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John Harrington Cox, Collector, Papers regarding West Virginia Folklore, 1915/1936

8.7 Linear Feet 8 ft. 8 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)
Papers of John Harrington Cox, collector of West Virginia folklore material. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed material, sheet music, and newspaper clippings regarding folk songs and folk tales collected by John Harrington Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society. Some of this material was used by Cox in his Harvard University dissertation of 1923, titled The Ballads and Songs of West Virginia, as well as in his book Folk-Songs of the South, published in 1925 by Harvard University Press. There are also book draft typescripts, dissertation typescripts, and correspondence pertaining to the collection of folklore material by Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society. For more detail, see the Scope and Content note. For more information on John Harrington Cox and his work with the West Virginia Folklore Society, see the Historical note.
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John Harrington Cox, Collector, Papers regarding West Virginia Folklore, 1915/1936 8.7 Linear Feet 8 ft. 8 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Papers of John Harrington Cox, collector of West Virginia folklore material. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed material, sheet music, and newspaper clippings regarding folk songs and folk tales collected by John Harrington Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society. Some of this material was used by Cox in his Harvard University dissertation of 1923, titled The Ballads and Songs of West Virginia, as well as in his book Folk-Songs of the South, published in 1925 by Harvard University Press. There are also book draft typescripts, dissertation typescripts, and correspondence pertaining to the collection of folklore material by Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society. For more detail, see the Scope and Content note. For more information on John Harrington Cox and his work with the West Virginia Folklore Society, see the Historical note.

Series 1. Folklore Research Papers, Boxes 1-13, 1915/1930 Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13

This series includes manuscripts, typescript, and printed folk songs, ballads, and folk tales collected by John Harrington Cox. Folk songs and ballads include lyrics and some sheet music. There are also riddles, superstitions, poems, counting-out rhymes, singing games, ghost stories, and folklore notes. Some of the material in this series was sent to Cox by members of the West Virginia Folklore Society, English class students, and various other interested persons.

Series 3. Correspondence, Boxes 19-21, 1915/1930 Box 19, Box 20, Box 21

This series includes letters written to Cox. Most of the letters contain folklore research, including folk songs, ballads, and other material collected by various individuals for Cox and the West Virginia Folklore Society.

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