax's Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1948). 19 (oversize) 236 "Riddles from Arkansas," by Vance Randolph and Mary Celestia Parler, reprinted from Journal of American Folklore (July-September 1954). 19 (oversize) 237 "Tales from the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Western Folklore (January 1955). 19 (oversize) 238 "A Witch Trial in Carroll County," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Spring 1957). 19 (oversize) 239 Other authors. Contains journal articles and reviews not authored in whole or in part by Vance Randolph. Includes the authors Mary Celestia Parler, B.B. Ashcom, J. Frank Dobie, and H.C. Woodbridge. Newspaper Clippings

Note: Originals are contained in oversized Box 23 (Folder 240 to Folder 250) and in oversized Box 24 (Folder 251 to Folder 261); photocopies of these originals are located in Box 20.

20 240 Map of Kansas and Missouri, American Automobile Association, 1996. 20 241 Alcohol 20 242 Character sketches 20 243 Dialect 20 244 Folk belief and superstition 20 245 Guns and gunplay 20 246 Hidden treasure (1 of 2) 20 247 Hidden treasure (2 of 2) 20 248 Legend 20 249 Literature 20 250 Music (as subject) 20 251 Place-names 20 252 Politics 20 253 Prehistoric Ozarks 20 254 Randolph, Vance. Book reviews and articles authored by him. 20 255 Randolph, Vance (as subject) 20 256 Religion 20 257 Starr, Belle 20 258 Tall tales 20 259 Miscellaneous: neighborliness, death, sorghum making 20 260 Weather 20 261 Writing: Habits and methods of professional writers Series II: Sound Recordings

Note: For song titles, see Archive of Folk Culture card catalog; photocopy in Folder 1c in this collection contains photocopies of catalog cards for 5236 A-5270 B3, an annotated manuscript of catalog entries for 5271 A1-5425 B3, an annotated list of fiddle tunes played by Lon Jordan (5314-5317, 5319-5326, 5376-5379, 5401-5402, 5404-5405), and two lists of fiddle tunes played by Bill Bilyeu (6897 A1-6904 B3).

The originals and preservation masters are located in Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound (M/B/RS) at the Library of Congress. See Collection Concordance by Format. 5236-5425 191 12-inch glass-based acetate records of original field recordings in the Ozarks, 1941-42; 5270, 5320, 5341, 5425 missing; 5300 broken. Duplicated on LWO 3493, reels 14-26. 6397-6464 4 16-inch, 45 12-inch, 2 10-inch, 5 8-inch glass and aluminum-based records of "Dear Mr. President," January and February 1942. 6398 missing; 6400 n/g; 6463 badly broken. Duplicated on LWO 3493, reel 42. 6897-6904 8 12-inch glass-based acetate records of original field recordings in the Ozarks, 1943; 6897 damaged; 6900 broken. Duplicated on LWO 3493, reels 56-57. 21 262 "Some talk about Belle Starr." Contains the 5-inch reel-to-reel original master and a reference copy on a 60-minute audio cassette of an interview with Florence Watts. Series III: Graphic Images

Note: For a complete description of images, see Folder 1b: Log of Visual Images.

