Record #:

35306

Author(s):

Boyd, Joe Dan

Abstract:

The author remarks on the different methods of gathering folklore stories from people; traveling with reporters, for instance, can be beneficial, while some folklorists prefer to start the conversation off with learning about their subjects’ personal histories.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969, p21-26 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reporters and reporting; Folklorists

Record #:

35336

Author(s):

Walters, Thomas N.

Abstract:

An interview conducted by the author, Thad Stem Jr. talks about his usage of folk material in his writings. With illustration “Goose and Grease.”

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969, p40-52 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Folklore; Folklorists; Writing

Record #:

10758

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Dr. Arthur Palmer Hudson retired after 26 years as secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Folklore Society. Hudson wrote several books, including the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, and spent many years working as a folklorist.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 17, Feb 1967, p13, il

Subject(s):

Folklorists

Record #:

35101

Author(s):

Dober, Virginia

Abstract:

The author debates what makes people, and potentially herself, part of the ‘folk.’ She mentions many folk medicines and superstitions that were common in her area, but that she herself half doubted, half believed.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 1, July 1956, p15-22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Superstition; Folklorists