21 263 "Photos in Folksong MS, Dec., 1944." Contains a list of photographs selected for inclusion in Ozark Folksongs (1946-50), including the name of the subject and the place of the photograph. Also contains front-and-back album covers entitled "Photographs of Singers." 21 264 Photographs 1-10. Contains 12 photoprints identified by subject and place, corresponding to the list in Folder 262. 21 265 Photographs 11-23. Contains 11 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and place, corresponding to the list in Folder 262. 21 266 Photographs 24-35. Contains 12 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and place, corresponding to the list in Folder 262. 21 267 Photographs 36-50. Contains 9 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and place, corresponding to the list in Folder 262. 21 268 Photographs 51-60. Contains 11 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and/or annotated. 21 269 Photographs 61-69. . Contains 11 photoprints, of which P61-64 are annotated and P65-67 are identified by subject 21 270 Photographs 70-83. Contains 14 photoprints, all unidentified. 22 271 Photographs 84-96. Contains 13 photoprints, of which P84-86 are unidentified, P87-92 are annotated, and P93-96 are identified by subject. 22 272 Photographs 97-102. Contains 6 photoprints, all unidentified. 22 273 Photographs 103-12. Contains 10 photoprints, all annotated. 22 274 Photographs 113-22. Contains 10 photoprints, of which only P121 is not annotated but identified by place. 22 275 Photographs 123-34. Contains 12 photoprints, all annotated. 22 276 Photographs 135-43. Contains 9 photoprints with annotations and 1 negative. 22 277 Photographs 144-47. Contains 4 photoprints and 2 negatives, all unidentified. 22 278 Photographs 148-58. Contains 9 photoprints, of which P148-51 are annotated and P154-56 are identified. Also contains 1 negative with a note from Ruth Tyler, a photocopy of the 1958 Folklore Institute photograph, and the annotated captions for 2 photographs. 22 279 Prints and Photographs Division, Lot 5580. Contains photographs 1-39 (photocopies of originals), most of which are tentatively identified. Described by subject, place, and visual image in Table B of the Log of Visual Images (Folder 1b). 23 (oversize) Original Newspaper Clippings: A to N Photocopies of these originals are in Box 20. 24 (oversize) Original Newspaper Clippings: O to Z Photocopies of these originals are in Box 20. Appendix A: Bibliography Articles by Vance Randolph "Bedtime Stories from Missouri." Western Folklore X:1 (January 1951). Folder 217 "Book Review: Adventures of a Ballad Hunter." Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1948). Folder 235 "Book Review: The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore." Journal of American Folklore 66:260 (April-June 1953). Folder 234 "Book Review: The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore." The Mississippi Valley Historical Review (June 1953). Folder 235 "A Calendar of Kansas Butterflies." Entomological News, XL (March 1929). Folder 218 "Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas." Midwest Folklore III:2. (1953?) Folder 223 "Nakedness in Ozark Folk Belief." Journal of American Folklore 66:262 (October-December 1953). Folder 224 "The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes." Midwest Folklore IV:2 (1954). Folder 225 "On the Seasonal Migrations of Dione Vanillae in Kansas." Annals of the Entomological Society of America XX:2 (June 1927). Folder 228 Ozark Ghost Stories: Gruesome and Humorous Tales of the Supernatural in the Backwoods of the South. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1944. Folder 229 "Ozark Superstitions." Journal of American Folklore 46:179 (January-March 1933). Folder 232 "The Roots Go Deep." New York Times Book Review (November 17, 1963). Folder 226 "Tales from the Ozarks." Western Folklore XIV:1 (January 1955). Folder 237 "Tales From the Past, Some Tall, Some True." New York Times Book Review (January 3, 1960). Folder 226 "A Treasury to Draw Upon." New York Times Book Review (February 26, 1960). Folder 226 "A Witch Trial in Carroll County." Arkansas Historical Quarterly (Spring 1957). Folder 238 Co-Written Articles Allison, Vernon C., and Vance Randoph. "Prehistoric Inhabitants of Crawford County, Kansas." American Anthropologist 29:3 (July-September 1927). Folder 233 Clemens, Nancy, and Vance Randolph. "Ozark Mountain Party-Games." Journal of American Folklore (January-March 1933) Folder 230 Emberson, Frances, and Vance Randolph. "The Collection of Folk Music in the Ozarks." Journal of American Folklore (April-June 1947). Folder 220 Hunter, Walter S., and Vance Randolph. "Further Studies of the Reliability of the Maze with Rants and Humans." Journal of Comparative Psychology IV:4 (August 1924). Folder 222 Hunter, Walter S., and Vance Randolph. "A Note on the Reliability of the Maze as a Method of Learning in the Angora Goat." The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology XXXIII.I (March 1926). Folder 227 McCord, May Kennedy, and Vance Randolph. "Autograph Alhums in the Ozarks." Journal of American Folklore (April-June 1948). Folder 216 Musick, Ruth Ann, and Vance Randolph. "Children's Rhymes from Missouri." Journal of American Folklore (October-December 1950). Folder 219 Musick, Ruth Ann, and Vance Randolph. "Folksong Hunters in Missouri." Midwest Folklore (1951). Folder 221 Parler, Mary Celestia, and Vance Randolph. "Riddles from Arkansas." Journal of American Folklore 67:265 (July-September 1954). Folder 236 Spradley, Isabel, and Vance Randolph. "Ozark Mountain Riddle." Journal of American Folklore 47:183 (January-March 1934). Folder 231 Articles by Other Authors Ashcom, B. B. "Notes on the Language of the Bedford, Pennsylvania, Suarea." American Speech XXVIII:4 (December 1953). Folder 239 Dobie, J. Frank. The Mezcla Man. El Paso, Texas: El Paso del Norte, 1954. Folder 239 Parler, Mary Celestia. "The Forty-Mile Jumper." Journal of American Folklore 64:254 (422-23) (October-December 1951). Folder 239 Woodbridge, Hensley C. "Folklore in the Works of Janice Holt Giles." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (October 1957). Folder 239